“The most beautiful thing about running is that you don’t need any special things to run, you don’t even need a reason to run,” Reus thought.

  “Each people have their own reasons to run. I run because it makes me feel my own body more.”

  “I can see, speak, hear, and even wave my hands when I am running, isn’t that great?” he thought.

  “My love for running never came down, it is the only thing that made me feel who I am,” he was closing in on the finish line.

  Crowd cheering. The venue is close to full. The atmosphere was tantalizing.

  The first person to reach the finish line is Reus. His timing is 1:59:55 seconds. The second is Darren Simmons, whose timing is just 7 seconds behind Reus.

  “Oh, I should finish this quickly,” Andrew thinks when he is 100 meters apart.

  Andrew and Evans are close to completing the race; both are near each other, and the question on everyone’s mind is who will complete first between them.

  “Come on, only you can do this, Andrew,” Haili shouted from the crowd.

  “She came here to support me, I don’t want to lose,” he saw her and thought.

  “You can, Andrew,” shouted Ken.

  “He came too, I thought he was kidding, I don’t want to disappoint them,” he muttered and gave his full effort.

  His sprint almost worked out, but he couldn’t finish in the top 3.

  Jordan Cook, Andrew, and Evans round up the top 5.

  “Ahh! I couldn’t finish 1st, how am I supposed to face my dad?” Cook thought after completing the race.

  “I never thought running could be this exciting,” Haili was thrilled.

  “Yeah, it really is a special one,” Ken replied.

  “Next time, when you and Andrew run, I will support alongside Lucera. Is that a deal?” asked Haili.

  “Lucera supporting me? That would be a dream,” Ken thought.

  “I mean that would be great, but I won’t go easy on Andrew,” he replied.

  After 10 minutes,

  Ken and Haili reached out to Andrew.

  Andrew had a little conversation with Evans in the meantime.

  “I am sorry, I couldn’t come first,” he apologized to both Haili and Ken.

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  “That’s fine, you ran very fast at the end,” Haili appreciates Andrew's sprint.

  “You are just 7 minutes away from the first position,” Ken said.

  “Yeah, he is amazing. I wish I could run with him and maybe beat him in a race,” Andrew referred to Reus.

  Their conversation lasted for a while, and then they planned to board the train.

  They boarded the train at 9:45 am.

  All 3 had a good conversation until Andrew fell asleep halfway.

  “He is exhausted, he needs a lot of sleep,” Ken muttered.

  “Yeah, he ran a lot,” Haili replied.

  “Even when he is sleeping, he is cute,” Haili thought.

  They reached Lyricos at 11:45 am.

  “I had a good sleep, I might continue it at home as well,” Andrew said.

  Ken looked around casually but suddenly spotted a man taking out a knife near a restaurant on his right side. It was almost 60 meters to his right.

  “He looks suspicious, am I overthinking?” he thought.

  Neither Andrew nor Haili noticed it. Ken couldn’t resist, as he wanted to follow him.

  “You two go ahead, I will join you soon,” Ken said and started walking towards him.

  “Where are you going?” asked Andrew.

  “It seems my uncle has arrived here. I will speak and join you within some time,” Ken replied.

  “Why has he left me with her? Why am I nervous?” Andrew had a lot of questions.

  “It is really hot today. Shall we have ice cream?” Haili asked.

  “Wait, only we two are here, I am going to spend time with him,” she thought.

  “I should be happy. Why am I starting to become nervous?” she wondered.

  “Ice creams, fine,” Andrew replied.

  “This is unreal,” he thought.

  Meanwhile, Ken followed that knife guy.

  He kept his knife inside after some seconds. He was wearing a black shirt and had a black hat. He seemed to be around 30 years old.

  “Why am I following him? Why am I feeling something bad is going to happen?” Ken had a lot of questions on his mind.

  They were walking for around 10 minutes.

  Ken took out his phone and pretended to be talking while walking near him.

  The knife guy also took out his phone, but not to pretend that his phone rang.

  “I found someone who is from Theron village, he mentioned it while speaking to someone,” Knife guy, speaking to someone.

  “Should I kill him?” he asked.

  “Kill? What should I do?” Ken was shocked after eavesdropping.

  The knife guy looked to his left, seeing Ken.

  “I would come, I would come, I am nearby,” Ken pretended to be on a call.

  “Ok, I would meet Veris after this,” the Knife guy hung up his call.

  “Veris? I have heard it somewhere,” Ken, trying to remember.

  “Ah! The one who kidnapped Vittario’s family,” he remembered after a few seconds.

  Ken stopped walking and thought for a few seconds.

  “Should I follow him? I should protect that guy, right? Why someone from Theron village?” Ken had some doubts in his mind.

  “He must be following him,” Ken guessed who the knife guy was following.

  “What should I do? He might kill him any time,” Ken thought about the solution.

  He started walking again.

  He walked fast and reached near the one he had a guess. He wore a blue shirt and had blonde hair.

  Ken started speaking to him.

  “Who is he?” Knife guy had a thought.

  Ken walked with him for 5 minutes as they approached a vacant ground.

  The knife guy thought about Ken when he followed them.

  “Is he protecting him?” he had a thought.

  They turned right and increased their pace.

  When the Knife guy turned right following them, it was only that blonde-haired person who was walking.

  “Where is the other one?” he wondered about Ken.

  The place was peacefully quiet as it is a vacant ground with no people there.

  “This is the right time,” the Knife guy looked around and ran towards the blonde-haired guy.

  Blonde hair started running all of a sudden.

  The sound of a Coin flipped in the air.

  The blonde-haired guy stopped running.

  “Should I hit his face? Or hands,” Ken thought while flipping.

  It landed heads. He picked up the coin and said, “I guess that’s it.”

  Ken was hiding behind the car that stood at the entrance of the ground.

  When he started running, Ken flipped the coin.

  “Stop there, knife guy,” Ken shouted while running towards him.

  The knife guy stopped running and turned back. He saw Ken running towards him.

  “Who are you? Should I kill you too?” he asked.

  “Shut up, you can’t even hit me once,” Ken replied.

  “You are kidding, let me finish you first,” the knife guy ran towards Ken.

  Ken closed his eyes, felt his heartbeat, pulse, and blood flow.

  Spark!!

  He opened his eyes and

  “Ignis Fist!!!”

  He used his core power and smacked the face of the knife guy with his right fist.