Chapter 212: A Sensitive Discussion

Determined to rise in the world, a boy had one day dashed out of the back alleys of the slums, risking his life to plunder a ruin. There, he’d encountered a mysterious woman—a meeting that, for better or worse, had drastically changed the course of his life. He was only a dime-a-dozen, powerless slum child, and yet as he’d conquered trial after trial, he’d grown stronger, until he could now easily defeat behemoths who towered far over his head.

Clothes that wouldn’t wear out. Food that was safe to eat! A room...with aroof! The things he’d once longed for as he lurked in the streets he’d already long since obtained. But the boy continued to fight, seeking even more power—for two reasons.

First, to complete the request Alpha had hired him for.

And second, so he would never again have to kill someone he didn’t want to kill, or be forced to let them die.

He was now so powerful that he had been hired to guard an intercity transport, laid waste to the giant bugs that had then attacked his convoy, and even come out victorious against a superhuman—yet the power he desired remained a distant dream.

Once upon a time, languishing in those alleys, huddling on the ground like the miserable weakling he’d been, he’d merely wanted the strength to kill anyone in his way. His desire had since changed, but he still needed more power to fulfill his goals.

Thus, Akira would fight on.

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After returning home from his harrowing battle on the transport and