The purple haired man rushed towards him with the intention to kill.
His arm turned back into a blade as he slashed at Jacks chest.
However, Jack dodged and grabbed the man’s wrist and threw him to the floor.
“Argh!”
The man groaned as he began to get back up.
Jack began to run away from the man as fast as possible.
‘It’s not the best idea to fight him without proper understanding of his ability. If I fight him, I would most likely win. But I don’t know how his ability works and what parts of his body he can turn to blades.’
Jack continues to run until he is stopped by a wall.
Damn it, not good
Usually, this wouldn’t be that big of an issue, but the weeds and grass that grew from the ground limited Jack’s vision.
The man with blades was closely following after him so Jack had to come up with a solution quickly.
Jack decided to wait for the man to catch up with him. When the man caught up he yelled.
“FOUND YOU!” The man said.
He attempted to slash Jack but Jack did a flip and propelled himself of the ground.
This gave Jack a clear vision of the rest of the area so he could decide where to go next.
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Plus, doing flips is quite fun.
When Jack reached the ground again he ran towards a building he saw.
There was only one reason he did this, it was to save a child who was falling off the roof of the building.
The child is about halfway down the fall and is falling at a consistent speed. Judging by the size of the child, I can calculate how fast I need to run to catch the child in time.
Jack sped up to the required speed he needed to run to save the child and leaped into the air.
The child fell into his arms and Jack returned back to the ground.
He looked at the child in his arms.
It's a boy, he looks like he’s around the age of nine. So, they even have children here, interesting.
The young boy seemed to be startled by Jack suddenly catching him and didn’t know what to do.
Jack placed the boy down on the ground.
“Thank you so much sir.” The boy says.
“It’s no problem, can you tell me your name?” Jack asked.
“My name is Loid.” He responded.
“Well Loid, my name is Jack and I’m going to protect you from now on.” Jack says grinning.
In the distance, many contestants were fighting with debris falling everywhere. Along with the blood and dead bodies scattered around the area.
Behind him, a man floating in the air yelled.
“Oh you’re not dead yet kid? Well guess what? You and your little friend are going to die for sure now!”
Jack swiftly turned around. Analyzing the owner of the new voice that has just arrived.
The guy must be the reason Loid fell from that building.
The man with blades appeared soon after.
“You can’t escape me buddy!” The blade man shouted.
This is one of the worst possible outcomes.
The blade man rushed towards Jack and sends a barrage of slashes at him.
i can’t dodge because if I do the slashes will hit Loid.
He blocks the blade man’s attacks and a few cuts appear on Jack’s arms.
Then, the man floating in the air sends a condensed gush of air towards Jack and Loid.
Jack covers Loid as the both get blown away and tumble to the ground.
I need an offensive ability right now. Without one, I can’t win, or even survive while protecting Loid.
Jack looks towards Loid and contemplates on what to do.
Wait, if I saved Loid, that would make him indebted to me, right?’
Jack’s hand glows green, signaling he now has a new ability.Jack smiled as a gun appeared in his hand.
The blade man appeared above him, about to slash down at him.
“GOODBYE!” He said bringing his sword arms down at him.
Jack took out his gun and shot the man in the chest.
“Wait what? Where’d you get that gun from?”
The man’s lifeless body fell to the ground and his arms returned to normal.
Jack lets Loid go and both of them get up off the ground.
“Loid close your eyes.” Jack orders turning towards the man in the air.
“BAHAHA! I’ll blow you and that gun of yours away!” The man shouted.
Another gust of wind is sent towards Jack, one much stronger then the previous one.
Jack runs up and across the side of the building and jumps off.
He shoots the man in the air in his forehead.
Jack falls back down to the ground as the man’s corpse fell down along with him.
The gun in Jack’s hands disappears and he can’t resummon it.
So, the ability to borrow another person’s ability only lasts for about a minute. I hope I can make it last longer in the future.
Despite the fact that he had killed to people, Jack’s demeanor hadn’t changed in the slightest.