“W-WHAT?? FAITH POWER AWAKENING?” said the prison head guard in panic as he also stood up from his chair.

  I emerged from the green sphere, and I was already standing off the chair.

  *!*

  The bindings around me were broken with ease by simply shaking my body. The metal collar on my neck has completely vanished as well.

  “(W-What is this?)”

  I raise both of my hands and see that my veins are glowing green across my entire body. I have no idea what is happening to me, but then a certain phrase suddenly pops into my head.

  “Vein Armor. . .?”

  “W-W-W-W-WHAT IS HAPPENING TO YOU? FUCKING GREAT!! NOW YOU’RE A BELIEVER, HUH?”

  *!*

  The prison head guard pulls out a gun from a drawer below the desk and points it at my head.

  *BANG*

  Without warning, he immediately shot me in my head.

  *CTANG*

  But the bullet ricochets from my forehead and hits the ceiling above, planted deep into it.

  “. . .”

  I feel weird. There is a feeling that emerges out of nowhere that tells me to move out of the way of the bullet’s trajectory. Aside from my vision, somehow I know that his bullet would land precisely on a certain spot on my forehead.

  “DAMMIT! ARMAMENT TYPE IS SO ANNOYING TO DEAL WITH!!”

  *BRAK*

  The prison head guard jumps over his desk and pulls out his baton one more time. He runs towards me and swings his baton at my face.

  *GRAB*

  *!*

  Somehow, I saw exactly where his hand is moving, and he also moves a lot slower than before. I catch his hand on the wrist effortlessly with my left hand. I glare at his eyes with anger. All of those beatings that I unfairly took, HE WILL PAY FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM!!

  I let go of his wrist, clenched my right fist really hard, and swung it at his jaw.

  *BAM*

  “AAARRGGHH!!!”

  *DAHK*

  *THUD*

  He was sent flying towards the ceiling with his back, and he fell flat to the concrete floor below with his face first.

  “Urrgh. . .”

  He immediately covers his jaw with his two hands while his baton is thrown away from his grip due to the punch. I walk closer to him and crouch down.

  “THERE’S MORE OF THAT COMING TO YOU, SHITHEAD!!”

  *BAAAAAMMMM*

  “AARRRGGHHH!!!”

  I kick his belly as hard as I can. He immediately holds his belly with his right hand.

  “Does that hurt, dumbass?”

  *BAAAAAMMM*

  “AAAAAARRRGGHHH!!!”

  I kick him again on his kneecap, and he immediately holds on to it, letting go of his hold on his jaw and belly.

  “What about that one?”

  *BAAAAMMM*

  “AAAAARRRRGGGHHH!!!”

  I kicked his nose, and he was sliding a little bit away on the floor. He immediately covers his nose with both hands.

  . . . . .

  I. . . feel so good.

  I FEEL SO GOOD!

  THIS FEELS AMAZING!!!

  SEEING A RETARD LIKE HIM FINALLY GETTING WHAT HE DESERVES!!

  HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

  I WANNA SCREAM ATOP OF MY LUNG!!

  But I quickly realized that I can’t do that, or else I’ll alert the guards guarding the door to this room. Hmmm, though, this shithead has been screaming loudly for a while, and they don’t seem to realize it's his voice, not mine. Guess I’ll just continue to beat him up UNTIL ‘MY TORTURE TIME’ IS OVER!!

  *BAAAAMMM*

  “AAAAARRGGHH!!”

  I continue to kick him and hit him multiple times, non-stop, with my newfound power. I feel so powerful right now, I feel like I can punch a hole in the wall.

  *BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM*

  “AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!”

  After 15 minutes of hitting him nonstop on various spots across his entire body, I forced him to stand up and made him sit on the chair where he tied me. I picked up a rope from where he used to take it from inside a drawer in a shelf at the corner of the room. I proceed to tie him the same way he used to tie me. He was simply not moving as he was trying his hardest to stay conscious because of my beatings.

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  I open my hands, and a baton, similar in shape to the one he used, appears.

  “. . .”

  I take a look at the baton to inspect it from multiple angles. I don’t know how, but it seems like this power that I just awakened allows me to call several types of items with different functions to one another. It felt like I now have access to summon a bunch of spy equipment for any situation, though, from the get-go, this isn’t the type of ability that will be useful in a direct combat scenario, or at least that’s my initial perception of this power.

