The weakest of the weak

Throughout the alley way filled with a smell worse than death.A mop lies on the floor that is split into two ends one end on the floor another in a young mans hand.

"dammit again!! How am I supposed to get the job done if this is what you give me to work with"The young man said while his white hair which you couldn't tell was white from how unclean it was it looked more like a dirty brown color with streaks of white going through it

As he begins to try and sweep more of the garbage off the floor.

In the right hand corner of his eye he sees a young woman on a screen while a man with a microphone holds it up to her

"Cynthia evergarden do you think you'll be participating in the SCF examination in the next four months"?a man says while it looks like the other reporters around them wanted to ask the same question

"Yes I will I've been training for a long time for this and I think I'm ready I plan on coming out as first place in my district"a small girl around the height of 165cm says confidently while her green hair is put into two pigtails swinging slightly to the side

"Wow so confident for one of district 4's rising stars"many of the reporters gasp at her claims but they believe out of all of the candidates from district 4 she is one of the ones that can back up a statement like this

"The slayer corps foundation why can't I do it why can't she be here and I be there what's the difference between us besides money and social power what is it" Shin said as he barely made any progress on the floor

"What the fuck am I paying you for you little rat get back to work you should be grateful I even am paying as much as I am for this job"

The owner of the bar Harold said while spit flew from his mouth he begins to walk inside as he says

"Kid you'll never make it as a slayer don't ever think people like us in the 6th districts slums have a chance don't you realize that since you were born it was decided you had no chance at becoming one" he begins to slightly laugh as sees my shoulders drop and my head

"Haha it's funny that you would even think of things like that we are the 6th district the poorest of the poorest we bring in the least amount of slayers every year it's not luck kid it's always gonna be this way and your little dreams aren't gonna change that so get back to sweeping at least you're earning money instead of following dreams that will bear no fruits"

"You don't even have parents to financially support you're slayer dreams we are the weakest of the weak kid you just lucked out being born in the sixth district and being born in the slums" the man takes one more look at shin and goes back inside feeling a sense of accomplishment

Once the door shuts a loud scream rings out

"Ahhhhhhhh so what"

"So what if I'm the weakest of the weak"

Shins eyes begin to go cold and his face becomes black filled with determination and rage

"Even the runt of the pack has to become strong to survive"

"So I'll do anything to become strong and survive" he begins to look at the screen one more time as it views a different young man announcing he will be participating in the next slayer examination

Hours pass the once filled with garbage alleyway is almost spotless as Harold looks at it surprised

"Hmm good job kid looks like you started taking your work seriously and gave up on that dumbass dream of yours here take it and scram" he begins to hand him a few black chips

"Wait this is all I get this is only 150 voum you've gotta be kidding me what the hell is this supposed to get me!!!!!"

"I said scarm kid unless you want less" he looked at him in a threatening way as he slightly showed the pistol to his side

"It's fine haha because I'm weak I just have to not be weak" shin turned around gripping the money tightly as blood began to drip from his hand Harold had a confused face as he watched him slowly leave out of the dark alleyway

"That kids crazy" his shoulders shook slightly as he said this

"Was I really afraid just now from that brat"?

"Getting into a fight with him would of only ended up in my death it's to early for me to die yet"shin thought

As he began to lie next to a wall with many other people lying up on it covered in blankets and other things to keep them warm

I'm shin 15 years old going on 16 soon I've lived in district 6 all my life the poorest of the poor where beasts from the lost cities come to attack because we are connected to district 7 and 8 it wouldn't be a problem if the SCF just dispatched some experienced slayers to protect the outer areas but we are ignored since losing district 6 doesn't mean anything to them it would just be a cleansing to all the other districts

In total there are 9 districts in black haze city we keep in contact with the other 10 cities ever since the fallen touched earth they contaminated the air and we lost 3 quarters of earth's population the other quarter survived as infected with abilities

We combated the fallen and lost miserably realizing the difference in our strength 40 years ago now a days cities fight amongst themselves more than they do the fallen each district within a city fights the other districts and competes then the cities compete against others we do this with slayers but the slayers main objective is to destroy the fallen and take back the world

"The difference between me and her is probably my ability" abilities and equipment these are what make you strong

Everyone on earth has an ability some people have 2 it's a little rare to have 2 but it's recorded that some people even have 3

I'm a single ability user my ability is faster reflexes that's it that's all I can see something coming at me slightly faster than normal people yeah I really got lucky with this one

"How can I make it to the top with this ability and no money" I begin to punch myself at my own weakness

"I can't be so weak I just need to do it I can't complain"as shins says this a homeless man gives him a stare like he's crazy

"abilities can be trained like muscles maybe that's where I start my body could also use some work" shin says as he looks at his beat up body with no real build at all

"I have four months" shin quickly begins to get up and run through the alleyway tripping on pieces of garbage on the way with a smile on his face

"Huff puff"the woman stares at a boy panting in front of her

"Umm this is the hunting agency do you have a beast core or did you finish a request"

"I'm sorry my huff breath I would like to Register with the agency"

"I see that's what you want to register it costs 500 voum" the woman makes a slightly worried face that a boy so young is asking to register

"I see 500 I'll be back thank you"

Shin begins to sit back down on the wall as he thinks about how to make the 500 voum required until he sleeps

The next day he runs around the slums looking through every single alley way store for requests that he could complete in total he found six requests The total possible voum he could earn would be 900 voum

First he cleaned someone's store then he helped a quirky guy with a lab coat get some of his blood and he had made 380 voum

The woman was once again at the office when she heard something hit the desk in front of her and saw 500 voum on the desk she looked to see who did it and saw a kid with dirty white hair and red eyes standing there with a little blood coming out of his arm

"Im back can I please register with the hunters agency"

"I see here this is your hunter tag if you die people can recover it and let us know then we can contact your relatives and give them the news I know you probably don't have anywhere else to turn to but it's dangerous being a hunter I don't think this is what you want to do"

"I'm 100 percent sure this is what I want to do" he grabbed the tag from her and began to walk away

"Hey your name I need your name"

"my name is shin" he calls out while he walks away