Allen realized that he would not be able to get out of the tar with how adhesive it was.
'Disgusting.'
Allen thought with disgust as looked at the smelly substance below him.
Instead, he took out his feet from the sneakers he was wearing in a way that the shotgun didn't fire again.
He placed his feet on top of the sneakers before pushing himself backward, creating sizable distance from where he previously was.
'That was close. If I had not reacted on time, it would have been my head that exploded rather than the wall.' He thought, relieved but also knew that was a close call.
Allen walked into the room once more but, this time more cautious and aware of his surroundings.
"Tch, where the heck is that *itch."
Allen clicked his tongue in annoyance and cussed under his breath as he looked around and saw that the man was nowhere to be seen.
He then moved to his right and untied the rope from the trigger carefully and detached the shotgun from the wall, storing it in his inventory.
Allen was about to look for traces of the man when suddenly, a strange smell entered his nose.
"Where the heck is this coming from?" He wondered aloud.
He looked for the source and realized it was coming from another room of the apartment he was in.
He walked towards the source, thinking he might find some traces or clues left by the man that would help him trace him.
Creak
He opened the door to the room, fully prepared to take on an armed man ready to fight him to the death.
But what greeted him was something completely different.
"0_0!"
Allen's eyes widened like saucers as he saw three leaking gas cylinders and immediately understood what was about to happen.
Bang!
He shut down the door with a violent bang as he darted towards the lower floors like his life depended on it which wasn't a lie.
Using his enhanced physical abilities given to him by the System he had already reached the second floor when a loud blast shook the entire building.
BOOM!
The resulting shockwaves made Allen, who had covered some distance from the explosion, lose his footing as he was about to fall face first to the ground floor.
However, he placed his hands in front of his face and used them to throw himself in the air before using his body's weight to land on his two feet.
"Huff… Huff… Huff…"
Allen panted heavily as he looked behind and saw that the fourth floor was covered in flames that were spreading to the lower floors like a plague.
Allen knew that he had to get out of this building as soon as possible as zombies would be making their way to where he was after hearing the sound of the explosion.
Allen was about to head out when he noticed another strange smell, coming from somewhere within the ground floor, entering his nostrils.
This time, he didn't go and check the source.
Although he wondered where it was coming from he didn't want to risk his life to satiate his curiosity.
However, it didn't take him wrong to realize where it was emerging from when he realized that the air smelled like diesel.
When he did realize, his face turned into that of someone who was fed up.
"Ah shit, here we go again."
These were his words after he inferred that it was coming from the Transformer and Generator of the building, realizing that it had been compromised as well.
Instantly, he turned into a black flash and bolted his way out of the building.
BOOM!
However, the explosion had already happened and the building began to collapse while Allen was still inside.
Sizzle
"Shit!"
He spat out in anger as dust and debris limited his vision and an intense wave of heat spread through his back.
===
Outside,
Ssha!
A tall young man with short blonde hair, clad in a blue hoodie that stuck to his shoulders because of the heavy rain, looked at the scene of the burning building that had begun to collapse with a satisfied smile on his face as a drone hovered beside him.
'Haha, get burnt into a crisp!'
He thought, thinking he had gotten rid of the man who he thought would've killed him instead.
Although the fire wouldn't last long because of the rain, he knew it was enough to burn the man with black hair that seemed to consume the light.
"Hmph! Nobody messes with me." He snorted with arrogance before turning around and was about to leave when he suddenly felt a hand touching his back.
"Good to know nobody would care if you died."
A cold voice that seemed to freeze even the fire of the burning building entered the blonde man's ears as he felt a chill crawl up his spine and felt his legs quiver.
He turned his head to see if the hand he felt clutching his shoulder with a grip that seemed to get stronger with each second actually existed.
"0_0!"
The blonde man's eyes widened like saucers as he saw the wrathful face of the man whom he thought was dead look at him with a glare that wanted to send him to the afterlife.
It was at this moment he knew, he f***ed up.
"Let's have a chat, shall we?"
Allen said with a creepy smile that sent shivers down the blonde man's entire body.
===
Inside another building,
A man with short blonde hair lay on the floor with bruises across his entire body.
His face was swollen like that of a squirrel with nuts in its mouth and arms tied up with the shoe laces of the sneakers he had been wearing as he let out groans filled with immense pain.
"..."
Allen looked at the miserable man before him with indifference as he sat on a chair with his legs crossed and his arms spread on the armrest.
Inwardly, he was...