Since they were so close, the blurry pipe struck Kelvin.
If he were a normal person made of flesh and blood, his body would break apart into at least two pieces. Maybe even four pieces. All because of that single hit.
But he is far from ordinary. The pipe could only clank harmlessly against his skin. The power in the blunt pipe could bypass the incredible defense of his body and rip his body open.
For his effort, he rewarded Slasher by cutting off his two arms. Slasher howled in pain, which was annoying. But he won't be able to cause more nuisance with his ability, so Kelvin was content.
He dragged Slasher to the front of the skyscraper. Then he shouted to everyone passing by.
"This here concludes the war between the Dollar Cabal and the Slasher Gang. I, the leader of the Dollar Cabal, do not mess about."
He shouted that twice to everyone around. Some people stopped what they were doing to turn and stare at him. They stood in the streets looking at him gripping the neck of an armless and bleeding man.
It was to this makeshift audience that he executed Slasher. He crushed his neck and ripped it away from the rest of his body.
His actions created a shower of blood from Slasher's neck. The crowd cheered and clapped. Some of them booed. But no one got involved.
He went back into the building to dispose of the corpse. The welcoming audience made him change his mind about leaving the corpse out in the open.
It was going to be removed anyway. So he thought he might as well save himself the cost of littering and remove the dirt bag himself.
When he was done with Slasher, he clapped his hand and moved on to the next gang troubling his cabal. That day, 11 gang leaders were killed in view of everyone, and their gangs were disbanded.
7 more gangs disbanded on their own and ran away. 8 others reached out to the members of the Dollar Cabal to tender their surrender and plead for their lives.
All in all, it was a fulfilling day. Kelvin returned to a safe house to have a bath and discard his clothes. Then he went home to resume reading.
His stunt worked for a while, but there were still some who were ignorant or falsely confident in their might. They refused to back down and challenged his authority.
For these people, he had to take a break from his busy schedule to deal with them. He didn't want to do so despite it being fun to chase and kill people. He would rather do the boring work of reading all day.
So he would groan and complain as he hurriedly dropped everything he was doing to go and pursue troublesome gang leaders.
At some point, he hated the disturbance so much that he would drop everything he was doing as soon as he heard that someone was being difficult. The smile of anticipation on his face when he does something like that is just a coping mechanism.
That's what he told Wrath when she accused him of enjoying his job a little too much. Of course she was wrong about that. But the looks of fear and terror that people give Diamond Dollar anytime he passes might be a little bit fun to receive.
That's the name he had been given after two weeks of carnage. They call him Diamond Dollar. Which he has to admit is better than Dollar Hog.
He admitted that much to Wrath. He said, "I have to admit, it is true what they say about being wrong names, but no wrong nicknames."
Wrath didn't appreciate his condor. She said, "Stop smiling so much."
He denied it. "You must be seeing things."
He is having fun because of the few overconfident bosses that he killed.
If it were anyone else, those bosses would be right to be confident in their ability to deal with him, or at least escape from his grasp if they fail to deal with him.
But he is not ordinary. They underestimate him because they think he has only one ability. Which is a perfectly normal thing to assume. They were simply out of luck when they encountered him.
One of these unlucky chums was a boss that could turn invisible. She thought she could escape even if her trap failed to deal with him.
Unfortunately, both he and Wrath saw through her stealth. He was a little behind Wrath in locating her. In fact, she would have truly escaped from him if she didn't have hostile thoughts towards him.
If she had concentrated on escaping and hadn't looked back at him with hatred, his Extraordinary Perception wouldn't have picked up the threat from her and let him become aware of her existence.
She died in front of everyone, and the crowd cheered. Fewer people booed because they had heard about Diamond Dollar and his penchant for public executions.
The second unlucky chum was the guy that could fly. He also thought he could get away from the infamous Diamond Dollar. But Kelvin could see him, so the Mind Domination ability could work on him.
The boss fell to the ground after his mind was nearly shattered. Then Kelvin dragged him to be executed in front of an unwilling audience.
The third boss had a poison ability. She was similar to the fourth boss in their belief that they could kill him. The fourth boss could produce rays of harmful radiation that his diamond physique shouldn't be able to block.
The two of them thought they could take him. They thought wrong. They two were executed in front of everyone. At this point, Kelvin had gained the manic grin on his face that wouldn't leave.
It was because his stunts were making him popular, and he was actually gaining fans. Apparently, a lot of people like him. Some gangs even asked to join his cabal.