Chapter 47
Title: Concept Of Release
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Third Person POV. -- 30th Of December -- 2415
[ Forest Clearing Near Mt. Fuji -- The Sight Where The Fight Just Ended]
Sweet release, a very enjoying sensation.
The term can be attributed to many different scenarios. A release of pain, release from a metaphorical burden, release of tension of the body by doing something that makes one relax.
And in the case of Benihana Retsu, her release of the crushing feeling within her chest, as she had been feeling for the last few days of their trip.
Benihana Retsu loves fighting, it is a sort of drug to her, an addiction. But it is also a cure for her, curing any mental distress she may be feeling.
A single fight was all it took for her irritated mind to calm down, the rush of battle being the trigger with which her mind got snuffed out of her negative thoughts.
Yes, for Benihana Retsu, battle can do that.
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Taking a calming breath of the cold atmosphere, Retsu then gives that breath out, before her now cleared up mind flies back to the present, to the immediate situation before her.
'Well, this fight was quite satisfactory. But it could have gone a little longer had the oaf not let his emotions get the better of him. But I guess beggars can't be choosers,
Sigh, '
Giving out a sigh, Retsu looks down at her two slumped and defeated opponents, already having called and informed her father of the situation, which based on her blood trace that she has on him seems to be going smoothly on his end.
'Ooof, that was a mean hook to the face, ' Retsu idly thinks, having felt her father's right fist connect to one of the enemy members' cheek, knocking out a tooth and sending the man flying through a wall.
"Now then, what should I do with you two?" She asks to no one in particular, looking at her two slumped and defeated opponents.
"Well firstly, let's get you two near some population so that I can call the cops.
But then what would I tell them? That I knocked out the two of you by utilizing my quirk? That is a disaster just waiting to happen. " Saying the last part to herself, Retsu turns to walk back towards where she came from, already having wrapped the two villains in cocoons of her blood and hovering them behind her as she goes.
'Well, I'll think of something when I'm there. ' in the end, she just shrugs, completely unbothered as she leaves the clearing and heads back.
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"That was quite the show huh, doctor. What do you think of her capabilities?" A muffled yet still amused voice is heard, its origin being the center of an isolated and windowless room.
Sounds of engines running, the putrid smell of chemicals heavy in the dark atmosphere, and the sounds of life support devices beeping around. Amidst all of this noise and smell, sitting on his life support chair and with a variety of tubes connecting to his body, is the one true Demon Lord.
The boogeymen of this super-powered society, All For One.
Having a fist tucked under one of his chin, his mutilated and inhumane face that has no nose, eyes, ears, or hair, and instead being gifted a scar in return.
All For One amusedly watches on, as before him a recording keeps on playing. A recording of a fight that just ended on Mt. Fuji, miles away from where he currently resides.
"Hmmm, in terms of application of her powers, I must admit she is quite exceptional and creative. You don't often find children her age who can utilize their abilities to such an... extreme extend. " A voice, one coming from the television beside the one where the recording was being played, gets heard. The surface of this television is statics, the only thing understandable being the voice only notice written on its screen.
"Hmmmm, and your personal take and opinion on her?" All For One asks, his tone quite amused yet curious.
"My personal opinion... Is that SHE IS A FUCKING RETARD!
Why the hell is she risking her valuable life, chasing after battle, when her meta ability is the key to furthering science and our understanding of the human anatomy and many new ways of controlling that said anatomy, taking it to much newer heights!
Though on another note, I couldn't care less about furthering science and stuff, the only thing that interests me regarding her, is understanding how her mind works.
I understand that it's possible for humans with a cognitive function booster quirk to be capable of becoming geniuses in their early years of life, but for the life of me I can't quite figure out how she can be so smart and wise at her age.
There are cases of humans in the past, –who were theorized to be born with IQ boosting quirks, who understood our world from a different perspective, but something about Benihana Retsu just makes me feel like she isn't one of those cases.
Regardless my friend, unless I could get my hands on her, I'd much prefer in spending my valuable time on my own research. " The voice finishes with his rant, leading to the demon lord smirking all the way through,
"Ah don't you worry doctor, our time will eventually arrive. The world has basked under the light of the sun for far too long, and so it is time we show them why basking under the sun can be dangerous.
