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Chapter 2: Anima Attack

"You're watching that memorial?" 

Arit said this while looking out the window at the side of the hallway to prevent Mark from seeing the irritated expression on her face. 

Mark shrugged at her words, and Arit asked him if they showed that statue of KING again. Arit might not like superhumans, but the only exception to this was KING. She had more respect for KING than for anyone else in her life because of what he did to help everyone years ago. There was even a large statue of KING erected in the center of the city where the inauguration was taking place, and Arit would always go to look at the statue whenever she was passing near there.

"They didn't show the statue yet. I think they're making some repairs to it after that large fight that happened close to it last time. The arms broke off, so they had to put it back on." 

Mark gave Arit the information she wanted, and she nodded just once before she suddenly reverted to what they had been talking about.

"Let's go to class. The teacher is going to punish you again because you're late, so don't you dare try to run away. This is the last time I'm going to come and find you! The next time something like this happens, I'll leave you to fail!" 

Arit shouted this in anger as she started to walk towards the class. She completely overlooked what Mark was watching because she knew that she couldn't be angry at him fo watching it. He liked superhumans, and she wouldn't force him to hate them just because she didn't like them! That wasn't what a friend did!

Mark placed his hands in his pocket and followed after his friend with a smile on his face. Even though she said that she would never come to look for him again, Mark knew that this was a lie. She was the sort of person that cared for her friends more than anything. She would come and look for him every time because she cared about him just as much as he cared about her.

Ring! Ring! Ring! 

Mark stopped in his tracks as he heard his phone ringing. He picked up and raised his hand placatingly as he saw Arit looking back at him with a heavy glare. This is important. He couldn't just leave this call!

The person on the other end of the call was Mark's other friend, Pat. Mark has known Pat for even longer than he has known Arit. They were in middle school together, and they would have gone to the same high school, but Pat managed to leave school faster than all the other students because of how intelligent he was. He finished compulsory education in only two years, and right now, he is a college student studying Cosmology and Astronomy at a popular university in another city.

But even with all these achievements, Mark and Pat have remained as friends all this while, and there was never any jealousy or irrational hatred, Mark just understood that his friend was smarter than almost anyone else in the world, and that was okay!

[What are you doing? No, that doesn't matter, I've tracked your location. There's an Anima attack happening close to you right now. The closest responders are almost an hour away. That would only end badly. Can you make it?] 

The voice on the other end of the call came out in a rushed and haughty manner, almost like the person was looking down on everything in the world because of how much better he was than them. But Mark didn't let that faze him as he frowned and looked out the window in the direction that Pat pointed out.

"I'm with Arit. I think she wants to kill me with the look she's giving me right now, so you better hurry. How many are there?" 

Mark said this while taking a single step away from Arit as she folded her hands and started to tap her foot on the ground in annoyance while waiting for him to finish his call. Arit was obviously pissed that he was making them even later for class, but she knew that she couldn't drag him with her even if she wanted to. She tried to drag him once and she almost ended up breaking her hand from how heavy he was! It felt like she was trying to push a slab of rock around with her! So instead of dragging him, she would just give him another talking to when he finishes the call.

[I can't believe you still haven't told her you're a superhuman. You and your wife should stop your disgusting flirting, and you should just tell her. In fact, forget that, you normies can just go die for all I care. The spot is two kilometers north of your school. There should be a large billboard close to that area so you can use that as a guide, so just… hold on.] 

Pat's couldn't keep his irritation at Mark and Arit's interactions out of his tone. He hated how easy it was for the two of them to act like a married couple while still not being together! Pat has never had a girlfriend in his life. He always stated that his reason for not having a girlfriend was because none of the girls he knew were capable of keeping up with him mentally, but Mark always teased him that he was just afraid of girls. Pat cursed Mark every time Mark said this. The bastard had no right to talk because he already had Arit!

Mark should first try talking to other girl and see how hard it is!

Pat stopped talking as he looked down at the laptop that was on his lap. Pat was sitting on a large chair with his legs drawn up, and he had a juice box in one hand as he typed away expertly on his laptop with his other hand. There was an almost permanent look of boredom on his face as he easily tapped into the CCTV cameras in the streets of the city. There was a prompt that came up on his screen, showing a warning of a firewall that protected the citywide grid from intruders, and Pat scoffed.

Do they think something this flimsy can keep him out!? They probably gave this to some sixty year old washed up programmer who made it in two days. It was so bad!

Pat broke through the firewall like it was wet tissue paper and redirected the feed of the camera to his large 500-inch TV that took up the entire wall in front of him. 

