A cold sweat fell from Ito's chin as he came to the realisation that his only weapon was now rendered useless. Before Ito got the chance to react he felt a hot searing pain in his stomach and his body hit a cement wall.
The monster had noticed his moment of vulnerability and taken advantage of it, attacking him in a fit of rage after losing a limb. Afterwards it let out a loud unpleasant shrill screech as it approached him, slower than before after having lost a limb and now being forced to limp awkwardly.
Khough–
Coughing up a ridiculous amount of blood, Ito clutched his stomach and felt as the warm sticky liquid poured out of the wound.
Ripping one of the sleeves to his top, he tightly wrapped the wound and forced himself up, stumbling and nearly hitting his head on the wall as he stood but he simply bit his lip and coughed again. Smirking as cold sweat trickled down his back he spoke again.
"Now I remember.."
Taking a gamble, Ito reached into his back pocket and checked his phone. It was badly damaged but he was luckily able to barely get it open and he opened an app.
'Author, how do you defeat the monsters with the bleeding hearts?'
He waited and sighed heavily before placing the phone back into his pocket with shaking hands and then he walked as quickly as he could to get more distance between him and the monster. The only thing saving him now was the fact that they were both injured and bleeding a lot.
'Luckily, that hit was a good one, I can't believe it broke a leg and caused it to fall.. that stupid thing ended up injuring itself on its broken leg bone.. so now it only has one eye and 3 legs.'
He couldn't stay longer to gawk, he was losing blood and most importantly he definitely has a few fractures at the very least. He needed to get rid of the monster somehow and then get help.
{Buzz}
Ito felt his phone buzz in his pocket and his pulse quickened. With pale shaky hands he managed to grab his phone, piercing his hand with broken glass since he had to grab the phone tightly due to the blood making his hands slippery.
– Hello dear reader! It seems you're in need of help, I won't be able to help you more than I already have.. my words will get censored if I tell you too much after all! But like your name suggests, I'm sure you're a very perceptive individual so you'll understand even if I can't outright say it.
Ito sighed, he had hoped that the author would simply tell him the answer but after reading the response he was sure that the author either was toying with him or maybe they were just a normal person and this situation was a very bad coincidence.
That was until he got another message, this time it was shorter but it made him freeze.
– The Narak Ai is quite shy and cowardly. They're strong but their defense is very weak. If you've managed to utilize either of these weaknesses you should be able to land the finishing blow swiftly. The heart is located in the most vulnerable spot.. but they have more than one after all.
Theoretically, this entire situation would be unheard of, but right now, Ito was certain that the author had just given him very valuable information. He sighed deeply and shook his head, putting his phone into his pocket and then clapped his hands against his cheeks, psyching himself.
"I got this.. I know what I got to do now."
Picking up a rock, he threw it at the monster that was busy searching for him, having lost an eye it seemed to have difficulty finding him. After being hit with the rock it immediately turned its head and locked its gaze on him as it quickly approached while screeching.
Ito immediately grit his teeth and bolted down the street in the direction of the police station.
While being pursued by the creature closely from behind, Ito thought over his plan.
'This creature, the author says they're cowards with weak defense.'
The events that occurred from earlier in the day until now all made sense. It had reached out to him when he was alone with his guard down. It also took a form that it knew would warrant sympathy from pretty much anyone who saw it unless they were a heartless asshole.
"Tsk, hate to say it but I fell for the trap like it was textbook.. but now, if this works– no, it will, and when it does.."
Ito looked over his shoulder at the monster chasing him as if it had already won. A face full of both rage and a twisted feeling of pre-satisfaction evident, it chased him with its speed slowing slightly as if sure that it would catch him even if it gave him a headstart.
To anyone or thing in this situation maybe that would have been both insulting and an upsetting reality, but to Ito this was a blessing.
Ito didn't stop until he saw a cop car parked just outside the building of the office. He had finally managed to make it to the station.
Though by the time he did it had already gotten dark but he didn't have time to think about that. What he needed now was to do something crazy. Something he wouldn't do otherwise had his life not depended on it.
Looking around quickly, he found a decent sized rock near the corner of the car and he picked it up and with all of his strength, hit the car with it.