Hellbinders Page #2

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Sorry, God.

Not really , we were

raiding a hospital.

Yeah, but twenty minutes?

Nobody stays dead

for twenty minutes.

Quit worrying.

Besides it's a lot easier

this time.

No innocent bystanders

to avoid killing.

So why don't we just blow up

the whole Godd...

The whole

f***ing building.

Because he's offering

a lot of money for a book.

A lot of money.

You want to blow

up a lot of money?

How much money?

Enough to retire.

You know you say

that every time.

On the moon.

Oh.

Finally come to repent, Ryu?

Have we met?

Not in this life.

Was I a beggar or a king?

Neither, but you

were a better person.

Pperhaps, but then

again I doubt you pray

for the people I've killed.

Only that they find themselves

closer to enlightenment.

You see, I'm just helping

them along the way.

At the price of your

own bloodstained soul.

I didn't come here

for a lecture, priest.

Then why did you come?

To warn you.

There are darker things

than me lurking this

city when the sun sets.

The Oni.

You already know?

How could I not?

So many in one place.

The world cries out

in protest.

Well, I found all four

of them last night.

What's so funny?

Four?

Yes, and I've fought

stronger, but...

Try four thousand.

Four thousand ...

And that will only be

the beginning,

if they are not stopped.

Then you'd better find

a way to stop them.

It already found me.

What makes you

think I'd even try?

The man I once knew

sacrificed everything

for the sake of the innocent.

Then he was a fool.

But a noble one.

Four thousand.

How would I stop an army?

By raising your own.

I doubt the rest of the clan...

Would make it in time

to be of any help?

Then I guess you'll have

to find someone else.

Or, you will.

Others who won't bend to them.

Even if I wanted to, which

I don't, but even if I did,

I wouldn't know where to start.

The Oni will show you. Their

enemies are your allies.

I have obligations.

As pressing as the world?

Maybe I'll find

the others, priest

maybe, but

that's it, nothing more.

Ryu. Patience is one of

the heavenly virtues.

I know.

But, please, hurry.

Hang loose.

Anyone you don't know

comes out running they're

not even gonna make it

to the starting line.

Good man. Okay, by the numbers.

I'm telling you, I've got a

really bad feeling about this.

Take a pill already.

What do you want?

I've got a delivery.

What?

A book.

-You're armed.

-To the teeth.

You'll have to leave

your weapons...

Right where they are.

I'm not walking into your

place with that much money

on the line and no insurance

I'll walk out again.

There's something wrong here.

Of course there's

something wrong.

It's an opium den in a

crack house neighborhood.

Totally inappropriate.

You're not the courier.

No, but I've got the book.

Where is he?

Jail. Cops hired me

to take his place.

To sell a book?

To kill you.

Confident.

So much for by the numbers.

I like that. You must be good.

The best, and most expensive.

We don't negotiate.

Negotiate? What's there to

negotiate? You get the book,

I get the cash, and

the cops get to think

they're really clever

and everyone likes to

think they're clever...

It's a win, win, win,

situation.

All we got to do

it make the trade.

Max!

Be cool, Carmen.

Pleasure doing

business with you.

Believe me when I say

the pleasure is ours.

Whatever. Hope it's a good

read.

Oh, wait...

I almost forgot.

What?

My reputation.

You gotta be kidding.

Should worn your vest.

It slows me down.

You too?

If I'd wanted you dead

you never

would've known I was here.

Who the f*** are you?

My name is Ryu.

What the f*** do you want?

Your help.

Yeah, well I'm not feeling

too helpful right now.

Because your friends

tried to kill you?

Apparently they're not

my friends anymore.

It wasn't them,

it was the Oni who were

pulling the triggers.

Sure what as f***

looked like them.

-And what the f*** is an Oni?

-A demon.

So it had nothing to do

with all this money.

The devil made 'em do it.

Demons, and yes,

they were possessed.

Well how the f***

did that happen?

You unleashed them when

you killed the people

they had already taken,

so they found new souls

to twist to their will.

Yeah? So how come they

haven't twisted me?

That's what I'm still

trying to figure out,

and also why I need your help.

So something makes

me different...

Let me ask you something...

What happens to

someone when they die?

Your friends aren't dead.

Only because I couldn't bring

myself to kill 'em.

Look, I'm humoring you,

so humor me back a minute okay?

Every religion has its own

answer, but generally you could

say that a soul moves towards

or away from enlightenment

depending on the life

that led to its freedom.

But either way the soul

definitely moves on.

Definitely...

You have no soul!

I'm having a very bad day.

We don't want to

fight with you, Cain.

You don't have choice.

Ah, but we do...

See for yourself.

Still walking the Earth after

all this time, huh, Cain?

Still places I haven't found.

Then you should hurry up

and find them.

Time is short.

Are you threatening me or are

you threatening the world?

Doesn't matter, we'll

destroy you both.

You won't get the chance.

Go ahead, tear this

body to pieces. . .

Tear them all to pieces,

as many as you can get your

hands on.

We're surrounded by innocent

souls in this place,

enough to drown you in

fresh blood and broken bones

and still keep coming.

Ahhh... Now you see

the truth of it.

A truth we learned from you.

What have I taught you

besides how to die?

The danger of dying

in the emptiness.

You taught us the folly of

avoiding the world of man.

And now we're unstoppable.

Not unstoppable.

Unstoppable.

But like we said,

go ahead and try.

In time.

Destroy him.

There's 4 million innocent

people in this city.

It's a fight we don't want

to win, even if we could.

Easy big boy, I just

bought this thing.

It's okay, he's not one of

them.

Get in.

Relax, enemy of your

enemies and all that...

We've got our own

problems with the uni.

Oni.

Oni, right.

What is an uni?

A sea urchin.

Whatever, them too.

It means demon. We're all

fighting the same battle.

You're immune to

possession, the both of you.

Same with you, so it seems.

You kick the bucket too?

How much longer?

Two more days at least.

Anything less than perfection

will be wasted effort.

I don't know if we

have it.

Cain found us.

I doubt it's coincidence.

Our numbers have grown

since the wasteland.

He doesn't matter anymore.

He has allies.

When the ritual is completed

they won't matter either.

If the entire world stands

against us it won't matter.

But until that moment

we are vulnerable.

Then destroy him.

Okay, first things first.

Who fancies a beer?

Do you have water?

Nothing for me.

How am I supposed

to trust someone

I can't have a drink with?

Where are you from?

Here and there. I spend most

of my time in the Holy Land.

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