The King's Mandate: Anomalous System

Chapter 89: Oath

Who are these guys?!

They jumped like it was no big deal.

I have to do something!

"I can't die here"

They are pointing their guns at me.

My wounds are not healing. If they shot me in the head, I will...die.

Dammit!

I can't die here.

"Move! Dammit!"

I can't move my body. I can't stand up!

They shot my left leg, shoulder, back, chest, stomach too. If I don't move, I will die.

I have to go to school tomorrow! For Elena.

I have to play LWO tomorrow! For Lily. 

I have to confess to Lier!

I still have to reply to Miss Serah's confession!

I have many other things to do. I can't die here!

Move! My body! Move!

If I can control my body action, then...move!

I have to kill these two men.

I will stand up with my right leg and tackle them with my right hand...my right hand!

I still can't move it!

Dammit. Dammit. Dammit all!

"Huh?"

I can feel my right hand. I can't move it perfectly, but if I can just somehow...

I gathered all my remaining strength on my right leg, and side punched the head of one man with my right hand.

Thud~~

I am sure that I didn't punch that hard. I could barely move it, then...

"What is this?"

When my punch hit him, his and the other man who was standing next to him, their head fell off and rolled on the floor.

If my punch was powerful, then their head would have been sent flying, but...my punch wasn't that powerful.

"How did their head easily fall off?"

Even if I did hit hard, the blood should have come out. They should bleed, but there is no blood coming out from their bodies.

I should check their bodies.

I got close to take a closer look of their body--

Woosh~~

"Huh?"

A gunshot?

When I looked back, there were 10 men jumping across the buildings and coming at me.

"I have to run"

They will surely kill me if they catch me--

My body...

I can't move. I have lost too much blood!

Even if they don't catch me, I will die from blood loss.

Sorry.

I am sorry, Elena. I can't meet you at school. 

I am sorry, Lily. I can't play LWO with you.

I am sorry, Lier. In the end, all I did was hurt you.

I am sorry, Miss Serah. I still don't know how to answer your confession.

I am sorry, mom, dad. I went out again.

"Hehehe"

Just kidding.

There is no way I will let those guys live. If I let them live, they will come after my family.

"I will kill all of them"

Stand up, Das! Move!

You can't let them touch your family.

Move your body! 

I ran with one leg and shoved two men down with me from the building. 

This time I will really die.

Falling from a 30 meter tall building, there is no way anyone would survive.

I closed my eyes, waiting for the impact.

"I hope it doesn't hurt"

I was waiting for the impact, but nothing happened.

When I opened my eyes, I was already lying on the road.

"At least two of them are dead..."

The two men, whom I shoved from the building with me, were lying on the road, but they just stood up.

Thump~~ Thump~~

"Huh?"

Thump~~ Thump~~

8 men jumped from the building.

Now I am sure that they aren't human. There is no way a human can jump from a 30 meter tall building and land on their legs.

Thump~~ Thump~~

I looked back to see that the other two men jumped behind me from the building with their heads in their hands.

They put their head around their necks and twisted it, and it connected back.

There was a gun on the floor. I picked it up and shot them. I kept shooting, but they...

"Why don't they die!"

"Don't come near--"

.....

Huh?

Where am I?

I can't feel my body...no, I can't sense my body.

What is that? Stars?

Am I looking at the sky?

Why am I...how am I here?

I was on the road...did I die?

I can't sense my body. I feel like I am floating in the air.

Huh?

What is this?

There are buildings beneath me. Am I really flying?

Is this out-of-body experience? Or...did I die?

I can see the road. I can see everything.

I am floating.

My voice won't come out. I am speaking, but I can't hear my voice.

What is that? 

There is something on the road.

I want to take a closer look.

How do I go there?

I thought of going down and the next moment, I was on the ground.

They are...

They are the men who were after me.

What's happening...how?

I am still standing between them, on the road. 

I am here, so who is that?

Why am I standing there...what is that?

Why is my left eye red?

Is that blood? But the pupil is red. Did the blood get in?

Even if that's the case, why is it glowing?

What is going on?

When I try to speak, my lips move, but the voice is not coming out. 

I tried to touch my body, and my hand from my body moved.

