Executing the Judge [Zenos]

Hmm, it had been a bit of a long time ever since the last inconvenient.

To be precise, it had been some months now ever since that strange event on Earth where people suddenly turned into some kind of zombies and while Zenos had some fun around back then, he did not care to go past that when he could see that the fun had been wrapped up pretty quick, therefore he left, kept a low profile and just returned to his work. Pretty simple stuff. For days he simply spent his time taking down targets, or resting, because that was the best part of his job- he did not have to work. He could just not do anything for days until he felt like he needed to, and even when he needed the zeni, he could just take it from someone else much weaker.

This truly was a blissful life.

But the best part about his job was that he liked it, so in the end he just did not care for the zeni. Anything he made, he sent it over to the orphanage, because he did not have much of an use for zeni past the bare minimum. And this time was a similar one too, yet another idiot that appeared to have been a big target for people, he did not care much else, what kind of person or what political use he had, some people wanted him dead and he could do just that.

Herans were often difficult targets, mostly because the vast majority were usually stronger than the average Joe, but he figured it would not be a problem for him regardless. However, he chose a rather different approach, given he was the kind of guy with the privilege of being escorted by others, he decided rather than going headstrong, he intercepted the carriage way earlier, killed a few guards and infiltrated them. The shifts were easy enough, most of it was standard procedure, and therefore that day Zenos was already on the boat that Erys decided to crash.

It was going all pretty smooth, he just needed to murder every single being on this ship and he would be done with it, but the radars went off, he sneaked by the cabin just to figure that out after hearing the thuds and the alarms.

Zenos sneaked upon the couple in the cockpit and crushed their throats by a gentle grip of his fists, before he tossed them aside and tried to access camera feedback. With a long sigh, he watched this figure, he did not know this person but her statement made it clear, she also picked the same job as his.

Well. Technically she could have it, like previously said his only pleasure in this was murder but damn now he was a bit upset. He had already invested so much time into this plan and the effort to disguise himself, and she had just ruined it all. With a touch of his hand he ripped apart of the uniform above his own clothes, before he just walked off the cockpit to reach the hunter.

She would witness this dude in a pretty casual garb, very tight shirt and loose pants, looking upon her. Whether she knew him or not, that was a chance. Some other stranger called Bloodhound recognize him too, so he assumed his features were known at least to some that took part in his own career.

"You know. I admire your style."

Zenos spoke with a smile before grabbing a few knives from seemingly nowhere, almost as if he had them hanging right out of his pants' pockets.

"But I want to kill the guy. So what are we going to do about this?"

Thread Power Level: 60,000
Power Level: --- (Antisense ON)
OOC Notes/Items Used:
Cruise Controller to join Space thread

WC: 625
Total WC: 625

Now, of course this was quite the situation. It was almost laughable too. In truth in his line of work this was one of a million chance, or at least in his case there were only very few times where he happened to run into another mercenary. Most of the time, if there was somebody interrupting, they were totally unrelated to his job or were there for their own reason in short. So, when he saw through the feed somebody that was kind of, rocking it. And like for sure, maybe she kind of reminded him of Onoma too in a way, he was also a bit confused whether or not she was there just to collect or if she had her own reasons, but it was hard to tell.

In any case, when he had finally arrived before her it appeared she had some unfinished business with some Saiyan. Alas, Zenos did not care or have sympathy for anyone whatsoever, to him whether she wished to kill some nobody acting like a bodyguard it was her own choice, and he had nothing against it. So he just kind of idly stuck his fingers onto a hole in the handle of those sharp tools and began spinning them while he waited for her to finally end that idiot.

"Hmm! Thank you? Ah, do not sweat it. My praise is hardly worth anything."

She could not sense his ki indeed, some compared him to a machine sometimes, and he figured it was true but in the end it was just that he was completely isolated to ki, almost like a wound in this energy that permeated the world. So, he could not use it and he could not really be perceived normally.

"Maybe I do, but for now killing him will do. Setting up the groundwork was tedious enough. I want to at least make sure my blade runs through him, then we can talk about it."

Of course, for him to finish the job he needed the proof too, but even if she was to get it he would not really mind it... but he had an idea, that could likely be a lot more exciting than just trying to strike a deal. But right now trying to bicker on who would get the body was probably no use, and could risk the mission for both.

"Come on, let's secure him. Then we can talk about the rest. Lest we both remain without prey."

He suggested before trying to lead her back to the room with camera feed, to see if they could find the guy and where he was currently hiding in the camera feedback.

Thread Power Level: 60,000
Power Level: --- (Antisense ON)

WC: 446
Total WC: 1071

Zenos did not of course, just choose to leave it all to her. It was not like Zenos was such a blood thirsty maniac to just go out for the kill, but he would have been way more pissed if Erys had managed to get the kill with that act alone, it would have simply ruined all of his work.

After all, it was not like the money went to his own balance, so in the end, it was all due to a cause that in the end, even if this job could not go on, it would not be the end of it. He would just pick another. Of course, however, his intent was fully to try and get her before she could potentially get it, at least make it fun or interesting, but well... of course, he believed if he was to just introduce the idea that he was against the idea of supporting her own reasons to be here, then he would have an extra problem to deal with.

In these matters, as relaxed as Zenos was, he remained analytical. That was not very debatable at the end of the day, even so much so, that it felt crazy that he even allowed this maniac to witness his 'defenseless back'. Was it a mere coincidence? A slip up perhaps or did he just trust her?

Or... did he trust himself being able to deal with anything she could potentially try on him? He smirked a little bit when she mentioned her name, his eyes already inspecting ahead instead, seemingly uncaring of whatever she could do next behind him.

"Erys. What a great name. Almost as great as the blood thirst I perceive."

The man looked away towards the monitors, while it was certainly strange at first that things were moving on their own, she just kind of explained it eventually, he frowned a little bit. Well, she could call it whatever she wanted, it was the same old ki and magic stuff. Nothing that Zenos had much sympathy or interest over, so he just shrugged it off and let her be, she could check the feedback herself. But when she tuned in the room with the crowd, he chuckled a little bit to himself, with his eyes slightly widened, he did not appear shocked... rather, it was like he had almost bet on this possibility.

"Well duh. Did you not hear yourself a moment ago? He knows you are here, and apparently he is such a half wit that he was already prepared with a backup plan if somebody came for him. Now we have to wonder if the real one is even there to begin with, or if perhaps the guy is catching one of the available escape pods..."

He smirked a little bit, and eyed Erys.

"Say, do you really need the body? We could like, crash the spaceship into a meteor. That would kill him for sure."

WC: 493
Total WC: 1564