First, Daniel turned to look towards the refined man and electrocuted him to ensure that he was not going anywhere. Next, he turned to the youth with a solemn expression underneath his mask.

"So you're the person ruining our business…" The youth talked, his countenance remaining nonchalant. He then mumbled, "Why can I not kill you instead…?"

Daniel's eyes squinted. The arrogance and confidence that the youth was exuding was so thick that it made Daniel want to puke. Without a warning, Daniel restricted the movement of the youth.

'Oho, is this the legendary eye-changing that Black Devil told me about?' The youth thought. Suddenly, Daniel felt the restriction broken. "Pretty interesting, indeed."

At that moment, two huge crimson-colored cleavers materialized in the youth's hands. The thick pride that was radiating from the youth was unbelievably asphyxiating.

"So you're the real Butcher, huh?" Daniel a.s.severated. He deduced that to trick even the Blue Agents of the Ghost Unit division, there was a mole in the intelligence-gathering division. Of course, these were merely presumptions as he didn't know if the youth in front of him was the real Butcher.

"I am the real Butcher, good job figuring that out." Butcher spoke in a leering sarcastic tone, unaware that he partially confirmed Daniel's theory of a mole in Puting Araw, or, in the least, increasing the likelihood of it. "Now, die."

Abruptly, Butcher slashed downwards. Daniel felt a force hitting his arm as a gaping hole appeared on the amber organic armor. It was fortunate that the armor was tough, otherwise his arm would have been amputated by that slash.

"Tsk, someone who can cut through s.p.a.ce…" Daniel hissed. That kind of Ability was much more overpowered than Hayden's Divine Perception and Daniel's G.o.d Eyes!

"Prepare to face the wrath of Kamay ng Lagim!" The youth cackled ominously. The words 'Kamay ng Lagim,' sent a s.h.i.+ver down Daniel's spine.

Without a warning, the Butcher slashed down once more. Daniel reacted in time, converting his left iris into that of peach color, stared to the left, and teleported, dodging the spatial slash.

"You can teleport?" Butcher exclaimed in shock. He was warned of the power that this guy holds by Black Devil, but he didn't expect it to be this powerful! Nevertheless, Butcher recovered and licked his lips, slicing downwards with his meat cleaver. "Finally, a worthy opponent, come."

Hearing this, Daniel switched his right iris color yellow and shot an arc of lethal electricity towards Butcher, who responded by slas.h.i.+ng downwards with his meat cleaver, cutting down the electricity.

"What the f.u.c.k?" Daniel was horrified. What the h.e.l.l kind of power was this? Spatial attacks, and can slice down elemental effects? "Tsk, let's see…"

He teleported to the side. He basically confirmed that Butcher's spatial slicing wasn't instantaneous, which allowed him to time his dodges right as Butcher rained upon him deadly spatial slices.

Daniel was playing with fire when he removed the organic armor, one mistake and his body would get severed, or worse, he would be beheaded. Regardless, Daniel knew this was the best decision, converting his right iris into that of a gray one.

He sent a strong gust of air in Butcher's direction, sending him flying. Without delaying, Daniel swapped his left iris for a brown colored one, extended his right arm outwards, and manipulated the cement, swallowing Butcher.

"Impressive skills." Butcher was stuck to the wall, merely his head popping out. His conceited smile hasn't been wiped off his face. "Yet not impressive enough."

Butcher shouted, his muscles bulging. Witnessing this sight, Daniel's eyes widened a bit. In a fraction of a second, Butcher broke through the cement wall, his vehement laughter reverberating all throughout the room.

The next second, Butcher rushed towards Daniel with crazed, yet eerily calm, eyes, sending a chill down Daniel's spine. Changing his left iris into white, Daniel had an idea. He remembered Hayden always reminding him that Daniel was the most versatile wielder there is, a jack of all trades, thus, he had to use everything within his skillset.

"If one thing doesn't work," Hayden's words rang within Daniel's mind. "Stop trying that thing. Albert Einstein once said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results. Think. Outside. The. Box."

Extending his arm outwards, Daniel manipulated light to conjure illusions of him all around, to be exact, 50 of them, leading Butcher into thinking that Daniel had some sort of cloning power. Needless to say, Daniel didn't stand around, teleporting into the position of one of his clones.

With that, Butcher essentially didn't have any fighting chance at all, especially since Butcher chose to wildly thrash around and slice all around the surrounding. Sighing, Daniel concentrated on making more detailed visual illusions, which he practiced a while back.

