The girl has black hair, a pale complexion, and a seductive vibe too soon to be present for her age.
She takes off her red high heels to catch up with the young boy in front.
The boy has blond, spiky hair with a large, tall frame. He wears a white tank top to clearly show his boulder-like muscles on his upper body.
However, his lower body looks frail with those skinny straight legs.
"Hurry up, Veronica! We need to get those Crises before anyone else. I will show everyone how strong I am!"
Jake taps his huge bicep, all the dreams come true in his head. Unlimited amount of money, women beg at his feet to have sex with him. Everything seems so real right now.
"Ugh! I'm wearing a dress, moron! I can't run fast!" Veronica says.
Blaze stands still and looks at them. He knows these two.
They were his classmates once, when he was still going to school. However, they aren't really friends.
In contrast, Blaze deems them to be his enemy.
The boy, Jake Stevens, and the girl, Veronica Birchwood, treated Blaze very badly. They were his bullies and his nightmare for many years.
And for a trashy with no superpower, Blaze wasn't able to fight back against these two 'superheroes' at all. No one was on his side, the school, the teachers, most of his classmates, all of them were snakes.
Only Alyson was different.
If he remembers correctly, Veronic has an E-rank power, while Jake has a D-rank, almost reaching C-rank power.
[New mission received: Kill your bullies]
Oh, you understand me very well, System. The crescent moon smile appears again on his dark facade. I wonder if they will bring me experience if I kill them as well.
Blaze has reasons to kill them. But he holds himself back. If he does whatever he wants, he will be no different than the people he hates.
Revenge will be given. But only for those who deserve it.
Blaze retreats back to his house and unequips the Tattered Cloak. He is now the skinny trash gene boy that everyone used to know.
"Hey, isn't that the house of that trashy?"
Veronica says, pointing her finger.
Blaze opens the door. He is still half-naked with only the black shorts on his lower body.
"Yes, it is my house."
A sharp "Ah!" escapes Veronica's mouth.
She quickly runs to the side of Jake and shares a despicable gaze toward Blaze.
"How are you here?" Jake says.
"How am I here? Because I am an Awakened, Jake. Long time no see."
Blaze smirks.
Jake holds his belly and laughs as hard as he can.
"You? Don't kid yourself, trashy. Trash genes like yours can never have superpowers."
Veronica pulls Jake's shirt and says:
"Only Awakens are pulled inside the void, Jake. He… does have a superpower."
Jake frowns, trying to wrap the truth around his head.
"You were always the smart one, Veronica. And you are still dumb, Jake."
Blaze approaches the two, keeping a few meters distance between them.
"What did you call me?!"
Jake's face flushes red.
"He called you dumb, Jake. Mess him up!"
Jake tries to roll up his sleeves, but he forgets that this is a sleeveless shirt, so he rips his shirt in two. Now both young men are half-naked.
Blaze tilts his head slightly, recalling the horrible things these two did to him.
They always take all his lunch money, causing him to stay hungry throughout the day. Then, they always try to make fun of him.
Punching and kicking were Jake's favorite hobbies. His superpower is Super Strength so he always likes to fight.
More precisely, Jake likes to beat up scrawny, weak kids like Blaze. He cannot remember how many times he was beaten, or the countless amount of bruises and injuries.
It's not like Blaze didn't retaliate either. But the school always favors a 'superhero' over a trash gene.
Jake was the reason Blaze dropped out of high school also. The bullying was becoming so bad that Jake even threw Blaze down from the second floor.
Luckily it was a small building, and the second floor wasn't even that high. Blaze got out of it with only two broken legs.
Kana had to spend a lot of money to help Blaze heal. He couldn't do anything for months.
Phuc was really mad back then and almost threw Blaze out of the house if it weren't for her.
"I believe you owe me an apology, Jake."
Blaze says.
"Apology? For what? Did your new superpower make you insane?"
Jake shouts back, slowly stepping forward to Blaze. He tries to flex his muscle hard to appear bigger to intimidate Blaze.
He always does this to other kids. And it works most of the time too.
"You broke my legs.
You caused me to be expelled from school.
You owe me. So. Much. More. Than an apology.
But I will forgive you if you apologize."
Jake continues to laugh, he wipes a jerking tear off the corner of his eye.
"Don't think a trash superpower can make you one of us now, fool.
You'll be lucky if I don't punch you right now."
Veronica squints her eyes. She feels very uneasy. She knows Blaze, that boy may be trash, but he's smart, extremely smart.
Blaze won't act like this if he isn't sure that he can beat Jake to a pulp.
"Jake… Maybe we should go. We don't need to care about him."
"Shut up, bitch! I'll teach this sucker a lesson."
Jake smashes his fists together and charges at Blaze. His skinny legs are hollowed sticks, barely able to hold up his upper body weight, now they become more flimsy than ever.
Blaze simply holds out his palm and aims at Jake's legs. A blue haze shoots out and pushes those ankles backward.
Jake falls face first onto the ground, giving a satisfied loud smack.
Veronica quickly runs over.
"Are you okay, Jake?"
Jake pushes her away and stands up.
"Telekinesis? No. Much weaker."
Jake's nose is a mess and bleeding heavily.
"I'm going to kill you, fucker."
Jake grabs a rock and throws it as hard as he can at Blaze.
He has Super Strength but no Super Speed, Blaze easily dodges the telegraph attack of the idiot.
"Apologize, Jake.
I have spent months on my bed thinking about you.
Anger. Hatred. Murderous intent. I experienced it all.
Now I am giving you one last chance to repent.
Or I. Will. Kill. You."
Veronica's face is pale like paper. She can feel the danger of the situation, the huge amount of rage inside Blaze.
He will do it.
"Say sorry. Jake. It's not worth it."
"I say! Shut up!"
Jake growls like a beast. Veins start popping up on his skin.
His huge muscles become larger and larger every second. A red mist floats around his body, it is blood evaporating from his pores.
His skinny legs even grow bigger and become appropriately proportioned to his entire body.
"Oh! You are fortunate, Jake. Your power isn't D-rank at all, it's C-rank for sure."
Blaze calmly says with a light smile on his face.
"I'm going to beat that smirk out of you."
Saliva runs down the corner of Jake's face.
"You always have that ugly expression. Like you think you are better than us all.
You are nothing more than trash!"