Deep in an alley at the edge of the district, the sign for the "Ladybug Shop" stood out conspicuously.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!
Steam billowed upward.
A killer who had just unlocked his abilities released huge amounts of steam through the gaps in his muscles as he stepped out of the shop.
He even had to bend over and lower his head to pass through the doorway.
His massive body nearly filled the entire alley... Through the gaps in his clothes, exposed muscle tissue without skin could faintly be seen, but as the steam escaped, tighter new skin gradually formed over it.
Just as he stepped out of the alley and headed toward his next target location,
his ape-like sense of smell unexpectedly caught a familiar, bloody scent coming from the restaurant across the street.
Ignoring the potential danger, he headed straight for the restaurant and approached the kitchen door where the scent was leaking out.
Whoosh!
A cold blade dropped before his neck.
The killer lying in ambush there noticed the newcomer's unusually robust build and spoke warily.
"Stay out of this and leave now... This has nothing to do with you."
The burly young man with the blade at his throat showed no intention of backing down.
Instead, he completely ignored the blade before his neck and continued leaning his head forward, trying to see inside the kitchen... as though the blade could not cut through his skin at all.
Inside the kitchen,
a disheveled young man was strapped to a table.
Several of his fingers had already been cut off, and holes had been drilled into many parts of his body. There were even scorched, carbonized patches from a flamethrower, along with other injuries too gruesome to describe. It was a horrific sight!
Strangely, the young man appeared