Chapter 10: The Truth of the Soshiki Incident
Jin, Ryu, Ken and Eiji finally arrived at Shizuku's house and they arrived too late. To see ninja assassins are attacking the place.
"Ninjas? How come they are too many of them?" Eiji gasped.
"They're everywhere... I think the two of them are inside."
"We'll annihilate them at once..." Jin said being serious in fighting their captors. "It was all Kurow's doing..."
"It's best we can help them both of you." Ryu said telling both Eiji and Ken. "Jin was right... we can't let these ninjas to be killed by them."
"Okay, buddy... let's beat these guys down..." Ken smirked raising his fist.
At Shizuku's house, Xiaoyu and Daigo fight seriously against the ninjas. Daigo uses his Unique Kick while the other uses Unique Thrust. Xiaoyu then uses Fortune then kicking them with her Shooting Star. Cuiling, uses her flaming sphere at the other ninja while she spins her claws to make a powerful sphere. Shizuku spins her large smoking pipe with her Kiseru to incapacitate her opponent as she sets them on fire. She threw one of her knives to kill the other. Judgment and David are clashing with their chainsaws as they spin with their techniques. But for David, he manages to decapitated him with his chainsaw as he slashes him three times and using his desperation move Vengeful Sting killing him in an instant. Shizuku then using her Cherry Blossom Flame her desperation move incapacitate one of the ninjas. The other attempts to kill her, Daigo rescues her while taking cover and unleashes his True Massive Back decapitated the ninja while being burst into purple flames. Xiaoyu was knocked down as the ninja attempts to kill her. Eiji arrives and unleashes his Hizouzan killing the ninja with one blow. Ryu then executes his Shoryuken at the other ninjas as well as Ken who does the same. Jin unleashes his Traditional Karate moves and knocks them out with one single blow. Eiji executes Rekkuzan at his opponent following of Ryu's Hadoken knocking them instantly. Few of the ninjas eventually retreat after their comrades been killed.
"Phew... this guys are a piece a cake to beat. But I hate sword fighting..." Ken said removing the sweat on his face.
"Daigo, Xiao... are you two okay?" Jin asked and Daigo replies.
"I'm all right, Jin..."
"Where's that bastard who explode into us?" Jin said wanted to kill the assailant as David arrives while his chainsaw remains activated.
"Forgive me... I killed him with my chainsaw..."
"What...?"
"I was guilty to kill my old friend in the times like this. Just like what I did in the third Toshindaibukai." David said sadly and Shizuku tells him.
"You don't have to worry, David. Just forget about what happened. At least Abel was now dead."
"If you tell us what going on...? We've been looking for a man named Kurow Kirishima. A man who's trying to disperse us and why he is here in your game?" Ryu asked and Eiji finally decide to tell them.
"No idea... It reminds me that I kill both Abel and Veil. I'll tell you everything since they are here."
That night at Shizuku's house, Eiji finally tells them about the incident happened during the third Toshindaibukai where it was held by late current leader of Soshiki, Abel.
"Abel is the current leader of an organization called Soshiki where he attempts to capture someone to use a human body as a sacrifice to revive an evil God called Agon Teos. This organization that rivals to our former enemies which is Himitsu Kessha a former organization." Eiji explained. "Abel's men are able to kill David's parents in which he picks him as a human sacrifice."
"This man seem to be crazy enough to use a body as a sacrifice to revive a God." Jin said and he remembers Ogre. "It reminds me when I destroy Ogre at my hands. He's also the ancient God of Fighting."
"Since their attempts are failed, he held the third Toshindaibukai to meet strong fighters to draw out blood sacrifices as their trap. It backfires his plan seeing his followers to be slain at their hands. But I manage to kill him with my White Tiger Blade." Eiji said telling them. "Veil, the former leader of Soshiki has been released after seeing his former soldier who imprisoned him who was killed at my hands."
"I've never seen you can slay others with swords. It's not like that in our game." Ryu said calmly.
"It already has the other game can do swordplay, Ryu." Jin said telling him in a nicer way. "A game series called Soul Calibur which is also created by the same company who create us. They can fight with weapons during tournament battles or the same as we do."
"Veil and I engaged in a deadly battle until I killed him. Causing this organization to be fall apart in our hands." Eiji said and he points at Cuiling. "Cuiling is one of the Soshiki members who finally switch sides with us in fighting her own boss. Since she knows where her boss went to the secret place to make rituals."
"So Cuiling was one of the members." Xiaoyu wondered. "Oh my... now that is weird..."
