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Chapter 5

A man indulging his studies about Inducers Night and Day, knowing every ability known to man… The One Above All.

Long black hair with silver eyes. A shirt with tie that makes him look like he was ready to go to a ceremony.

"Daddy, Daddy!", A small girl, also with black hair and silver eyes, ran to him. Her father's desk was filled with many folders, papers, books and his personal laptop.

"Can we go to the store? There's no more Mushroom Stew..."

A saddened expression formed on her face. The man sighs and rubs his hand on her head causing her to smile. After standing up, she held on to his hand.

The two left their home and headed towards the closest convenient store. It was night time yes, but there were still people around. They would all wish him and the girl a good evening, the latter would always respond back with a smile.

Once they entered the store, she let go of his hand and ran to the aisle that contained what they needed. He sat at a table and waited. Just a few minutes after, someone else had come into the peaceful store and threatened the cashier.

The man got up casually and walked towards the ruckus. When the girl walked over to the counter confused, the person threatening the cashier then aimed their weapon towards the girl, almost taking her as a hostage. She covered her face with the food she bought still in the package. However, the person's hand just froze and couldn't pull the trigger.

"Wh-what the hell?!"

"Shoot my daughter… or be planted deep within the earth. Make your decision."

One of his eyes was glowing, which was the reason behind the intruder's hand practically being frozen in time.

He stepped closer.

The intruder shook, anxiousness coursing through his body. The cashier panically called the authorities when the long black haired male nodded to them.

"Do I have to repeat myself?"

He widened his eyes as the man with the frozen hand felt his arm being squeezed by an unseen force. He screamed in pain.

"OKAY! OKAY! PLEASE JUST LET ME GO!"

The male sighed and closed his eyes which returned the opponent's hand to its normal state. This also allowed them to run away until he tripped over the man's shoe and froze his whole body so that he couldn't escape. The small girl, lowered the food from her face and quickly hid behind her father.

"You're kind are the ones who deserve harsh punishment. Next time you see me, if you ever do, you won't be as lucky."

The authorities arrive and apprehend the suspect after he was let go by the mysterious force. Before he too left, he placed coins on the counter for the Mushroom Stew. He took hold of his daughter's hand and left. Just then, he felt a disturbance in the area. However, he ignored it for now and proceeded to take his daughter back home.

He was shrouded with tons of mystery surrounding him, the one with long black hair and silver eyes and a daughter.

Yatsu Monogari (物画理 奴)

The Rank 8 Inducer. The highest Rank of them all. Rank 8... He studied so much to get there. He's the only one to have that Rank... Or... At least... For now.

"Really? That's great!", Haruko responds to Aihara's voice over the radio.

"I'm-a still looking for another-a one so...", Luigi says a bit tiredly.

"Now now, Mr. Luigi, we can rest later."

"Mama-Mia..."

They all hang up. Aihara let out a sigh. She decided to rest a bit back in her assigned room even though they allowed her to leave. Suddenly, a girl with blonde hair, and black eyes along with her usual leather jacket, steps in and walks over to Aihara with concern.

"Are you alright, Ai-chan?!"

"... I'm fine, Yumi. Just a needle in my side is all."

"Really? That sounds real bad to me."

Yumi Kada. A childhood friend of both Aihara and Nico as they went to the same school when they were young. Unlike Nico and Aihara, who are both Rank 4 Inducers, Nico only recently reaching Rank 4, Yumi is actually one of the Rank 7 Inducers. Her ability is known as "Cosmic Shatter" (宇宙粉砕 (コスミックシャター), it allows her to pick up things that would normally be impossible for a regular human. When she grabs something, her body absorbs some of the mass of the object she'll be holding in order to make it easier for it to be picked up. She can then throw the object. When she's about to throw it however, the mass her body absorbed quickly goes back to it's original host that way the thrown object can be more devastating power-wise. Out of all the Rank 7's, people consider her as the most energetic and happy of them.

