The house was dark and wet, the light from a flickering lamp barely reaching the group of men. Around a single figure, a dozen gang members stood, their eyes cold and unfeeling.
The man in the middle, on his knees, was beaten badly—his face swollen, and his long black hair clung to his bruised skin, damp with sweat and blood.
His eyes remained unfocused. No shock, no regret....just nothing. He expected something like this to happen. However, he never thought he would get caught this soon.
"Why Ceaser, why?" From the middle of the group, a bald man with a few Latin letters written over his shaved head and wearing a black suit, spoke up.
"Why did you betray me? I gave your everything. Money, women, weapons...everything. You were my best man, yet you...just why?"
The man, Ceaser, slowly lifted his head; through the curtain of his hair, he looked at the man who long ago adopted him from the streets of Cuba.
The man who taught him to handle a gun before he even learned how to ride cycle. The man who pushed him to the world of crime rather than a school.
"You...gave me everything Parker, except for freedom." Spitting blood on the ground, Ceaser replied.
Parker, the leader of the gang for which Ceaser worked for fifteen years, grimly replied,
"A dog should only know how to listen to its owner and wag its tail."
Ceaser chuckled, "You heard that from a movie, right? Cuz' I am sure I said the same thing to your wife last night-"
*Tah*
A bullet penetrated his shoulder and Ceaser grimaced in pain. It wasn't the first bullet he has been shot with but each one of them stung like a bi*ch.
"Just kill him, boss. He is now wasting our time."
Hearing that voice, Ceaser raised his eyes and locked on those blue ones.
"Ben? Ah!" Now he realizes how he got caught here. His sworn brother and the only person Ceaser believed in the whole gang. The person for whom Ceaser once took a bullet...actually betrayed him, huh?
Wow...what a shit world is this?
With his head leaning down, Ceaser chuckled. This was great. How can he forget that if his parents never became his ally, then this homeless dude whom Ceaser met after joining the gang can never take his side?
Soon, a cold metal pressed against his head as Parker's voice arrived, "Raise your head, a**h*le. I wanna see how you look with despair on your face."
With a grin, Ceaser raised his face. His eyes were closed, and a happy smile stretched his lips—but what caught Parker's attention was that small thread pressed between his lips.
"Fuck!" The realisation dawned upon the bald man a moment earlier before it happened.
The night sky was torn apart by a deafening explosion, flames roaring as they consumed the old house where Caesar once lived. The blast shattered windows from nearby buildings, and the ground trembled under the sheer force. Thick smoke billowed into the air, curling into the night like a sinister omen.
Every gang member who came along, Parker and Ben, died in that incident. And the one who was behind the blast....well, he died with a happy smile on his face.
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"Heh? Is this happening with me as well?" Sitting on a chair, Ceaser opened his eyes and looked around. It was dark, completely. No sign of life or anything around it could be spotted.
Ceaser tried moving his body but found himself chained up. There was no doubt he died, and considering the place he currently was, he assumed this was those cliche reincarnation things which he read in those novels.
"Helllllo? Is anyone there? Should I pretend to be shocked to get a response?"
Ceaser looked around, got nothing else to do after all.
He had no remorse for dying. He had no one to return to. No wife or girlfriend, no children, no parents, no close friends. He just lived as a contract killer for the past fifteen years.
He was the best in what he did. There were no failed cases, and he never got caught. Yes, there were times when he got involved in confrontations, but he got out of those incidents unscathed most of the time.
Then why did he die? Simple. He wished for a normal life.
He couldn't have disappeared since Parker has numerous ways of searching up those on whom he has invested. Microchips, men around the world, people in government and whatnot.
Ceaser did all those tasks which were humanly impossible for a single person to accomplish and hoped that he would let him go. But it seems Ceaser asked for too much.
"Blegh! Whatever..." Hanging his head down, Ceaser closed his eyes and gave himself some much-needed rest.
However, it seems the deities also don't want him to rest.
[You have suffered, but this isn't the end of your journey.]
A voice, neither male nor female, resonated across the space. Ceaser was unable to discern where it came from nor did he care about it.
Throwing his head back, he called out, "Tell me you are sending my soul into some peaceful and beautiful world so I can go on simple adventures and make myself a harem of cute women."
[But is that what you truly want?]
Ceaser frowned, "What do you mean?"
[Living in a peaceful world where you don't need to kill living beings and spend your life farming the countryside...I don't think you will be able to lead such a life.]
Ceaser's frown deepened, "You don't know me, then how can you pass a judgement like that?"
[Oh, I know everything about you. The only time you feel alive is not when you wander around with women or have fun with your friends. The only time you can feel your heart is when your blade slices the flesh of a living entity.]
Ceaser took a strong gulp and leaned back in his seat. He couldn't muster up the strength to rebuke that sentence.
Even after running away from the world of crime, he didn't know if he could have escaped his reality. Through the years, he has slowly turned into someone he would have avoided matching eyes when he was homeless.
"What do I have to do?"
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A/N:- Save the story.
[A world you are familiar with. Something you deemed as fiction and read as a book, such a world would be a reality.]
[You would have only one task, and that as well, not something you need to accomplish immediately after rebirth. First, build your strength, make some connections, and when the time comes, you just have to do what you are accustomed to.]
