Hitman x Wives

Chapter 73- The Executioners (Part 2)

"They stopped following us," Eva murmured while looking behind them. Kai had already left the city and was now moving through the deserted plains near the highway. His speed was so unbelievable that cars looked as if they were moving in slow motion next to him.

"No, they still didn't give up. Besides, there are only two. I'm sure they aren't the only on-"

Suddenly, Kai bent down and jumped in the air using the full force of his legs. He reached tens of meters in the air. A split second later, the whole grassy plains beneath him were suddenly sliced in two by the sweeping wind. The sight coupled with the eerie quietness was terrifying, to say the least.

Kai's eyes squinted as he looked around. He had sensed the threat but he couldn't locate its source.

"Hold on." He said before landing again and dashed to the side. Behind him, the sound of the wind rustling followed suit. It was seemingly harmless at first glance but Kai knew that wasn't the case at all.

"Annoying." He murmured as he smashed his feet on the ground, destroying the whole area as if it was made out of biscuits.

"Woah." Because of that, a person appeared in their vision, swaying left and right as if he was having a hard time balancing himself.

The man was in fact quite young looking with weirdly grey hair and a very sad look in his eyes. In fact, his whole aura was so gloomy that people might think he was severely depressed. He had heavy dark bags beneath his black eyes and a very sickly pale skin tone. His whole demeanor would mistakenly make people think he was a very weak terminally ill patient.

In his hand, however, was something that would make anyone's jaw drop. He was carrying a massive scythe, three times his size.

"Isn't that…" Eva's face paled when she saw that man. She knew him very well. In fact, every hitman knew him. His name was 'Y' or goes by another nickname 'The Ailing Death Reaper'.

Because of his huge scythe and his extremely quiet and fast attacks, he was akin to a death reaper harvesting souls wherever he goes.

The man looked at the two with his bad posture and hunched back as he said.

"Why… Why did you avoid that? Why didn't my attack hit? Why does nothing ever work for me? How can I live being such a failure?" He asked in a low, timid tone.

Kai ignored the man as he knew his weird character was only a facade for his monstrous strength. So, he turned around and dashed away.

"No, please wait. Give me another chance. I will make it work this time. Hurricane Blade." He said as he grabbed the scythe with two hands and swiped with it.

Instantly, the grassy plain was affected by the swipe as the grass danced quietly. However, that silence suddenly was drowned by the sound of loud screeching.

Kai's eyes looked back before he halted. He felt it all around him. Something changed.

"Why did you stop?" Eva asked.

However, the boy didn't answer and instead picked up a strand of grass before he threw it ahead of him. The moment the grass reached a certain distance, it was suddenly sliced into small pieces as it passed through.

"If I passed through that, you would've been turned into diced meat." He said as he put her down."

The words chilled Eva but she ignored them and looked back at Kai.

The latter was suddenly channeling his Origin as he said.

"Hold your breath." He said before he tapped his hands on the ground. Eva didn't ask why and simply followed his orders. A second later, the temperature of the whole area started dwindling at an extremely rapid pace.

Ice started forming on Kai's arms and moving down to his hands before it started spreading on the ground.

"Ice age." He murmured and instantly, the air around them froze. It went from its gas state to a solid state, creating a giant ball of ice around them that took the shape of the hurricane trap Y created.

On the inside, the ball was even and clear while on the outside, it was rough with pointy spikes riddling it.

Y watched the scene with a sad expression as he rubbed the back of his head.

"I'm such a disappointment. I couldn't even catch them. Am I even worthy of this life? Should I just die? Maybe that's the best thing to do."

As he kept talking to himself, Z and X reached him.

"OI, DEPRESSED BASTARD!! WHERE ARE THOSE TWO?! I WILL SMASH THEIR FACES!!"

"Fufufufu~ Can't you see the ice ball over there?" X said.

"I tried to catch them off-guard but the cat mascot realized that and froze my Hurricane Blade with ice."

"He did?" X raised an eyebrow.

'I've never heard of an ice user being able to freeze Y's wind. Hmm, interesting~ I've never seen the Black Phantom work but isn't he a little bit too scary?~'

Looking at the encased ball of ice with a small smile as she felt a thrill from the situation.

"I'M GONNA SMASH THAT BALL INTO PIECES!!" Z yelled as he fisted his chest.

"No, don't do that. He probably wants you to do exactly that so he can counter-attack and kill you instantly."

"ARE YOU SAYING THAT I CAN'T KILL THAT BASTARD?!!!" Z's eyes turned bloodshot red with anger.

"Fufufufufu~, Of course, we can't do that. Remember, he is the Black Phantom. If it wasn't for the cute girl Eva-san he was carrying, he would've killed all of us before we even realize it~"

Although X's tone was light-hearted as if she was telling some kind of joke, she was in fact serious about her words. Kai was by far the strongest human she had ever met and the fact that he can easily do things that are impossible even for the strongest of Origin users further proved her idea of him.

"V-san and A-san are on their way. We must wait for them and then surround the two of them together."

"I DON'T LIKE TO WORK WITH OTHERS!!"

"I-I'm scared of working with other people. I might fail you guys and become an even bigger disappointment."

"SHUT UP AND GO DIE SOMEWHERE ELSE!!"

"Come on, you two~ Don't fight."

As the three of them kept bickering, Kai and Eva were dealing with a whole different problem.

"We should just fight them," Eva suggested as she looked outside.

"No, a long fight won't do good. These three aren't the only Executioners on this mission. The longer we stay here, the more annoying it will become."

"Kai…"

"Stay silent and let me think." He said as he looked around him.

The situation was bad. On one hand, Kai had to protect Eva while also making sure to kill all the Executioners. That won't be that big of a problem. However, Kai was wary of something that if was indeed the case will utterly make it a hell of a lot harder to solve it.

'I need to find a way to hide Eva. If they lose their target, it will become easier to deal with them. However, how can he do that?

As he was thinking of a way to make that possible, Eva was looking at her beloved intently. Seeing him rack his brain for a plan made her feel as if a knife was stabbed into her heart.

"I'm sorry…" She said.

"Hm?" Kai's eyes shifted to look at her.

"For always making you get involved in my problems… I'm deeply sorry." She said. "It's always because of me that you end up doing things you don't want to do… And now, seeing you doing all of this for me… Makes me so happy but also so regretful."

Eva was aware that at this moment, Kai's peace was getting destroyed bit by bit. The fact that the Guild infiltrated it meant that even if Kai somehow solved this problem, there was still a risk that he will be targeted again.

"I promised that I will protect your life and yet here I am ruining it with my own hands." Eva clenched her fists tightly till her knuckles turned white. Her eyes wandered down.

"I should… probably hand myself to them. I will figure out a way to solve this problem when I meet whoever wanted me. I will definitely solve this problem. You don't have to do any more than this, Kai."

Eva's eyes closed as she heaved up and down, trying to calm herself.

'This is the right thing to do. I will definitely fix this and come back.' As her resolve was about to set, she felt a looming presence in front of her.

"Ka-... !"