Chapter 44:
Chapter 44 — The Price of a Name
My New Home
Hunter stared down the behemoth. 「Given that I stand at 2.07 meters (6.8 feet), you must be at 6.2 meters (20 feet).」E. Blue was utterly shocked by Hunter's strength, his immense punch completely nullified. 「H-how...?」 He desperately tried to pull his hand free. 【My hand, it won't budge.】Hunter gave a cold chuckle. 「Trust me, boy, bigger doesn't mean better in this case. So, boy, what's your name?」E. Blue: 「Experi—」 Before he could finish, he found himself suddenly airborne. 「Huh?」
Everyone watching was shocked as Hunter effortlessly lifted E. Blue off the ground and tossed him high into the air. Hunter leaped above him and struck him with a heavy, downward punch that sent E. Blue crashing violently into the beach sand.
E. Blue coughed out blood. 【Damage! I'm taking damage!】Hunter landed gracefully next to E. Blue. 「Wrong answer. So, boy, what is your name?」E. Blue was annoyed. 「I already told you, it's Ex—」 Hunter slammed a punch into his face.「Wrong again. Boy, what is your name?」E. Blue was enraged. 「Why, u—」
The behemoth tried to fight Hunter, but Hunter methodically countered every single attempt. With every counter, Hunter asked him what his name was. And whenever E. Blue answered incorrectly, he was punched.
E. Blue was a bloody mess, staggering. 【What's going on? He isn't supposed to be this strong!】Hunter: 「Alright, boy. What's your name?」E. Blue's voice was cracking, and tears began to roll down his face from the pain and defeat. 「Tanaka, Kaito Tanaka...」Hunter scoffed in annoyance. 「Took you fucking long enough. Now, Kaito, you wanna have a conversation?」Kaito was confused. 「What...?」 His body slowly began its massive healing process.Hunter: 「I'll be honest with you. Today, you'll die. But at least with this conversation, you'll die with dignity, and not like a stray dog.」Kaito sat up, stunned. 「I see. So, just a conversation?」「Yep.」 Just then, Takashi arrived, carrying whiskey bottles and dried fish. 「Thanks, Takashi. Oh, Takashi, this is Kaito. Kaito, this is Takashi.」Kaito: 「Alright.」 He looked at Takashi. 「I have a question: are you with working for him?」Takashi chuckled. 「Yeah, he pays good.」Hunter: 「I mean, I do ask a lot from you.」 Fenrir arrived next, carrying a huge beach towel in his mouth. 「Thanks, Fen.」
Fenrir barked happily.They set the towel down to sit on and arranged the Dried Mackerel and the bottles of whiskey.
Kaito was surprised. 「Karuizawa Vintage?」Hunter chuckled. 「Yep. The Fight Club set, too. I'm not allowed to spend more than fifty million on alcohol, so three bottles worth thirty-three million was worth it.」Kaito laughed despite his pain. 「A man of class. I can respect that.」 Hunter threw him a glass.Hunter became serious, his gaze sharp. 「So, Area 51.1...」Kaito drank the shot. 「Yeah. They're planning something big. I can't remember what it is...」Hunter: 「Don't worry, they probably scrambled your memories.」 They started drinking and eating the mackerel.Kaito was cautious with his next question. 「I take it they did the same with you?」Hunter sighed, then chuckled darkly. 「Yeah. Pretty fucked up to torture a six-year-old. But I guess he had bills to pay. So, the guy who turned you into this 'art project'... did he smell like me and was around our age?」Kaito thought for a moment, then laughed. 「Yeah, he did.」Hunter: 「Jase, huh? That fucking idiot. You know he's only doing this to get acknowledgement from Jack Adams?」Takashi: 「Wait, really?」Hunter scoffed. 「Yeah, the sucker don't understand that he'll never be Jack. Heck,」 he let out a chuckle, 「although he's Jack's bastard grandson from another family, Jack only cares about me!」Takashi: 「Ain't no way!」「It's facts. Jack knows we can become greater than him, and he prays for that, while he barely registers Jase as a person.」 The three men laughed, a strange, dark sound.Kaito: 「That's a sad life to live. But you said you can be like Jack—why haven't you?」Hunter: 「It's simple: we are men with simple pleasures—me and,」 he tapped his temple, 「the other 999 personalities in my dome.」Kaito: 「Damn, sounds crowded!」Hunter: 「Correction. It is overcrowded.」
Everyone watching was shocked as Hunter effortlessly lifted E. Blue off the ground and tossed him high into the air. Hunter leaped above him and struck him with a heavy, downward punch that sent E. Blue crashing violently into the beach sand.