All at once, the Daniels in the room rushed towards Butcher. Of course, the real Daniel was amongst them. Butcher's panic grew larger, not even bothering to check whether the Daniels were a reality or simply an illusion.

The real Daniel was behind Butcher. He switched his right iris so that it would be indigo-colored. Nearing Butcher, the d.a.m.n man precipitously turned around, nearly slicing Daniel's head off.

Fortunately, Daniel's reaction time was fast, tempered by years of gaming, switching the indigo iris into peach and teleporting behind Butcher's back.

He even put it a step beyond, changing the illusion so that all Daniels disappeared as Butcher 'hacked off the head of the real Daniel.' Meanwhile, Daniel was 'invisible' behind Butcher.

Sighing silently, Daniel shook his head as he observed Butcher celebrating his victory. He was an inch away from the Butcher and utilized both of his hands to make contact with both of Butcher's arms.

Immediately, Butcher's body temperature descended, causing him to tremble uncontrollably. At that moment, the Daniel in front of Butcher vanished without a trace.

Unable to withstand it any longer, Butcher kneeled down, his arms becoming violet with frostbite. Daniel walked in front of Butcher. He was confident that Butcher wouldn't have any strength left in him to even walk, much less use his arms, which was the main reason he couldn't walk.

Seeing the smug smile from Butcher wiped off his face, replaced by one emitting anger, Daniel was finally relieved. As long as his right eye was indigo in color, Butcher would suffer the effect of frostbite.

With that in mind, Daniel changed his left eye into color red and boiled the temperature of the room to an inordinately unbearable temperature, leading the ones who were planning to rush for the door or do something stupid, including the refined man who Daniel noticed woke up, to crash back down due to the immense heat that caused them to lose strength.

Simultaneously, Daniel was thinking what he should do with Butcher. Wielders were very powerful beings. They would not give up as long as they were alive as their survival instinct alongside their desired for survival was much greater than regular humans. Daniel's movement restriction did not work, arcs of electricity were cut down, it was reasonable that Daniel would be wary.

Plus, the frostbite would, sooner or later, kill Butcher. Even then, he had no choice but to be wary. He remembered Hayden's words. "Don't let your guard down, become a paranoid, or at least think like one. Fear and cautiousness is what makes the human race survive, and with the advancement of technology, those were nulled and void. If you want to survive, refine that instinct again. Just remember not to overthink it."

Indeed. Butcher wouldn't make it even if Daniel wanted to bring him to the police station as it was kilometers away. By that time, Butcher would've been dead. 'Well, the bounty is dead or alive anyways. I guess it's finally time to relent to my principles.'

Do not get Daniel wrong though. He was only considering killing Butcher as Butcher was a notorious serial killer, alike Asw.a.n.g; which is precisely the reason why Butcher's bounty was dead or alive. In truth, Butcher was much worse than Asw.a.n.g as Butcher has killed tens of people, and much more brutally than how Asw.a.n.g handled his victims.

At least Asw.a.n.g's victims were killed momentarily, Butcher tortured his victims, slicing off their limbs one by one before beheading them. Thinking of this, Daniel's face turned somber. He has woken up to the harsh reality of the world, seeing it for how it truly is.

He thought what would it be if his family was butchered by this Butcher? Wouldn't it be terrible? Hayden once said that to see the world for what it truly was, they have to either experience a tragedy, or put and immerse themselves fully into other people's shoes, people who experienced tragedy.

"Why is it that all I can think of is that fellow… Tsk…" Daniel smiled. Even though Hayden appeared to be standoffish and aloof, Daniel understood that befriending Hayden was the best thing that can ever happen in his life as that man cared more than anyone. "That d.a.m.ned Divine Perception gives him all the necessary insights to be wise, huh?"

With that, Daniel steeled himself to pop his first kill cherry, summoning up a spear made of essence energy. Hayden's words reverberated in his heart once more. "The softness of your heart will be your greatest weakness someday. I'm not saying that having that kind of heart is bad, sometimes, innocence is better. However, don't forget that if you show mercy to an enemy, you don't have the guarantee that they will do the same. Don't save the snake only to let it come back and bite you in the feet. Oh yeah, if you kill a wielder, dig out their Origin Crystal."

Daniel smiled prior to forming a determined countenance. This was it, he was going to kill a person. He wasn't one that was religious anyways, so he had no qualms to kill a person if he ever had to.