[Slaughter your target.]
Ceaser listened to those words carefully, but outwardly, he remained casual.
Once the voice was done speaking, Ceaser asked, "What if I change my mind and betray you? I sometimes feel zesty, y'know."
The voice sounded indifferent,
[If you can remain alive until that point, then we will see if you accept my orders or not.]
Ceaser smirked, "Threat or challenge?"
[Whatever you find entertaining. Now, before you go, I must give you a blessing to support your life in this new world. Tell me, what do you desire?]
Ceaser thought for a moment before asking, "My body...can you enhance my self-repairing ability?"
[Hmm, approved. Now, you will heal five times the speed of a normal person.]
"Nice," Ceaser grinned, and then asked, "Can I ask you to enhance my learning speed? Like even twice would do."
[Considering the difficulty of the world, I am increasing your learning speed by four times. And as a bonus, you can have these books of ancient sword arts. You love swords, no?]
Ceaser was thoroughly surprised to receive so many rewards. He was about to ask if he could get something like sonic speed when suddenly the voice coldly said,
[Rejected. You aren't getting any other boon.]
Ceaser sighed before asking, "Any other ability would I get or just these?"
[Naturally, the person you would become, their powers, and other abilities would be in your possession.]
Ceaser raised his brows, "So I am overtaking over someone's body?"
[A dead person's, yes.]
This was...unexpected. Ceaser was thinking that he would go through the usual procedure of reincarnating as a baby who gets cast away because of his inferior abilities and then Ceaser could train in secrecy only to surprise those people in the future...
Well, not like he was a fan of that cliche. And who would want to just poop, eat and sleep for months?
"Alright, send me."
[Before that, you must know something; despite how someone becomes close to you or how much you start trusting someone, you can't let them know about the meeting between us nor about the fact that you are from another world, understand?]
Ceaser smirked, "You don't need to tell me that."
And with that, a blinding light enshrouded the man and in the next moment, the void was left with nothing but darkness.
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"Huh?"
His eyes parted wide, and the first thing he saw was a clear dark sky with a few stars twinkling distantly.
It took him time to realise that he was lying down on the ground, and the surface beneath him was trembling...gradually trembling.
"Damn!" He exclaimed upon realizing that it was footsteps that were causing the tremors, urging Ceaser to lift his unusually sluggish and heavy body.
He didn't have the time to check what he looked like since when he lifted his head, he found something huge and terrifying advancing towards him.
It was a giant fu*king spider!
Ceaser sprang to his feet and ignored the shooting pain down his spine.
Turning around he decided to run, not like he had any other option. His body wasn't responding with enough adrenaline but he did his best to run away.
The spider seemed to have noticed that one of its prey was still alive as it completely turned its massive body in his direction and let out a deafening screech,
"*KHIEEEEEEEEEK*"
Ceaser didn't have the time to cover his ears but the sound waves were strong enough to make him dizzy. He fought the urge to just drop unconsciousness right there since he knew, if he fell now he would be meeting that deity in that void in no time.
"Run...come on, come on!" Ceaser hit his numb legs which were quite shaky because of the injuries inflicted on him earlier.
Neither Ceaser have his weapon nor the strength to face the calamity, so such in case, all he could have done was,
"HELLLLLLPPPP!" Shout for help.
He was running in a criss-cross pattern, to keep his figure hidden by the trees. But he was being too hopeful of hiding when he was shouting at the limit of his lungs.
*SPLURGE*
Something dropped from the sky and the liquid splattered around—nearly tainting Ceaser's left boot as well.
"Holy....shit!" Ceaser exclaimed upon seeing the ground and the tree decaying under the acidic attack of the spider.
His legs now were no longer numb as Ceaser hastened his pace towards what seemed like a big boulder to take cover
*SPAH*
Another shot and it was closer to him. Ceaser covered his face but the splattering of that spit caught his arm and right lower body.
"Agh! It burns..." Gritting his teeth Ceaser cursed aloud and turned around to look at the giant spider.
Seeing it coming in his direction, Ceaser erased the thoughts of running. He knew he couldn't outmatch those long legs despite how much he tried, then why not try facing it for the sake of his rebirth?
"I hope this works...' Picking a wooden stick from the ground and attaching it to his hip like he is sheathing a sword, as Ceaser saw the spider's hurried legs in his direction.
Heaving a long breath, he focused on his heart.
The adrenaline has kept his heart pumping probably at the same rate as when he felt it when got shot dead.
The spider lunged, one of its hairy, tree-thick legs swinging toward him. Ceaser's eyes sharpened.
Taking a deep breath, he lunged forward, his figure disappearing in a streak of light as some words escaped his throat,
"Second Step: Quick Silver."
The stick cleaved through the spider's leg as if it were a razor-sharp sword, slicing through the thick, chitinous armor. A hissing screech filled the air as the severed leg fell to the ground, twitching.
Smokes erupted from Ceaser's body once he came to rest and while huffing he looked at the severed leg of the spider.
A smirk bloomed on his face, as he spat, "Serves you ri-huh?" However, that smirk was wiped off when suddenly that leg turned into ashes and the beast regenerated its leg faster than Ceaser could have cursed.
"Wow..."
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A/N:- Run boy run.
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