After the fight ended, Zero let out a breath and grinned. "I hope the next one is fun. Someone to give me punches so I can give them back. If that happens, I can really show my full power. Well, nobody can take my Red Frequency and stay alive anyway, hahaha!"
Zero began heading back to his place, but suddenly, he heard a heavy voice. It felt like someone was living inside his brain, screaming: "ZERO! ZERO! ZERO! ZERO!"
Zero buckled, unable to stand straight. He felt like he was losing his ability to hear. He ran as fast as he could to escape, but the voice followed him everywhere. Zero shook his hands to activate the Red Frequency. Immediately, the vibration made the voice slightly more bearable, but a moment later, it returned even louder than before.
"Zero, you are not running away!" the voice thundered.
Zero scrambled for a way to endure the pressure. He pressed one hand firmly over his ear to defend himself. Realizing the voice became weaker this way, he smirked. "So, my Red Frequency can help me even with this. Well, now let's start!"
Zero moved with such speed into a nearby store that no one could track him. He knew there was only one main target, but he found the area crawling with men armed with swords and guns. Zero couldn't fight effectively with both hands over his ears, so he came up with a smart compromise.
"Why don't I put only one hand over my ear and use the other to fight?"
He tried it. Half of the annoying voice returned, but it was a weight he could finally hold. He scanned the area, wondering how the man was producing such sound. "A Loudspeaker ability," Zero realized.
The voice grew even stronger, meaning the speaker guy was closing in. It was a race against time: Zero had to take him out before he got too close. Suddenly, twenty men armed with guns and swords stormed the room. They unleashed hundreds of bullets, but Zero took a step so fast they couldn't even see him. No matter how much they attacked, one move from Zero was enough to make them useless.
Zero sprinted toward the source of the sound. The voice kept screaming his name, but just as Zero got close, a giant robot emerged, shooting blindly in every direction. Atop the massive machine stood the Loudspeaker guy, looking down.
"Zero! You're going to die now! How are you going to reach me?"
The robot was so tall it seemed impossible to climb. It was now Zero against two: the giant robot and the speaker guy. Zero dodged the robot's bullets, which weren't fast enough to catch his Red Frequency. He reached the robot's leg and landed a devastating punch. As the machine tried to fire back, Zero stepped back, then lunged again, using his Redo move to repeat his momentum. Over and over, he hit and stepped back until the robot's leg shattered.
The giant machine collapsed. Zero was exhausted; fighting with one hand while the other was clamped over his ear had drained him. As the robot hit the ground, Zero climbed the wreckage and lunged at the Loudspeaker guy.
In that final moment, Zero pulled his hand away from his ear to use his full strength. The man screamed one last time: "ZERO!" The sound was deafening. All Zero could hear was a high-pitched whistle, but his Red Frequency kicked in, stabilizing his senses. He unleashed a barrage of unlimited punches, killing the speaker guy instantly.
Zero stood over the body and shouted back: "ZERO! BACK OFF!"
He wiped his face and looked at the horizon. "That was okay for a warm-up, but I'm itching for a real, direct clash! I want someone who can actually handle my Red Frequency face-to-face... not just some noisy distractions. Let's see who's next!"
Written by: Red Z