Twilight no Kami: You... said something about Neo right? Well, here's my answer.
The death of Roman Torchwick thankfully spread out fast in the underground. To Junior, this was quite a lucky incident, because his club got trashed by a teenage girl just a few hours before Torchwick's death. His reputation in the underground crashed because of that, but thanks to another big shit that came up, people momentary forgot the big humiliation he faced. That damn Spider… how the fuck did he predict this day from happening.
"Because I'm smart as fuck"
"OUM!" Yelped Junior pathetically. Seriously, even when the Spider helped his ass many times he could sure as heck be creepy if he wanted to.
"I did not know you were psychic" He grumbled pouring the Spider some coffee.
"Kehehehehe" Crackled the masked man sending shivers up Junior's spine. From every mobster to the gangster in Vale, they had a secret code among them. That code was—"It's okay to be a pussy in front of Farang, the crazy spider." Truly, he terrified Junior for three good reasons. First of all, the faunus had literally nothing to lose. Even when Junior was sure that the Spider had a weakness regarding children, he rarely formed relationships with people. Even when Farang and Junior had some kind of understanding between them, ultimately, they were business partners in the end. What happened to Roman could surely prove that. Secondly, even if everybody in this broken clubroom had aura, and even if everybody in his club had a semblance, and even if everybody charged at Farang with the intention to kill, Junior cannot imagine the Spider getting a scratch anywhere. He was just that strong enough and Junior wasn't exaggerating. He could still remember how weak he felt when Farang came to his club alone, with the same butler attire and fingerless leather gloves and trashing the whole place. He could still remember what happened to the racist henchman he had who spat on Farang's heritage and family. He could still remember that henchman going limp with his throat between the Spider's teeth. Lastly, the Spider was just batshit crazy. Junior did some digging about Farang and what he found was not pleasant. The things the Spider went through could easily explain why he became like this and it was surprising that it didn't turn out worse.
"You're just too easy to re—ad~!" Chortled Farang as he drank his coffee. Thanks to the faunus Junior learned one thing about spiders. They get easily drunk by caffeine. Then, for a minute an uncomfortable silence hung in the air as Farang kept on drinking his coffee.
"Got something to say Juny?"
Oum… Junior really hated when Farang called him like that, but what else could he do? Tell him to fuck off? Nah, Junior still wished to live a bit longer.
"Go ahead. Spill it out. Bombard me with your questions. I won't do anything to you. I promise so no pres—sure~. Just tell me what's on your mind"
One nice thing about Farang was that he always kept his promises unless some idiot provoked him too much. Junior gulped before adding a sugar cube into Farang's coffee.
"Why did you kill Roman Torchwick"
"Ah!" Said the Spider hiccuping. "That's a nice question! It was because of his new boss"
"His new boss…? Roman was recruited by somebody else? He isn't that type of guy, working for somebody that easily. And how did I never heard of this?"
"Wasn't it weird though? Roman borrowing your men, the increase of robbery, but only dust and no cash. Something is definitely up. I don't like it and this employer is far from good news"
Junior quickly stored the information away in his head. Whenever Farang got serious over something that hadn't to do with revenge and family, it was worth remembering.
"Be careful Juny, or else you and all the other gangsters and mobsters, and every single human, and faunus in Vale is going to get burnt"
"You're… advising me to move my business to somewhere else?"
"Right—O!" Exclaimed the faunus drowning his hot coffee in one shot. "That would be the best… hey… Juny, come here for a bit. Let me tell you something"
Junior raised an eyebrow at this. Farang, whether he was drunk or not, didn't give out information for free.
"For what in exchange?"
"You'll know soon enough~ Now come 'ere. I wanna tell you my theory of Roman's new employer~"
Junior leaned in.
"I'm positive" He whispered into Junior's ear. "That this employer took over the White Fang"
"Any proof for that?" Whispered Junior back at Farang.
"Not at this moment. It's just a big jump using the information of what happened with the White Fang and the current robberies. Also, you know how good my intuition is right? Kehehehe…"
T-this was big information. This was a shitload of fucking large information. Junior knew when Farang was joking and when he was not. Even when he sometimes got trolled by the ungrateful faunus multiples of times, the guy was never the type to joke about the White Fang unless it had to do with dead White Fang members.
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But wait. What would the exchange be for this fucking huge info?
Junior found out soon enough.
With the sound of glass shattering, Junior stared as Farang way over the other side of the club room, pressing the head of one of his henchman on the bar table only to reveal…
"Neopolitan…" muttered Junior shaking a bit. So this was the exchange. One bloody murder in his bar for this crucial information.
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That was no problem at all. The information Junior received was way more valuable than losing some customers again. Junior calmly lit his cigar watching the fight. He already saw the Malachite twins betting on how long the unfortunate girl could survive. Melanie said thirty seconds, Militia said a minute. Inexperienced girls… they don't know what a Spider loves to do when he is drunk or berserk.
