Is it Wrong to Copy Abilities in Apocalypse?

"If I don't pay the required amount of coins in a given time—which was 2 minutes, but only 50 seconds now—I will have to face a penalty."

Shushant, who still didn't see any change in Alex's frosty eyes, gritted his teeth, his face deforming into an angry yet frustrated look.

"What now?!

I already told you everything I could!!"

His voice rose as he clenched his fists, wanting to just rush at Alex and puch the guy's face hard enough to wipe that look off his face, but with Alex's arrow still aimed at his head, he knew better than to do that.

All he could do right now was glare at Alex impatiently—more so as he saw the time ticking continuously.

*Dhuk**Dhuk*...

His vision would blink with every ticking second, along with the veins in his brain.

It clearly showed how strained his mind was right now.

In normal cases, he would've thought that the penalty wasn't something big, but not after what he had seen before.

One guy who wanted to try his luck on a woman by forcing himself on her had his head blasted by the system just because she was the one deciding the penalty on the second tutorial.

*Boom**Splater*

The scene of that guy's head exploding into pieces and turning into nothing but a mass of blood and paste played in his mind again.

He could still recall the ecstatic expression that guy had when he had pinned down the woman, but the next instant, he died without even being able to let out a voice.

*Shiver*

He shuddered at the fear of the unknown—the penalty that was not specified was more horrifying in his eyes than a penalty that outright warranted death.

At least he would know what's going to happen to him during those confirmed death penalties.

[0:41]

The ticking sound of the timer broke him out of his thoughts, only to have his eyes widen in shock.

'What the hell?!'

He realized that he had been lost in his thoughts for around 10 seconds, wasting around a fifth of the remaining time, so he hurriedly turned toward Alex.

"Please! Just give—huh?"

He knew that he wouldn't get anywhere with being forceful, so he tried to try the more ideal approach of requesting again, but his words got stuck in his throat as he saw the scene in front of him.

'W-What the hell…?

I-Is he leaving just like that??'

For a second, his mind went blank as he saw the receding back of Alex.

The guy didn't even turn to look at Shushant again; it was as if he was done with what he wanted to do.

'T-That fucker!'

Shushant wasn't a dumb idiot; he was a private company employee, and he knew how things worked in the world, so after being dumbfounded by the stupidity of the situation, rage—fury at a magnitude he had never felt before—started clouding his mind.

'Did that guy just use me as an information source?!'

Shushant gritted his teeth, his vision turning blurry with anger.

'He wasted all that time for nothing!'

His nails dug into his plam hard enough to cause a trickle of blood to flow down his balled up fist.

*Badump**Badump*....

'I-If that is what he wanted to do, why did he even waste my time?!'

His heart rate shot up, and his muscles tensed.

His body trembled violently, and his breath hastened.

*Inhale**Exhale*...

His chest heaved as he stared at Alex's back with a ferocity never seen in his eyes before.

[0:29]

The timer was none of his worries now; all he wanted to do was take out his frustration on Alex, but then a certain question flashed in his mind...

'... would I get points for killing a human?'

His body froze, and his eyes quivered as he thought of this new possibility.

*Chuckle*

'I-It won't hurt to try, would it?'

A nervous yet determined chuckle left his lips.

He had never killed a human before; all he did was kill a goblin and an undead, and that too because he had no other choice, so the thought of killing a human did chill his heart—especially when the human in question was a monster like Alex.

But he steeled his heart and took a cautious step toward Alex, who was walking away with his back facing him.

'I-I have to do it; I don't have any other choice!'

He picked up a piece of rock from the ground and tried to console himself that he was doing the right thing, trying to stop the trembling of his arm.

'A-And he's the one to blame for this; h-he could've just handed me some coins...'

He licked his lips, which grew dry out of nervousness, and he wiped away the sweat he could feel on his forehead.

He didn't want to do it, but he was just that desperate.

He didn't want to end up like the man who tried to force himself on a girl.

So he vigilantly stared at Alex's back.

*Step**Step*...

He stepped closer and closer to Alex without making much sound.

From the way Alex carried himself and the way his eyes remained emotionless, Shushant knew that he wasn't a normal guy.

But no matter whether Alex was a bodybuilder or a serial killer, he would still die if he was hit hard on the head with a heavy object.

Shushant did have dread clawing at his heart the closer he moved to Alex, but he didn't stop.

*Gulp*

He took a large gulp of saliva as he found himself just a few steps away from Alex.

*Badump**Badump*

His heart hammered against his ribs as he knew that it was the moment where everything was going to be decided, and the next instant, he rushed forward with a stone slab—a slab that weighed around 10 kiligrams—held high by both of his hands.

Alex, on the other hand, had a certain glint pass through his eyes.

The AI, who, just like Alex, had been keeping an eye on Shushant even though they had walked away, questioned him.

'No, I was just waiting for him to make a move.'

Alex, however, shook his head.

He never actually had any thought of giving a single coin to Shushant, and from the desperation he saw in the guy's eyes, he knew that the guy wasn't going to take no for an answer.

So, Alex just wanted to let that guy make a move first; at least that would give him a reason to kill Shushant.

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