E. Blue coughed out blood. 【Damage! I'm taking damage!】Hunter landed gracefully next to E. Blue. 「Wrong answer. So, boy, what is your name?」E. Blue was annoyed. 「I already told you, it's Ex—」 Hunter slammed a punch into his face.「Wrong again. Boy, what is your name?」E. Blue was enraged. 「Why, u—」
The behemoth tried to fight Hunter, but Hunter methodically countered every single attempt. With every counter, Hunter asked him what his name was. And whenever E. Blue answered incorrectly, he was punched.
E. Blue was a bloody mess, staggering. 【What's going on? He isn't supposed to be this strong!】Hunter: 「Alright, boy. What's your name?」E. Blue's voice was cracking, and tears began to roll down his face from the pain and defeat. 「Tanaka, Kaito Tanaka...」Hunter scoffed in annoyance. 「Took you fucking long enough. Now, Kaito, you wanna have a conversation?」Kaito was confused. 「What...?」 His body slowly began its massive healing process.Hunter: 「I'll be honest with you. Today, you'll die. But at least with this conversation, you'll die with dignity, and not like a stray dog.」Kaito sat up, stunned. 「I see. So, just a conversation?」「Yep.」 Just then, Takashi arrived, carrying whiskey bottles and dried fish. 「Thanks, Takashi. Oh, Takashi, this is Kaito. Kaito, this is Takashi.」Kaito: 「Alright.」 He looked at Takashi. 「I have a question: are you with working for him?」Takashi chuckled. 「Yeah, he pays good.」Hunter: 「I mean, I do ask a lot from you.」 Fenrir arrived next, carrying a huge beach towel in his mouth. 「Thanks, Fen.」
Fenrir barked happily.They set the towel down to sit on and arranged the Dried Mackerel and the bottles of whiskey.
Kaito was surprised. 「Karuizawa Vintage?」Hunter chuckled. 「Yep. The Fight Club set, too. I'm not allowed to spend more than fifty million on alcohol, so three bottles worth thirty-three million was worth it.」Kaito laughed despite his pain. 「A man of class. I can respect that.」 Hunter threw him a glass.Hunter became serious, his gaze sharp. 「So, Area 51.1...」Kaito drank the shot. 「Yeah. They're planning something big. I can't remember what it is...」Hunter: 「Don't worry, they probably scrambled your memories.」 They started drinking and eating the mackerel.Kaito was cautious with his next question. 「I take it they did the same with you?」Hunter sighed, then chuckled darkly. 「Yeah. Pretty fucked up to torture a six-year-old. But I guess he had bills to pay. So, the guy who turned you into this 'art project'... did he smell like me and was around our age?」Kaito thought for a moment, then laughed. 「Yeah, he did.」Hunter: 「Jase, huh? That fucking idiot. You know he's only doing this to get acknowledgement from Jack Adams?」Takashi: 「Wait, really?」Hunter scoffed. 「Yeah, the sucker don't understand that he'll never be Jack. Heck,」 he let out a chuckle, 「although he's Jack's bastard grandson from another family, Jack only cares about me!」Takashi: 「Ain't no way!」「It's facts. Jack knows we can become greater than him, and he prays for that, while he barely registers Jase as a person.」 The three men laughed, a strange, dark sound.Kaito: 「That's a sad life to live. But you said you can be like Jack—why haven't you?」Hunter: 「It's simple: we are men with simple pleasures—me and,」 he tapped his temple, 「the other 999 personalities in my dome.」Kaito: 「Damn, sounds crowded!」Hunter: 「Correction. It is overcrowded.」
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