Flash!

He saw a blur flash across the screen as it headed in the direction that he just pointed out to Mark. Pat immediately narrowed his eyes in shock. Who in the world is that?

Pat wondered who it was as he froze the screen on the frame that had the blur. He zoomed into the frame by a hundred times and frowned as he saw that the blur was still not very clear. He pixelated the screen and then used a program to clean out the residue that was silhouetted out of the image. After doing this, the image became clear enough for him to see the face of the person. Once he saw who it was, Pat dropped his juice box in shock!

It was a beautiful woman who had long blond hair tied into a ponytail behind her. She was wearing a sleeveless black singlet and black cargo pants, and she had a long katana strapped to her waist! This was one of the most popular superhumans in the entire world! Her name was Matilda Lindsworth, but her fans and other people online only referred to her as Tilda. Tilda is one of only three A-class female Superhumans in the Federal Republic of America, and she was given the title Yellow Phantom because of how fast she could move. What in the world is she doing in a place like this!?

Her base of operations was in an entirely different city, and the only time she came down to City A was when she was receiving an award from the mayor for helping in a large subjugation. Pat was very curious about what Tilda was doing here, but that wasn't immediately important. He filed it away in a compartment in his brain, and he promised himself that he would look into it when he got more time.

Pat spoke to Mark again with that same bored tone. There's no need for Mark to bother going anymore.

[You can forget it. Someone managed to make it. You don't need to bother about it for now, but I think you should be careful in the meantime. Something seems off about this whole situation. There shouldn't be any issues with taking care of the monster since she's pretty strong. Just in case, though, stand by and try to answer whenever I call. Don't let your disgusting libido keep you away from your phone.] 

Pat didn't even wait for Mark to say anything in response, and he just cut the phone! Mark blinked down at his phone in slight surprise. He wasn't surprised that Pat acted the way he did, that was normal. Instead, Mark was surprised that there was someone who came to answer the emergency that quickly. They usually take at least thirty minutes because of how far the school is from the nearest Superhuman base. But they were able to make it in only three minutes?

Mark was sure that only an A-rank or above would be able to cover that distance in such a short time. There weren't any Superhumans with such a high rank available right now since they were all out on a mission and that was why Mark was certain that there wouldn't be any responders to the attack! But then, if none of them are available, who was the responder?

Mark was curious about this, but he decided to just let it be. Since Pat said it would be fine, then Mark was sure it would be fine. Pat was someone who always took everything into account, and he never left any stone unturned when trying to uncover something! If this was going to be a problem, then Pat would have let him know.


CREATORS' THOUGHTS
Legioneer_1000 Legioneer_1000

Hello everyone, my name is Legionner and I'm the author of Superhuman System. I've read tons of action and romance webnovels (just like many of you) and I've seen many authors ruin one of the plots in exchange for the other. Either the desire for strength makes the romance stale or the romance makes the desire for strength dwindle. So I decided that I'd love to write a book where the zeal to grow stronger isn't reduced by the Main characters romantic life. Instead, the main character's motivation remains the same and grows stronger even though there is a steady romance in the book. This is the culmination and product of this desire.

P.S. Please don't think I have something against 60 year old programmers. I think their experience is an invaluable skill.

Your gift is the motivation for my creation. Give me more motivation!

Chapter 3: Anima Attack II

"Hey, what is it? You look strange. Did something happen on the phone? Don't tell me you have to leave again because I'll never forgive you!"

Arit spoke up as she saw the worried look on Mark's face. She first spoke in a worried tone because she thought that something bad might've happened, and she didn't want Mark to be in any trouble. But once she saw him smile at her in that mischievous way that he always did, she immediately lost all her worry, and she just became annoyed as she shouted at him. He was just too infuriating!

Mark moved quickly and grabbed Arit by the waist before pressing her against the wall and smiling down at her. Arit almost felt her heart burst out of her chest once he did this, and she felt her whole face growing hotter as she looked up at him. Mark smiled at her, and Arit suddenly felt like her shirt was too tight! She looked away in embarrassment as Mark's eyes trailed down her body, and she felt like he was eating her with his eyes!

"You'll never forgive me? I don't think I can agree to that. What would I do without you?"

"Get off me, you bastard!"

Arit placed her hand against his chest and struggled to push him back in anger. Mark just laughed as he took a step back and gave her some space. Arit's heart was beating a mile a minute, and she had to put her hand to her chest and take deep breaths to stop it! 