"No, y-you will regret it if you kill me." Butcher struggled to talk in gritted teeth. "You really t-think that y-you can escape the wrath of Kamay ng Lagim!?"

Not wanting to hear Butcher's 'speech,' any longer, Daniel pierced his heart. Butcher's dying words resounded as Butcher laughed evilly. "You will regret this!"

Daniel didn't experience the usual reactions of a human if they take a human life. Perhaps it was due to Butcher's status as a serial killer, or perhaps Daniel just thought that it was necessary to kill Butcher. Either way, Daniel didn't care, breathing out a sigh of relief.

"All of it is finally f.u.c.king over." Daniel spoke, mentally exhausted. Subsequently, he squatted down, digging out the Origin Crystal of Butcher as Hayden said, yet not before he covered his hands with organic material first. "Why does he want me to collect Origin Crystals anyways? Is there some purpose to it?"

In that instance, the sense of impending doom that has vanished when Daniel killed Butcher washed over Daniel once again, this time, stronger. "Holy f.u.c.k."

Daniel didn't have time, hence, he did his first instinct, which was using the golden iris and pink iris combo, breaking into a sprint towards the door. However, before Daniel could escape, a black hole opened up in front of the door, effectively sealing his escape.

"Wait, no, I can still…" An idea popped up in Daniel's mind, converting his invisibility into flight, attempting to fly out.

"Oh no you don't." A black-skinned voluptuous woman in a red dress emerged from the portal and said. As a Level 3 wielder, her beguiling voice was enough to deactivate Daniel's Ability, consequently cras.h.i.+ng down the floor. "Oh, dear Daniel. I can't believe you've already killed Butcher."

The woman's voice entered his ears, making him nearly break down. What kind of a f.u.c.king Ability was this? It made his l.u.s.t overflow! Gritting his teeth, Daniel resisted the effects of this G.o.d-knows-what Ability and sent his final message to Zeke.

"Oh pretty boy, can you remove that mask already. Black Devil wants you to kill Hayden asap." Crimson Enchantress walked in front of Daniel, who was on the floor, and sat on his groin.

Daniel's eyes narrowed into slits as he heard Hayden's name, wanting to complete the message to Zeke. He was unable to take his eyes off of Crimson Enchantress in the process, especially since his crotch was rubbing against Crimson Enchantress' body.

His bursting desires were already irrepressible when Crimson Enchantress started to strip the upper top of her red dress. As more and more skin was showed by Crimson Enchantress, Daniel was getting more and more enthralled, or rather, seduced.

Making eye contact with Crimson Enchantress, Daniel lost control over his sense of self. To make it all worse, Crimson Enchantress completely showed her perfectly shaped bosoms to Daniel. As a result, Daniel didn't get to finish his message to Zeke, his vision becoming red with s.e.xual hunger.

Daniel sat up, removing his mask and kissing Crimson Enchantress' neck, who let it all happen. He even grabbed Crimson Enchantress' b.r.e.a.s.t.s and started going down. Carrying Crimson Enchantress, he laid her down on the table and continued kissing her.

His carnal instincts have taken the wheel at this point, his eyes soulless, seemingly devoid of life. It felt as if Daniel was in control, but not at the same time. He was perfectly conscious, yet his body was moving automatically, responding to satisfy his fleshly desires.

"Aggressive." Crimson Enchantress giggled as Daniel started sucking on her b.r.e.a.s.t.s and stripping her down. A few moments later, Daniel wanted to go all the way, however, he was pushed away by Crimson Enchantress. "That will be your reward later, you h.o.r.n.y b.a.s.t.a.r.d."

'It's a pity you're a teenager and a target.' Crimson Enchantress internally spoke, donning her red dress in the process. 'Ahh, this Night Flower G.o.ddess (1) Ability of mine is really useful at times. Such a hot kid willing to take me in right here and now, ahh, Black Devil, why can't you give me to him just this once.'

Upon recalling Black Devil's tone back then, she trembled, unwilling to take in Daniel anymore. Well, once her Night Flower G.o.ddess took effect on a person, they would be under the effects of it anyhow, as long as she didn't let them have intercourse with her.

And even if she did let a person do that, the effect would either be strengthened, or merely weakened by a bit. In addition, the effects are much stronger for a virgin like Daniel, a p.u.b.escent teenager to root, someone who was a raging ma.s.s of hormones.