"What are you planning to do now?", The blonde asked.

"I'm gonna continue finding generators and stop the Extraction Project."

Yumi confusingly looked at her.

"What?"

"Oh, that's right... You don't know about that..."

"About what? This "Extraction Project"?"

Kendo nodded. Yumi placed a finger on her closed mouth and got lost in thought before ultimately shaking her head.

"Ne'er heard of it..."

"It's a disgusting experiment. Trust me, you don't want to know what they do."

She stood up and was about to leave the room.

"Thanks for checking up on me. I appreciate it, Yumi. I need to go."

Kada watched as friend left her vision. She stretched her arms and yawned afterwards.

"Man... I have some interesting friends..."

Meanwhile, Nico continuously ran to his new home. He had already taken all he really needed. The male opens the door and enters the peaceful locale. Afterward, he sets his things on the table and walks around, passing by the kitchen and into the hallway where, there, he sets his eyes on a photo. He picked it up and saw his mother and two others he didn't know. One of them wore a red cap and was giving a thumbs up while the other was a small girl who was hugging Lydia. He smiles and wonders if they're related to her at all. He then remembers that he has to help Aihara and her friends in finding and destroying generators. Only two left. Before leaving though, he writes a letter.

[It's Nico. I've already moved into your home. Pretty comfy to be honest, way more than that apartment. If I'm not here when you arrive, it's because I'll be with Aihara doing something important. If I arrive here first before you, then I guess I just wasted a piece of paper and a bit of ink haha - Nico Kojo]

He set down the pen and left. From Nico to Haruko, Issei and a bit of ENTA members stormed and attacked a building with guards. One of the members radioed the brown haired man.

"Sir, I can confirm that all guards have been apprehended and we have found one of the generators."

"Good. Blow it, shoot at it, whatever. I just want that thing taken out of commission."

"Sir!"

"One more to go…,"Haruko sighs.

"I take it that Aihara took one down?"

Issei asked. Katsumi nodded with a smile.

"Indeed. Just one more... Luigi better find it..."

This caused him to speak to Luigi through the radio headset. Luigi had no luck in finding the remaining machine.

"Sorry, Katsumi. Still-a looking... Did you find one?"

"Yes. We've already destroyed it. That's two down and one to go. Good luck."

Haruko hung up as Luigi continued walking. The green plumber kind of questioned why he was part of this plan. Guess he just wanted to be more like his brother and attend more adventures that'll end with happy endings.

While walking, he bumps into a black haired girl with blue eyes. Almost at his height.

"Ah, sorry! My bad, I wasn't really looking."

He apologizes to the girl. The female had an unexpected expression, like an expression caused when something traumatizing happens. Luigi taps her shoulder.

"Hey... You alright, miss?"

Asked the plumber in green, the girl shook her head and then nodded. This girl... Is Rei Kuzu, a Rank 5 Inducer and goes to the same school Aihara and Nico attend. Through her eyes, it was like seeing something she never wanted.

A long time ago, Luigi had knew Rei's family, as he gave the poor family some coins so they could get jobs and shelter. Since that day, the plumber would always meet them in their home and have fun times. It was a family of five. Rei always saw Luigi as an older brother and looked up to him, even calling him 'Brother' at some times. However, things changed when her and her mother were attacked. The suspect almost killed Rei's mother with a blunt object, that's when things changed. Luigi had stepped in front of the mother to protect her which caused him to faint and also make the suspect run away. He wasn't able to take out his hammer to save himself. He was taken into the clinic, there they received horrible news.

Rei walked into Luigi's hospital room.

"Brother!-"

"Eh? I'm... Sorry? Do you have the wrong room-a?"

This was like a gunshot to Rei's heart. Her family walked in and were told that he had lost some memories of past events, he had lost every memory he had of the Kuzu family. The whole family was shocked. Rei teared up and quickly left the room. That's when she decided to never ever see him again, she didn't want to be reminded of what transpired.