What's happening?

Why is my body moving now?

Now is not the time to think about it.

If I can control my body like this, then I have to take care of these guys first.

I floated up to see everything clearly, and started moving my body, which was on the road.

Remember, Das. Think calmly and remember your martial arts training. 

Even if I can't do it properly, I have to take these guys down.

I started attacking them. No matter how I attacked, no matter where I attacked, they always got up again.

If it's like this, then I will keep attacking until they don't get up again or until I die.

I kept attacking them. I hit their head, their head falls down, but they kept moving.

Attacking them on human weak spots won't work on them.

I need to find...whatever they are, I need to find their weak spots.

I was attacking randomly, and at random spots. I hit one of the men in the middle of the chest. My hand penetrated his chest, and he fell down. 

He didn't get up again.

I found their weak spot. I need to attack them in the middle of the chest.

I started attacking them in the middle of the chest and soon enough, all of them were lying on the ground.

I somehow--

"Did it...huh?" 

I am back in my body?

"What was that?"

I was out of my body. I couldn't sense my body. An out-of-body experience? 

"No"

You can't control your body in an out-of-body experience. 

"I was moving or rather controlling my body"

It was more like a view, a sight a...

"Vision of the present" 

I can still move my body. The wounds haven't healed yet, but the bleeding has stopped. 

I somehow ran to the park near my house. The park where I meet Elena every morning.

"I can't go on"

My wounds are slowly healing.

"I need to take the bullets out" 

Some bullets already fell off when I was fighting.

"There is one in the leg"

I took out the bullet from my leg.

"It doesn't hurt"

I got shot many times, but it didn't hurt.

"What would have happened if it hurt?" 

I lay down under the tree. The tree where Elena and I usually kiss.

"What is...it...doing here?"

The light orb was flying around me.

"What are you?"

How is it here? How did it find me?

I tried to touch it, but...

"I am too tired to move my hand"

I closed my eyes to take a rest.

[Das]

I opened my eyes. The light orb was nowhere to be found. 

What was that?

"Someone just called my name"

It was an awfully familiar voice.

Rustle~~

I heard a rustling sound from the bush.

I was convinced that it was one of the men, but...

"Meow"

"A cat?"

The cat came near me and sat beside me.

The animals are usually scared of me, but now this cat is...wait, isn't it the same cat?

"Now that I think of it...that time too"

This cat scratched my hands, and I went to the store to buy a bandage, but when I checked the scratched wasn't there.

I brushed it off thinking I am sleepy but...

"My scratch healed that time too?"

The night before that day, I played LWO for the first time.

Does that mean from back then...

"As I thought"

This is somehow related to the LWO. 

"I feel fine now"

I should go back before mom notices and...

"I need to dispose of these blood-stained clothes too"

"Meow"

"What?"

Why is this cat following me?

"Meow"

"Hey! Let go"

The cat is cuddling my leg.

"Meow"

"Do you want to come with me?"

"Meow"

I am bad with people, so how am I supposed to understand a cat? 

"I am a heartless guy"

"Meow"

Should I take it with me?

We had a cat when I was a kid. It hated me. Whenever I tried to pat her, she bit me.

Once I got back from school and found that the cat was gone. I tried searching for it but didn't find it.

Then some days later, I found a dead cat near my house. It was the same cat.

That time too, I didn't feel anything. I didn't even bury it and let it rot.

"Meow"

"Fine. I will take you home"

"Meow!"

"I will throw you out if you bite me"

"Meow"

I took the cat with me. When I reached home, mom and dad weren't there.

I went to my room, grabbed other clothes, and went to take a bath to rinse off this stinking smell of blood from me.

After the bath, I packed my blood-stained clothes in the bag and threw them out.

The cat was wandering around in my room.

My phone was in the room the whole time I was out. I checked my phone to see my mom's calls and messages.

'We are going to the palace. Will be back before morning. Take care'

"I will protect you"

I will protect the Edens family from those guys.

"I swear to Edens blood running in my veins, I will track every one of them down and show them the wrath of Das Edens"

I will show them what happens when they dare to mess with Edens. 

1. The cat he tried to save.[refer to chapter 14- My Girlfriend Can't be this beautiful (3)]