03.06.1586

27:51

All this time, AL7AN only has done the same thing every day. He performed on the streets to win some money on his own, robbed in secret some citizens that happened to pass by and amused himself on the stupidity of the people living in the City of Perfection. To think that this is actually the future Leader of an entire military base would actually make you laugh. But I guess he is the living proof of the idea that anybody can become anything.

Days later, he is doing the same thing he has done the last day, and the day before that, and the day before that day too. He charms the public into thinking that he is a great performer only for him to abuse the power he has to make a living. But even he has his limits, since he avoids most of the times the crowds that contain soldiers or the streets that are supervised. When he meets such problems, he does not rob and only accepts the money he gets from the performance itself. Which, of course, doesn't satisfy him. But this is life.

He is actually a very good trickster if you think that he was never caught in the years he has been doing such things all day. I mean, the way he is so confident sure makes it look like years. Even the soldiers seem to know him and his street shows, which is why sometimes the crowds have soldiers of the military. Fame costs him after all, but he also wins knowing that they trust him a little bit with what he is doing, which allows him to continue the whole scam.

The crowd of this day seems pretty similar to the last one. It isn't huge, but also not a small one to the point of not allowing him to do anything. Because of that, he continues the same show and comes up with random ideas of how to get his hands on more money depending on how things progress. One person of the crowd that seems to be there for the first time sure is impressed of his abilities and watches the show from the distance, not too far to not be able to see anything but also not too close to the point of becoming a victim.

When the show was about to end, AL7AN has already managed to make his small hidden tricks and got many Novhas, just from them alone. Even more than he won before, which would explain his smirk. But something kills the whole happy moment he has, as he notices some soldiers coming towards him, making his smirk vanish so quickly, almost even impossible to hide the fact that he has fucked up.

"...Shit!"

[Soldier1]-...Stop the show, AL7AN. This whole thing is put to a stop now.

[AL7AN]-I beg your pardon, Soldier? I am the only one that announces when my shows are ending. Why such a rush? Are you mad at me for the fact that I did not manage to pick you as assistant? Well, if you would ask me politely the next time, I will be more than glad to accept you!

[Soldier1]-Quit the act! Mr. AL7AN, you are being taken for robbing multiple citizens of the City of Perfection! Your punishment is waiting for you arriv--

[AL7AN]- --I am sorry!? I did not hear that right! From when exactly are the soldiers of our beloved city blaming some innocent citizens of random acts of a sinner!? I thought that you are meant to protect us from them, not to try and ruin our lives!

The crowd was whispering, getting confused on what was happening and starting to think that the soldiers got the wrong idea. But somehow, that person from the crowd wasn't even surprised. More like... amused at the whole situation and how this scammer manages it alone.

[Soldier2]-Mr. AL7AN, there are recordings around the city showing you taking money from your own viewers in the past few days. If you would kindly--

[AL7AN]- --And I say it again. When exactly have you, dear so-called "protectors", started blaming us for no reason at all? I am not the type of person that would do such thing to begin with! I would wish to see the actual proof of your own words and prove me that I am wrong! Prove it to me!

[Soldier1]-As you wish then.

While some soldiers were surrounding the area so that AL7AN won't run, two of them were starting to take out a few screens in which they had documents to interact with. Though AL7AN was sure something was wrong, he was actually pretty confident as always in what he was saying, thinking that he avoided any kind of way of getting caught, and even if he did something wrong, he was analysing the situation just in case. But to his own surprise, when the soldiers managed to find the recording and showed not only to him but also to the crowd what he has been doing, he knew that his life is about to end there.

"...What are those angles!? Those areas didn't have any kind of cameras around! When did they manage to install them??"

When the crowd saw the recordings too, the whispering got louder, with some people even starting to check their pockets and see if they were indeed scammed. And they were correct. When counting the money, very small portions were missing from many people. While some were rather impressed, others were mad at the performer that they've trusted this whole time and started shouting.

[Soldier1]-Do you have anything else to say in your defence now, AL7AN?

AL7AN was silent though, only looking at the situation that was against him. The crowd hated him now and the soldiers were already in their positions. But he was strangely very confident again, even though his own confidence led to this whole turn of events.

[AL7AN]-Yes, I do, you rascal.

He looks straight into the eyes of the soldier, even almost as if he wanted to kill him right there and right in that moment. But instead, he said one last sentence to his face...

[AL7AN]-...Let the show begin.

...before between his fingers appear small spheres full of gas used to creat a fog so that the crowd is unable to see what is happening, throwing them at the ground heavily and making the fog spread around the whole area where the soldiers were, making him able to run through the huge crowd just for a few seconds before the soldiers were able to see him again.

[Soldier1]-After him! Now!!

While the whole chase began, the viewer from before sure was interested in what was happening. So once both AL7AN and the soldiers get a bit further from the initial position, the person left without any kind of trace behind.

AL7AN though was running for his own life, trying to avoid as many soldiers as he could. But even if that is so, he had nowhere to run since the entire City of Perfection would be a danger zone for him from now. So he could run for months, but he could not actually escape fate unless he left the city itself. The soldiers were shooting after him, trying to exhaust him and make him unable to run. And truth to be told, it was pretty much working.

The first bullets that actually hit him caused severe pain, but no injury since he wasn't affected by the Ynash'saveghtah Gas. From this pain alone, his running got slower so he had to pull out other tricks in order to avoid them. He went through all the possible streets to try and lose them all, though nothing worked. And the more bullets were hitting him, the more they were slowing him down.

But when he left a street and got at an intersection, from one of the walls of the buildings, a sword appeared to dodge some of the bullets meant to aim for his head that could've make him stop. Then, the same viewer from earlier started running besides him, making him notice the new face of a stranger armed that was trying to help out.

[??]-...Follow me if you wish to live.

No more words given, neither from the viewer nor from AL7AN himself. He did as the figure said and started running after it through many other streets. When they encountered a specific street with no cameras, the figure also threw some of the same gas spheres used by AL7AN earlier, so when the soldiers got closer, nobody was left for them to catch. Both of them have vanished into thin air.