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?"

in his voice, as he realized that Ren couldn't do

him here, he definitely must've asked a few favors, but that didn't really matter. He knew just how valuable his life was, and his death

his tongue

Now that I know

Bang—

bang, Aaron's vision suddenly went dark as he felt

air was knocked out of his lungs, and a forced sound escaped from his

"Uahk!"

lingered inside the back of his mouth as his head

wondered to himself

him

hand in front of him that he finally understood

"Get up."

his ears. Lifting his head up, he saw Ren standing a few meters away from him. His

"Khhh.."

Aaron gritted his teeth.

was just

to be that. If he wasn't caught off guard, he would've never been

Ren was someone that he had already defeated. Plus, he had not been 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

it had

himself. His confidence

his hands behind him, Aaron slowly stood up. As he stood up, his eyes

long before Aaron

SHIIIING— SHIIIING—

a pair of daggers from his dimensional space, Aaron took a

me how

leisurely and his facial expression unchanging. Seemingly treating this brief exchange as nothing worth

he looking down on

Aaron looked at his finger where he saw a

without saying anything else, pressing his toes into the

if you can keep up

he swung his dagger towards Ren's temple area.

Swoosh—

was about to hit Ren in the

"Huh."

was going at speeds faster than a bullet, shockingly missed completely. Landing in the grass, Aaron looked behind him where Ren stood. His eyes opened wide

"That's it?"

Two words.

heard them, it felt

'H...how?'