Right at 6:58 pm, a car stopped in front of Noside Hotel. Two men stepped out of the car. One was holding a briefcase and other was holding a black umbrella. Both were dressed in dark clothes with hats of the same colour giving them the appearance of some kind of butlers.

The guards at the main gate of the Noside hotel checked their whole body with the metal detector. Upon receiving the green signal, both went towards the elevator. Some men were already waiting for them at the elevator. They shook hands with them and the four of them entered the elevator together.

“Had you any problem reaching here, sir?”One of the guards asked the man, one with the umbrella in his hand.

“Not at all. Those soldiers were so easy to deceive. By the way, is your boss here?”

“Yes, sir. Boss is waiting for you. As told, the meeting will start exactly at 7:00”

“Good”

The elevator stopped at the third floor. The meeting was held in Room no#140 on the third floor. Three rooms other than room#140 were registered under the name of the same person. The room#140 was protected by an invisible magic barrier. Even if someone manages to find their meeting point and even reached that room then he will have to break the barrier. But in that time, they will escape using the Teleportation device. It was a foolproof plan and it should have been as it was a very big deal between two infamous drug dealers.

One of the guards, that was accompanying them, knocked at the door.

“It’s us”

“Code please!” a voice came from inside the room.

"The sun falling from the sky"

With this, the door opened as the magic barrier was removed from inside the room.

There were 12 bodyguards in the room forming a circle around the boss who was sitting on a sofa. All guards were armed with guns and a Teleportation device was fitted in the ceiling of the room so as to flee immediately if an emergency happens. The device was inactive at that moment because it starts the Teleportation as soon as it is activated so should only be activated when you are ready to flee.

The two men sat on the second sofa, the one in front of the boss.

“How was your journey?”The boss wearing a black jacket over his white shirt and white pants asked them.

“Quite easy! As we don’t have time so let’s get to the business”Umbrella man replied in a serious tone.

“Have you brought the money?”

“Yes,”The man carrying the briefcase gave it to one of the guards.

“It’s 20 million dollars. I hope your drugs will be of better quality as usual”

“Don’t worry about it. Our drugs are quite notorious for their addiction. We will not disappoint you” boss bragged.

“Is it enough now? I did what you told me so please let me go”

The umbrella man started begging to the briefcase man who should have been his subordinate.

“What are you saying?” Boss was puzzled as were the guards.

“Yes, you have. There is no need to continue the act anymore”

The umbrella man put his hand on his face and enchanted a spell

As soon as he finished reciting the spell, his face identity changed.

Behind the face of the subordinate of the umbrella, the man was a young boy(Xeron).

“Who are you? And what is this?”Boss yelled at them both.

“I am here for a little talk, Mr.boss. Please cooperate with me”

“Fiiirrreee!”

Guards began firing bullets at him. Not even one bullet missed its target. All of them pierced his clothing and made him fall on the floor.

“Who was he? And what was he doing with you?” Boss asked the umbrella man.

“He met me on my way here and killed my subordinate. He forced me to get him inside this room. If I had made a move to tell you then he would have killed me”

“Anyway… He is dead now. Let’s get back to…..”

“Dead… Who is dead here? I haven’t killed anyone yet. Then how can anyone die?” The murderous aura reached to every person in that room as he stood up in a horrific style.

“Itttt caaannn’t be! You should be dead. The bullets…. How is it?”

Boss wasn’t the only one who was getting chills all over his body. All of them were shivering in fear upon watching that impossible feat done by him.

“So… Shall we start the real businesses meeting?”

“Forgive me… I will do as you say so please…….”Seeing the boss apologizing, all of them kneeled; begging for their lives to be spared.

“You are embarrassing me” he chuckled while scratching his head,” There is no need for you people to kneel. There is something that I want to ask you so if you cooperate then you can get off easily. That’s all”

“We will tell you anything so please spare our lives” the boss replied.

“Okay then! Tell me all about it. We are all free tonight, aren’t we?”

After a few minutes of investigation

“Well, that’s all we know”

“Don’t worry. It’s more than enough”

“Your pro..mise!”

“I haven’t forgotten about it guys. You will be free to go but first I have to make a call so wait just a little longer”

Xeron took out the phone from his pocket, walked away from them and dialled a number.

“Hello..hello… I have done my work here. I can come back, can’t I?”

“Yes, you can” the call receiver answered.

“What happened to the drug dealers?” call receiver asked.

“It’s not a good news. I got the info from them but in the end, all of them committed suicide so we cannot put them in jail. Is there a problem?”

“No, there is not. Do as you please”

With this, the conversation ended. Xeron turned back and faced all of the bad guys that were clinging to each other as they were afraid whether he will keep his promise or not.

“Can we go now?”

“Why are you all sweating this much. You are free as I promised” his face was shining with a smile.