Back to the present, she responded to the concern.

"No, I'm fine. Really. I should be the one to watch where I'm going. I have to go now-"

"Hey... Wait a minute... Aren't you that-a girl that came into my hospital room years-a back? You look familiar... Just who are you anyways-a?"

That's when Rei stopped in her tracks before responded with a smile, hiding her deeply saddened expression she was holding in.

"Rei... Rei Kuzu... Or rather... Just someone you saved a few years back..."

She then continued running to where she was headed. Luigi scratched the back of his neck with a puzzled look before shaking it off and continuing his expedition. Someone he saved before huh? He shrugged it off before finally finding his way to an abandoned facility and entering through its doors. Weird thing is... That there weren't any guards. Were they confident about this location and thought nobody would find this one?

"At least-a I got the easy one, heh heh!"

He then engulfs his hand with electricity and just places it on the generator. Due to the high amounts of electricity, the mechanism burns out. He takes his hand off the burnt out machine before taking out his hammer and smashing it to pieces. As he was about to leave with a smile, a sharp object lands only a few centimeters in front of him. He enters his cowardly phase and runs behind a pillar.

Footsteps were heard as the figure took their weapon from the ground. They then turned to the place Luigi was hiding.

"I know you're there."

"Wh-Wh-Who are you...?" Luigi reluctantly asked.

"Just an assassin on duty."

This made Luigi gulp and took a peek from his hiding spot. There, he saw a male in a white suit, brown shoes and white pants. He was now holding his weapon, a sword, on his shoulders.

"I'd like for you to come out... Or face the consequences of being an Inducer."

"Wait... Inducer? But I'm not-"

"Don't lie. I saw you use electricity."

"Look-a! I know I have electricity, but I'm not an Inducer-a! I earned my abilities! I didn't get them at birth-a!"

"That so? How can you prove it?"

This caught Luigi's attention. Yeah, he had nothing to prove it.

"Mama-Mia... Look... I have nothing to prove it-a... Now let-a me ask you this... It sounds like you want to assassinate Inducers... Why?"

"Tch. Just like the boss said, our group should be the only ones to be Inducers. Other Inducers just don't cut it. Says he wants to make the world a peaceful place, only filled with actual Inducers."

"You do realize that-a you will cause an uproar within the community which wouldn't make it peaceful right-a? Besides, what do you mean by actual Inducers?"

"We'll make sure that doesn't happen... Because we're the Revalagers. Missions need to get done."

It seems like he avoided answering Luigi's last question. However, Luigi did see his way out. He didn't stand a chance with someone like him, especially since he had a sword. He quickly opened the iron door and locked it before running upstairs and exiting the vicinity of the building. The male just sighed.

"Well, crap. Shouldn't've let him get away... However... Maybe he would lead us to Inducers... Sounds like a good plan."

Luigi ran away as far as his legs could take him and started panting.

"The... Revalagers... Eh?... Great... Another problem-a... Hope he didn't follow me. If I was an Inducer, I'd-a get a Game Over! And I don't want to go to the Underwhere ever again-a!"

"(Why was he there in the first place though…?)" He thought before radioing in Haruko and Aihara.

"Hey... It's-a me... Luigi. I got the last one."

"Good. That should do it, now all we have to do is..."

"Find the main base of operations."

Aihara continues where Haruko left off. Katsumi smirks.

"Good thing I know where it is!"

"Sweet-a! Then let's get to it!"

They all hung up as Haruko started giving commands.

"Alright, Men! We're heading into enemy territory! It's time to put this project to an end before it even begins! Take long range weapons, Melee ones won't do good. As for that bastard, Arita... Leave him to me. I want him to know how hell feels like!"

ENTA members grabbed what they needed and loaded them up with bullets. At Aihara's side, she removed the bandages, confident she didn't need them anymore. She proceeded to meet up with Nico first and then with Luigi. Afterwards, Haruko sent the coordinates to the trio and told them he and his men would meet up with them there.

