22nd November 2975

Brock got back to his feet.

"What is the meaning of this shit? The thing you are doing is clearly illegal."

The guy in the mask stopped walking toward them, stared at Brock for a few seconds, and then broke into laughter.

"What...What? Seriously kid? Legal illegal blah blah. You are living in a fool's paradise to think the council sets that sorta rule. The fittest survive here."

"What makes you think that standing here killing people will make you the fittest?" Brock grumbled

"Idiot. You don't get it yet, do you? This is a brotherhood. Something we promise to progress together. We will win this fight together.

And those who will threaten our win

WILL BE CRUSHED ."

The sphere in his hand sparked with high intensity. It was condensed cosmium energy.

The guy threw the sphere with his full strength.

Brock whispered

"Let's see, big talk what you got."

Brock's thumb hurt, but he created a falcon sign with his hand and then moved his hands as if he were catching something.

Suddenly the enormous amount of sand gathered in a meteoric velocity, created a gigantic hand, and caught the sphere.

A massive explosion occurred. the sand scattered all around.

The guy in the mask couldn't see a thing about the dust clouds

"..cough..cough..Where did the bastard go?"

He started to gather cosmium energy again in his hand and a sphere started to grow in his hand.

Suddenly roots wrapped his feet.

"What the.."

Brock's silhouette got visible in the sand.

Brock created a double fist sign with his hands and all the scattered sand started to create a sandstorm around the guy.

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"What's the hurry kid?"

The pressure of the sandstorm was tearing the guy apart. he couldn't gather energy in his hands anymore.

Brock grinned "You talked big back then."

But all of a sudden the masked guy regained his balance, even in the raging sand storm. He closed his eyes and took the pressure as if it were just some gust.

"How, on earth, he is taking that? Ryan, crush him ."

"Aye"

Ryan put his hand over the ground and forced more cosmium energy. The land quaked from the energy. Enormous roots gathered and wrapped up the guy.

BAAM! A massive explosion occurred. The area turned foggy with dense cosmium energy and sand.

All of the roots burnt out. Sands were scattered. Ryan and Brock couldn't take the pressure and were hurled.

With his last bit of energy, Brock saw a silhouette coming toward him. It was the masked guy.

And finally, he opened his eyes. His eyes turned blue. Cosmium energy was sparking from his eyes.

"YOU THINK A PILE OF DUST CAN BEAT ME? RECONSIDER YOUR DECISION IN HELL, BOY."

Brock frightened. His hand was getting numb from the pain. Still, he was trying his hardest to make a hand sign. But he failed.

The sand and cosmium fog started to disappear and the silhouette started to get clear.

The mask was torn apart. The guy's face was now visible. Or something that couldn't be described as a face was visible.

A long scar was tearing open his mouth. The scar made his molar teeth visible. The lips were burnt.

Bruises and sewing filled his cheeks. The tip of his nose was also disfigured.

There was a wire connecting his chin with his jaws.

The guy put his palm toward Brock and created a sphere

"Rest in peace, rat"