"He was right... I changed sides because I wanted to have good things not the baddest way in what my boss is trying to do." Cuiling said sadly. "I can't forgive my Master Fo-Fai's enraging pet who killing his own master and my mentor. It's sad..."
"No... Now I realize what Kurow is up to..." Daigo said finally know of Kurow's plan. "Now I realize why he kidnapped my sister? He's going to make my sister as a human sacrifice to awaken the evil God. This is insane... I'm going to save my sister."
"Wait... Daigo... You can't go off like that." Ryu said trying to stop him and Daigo bursts his anger towards them.
"I don't care... I was one of Kurow's puppet during the Aoharu discord incident. I have to save my sister, I don't want to put my sister into a sacrificial ritual. I must do this."
When Daigo leaves, Jin stands up realizing on his words and tells them.
"So this must be his plan after all. He kidnaps Akira so that he will revive the evil God. He's trying to revive Abel's legacy."
"I guess so... so that ninja guy must be manifested by Veil. After I killed him." Eiji said and warns both Jin and Ryu. "I warned both of you, Veil is a powerful individual who wields laser blades. His move is the same is Abel but his damage is very powerful. He can do fireballs and hurricane kicks maneuver to his opponents."
"Looks like this guy is tough. His moves is also derived in Ansatsuken but slightly damaging. We should be careful, Jin. He's a tough customer to face." Ryu said telling to be careful as he agrees.
"Right... I can't wait how this bastard is strong."
At Fuji's Bath House, Daigo was relaxing at the hot spring and meditating trying to remember what Kurow had told them before he arrived at the Toshinden game.
Kurow must be possessed by a man named Veil. So that's why he kidnapped my sister...?
Jin then arrives to see Daigo who is upset as he takes a dip in the spring. Daigo blushes when he thinks about Shizuku who also runs this bath house.
Shizuku, if only I had a job once I graduate to Gedo High. I've never seen a gambler who runs a bath house.
"Daigo, are you all right?" Jin asked calmly and Daigo replies.
"I'm fine... I'm just trying to cool off my anger."
"Why are you blushing? You think I'm a gay or something?" Jin reacted to his actions.
"Of course you're not a gay...?" Daigo said raising his brow having rubbing his scar on his right eye. "I think I'm in love with Shizuku. I... just beat her in a card game because she's a gambler. I've never knew she runs this bath house."
"Oh I see... You had crush on that gambler, aren't you Daigo." Jin calmly said. "Your sister would be very happy to see you getting infatuated."
"..."
"It's just like what Xiao had put me through this." Jin said sadly when remembers Xiaoyu. "I never knew she had a crush on me. But I treated her as a friend. Everytime when I causes trouble, she's the only person can stop me."
"So that is why you were neutral, Jin? Sometimes you help people but sometimes you hurt people, without warning." Daigo said and finally tells him. "I have reasons why am I angry to anyone? I can easily remember what Kurow was planning to do. He kidnapped my sister to use as a human sacrifice. I don't want this to happen."
"Kurow must be possessed by someone else." Jin said as he thinks what to do. "Veil must be manifested Kurow's body to revive Abel's legacy. That's it... Kurow is probably controlled during the black out when he cut off our data."
"How did you guess that?" Daigo asked.
"Ryu and I usually parted ways in the Game World Station and a black out occured. Kurow must be manifested by Veil's spirit." Jin said finally knows who is the real culprit. "Veil must be the one who cut off our data using Kurow as a host. So that is why other fighting games have been easily unplugged because of him."
"I guess your right... Kurow hasn't feel anything of being manifested by a spirit." Daigo said and finally decide to find him. "We have to find Kurow so that you and Ryu's data will be recovered."
"You're right, Daigo." Jin said and begins to relax in the spring. "Thank goodness, the spring is very nice. It's like I'm bathing in the forest."
"I like Shizuku's place... and she can burst flames with her smoking pipe..." Daigo said trying to remember Shizuku fighting with her smoking pipe.
The next day, Eiji finally takes them to the secret place where Abel is having a ritual and finally decided to leave.
"Listen guys... It's all up to you to find that ninja bastard. I'm going off to train my nephew." Eiji said happily to everyone.
"You had a nephew, Eiji?" Ryu reacts in a nod.
"Yes... his name is Subaru Shinjo. He's my brother's son with one of the flunkies in Himitsu Kessha. He told me one last word before he left that I must take care of his son.
"All right, Eiji... thanks." Ryu said letting Eiji leave the group as they begin to find Kurow.
On their way to where Abel is formerly make a ritual in the mountains. Everyone is getting serious to fight Kurow. Once they arrived, they found Akira who got tied in the ropes.