  *!*

  I’ve also just realized I can freely swap places with any of my gadgets at any given time. The only restrictions of this power seem to be that I can only summon about three types of equipment across my entire arsenal. The name of this power also suddenly appears in my mind, Warp Arsenal. That name really checks out and fits this power.

  I lift my baton above my head and start grinning widely at him.

  “So, now you know what’s coming, right?”

  “. . .”

  He did not respond. His entire body became bruised and red because of my beating, yet it is nothing compared to the amount of torture and pain I felt all this time.

  *BAAAAMM*

  I hit him on his torso with my baton.

  “AAAARRGGHH!!”

  *BAAM*

  And then I immediately hit him on his neck.

  “UUAAARRGGHH!!”

  *BAM*

  Next, I hit him in his right shin.

  “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGGHHH!!!”

  *BAAM*

  I immediately hit his left cheek without a break.

  “AAAAAAKKHH!!!”

  “Do you like it, asshole? DO YOU LIKE IT? THIS IS WHAT YOU’VE PUT ME THROUGH FOR NO FUCKING REASON!”

  *BAAAAMMM*

  “UUURRRGGHH!!”

  I thrust my baton at his belly as hard as I can.

  “I KEEP TRYING TO TELL YOU THAT I AM NOT A FUCKING SPY!! I WAS BORN IN THIS COUNTRY, AND THEN THE ORPHANAGE THAT I GREW UP IN WAS BOMBED!! SO, I RAN TOWARDS THE BORDER OF THE CITY TO ASK FOR HELP!!!”

  *BAAAAAMMM*

  I hit him in his chest this time.

  “AAAARRGGHH!!”

  “BUT THEN I WAS PUT INTO THIS PRISON INSTEAD!! THE MILITARY SAW A FUCKING CHILD AND THE FIRST THOUGHT THAT CAME INTO THEIR HEAD WAS THE POSSIBILITY OF ME BEING A SPY!! AND BECAUSE OF THAT I HAVE TO SUFFER IN YOUR FUCKING HANDS!!”

  *BAAM*

  I hit him in the mouth next, and it immediately bleeds.

  “UURRGGHH!!”

  “THANKS TO THAT, I’M GONNA TORTURE YOU NONSTOP UNTIL I AM SATISFIED!!!”

  *BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM*

  And so I keep beating him with my baton in fast succession without letting him take a break. I keep going nonstop without taking a break as well. Since my vein is glowing, it feels like my physical power and energy have been increased by a large margin. Even though I am still just a nine-year-old boy, I am not getting tired at all.

  .

  .

  .

  I keep beating him to my heart’s content for almost two hours non-stop. But sadly, I had to stop.

  *Knock knock*

  *!!*

  “Sir! We have reports regarding the war!”

  Someone talked from outside the door.

  “Tch! I still am not satisfied!”

  That’s what I said, but truthfully, the prison head guard was no longer moving. He had his eyes closed the whole time, but every time I hit him, he kept groaning in pain quietly, and his body still reacted properly to the pain.

  “Y-You may enter!”

  I tried to make my voice a lot lower to match the prison head guard’s voice. The person behind the door grabs the doorknob, and I immediately move to the wall next to the door. I also unsummon my baton and summon a pistol in the same hand.

  *KLAK*

  The person opens the door, and the first thing he sees is the prison head guard in a dying state, tied to a chair.

  “P-PRISON HEAD GUARD, SIR!! WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?”

  The person quickly enters the room, and the two guards outside follow after. They approach the prison head guard immediately.

  *BAM BAM*

  *THUD THUD*

  I immediately knock out the two guards by hitting the back of their heads with my gun in quick succession, and they fall to the ground.

  *!!!*

  “WHAT?”

  The first person was an informant, and he quickly turned around towards me. The first thing he sees is me pointing a gun right at his face.

  “I am going out of this prison, and you’re going to lead me through it!”

  “W-What are you saying, kid?? Who are you? And where did you get that gun?”

  “This gun is my Faith power! I didn’t steal anyone’s gun!”

  *!*

  “Faith power? You’re a Believer? But we have no records of capturing a Believer in this prison.”

