Robbery

1 week later…

Alarms were blaring loudly. Criminals with guns were demanding cash, threatening to shoot anyone who doesn’t do what they say. A bank robbery during this time? What would you do?

If you’re called Tsushima Nicolas, the most reasonable thing to do is be a hero and save the day! I burst through the main entrance of the bank.

“Did someone call me?” I asked. Every criminal there pointed their guns at me. There were 5 people there. All of them have a Glock. “Nobody did. But if a hero sees danger, their first reaction should be to help the people! So, here I am to save the day!”

“And who the hell do you think you are?” A masked guy asks me.

“Is that supposed to be a hero speech?” You sound stupid. Another masked guy asks me.

I smiled. “My name is Tsushima Nicolas, I am a superhero that controls water!” I need to improve with my introductions. I’ve spent the last week so much on getting stronger, I couldn’t focus at all on sounding dramatic and stuff like all those cool anime main characters.

Well, whatever, I’ll take those punks down. “Come at me, fools.” I said holding out my right hand while putting my left behind my back.

“How ridiculous.” One of the criminals said pointing the gun at me. In the blink of an eye, he shot a bullet.

A bullet from a handgun travel approximately 200 meters per second. I controlled the charges of water atoms to move at that speed in my direction to then stop it. With all this, the bullet ends up right in front of my face.

“People with guns are pretty predictable.” I then said preparing myself to attack. “Thanks for the lessons Sena, I understand it now.” I whispered to myself before lunging forward.

I didn’t just attack aimlessly, I created a high pressure with water under my feet to lunge me forward at a high speed. The five men shot my direction, but all missed. With a second passing, I reached one of the goons, I grabbed his head, tackled him from the back of his leg and hit his head hard to the floor. He lost consciousness.

“What the hell?” One of the men said. They got afraid.

They then shot more bullets in my direction. I dodged them by going to the left, then the right and then underneath. The four of them couldn’t hit me. I then tried to adapt a theory Aki told me.

| “If you can temporarily create a high-pressured thin lair of water, then you could possibly create a blade.” |

That is what he told me. I did as he said, visualized everything in my head and attacked back. All the bullets within a 3-meter radius then got cut in half. It fell down like rain on a bad day.

“T-This is impossible!” A guy said. “Flee! That’s our best choice at the moment!” The four standing men then ran heading to the door. I couldn’t allow them to just escape, so I created a water wall at the entrance of the door.

They tried to go through it, but it wasn’t possible. I then created tentacle-like shapes from the water to whip them.

“Alright guys.” I said with an orb of water in my hands. “You guys will stay trapped in here until the police arrives. Don’t you dare try anything funny.”

“AAAAAHHH!! DIE!” A guy then pulled a gun from his pocket to shoot me.

| “Do you know how many times an enemy has pulled out a gun as a final attempt to kill me?” | Sena told me on the day we first met. Since then, I could adapt to this kind of situation and dodge surprise attacks like these.

As a counterattack, I used the orb of water in my hand to hit his face like a fist. It was so hard that he passed out.

The 3 still conscious men stayed silent, shivering in fear. 5 minutes passed and sirens could be heard. The police finally arrived.

“Nicolas, you have been helping us a lot for the past week.” A police officer walked up to me. “We should really thank you for your heroic deeds.”

“Thank you.” I responded. “This is something I like to do and would love to move forward being a superhero.”

“What is actually your motivation?” The officer then asks.

“My motivation?” I ask back. “Despite knowing when I was a kid that becoming a superhero is impossible, I wanted to use this chance, now that I do have superpowers to save everyone in need.”

With a little more chit chat, I was free to do whatever I like. I was heading back to the lab, when I suddenly heard a familiar male voice.

“I finally found you again.” The voice said. I looked back and saw the guy that could control carbon atoms.

I jumped back and held up my hands, ready to fight. “What a coincidence, I was also looking for you.” I said. “Are you ready to go to jail.”

“You’re not going to run away like last time?” He asked.

“Last time I was anemic. I couldn’t do crap, but now I have gotten stronger. So, I will beat you.”

“Is that so?” He asks. “Since last week, I have also gotten stronger.”

He then pushed forward, striking a punch in my direction. I dodged to the side and then attacked his stomach. But he made a diamond shield stopping my punch. I quickly jumped back and created a water whip to attack him. But he then cut it.

I looked at his hand to see a diamond blade in the shape of a long sword. That’s an interesting way to use carbonic powers.

He then swung the blade at me. With my water-powers, I created a 30-centimeter-thick brick of water to stop the blade. Using my thin lair of water technique, I tried to attack back with a blade of my own. He dodged down and created a blade right on my stomach. Creating high pressured water under the soles of my shoes, I could jump high before he could stab me.

I landed behind him and tried to slice him with my water blade, but he dodged it and jumped back. We aren’t getting anywhere at this point. Perhaps I should use the final trick up my sleeve.

“I am starting to get bored of you.” He then said. “Constantly dodging each other is not fun. So, I am going to get straight to the point and rip the atoms out of your body.”

He then stretched his arms. He then started spreading his arms as if he was tearing a piece of clothing. But he couldn’t do much. My body wasn’t affected by it at all.

“What’s the matter?” I ask with a grin. “Can’t tear my body apart?”

He got furious. “What did you do? Why can’t I rip you apart?!”

I then held up my hands. “A magician usually doesn’t reveal their secrets.” The long sword in his hand the cracked and broke. The tip of the sword fell and turned to gas. “You should know. My ability isn’t controlling water, it is controlling the charges of atoms. Hydrogen and oxygen aren’t the only atoms that can have a charge!”

I then created an orb of water and attacked him. I’ve hit his head hard. He clenched his head trying not to lose consciousness.

“T-This is bullshit!” He snaps. He then proceeds with creating a diamond katana and attacking me.

He pushed forward and swung the blade. It got close to me. But I tore the diamond structure of the material and turned it to gas once again. I then counterattacked and used my water blade. This time he couldn’t dodge, and I’ve cut open his chest. I then recollected my water and punched him in the face making him completely lose consciousness.

I then fell to my knees feeling tired from using my powers a lot. I still had enough energy to call the police. I waited for a little while and they arrived.

I warned them about the ability he has, and they said that they will find a way to keep him safe.

“Nicolas…” The guy then spoke up, getting pushed into a hospital van. “I am going to kill you some day.”

“I have a question for you.” A doctor in the van was ready to inject a sleeping drug into the guy’s body, but he stopped.

“What do you want?” He asks.

“Why did you become a villain?” I asked him. “Was your hatred really that much for me?”

“In the beginning, this was something I was going to let go.” He said looking down. But then he grinned and locked eyes with me. “But then I got high by the things I could do with this ability. I could get whatever I want. And one day, I am going to world dominate.”

“Knock him out.” I said and the doctor injected the drug into the guy’s bloodstream. “Make sure he never gets out.”

They then left. That’s one threat completed. I then looked into the sky noticing something.

“Today is training day with Sena.” I’m too tired for this.