Tale of Discovery

Once we get back to school, Nao doesn't seem to want to tell the others about my actions. I'm still confused about what she said earlier. How have I made anything easier? We're still going to be facing the students from the other school in baseball, which includes the guy with telekinesis. What, don't tell me she expects him to not come to school because of shame of what I did to him earlier? Yeah, as if.

Once school is over, I head home directly. On the way there, I check the date on my phone and note that today is Wednesday. The baseball match is due Sunday. I then sense my surroundings and once sure that no one is watching, utilize Godspeed and sprint home at the fastest speed I'm capable of.

Why would I use Godspeed? Because it feels amazing to use! It feels like I'm flying, especially when I'm dashing in the air. I reach the residence building in moments. I walk inside normally and check if Ayumi is inside through my senses. Not feeling her presence within our apartment, I leave the residence building and head back in the direction I came home from. On the way I run into Ayumi who's walking with two of her female friends.

She is pleasantly surprised when she sees me and calls out,

"Brother Yu!", as she jumps into my arms.

"How about we hang outside for a little while before we go home?", I suggest to her. She gladly accepts and bids farewell to her classmates.

I haven't been able to have much quality time with her because of all the stuff that has been going on recently. I decided to make up for it by taking her to an amusement park.

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"Brother Yu, would you like to eat some as well?", a cheerful voice asks me. I look at her, smile, and slowly shake my head.

Again. I feel like someone is watching us. The thing is, I can't tell where we're being watched from. I tried focusing my senses and focusing my eyes, but I still couldn't find anyone. I'm unable to use Paragon's Eyes as there are a lot of people around us, but more importantly, Ayumi. I don't want her to freak out by seeing veins around my eyes.

This is starting to piss me off though. I have a feeling that if I don't deal with them quickly, I'll regret it. Once we've had enough fun at the amusement park, we head back home. I check the time using my phone. 18:47. The sky is almost completely dark.

As soon as we get home, I tell Ayumi to go to her room and not open the door for anyone. Ayumi is surprised by how serious I sound. I leave the room, locking the door behind me, then directly utilize Godspeed and move towards the location I suspect we were being watched from. Soon, I find the culprit.

Black leather jacket as well as black pants. A black mask as well as black gloves. He couldn't get any more suspicious and black. Wow, that kind of sounded racist.

The man seems to notice me and the abnormalities, which are my glowing legs. Before I can make a move, I feel excruciating pain from my right thigh. Then, I hear the sound of a gunshot. Sniper!

I dash backward, just in time to avoid another bullet shot. I look towards where the bullet was shot from, and see a man at the top of a hotel building, and next to him is a Barret M82. The man aims the sniper at me and shoots another bullet.

I dodge the bullet and focus back on the other guy. He's running. I attempt to follow him, but I feel the pain in my thigh prevents me from doing so. I clench my teeth and move my leg despite the pain.

"Stop!", Juno exclaims within my mind. But, that doesn't matter to me right now. If I let these guys go, who knows what they'll try to do next. If something happens to Ayumi because of my carelessness, I'll never be able to forgive myself.

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"He is moving.", says a man on top of the building, a sniper rifle in his hands.

"Roger that.", came a reply through his earpiece.

Suddenly an expression of surprise covers the man's face as he says,

"He is glowing in red."

"What?", came a confused reply.

There, at the location that the man was watching through his scope, was a guy. Chestnut colored hair with streaks of white. He has average height and physique, yet has an imposing aura to him.

As he moves, streaks of red light are left behind that fade away after a couple of seconds. The guy's legs are covered in golden veins that are visible through the clothes he is wearing. There isn't anyone except the men dressed in black to see this, as civilians have all run away from the place upon hearing gunshots.

The abnormal guy, Victor, began to run at an incredulous speed, catching up to the guy he was chasing in less than a second. He directly punches the guy, his hand penetrating through his chest and protruding from the other side.

He pulls his hand back and looks toward the location the sniper is at with a wide smile beginning to form on his face. The sniper, who was dumbstruck by had occurred, quickly comes back to his senses when he feels a chill up his spine.

Before he could grab his equipment and rush away from the place, he felt something behind him. He takes a glance and spots Victor with golden as well as blood-red veins all over his body. Victor directly penetrates the sniper's throat using his fingers, instantly killing him.

At this moment, the blood-red vein began fading away. His eyes' irises which were glowing in an eerie red returned back to normal.

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What did I just do? I killed. I murdered two men. I stare at my bloodied hands and clothes. I don't know why I did it, but I just did. I was suddenly overwhelmed with an extreme feeling that made me want to finish them off as soon as possible.

The weirdest part is that I don't feel bad about it. Not at all. In fact, I feel amazing. I feel as if my power has multiplied several times.

"You're wrong," A voice abruptly resounds within my head,

"What happened just now was something that shouldn't have happened anytime soon."

What does she mean by that? Is she saying it would've happened anyway, but at a later time?

"What just happened right now, was your Berserk Essence taking over your thoughts."

I don't like the sound of that.

"Luckily for you, the only Berserk Effect that was deployed was Hunter. In other words, the Effect that was used only targeted specific targets. If it were any of the other two, things would've turned out way worse."

Great. How lucky I am, to be taken over by an Essence that got me to kill ONLY two men for the first time in this life! Very great!

Realizing that I'm bound to face a great number of troubles if I don't make a move, I utilize Godspeed and Blink to get out of the area as soon as possible. I immediately head back to my apartment.

I perform several air-jumps to get to the top of the building and use my speed to get inside my apartment as soon as possible.

What I didn't expect was to meet Ayumi as soon as I stepped right through the door. A look of absolute horror and disbelief appearing on her face as soon as she sees me.

Complete title: Sister's Happiness; Berserk