"Akira!" Daigo yells his sister's name when he attempts to release her. Kurow intervenes using his dark vortex, The Kirishima-Style Vacuum Dark Storm knocking Daigo out.
"Daigo...!" Jin said trying to help Daigo as Kurow finally confronts them.
"What a surprise...? You guys are definitely here to have a human ritual. Perhaps, to save this girl." Kurow smirked evilly.
"Kurow... I knew you plans all along. Deep in my head you want to make my sister to revive that damn evil God." Daigo said angrily to Kurow.
"Well you finally figured it out. I tried to revive the legacy of that imbecile leader of this organization." Kurow said as a purple light glows on his body. "Maybe you people keep away from me or this will skin you..."
"This miasma...?" Ryu said sensing as Jin evilly smirks finally knows the real culprit as his powers himself with the Devil Gene.
"So then, Veil... is it really you who cut off our data using the ninja freak as a host?"
"So you indeed know who I am..." Veil said in Kurow's body. "I'm impressed that a fighter like you seems to know my evil attempts."
"Jin... you know the real culprit is?" Ryu asked and Jin answers.
"He is... I tried to think about Eiji's story about that incident. It appears that Veil's soul was manifested within that ninja freak. When Eiji killed him, Veil's soul was released after the incident."
"I'm formerly the leader of Soshiki organization that I'm imprisoned at the hands of my fellow soldier, Abel. I tried to take revenge on my former comrade, I never expect some warrior like you would slain him in one heavy strike." Veil said in a deeper voice. "Now that I'm back to manifest this ninja who had escaped on the hospital after his failure attempts to rule the world. I controlled him to disperse people with heroic deeds by cutting their own data with his claws. And now, I orchestrate this plan to kidnap one of it's fighters to become a human sacrifice to revive the evil god of fighting, Agon Teos. I just failed once, but now I will revive my former comrades' legacy."
Jin attempts to punch Veil who is inside Kurow's body as it avoids in teleportation. Veil then reappears in front of them.
"Your punches are futile..." Veil said evilly and executes his overdrive, Veil's Meteor Blow while raising his hand summoning meteors to disperse the group while in Kurow's Body. "Maybe this will burst you to hell."
Everyone evacuates to avoid the meteor blows and Kurow reverts to normal as he gets Akira on his grasp to escape.
"That blow looks powerful..." Xiaoyu said childishly.
"Kurow just disappeared where did he go?" Daigo said gritted angrily.
"He's already escaped along with your sister." Ryu said angrily.
"That meteor looks pretty brutal to beat that thing. It can kill everyone with those." Ken said in disgust on Veil's attacks and Jin easily knows where Kurow had taken Akira.
"I know where Kurow just went off to. Come on... we have to find him." Jin said seriously to the group. "We can't let him escape. We have to save Akira from him."
Everyone then leaves the secret location to pursue Kurow. Jin was very serious to see Veil using his Meteor Blow as a distraction to make his escape while Akira was in his grasp as he thought of this.
Veil... we can't let you get away...? We'll going to destroy you to get our data back and to save Akira from you.
Trivia:
*Abel appears as a cameo in this chapter where he was slain by Eiji during the fight. Veil also makes his first appearance.
*Jin relaxes in the bath house alongside Daigo and says to himself that he was bathing in the forest. Mentioning one of his hobbies which is forest bathing.
*Kurow's claws is seen using his one of his Burning Vigor moves. When he was manifested by Veil, his hand unleashes with laser-like blades to unleash his Overdrive Move.
*Kurow is seen didn't feel being possessed by Veil. It is hinted that he became insane due to his obsession to power. Although, he would be unable to control his body when Veil takes over in later chapters.
*Abel and Veil's special attacks derived on Ryu and Ken's fighting style. Both of their moves are, Hakidan (Hadoken) Ryu and Ken's basic projectile and makes normal damage. Korinhakidan (Shoryu-Reppa) this version derives in one of Ken's super moves and Hell's Tornado (Tatsumaki Sempukyaku) although this version of this move was slightly damaging to his opponents.
*David's basic attacks that comes from the rank C mercenary, Frank Reade and male/female Power Saw mains in the online game, Atlantica Online where mains are using chain saws to decapitate their opponents and considered as overpowered characters. David uses this move to decapitate Judgement and later uses his desperation move to kill him.
*Jin also mentions to Ryu about another fighting game series, Soul Calibur also from Namco.
A/N:
Now the culprit was finally revealed, and everyone finally pursues Kurow. This next chapter is coming soon where they finally meet him the second time. This time it's going to be a two on one battle. The reason why I'm in a little hiatus because of my studies.