1. First Face to Face

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The sound of footsteps continued to be heard loudly. Stepping on the asphalt hurriedly as if it was the man's last day.

The cold air made the air in the man's mouth billow. He was breathing heavily, his physical condition was poor, with many small cuts and bruises.

"Hah... Hah... Hah... Uhuk! Uhuk! Run... Must run... This doesn't make sense!"

In addition to his physique that was now steadily deteriorating, the man's mentality was also steadily deteriorating. Followed by a strange silhouette from the end of the street.

"Shit! Shit! Why is it so quiet! Where are those asshole heroes!"

There were no people or even ants on the roadside tonight. There was only himself and the humanoid figure.

Floating... Floating...

With arms straight out to the side, legs straight down, and a stiff neck.

As it got closer, the humanoid got closer and closed the distance with the villain.

The eyes wrapped in bruised eyelids opened wider. The eyes were rounded, trembling, and irregular.

"Get away from me! Don't come any closer! Ugh! Hah... Die bastard!"

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Gunshots and small flashes of fire erupted.

The bullets only shattered when they hit the metal coating the T-pose figure.

"Uakh! Come on, please! My telekinesis! Ugh... Ughh..."

His body finally fell after being exhausted from running and consuming all his superpowers.

Floating closer... Floating closer...

Stopped near the villain who was already giggling. The figure floated higher slowly.

Other than the lighting from the street lamp, there was only a small blue light from the figure's left chest.

Floating higher, higher and higher until it slips off the screens of you, the readers.

The figure disappeared.

***

The sound of fast typing.

As if the keyboards were sinful and being beaten relentlessly.
The 269th ranked heroine, Hana Stewart pinched the bridge of her nose with both fingers.

Her brown hair drooped weakly.

"So, how many hours was it?"

"From the R-58 city surveillance camera, there was a four-hour chase."

"What...? 4 hours?"

"Y-yes."

The employee of the World Union of Superheroes swallowed. Putting aside Hana Stewart who was no different from the female model next to him.

With the hero's name Supe's Wish, Hana Stewart's feet continued to tap on the floor.

The employee in front of the monitor only hoped that this would be over soon. As the employee in front of the monitor, he was just an ordinary man.

Tuk... Tuk... Tuk! Tuk!

"Seriously 4 hours!? What are you guys doing?"

"Sorry... There was a malfunction with the camera-"

"Tsk... Alright, I'll meet Pebble Pull in detention."

Holding the extra portion of Happy Meal in his stomach, the employee nodded as he made a visitation statement for Hana Stewart.

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