Newt ran through the fields of the northern United states, never ceasing. His newfound sword gave him the ability to never get tired. This was due to a chemical compound produced by the sword that overclocked the production of adrenaline within the human body. This, in turn, brought Newt in an elevated state of consciousness similar to how he felt as Silver, but simultaneously entirely different.

His destination: Iowa. In case you have forgotten, the last emperor of Japan was laid to rest in a locked tomb untouched within the state of Iowa. High level officials were told he was buried in Idaho, but this was only a distraction so no one would find his tomb. After meeting with the spirit of the final emperor, Newt was informed that the leader was, in fact, buried in Iowa, and would grant him the two other virtues he needs to possess to become the master of his sword, and thus the master of Japan.

His journey had brought him through West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Soon, he would reach the final destination: Iowa. Cory had told Newt stories of Iowa, most of them haunted his dreams. Stories of endless fields, deranged country folk, and emotional drainage stuck with him.

Newt approached a town, not just any town though, the same town Cory had been to. Newt knew it was no coincidence that Cory had travelled here before, something must have drawn him to Iowa other than him being kidnapped. If you have forgotten, Cory stayed with three people in Iowa: Tim, his grandmother, and his uncle Mack. Tim and the grandmother were taken away to maximum security prison, as they were thought to be the kidnappers of Cory.

Newt walked through the small country town, noticing that no one was on the streets. He had no idea where to go and how to find the tomb. He wandered around for hours, searching for some clue, or something related to the Japanese, but found nothing. Newt then decided he would ask a local. He walked up to a door and knocked.

An obese man answered, "who are ya?"

"U-um I'm Newt, I'm here to find the Japanese e-e-emperor, man," Newt stuttered, intimidated.

"Why is yous talking about does Japanese fols'?"

"I-I need to find their leaders tomb, man."

"Why do y'need tuh find dat tomb?"

"Um because I need to power my s-sword, man."

"Well does fols down at duh house at duh end of duh road prolly knuh about dat," he pointed to a house down the street, "now git!"

Newt rushed off toward the house at the end of the road, noticing the yard was overgrown with weeds. He walked across the cracked and deteriorating concrete path to the door and knocked. There was no answer. He knocked again. Again, no answer. If he continued on this path, the probability of someone answering the door diminishing with each knock he made. The concept of him knocking is an interesting thing, you see. If he continues to knock forever, infinite outcomes are possible. The door may fall, for instance, he might fall. Although, theoretically if infinite outcomes are possible, this scene could and would go on for infinity. Newt would be knocking, never ceasing. Things could stop him, though. The door will eventually deteriorate, ending this loop. Newt could die. An outside entity could stop Newt. None of these happened, Newt simply cut down the door with his sword and entered after the tenth knock.

Inside, the house was dimly lit and smelled awful. Chris's house smelled worse, but this was still an absolutely disgusting smell. There seemed to be some sort of compound in the air, almost steamy. Newt walked through the house, past a couch, and toward the kitchen area. A light from the refrigerator gave light to the kitchen as he walked in, illuminating the darkness.

Newt looked into the fridge, but found nothing. It was then that he realised that there were plants around the kitchen. They had green leaves and smelled funky. Newt grabbed one, it seemed to be some sort of plant.

Newt exited the kitchen and walked past the couch again, but was tripped by some unknown source. Newt quickly turned over on the ground and watched a silhouette rise from the couch and approach him. Smoke came from his mouth as he walked toward the boy.

"What in sams hell are you doing in my weed den?" the man asked.

"W-what is weed, man?"

"The gift of life, duuude. It shows me stuff I would have never seen in my life, bro. Try some, man, it'll show you the way to your dreeeeams."

Newt grabbed one of the rods that the man was using and put it into his mouth, inhaling the smoke and filling his lungs with a burning sensation. He began to feel like he was flying, as if everything was below him and nothing really mattered.

"Whoa, maaaaan," Newt sighed, "what's your name?"

"I'm mack, dude. My family was taken by the feds and now I live here alone and grow weed, I make fat stacks of cash, man."

"I have fat friends too, man."

"Where are you from, my dude?"

"The white house, man. But I'm actually a hedgehog from another dimension originally."

"I hear you, man. Everyone tells me not to be who I really am but I'm like no I'm a turkey and you can't stop me, man."

Newt fell to the floor, sighing and moving around awkwardly. He took another whiff of the stuff and sighed in relief.

"Dude, I'm looking for some Japanese tomb, man."

"Maaaaaaaaan, we have one of those under our house, man. My mom and her grandson are the only ones who know, know the way there though."

"I need to get in there, man."

"I could use the space to grow more weed, man, but they're in prison in Puerto Rico, man. Good luck, man, getting there, man."

Newt sighed again, feeling himself melt into the floor. Then he realised that the weed was enhancing his mind too much. He felt himself learn all of the secrets of humanity as he looked upon Mack. He saw black holes, which are invisible, visible, and saw light bend to the will of an all powerful creator, Kek. He knew too much. He had to go back. He had to escape.

"Dude, stop struggling, maaan."

"I need to escape, man."

"You need the knowledge, man."

"NO, man."

Suddenly, Mack began to change. Cory originally though Mack was a demon in disguise, but it appeared as if the man was actually a god. The man's head transformed into that of an ibis, a crane like bird. His garments changed to gold white and blue cloth, leaving most of his skin exposed. Upon his head sat a crown. He held an emerald tablet. Spacetime began to distort around him, his eyes became true darkness. He was corrupted by the darkness.

"Foolish human. I gave you a choice, you could walk away and never have to worry again. But it seems your thirst for knowledge is little, and you wish to only get your way," he pulled out twin khopeshes, "I am the great god Thoth, the bringer of knowledge."

But Newt saw through this, he was not talking to Thoth, he was talking to the darkness. He pulled out his sword, "I see through your ruse, man, you're infected by the darkness, which I know about because Cory told me about it."

"Keen observation, young Newt, but when I possess someone, I gain all of their attributes. Thoth's knowledge and skills all belong to me. Both mentally and physically I am Thoth, with the added power of true darkness!"

Epic chanting music begins to play as Newt runs up to the darkness and slashes at him with the master sword. The light of the sword seemed to bend around him with the power of infinite density. He swung his khopesh in an arc, sweeping at Newt's feet. Newt saw this, and jumped over the blade, narrowly avoiding the attack. The god jumped back and pulled out his emerald tablet, summoning spirits to fight alongside him. Newt slashed at them, but didn't seem to be able to hurt them.

"Foolish child, you underestimate the power of maat. Balance is everything, you must learn that, even in darkness everything is in balance."

Newt closed his eyes, trying to achieve balance. The enemies slashed his arms with their claws, drawing blood out in red drops. Newt cringed, but continued to meditate. His arms began to glow, and a light engulfed him.

2000 miles away, Null felt a disturbance as one of the chaos emeralds popped out of his chest and began to glow. He watched in amazement as the emerald became engulfed in light.

Newt felt a breakthrough and felt cognitive dissonance as his body warped away. He woke up in a cornfield nearby. He had achieved remote chaos control. Now he had his priorities clear. He needed to travel to Puerto Rico and find Tim and the grandmother in order to unlock the tomb, then he would need to defeat the darkness within Thoth and unlock the powers of both power and wisdom from the emperor of Japan. It would be a tough journey, and he would have to deal with Iowans, but he knew that Thoth was a big part of winning this war. Plus he wanted to summon spirits with that emerald tablet.