"Can you find me your partner?" Crimson Enchantress slid down her fingers on Daniel's chest seductively. "Now."

Daniel nodded. Thereupon, he altered his right iris into a brown color, blasting the cement wall off Paraiso and flew into the sky. He scanned the surroundings for a black SUV, uncaring for the world whether they see him or not as his urge to fulfill his venereal thirst was much stronger.

Unable to find the said SUV amidst the traffic in Tondo's red light district, Daniel recollected that the Whisperer had a homing effect so that the two wearers would always know where the other is.

Unluckily for Daniel, it was at that particular moment that Zeke has removed his Whisperer. Flying back down to Paraiso, he robotically said, "I cannot locate my partner as he is long gone."

"Hopeless." Crimson Enchantress shrugged, her laidback att.i.tude s.h.i.+ning through. "Come now, we have work to do."

Daniel mindlessly followed Crimson Enchantress into the black portal, closing behind them.

When the portal closed, a youth walked inside. This youth was the person who ordered thugs to beat Daniel up. He witnessed the whole event, from Daniel teleporting, to Butcher being killed, till the black portal obstructed his vision.

This youth was t.i.tus Concepcion, the young useless scion of the almighty Concepcion Family of the underground world, and the younger brother of Butcher.

"Kuya (Big Brother in Filipino)…" t.i.tus treaded towards Butcher's corpse at a snail's pace, unbelieving of the sight that laid in his eyes.

…..

"Holy f.u.c.king s.h.i.+t…" Zeke was sweating in spite of the air conditioner blasting in his car. That was too intense for his own heart. "We fell into a trap… I have to report this…"

As a responsible member of Puting Araw, reporting to the higher-ups was all on Zeke's mind and nothing else. To his uneasiness, Zeke forgot that Daniel told him to find Hayden.

Driving on the highway, many times, Zeke well-nigh broke the speed limit, rus.h.i.+ng back to Liwayway Hotel as fast as possible.

Approximately half an hour later, Zeke arrived at the hotel and directly went to Anthony's office without prior appointment as this was most certainly an urgent matter.

"Director." Zeke stood in front of Anthony with politeness. "I'm here to report a crucial and pressing matter to you."

"Speak." Anthony took Zeke seriously as he knew that Daniel was doing a mission with Zeke, and scrutinizing around outside, Daniel's presence was nil. It was worrying that Daniel wasn't with Zeke. If it was concerning Daniel, he had to hear it now.

"Daniel… Has been abducted." Zeke a.s.severated. Relaying Daniel's last message, Zeke remembered Hayden's name being mentioned and opted to remove his name for now.

Anthony's face was extraordinarily dark upon hearing of this. If his guess was right… Then this was indeed a matter of utmost importance. "Dismissed. Don't tell anyone of this. Go home for the day."

Saluting to Anthony, Zeke left the office and went to the secret facility, hoping to find Hayden. Needless to say, it was an enormous facility and it was akin to finding a needle in a haystack if he manually tried to find Hayden, hence, he went to the Ghost Unit division and asked if Hayden accepted any mission.

"It states here that Hayden accepted a mission alone. A high-ranking officer of unknown status, albeit one that is high enough that it is sufficient to grant access to higher-ranking missions, granted special access for Hayden on said missions." The woman behind the desk stated of Hayden's acceptance and special access over missions.

Acquiring Hayden's ident.i.ty number from the woman with the excuse that it was exigent. Fis.h.i.+ng his phone out of his pocket, Zeke sent a communication link request to Hayden.

"Thank you." Hurriedly, Zeke thanked the woman prior to sending a partial message (2) to Hayden, breaking Anthony's reminder of not telling anyone else.

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1 Night Flower G.o.ddess – Based off of Nagmalitong Yawa Sinagmaling Diwata, a G.o.ddess in ancient Visayan myths, and one of the three most beautiful G.o.ddesses. Her name usually means 'beguiling demoness, bedazzling G.o.ddess.' She was born out of a night flower in adult form and is capable of stirring l.u.s.tful emotions of men around her. As I said, links are unclickable or cannot be copied and pasted, thus, you should just google her yourself.

2 Partial Message – On the dawn of the 7G and Ident.i.ty Numbers, the Partial Message system was created so that the requester of a communication link may still send a message to the receiver. Partial Messages can be read by the receiver, but cannot be replied to unless the receiver accepts the communication link request.