After the explosion, Some people tried calling the police and the ambulance services but the network was practically non-existent, unknown to them, the hacker who guided the team to attack Eron and the girls had set up a Network block around the area so people using a cellular connection could not contact emergency services, even the cameras at the top of every traffic light was not connected to the city wide security network so every feed in it from the moment of the explosion onwards was falling into the void.

Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep

Suddenly everyone in the vicinity received alerts on their phones.

"Due to the sudden gas leaks in the vicinity, Residents are advised to stay indoors until emergency services arrive"

The people started going indoors and those who were not residents of the area drove away, strange enough, nobody thought to check up on the car that was directly on op of the manhole cover when the explosion happened initially.

Eron was coming out of the car when the pupils in his eyes turned white, he could see through the thick smoke and he spotted the four men who were walking slowly towards the car, They were armed with guns and knives and the two behind were armed with katana's. The pupils in his eyes had disappeared and his eyes were a deep grey with tiny wisps of smoke coming out of it if one looks closely.

"Proceed cautiously."

The leader of the group spoke to them while they where approaching the vehicle through the smoke, they were all wearing gas masks with heat signature detectors embedded into the lenses of the masks. He made a few hand signs with his fingers and cowboy started moving towards the right side of the vehicle while he stopped where he was and squatted down with one knee on the ground and his assault rifle pointed at the car, while the leader was getting ready to shoot at whoever came out of the car. The two ninjas continued moving forward at a controlled pace when they spotted someone coming out of the vehicle.

rat-tat-tat-tat.

The leader of the group fired three shots when he spotted someone stepping out of the vehicle, A second before he fired his gun, The two ninjas jumped 15 feet into the air in the direction of the car, they were planning to land on the roof of the vehicle and capture the two people in the car. The mission they were given was to capture the two women in the car and to disable or injure the man and that was exactly what they were going to do but they wanted to capture the man first, while they were in the air, they saw a blur come from right underneath them and held both their legs and pulled them to the ground but before their heads could be slammed into the asphalt, they freed themselves from the grip held them, But they both knew that if that hand hadn't loosened his grip on their legs they'd be dead right about now.

"shit !!!!"

The leader said with a surprised look on his face, He and cowboy were the only ones who saw what had happened, After he fired those three shots at the shoulders and right leg of their target. The target avoided those three shots in a way that made it feel like he was the one who missed on purpose and then he kicked of the front bumper of the car and pulled down one and two, that's what he was gonna call those two ninjas since they refused to speak and only communicated using numbers.

The moment those ninjas jumped into the air, Eron knew what they were going for so after using the smallest of movements to dodge the bullets that were fired at him, he quickly jumped up and intercepted the two ninjas in the air, but after seeing the insignia of a hollow mask on the uniforms of the two ninjas, he decided to let them go if not he would not have hesitated to smash their heads into the asphalt.

The moment he landed the smoke around him cleared a bit, and they could see him even without the gas masks that they wore, one and two took a step back away from the man who had a slightly above average face and a calm look on his face with white pupils in his eyes, He wore a white dress shirt with grey suit pants and a black shoe with ebony skin that shone.

"10, 9, 8.."

Eron started counting down. One and two looked at each other and rushed to attack him with their katanas while Cowboy and their leader took controlled shots at Eron, One attacked high and two attacked low, One swung his katana at Eron's left shoulder while two swung his katana at Eron's right leg, He jumped backwards to avoid both strikes

rat-tat-tat

The leader fired two shots while he was jumping backwards, one aimed at his chest and one at his head, He bent backwards and went for a backflip when he heard another shot from the coming from Cowboy's revolver

Boom!

The bullet was heading straight for his head, he tilted his head to the right while doing the backflip and avoided the bullet, he jumped back a bit to avoid the follow up slashes of One and two, Then he looked at them again and said.

"1, Time's up"

They looked at him in confusion, Eron folded his sleeves and the air around him suddenly changed, the expression on his face was a calm one but beneath the calm was a raging storm, he smiled at them and then started walking towards One and Two, since he couldn't kill them outright, he would just subdue them maybe add a broken bone here or there while he was at it.

One and Two took steps back when Eron suddenly disappeared from their view when a moment ago, he was walking towards them, He appeared behind One and the instant he did, he swung his open palm at One's neck, just from the initial wind that hit One's head, he knew this was an attack he couldn't block, Two had already jumped backwards and as he did, he threw a handful of shuriken at Eron

rat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat

Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom

"fuck fuck fuck, when they said he was fast, they weren't kidding"

Cowboy said while firing two of his revolvers at Eron, who was going to attack One.

The leader and Cowboy fired simultaneously at Eron while he was attacking One, But he did not even bat an eyelid at their attacks, Just before the bullets and shuriken were about to hit him, his attack slowed down just enough that the hit to One's neck didn't sever it and he pushed one to his side while he jumped in the opposite direction to prevent the bullets and shuriken from hitting the both of them.

One collapsed on the ground unconscious, and Eron immediately dashed forward while dodging the barrage of bullets coming straight at him, when he got close to the retreating ninja, Two threw a smoke bomb on the ground then followed it up with an explosive grenade with broken glass grinded down to tiny fragments in it, He wanted to blind and choke him with the explosion, the next thing he knew a hand came out from the smoke and grabbed his neck.

"we're leaving"

The leader stopped firing and said to Cowboy, He knew they were outmatched from the very beginning when Eron caught up to One and Two and overpowered them.

"He didn't kill them, he only knocked them out, that could only mean that he wants to capture them alive for answers"

The leader said to Cowboy who had also stopped firing at them, Cowboy nodded and started moving backwards too back to the sewers.

'We're not running away, We're just making a tactical retreat

Cowboy said to himself while climbing down.

Eron noticed them retreating but he chose to let them go.

'Epsilon should be able to track them when she arrives.'

He thought to himself as he threw the unconscious Two to the ground and started walking to the car.