This might be the oldest thing I've found. There are older ones, but I doubt I'll ever find them. And the funny thing is, the idea wasn't even mine; it was a friend's. I just took it and wrote it down for fun. And I warn you, it's terrible.
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At midnight in a grocery store, there was a family consisting of a middle-aged woman and two young girls.
They seemed very happy.
Upon reaching the cashier to pay, the woman saw a strange person who seemed very nervous.
The woman tried to move away with her children, but it was too late. The man raised three of his fingers in the air while screaming:
"Fire!"
Then, strong flames exploded from the man, burning everything and everyone in the grocery store.
A week after the incident, Ray was staring out a window while seriously thinking about jumping and ending everything in his life, because the only thing keeping him alive—his wife and two daughters—had died.
But then he heard a knock at the door. Ray went to check who it was, as he didn't have many acquaintances.
Upon opening the door, there was a middle-aged woman with short black hair wearing a police uniform.
"What do you want, Roz?"
Roz said in a sad voice, "I heard what happened to your family, and I'm here to console you."
Ray said while closing the door with an indifferent expression, "Thank you for your presence. Now, can you allow me to have some time alone?"
But before he could close the door, Roz used her foot to stop it, saying, "That's not all. We've discovered a hideout of a terrorist organization, and we might need your help to get rid of them."
Ray said with an annoyed expression, "I'm not interested."
Then Roz took out a photo and gave it to Ray, saying, "Maybe you'll become interested when you see this."
The photo was of a man in his late twenties with thick black hair. It was the same person who burned the store and killed Ray's family.
At night, in front of an abandoned building, there was Ray, Roz, and many police officers.
Ray turned to face Roz and said, "So, what's the plan?"
Roz was talking to a high school student, but upon hearing Ray's voice, she turned to face him and said, "You know that a person born with the Shrimp possesses special powers, and to use these powers, they must perform a specific hand signal called the key movement."
Ray said impatiently, "I already know that."
Roz turned to face the building while saying with a look of disdain on her face, "But this organization carries out a process called grafting, where they cut off the hands of Shrimp users and merge them with another person."
Ray said in astonishment, "Is that possible?"
"Yes, unfortunately. The plan is as follows: you will enter through the front gate and head upstairs, while I and Zed will head to the basement, and the police will capture anyone trying to escape."
Upon looking at the high school student, Ray said in surprise, "Why are you taking a high school student with you?"
Roz smiled a slight smile and said, "Because his ability is useful. Now, shall we begin executing the plan?"
Ray nodded his head, and indeed, Roz and Zed headed to the back door that led to the basement, while Ray headed to the front door.
Upon entering the building, Ray saw many men aiming guns at him.
The person who appeared to be the leader said to Ray, "Stop right there, you informant, and turn around if you don't want to die!"
But Ray ignored him and simply raised his middle finger at him.
"Hey, informant, do you think—"
But before the man could finish his sentence, he and everyone with him split in half.
Ray ignored all the corpses he had created and headed upstairs.
Upon reaching the top floor, Ray found his target. The man was sitting in the middle of the room, but he looked different; he had three arms and a fierce expression.
The man raised his head while looking at Ray with disdain and said, "Are you one of those counter-terrorism agency dogs?"
But Ray didn't answer him; he merely looked at him with eyes containing no mercy within them.
The man stood up while raising his six hands upwards and said with an ecstatic expression, "But even if you are one of those despicable insects, I will crush you, for I have become a higher entity than hu—"
But before he could finish his speech, three of his hands were severed, as Ray had raised his middle finger while saying coldly, "Are you done? Because I'm going to turn you into sushi."
In response, the man's expression turned furious as he performed a different movement with each of his three remaining hands, unleashing a wave of fire and electricity towards Ray.
But Ray dodged it by creating a hole in the ground beneath him. Upon descending downwards, Ray moved at lightning speed to the side.
He created another hole, and upon ascending back up, he immediately raised his middle finger to cut what was in front of him. But what he cut wasn't the strange man; it was a mass of rocks.
The strange man was on the other side, holding a spear of crimson fire, which he threw towards Ray's face.
Ray had no time to dodge the fire spear, so he had no choice but to take it on his face.
The strange man advanced while looking at Ray, who was holding his face in pain, and said with disdain, "Didn't I tell you? I've become a higher entity than humans!"
But then, like the previous time, his three remaining hands were severed.
Upon looking at Ray, who began to stand up slowly, the man said in shock, "How? You didn't have time to perform your key movement!"
Ray looked at the man with a devilish smile, made even more terrifying by the burn covering the left half of his face, and said with disdain, "Upon reaching a certain level, you can use your ability without needing to perform stupid movements with your hands."
The man said, his entire look one of terror, "Then why were you doing it at the beginning of our fight?"
Ray was enjoying the man's terrified face, so he decided to toy with him before killing him.
"Of course, to deceive you, you fool."
Then the man tried to flee without hesitation, but at that moment, his legs were severed by Ray, who stood over him with a devilish smile, saying, "Don't worry, I'll make you suffer the worst possible torment before I kill you."
After a while, Ray left the floor, leaving behind nothing but unidentifiable bloody pulp.
Upon reaching the outside, Ray met with Roz and Zed, who seemed to be discussing something important.
Upon reaching them, Roz turned to face Ray, and upon seeing the burn on his face, she said with concern, "Do you want to go to the hospital?"
But Ray said in an indifferent voice, "It's just a minor burn. What's important is, did you discover anything significant in the basement?"
Roz's expression turned serious as she said, "Yes, we discovered that the organization is conducting experiments to enable Shrimp users to use more than one ability."
Ray nodded his head and said, "Yes, I think I faced one of those experiments."
Roz's expression turned excited, and she said, "Where is he? Did you leave him alive?"
"No."
Roz seemed displeased with Ray's answer and said, "Why did you kill him? Don't you realize his importance?"
Ray said without expression, "He was the person who killed my family."
Roz fell silent and changed the subject. "So, will you return to work?"
Ray said while heading back to his home, "I'll think about it."
~The End ~