𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 [𝙏𝙤𝙠𝙮𝙤 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙭 𝙈! 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧]

conflicted

•deviation from the plot•
•late update 'cuz my brain cell decided to yeet •
•I'm sorry for the long wait•

||Twenty-One||

"You probably want to get out of here before the cops come here." [M/N] said as he leisurely gets a lollipop from his pocket and unwrapped it before shoving it inside his mouth.

He badly wants to take a whiff of a cigarette, but ever since he quit smoking, he throws his lighter and his cigarette. After that, he didn't buy it anymore. He relies on the lollipop to nibble on.

The rain finally subsided, and the people who were just having a confrontation earlier reduced to half. The others probably got scared and decided to get out there before it became out of control. Well, it already went beyond their control, so might as well run before the cops come.

But the leaders of the three deities and Leo didn't run, they just stand there looking at [M/N] as he casually rummage through Ken's pockets, looking for something useful. Looking at this kind of scene, others might mistake him for a petty thief.

But [M/N] didn't care about what they thought, he already showed them the worse of him, so what's the point of putting an act? So he decided to shatter the mask and reveal his true self from them.

To be honest, his real personality is far from what he's showing them right now. He actually hated violence, considering how his father beat the shit out of his mother to the point of her not taking it anymore and decided to leave him.

He doesn't like to steal things too, because his father used to steal his hard-earned money just to buy his alcohol. And he doesn't like the color and smell of blood, it makes him throw up.

But over the years of him being the errand boy of the nine-tailed, he did all the things he hated. He resorted to violence every chance that he got. And if violence can't still resolve it, he proceeded to kill them.

Crimson blood, the color that he hated the most, that's the only thing he sees almost every day. He can't help but change. And that change was obviously not a good thing.

"I'm sure you have a lot of questions." After looking through every pocket of Ken, he didn't find any useful things, so he decided to stop and stand up and face the group who got left behind, or more like decided to stay.

"What this fox said, it's true. I instigated the fight between Toman and Tenjiku. It's just a pity that Izana died there." After he said that, Mikey kick him in the head, but before Mikey's leg can make a contact he already blocked it using his forearm.

When Mikey put down his leg, [M/N] shook his forearm to relieve the numbness that he got from the kick.

"What are you talking about?" Takeomi chimed in as he wondered what does the fight between Tenjiku and Toman have to do with [M/N] allying himself to the Nine-Tailed.

"You want to know the truth right? Okay, I'm going to tell you. This is my compensation and my repayment to Shin." [M/N] smiled gently as he sits down on the cement, ready to tell a long story for them.

"But if I'm going to tell you, I have to go back further. It's too long so if you're not in a hurry, might as well sit down." He laughed as he patted the ground, the puddle that the rain left got splashed as he patted it. The others just frowned their brows when they saw [M/N]'s uncaring attitude towards this grim situation.