  “I just awakened this power, thanks to that shithead who keeps torturing me for no fucking reason! Now I am going out of this prison, and YOU WILL LEAD THE WAY!! UNDERSTOOD?”

  “I can’t do that!! I’ll be punished harshly for letting anyone from this prison escape!”

  *BANG*

  *!!*

  “URGH!!”

  I shot him without warning at his shoulder, and it bled.

  “Interesting, but I don’t care!”

  The informant looks me in the eye, and he finally realizes that I am not playing around.

  “S-Still, I cannot do that, young boy! Not only am I going to be punished, but so are my wife and children!!”

  *BANG*

  “ARGH!!”

  I shot him again at his other shoulder.

  “I am not taking a no answer!”

  “I understand. . .”

  He asks me to dress as one of the guards here. I follow his example and dress up as one of the guards quickly. He himself also changes his entire attire to resemble the other guard to camouflage the wounds on his shoulders.

  We walk out of the room and close the door tightly. He walks in front of me, and I follow him closely from behind. I keep pointing my gun at his lower back secretly. We walk all the way towards the entrance without any problem. Some of the other guards were confused at how short I am, but they paid no further attention to it.

  The guard at the entrance asks us about the reasons for our departure. I press my gun harder against his lower back, signaling him to come up with some type of excuses. He explains that we need to go to other checkpoints in the warzone to relay some private information from the prison head guard. They let us go, and we’re finally leaving this shithole.

  “. . .”

  I stepped outside and finally saw the bright, blue, slightly cloudy sky high above. It was beautiful. The sheer sight of the vast open sky brings joy to my heart after seeing the rundown ceilings of my jail cell this whole time. I had a lot of thoughts in my head as soon as I breathed the breath of fresh air outside. But the first thing on my mind is where I have to go next.

  To my front is a desert as wide open as the eye can see. I see no other building aside from this prison, nor any other people. I have no one else left who cares about me in this world, so I don’t know exactly what I’m gonna do from now on.

  I finally pulled away the gun that I had against the informant's lower back. The informant whispers something to me.

  “There is a city just north of here, about 5 kilometers away.

  “Then let us walk all the way there!”

  “No, there’s no need!”

  *??*

  “There is a group of soldiers tasked to escort us towards the other checkpoint! We aren’t free until then. We will be watched the whole time.”

  “I see.”

  I went silent for a while.

  “I had a plan.”

  And then, as he just told me, a soldier called us from behind, driving a jeep, and explained to us that he and his squad were going to escort us. We gladly accept the offer and get into the jeep.

  During the drive, nobody says anything as they simply keep their eyes on me and the informant and me at all times.

  *!*

  But then I noticed that we’re going east of the prison instead of north.

  “(Not good! At this rate, we’ll actually reach the other checkpoint according to the lie that he came up with!)”

  When we are far enough away that the prison can no longer be seen, I suddenly pull out a flashbang in my hand.

  “Hey guys, I have a grenade!”

  *!!!*

  I did it to lead everyone’s attention towards the flash bang and let it explode while I held it.

  *!!!*

  *SHIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGG*

  I had my eyes closed, but all of the other soldiers were caught off guard by it.

  “UUAAARRRGGHH!!”

  All of them, including the informant, quickly close their eyes in pain while also covering their ears from the ear-deafening sound of the flashbang. The driver also lost control, and the jeep went awry.

  *BAM BAM BAM BAM*

  During the entire chaos, I quickly knocked out all four soldiers, including the driver. I immediately kick the driver out of the seat while the car is still moving randomly at high speed. I take the driver's seat and immediately stomp the brake pedal as hard as I can.

  *KKRRRRTTTT*

  And the car finally stops.

  *DAHK DAHK DAHK*

  I quickly get up and kick away all of the knocked-out soldiers from the jeep.

  “Uurgh. . .”

  The informant is still trying to regain his vision and hearing. I quickly asked the informant to drive the car towards the city by pointing my gun at him.

  “L-Let me at least recover my sight and ears first, young boy. . .”

  “I’ll be your eyes and ears! I’ll direct you and inform you of anything dangerous during the drive. You’ll recover in no time anyway, so we'd better start moving now!”

  “. . .I understand.”

  And then we finally drive towards a nearby city in the north, leaving all of the soldiers passed out on the empty desert.