I wanted Oni Lee to stop hurting people

Whatever my reasons for coming out here in the first place, my number one priority was making sure Oni Lee stopped killing people. I took a second to think about what I wanted in my head, to make sure that the rulebook got the right idea. This had to stop, this was supposed to be fun.

I want Oni Lee to stop hurting people.

No, not good enough. The way I wrote it, I had to be the one to accomplish to task.

I want to stop Oni Lee from hurting people, ever again, without killing him.

It would have to do. I flew down from the roof I was at, intercepting the next Oni Lee to appear with a full body tackle before he could stab a fleeing Merchant. I hadn't really considered my revealing costume when I went for the tackle instead of the punch, and I ended up holding his masked face into my cleavage before he collapsed into ash.

Irritating, that he could disappear like that. For a moment I wish I had chosen Eidolon's or Legend's powers. Legend was faster than Alexandra and had enhanced eyesight to go with his arsenal of lasers. Spotting and stopping Oni Lee would be a cakewalk. Eidolon's powers were self explanatory, I'd just be able to pull a 'stop Oni Lee' power out of my ass.

I shook my head as I dodged a Oni Lee appearing in front of me and swiping a knife at me a few times before dissolving again. I'd chosen Alexandria's powers because I always respected her and this was supposed to be fun. I wanted to have fun fighting villains.

That was my mistake.

It wasn't instant, but I realized how grave of an error I made after a few seconds of fighting Oni Lee. I decided to stop. Retreat. Maybe go over the rules a little to give me a better way to deal with the disappearing assassin. But I couldn't.

I felt a deep fear that had nothing to do with the ineffective bullets and blades Oni Lee was actually hitting me with now that I wasn't bothering to dodge them. A grenade exploded and didn't do much other than make my cape and hair blow dramatically in the shock-wave as I thought my predicament over. Earlier, I wanted to have fun fighting villains. I had to do that now, it was the rule.

So long as I was on Earth Bet, I will succeed at any task I want to accomplish. There was no option for failure or running away. I felt it in my bones. I had to- no. I will stop Oni Lee from hurting anyone ever again. I will have fun doing it. The only question is how.