Side story : Misguided key of wind thelema [III]

Let's see... how should I open side story this time.

Perhaps, ah yes... there's that way.

Once upon a time, there lived a young man. He's by no mean special or something, he's just another youngster who spends his day lying on his bed watching TikTok in his dirty room.

Because his parents had once divorced and threw him out of the bus, he had to live alone within hunger and poverty.

Every day he could eat nothing but a few cup of noodles, but it still wasn't too bad, the worst was when the landlord always knocking on his door to collect the rent that was due, which made him have to kneel down and begged for the landlord's mercy.

His name was Chung Cheng Liang, a young man who could be rated as mediocre in all aspects.

He had a messy black hair, a dull appearance, face full of pimple from his unhealthy life, and no doubt about it... he had a very unpleasant smell.

That was the origin of the supposed "Protagonist" in the current side story, a common guy who mostly spent his day with his smartphone, without doing anything on his bed, and could only depend upon government's fund who'll support him with their child support program.

One day, as Chung Cheng Liang watch another short of TikTok, he saw a short video which told him about the work of a surgeon.

At first Chung Cheng Liang wasn't really interested, but when he saw and diligently watch at how a surgeon worked, something inside him stirred up.

When he saw the scalpel, bone saws, anesthetic injections, hammer, rubber glove neatly lined up beside the existing cadaster, Chung Cheng Liang felt he wanted to do the same as that surgeons.

Since then Chung Cheng Liang started his malpractice, beginning from animals to his landlord's bodies.

It was pretty amazing, considering he even killed everyone in the surrounding neighborhood to be used as a material for his skill.

It was then... Chung Cheng Liang received some unwanted attention of those who called themselves as ROB.

Intrigued by Chung Cheng Liang acts, the ROB took his life in an "UNFORTUNATE" accident so the ROB could reincarnate him to different world with a「System」.

Chung Cheng Liang who knows little about reincarnation stuff didn't really care, however, he's become very interested when he heard that he would be able to get stronger with the more bodies he cut, and moreover… he could dissect bodies belonged to beauties in that「World」while receiving some reward in doing so.

Not only Chung Cheng Liang could cut open beauties' body which was hard to be done when he's still alive, but he'll also received reward and gift from doing it. What an offer, Chung Cheng Liang thoughts.

And so it begins, the story of Chung Cheng Liang who had been reincarnated into Cid Kagenou's body, in a mashup「World」composed of many beauties walking by the side of road.

So far he has trashed around Shadow Garden and used its member to empower his strength, it was practically an easy feat since he's using Cid Kagenou a.k.a Shadow's identity while doing it.

Numerous soul has been sacrificed, many has fall for the sake of his lecherous thought, in that「World」which is no longer a fiction, the new Cid Kagenou a.k.a Shadow has become a threat for everyone living within that small world.

Then what's the ROB doing while he's doing so? The ROB didn't do anything, after that supreme being gave the「System」to Ching Cheng Liang and reincarnated him, that being practically didn't care about what'll happen to that「World」.

If Ching Cheng Liang become multiversal level, then the ROB will come to pick his life. If Ching Cheng Liang died, then the ROB will pick the gift from his corpse. Simple as that.

Those are ROB, some random omnipotent being who like to abuse their power. Then again, their power are their own so who could really stop them.

So for the sake of stopping this atrocity cycle that'll make every universe flooded with these arrogant ROB, someone has to dirty their hand. Someone has to use the hammer of arbitration to them, which make them stop from doing free「System」giveaway.

That's what he always mean from his song.

(Today is the day gods will fall ♪ Angels will be torn from their wings ♪ Demons will be burned in their hell ♪ Humanity will chose the chaos for their living ♪ The world fall into deep pain as I faced...)

As he faced...the happiness that he once dreamt for.

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Previously, the "protagonist" who decided to enjoy his "slow life" entered the food court area, which of course was filled with many food stalls.

Passing by the many Lycoris who are in disguise with the appearance of Cid Kagenou's appearance who is no more attractive than a mob, the "Protagonist" overheard a scream coming from a cart that stood in the middle of the food court.

♪Ting♪TingTingTing♪Ting♪Ting♪

Because he remembered about the report from his dead henchman who has been turned into a dog food, the "Protagonist" approached the cart in order to investigate it.

"Begitulah ceritanya~ Yaahh gila banget yaaa~ Welp anyway, do you want to ask more meatball? Mr. Chung... Cheng... Liang..."

However, as if the owner of the cart had been waiting for his presence, the owner actually started to talk about something. It was a story, just a simple story telling, and it was a story that the "Protagonist" knew so well that it frightened him.

"... You, who are you."「Cid Kagenou (Chung Cheng Liang)」

Undoubtedly, the story that the "Protagonist" listens to is his old story. The story of when he was still a loser before being reincarnated.

The owner even knew about the conversation he had with the ROB which he was pretty sure at the time, no one could find out.

At first fom the first sentence, the "Protagonist" already guessed something is wrong with the cart owner, he might be crazy or something for suddenly talking about some stories to his customers.

Yet with more words flew out of his mouth, that thought has changed from "He's crazy or something" to "Did I heard something crazy from him?!"

No one should've know if he's actually not a real resident of that「World」, that fact had been hidden with the ROB who reincarnated him, along with the fact that he never told anyone about it.

Yet there's this man who knows everything about him from A to Z. This is something he can't leave alone.