She hates it when Mark teases her like this and then just laughs about it. There was no doubt that she thought Mark was handsome, and Arit knew that he thought she was beautiful too. They were both attracted to each other, and that was fine. But Arit would never enter a relationship just because of something as shallow as ordinary physical attraction.

Arit didn't know how Mark really felt about her because he was always laughing after doing things like this. He would tease her and pin her against the wall, but then he would just laugh it off like it was nothing. That was not the sort of relationship that she wanted with someone. She couldn't allow someone to play around with her heart like that!

"Sorry, sorry. I got ahead of myself there. You're just too tempting."

Mark said this with a kind grin on his face, but his voice was intense and deep, and it made Arit's body tremble. Arit felt great anger fill her as she thought about smacking Mark immediately. This bastard deserved a good beating for the nonsense he always pulled. But she didn't bother doing anything, and she just turned and started to walk back to class.

Mark was surprised by her silence, and he wondered if she was really angry this time. He didn't intend to make her this angry. He just couldn't help himself from touching her! 

Mark was also a superhuman, but unlike other superhumans who came out publicly with their powers and gained publicity and fame after joining a guild, Mark wasn't interested in any of that. He was someone who just fought the good fight every now and then, but he didn't care about money or fame! If there was ever any danger in his surroundings, he wouldn't hesitate to help, but he was not the sort who would want to announce himself to the world.

That was the reason why Mark was able to remain anonymous even after fighting against numerous Anima for the past two years. The news crew and reporters always arrived at the scene of his crime minutes after he leaves, and they would only see the dead body of the Anima that he killed. And on the rare occasion when they managed to get a glimpse of him, he was always wearing a mask to cover his lower face. This elusive act has led people to start calling him GHOST online as a sort of superhero name. Mark didn't really care, and if not for Pat telling him about it, he would never have known.

Mark loved Arit, there was no doubt, but he also knew that being together with her would only make her worried about him whenever he went to fight. It would be impossible for them to be in a relationship unless he tells her about his powers. If they were dating, then it would only be a matter of time before she found out! Mark needed freedom of movement to be able to go and fight whenever he wanted to, and he didn't think Arit would understand that. He couldn't bring her into the world of superhumans when he knew that she didn't like superhumans.

"Hey, what are you doing over there? Are you trying to make me even angrier by staying back? Come on already. The teacher said I should bring you back with me, so you better not make things harder than they need to be!"

Arit suddenly shouted at Mark from down the hallway, and Mark could only chuckle as he jogged after her with a smile on his face. He shouted loud enough for Arit to hear him as he spread his hands wide to grab her!

"Come on, just give me a lap pillow! I promise to be gentle!"

"Just shut up and die!"

Arit shouted in anger as she ran away from Mark before he could get her.

...

Tilda raced through the containers located at the docks at an unbelievable speed! She could already smell the unmistakable scent of blood in the air, and the screams of the people running away from the docks were getting louder the closer she got.

Tilda was in City A trying to meet with a friend that she hadn't seen in more than three years, but she didn't think that she would suddenly get a ping from her phone that there was an Anima attack so close to her location. There were no responders close by, and Tilda knew that it would take some time before the ones further away could get there, so she had to abandon the friend that she planned to meet, and she decided to come here instead!

Tilda cursed as she remembered that she also needed to file a report for this attack later. The report would take so fucking long, and no one wanted to do it! If Tilda was a worse person, she would have abandoned all the citizens just so she wouldn't have to write that damn report.

Crack!

As Tilda reached the port, she screeched to a halt as her feet left long cracks against the ground, and she was shocked to see a monster three times as tall as her slamming its large hands into one of the containers, denting it and making it cave in on itself. The monster then grabbed the container and threw it into a ship that was docked at the harbor with immense strength!

Boom!!!

The container crumpled into a twisted shape as it slammed against the wall of the ship, and the ship began to rock back and forth on the water as it tried to gain back its balance!

"Run away from there!"

"Wait! There's still someone in there! They'll die!"

"You'll die if you don't get out of there right now! Let's go!"

"Argghhh! Wait for me! Help!!"

People were screaming and running away from the monster as they tried their hardest not to get hit by the giant containers that were being tossed around. Tilda waited for just two seconds so she could properly assess the situation before she quickly burst into action! Tilda dashed at the giant monster at a slower pace and tried to get its attention! The monster looked like a hybrid of a man, a gorilla, and a fish. It had large hairy arms and feet, but its head was fishlike with giant eyeballs that were staring down at Tilda without even blinking once!


CREATORS' THOUGHTS
Legioneer_1000 Legioneer_1000

Read the profile Extravaganzas. They're not a part of the story but they'll help you understand the characters a lot more.

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