Chapter 5: Everything is pointless

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When the monsters attacked the land, it was business as usual: monsters appear atsome point on the planet, heroes arrive, are defeated with great difficultyexcept for Daniel, because he is evacuating the civilians to a safe zone, afterdefeating the monster Joe and Diana celebrate with their fans and the journalists, Miyuki and Arthur also celebrate but they are rather subdued, and Daniel waits for the others to go back to the accommodation. An average fight is like this. For weeks there are only general operations. Not that Daniel minds dealing with civilians, but Daniel is homesick. Suddenly, he findshimself in a completely new environment against his will, and he can't even start a simple conversation with his partners because they're busy doing their own thing. Their teamwork was chaos.

Daniel wanted a quieter, simpler life rather than such an extreme job. Daniel was so fed up with the situation, he decided to escape from the superhero accommodation that night. But it was not as easy as he first thought. He couldn't simply teleport away because an alarm would sound and send Tracker an exact coordinate of where Daniel was. So, he could either go out the main exit or the back exit, because in that case the whole accommodation would not be alarmed. However, there were CCTV cameras inside and outside the building, which he could see with his Phase eyes. Because Daniel had water elemental, he was able to penetrate the cameras by directing water droplets to disable them. It was easy enough, and then he made his way quietly to the main exit. But it was guarded by guards, and Daniel didn't want to hurt the guards, so he headed for the back exit, knowing there were no guards or cameras there. The end of the back exit leads into the city center through a long tunnel. Why? Because if they want to go out on the street through the main exit, they can't go out because of the fans, in Daniel's case, if he goes out without a mask, they'll know who "Mystical" is. Walking slowly and quietly towards the back exit past the gym, when he came to the huge gym door which was open, suddenly the gym lights came on and Tracker was standing there.


Tracker: Where're you going?


Daniel: I'm just goin' for a glass of water. *lie*


Tracker: The kitchen is just the other way. You're a bad liar.


Daniel: Fine, I'm not going there, but it's none of your business.


TrackerYou look nervous, what didja really want to do young man?


Daniel: I don't understand why yer making a big deal of this. Like I said, it's nobody else's business where I wanna go. I simply went the wrong way to get water. *lie*


Tracker: You know I'm not going to buy that. Please come in.


Daniel entered the gym.


Tracker: Didja try to escape from here?


Daniel: And if so? Then what?


Tracker: What reason do you have to escape?


Daniel: Believe me, I have my reasons.


Tracker: Then tell me. Why do you want to run away?


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