As soon as they all met up, it was in front of another abandoned building. There seems to be a pattern here... Luigi, Aihara, Nico and Haruko nodded before the brown haired male kicked the door opened as his men entered and opened fire. An alarm sounded which also told the members of the project to take their weapons out and fight. Haruko made his way through the corridors, shooting down opponents with his Assault Rifle.

"Luigi! Aihara! I need you to stay here and help my men! That means you too, young man!", He points to Nico.

"I'll go take down Arita!"

Luigi and Nico were about to follow him as they wanted to help. Aihara however, stopped them both and shook her head. She knows this is personal for him, she didn't want them to intrude on his personal business.

It was like a battlefield inside the building. Bullets being shot everywhere. The trio would use their Electric, Wind and Ice abilities to take down and protect their own allies.

"So this is how being in the middle of a battlefield feels like!", Nico states as he hides behind a pillar in order to avoid getting shot.

"Quit acting all tough! That'll get you killed!"

Aihara yells as she uses her ability to blow opponents away into the air. Haruko made his way through the many hallways and finally into the area where the machine was at. However... The main mechanism was still going strong.

"What…? What the hell is this?! How?!"

The man shouted. Silva Arita stepped towards him.

"You tried to obliterate the project by destroying the scattered generators. Hahahahaha! Man, you're an idiot! Oh right, I never told you!"

"?!" Haruko points his weapon at Silva.

"What the hell are you going on about?"

"You do realize that there were four generators right?" Arita smirked while Katsumi widened his eyes.

"F-Four?..."

"What? Didn't I tell you? You didn't think I'd only have three of them, did you? While your whole team was busy destroying the other generators, I had my own men create a new one! I was one step ahead of you all!"

"Damn it... You little-!"

Haruko then shoots until the bullets somehow come back towards him. One scraping his side.

"AGH!"

Because of this, he drops his weapon.

"Aww. Getting hurt by something relating to you. I'm rather surprised to be perfectly honest. I didn't know your sister had the Reflector ability..."

"Gh?!"

"Hm? Oh, yeah... You see, thanks to your sister's wonderful participation, I was able to steal her own ability and use it for myself! Man, I envy her! You're probably here to get your revenge huh? Well, good luck trying since your bullets won't work! Ahahaha!"

"Of course I'm here for that... I will avenge Janna! You killed her you crazy bitch and I won't sleep peacefully until I finally kill the bastard who took her life! I don't care if I put my life on the line, I just want to take you down!"

Haruko slowly picks up his rifle. He knows full well the bullets will bounce off of him. However, that still won't stop him from at least trying. He opens fire, bullets scraping his body. His firearm ran out of bullets, he sort of thought this was going to be easy. Take down Silva and that's it. He created the fourth generator knowing full well that Haruko and his team would destroy the others. Just then, Luigi, Aihara and Nico ran into the room which caught Arita's attention.

"Oh, are these wonderful friends of yours or what?"

Haruko slowly turns his head to the trio behind him while panting and groaning due to the pain.

"K-Kids..."

Nico and Luigi helped Haruko and took him behind a pillar. Luigi almost got a bit angry, Kid? He was in his 20's!

"Rest here."

"But-"

"Look-a, we know this is personal, but let us help-a you. Sometimes personal matters-a require help from friends-a!"

Luigi and Nico stood next to Aihara while facing Silva.

"Wait... Don't attack... He stole the Reflector Ability from my sister... Whatever you do, do it wisely and strategically!" Haruko shouted.

"So... Reflector huh?"

"I guess that means-a we can't use our Electricity, Ice and-a Wind abilities…"

"Well then... I guess that means we just have to find another way!" Nico responds.

Silva smirks.

"Go ahead and try, you three! It won't do you any good!"

"Luigi? Nico? Let's begin...! It's time to take... Him... Down!"

She says as the trio then charge towards the director of the Extraction Project.

"It's time to exterminate this project!"