For a sun that shines too bright, darkness can be the salvation. "
Saying so, the demon lord then continues on watching the recording, seeing the patterns with which Benihana Retsu fights, and her every movement and capabilities during combat.
As for how he could have gotten such recordings, oh please~
The demon lord has many friends, and the moment he so as much wishes for it, his friends shall lend him a hand, just as he had for them in the past~
'Although, ' All For One suddenly thinks, his tone being curious yet still amused, 'I wonder if you will be the one that he was waiting for,
The one that Kuroine was waiting for. '
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Arriving at the skiing resort, Retsu then calls for her father, feeling that he had already finished with subduing the villains on his end.
"Retsu, what the hell is going on?! Where are you!?" Redvein yells out, his tone worried as he speaks through the phone.
Bringing close the phone after the shout ends, Retsu then replies, "Everything is fine Father. There was just these twin villains who came for me, so I took care of them by myself, nothing of major consequence.
Oh and don't worry, no one got hurt because I've already healed them. "
"You've already healed the- okay, okay okay! Wait! Where are you right now? " Redvein questions, his composure evaporating as he hears his daughter's casual comments.
"We're currently at Fujiten Snow Resort. Mother, Himiko and Mina are also here, though they were away from the fight, not having any clue as to what happened, nor does any other soul currently here at the resort so no worries. " Retsu casually says, leading to the other side going silent for a moment.
"... Hello? You still there Father? " Retsu curiously asks, before getting a reply.
"... Sigh, yeah, I'm still here. Anyways Retsu, send me your current location, I'll be there in a moment, then we can talk up close.
Also, good job on not informing the others. Keep it that way for now. "
"Very well, until later, then. " Retsu replies before cutting the call, quickly sending her location to her Father before she casually plops down on a wooden stool to the side, her two large cocoons of blood hovering behind the wooden stool.
'Now that my mind is more clear thanks to the fight, I'm slowly realizing some things. Firstly, I've unconsciously been avoiding in augmenting myself ever since that incident, that ability being what triggered that incident in the first place. But I don't think I need to hold it back, ' To test this theory, Retsu closes her eyes and relaxedly flows her blood through her body, augmenting herself to the peak of what she can reach currently, before casually letting go of it and devolving back to her base stats.
'Then, the second thing I've noticed is that, I'm no longer having any dreams regarding those two anymore, meaning either the problem has been solved somehow, or that he has retreated and is vying for time in order to break out again, or none of those and maybe some other reason.
Regardless, I'm sure journeying outside of Japan with the facade of a benevolent doctor that wants to travel the world and cure those who I come across, –while on the side and the main reason of my going being to find a cure to this problem.
If it doesn't help then... I honestly have no clue how I plan on ridding myself of this problem.
Well I'm sure I'll find a way, there is no need to mull over it like this. ' thinking so, Retsu then brings up her phone, opening the lock and going through the contents within as she waits for her Father to arrive.
While she does this, she completely ignores the odd looks she is getting from those who are walking by in this area, giving the two cocoons of blood hovering behind her seat odd looks as they pass through.
And so the day passes on, with Benihana Retsu having gotten satisfied with the fight, –at least for now, and later on her father having arrived along with the police.
After asking about some more details regarding the scuffle, the police takes the twin villains away, while later on Confession would arrive with Hans in custody as well, the USB drive concerning the safety of the people of Japan having been retrieved back to HQ by Confession himself, and everything having gotten wrapped up without a hitch.
As for what could be inside that USB drive that had started this whole fiasco to begin with? Well we're going to see, now.
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Arriving at Seisho city and to the HPSC main headquarters, Mr. Confession briskly and with no fanfare, starts on walking towards his Madame's room, arriving before it on the top floor of the building and knocking on the door politely.
"Come in. " Hearing the muffled yet authoritative reply, Confession straightens his posture before entering the room, closing the door behind him before he walks to Kimmy's desk and gives her a curt bow in greetings.
"I've returned Madame. And as per your instructions, everything proceeded just as you've wanted, with nothing out of your divination occurring whatsoever. " Confession entails, before he swipes his hand under his coat, and brings forth the USB drive, putting it on top of the table and taking a back step for further distance.
