TOFD 375

Lucky 375

'Why do I feel like this has happened before?' 

Last time, Athena ambushed him right after he woke up. 

And now, another intruder attacked him. 

"Who are you?"

The two stared at each other. 

"Are you perhaps that person from the Council of Torment? What is his name again? That's right, Puti. Are you Puti?"

Puti from the Council of Torment was a well-known criminal. He had stolen many artifacts and he had a bounty of billions on his head. 

"..."

The intruder didn't talk. Instead, he changed his stance and raised his fists while his knee was prepared for a kick.

"Muay Thai?" Calix thought. 

The intruder seemed to be an expert. Calix could feel his strength on his stance alone. 

'It doesn't matter.' He grinned and pointed his gun(with silencer) at the intruder. 

"Let's see what is faster. Your feet or my bullet?" 

"..."

Calix didn't think twice and pulled the trigger. The sound was weak, almost soundless, yet the bullet was deadly. 

Each bullet flew and penetrated the intruder. But the intruder didn't stop.

"Huh?"

However, Calix was dumbfounded when he realized something unbelievable. His strong eyesight witnessed how the bullets passed through the intruder's body. 

"What the hell?"

Calix muttered as the intruder got closer. The opponent kicked him with a fast leg and Calix dodged it successfully. 

He counterattacked using his left fist, but the thing happened again. 

Right before his fist touched the intruder, his hand passed through his body. 

'Shit!'

He learned that this person had a powerful Term Attribute. 

"It looks like you will be a pain in the ass." He muttered and swung another punch and the intruder used his ability again. 

Calix understood that it would be dangerous to get closer so he took a step back. Unfortunately for him, the intruder was faster than him and already raised his leg to kick him. 

The intruder was confident that he would hit Calix. 

"Oops!"

For unknown reasons, Calix dodged the kick. 

"!!!"

Just like what Calix felt, the intruder was dumbfounded too. 

They dodged each other's attack! What is this, a Kung-Fu action scene? Where the opponents would attack and dodge? 

"..."

"Looks like you feel the same."

The two put distance between each other and stared down. They realized that this battle would be a tough one. 

One exchange. 

They need one successful attack to win. That attack would determine the winner. 

Again, the intruder stance like a Muay Thai warrior.

As for Calix, he used a boxing stance and started bouncing his feet. 

A second passed. 

-- Whoosh!

Their bodies moved fast! 

The intruder kicked him while Calix used a hook punch. 

But one thing was different from Calix, his eyes turned blue. He activated his 2nd Term Attribute. He decided to 'reverse' the situation. 

The intruder turned incorporeal and passed through a solid object. He thought he won the battle, but he calculated it wrong. 

-- Baam!

The punch contacted his face and smashed him to the floor. 

"Ack--!"

The intruder groaned as his body slammed down. 

"Phew. You are quite problematic. Unfortunately, you faced someone like me." Calix chuckled. 

With his power, he could reserve an object's state. Because of that, the intruder became solid and possible to touch. 

The intruder was still aching. More than that, he was shocked that Calix successfully punched him. His power didn't work on him! Calix was too strong!

"Now, let's see who you are."

He grabbed his mask and pulled it. 

He was stunned when he realized who it was. 

"What? Why are you here!?"

He didn't expect it.

"... Shoujo Ramune."

"Tch, you got me."

The intruder was actually a woman. And it was Shoujo Ramune, the great actress who won the Hoescar statue! 

"What are you doing? What's your intention?"

Calix became serious. He would never drop his guard against an enemy. Not with a dangerous person like Shoujo.

'I didn't know that Shoujo is a TA User. Her Term Attribute is too terrifying. I never met someone like her.'

She could turn incorporeal and dodged any physical attack. If not for his 2nd Term Attribute, perhaps he already lost. 

Calix wiped his sweat and he was breathing roughly. Using his 2nd Term Attribute spends a great amount of his energy. 

"I just want to clarify things. I don't care if you are an actress, I will beat you up if I have to." He was serious. 

'Besides, you are an asshole so I don't feel bad beating you.' 

Shoujo Ramune might be part of the 'Karen Movement' with her attitude. 

"You won. I thought I can overpower you and interrogate you about your intention to Lou."

Half of her face was swollen as she spoke. That punch definitely hurt her. 

"Are you doing this for Lou?"

"Isn't it obvious? I have to know what kind of person you are."

Calix was confused. 

"By being an intruder and attacking me with a taser?"

"That's right. Don't forget, you tried to kill with your gun too."

"Bitch you are trespassing and tried to hurt me, I have all the right to fight back."

"Yeah right~"

'This woman...'

Calix lost his temper and pulled her hair up. 

Unexpectedly, Shoujo didn't yelp or frown. Her expression was calm as if she was used to this treatment. 

However, Calix was not affected. His priorities were straight. 

This woman was a stranger and she was an enemy that endanger him. 

"..."

"What do you want from me."

He asked, his eyes glowing dangerously. 

"I will answer all of your questions once I see your feet."

"What?"

He almost cracked.

"What did you say?"

"I said show me your feet."

"You're not the one who is in control. I am."

"Then, I will not answer your question. You can beat me all you want, but you get nothing from me."

"... Tch."

Calix could see that she was not lying. Shoujo had a strong will and it was impossible to force her. 

In the end, Calix took off his shoes and socks. He showed his feet to her. 

"Is this fine?"

The woman looked at his feet with all seriousness. As if she was studying every nook and cranny. Calix felt awkward. 

"As expected, Esmeralda chose the right person."

"Huh? What do you mean... Wait a minute." Calix realized something important. 

"Are you perhaps the spy?"

"That's right, I'm a spy from Dellia."

"..."

What a shocker.