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Kapitel 13: Chapter 12

Peter had a much easier job finding a target than last time. It was self-evident in a way. Criminals tend to be more courageous at night than in broad daylight, since it is much easier to hide in the dark.

This was another reason most the Fireflies would wear casual clothing because their uniform was bright red, making it useless for stealth. As a consequence, the easy targets basically made flares out of themselves.

The one Peter found was trying to pick open a bike lock and was failing miserably at it. There was no need for a distraction or to try to be quick. There was time to make sure everything was going to work out.

[Entity class 3.]

[Abilities: Flare, Fire manipulation]

The class 3 label was a bit intimidating, but Peter thought that as long as he got his opponent by surprise he could come out on top. The only uncertainty was that he didn't know what Flare was supposed to do.

He activated the Shadow body and carefully walked up behind his victim, then hit him with the method that seemed to be quite effective so far. After the hit the branch was still intact and his hand didn't hurt as much as it did before, but unfortunately the opponent was still standing.

The hit came as a surprise to the gangster and because of this he hit his head again into the bicycle he was trying to steal. Quickly getting back his composure, he stood up and turned around, to find no one behind him. He reasoned that he wasn't seeing anyone because it was dark and not because his assailant was hiding.

To solve the perceived problem, he used his ability to light up his own hands in flames. This action unintentionally revealed a slightly flustered Peter, who managed to get a few ideas about his opponent.

It was obvious that the man was immune to his own ability, but was also quite limited in its use. He was afraid that the man might start throwing fireballs at him, but they were standing in front of each other for a while and that didn't happen, so his adversary either couldn't throw fire at him or couldn't do it reliably.

He went to attack again but this time his strike was blocked and his weapon caught on fire. He tried to hit a third time with the flaming branch, but seeing that it didn't achieve anything he threw it away because his clothes were about to be caught on fire.

Instead of trying to attack again, Peter decided to fall back to the shadows. He wouldn't have done so against a someone else, since he also had trouble seeing in the dark, but the man's ability made him clearly visible even from a distance.

His opponent panicked after seeing him disappear. Peter waited around a little for him to calm down and think he's safe. When the gangster extinguished his hand, he ran behind him and grabbed his shoulders before kicking him in the back of the knee. The man reacted by flaring up his back, burning Peter's hands a little, but that was all he could do before he ran out of power and was left defenseless in the dark.

While all of this was happening, Anthony was conflicted. When the fighting began he considered jumping in and putting an end to the whole ordeal. He stopped however when he saw that Peter was handling himself quite well.

Then he had another problem to deal with. The initial hit was extremely loud, even without his super hearing, so naturally some experienced gangsters who had a good idea of what was going on, started to head towards the scene.

To avoid any unnecessary complications, he decided to take out the newcomers while trying to hide himself as much as possible. He was a well-known public figure so he couldn't risk anyone seeing him beating up random people at night.

When he was done with the last of them, he had time to think about his initial conflict. He certainly wasn't happy about his son going out to fight criminals at night, but he was also curious. The ability Peter used was new to him and this made him the only one of the orphans with an actual ability.

He also hasn't found a single worthwhile clue about that system thing the kids were talking about, so he decided to repeat in the future what he did that day, observe and protect Peter.

The boy in question was collecting the night's rewards, oblivious to what was happening around him. He got 30 UC from the dispatched officer alongside a nice little power boost for his efforts.

[Successfully absorbed class 3 flame blessing.]

[Result: STR +0.05, AGI +0.05, MGC +0.04, EXP +30]

Both father and son got home past midnight. Only one of them had trouble getting inside quietly.


Kapitel 14: Chapter 13

When morning came Peter was prepared to return to his usual activities. He didn't feel tired at all so it really wasn't an issue to act like nothing happened. He finished what he started the previous day and went on his usual walk.

[Achievement unlocked: Strength training 2/5]

[Achievement unlocked: Agility training 2/5]

[Total rewards: STR +0.15, AGI +0.15]

The day went by uneventfully until Sarah suddenly disappeared while they were walking through the city. Peter was worried sick and ran around the surrounding blocks, trying to find her.

She appeared after about ten minutes, acting like she was there the whole time. She got an earful at home about not running off alone and how she scared everyone with that stunt she pulled.

Meanwhile Anthony was not only tired at work, which was becoming a common occurrence, but he was also fuming with anger after a long and loud argument with his boss. The short of it was that the prime minister would hold a press conference and he wasn't allowed to go.

The reason he wanted to go and the reason his boss didn't want him to go were exactly the same. He would go there only to yell at the man.

It was understandable why he wanted to do so. The prime minister was the only person in the government with any actual weight behind his words, which also made him the only person who could be meaningfully criticized. It was pointless to argue with the other empty suits.

Back home he had to put his anger aside because the kids were being weird again. This time it wasn't their behavior that was the problem but their appearance.

Peter was the less concerning case but that didn't mean he was fine. His hair started to darken, which could have been overlooked if his nails, and to a lesser degree his eyes, weren't doing the same thing.

Sarah was a different story altogether. Although she seemingly recovered from the flu, the dry skin she got because of it didn't go away and was visibly worsening in some spots. Some additional problems were a rapidly dropping body temperature and a really slow heartbeat.

The two were rushed to the nearest hospital to get a doctor's opinion, but the professionals didn't seem entirely sure what was going on. The two seemed to be just fine even though one's condition would usually result in coma.

They did tests for various illnesses, even for some that were extinct, but all of them came back with a negative result. They also got someone with a healing ability to try treating them. It was doing nothing for Peter and was visibly hurting Sarah so that idea was also discarded.

The doctor's final conclusion was that the situation either had something to do with the children's special condition or with the overly sterile environment they were living in not too long ago. Most likely a combination of the two.

Since no one at the hospital had seen anything similar all they could do was monitor the two's health through regular check-ups and prepare some emergency measures, in case this turned out to be a serious problem.

The two children were mostly surprised by the change in each other's appearance, since they had a pretty good idea of what was happening to them. They kind of felt bad about not telling anyone but they also had an unspoken agreement to keep quiet about each other.

In the next three days Peter would continue to go out at night to fight. He was staring to get the hang of things and became comfortable with beating up people and talking with police officers afterwards. This occupation was also proving to be beneficial financially since he had more than a hundred UC on his account, even after the week's upkeep payment.

If everything went well he would soon be strong enough to go after some better paying targets without much risk to his health.

[Successfully absorbed class 2 regeneration blessing.]

[Result: END +0.05, STA +0.05, MGC +0.02, EXP +20]

[Successfully absorbed class 1 strength blessing.]

[Result: STR +0.05, MGC +0.01, EXP +10]

[Successfully absorbed class 3 all around blessing.]

[Result: All physical attributes +0.05, MGC +0.01, EXP +30]

Everything seemed to be going perfectly. At this point Peter didn't know how much attention he was drawing on himself. He wasn't doing so intentionally and from a certain perspective it wasn't even him who was drawing the attention, but he was the one who would ultimately have to deal with it.

The rulers in this small corner of the world finally noticed the novice bounty hunter and his allies. All three of them had their opinions about him and were ready to take him seriously. In the grand scheme of things, these people were nothing special. But they would however, play a big part in how our hero would continue his journey.


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