Inside the abandoned factory, blood dripped from the tips of his hair. A boy with a crew cut hung upside down from a steel beam, while dust covered the surrounding steel machinery.
Bang, bang...
Several muffled impacts rang out. A bare-chested Strong Man punched the crew-cut boy in the back as if he were striking a sandbag. The boy's back was covered in countless fist marks, and his bones had already been twisted and deformed.
"Not enough force... Are you... tickling me?"
The crew-cut boy was clearly on the verge of death, yet he still taunted the Strong Man.
"Tough bastard."
The bare-chested Strong Man removed his blood-dripping brass knuckles and wiped the blood off by rubbing his hand against a thin, gaunt man.
"You damn..."
The gaunt man glared furiously at him. The Strong Man shrugged and grinned roguishly.
"Get rid of him. I really miss those people from the Apocalypse Paradise in War World."
A woman lying on some abandoned machinery spoke. She had one leg crossed over the other, and two rows of metal studs pierced each of her ears.
"I told you long ago that it wouldn't work. Now the place reeks of blood. Hurry up and deal with him."
The crowd's dissatisfaction made the Strong Man bare his teeth. Just as he was about to finish off the upside-down Contractor, the studded woman lying on the abandoned machinery suddenly sat up. She pulled a miniature computer from her bosom and checked the situation displayed on it.
"A biological presence is approaching."
Her words put everyone in the factory on alert. They all turned to look at a boy wearing sunglasses.
"It's only a cat, but we'd better deal with it. That cat seems very interested in the alarm device. It's already jumped onto it."
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