CRASH
He loves to play with his food.
Farang was stronger than Neo and had larger aura reverses. He was faster, more flexible, more intelligent, wiser, had more stamina, higher dexterity, higher endurance, and… basically, he was way more superior than Neo in every aspect. That is why Neo couldn't land any successful hits on Farang. Before she hit, Farang was there to intercept or counterattack. It was child play for the Spider and he was enjoying every second of it.
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What a sadist.
A silent scream erupted from the mute assassin as half of her forearm flopped lifelessly. The bone broke completely, bending Neo's forearm into half and that wasn't a good sign. Either Neo was out of aura or Farang used the sucker punch. Junior hated the sucker punch. How could anybody hit somebody so fast that one's aura can't protect them? Junior blamed it all on the speed semblance and wished he had one. When he uses it, one had to dodge. Blocking does nothing well. But then again, the punch wasn't something that could be blocked or even dodged. Junior never met somebody who could possibly do that.
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Now… he's banging her head on the dance floor. That's... an expensive floor though.
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Now… there's a crater on the floor, not that Junior minded. The floor was already ruined.
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Now… Neo's aura definitely depleted. Flecks of blood are now visible on Farang's right arm, which he uses to keep banging Neo's head in the floor.
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Now the crater is half a meter deep.
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Is that… gore?
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Yup definitely gore.
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It wasn't a pleasant sight. Even when Junior was way away from the crime scene, he could easily see how horrible the sight was. It seemed as if a watermelon fell from a building and hit the floor. Farang's right arm was caked in blood and specks of blood splatter was on his suit and face. Junior winced feeling a bit sorry for the ice-cream loving girl. Then again, the girl was one hell of a psychopath so should he feel glad that there is one less?
"B-boss…?" Junior lazily turned his head towards one of his henchmen. Even when he tried to stand firm and strong, he was clenching his left fist so hard that his fingernails were cutting down his aura bit by bit.
"What?" He needed to keep his facade. He needs to show that he wouldn't be fazed by such sight. But he couldn't help but feel a bit terrified.
"D-do we… do it?" The henchmen terrified out of his wits asked Junior holding a bowl of warm water and a towel.
Junior scowled and gave a quick nod and the henchman trembled. He seemed hesitant but mustered enough courage to walk over to the bloody faunus.
"H-here you go, sir!" He squeaked and Farang wordlessly took the towel, dipped into the water and cleaned his arms and face. Then, with a plop, he tossed the bloody towel into the bowl. Then, the Spider reached into his back pocket and pulled out his wallet. After pulling out a large amount of lien, he counted them. Then…
"Hey… Open your mouth"
Without wasting time the henchman immediately opened his mouth, his red shades hiding his terrified eyes. Farang delicately placed the paper money between the henchman's mouth, then…
"Now close it"
He closed it.
"Now, now, go to your boss. Oh wait, wait, wait!"
The henchman who wanted to be out of the situation hurried over to Farang who shoved in a few lien into his pockets.
"Here's the tip boy ~ Now you can go"
And now he walks away, leaving everything in a bloody mess. Thank Oum that everybody left and that nobody recognized Farang. He did not want the police in his club the second time in a week. As soon the Spider's footsteps were gone, everybody in the bar lets out a breath that they had been holding for all this time. Junior didn't. He couldn't afford to look weak. He calmly took the bill from the henchman's mouth and twitched his head.
"Now then. Somebody clean up this mess"
Killing Roman Torchwick was something that needed to be done. Because he wouldn't have forgiven me for killing Neopolitan.
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Roman was, in fact, quite a harmless person in this fucked up world. He killed, but he never did it for sport and only did it when it was necessary. Civilian casualties were usually zero when he operated things and stayed zero after I showed who the boss of Vale was. But the problem was his partner.
She enjoyed killing people for sport and even when I was no different from her, she was somebody worse than me. Her victims were always indiscriminate. The victims just had to be anybody who was at the right place, at the right time for Neo's entertainment.
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I would've kept the two of them alive. I really would. The two had such good semblances I could use and exploit, but unfortunately, that option went through the window the minute Neo maimed a child.
It wasn't an evil incarnated child. It wasn't some bully. I checked and I double-checked. I triple-checked. The faunus kid who now uses a wheelchair that I gave him was just an innocent boy who didn't deserve his legs to be…
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Gone.
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She pissed me off and that's the cause of death and that was why I had to kill Roman.
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Ah fuck. This complicates a few things, but…
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Aw fuck it. It'll be alright in the end. I'll get them, and they'll go down screaming… and I'll be standing above them laughing and crying.
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Crying? Ah… I'm crying again? About twenty years from your departure, and I still cry over your dead body. Shit. I miss Opodiphe. I miss my wife.
(Omake: Doki Doki Romance Pieces~! #1)
The orphanage was like shit.