At first glance, the "Protagonist" slightly moved his arm to his waist, there's his super-duper-durable-antimatter-slime-sword that're still in invisible mode, ready to be drawn to behead the owner of the cart.

Using that blade he intended to swiftly killed the owner so there's nothing that'll pose a threat for him.

"What's wrong? Need more of that SAUCE? or maybe this sauce?"

But before the "Protagonist" could draw his sword, a bullet nested through his hand that even the super-duper-durable-bullshit-antimatter-slime-armor couldn't block, making his arm feel a little stiff.

His arm got disturbed, which made the blade made of slime can't be unsheathed.

Nevertheless, he's still in his Mob-fu face, dull and harmless. This was the result after he reincarnated into Cid Kagenou's body.

Despite the real soul of Cid Kagenou has been overridden by Chung Cheng Liang's soul, looks like Chung Cheng Liang had somehow been influenced by the real Cid Kagenou's thoughts.

The "Protagonist" acted as if his arm had been stung by something, and examined it surreptitiously in the crowd of people, while the "Protagonist" was acting if his arm is hurting, the owner who was also acting if there's something wrong with the ketchup bottle in his hand apologized to his customer.

The two of them act naturally as possible, the "Protagonist" with his Mob-fu and the owner with his common friendly face.

"Oh my~ I'm sorry, the lid is still closed. Thankfully there's nothing came out of it right?"

"Yeah thankfully, so where is my order."「Cid Kagenou (Chung Cheng Liang)」

After he smiled, the owner then prepared a portion of meatballs to be given to his customers. And because he also doesn't know (don't want to know either) what kind of taste the "Protagonist" likes, the owner carelessly puts the spices and all-kind of cooked meat balls from the large boiling pot.

The "Protagonist" asked what meat the owner put in for his meatball, but the owner answered that it was just a collection of natrium, flour, and combination of livestock meat.

Of course that's nothing but another lies, as a matter of fact those meatballs was created from the corpse of those henchman he killed before. But the "protagonist" who didn't know the lie still continued his Mob-fu until finally his teeth bit something uncomfortable.

"Phuurghh!? This is..."「Cid Kagenou (Chung Cheng Liang)」

"Ahh that's Mr. Jeffrey jaw, how lucky for him to be found out first! (Clap-Clap-Clap) but hmmm, here I thought I've grind it nicely. Looks like I'm not fit for the work eh?"

What he spit out from his mouth was a barrage of intact teeth hidden inside the meatball, even though he looked nauseous and wanted to vomit all of his stomach contents, the "Protagonist" who was still continuing his Mob-fu continued to act normal and spit it out into the hidden space inside his super-duper-durable-bullshit-antimatter-slime-armor.

"Ohh? Loyal to acting huh? Marvelous. Despite you're not actually Cid Kagenou?"

The "Protagonist" stopped eating and pushed the dish out of his sight, while taking out a bill from his wallet, he then paid and quickly left the venue with a feeling of horror towards the owner.

Deep inside him, Chung Cheng Liang felt that he would have no trouble if he used his ultimate move known as "I am ATOMIC", the ultimate move that was so great-amazing-spectacular-brilliant that it was capable of creating an explosion similar to an atomic bomb.

He also hold numerous ultimate move and many treasure which he gained from his「System」, which he sure at least something could make his victory, BUT that's only until victory.

Even if he do win against the food cart owner after he used his ultimate moves against him, somehow… he felt that he'd not be able to live much longer after that battle.

"I don't know what you're talking about, thanks for the dish."「Cid Kagenou (Chung Cheng Liang)」

That was his thought as the "Protagonist" then blended into the crowd like a mob, and then disappeared. Mingled among the many people in the crowd, the "Protagonist" was more like a cockroach than the great Shadow.

"Yup, he's running away. Well, I wouldn't mind if he tried to pick a fight in here. It'll be much moooore easier to end this "

As for that food cart owner.

Who knows what was playing in his mind as he allowed the target to escape, he's not quite right in the mind after all. However, looking at the cold smile that he gave when he saw Chung Cheng Liang leave in terror, it seems that the owner will not just let the "Protagonist" leave that easy.

However, right now he's nothing more than a seller of meatballs. More than the "Protagonist" who has run away, he got several bowls that needed to be washed as well as a dishwashing bucket full of soapy water that needs to be replaced.

"Hmm... he's going to Hatoba-san. He changed his destination huh?"

Washing the bowls and drying them, the owner then places them on the shelf in his cart. There was not the slightest stain or smell of blood from the cart, it was as if he had cleaned every evidence out from every part of his cart.

It didn't take long for him to clean up all the chore, he only got nothing more than one customer after all. He then lifted all of his belongings so that nothing was left behind, and pushed the cart to his next destination. The hospital where Hatoba Tsugu was currently recuperating.

Besides... it was very strange.

How come, no one stops by or at least approaches the cart except for the "Protagonist". Indeed, he heard the "Bakso" call from the owner, but how come he was the only one who came to the cart.

The meatball cart is in the middle of the food court, a place where many people who are hungry or looking for food pass by. At the very least there must be someone curious enough to taste the meatballs among those people or got baited from hearing that interesting shout.

Yet, there's no one. Not even one soul, beside that "Protagonist" approached him.

But yeah anyway, all of that doesn't really matter, maybe the people just don't really care.

"Soooobaksooo."

Once again, the meatball seller shouted that interesting scream, but strangely still no one responded. Like an invisible ghost, no one paid any heed to a meatball cart that passed between them.

♪Ting♪TingTingTing♪Ting♪Ting♪