chapter 3 part 1

The eldritch mutant watched in muted shock and horror as this man went about effortlessly slaughtering the entire group of villains. Every attack sent his way seemed to glide past him. His arms were a blur as they lashed out. Blood and body parts flew through the air, painting the ground a deep crimson. All thought of kidnapping the kid disappeared as the villains attempted to fight back.

The strange man weaved and easily dodged an incoming strike. With one pincer outstretched, the crab villain could only watch as a fist sped towards his face, a blur in his vision, plunging into the crab man's chest. He felt a brief, overwhelming sense of pain before he felt something ripped out of his chest. Looking at the man's hands, he saw something red and beating attached to thick cords of meat. He saw his own heart pulled out of his body, before the man crushed it in his hands, squeezing the blood from the red meat as darkness took over his mind.

The other villains watched, horrified as their fellow villain fell to the ground. The man's hand remained outstretched, still holding the crushed remains of their companion's heart, blood seeping through his fingers. Fear began to permeate the mind of every villain present. No matter what they did, they couldn't seem to beat this guy. The eldritch mutant stared at the man, his eyes wide with distraught."W-we're just here for the kid. I-If we take the kid, we'll leave your t-territory okay?"

"Since when do monsters stoop so low?" The man's glare shifted from the corpse to him, his killing intent directed at him.

The mutant Villain grimaced, hearing the man continually describing them as 'monsters.' He grew slightly confused. Why would a fellow Villain be so against their actions?"We aren't 'monsters.' We're just Villains, doing a job."

"Huh?" The man narrowed his eyes before walking towards him, his killing intent still at its peak.

"There's no difference, especially when all I see are abominations." The man replied with a serious tone.

The reduced group of Villains all shuddered at the aggressive tone. Judging from his words, this guy had no intention of letting any of them leave alive. Glancing over at the kid on the ground, the grotesque villain had an idea pop into his head. As the shirtless man continued carving his way through his compatriots, the tentacled villain rushed over to the boy, snatching him up — his grotesque tentacles wrapped around the boy's throat, strangling him. Holding up the boy between the man and himself, the villain could feel noticeable fear."Get out of here. Now. Alternatively, I'll choke the life out of this kid."

The boy's wide, panicked eyes stared at the now stationary form of the shirtless man. The tentacles around his throat tightened their grasp, choking the breath out of him.

"...go ahead." The man said as he briefly turned his eyes towards the corpse of the crab creature, eyeing the pincers, as he turned his eyes towards the man with many eyes over his body. The eldritch mutant flinched when he saw the killer started rushing towards another of his own as he saw him run past the corpse of the crap mutant.

"I-I said stop-"

Before the mutant could squeeze the boy's windpipe even further, the man stopped and stomped one of the pincers, tearing the claw out of its socket as it flew in midair, and kicked pincer towards him at speeds he could not react. The inhuman eyes of the eldritch mutant widened the moment he felt something cold piercing his head, right in the center of his forehead. The tentacle holding the boy dropped, as the mutant fell face-flat on the floor lifeless like a stringless puppet.

"..." The other villains were now scared for their lives.

"Prepare to die." The man said as he resumed his slaughter.

Garou stood in the center of his world, surrounded by the blood and corpses of monsters, his only other company was a boy of around nine sitting there, trembling in fear. Garou took a deep breath as he calmed down, his rage sated, but not sans allowing the pain of his accumulated injuries to catch up to him finally.