Garou Ga Kill

Chapter 18: Garou Meets Esdeath

Garou Meets Esdeath

Wave was an optimistic young man, he spent all his life near the sea, helping people and protecting them from the sea beasts and pirates. Lately, he had been invited to the empire's capital to join an elite team to fight against the evil threatening the innocents of the empire. He was motivated by his self-righteousness and his kind heart to help everyone in need, especially the people of his own country. A typical good-natured patriot.

He met his new teammates two days ago that said, they weren't exactly what he expected. They were a little weird, but he could see the goodness inside them. He had a feeling that will enjoy his stay with them despite their quirks.

His team consisted of 7 people, including himself. The first was a huge and scary man that terrified him at first, it didn't take long to realise how shy and kind the frightening man was, Wave found it even funnier than the one caused his fear was more afraid than him. He also had a weird emo girl in his team, the girl was obsessed with sweets and seemed hard to approach, but she didn't look like an evil person. She was a little shut-in at most, he also had to admit she was adorable.

There was another girl in the team, she looked slightly older than him and had a cute little pet with her. She looked optimistic and cheerful and your average everyday person, that was at least until the subject of the enemy was mentioned. Wave saw the sweet girl become a crazed maniac with an endless desire to kill, he could feel her palpable bloodlust from a mile away. Such a huge contrast shocked him.

Another quirky teammate and the one who disturbed Wave the most, was a man who called himself Dr Stylish, despite what the name implied the guy was really disturbing.... Wave would shiver every time remembered how the man stared at him. The man's interest in men was truly scary.

There was one more man in his team, this one seemed to be the only sane person without a quirk or crazy behaviour, just a reasonable and friendly person. Wave liked his company the most.

Finally, there was his leader, she was a gorgeous woman, and her strength surpassed her beauty. Her strength, beauty, intelligence and her care for her subordinates made her look like the perfect leader. If not for the maniacal smile occasionally appearing as she thought about gruesome things.

All in all, his life was quite good, he enjoyed his stay in the empire's capital. And today, he was the referee of a tournament funded by his leader to find candidate to join them. He heard there was supposed to be someone else with the name Garou joining them. But the guy ignored the invitation. Wave wondered what kind of person this Garou was. But for now, he had to focus on the tournament at hand.

Wave took a deep breath and approached the arena. While he was walking one of the organisers gave him a paper containing necessary information of the participants such as name and age.

Wave stood in the middle of the arena, he coughed a little gaining the attention of the crowd. He looked at the paper in his hand and shouted, "First round, Hans VS Garou!"

Wave paused as he realised the name he just spoke, he looked down at the paper to make sure he didn't make a mistake. The name was indeed Garou, was it a coincidence?

Wave didn't have time to ponder as the two fighters arrived at the same time to the arena. Wave looked at the first fighter, Hans, he was a huge man with muscular body, the man seemed a decent fighter just by the mass of his body alone.

He then turned to the other side, toward Garou, Wave paused a little upon seeing Garou. Wave looked back at the paper again to check the age once again, he saw the number 18 written there. He looked again at Garou with surprised eyes, was this man really 18 ?!

Wave couldn't help but ask "Umm... Garou, Is your age really 18?"

This question was asked loudly, everyone in the arena heard it, including the night raid members, his teammate, the audience and most importantly his General. Everyone was really shocked, except for Himiko and the children who were laughing thanks to the shocked and confused faces made by everyone around them.