I Only Want To Kill-Chapter 125: Nightmare World

Blaze looks at the viral articles. A corner of his mouth slightly curves up.

"Butcher of Akansa, huh? That is a fitting name."

When he looks up, Kana is already there, staring at him with her arms crossed. She taps her foot lightly on the floor.

"What’s wrong, Mom?"

"Do you have anything to do with this?"

"What are you talking about, Mom? I know nothing about this."

"Heh." Kana smirks. "Really? Take a look at this paragraph.

’The attacker is described to be wearing a long black cloak in bad conditions. He wears a white porcelain mask with yellow eyes. Experts believe the attacker is also the culprit who destroyed The Roof.

The attacker left a message at the gate of the Police Headquarters. They self-proclaimed to be The Wraith.’

Sounds familiar?"

Kana squints her eyes. Her gaze is sharp like a thorn of roses, spiking at Blaze.

He scratches his head.

"What do you mean, Mom? I do know nothing."

Kana loosens up her eyebrows and rubs Blaze’s head gently.

"It’s alright. You don’t need to tell me. I just hope that you will be safe and survive to the end. I wish you to succeed at whatever you want to do."

"Mom..."

It was almost noon when Blaze woke up. He needed the extra time to make up for last night.

After having lunch with Kana, Blaze leaves the house to have a meeting with Sebastian. He needs to go with Sebastian and meet the previous Commissioner of this city, hoping that he will take back his position.

Isaac has also reported about Blaze-Zero’s situation. It seems like nothing is wrong, and Zero was able to continue training.

At the moment, Blaze-Zero’s training proves no additional benefits. The Sub Power <Legion of One> has not triggered anything yet. However, Blaze isn’t worrying too much about it. Training takes time, and he believes that in the end, this S-Rank power will give him a welcoming surprise.

Blaze equips the Shadow Tattered Cloak and attaches himself onto Isaac’s raven body.

The raven flies over to Sebastian’s location.

This is a new form of transportation that Blaze just thought of. It is convenient and secretive. Perfect for when he needs to move around as the Wraith without attracting too much attention to himself.

In a deserted alley, Sebastian leans on his car with a burning cigarette in hand. White smoke pours out of his nostrils, giving him a cooling sensation to the core.

A raven flies past him, a strip of black drops down from the bird and turns into the shadowy figure of the Wraith.

"You really know how to make an entrance, huh?" Sebastian says.

Blaze shrugs back.

"Mr. Reddington lives by himself outside the city. I tried contacting my friends to set up an appointment with him. But none was able to get a hold of Mr. Reddington."

"Did you get his address at least?"

"Of course." Sebastian takes out a piece of paper from his pocket. "Do you travel by car?"

Blaze gets inside Sebastian’s ancient vehicle. This car must have been decades old, with a coat of paint that lost most of its color.

"Of course I go by car. What do you even mean?"

"Ha ha! I just don’t know if being like you travel by car."

They drive off into the outskirts of the city. The place they are visiting is a lonely house on a hill far away from the center of the city.

Blaze’s house is far, but at least it only takes a short amount of time to reach the city. This place seems far away.

Blaze turns into a shadow inside the car, avoiding any knowing eyes to spot him being with Sebastian. That can really complicate things.

"So, Sebastian. Tell me about your other power."

Blaze lifts only his head up in the shadow to speak. It almost seems like Sebastian has a head on his front passenger seat.

"Can you turn back to the normal you? People are going to freak out if they see a head in my car."

"Don’t worry. I turn back into a shadow if anyone gets close."

"Fine. What do you really want to know?"

"That power is different from your normal power, isn’t it? It seems different."

Sebastian doesn’t hide anything and just nods.

"I don’t know much about that power. I just know that it does what it wants sometimes. And for what it actually does.

Well, the best description I can think of is it will corrupt everything I touch and turn it into a horrifying, ugly weapon."

"I see. Can you control this power?"

"Sometimes. Half of the time I can’t even control it. But it does have its benefits. It raises my senses a lot. I can almost feel the danger right before it’s going to happen."

"How did you acquire this power?"

Sebastian doesn’t answer immediately. He lights another cigarette before continuing. White smoke fills the inside of the car.

Blaze reaches out his hand to roll down the car window, letting those smoke flies out.

"Do you know Caroline Wright?" Sebastian says.

"Yes. I and the Wight Lady have some indirect connections." 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

"I was trapped inside her power for a while. That is where I got this power from."

"All-Range Nightmare Gate, right? What does it actually do?"

"You can think of it as a Voidgate. But instead of leading into the Void, the Nightmare Gate leads into Caroline’s Nightmare.

The catch is everything inside of it is real. And what is real can kill you for good.

I was on a case for the Supernatural Investigation Division back then. We believe that one of our important witnesses may be lost inside the Nightmare World. So me and a few other Detectives and Inspectors went inside the Nightmare World to retrieve the target.

There were thirteen of us. Only four survived and got out alive."

Sebastian seems shook when he talks about the incident. It has left an unforgettable mark inside his mind, both figuratively and physically. It was when he acquired the power Nightmare Will (False S-Rank).

"And what was this Nightmare World? What does it look like?"

"The Nightmare World consists of places from Caroline’s memories. Locations that are notable to her life. But that wasn’t only it. The Nightmare World feeds on its residents. So anyone that goes inside it will slowly integrate their memory into the world..."

"And from there, the world expands?"

"That’s correct. Your power is also useless in the Nightmare World. It operates with a completely different set of rules. In there, your strength is your mental power, and your mental power becomes your superpower."

"What a bizarre world."

"Bizarre is a light word for it. I wish that no one will have to enter that world in their life."

The car stops in front of an iron gate. In front of them is a large old house filled with the color black and a sorrowful vibe. The cloud here is also grey and dark, bringing a depressed atmosphere to the entire scene.

"Yep. This should be the place." Sebastian gets out of the car.