Day 100

  I woke up at seven in the morning.

  “. . .”

  It seems like nobody hunted me down. I’m still in the same condition as last night. That is good. I quickly get up and prepare myself for another day.

  I’ve been having trouble with my hygiene. Regarding number one and number two, they are not a problem. I can just enter a public mall and go to the toilets, or just public toilets that are also scattered throughout the city.

  The bath and shower are the problem. Public showers or bathrooms aren’t usually available to the public. The only place that I can think of having either of those is the swimming pool. And I need money to enter a public pool, which I don’t have.

  *Sigh*

  My butlers and maids used to teach me that stealing is bad, though reminiscing about this is a little too late by now, considering I’ve been stealing food from a lot of people already. Should I also steal their money? Not too much but just enough to enter the pool. . .

  Not only do I get to have fun at a swimming pool, which I have never entered before, but I also kinda blend in with everyone in case someone is tailing me.

  Hmmm. . .

  Oh well, let’s think about it as the day goes by.

  I leave the apartment and wander into the city to start my day.

  I immediately find a lone food stall that sells corndogs, so I immediately stun the vendor guy. I steal two corndogs and leave immediately. I have secured my breakfast.

  Later that day, I stole some money to go to a public pool in the city. As soon as I entered the pool, I remembered that I didn’t even have a swimsuit, so I simply took a quick shower and left the pool, feeling disappointed and bummed out.

  *!!*

  But then, someone was waiting for me outside the pool. He immediately grabs my hand as soon as I exit the public pool’s gate and stuffs a handkerchief to my face.

  “. . .”

  I didn’t even have time to react, and I quickly lost my consciousness. The only thing I remembered last was the feeling of being lifted up, and then I passed out.

  .

  .

  .

  “. . .”

  I slowly open my eyes.

  “(What. . .)”

  *!*

  I realize that I am bound to a chair. My hands and legs are also bound to the chair with tape. My mouth has also been sealed tight by the same duct tape.

  “HRGH!!”

  I tried to break free, but the amount of duct tape was overwhelming; I couldn’t have possibly broken free with my small body and the strength of a child. I look at my surroundings, and I find out that I am inside the back of a truck. The back of the truck is really small, only about 5x2m in rectangular size. There are many other items inside this box, but most of them are wooden crates.

  *CHLAK*

  *!*

  The door on the back of the truck opened, and I saw a person wearing a black ski mask appear.

  “Ah, the door prize is safe! I was expecting you to fall because of that bump earlier. Thank goodness, you’re in good condition!”

  “Mmmmhhh!!”

  I tried to speak, but to no avail.

  “MMMMMHHHH!! MMHHHHH!!”

  “Yeah, no! I don’t understand you!”

  The ski mask man gets inside the back of the truck and picks me up, along with the chair.

  “UGH! FUCK! IT’S HEAVY!!”

  He exerts his physical strength so much that he feels like his hands are sore. That is kinda rude, there is no way a 10-year-old girl like me is that heavy. The man puts me down outside the truck.

  “FUCK!! THIS CHAIR IS WAY TOO HEAVY!! *pant pant pant*.”

  The man is immediately on all fours on the ground as he tries to gasp for air, trying to regain his breathing. After a few seconds, he stands up next to me, holding a knife.

  *pant pant*

  “Listen here, brat! I am going to cut the duct tape, but if you try to fight back, I’ll stab your eyes with this! Behave, alright?” said the masked man, pointing the tip of his knife at my right eye.

  I silently nod my head, holding back tears. I wasn’t actually scared of his threats; rather, it was an act to give him a false sense of security. He starts cutting the duct tape on my legs first, and my hands, and lastly my body. I didn’t immediately stand up. He crouches down to my level and stares into my eyes.

  “I’m gonna leave your mouth sealed. Don’t you fucking dare try to run away, alright?”

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  I nod my head, but at the same time, I immediately activate my Faith power.

  *!*

  I stand up and immediately rip open the duct tape in my mouth.

  *SRRKK*

  “PUAH!!”

  The duct tape was hard, but eventually I tore it open. I immediately ran away from him. It looks like I am in an abandoned factory of some sort. I didn’t think much of the place and ran as fast as I could.

  I escaped yet another chaser of my life for today.

  Day 149

  Today I was chased by a high school girl who’s also a famous Believer. She hid her Faith power at school and is quite famous in the Underworld. She’s a new rising star who has climbed to fame really quickly within two months.

  Her Faith power is pretty strong. It’s an Elemental-type Acid Faith power. I don’t exactly understand what kinda acid hers is, but at the very least, it’s the type that melts things on contact.

  She was surfing on a floating pink acid from under her feet in the air. She easily catches up to me in no time. She also has cornered me at the end of an alleyway. I had my back pressed against the wall behind.

  “You’re just a little girl! How on earth has nobody else succeeded in capturing you this whole time? There has to be something about you that the mission file doesn’t tell!”

  “. . .”

  “Not answering? So it’s true then! Are you perhaps a Believer?”

  “No! If I were one, I would’ve used my Faith power to not get cornered like this in the first place!”

  “. . .Sounds like a lie, but a really logically sound one! I’ll give you that one! Now, who exactly are you that someone is offering 20 million US Dollars for capturing you? That’s an insane amount of money! I wouldn’t even have to think about the future anymore! I can just drop out of school and start multiple businesses with that much money! I’ll be set for life!”

  “You’ll trade the life of a ten-year-old girl for an assurance for your future? Does my life mean nothing to you?”

  “Frankly, no! I am just a stranger, and I don’t know you! Don’t really care about you, so let’s get this over with, shall we?”

  The high school girl raises her right open palm at me and shoots a spout of pink acid.

  *CSSSHHH*

  I rolled down and forward, dodging it. The pink acid spout hits the brick wall behind me and quickly melts its surface in no time.