Like I've expected, segregation existed outside of the four kingdoms. Humans and Faunus had nothing against each other in the village I was living in, but being separated was much easier for both sides.
I was currently in the faunus orphanage with a fifty-year-old caretaker. The caretaker was a fox faunus and she was nice, believe me, she was. She kept the orphanage in good condition, she was very sensitive of hygiene, she knew how to teach the basic stuff to us, she knew how to cook good food, she knew what wonderful stories to tell when children refused to go to bed. But… the elements who made this orphanage into a shithole was…
"Ha! How do like that? Freak"
… kids. Freaking, fucking kids.
"P-please stop it!"
They are evil. I swear to Oum, God, Root, Buddha, and Shiva that they are evil. I don't know how I was when I was a kid at the age of five but I sure as hell must've been a shitbag. Thank you, my first mom, for beating the shit out of me, changing my personality into a much-matured mind.
It's weird you know? Faunus kids bullying other faunus kids… oh, they don't bully me that's for sure. Not when you entered the orphanage with blood-drenched, head to toe with your six red eyes shining murderously. Even when I had extreme faunus features like the white girl who's being bullied over there…
"Ow! P-p-please! They're sensitive to me!"
… they don't touch me. Because I'm bloody strong and bloody terrifying. Embedding your fist filled with aura onto a concrete wall and creating hundreds of cracks with dust raining down from the ceiling was the best and efficient way to keep those brats quiet.
But…
"S-s-s-stop it!"
That's it. I'm done sitting here and improving my weapon mastery and my aura control.
"Hey" I growled as I cranked up my neck to look at the ten-year-old bully who was bullying the poor faunus girl who immediately took cover behind me, instinctively that is. "I'm in a shi- bad mood" For some reason I found myself, unable to curse in front of children even when they were brats. It was probably because they looked so much like... children instead of their true form: demons.
"So why don't you stop harassing this girl behind me and be on your way"
Of course, the boy doesn't listen. Instead, he jabs a thick stubby finger into my chest. Thankfully I had aura to protect myself.
"Shut up freak" He sneered. "Move aside beforeeeEEEEEEE"
What happened was simple. I grabbed the index finger he was poking me with and gave it a sharp twist which resulted in a sickening crack and a finger, oddly bent.
"You were saying?" I growled once again showing them my fangs. The brats fell back trembling, two of them already pissing themselves as they retreated. I turned around to meet the girl who was gently touching her antennas that were sticking out of her dirty white hair. She had pale white skin covering her face and snow white exoskeleton arms judging by looking at her long slim, exoskeleton fingers. Around her neck was a mound of fluffy white fur that was big enough that it covered my view from seeing the other half of her collarbones. On her head were two black spots that were on each side of her head. Starting from those black spots, there was a long silky... stuff that came down to her thighs, making those materials look like the wings of an insect. But those features weren't the things that captivated my attention. They weren't the traits she had to make me train four of my eyes into her face, or more specifically... her eyes...
Her eyes were… unique and beautiful. Her pupils were… black, like most average people but… Her iris! Her sclera! They were inhumanly beautiful!
It was at this moment when Farang developed an eye fetish.
Her iris were pure white with a bit of grey here and there with her sclera being completely black. Truly… truly beautiful. What was she? A butterfly faunus? A moth faunus? A-
"A-are they gone?" A whimper came as I broke out of my own thoughts. I came to reality to see the big tear brimmed eyes looking up at me. Truly… beautiful.
"They are gone" I nodded confirming her hopes. She sniffed loudly before hugging me tightly which I felt odd. She was surely an insect faunus… shouldn't she be at least be somewhat afraid for what I am since I'm a spider faunus? How does faunuses react to other faunuses in the first place? How would Blake react if she met a dog faunus? How would she react if she met a tuna faunus (if there is a tuna faunus to start with)...?
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Oh shit, I just imagined it. Get out! Get out of my head you filthy image of Blake eating out a tuna-bo... Arrrggg!
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Whatever. Let's just enjoy this moment of ours. Freaks hugging each other in the corner of the playground.
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"I'm Farang by the way"
"O-oh! N-nice to m-m-meet you Farang" Stammered the girl suddenly letting go of me as she bowed politely.
"My name is… Opodiphe"
And that's how I met my future wife in a very cliche and in a very obvious way.
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Not that I was complaining.
The main reason for this chapter is to show how dark Vale's underground organizations work and how Farang's mindset works. He's selfish, so selfish but at the same time he is so selfless. The selfless side will come later but this is his selfish side. Just know that Farang is mentally ill that he is selfish enough to kill Neo and Roman just because he felt angry. He killed the thieving duo just to relax his mind and get rid of the anger that ate his mind and his heart.
Also, this is a chapter of introducing Farang's wife, who is probably the most important people that Farang had. Too bad she died, but don't worry. Farang will take care of the ones who put her to sleep :D
Bu-bye!