Taking hold of the USB drive, Kimmy inspects it with no change to her monotonous expression, before she gives a subtle nod to Confession, "well done. Thank you for your hard work, you are now free to go, Confession. "
"Yes ma'am. " Giving her another slight bow, Confession then turns and exits the room, leaving Kimmy behind with her thoughts.
Now alone, Kimmy casually puts the USB drive aside and on her desk, seeing as its job is now finished.
'There was no leaked info, nothing of the sort had happened.
The USB drive is only full of some documents concerning some of the citizens of Japan, and nothing more.
Hans was a spy that I wanted to get rid of discreetly, but then seeing the future awaiting him, I thought better of it.
Him being able to extract this information from our headquarters, was something that I allowed.
Him getting hunted on his run and having his vehicle explode, –while still giving him room to realize this and escape, was also another part of the plan.
And finally, him getting to Mt. Fuji and starting that whole scuffle, was also a part of the future I had seen coming.
Even without my existence or knowledge of that future, even if he had been able to get away, the information he'd stolen was a dud, so there was no worry to begin with.
Now the question may arise, why did I go through all this trouble? Why did I orchestrate all of this in the first place?
And the answer to that is quite simple. I did all of this, everything that I did, was so that one future, and one future alone could become possible.
I did everything that I did, so that single future may happen and come to pass,
The future, where I no longer exist.
I want an end to my existence, a sweet... release. '
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Spending the last day of their vacation while skiing, Kie, Mina and Himiko had no idea what transpired on that day, and they spend the rest of their day with Retsu who came, and Tetsuya who quickly made it in time too, Kie getting her wish of taking couple selfied with Tetsuya, and Retsu, –now a lot more open and less irritated, managed to pass the day in quite a good mood, spending it with her friends and family with genuine delight.
The family plus friends spent their night at a fancy restaurant, eating to their hearts content before they were on their way to their Inn resort, spending the rest of their night in their hot, outdoor baths before hitting the bed.
The following day, the family plus Retsu's duo of friends readied out their luggage, and started getting on the high road towards back home, being contented and happy with how they spend their vacation, –which was the whole reason as to why they made this trip to begin with.
'Despite how long it may have seemed, it was only a five day's trip. Yes, only five days. ' Thinking so, Retsu quietly plops her hand under her chin, sitting on the backseat of their vehicle as she gazes out the window, occasionally getting tackled with Himiko who's sitting beside her and acting extra proactive.
'Sigh... Though, what a trip it was. '
And so, the vacation comes to an end, bringing close to another chapter, another memory of Benihana Retsu's.
But you know, so long as one exists, life will continue.
This was only her first major adventure, there are a great many more that await her.
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In the vast recesses of reality, there can exist a great many worlds, many conceptual things and existences, who's only limit is the imagination of those that create them.
The cosmos is encompassing, forever enlarging, and forever plenty for the things that come to be.
Existence give these creations meaning, and Reality sets them rules in order to exist.
In this endless cosmos, there isn't just one reality, one world that can exist, there are an infinite amount of worlds out there.
In these worlds, Gods, –beings of overwhelming power, can exist. They may have either been born as Gods, may have attained the title through their sheer strength and power, or they may be fakes, just existences who claim to be gods, yet before they can truly attain such a status, be snuffed out by other stronger beings.
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"AGHHHHHAAAAAAAAA!! ~ ÆÆÆ~"
An Inhumane cry is heard. It's origin coming from a pool of lava in the middle of a barren land. The entity who just cried out may once had been a normal soul, but no, no longer...
"PLEEEEEEEEEASGH! LET-... LET-GH... ME.... Die-eghh... "
Another voice, a soul snuffed out by a higher being, only for that soul to be brought back and be put once more within the rotting fleshy constraints he once inhabited.
"KGHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! AGHHHHHHAAAA- AAAAHAHAHA! "
Another soul having gone insane. Once a proud knight who would fight for his land, now nothing more than an insane shell, forever left in rotting decay, not allowed to live, but not allowed to die either.
A planet brought to ruin, destruction, and misery.
The occupants of this celestial body, turned into nothing but the souls of the damned, forever condemned in serving a master who would see them as nothing but livestock, a passing breeze, marching towards an inevitable end that theythemselves orchestrated.
