"Huh?", Aaron gasped in surprise.
"What's wrong?", Lily asked in confusion, wondering why Aaron interrupted her.
Aaron, quickly jumped off thr bed and began to wear his clothes back in. "Tell me what you were going to say! Fast!", he yelled.
Lily, who was taken aback, decided to comply. She could sense the urgency in his voice. "They said someone tipped them off on some Runner. It got them a huge loot".
Aaron, who had pulled his pants up, asked, "Did they say what the loot was? Where can I find them?"
"I dont know", Lily quickly shook her head, "This is all they told me befor-". Her words came to a sudden pause, as she watched Aaron open the window. "What are you doing?!"
Simultaneously, loud knocks banged against the door. "Come out you thief bastard!", someone roared from outside the door. "We know you are in there!"
A notification popped up, but Aaron didn't have time to check it again.
"Fuck", Aaron cursed under his breathe, before jumping out of the window. He landed on the awning below him, before it completely collapsed and fell to the ground with him.
By the window, Lily peeked out, looking down at him while he tried to get back him. But someone behind her shoved her away before he peeked through the window. That man with a ugly face glared down at Aaron, his eyes filled with anger.
"He is there!", the man shouted, attracting the attention of people around him.
Aaron looked around, and saw more and more men trying to running toward him Now, while he stood on thr street shirtless. Even [Fourth Wall] didnt activate since their attention was focused on him.
Aaron didn't bother to wait around and ran ahead towards the alleyway. He was not sure how he could even escape this predicament. And to make matters worse, the path he took lead to a large wall, sealing away his exit.
"Fuck me...", Aaron muttered, turning around slowly. In his mind, he was sending calls to Nolan, but there was no response.
Damn it!
With a curse, he watched as around ten men came through the alley. He wasn't sure if there was more. He looked past them at the Pleasure house building, and saw someone looking at him. Even at this distance, he could discern who it was. The next instant, she closed the window, as if hiding from his gaze.
Soon, a realisation settled in for him. He finally understood what was going on. He didn't understand why, but anger boiled inside of him.
Its only been a day since he got to this world, he couldn't understand why he was getting dragged into such troubles.
[Activating bookmark]
The system notification arrived, followed by a illusory blue book appearing before him. The pages began to turn at a pace that didn't allow one to see what was written on it. It finally settled on a page, depicting the picture of a giant-like man in a bishop rob.
[Combat mastery]
From the ground before him, Aaron picked up a stick, which looked sturdy enough. He began to analyse the situation, trying to understand the environment.
Just then, two of the men at the front began to run towards him. The once behind them waited, as the alley didn't give them enough space.
The first punch came, aiming for his face, to which Aaron ducked on reflex. His stick whipped against the man's leg, right at the sheen, making him kneel.
Before the man could scream, Aaron grabbed the man by the head, moving him towards incoming kick. Much to the bewilderment of both assailants, The kick from the second thug hit him in the head, while Aaron jumped back.
He took advantage of the shock, and slammed the stick against the second guy's head, hard enough that the stick broke.
Under the shocked gazes of thr rest of the thugs, their companions were taken out in an instant, one knocked out with a bleeding skull while the other grabbing his shin, screaming in pain.
The roared in anger, all charging forward at once, not caring that their movements were restricted. They could only come two at time.
With his weapons lost, Aaron had no choice but to wait for them to charge towards him.
Aaron weaved away from the first punch, taking advantage of his hieght over them to deliver decisive blow to the nose of the second one. His mind was already formulating the best way to fight, even without formal training.
A hit landed on the back of his head, making him stagger a bit, but Aaron used that moment to land a blow between the legs of the one right in frontn of him, making the thug scream in pain and fall to his knees.
That effective slowed down the ones behind that man, giving him the chance to deal with the two behind him.
But before he could attack them, he felt a slash on his back, making him grunt in pain. "Ugh!", he grunted, charging at the man who slashed him, and slammed hum against the wall, followed up with a punch to the face.
On instinct, Aaron took the knife from the man's arm, and threw it behind him, hitting a guy right in the neck. He grabbed his neck, unable to breathe and fell to his knees. He struggled to take I'm air, but blood spilled out with each cough. Under the terrified gazes of the last 4 standing men, he fell to the ground, his struggle to stay alive coming to an slow end.
Aaron himself was bewildered, but he couldn't think about it at that moment. His heart raced from the sheer adrenaline in his system, as he ran ahead, punching the guy right in front of him in the face. He could feel the warmth blood against his knuckles as the man fell behind from a broken nose.
But the next instant, Aaron felt someone grab onto him by the waist, restricting his movements. Before he could escape, another punch landed against his cheek, making him lose focus for a but.
"Damn it! Was he always this goodbye fighting?!", one of the thugs who was on the ground slowly got up. A few others also did the same, although they couldn't stand properly. But this time, they all took out their knifes.
"What's taking you guys so long?!", a deep and loud voice came from the entrance to the alley, drawing everyone's attention. It was the same man who stared at Aaron from the window, screaming at him.
The ugly man with a disgustingly big lips looked around, taking count of the conditions of his men. "This is your state from capturing one guy?", he asked, anger evident in his voice.
"Sir!", one of them, who held a knife next to Aaron's neck, began to speak, "he is really good at fighting sir! We were caught off gaurd!"
While this was happening, Aaron began to look around, trying to find a way to escape. His book mark was still active, but he could feel the Fatigue slowly building up inside him.
His arms, which were still free, grabbed the wrist holding the knife. Taking the moment of confusing, Aaron flipped the thug's wrist sharply, disarming him. Before the knife fell to the ground, he caught it, and stabbed the man with his own knife, plunging it into his belly.
"Aaaaggh!", he screamed in pain, shocking everyone, including the man ugly thug who seemed to be the leader.
In his bewilderment, the ugly man soon composed himself and took out his gun, aiming at Aaron. "You son of a bitch!", he roared, "behave, unless you wanna die too!"
But before he could finish the sentence, a punch landed on the side of his face, sending the man flying against the wall. The rest of the thugs' eyes went wide.
It was Nolan, with his hood covering his face.
In that brief moment of shock, Aaron stabbed the man who held him, right by his shoulder, making him scream and stagger back.
Aaron then turned around to retrieve the dagger and deliver another blow, when fragmented flames rained from above on the rest of the thugs, setting their clothes on fire.
In his surprise, Aaron looked up, and saw a small baby monkey creature fall from the sky. It landed easily on its feet, before it fell back, as if still not used to the balance, letting Aaron see it's yellow face, complimenting it's brownish orange fur that covered it's body.
But that wasn't what Aaron noticed first. No. What shocked Aaron the most was it's fire tail.