Mark just ignored Francis and turned back around while tuning out the annoying sound of Francis' voice. He was already used to this nonsense from Francis, and he knew that there was no need to respond because Francis would only start being more annoying if you gave him any attention.
PEEE!
PEEE!
PEEE!
"Hey, are you deaf!? I said, get the hell out of the way! Don't make me come over there!"
Francis continued to press his horn even louder, and Arit tightened her hold on Mark's waist as Mark heard her growl deep in her throat in annoyance. Francis could see that there was a convoy of cars moving, yet he was still trying to make it seem like they were wasting his time. Arit could only swallow her anger at the irrational behavior that Francis was showing. She would have gone to reprimand him, but she didn't want to cause a scene on the street.
"Isn't that car for Francis Colton? What the hell is he doing? Doesn't he know he's disturbing the entire block?"
"Can't you see who's in front of him? Those two have never seen eye to eye before!"
"Oh, it's Mark! No wonder! I wonder what Mark did that pissed Francis off so much, he has had it out for Mark since Mark transferred here! I wouldn't want to be on the bad side of Francis. His family could bury me!"
People on the street were already talking about how Francis was disturbing everyone by pressing his horn, but he ignored everything they were saying as he continued.
PEEE! PEEE! PEEE! PEEE!
Francis was unrelenting as he constantly pressed the horn over and over again, and Arit could feel Mark tensing in anger as the horn became too annoying to ignore. She knew that he was only a moment away from doing something, but she just hugged him tighter and told him not to! She didn't want him to get involved with Francis either. He knew that Francis' father was rich, and trying to attack Francis would only end badly for them!
Finally, the convoy of cars passed, and Francis revved his engine loudly as he raced around Mark and Arit. He brought his hand out of his window as he passed them and flashed them the middle finger before zooming off to school.
"He's really pushing it."
Mark only said this with a deep growl, and Arit just hugged him tight once more to thank him for not causing a scene. She knew that Mark had every justification for his anger, but she just didn't want him to get into trouble with someone as rich and powerful as Francis! It was best to just wait for Francis to graduate from school, and they could finally be free from his stupid antics.
Mark revved up his motorcycle and continued on his way to school without bringing up the topic again. He knew that it was pointless getting angry at someone like Francis, who was just a normal human being. Mark had lived as a superhuman for a long time, so he was already an expert at controlling his anger and strength so he doesn't do anything that would cause too much damage to the people around him! Imagine if he couldn't control his strength and he held Arit too tightly one day. That would be a disaster!
So something like this would just roll off his skin after some time.
...
At the docks, the large convoy of cars stopped in front of the large container that Tilda was sitting on, and Lightning Rider came down from his car and jumped up to the top of the container. He looked down at Tilda and saw that she was sitting perfectly still with her eyes closed and her sword resting on her crossed legs. If anyone else saw her, then they would definitely think that she was asleep, but Lightning Rider has seen her in this state too many times to think something so silly! He could tell that she was more alert than anyone when she was like this.
"You're late. I called for you twelve hours ago, and it took you this long to get here?"
Tilda said this as she opened her eyes and released a silent sigh, and Lightning Rider nodded. He didn't have a choice about how long it took them to get here. This wasn't their jurisdiction, and they had to go through a lot of processes to get permission to bring some of their own guild members to this area. If not that Tilda was the one who requested for the reinforcements, then the guild would have never sent these many people to help out because of how annoying all the paperwork is!
Lightning Rider was a tall, lanky man with large dark circles under his eyes and a gloomy disposition that would make anyone think he was clinically depressed. He wore a white shirt and trousers and had an extendable pole attached to his lower back. His main power was his ability to summon and channel lightning through his body because of his minor blessing from Zeus, the god of lightning and storms, and the pole he had was something that he used to increase his channeling ability to transfer as much lightning as possible into his opponent.
"We are not exactly sure why you called all for us here though. I heard Riri say something about you having a bad premonition, but that was all she said. What is really going on?"
"I think we'll find out soon. I don't know what it is, but I just have a bad feeling."
"A bad feeling?"
