The Author's POV

"You remember me?"

A chill ran down Aaron's spine as he heard those words. Those indifferent and cold eyes, menacingly staring at him from a few meters away…and that familiar face. A face he thought he would never see again.

"I…impossible…"

Aaron muttered, pointing in the direction of where the other person stood. His hands shook slightly. Still unable to process what was happening before him.

"You should've been dead!"

He said out loud as he took a step back.

"How is possible? I've watched you die…You can't be alive!"

A crazed look flashed in his eyes as he recalled the day of the incident, around three years ago when he used his ability to swap with him. He saw him get engulfed by the flames, it should've been impossible for him to have survived that kind of impact.

It was impossible

"Why would I be dead?"

Ren cocked his head to the side, unmoving from his spot.

"Y..you…y…"

Aaron opened and closed his mouth multiple times, seemingly struggling to find the right words to say. But regardless of how much he wanted to speak, no words came out of his mouth. The shock was too much for him.

For a brief moment of time, his eyes just focused on the figure before him. The figure that should've been dead.

"Huuuu…"

'I need to calm down.'

But the shock did not last for long as letting out a long breath, Aaron forced himself to calm down. He had been trained for incomprehensible situations such as these, and thus he knew best that he had to remain coolheaded.

Losing his mind at the moment would not benefit him in the slightest.

And so, lifting his head up and staring at Ren right in the eyes, he coldly muttered.

"I don't know how you are alive...but it doesn't matter."

Turning his head and staring at the building in the distance, calmness returned to his face.

"You think you'll be fine if you do anything to me? You forget who is inside of that building?"

of his lips curled upward. Confidence rose in his voice, as

was strange. For Ren to have been able to get some people to lead him here, he definitely must've asked a few favors, but that didn't really matter. He knew just how valuable his

clicked his tongue

I know that

Bang—

bang, Aaron's vision suddenly went dark as he

of his lungs,

"Uahk!"

inside the back of his

happened?' Aaron wondered to himself

for him to understand what had

vision returned and he saw a large hand in front of him that

"Get up."

up, he saw Ren standing a

"Khhh.."

Aaron gritted his teeth.

was just caught

to be that. If he wasn't caught off guard,

slacking during the time the incident happened. He was miles stronger than most people his age. How could someone like Ren, whom he had already defeated in the past manage to knock him down?

it had to

repeatedly reassured himself. His confidence

Aaron slowly stood up. As he stood up, his

before Aaron was once

SHIIIING— SHIIIING—

pair of daggers from his dimensional space, Aaron took

Show me

and his facial expression unchanging. Seemingly treating this brief

he looking

mouth, Aaron looked at his finger where he

his toes into the ground

can keep up with

Ren's temple area. His movement was

Swoosh—

was about to hit Ren in the temple,

"Huh."

Aaron's attack, which was going at speeds faster than a bullet, shockingly missed completely. Landing in the grass, Aaron looked behind him

"That's it?"

Two words.

Aaron heard them, it felt as though two thunderbolts

'H...how?'