******Glenn hadn’t taken a step back from his all-out punch, didn’t flinch, and even worse, he hadn’t bulged an inch in posture.If anything, the moment his punch connected with Glenn… caught by him, he had felt as though he had smashed his fist into an immovable mountain.Pain had ripped through his knuckles, up his arm, and into his shoulder like lightning tearing through metal, and Glenn… his hand had closed over his fist with lazy precision, casually pinning him in place like a child trapping a fly beneath a fingertip.He had fought with every shred of strength in his body, twisting, pulling, and panicking… trying desperately to free himself. But nothing worked.Not one effort had moved Glenn, and not one attempt had loosened his grip.Instead, every single one of his struggles had only made it clearer to him that he had kicked an iron boulder, a monster in human form.He had also realized, too late, the colossal mistake he had made… that his assumptions had been completel

******The world had gone utterly silent at this moment.It wasn’t just silent … but as if every thread of life, every heartbeat, and every definition of air, had ceased to exist.The street was caught in time, each person suspended in disbelief, their expressions carved in stone, and their movements caught mid-action.The gang leader and his men froze where they stood, their voices cut off, their laughter dead, and their mockery forgotten… all their earlier fierce energy was suddenly pulled into a void of pure horror.Even their mocking gestures froze, pointing at Glenn as though their limbs had forgotten how to move.And then there were the onlookers… previously furious, shouting, gesturing, and disappointed.At this moment, they stock-still, their faces drained of color, their mouths half-open, their eyes wide, and their minds struggling to compute the impossible.Red herself had stopped her frantic attacks.If she wanted to escape the four gang’s cage, she could right now

******Everyone replayed the scene over and over in their minds, desperate to catch some hidden trick, a subtle cheat, and any loophole they could exploit. But there was none.There had never been any sign of deception; Glenn’s movements had been minimal, almost mocking in their simplicity.Just at that moment, however…“Bastard!”A roar erupted like thunder, deafening and ruthless, instantly shattering the fragile remnants of sanity among the thugs and onlookers alike.It came from the gang leader, whose fury now reached a level that seemed inhuman. His composure had evaporated completely, replaced by something beastly.How could he remain calm?Two of his men… two of his strongest, most reliable enforcers had been rendered unconscious by a man he had openly scorned, a man he had dismissed as weak, unworthy, and laughable. It was unacceptable, and so… he lost it.“What shady trick are you using?” the gang leader roared, thick veins bulging in his neck, and his hands clench

******“What are you idiots still dilly-dallying for?!” their leader roared, the man’s eyes turning wild and glassy, like someone teetering on the edge of madness. “Carry out the mission now!”The four’s hearts instantly thumped painfully in their chests.And the most terrified among them? It was none other than the thug who had sent Red flying earlier with a sneak attack.Thanks to his boss’s presence, he had completely forgotten the suffocating aura Glenn had released earlier… the kind that had made his skin crawl and bones tighten.He had even assumed he had just imagined it, furious that he had actually feared someone like Glenn.But now, standing here with Glenn as their target, he felt it again. A heavy, silent pressure that screamed danger to him.The realization made him swallow hard, his throat sand-dry.He wanted to step back, wanted to claim he had to take a pee, and… he actually wanted to say, I need to visit the restroom urgently.But before he could bring out hi

******The silence that blanketed the street this time wasn’t the same kind that had descended before.Those earlier silences had been heavy, intense, absolute, and suffocating, yes, but this one… this one crushed everything beneath it.It lasted barely a minute, yet that single minute stretched, twisted, and folded into itself until it felt like an eternity repeating over and over again.There was no word capable of truly describing it.It wasn’t simply quiet… no. It was a dead, airless void, a suffocating stillness where not even a heartbeat dared to echo.No breath stirred, and even the breeze that usually drifted lazily through the street seemed to have been snatched away, imprisoned by some eerie, unseen force.It felt as if some ancient, uncanny spell had been cast over them all.Everyone just stood there, frozen in their places, their eyes stretched toward the distance, toward the four thugs who now writhed and clawed weakly at the ground.Their bodies trembled uncontr