Lightning Rider looked at all the superhumans and soldiers that had come here with him, and he knew that they would all think that it was unnecessary to summon this much firepower just because someone had a bad feeling! It was like trying to kill an ant with a hammer. But for superhumans, the case was different. Just having a bad feeling was more than enough reason to be wary.
"We'll be on standby then. There shouldn't be too many people around, but I'll tell them to set up a perimeter around here so that nothing will get past us. There's a school nearby, and if we start fighting here, then they will definitely get involved as well."
Lightning Rider was someone who didn't like interacting with others unless it was very necessary, but Tilda knew that she could trust him to look after the citizens. He was not as strong or as fast as she was, but he was fast enough to get anyone out of trouble if the fight became too intense.
Lightning Rider cared about eh citizens and that he wouldn't want to cause too much damage to the city so there wouldn't be any casualties.
"Fine then, I'll leave it to –"
Doon!
A monster appeared in front of them!
Before Tilda could get out her response, she was immediately jumping backward with wide eyes! Because right in front of her was a monster that just jumped out of the ocean and came straight for them. There was not even a single warning before the monster appeared. At one moment, there was nothing, and in the next moment, a monster flashed out of the sea and was already aiming for them!
Boom!
"Ralph!"
Tilda screamed for Lightning Rider in worry as she watched the monster slam into the spot where he had been standing, but there was a flash of lightning from the dust, and a large lightning bolt struck down on the monster as Lightning Rider managed to dodge at the last moment and avoid the attack!
All the superhumans in the area prepared for battle as they began to pull out their weapons as well. The superhumans here were mainly C ranks and a few B ranks. There weren't any other A ranks other than Tilda, and Tilda knew that she would have to take center stage in this fight and draw the monster's attention to her because it could easily kill the other hunters if they faced it one-on-one.
The last girlfriend I had said something about me being a narrcissist. I didn't know the meaning of the word at the time, so I had to search it up. Maybe it is something I can change so I can be a better person.
But then a conundrum appeared before me. What if in a bid to fix my narcissism, I start seeking even more perfection, fueling my ego, and then leading me to become even more of a narcissist. That would just lead me further down the rabbit hole, wouldn't it?
Truly a dillemma unlike any other.
The soldiers that didn't have any power all entered the armored tanks, and they began to move some of the tanks away to create a perimeter around this area while the remaining tanks aimed their guns right at the monster in front of them!
Tilda immediately drew her sword and dashed towards the monster! The monster was a fish-human hybrid, just like the one that Tilda killed before, and Tilda was sure that it would have the same strength as the previous one. It would be hard for the other Superhumans to take it on alone, so she would just leave them to handle creating the perimeter while she and Ralph would take care of the monster!
Boom!
A large explosion resounded through the area as one of the armored tanks shot a blast straight at the monster, disorienting it enough to allow Tilda to get close enough and slam her foot into the monster's face!
Slam!
The kick threw it back for fifty meters before Tilda jumped after it and struck out with her sword to sever its arm that was trying to hit her!
Slash!
Squelch!
The arm flew off easily, and the monster roared in pain as it was pummeled by four more rounds from the armored tanks! Tilda grabbed the arm that she cut and was about to use it to stab down into the monster's neck to end its life!
Slam!
But before Tilda could get the arm in, the monster used its other hand to slap Tilda away, and she dug a deep crack into the concrete as she slid for more than a hundred meters! She flipped and slammed her feet into the ground to stop herself, and she was about to dash back in, but a flash of lightning at her side made her stop in her tracks as she saw Lightning Rider appearing in front of her.
"Wait, Tilda. Don't move a muscle. There's something over there."
Lightning Rider spoke in a low voice as he stared towards the sea. Anyone who heard him would immediately think that his throat was completely dry from fear! Tilda frowned as she turned in the direction that he was looking in to see what was so important. But Tilda immediately lost her annoyance, and her throat dried up in shock as she saw something that was unbelievable standing in front of the ocean.
Five!
There were four large monsters standing in a straight line in front of the ocean, and in front of them stood a monster that looked more human than any Anima that Tilda had ever seen! The Anima in front of the four large Anima had a humanlike figure, but its body was purple and bulky, and there were armor-like plates on all its joints. It also had an ant's head, complete with sharp teeth, large eyes, and two long antennae!
