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nTiana backed off and sat back down on a folding chair. She had a slight frown on her face. It made her look somewhat displeased, which made Kairos a little afraid he didn’t perform a good enough job.

nHowever, considering the fact she was just sitting down and not attacking him, it seemed as though it was enough.

nTiana leaned back, even tilting her head back off the chair.

n“You weren’t joking when you said you were going to do it half-heartedly. It totally broke my immersion.”

nKairos’ eyebrow twitched.

n“Come on, you were the one that wouldn’t help me make it more convincing.”

nTiana rolled her head away from him.

n“Oh come on, you could have at least done a slightly better job than that.”

nKairos sighed.

n“Look, I told you I wasn’t good at doing that kind of stuff. It’s not like I’ve trained for acting.”

nTiana raised her hand and waved as though she were trying to blow away a mosquito.

n“Whatever, just leave already. I still have things to do, alright?”

nKairos clicked his tongue.

n“Fine, I had no intention of staying anyway.”

nWith that, he walked out of the room. And while he did not slam the door shut, he still used a little bit of excessive force. He was quite irritated for being forced to go through that and to even experience her complaining right after.

nAs for Tiana, when she heard the door shut, she didn’t move for quite a while. Despite saying she had things to do, and that being the truth, she simply remained still. Her eyes slowly closed.

nHer arms hung limp from the sides of the chair, almost like she was dead or unconscious.

nHowever, she was as awake as ever.

nShe let out a soft chuckle.

n“…That really was nothing like my father at all.”

nA small smile formed on her face, while tears began seeping out from her eyelids.

n“Doesn’t matter as long as I don’t have any regrets, huh?”

nTiana sighed.

n“…You might regret saying that to me.”

n…

nOnce Kairos had gotten out of the room, he thought about what there was to do. The city seemed to be fine for now, but there seemed to be a few tasks that were still required, so long as it wasn’t now.

nHe thought about leaving once more, to gain more points and also explore the area. Though, he was definitely quite tired at this point. Although physically, he was basically fine, there was the fact that the events he had gone through were quite taxing.

nAnd although he didn’t need to, he was beginning to miss the feeling of sleeping after so long.

nThough, he decided against it.

nKairos walked out, to see the rest of the city. The people that he had brought earlier were mostly gone. For the ones that were still here, they were led by a few men dressed up in military uniforms guiding them to different places.

nKairos took a quick look around the place and saw that the stage was there far off in the distance. As of now, the trio weren’t playing on it, though Kairos imagined he would see them there soon enough.

nAs he took another look at the village, he couldn’t help but find that the place really did feel bare. This was located in the city that was a more high-end area, and there used to be many facilities that surely would’ve made the place quite entertaining to be in.

nHowever, those places had been knocked down already. The concrete floor had been ripped apart, and large amounts of dirt covered it. Considering that this place was in the city, there shouldn’t have been that much dirt. Kairos recalled that Tiana had the earth spell, so it might’ve been her that provided all the farmland.

nThough realistically, those facilities would have been a liability right now, he couldn’t help but wonder what they had been like. But that was pretty much it, as he didn’t really care that much.

nKairos decided to take a look around the city, to see the general state that people were in. As he walked around, he found that most of them were afraid of him. That was pretty much what he expected, and also what he intended for them to feel.

nWithout many thoughts, he continued to walk, seeing the general state of things.

nThere were people that had dirty blankets spread out on the floor, and some of them were sleeping directly on them. This made Kairos quickly think of one thing.

nNobody here actually had a house to live in.

nIn other words, once the weather started to get bad, then many people would end up getting sick, or even die.

nBut it was still currently spring, so there should still be quite some time to sort all of that out. The weather shouldn’t be that bad.

nThat’s what Kairos thought, until he thought back to the time with red rain. If people didn’t have the proper shelter to deal with that, then they would all turn into monsters due to the excessive amounts of evolution energy.

nKairos noted that he should bring that up to Tiana later. Then, he continued to walk through.

nThere were occasionally people that were taking around pails, panting hard as they walked through the fields. Some of them were metal buckets, others were plastic pails. They came in various sizes too, and those with smaller ones looked noticeably more tired than the others.

nThe place where everyone was getting water from seemed to be the center of the city. That made sense, but it also made Kairos realize those near the edges of the city were basically going to be worked to death, just bringing the water to their respective fields.

nHe took note of that.

nThere might be a way to make it easier. Perhaps if the river didn’t have to be polluted, then there could be some way to work a solution. He would worry about it later, as it wasn’t the most important thing.

nAs Kairos walked, he noticed that most of the people here weren’t afraid of him, probably because this was his first time ever seeing them. Some of them had curious expressions.

nA few smart ones saw that he wasn’t bothered with farming, connecting the dots to realize he was an important person. They simply looked away, pretending they hadn’t noticed they saw him.