Above the land, in the sky, or within oceans of lava, there now exists beings other than the dammed. Beings with no defivitive feature, one having multiple, jagged hands, another having horn protrusions of thousands of varieties. All different, yet all coming from the same, primordial power. Their single command for existence being the torturing of the dammed.
This land which once used to be o so beautiful. A magical land, one where the energy of reality used to flow through.
The soil used to glow in brilliant life giving green, the mother earth having flourished greenery not too dissimilar to the planet earth itself.
It used to have a beautiful name, bestowed upon it by a beautiful goddess.
A goddess of creation, one that fell in the wake of their arrival.
Now, that beautiful soil is brought into ruin. Jagged earth, dried out soil, rivers and oceans of lava instead of the clean waters one would expect, a planet with no wildlife.
The earth itself is now colored red, whether because of their mere presence, or because of the planet's slow death, it is debatable.
Rising up and high, passing red colored clouds of poison gass, to the point of piercing through the planet's once lively atmosphere, are pillars of pure black, their surface having inscriptions of red liquids flowing down, with their tip having gone passed the stratosphere of the planet itself. Their size are encompassing, easily the size of a small continent.
If a being could look at this dying world from space, they would be able to see these gigantic pillars, encompassing the entirety of the planet, and protruding from its every corner.
And the origin of these spires? No one knows, not the souls of the dammed, and not its once shining goddess, and not her once faithful followers and heroes, no one. No one knows.
No one, except them.
Moving on, at the center of this decaying planet, there is a monument, a sort of... Eldritch inspired construction that can hardly be called a place of accommodation.
Its walls are made of the flesh of the former occupants of this planet, compressed by using eldritch magic to work as bricks, and cursed in order to not die, their souls not allowed to leave their compressed flesh, the sounds of agony that they make being music to the ears of them.
Inside this horrific place, the carpeted floor are made of the skin of the tortured, the walls having facial skins and other body parts acting as some twisted decoratives.
All alive and twitching. Not allowed to die courtesy to the will of them.
Moving on, there are red colored torchlights decorating the place, giving the unbreathable and rotting halls of this atmosphere twisted crimson lights, the origins of these torches being the spiritual essence, the souls of the damned, getting used as simple candlelights instead of being allowed to dissolve and set free into the vast cosmos.
Finally arriving at the end of this hall, a set of gigantic doors exist, having carvings of the bodies of angelic women, who are being tortured and having their wings pulled out of their back by horrific and disfigured creations, demons that came to be by the will of them, stories of the past and a time long gone.
Passing this door, one would then arrive at a grand hall, its walls still made of the same organic materials, and at its center there being only a long, flesh made table, with flesh chairs and everything else. Souls being used as candlelights, and if one were to pay closer attention, even being able to hear their miserable cries as they feel their essence, their soul slowly be burned away, like the burn of the candle itself, how ironic.
Sitting at the head of this unholy place, having a wide grin plastered on its inhumane face, is the master, the orchestrator, the torturer, the god that has brought misery and literal hell upon this once beautiful land.
Posessing a tall, lean yet powerfully defined humanoid physique, its pale gray skin stretched tightly over pronounced musculature, giving it an almost sculpted, stone-like appearance.
Its head is distinctly inhuman, –smooth and elongated with no visible eyes, dominated instead by a wide, unsettling grin filled with tightly packed teeth, while two large, curled ram-like horns extend outward from either side, framing its silhouette with a demonic elegance. Its arms are long and expressive, ending in clawed, almost skeletal fingers that curve unnaturally, and floating over its palm there is a soul unlike any other.
Its lower body and being under the table, tapers into a more fluid, shadow-like form, partially concealed beneath loose, dark, draped garments that seem to melt and trail off into smoky tendrils, blending with a tail-like extension behind it.
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One of The Seven Maledictions, his title; The Mockery of Reason.
He whoenjoys in the suffering of others, it giving the being a sort of euphoria, a sort of twisted meaning to his putrid existence.
While this, more male looking being is mulling over the soul over his hand, his grin sometimes stretching before contracting, giving out inhumane and unrecognizable sounds, often even giving out animal like sounds, the peace that this being has wrought to himself gets disturbed.
