ocean-life CHAPTER 236(Icarus)
CHAPTER 236(Icarus)
CHAPTER 236(Icarus)
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"This is really the list, my god these people suck," Horizon says while looking through some papers. "That moron Deku can beat half these Pros..."
He and Pantu were sitting in a small meeting room on the upper floors of this building, discussing some important matters before the ceremony begins just over an hour.
She was at the head of the conference table with him to the right.
"Power isn't everything, lots of these Pro Heroes lead teams and agencies which efficiently protect their own communities. They make people feel safe which is why they also get recognition from us."
"You say that, but I see Rocklock on this list," Horizon looks over at her, "we both know he sucks."
"It was unavoidable," Pantu says, not reacting to his childish antics. "Need I remind you that he knows exactly what happened with Overhaul, the popularity from working with you on the case as well as his diligence in keeping that secret earned him a small boost."
"Small, going from mid two hundreds to number 47 is small?"
"In the grand scheme of things, and in comparison to maintaining your image for the citizens, its most inconsequential..."
"Well, when you put it like that, yeah," Horizon leans back in his chair and continues looking at the listings. "Hey, did you raise Ryukyu's ranking because of popularity because of me, or was there more to it?"
"Concerned about your girlfriend?" Pantu asks.
"Not my girlfriend," Horizon says, and she doesn't detect any lies. "Its been bothering her so I'm just curious."
"She's done good work, and the public trusts her, she earned the promotion."
"Mhm, what kind of bonus does being #1 get you?"
"Is the man who always donates his monthly pay to charity actually concerned with money now?"
"No, I'm just curious."
"There isn't a bonus for rankings, but companies are naturally more likely to reach out to you for sponsorships and products, it simply makes your name more valuable. But more importantly it shows the public there are people willing to risk their lives to protect them."
"So its useless, got it."
"From where I'm sitting you're enjoying the celebrity aspect of being a respected hero," Pantu says. "Or at least you enjoy other people knowing you're better than them."
"Because I am better than them, no reason to hide it."
"You are many things, but humble clearly isn't one of them."
Horizon continues reading the listings for a moment until the doors open, and Hawks walks in, holding a can of black coffee in his hand.
"Sorry I'm late, had to get a drink," he gives them both a casual wave and moves to sit opposite Horizon.
"Hey, did you make this guy rank 2 because it makes his job as your little weapon easier? I mean he just suddenly appeared on the scene years ago and started his own agency, and got into the top ten that same year, would make sense."
"Oh please," Hawks rolls his eyes. "As if I'd need any help getting so close to the top..."
"I artificially boosted his ranking and popularity," Pantu says.NewW novels updates at novelhall.com
"What did you do?" Hawks asks.
"Oh, so when they're 10km away you can't connect to them," Horizon says.
Hawk's features twist into a horrified expression as he spins around in his chair, seeing where his feathers were, there were simply floating leaves.
His eyes widen as he jumps to his feet, and look over to Pantu, who was gone, warped away somewhere in the building, so nobody can stop what's about to happen.
He turns back to Horizon, only to see him gone as well, then a large hand grasps his shoulder.
Before he can turn around to properly see Horizon, the man palms his face and lifts him up, slamming him down onto the conference table, breaking the table and taking him to the floor beneath.
"MMMMM!" Hawks tries to claw Horizon's hand off his face, barely seeing Horizon looming over him through his own yellow tinted visor.
With practiced ease he reaches onto his belt and talks out a combat knife, and swings it at Horizon's arm, only for the weapon to stop, as if it were stuck in space.
He pushes as hard as he can but it wouldn't dare to move,
Horizon lifts him up and slams him back down, cracking the back of his head against the floor.
Hawk's vision gets blurry, the yellow tint of his visor only makes it worse as he sees Horizon look at the knife he tried to stab him with.
"Thanks for the knife, but to operate on you, at least to start, my hands are enough..."
Horizon immediately grabs Hawks's face with both hands, crushing his skull like a apple.
Hawks feels his brain being squeezed as his visor gets blocked by Horizon's thumbs, then before his eyes the reinforced plastic begins to crack, as both thumbs press down.
"No no no no!"
SQUELCH!
"Ahhhh!" Hawks scream bounces off the wall of this heavily soundproofed room as Horizon hollows out his eye sockets with his thumbs.
Hawks immediately black out, only to jolt awake as a current passes through his body.
Still completely blinded he screams and begs for it to stop.
But the same pattern happens over and over for almost ten minutes.
The feeling of Horizon holding him, then tightening his grip until bones started to creak and snap, until bone fragments were piercing skin.
Until pain was the only thing to exist in his world.
Then the cool sensation would wash over parts of him, and he'd feel better for a moment, before Horizon broke them all over again.
"Arhhhh---" Hawk's voice breaks, overstrained vocal cords no longer able to speak.
He silently screams into a hopeless dark void as pain continues wracking his body.
And just when he thinks its all over, finally some relief was coming.
He felt his very same knife tracing the skin on his belly...
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