Everything went as expected, The Watchmen suspected that it was an attack, to be sure I stopped Time to check the case report of the Watchmen during the investigation.
"You cheated on me again!!!, with the landlord too!!"
"Don't exaggerate, he only invited his friends and we had a foursome!!! You're only blowing things out of proportion"
' Not this bullshit again'
I felt my strength leaving my body as I turned the rusty doorknob of the run down apartment, inside I found my mother and Tom arguing again.
"You're a SLUT Celine, Do you even know who his father is because I'm sure you don't"
This argument always happens twice a month or more, my mother is a serial cheater and Tom always stays after every scandal.
At first I assumed he lacked self respect. Maybe my mother assumed the same so she never intended to change her promiscuous nature but that's not the case.
I once read Tom's diary and I learnt that he liked getting cucked, on a random day I came back early from school and my mother was busy fucking the neighbour, they were making Tom watch and he looked happy... it's a concerning preference.
"Leave me out of your shenanigans, leave my mother, kill her, stab her, Tom I don't care but keep me out of your filthy mouth"
My mother wasn't even bothered by my words because the hate was mutual, she blamed me for the sins of my father who left when I was 2 years old.
My father left us to buy some milk and he was eaten by a Kaiju on the way so there's that.
I simply left them and went to my room, i threw myself on the bed as I began to think about the events that occurred today.
'Fuck my life, why didn't death take me at birth'
Through my command the yellow phantom manifested in its majesty, having this power felt like a dream yet right it was mine to use as I wished.
"You're something that stands for my convictions and a change to my world, now that I think about it calling you a phantom doesn't feel right."
The more I thought about it, the more it made sense.
"I'll classify you into a stand and your name shall be... The world"
My back began to itch as soon as I said those words, I quickly ran to the bathroom and observed the sizzling sound on my left shoulder.
Through the mirror I noticed that a star was being branded on my body, it looked like a birthmark of sorts...I kinda liked it.
'This new power of mine might be the change i am looking for, I am definitely going to drop out'
This wasn't a situation where I questioned the origins of this ability. I just had to use it to get what I desired, I might even break up with my girlfriend, poverty.
I had no desire for vengeance against the Kaijus, we hunt animals for food and the Kaijus hunt us for food.
The predator hunts the prey and my father wasn't lucky, I can't despise Kaijus and dedicate my entire life to vengeance for a man I barely remember, I am not a filial son but a product of failed parenting.
'Now that I've decided to quit school, I need to escape this hellhole'
Ideas began to flood my mind, I am low born so even if I finish school I'll probably work my entire life to make money that a hero makes in a month.
The only effective method that can get me out of this hellhole, is the death of my mother.
'Yeah, i don't feel any guilty conscience so I should plan even further'
Killing my mother is the first step of my grand plan, I do not hate her to the point of wanting to kill her, it's just business... she's expandable.
Under the imperial decree, Death of family members has a certain payout so I can use that money to enter the underworld.
' Tomorrow I need to go to the Kunlun mountain to get herbs, there might be Kaijus but only through danger can I see the limits of my stand and expand my combat prowess'
Kunlun mountain had many things including herbs, I planned to go there and collect the heart herb.
My mother already has Fentanyl so I don't need to seek a substitute, planning her murder like this might look cold but I don't have any good memories of her.
If not for Tom she could have sold me to Mr Jenkins from the second floor, he's one of her sex partners and a pedophile.
'Should I kill him too...yeah but after a month or two of my mother's death'
The thought of leaving this hell hole and creating a path for myself filled me with Ecstasy.
'Can I do this?'
The result of failure will get me executed under imperial law, Taking a life is punishable by death but when the "heroes" do it they turn a blind eye.
According to the history of the imperial regime, some ancient tribes ran out of food and began to participate in cannibalism... but that only shows us the incompetence of the empire.
People like us starve all the time, we only eat scraps compared to those who are blessed in life.
This system of oppression is indeed vile but why should I hate it when it can work for me, people don't despise corruption cause it's wrong they despise it because they can't benefit from it.
I analysed myself and left the bathroom as I slowly stretched my body, my single bed was rusty and old but it was my zone of comfort.
'Am I a bad person?'
The thought of this idea made me chuckle, Good and evil don't exist.
There are only those who rise to their best selves, pushing beyond limits, shaping the world on their own terms and those who sink to their worst, letting fear, weakness, or cruelty define them.
I am who I am