nThere were also a multitude of people that looked at him in jealousy. This was because of how he looked completely fine, while everyone else was practically dying of exhaustion. Those people all made their own rationalization as to why he wasn’t tired.

nThere was a woman that walked up, with a frown on her face.

n“What are you doing?”

nKairos looked at her. Though he could easily tell her off, he decided to humor her.

n“I’m walking.”

nThe woman’s eyebrow twitched.

n“What? Look at you, you don’t even have a bucket of water.”

nKairos nodded.

n“Yes, you’re right.”

nThe woman scoffed.

n“You should be working on the farm! What would your mother think of you if she saw you slacking like this?”

nKairos chuckled.

n“…She probably wouldn’t even notice I existed.”

nThe woman stomped her foot, almost like she was a little brat.

n“Well, if you’re done watering your own farm, then you should make yourself useful.”

nShe then held out an empty metal bucket.

n“Go and water my own farm! Or are you going to reject my offer?”

nThere were a few people that couldn’t help but look on to see the drama. Though, that was as far as it went, just looking. The few that understood what was actually happening simply looked away, praying that they wouldn’t somehow get caught up.

nKairos smiled strangely.

n“Wow, you’re giving your farm to me? Ah, and your bucket too! How generous.”

nWith that, he snatched the bucket out of her hand and continued walking. The woman looked rather flabbergasted, unable to respond immediately.

nKairos gave her a glance.

n“Ah right, if you don’t have a farm, you’re not allowed to be in the city, so you should leave.”

nThe woman came to her senses hearing that, prompting her to rush up.

n“You brat! How dare you disrespect those older than you!”

nKairos raised an eyebrow.

n“Hm? What do you mean?”

nThe woman grit her teeth.

n“You should-”

n“Ah, I get it!”

nKairos cut her off and raised a finger.

n“Since you gave me this farm and are now leaving the city, I should give you a hand.”

nThe woman furrowed her brows.

n“What? I-”

nBefore she could say anything else, Kairos grabbed onto her arm. Then, his eyes suddenly widened, and the smile on his face disappeared.

nHe pulled his arm back all the way. Then, he started to throw her.

nThe woman let out a scream as she was lifted up into the air. A rather scary squelching and cracking sound resounded, while the woman was flung far away.

nThe sound of her screams quickly disappeared as she was thrown.

nAs for Kairos, he was still holding onto the arm of the woman, as it had broken off. Far off into the distance, the woman slammed against the wall. It was quite brutal, but from where he was standing, it looked like a little blood splatter.

nKairos’ grip on the woman’s arm was rather tight. In fact, there was the sound of shattering bones, because of his increasingly tight grip.

nSoon enough, the arms snapped from where it was holding, and the two parts fell onto the ground with a light thump.

nEveryone in the vicinity was absolutely terrified, along with everyone that had seen the woman who flew through the air like that.

nWhich was a lot.

nIt was dead silent around Kairos, and everyone looked quite terrified.

nAfter a short while, he sighed.

n“…I went too far this time.”

nThough people should be intimidated by him, that didn’t mean they should be deathly afraid. Instead of obeying him, they would instead run or put up a last stand fight.

nKairos knew his own sanity had been becoming a little unhinged, but it had always been that way. The apocalypse definitely made it a bit worse though.

nThere were also the various stressful events he had been dealing with earlier, which included his encounters with Nicole and Tiana.

nHe didn’t originally plan on being so malicious, only wanting to give the woman a little scare. But when she brought his mother up, he didn’t really care anymore.

nIt wasn’t as though Kairos couldn’t stop himself from flying into a rage, as he was fully in control. This all reminded him of what had happened earlier, when Quinn had talked about insanity as well as when Tiana voiced her own concerns about her mental state.

nFrom what it looked like, his sanity wasn’t much better than Tiana’s.

nKairos looked at the people around him, though nobody dared even somewhat look in his direction.

nHe blinked a few times.

n“Sorry about that, my temper got out of hand. Can someone tell me the label of this farm?”

nKairos knew that the farms had specific codes assigned to them as he gathered that from looking at the charts posted up in Tiana’s room. Considering one of them was now open, he thought it would be best to inform Tiana so that one of the plots didn’t go unused.

nUnfortunately, nobody dared respond.

nKairos sighed again.

nThis was the problem with being too brutal. It makes people freeze up completely.

nKairos took a deep breath.

n“If someone tells me what farm this is labeled as, then I will leave. Otherwise, I will still be here.”

nOnce again, nobody did anything.

nKairos felt himself getting a little pissed off, but quickly calmed down. When he thought about it, speaking to all of them at once would make them feel as though someone else could take responsibility, thus making them less obligated to speak up.

nSo Kairos walked up to a specific person to single them out.

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