It was almost twice as tall as Lightning Rider, but it had a look in its eyes that screamed intelligence! It was surveying the surroundings with this bored, judgmental stare that reminded Tilda too much of what a human's stare would look like! She knew that this monster was different from any other one she had fought against! Once the Anima turned to look at Tilda and Lightning Rider, they both took steps back because they could feel the power behind that stare!
There was an immeasurable dread that filled both of them, and it almost froze them to their bones! They could immediately sense that this monster was something that they would not want to ever challenge to a fight. This had to be a high Disaster Class monster. No, that was even too low. The monster in front of them had to be a Calamity! It was a country-level calamity!
Tilda's hand shook as she tried to grip her sword tighter! She couldn't show fear here! Not when she was the strongest one here! If she showed fear then what will the other's do!?
"On my signal, run. You need to call for reinforcements. Send out a message to all the guilds. Tell them a calamity is here."
Tilda muttered through gritted teeth as her hand tightened around her sword! At that moment, Tilda knew that there was nothing any of them could really do against this monster, and they were all going to be killed if they didn't do something fast. The best they could hope for was for Lightning Rider to send out a message to all the guilds and get them to bring their A ranks here!
Screech!
The ant suddenly released a loud screech in the direction of the two superhumans, and Tilda gave up on staying quiet as she screamed at Lightning Rider to get out of there now! They had no idea what the ant was trying to do here, but they knew that standing there would only end with them dead!
Lightning Rider dashed away from the spot that they were standing in, and in the next moment, he saw two of the four larger monsters appear in front of him! His eyes widened, and his heartbeat started to speed up as he realized that he was really going to die here! There was nothing he could do against monsters like these! He was already too weak to handle a single Disaster class on his own, and now there were two aiming straight for him!? What sort of situation is this!?
"Move out of the way!!"
A shout from the side reached Lightning Rider only a few seconds before a great force slammed into the two monsters that were about to hit him, throwing them to the side. Another superhuman, Blizzard Force, was the one that helped Lightning Rider! The new superhuman was a B-rank female with blue hair and white highlights in her hair. Her white eyes were glowing as she raised her staff in the air and summoned a massive storm that darkened the sky above them!
Her power was focused on the weather, and she had the ability to use various wind and lightning-based skills because she also had a minor blessing from the god of lightning! Lightning streaked across the sky as she conjured up a massive lightning bolt and sent it straight into the direction of the two monsters!
BZZZTTT!!
The lightning bolt struck them head-on, and blue light flashed across the entire area as the massive skill hit them! But as it died down, Blizzard could only take a step back in fear as she saw that the lightning bolt didn't even do anything to them! They were still on their feet, and the only difference between now and before the lightning bolt hit was that their focus was no longer on Lightning Rider! It was on her!
ROARRRR!!!
...
"I'm telling you guys, GHOST has to be the coolest superhuman in the world. Did you see him on Metube the other day!? He finished off that Disaster class monster like it was nothing and he didn't even stay back to take an interview! That's so cool!"
Mark walked into the school cafeteria with his hands in his pocket. Arit was following behind him while looking through some of the books that they were assigned to read today and Mark had to pull her out of the way whenever she was about to hit someone or something from not paying attention to where she was going. Mark pulled her out of the way before she hit a table and he guided her towards their table as he heard what someone was shouting. He looked in the direction of the person talking, and he saw that it was Francis and his crew who were sitting together around a table and talking loudly.
Francis was holding onto a phone and watching a video on Metube of a fight that was happening, and once Mark saw it, he immediately recognized the fight. That was the fight that Mark had with a large Disaster class monster a month ago. It was a lion-human hybrid that showed up near the mall, and since Mark was in the area, he decided to kill the monster before it could do too much damage. Mark had no idea that someone was videotaping him when he was fighting! He couldn't believe people were willing to risk their life like that just to get a video to put up on Metube!
Before choosing the name GHOST, I wondered what sort of name someone like Mark would have if he was a vigilante the current era. I searched online and asked a few friends and they kept saying silly things like Rizzmaster and Thotslayer.
I need new friends.
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