This is too far. Ah. I think I'm not going to make it.

I can't hold my breath for too long! Even if I am tough, which I'm not, I literally can't hold my breath until I float up to shore.

Yeah I think I'm going to sleep until all of this is over.

Damn it, this should be the time when one of those heroic type move to help people. I'm literally trapped under the wave, give me a hand won't you?

But these new people's characters are not that good unlike the old generation. Ah, if it is the old generations, even if the rule say they can't, they will still risk the rule anyway to perform heroic act.

Now let see how long until I float to shore. I close my eyes.

Something tugs on my body.

Ah no. I'm about to go to sleep, you can't do that. It's not fair, don't beat up my body while I'm asleep, it would be very painful when I wake up.

I am both underwater and cold. My body has no more strength because of its struggling. My lungs burn, it is the best time for me to go to sleep only to wake up at a better time.

But it seems someone tug me so did somebody come to help me? Let's see just who this person is.

I risk opening my eyes and let the water in.

Underwater, I heard two words

"Help me..."

It was impossible.

There can be no sound underwater. However when I look over, the sight was equally impossible.

A long haired, rotting, bloated corpse was tugging at me.

"Hel...p m...e.."

Ah shit. No. No. No. This thing is gross. Why is this thing here.

I mean I'm at the bottom of a river, but why is this thing here?

"Why didn't you help me?"

The corpse start to shake me. Its hands was long and sharp.

Ah. Don't touch me. It hurts. It hurts. Don't touch me okay? I will ruin you even if you are dead

The struggle was not long because I can't fight, so after a while, the bloated corpse just overpower me. I was expecting it to eat me or something, it couldn't eat me fully because my OP will surely kick in long before then, but it will hurt like hell.

Suddenly, the water parts

"This is interesting."

I was suddenly on dry land again. Both the corpse and me look up at the figure floating down from the sky. Wherever he goes, the water parts. But this was the bottom of a river though, what happened to all the ship?

The corpse creature starts to hiss at the man. The man's figure was reminiscent of the heroic figure of old, literally descending from the sky to help.

However, the next words give me pause

"Dead man experiment aside, it seems something interesting has also ended up here."

I look over to the corpse creature.

Dead man.

Oh no.

Before I can even move a finger, the man calmly walks over with his swaying figure, with a chop, he cuts off the creature's limbs. They quickly reattached themselves moment later, but that move released me from the creature's grasp.

However, it was not for long since moment later, the man gives me a chop on the neck causing me to lose consciousness.

I just realize something, I also remember something too.

From the start, even though I was underwater and the creature can easily overpower me, I was not harmed at any moment. It was just trying to grab me.

The second thing I remember was that "Dead man" was actually a moniker I actually know. It means bad news, seriously bad news. Though from what I remember "Dead man" is a good guy.

With that, I fall alseep.

"Sob sob sob..."

While I was asleep, I start hearing crying sounds. I seriously thought I was next to a crying corpse again.

I sit straight up remembering the gross scene and what just happened.

It was just a girl crying in a dark room. Oh.

It seems both of us was locked in. I take in my surrounding, it seems we are on a boat or something, but we were locked in a dark room.

"Sob sob sob.. I was just following Angelica on tour. I only steal a bit of my parents' money so why is this happening to me? Mama! Papa! Please come and save me."

The girl was sobbing incessantly. I sit straight up after hearing the word Angelica.

Ah damn, it seems I did not run far away enough from my sister. I could be caught again in the future.

Yeah, I should probably get out of the city after this is all over with. It is really annoying, the fake sister just keeps me inside, not allowing me to go out. I am perfectly fine thank you, I just don't feel like playing with dolls that day, it is just all too fake.

Dolls in this case refer to the people that was created wholesale in this new universe. They aren't real to me at all. This whole world just feel like a giant dolls house. How can I accept something that was created by an ability as real? How could I accept a sister that was created wholesale, history and all as my actual sister when I already have a sister?

And just like that, I just sit there indignantly while waiting.

After a while, the crying girl finally notice my movement. She just stares at me without uttering a single word.

After a while, what she says was:

"Ah! Aren't you Angelica's missing brother who has mental illness? She has been looking at you all over! I saw it on Fxbook! Ah! I can't believe it, those dastardly evil person captures Angie's brother too? Surely for ransom! It is okay, I am here. I have to tell every-"

Suddenly, the girl starts to realize her situation. Then she bursts out crying again.

The sound was annoying to my ear so I just utters in annoyance.

"Just sit down in quiet, everything will be fine soon."

"How could it be fine? I don't know who these people are, they just suddenly capture me. And-and- And that guy can fly you know? He has super strength and a bunch of thing too from what I saw. He is just like an evil Superman from the comic. He even parts the river just earlier. It's scary, we can't win against them"

"You are locked up in here, how could you see? Don't lie." I dismiss her.

"I can see! I can actually see it. So I was just outside of the stage, the ticket to Angie's tour has been sold out. However, despite standing behind a wall, I could still see Angie's performance all the way inside. She was amazing as always when all of the sudden I saw that guy in the sky. I have been scared since then. I saw that guy hanging around Angie again and again too, he was always watching her from afar from the sky. It was really creepy, like a stalker, so on the third day, I was trying to contact Angie's security details. But the strangest thing happened,

He saw me too."

Ah. I think I realize what happened.

So that person was one of those "my ability is everyone else's ability".

He has probably targeted a few ability holder before to have all of that amazing power. Dead man too was probably one of the victim.

It is going to be fine though. That guy has nothing on me. If he tries anything, my OP power will just nullify it.

Suddenly, the door to the room open and the girl screams. That person walks in with two other people next to him. They were both in expensive suit, that guy must have quite a background to have classy bodyguards like these too.

The ability holder opens his mouth

"Take him away and interrogate him to find out what he was doing there. At the end of the day, I want to know why the missing brother of an international pop star is at the bottom of a river while still alive. Heck, at the end of the day, I wanted to see him sing like a fucking bird if I will it."

Suddenly, the two burly men drag me away.

Eh?

L-let settle this in a one on one you coward! W-what? Are you scared of me and my OP power? Actually, my power is not really OP, so let settle this like man alright? You damned ability holder! Settle this like a man! You pussy!

But I didn't mutter any of those words because I know if I did, the beating would just get worse.