Before his table, space gets distorted, before it bends and a portal of a particular crimson color is created, the crimson mimicking the color of blood, before another being simillar in aura to the first one appears, looking on from under their blindfolded gaze.
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Another member of the Seven Maledictions, Titled: The Hollowed Halo.
The new arrival's feet touches the ground, their form a resemblance of a female's, so let us go with the female pronunciation.
"Absurdness," Is what she calls, her tone echoing, like the echoing of a banshee, not at all humane.
The term she just used, is not an insult, not a command, but a name. The name of the male figure, Absurdness.
"Hm? What is it Hypocrisy?" Absurdness questions, his voice gratingly humane, more on the male side, but also having the added effect of growls of beasts beside his voice, as if beasts are crawling under his skin, and giving out echoing sounds while his voice is used.
His reply, the term he used to describe the new arrival, was once more not an insult, not a statement, but the name of the arrived being.
"The Seven Maledictions are being summoned at once. The Lord and The Lady has information they wish to share with us. " Hypocrisy informs, her tone of voice changing not one bit, her posture straight as she keeps hold of the book near her chest, not acknowledging anything within her vicinity. Not the rotting souls of the dammed, not their cries of pain, nothing.
"Hm, very well. Let us be off then. " Absurdness says, before he stands up, still holding onto the pure, white soulhovering over his palm.
"Hm? Oh right, " As if just then realizing that, Absurdness brings up the soul and makes it hover before his face, "I have no further fun stuff I want to try on you, little goddess, so now off you may go~"
Saying so in an unhinged and delighted tone, Absurdness then opens his jagged teethed mouth, and throws the soul down and into his abyssal stomach, eating and absorbing a goddess of creation who had created a whole planet, and giving out a burp right after.
"Ah~ that was a delicious snack. Now, let's go." Saying so, Absurdness then walks on forward, while Hypocrisy makes another crimson portal, taking the both of them somewhere else, and on another plane of reality, leaving this one behind.
The moment Absurdness walks out of this plane of existence, every dammed soul suddenly gives out a metaphorical sigh of relief, every soul starting to exit their rotting body, a blue beam even being generated by the thousands of souls used as construction materials for the eldritch looking castle that Absurdness was just at. And all of those souls start to drift outside of the dead planet, and into the vast cosmos, before they start to dissolve away.
The rotting and fleshy mortal constraints they leave behind all start to wisk away, as if dust drifting into the wind, before they all turn into ash, with nothing left behind.
Now, after millions of years later, Utopia, the planet created and named by the goddess of creation Umi, can finally be put to rest.
... BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
The planet explodes, its chunky rocks drifting away in the vast cosmos now that there isn't a higher being holding it in place by his sheer presence.
Everything now is... Quiet again... A Sweet Release...
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"By the way, what is this summon even about? " Absurdness questions, picking at his jagged teeth by using his elongated finger, as if there is something stuck in between his razor sharp teeth or something.
"I know not of the exact details, but I know at least that it concerns that soul from back then, the one who the leader of the 'Absolute Chaotic Beings' had an interest in. " Hypocrisy replies, moving through the spiraling tunnel of the red portal.
"Hoooh~ that little soul from back then?
This will be interesting then, "
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Author's Note/ .... Ehehehe~ where do I even begin,
SO! Gods and other planes of realities exist! Woohoo what a discovery!
Anyways! Not to worry guys because this doesn't mean I will be including world travel to my story, but it will expand upon a much grander scale than just the world of MHA, –in the future of course.
Anyways! We get to see two new entities/characters in this chapter, Absurdness and Hypocrisy, which I admit I really mulled over what to name them, but then I just said fuck it and started using the terms presented by their profile pictures.
The pictures, I found them on Pinterest. They also didn't have any signature on them so I don't know who their creator is. If someone does know, do please leave it in the comments thank you very much.
Anyways! We have now officially ended the first volume of this book, and from this chapter forward, the following plot will be included in the second volume and so on and so forth.
Thank you for accompanying me until now, and I hope you guys do so from here on too. You guys can support me by writing down comments and reviews concerning this book, have a great day/night and I'll see ya guys in the second volume, peace!