Chapter 53 Taking Care Of The Situation
It was my first time engaging in such a battle.
Even though I had killed some wild animals on our way here, it was way different from directly attacking humans.
Unlike animals, humans were more crafty, shrewd and had fewer blind spots.
My strength was already far above these scums.
The punch thrown by the short-heighted man was too slow in my eyes.
It was at this point I realised how cool the feeling was...whenever in those big movies slow motion effects were played.
I felt I could even hit back at my opponent before his punch approached me.
Still, I decided to play cool.
I caught the short-heighted person's punch midair easily.
He tried to break away his hand from my grasp but it was no use.
"Someone was saying he would break my arms?"
I grinned at him as I twisted his arm that was in my grasp.
There was a loud crackling sound.
It was proof that his various small wrist bones were forcefully fractured.
His face twisted in pain and he finally realised the difference in strength.
"How?"
"How is it possible for a brat like you to possess such a strength?"
I kicked him right in the stomach causing him to spit a mouthful of blood.
Both of them got scared upon witnessing my strength.
They realised the difference between our strengths was way too big.
I knew according to the next routine they would try to run away.
But I was not so stupid to give them such a chance.
There were only a few principles that I followed in my life and one of them was to cut the enemies from their roots.
Only this way we can avoid any future troubles.
I moved fast and in no time was behind them.
Their reaction time was too slow to follow my movements.
By the time they realised what was going on, I had already broken their knees with my kicks.
Both of them were lying helplessly on the ground.
All this while Jasmine was just like a little fangirl cheering on me loudly.
Whenever I made a move she clenched her firsts as if it was she who was fighting against them.
To be honest I initially planned to play along slowly and let them punch me a little.
This would have given Jasmine's emotions a rollercoaster ride, further cementing my place inside her heart.
And when she would have seen me being beaten, I would turn over the situation using my strength.
This would have been perfect acting!
But alas!
The enemies were too low-class, it would have been such a shame for me to get punched by such trash.
Moreover, I still found the protagonist's routine of being beaten initially and then suddenly turning over the situation as way too cliche.
As a villain, we must be unscrupulous.
We should not use such trash routines as used by those so-called protagonists to rise.
What's the point of hiding your strength if you have the opportunity to end things in one go?
What if the enemy escapes?
He would then hide and attack our friends or family members in our absence.
That time we can only blame ourselves for being too lenient.
So we don't need to pretend like those protagonists.
By this time Jasmine was fully sobered up.
"What are you gonna do with these two?"
I wanted Jasmine to personally kill them as she was the main victim of this incident but seeing her tired condition, I knew it was up to me how to clean up the situation.
I ignored Jasmine and walked toward them.
Seeing me approaching, both of them shuddered.
In their eyes, my smile was no different than a devil's.
I bent down and slowly spoke.
"Hehe!"
"I can give you guys a chance!"
"A chance to live."
I took out a knife from the back of my pocket which I always used to carry around.
"Let's play a game, shall we?"
"I threw the knife a little distance of ten feet away from us."
"I will count till three after that both of you can try to get the knife, the one who has the knife naturally will have an advantage because the goal is to kill the other person."
"Whoever managed to survive till my countdown would win."
Both of their faces turned grim.
They knew they were no match for me and if they did not capitalize upon this chance then they would both die.
Instead of both of them dying, Isn't it better if one can survive?
The moment both of them suspiciously looked at each other I knew the game was already set!
This was not their fault, it was just human psychology.
When you are desperate your body actively secretes various hormones so that you can grasp any available chance.
No one wants to die, even the old people who have enjoyed their lives and are on the verge of death don't want to die.
Thus, it was only natural for these two people who only had a shallow friendship to turn against each other within a few seconds.
I leisurely yawned as both of them anxiously waited for me to count up to 3.
I looked at Jasmine.
"Who do you think would win?"
She was still in a daze and was not able to believe that the battle between us hardly lasted 15 seconds.
"I don't know."
I knew she would not be interested in such things, so I turned my face toward them and instantly spoke.
"Three"
Both of them cried inwardly, Where was one and two before three?... but with the possibility of the other snatching the knife first, how could they care about such things?
Both of them rushed at full speed.
Since their knees were already broken by me they could only use their hands to drag their bodies forward.
As expected, the long-heighted person took the knife first.
But before he could lift the knife the short-heighted one leapt upon him from behind.
I had long looked before that the short-heighted one was never paying attention to the knife, his objective was completely different.
He directly tore the sharp silver pendant he was wearing and used it to slit the neck of the other guy while his attention was on the knife.
I looked at Jasmine who was busy watching the game,
"Why do you think I made them play such a game when I could have directly killed them?"
I leaned on her soft ears and whispered slowly,
"If you failed to answer correctly then you would also be punished."
She looked into my eyes.
"How would I be punished?"
I just smiled at her and licked my lips.
Perhaps… call it a woman's sixth sense, she immediately understood what I meant and put her head down in shame.
"Aushima was right, you love bullying us!"
"Ok! Fine if you don't want to, I would find other girls instead of you."
Upon hearing me she suddenly panicked and grabbed my right arm between both her hands.
"I'm sorry, okay?"
"You are not allowed to find other women while I am present."
Seeing her cute expressions I realized she had a hidden possessive side.
She looked at the men fighting for their lives and shook her head.
"I am not able to figure out, Why did you do so?"
"We would have saved a lot of time if we killed them directly."
I hit her head gently with my hand.
"Stupid it's for you to learn."
I knew Jasmine was way too short-sighted in her approach and I wanted to correct this bad habit of hers.
"If you look carefully you would realize that there was only one objective of the game which was to survive, managing to get the knife to help you kill the other was only a sub-objective."
I had long decided to train Aushima and Jasmine to at least be able to defend themselves…so I used this opportunity to broaden her perspective.
"The short-heighted person knew that he was at a disadvantage because of his short stature, so his only chance to win was to lower the defence of his opponent and deal a decisive blow."
"And he did exactly the same, he allowed the other person to lift the knife first and when his defence was low he quickly leapt from behind and used his sharp silver pendant to slit his opponent's neck."
"This is what you need to learn. If they were animals, the one with strong strength would win."
"But they are humans who have brains.
As a result, one with a better strategy was able to win."
"Did you get what I am trying to say?"
"If in the future you are attacked or if our plans fail, don't be stupid and start crying like it's the end of the world…instead use your brain to think of a counter-strategy."
"As long as you can keep yourself safe and alive, I would definitely be able to turn the situation around no matter how strong the enemy we might be facing!"
"Understood?"
She once again nodded her head vigorously.
"Understood!"
"I will be more careful in the future to never allow myself to fall into the enemy's trap nor give you a chance to worry about me!"
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A/N today I am free so will post 1-2 more ch in some hours