"Why the hell did you kill him?!"
Danitz roared in fury, glaring fixedly at Alger.
Alger was stunned by the sudden turn of events and reacted a moment too late.
Dead?!
He instinctively released his grip and hurried to his feet. At his feet, the "Brando" he had just been pinning down lay motionless on the filthy ground, his eyes wide open and utterly lifeless.
Blood was still seeping from the wound in his abdomen, staining the ground beneath him dark red.
Alger crouched down and reached out with slightly trembling fingers to check for breath beneath the man's nose.
Cold. Not the slightest breath. He was indeed dead.
Damn it! How did he die so easily? Alger cursed inwardly, his expression turning exceedingly grim.
"Bullshit! I told you to stop him, not kill him!" Danitz immediately rushed over, pointed a finger in Alger's face, and began arguing with him furiously.
Alger quickly recovered from his initial dismay. He sprang to his feet and shot back without backing down, "Why are you shouting at me? Your shot was clearly what dealt the fatal wound! I was only helping you stop him, and you were the one who asked me to!"
"Bullshit!" Danitz's eyes reddened. "You were obviously too rough and accidentally killed him!"
"I only pinned him down! How could an ordinary injured Beyonder die just from that?!"
"He was already dying, and you still used that much force!"
With ten thousand pounds at stake, the two men stood around a corpse in the pitch-black alley, arguing fiercely like a pair of fighting roosters.
Just then, a strange glimmer appeared on "Brando's" corpse. A translucent Beyonder Characteristic imbued with spirituality slowly emerged from the body, immediately drawing both men's attention.
Their argument abruptly stopped.
"Damn it!" Danitz slapped his forehead,