  “(It melts instantly!)”

  “Don’t even bother trying to fight back, little girl! You’ll lose your limbs!” said the high school girl with a smirk.

  She rides a surf of her own pink acid and approaches me really fast. She stops just in time, directly in front of me, without letting any of her acid splashing on me. The high school girl raises her right arm and creates a human-shaped slime of pink acid behind me.

  “Follow me, or I’ll make that guy behind you, hug you from behind, and I can promise you that it won’t be pretty!”

  I looked behind and saw that the humanoid pink slime is three meters tall. I gulp my own spit in response. I turn around towards the girl, and she is leaning her head close towards me, staring creepily into my eyes at close range.

  “IF YOU DON’T BEHAVE. I WILL PERSONALLY DECORATE YOU BEFORE I DELIVER YOU BACK TO YOUR HOME! YOU UNDERSTAND?”

  She meant to threaten me, but it was a mistake. I quickly activate my Faith power and stun her.

  “. . .”

  I immediately run away and leave the alleyway. I continue to run as fast as I can to be as far away as possible from her.

  Once again, I escaped my pursuer for another day.

  Day 250

  Today I was chased by someone who has the Faith power to grow bird wings on his back. He captured me while I was leisurely walking on a sidewalk amongst many other passersby in a city in France, like a wild eagle snatching its prey swiftly with its talons. He abducted me in broad daylight, and before I could even scream for help from the crowd, he had already flown high into the sky, eliminating that possibility. The crowd also shows little to no reaction. Each and every one of them wasn’t really paying attention to their surroundings.

  “HAHAHAHAHA!! I GOT YOU LITTLE GIRL!!”

  “TCH!!”

  This is bad, very bad!

  Being suspended in the air like this means that my options are very limited. If I stunned him in midair, I’ll fall to my death. Not good!

  Is this it? Is this the end of my solo life? After escaping for almost a year, is this my time to fail and go back to that awful place?

  . . . .

  Nah! Don’t give up! If I give up, then I’m already lost! I’ll do anything as long as I don’t go back to that awful place again.

  I carefully observe the man’s appearance.

  He is a 175cm tall man who weighs around 89kg. His body is muscular, and his skin is white. He wears a brown aviation outfit, complete with a headwear, a visor, a full body suit, a pair of gloves, and a pair of brown boots, perfect for flying high up in the air like now. His entire outfit helps fight back against the air. Behind his back, his two pairs of brown wings grow, but at the center of the wings, I see a brown backpack. From the way it looks, it looks to be some type of parachute, but I am not sure. I do see a pull trigger on the side. It is highly likely that it really is a parachute. I have to find out!

  “H-Hey, mister! Why are you taking me? What have I done wrong to you, mister?”

  “Oh, little girl! Do not play dumb right now! I know who you are! You’re someone who has been hunted down by a hundred different types of people from the Underworld, and yet not a single one has succeeded in securing you all this time. Don’t even bother trying to fool me with your sweet talk! I won’t listen to any words you’ll say! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”

  “. . .”

  “(TCH! This means the more I escaped, the harder it is to escape the latest chasers! They’ll eventually learn about my Faith power as well! That’s not good!)”

  “. . .”

  “(I can stun him if I force his face towards my eyes, but then, will he survive the fall? I don’t think he’ll just stay afloat in the air once he’s stunned. He’ll fall freely towards the ground. At this height, anyone would die. Am I going to kill someone today? What if all the next chasers after this will act pretty harshly towards me if they found out I am a murderer? That would mean escaping would be a lot harder. I wouldn’t be able to survive! But at the same time, if I don’t escape, I’ll be sent back to that abuse hell.)”

  I look carefully down towards the city.

  *!*

  “(There it is!)”

  I see that we’re heading towards the rooftop of a 20-story building. He’ll survive the fall, and I won’t have to kill him. Two birds with one stone!

  “Mister! Look at this!”

  “Huh?”

  I immediately pulled his head into my eyes and used my Faith power.

  “. . .”

  His wings stopped flapping, and we started descending fast from the sky. I almost panicked, but I calmed myself down. I quickly grab his backpack and take it off him, and put it on my back. I climbed onto his back and kicked him away towards the rooftop of the 20-story building.

  He was descending at a faster rate than I anticipated, so I had to kick him to make him land there. My kick may be minuscule, but it was strong enough to actually save his life.

  I flew backwards from him, and I descended fast towards the city.

  *FLAP*

  I pulled the trigger, and the parachute was deployed safely.

  *!*

  But I was still descending faster than I thought. I tried to maneuver the flight path, but I don’t really understand how this parachute works. This is my first time parachuting after all.

  “HHRRGGGHHH!!!”

  *BWOOOSSHH*

  The wind crashes against my face really hard, and it turns my face ugly in the air. I am somehow able to steer my flight path, though not perfectly, and I am heading towards a lake located in the park in the city. I was afraid of landing poorly and ending up hurting my legs. That would make future chases impossible to escape, and I really don’t want that.

  After riding the parachute in the air for approximately seven minutes, I am finally reaching the lake in the park.

  “Hey, at least I don’t have to take a bath anymore today!”

  *SPLASSSHHH*

  I crash into the small lake in the park. I quickly take off the parachute while underwater.

  *PUAH*

  I swim back to the surface safely without any injury. That was a miracle. I immediately swim to the edge and get out of the lake with a fully wet body.

  I leave the park immediately as a few people have started walking towards the lake. There are many people who saw me parachuting down on the city. I am so afraid that I am gonna be on the news. I left before anyone could question me. I also quickly find a place to dry off inside someone’s apartment that they left for work.

  Phew!

  Today was crazy, but I survived yet for another day of being chased by dangerous people.