“Thank you”

“Go… You are free… Enjoy yourself to the fullest… For your new lives…. I give you permission…..Go to hell!”

Within an instant, no one noticed him moving from his place and cutting their throat with a knife. It was done in a second. The moment they realized the cut, it was too late.

“Buuuttt yooouuu saaaiiiddd!”

“There is no place for you in this world”

His tone suddenly changed into a serious one as he saw their corpses lying on the floor in front of him.

“I am back. Is anyone home?”Xeron opened the door with a key, entered his home and questioned to no one particular while taking off his shoes.

“Welcome home,nii chan*!”A familiar voice; the voice of his little brother responded to his question.

[*Nii chan—Used for brother in japanese]

His little brother,Zess was nearly 13 years old. He was wearing a sky blue T-shirt and short pants.

“Hello,zess” his face was flooded with happiness and smile;completely contradicting with his murderous nature back during his mission.

“Nii chan is back…nii chan is back…..Hurray!”The little one was jumping with excitement and joy.

“Didn’t you go to your school today?”

“It’s Sunday,nii chan. School is closed today. Is this a good enough excuse?” he made the face like children make when they are angry.

“Sorry. I totally forgot what day is it”

“You should take some rest. You must be tired from your trip”

“By the way, where are mom and dad?”Xeron asked.

“You know them,nii chan…. Mom has gone to meet some people that shifted to our neighbourhood yesterday. And dad has gone to the forest with his friends for camping”

“I am then going to my room to take some rest. When mom returns, tell me” Xeron turned back and walked up on the stairs leading towards his room.

Their house was a two-story building, with Xeron’s and Zess’s separate rooms on the 1st floor while the two living rooms and a kitchen on the ground floor.

Upon reaching his room, he lay on his bed.

***[Words in brackets are what he is thinking]***

(It was an easy mission…. This time too. I cannot be satisfied with these easy missions anymore. I have to talk to him to send me to the missions where I can eliminate a large number of criminals)

(9 years… It has been 9 years since that incident. Time sure passes quickly. The day 9 years ago… The day it all started……………... The day I chose this path)

***[Bold words below are his thoughts of that incident]***

It was the first time I ever stepped outside the house. That day, mom took my hand and I accompanied her. We went to the buy some ingredients for dinner. Dad was out of the city that day so mom had to go buy them. Everything was normal. We bought the ingredients needed and were heading back. We were in a hurry that day so we took another route; the shorter one with a bank on its way.

We were still at a distance from the bank when we heard the noise of firing coming from inside the bank. Without wasting any more time, my mom took me by her hands and we hid in a nearby narrow alley. The moment we went into the alley, the door of the bank opened and a group of five people armed with guns and with their faces hidden by the masks, walked out of the bank. The people who were walking by stopped where they were. They couldn’t move even if they wanted to; because of the fear of death that they saw in front of them.

The robbers could have easily got away but they didn’t choose the easy way. They killed all the innocent people just for fun of it. They had already killed half of the bank staff so as to make the other half cooperate. They were not confident of their strength that they killed so many people but of their relationships to the higher-ups and of the fragility of the law. They knew that law made in the name of justice for the poor against the rich was only a fake. It was and will always be for the sake of the rich so that they could cover their wrongdoings.

The soldiers came half an hour after the incident was over, handed over the dead to their families. Media kept showing the news and their faces for two days. Higher-ups also guaranteed that those criminals would be caught and would be killed in the capital centre. All of them talked but no one did anything. Neither the criminals were found nor killed. Time passed, people started living their lives again as they were living before that and everyone forgot about those innocent people that were killed that day.

Some of them would have been on their way home from their work, some would have been going to meet their relatives. They could have been anyone… Someone’s parent, sibling or someone’s believed one. But no one cared about them. They were forgotten like they were never in this world. Those criminals were the same criminals who were caught in a bank robbery 3 years before that incident. They were caught and locked away but one day, a huge fire engulfed the whole jail and those criminals were pronounced dead in that fire. But it was all fake. It was done so as to release them from there.

That day… It all started…. The day I decided to take the path of the right… The path of justice…. But not the official one…. What if I became a government officer and caught the criminals and put them behind the bars… The answer is simple… They will live in that jail for 8-10 years and then they would be set free. They will be free to harm the innocent people again. They will kill a bunch of people again and if ever caught, they will again wait for a few years to keep doing what they were doing before.

So I chose this unique path. The path where I won’t be bound to just capture them… I will kill any evil I catch so that they will no longer be any threat to the people. The old drug dealer... I killed him too. There is no place for bad people in society, whether they are young or old. The people will be able to live a more peaceful like when the evil will be suppressed. I don’t want people’s attention or their appreciation. I do this for peace of my mind. As long are evil is outside, there should be someone who will judge them. If the law won’t then I will. Evil for evil and good for good. I am Xeron.