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Chapter 6 - Chapter 6: Promotion by Accident

The moment the door burst open—

The entire weapon room shook 💥.

Heavy footsteps.

Wild laughter.

Metal scraping concrete.

Psychos poured in from every direction 😈—

screaming, twitching, swinging knives 🔪, broken pipes 🪠, rusted chains ⛓️.

Hawk didn't hesitate.

RATATAT! 🔫🔥

Short, controlled bursts.

"MOVE BACK!" he roared.

Barfi ducked instantly 🏃‍♂️⬇️.

Walter… did not.

"AAAAHHH—WAIT NO—THEY HIT THE DOOR NOT ME!" 😱

Hawk pointed at him furiously.

"SHOOT SOMETHING!"

Walter panicked.

BOOM! 💥

The shotgun recoil launched him backward like a cartoon character 💨—

but somehow the blast hit three psychos at once.

They dropped.

Walter blinked slowly 😐.

"Doctor… I am a prodigy."

"YOU GOT LUCKY!" Barfi screamed.

But Walter was already reloading proudly 😌.

🎯 BULLETS & PANIC 🎯

Hawk became a storm 🌪️.

His machine gun roared 🔥🔫, bullets snapping into legs and arms, slowing the horde.

Psychos screeched like animals 🐒, climbing over fallen bodies, crawling, still charging.

Barfi fired his pistol once—

The bullet hit the ceiling 💥⬆️.

Dust rained down.

Walter shouted,

"DOCTOR! AIM LOWER!"

Barfi screamed back,

"SIR MY HANDS ARE SHAKING AND MY SOUL IS ESCAPING!" 😭

Hawk barked,

"BARFI! YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO SHOOT US!"

Barfi instantly dropped the pistol ✋🔫❌.

"Okay. No gun."

Walter tossed him a wooden stick 🪵.

"Use this!"

Barfi held it like a holy relic 🙏🪵.

"I WILL DIE."

🏃‍♂️ ESCAPE MODE 🏃‍♂️

Hawk kicked a psycho in the chest 💥 and pointed at the staircase.

"BARFI! GO UP! NOW! YOU CAN'T FIGHT!"

Barfi didn't argue.

He ran.

Walter shouted behind him,

"RUN DOCTOR! RUN LIKE A COWARD!"

"I WASN'T RUNNING FOR HONOR ANYWAY!" Barfi yelled back.

He sprinted up the winding staircase 🌀—

nearly tripping twice.

Heart pounding 💓.

Breath burning 🔥.

Gunshots and screams echoed below 🔫😱.

The higher he climbed—

the colder the air became ❄️.

🌕 THE TOP FLOOR 🌕

Barfi burst into the lighthouse's upper gallery 🗼.

A wide circular floor.

Cracked tiles.

Broken railings.

Moonlight spilled through shattered windows 🌙✨.

Ocean wind sliced across his face 🌊🌬️.

Barfi bent over, gasping.

"I… hate… treasure hunts…"

Then—

ZING! 💨

A bullet whizzed past his eye 👁️—

close enough to make his hair move.

Barfi froze.

Slowly… he looked up.

👑 THE SMALL KING 👑

Across the room stood a figure.

Four feet tall.

Skinny.

Bald head shining like polished marble ✨.

Black suit.

Eyes wide. Unblinking.

A smile carved too deep 😈.

Like a villain drawn by a disturbed child.

The 4-foot psycho boss.

His voice was soft. Too soft.

"Welcome, new toy."

Barfi blinked.

"…Sir," he said carefully,

"are you a child ghost?" 👻

The boss twitched violently 😡.

"I am the LEADER of the Tree House!"

"The strongest psycho!"

"The smartest psycho!"

"The deadliest psycho!"

Barfi nodded politely.

"Yes. But you are still very small."

⚔️ BOSS FIGHT ⚔️

The psycho boss screeched and charged 🐿️💥.

Knife raised 🔪.

Feet pattering fast.

Barfi screamed and grabbed the nearest thing—

An old metal toolbox lid 🧰.

He held it like a shield.

The boss jumped onto Barfi's chest, stabbing wildly 🔪🔪.

Barfi spun around like a terrified washing machine 🌀😱.

"GET OFF! GET OFF! GET OFF!"

He stumbled.

Foot caught on a broken tile.

He spun again.

Arms flailing.

No training.

No plan.

No hero moment.

Just panic.

Barfi flung the psycho boss outward—

CRASH! 💥🪟

The tiny man flew straight through the broken window.

His scream faded into the storm 🌪️🌊.

😶 SILENCE 😶

Barfi froze.

Wind rushed in.

Nothing else.

Then he whispered,

"…Did I just kill the boss?"

From below, Walter shouted:

"DOCTOR! DID YOU DROP SOMETHING!?"

Hawk yelled:

"BARFI DID YOU THROW A PERSON OUT THE WINDOW!?"

Barfi cupped his hands and screamed down:

"HE JUMPED—

…because I threw him!"

Walter shouted proudly,

"GOOD JOB DOCTOR!" 🎉

Hawk roared,

"NO! NOT GOOD JOB! WE NEEDED HIM!" 😡

Barfi stood trembling.

He had defeated the leader of the Psycho Tree House—

By accident.

In fear.

With a toolbox lid.

"I want to go home…" he whispered 🥲.

👑 UNWANTED PROMOTION 👑

From below—

Shouts erupted.

"THE BOSS IS DEAD!"

"THE SMALL KING HAS FALLEN!"

"WHOEVER KILLED HIM IS OUR NEW BOSS!"

Barfi's face drained of color 😨.

"No… no no no no— NOT AGAIN!"

Psychos began chanting, voices rising like a cult 🔊:

"NEW BOSS!"

"NEW BOSS!"

"NEW BOSS!"

Barfi screamed up at the sky 🌌:

"WHY IS THIS MY LIFE!?"

And somewhere below—

Chaos only grew louder.

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