Beware My Power, Green Lantern's Light

by Andrew78591

For all his life, Kazuichi Souda has suffered. From the cruelty of life to having no real friends, nothing went his way. He just wished for a change. A change in his life that would give him worth and positivity for once. And that change would come when he is given a power ring and becomes a Green Lantern.

3. Chapter 3

Hey guys, Andrew78591, here to say Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays to you all. For this year of Christmas, I'll be giving you all chapter 3 of my Green Lantern fic. Hope you guys enjoy it

Suggestions

I've explained this before about the suggestions for an Akame Ga Kill and SCP Foundation fanfic crossover but I'll do it again real quick. I will do an SCP Foundation fanfic in the future but not with Akame Ga Kill! I have something else in mind. I won't say what series I'm going with, I will give one hint: it's an internet show.

With all that out of the way, let's get back to story. Aaaaaaaannnnnnnd begin:

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Chapter 3: Inner Will - Kazuichi Souda vs the Manhunter - Part 2

Hope's Peak Academy

At the front gates of the greatest school in Japan, every student stood on the streets. The sky above them filled with grey clouds, signifying that it would rain soon. All waiting in fright and worry as every student was evacuated due to the sudden attack. Who the attacker was or were, they had no idea. Many speculated that it was one of those student shooters, the kind that kill their classmates for some need of revenge. Or some lunatic broke into the school somehow to have some sick twisted fun. Whatever the case was, the situation was grim, especially after hearing that a few security guards were killed in the process.

As everyone was doing their own thing to pass the time, the entirety, well most of Class 77B were huddled together as they tried to calm themselves with the situation at hand. Though it wasn't easier said than done with a few of them.

"I can't believe this. After my disastrous birthday party, I only wished to have some sort of peace. But now our school is being attacked by some kind of threat. Is lady luck, as you call it, just fucking with us," Sonia expressed, feeling upset and saddened by all this.

"I am not sure, my Dark Queen. But whatever demon it is that had decided to invade our realm, I am sure that our own demon army can slay it. And if needed, I, Gundham Tanaka, Supreme Overlord of Ice, shall vanish the intruder myself," Gundham told her, holding the princess's hand to calm her.

"Thank you Gundham, I appreciate your words," she replied, laying her head onto his shoulder.

"Man, this sucks. There's some kind of intruder in the school and I'm stuck here, waiting," Akane expressed. "I could just go in there and fight off this intruder. Beat up him so badly that they wished to never step into our school."

"Akane, that's a stupid idea. Whoever's attacking us could have guns with them or something else dangerous in hand. You'll most likely get killed. Especially what happened last time," Fuyuhiko warned her.

"You don't know that! And last time, those assholes got lucky! This time I'm prepared. Whoever these assholes are aren't going to get the jump on me again," Akane shouted, pumping herself up for a fight.

As the Ultimate Gymnast looked like she was ready to pounce, Nekomaru came in and placed his hand onto her shoulder. His grip was strong and firm to not only to calm Akane but to retrain herself as well.

"Owari, I understand that you're feeling frustrated after yesterday. Being taken down like that so easily can make you feel pathetic. Me, Peko, and a lot of us felt the same way," Nidai told her. "But with the way you are now and the fact we know nothing about the intruder, you would just be putting yourself in danger."

"Then what the hell are we supposed to do?" Akane questioned him.

"We stay here and wait." Akane and Nidai turned their attention to Peko as the swordswoman looked at the gymnast. "Unless we know who our opponent is and if we are needed, we will have to wait."

Absorbing those words into her head, Akane reluctantly complied as she sat back down. "I hate this, but I guess if I have to, I'll do it."

As that discussion ended, Hiyoko looked around the area as she was looking out for something. "I hope Yukizome found Big Sis Mahiru already. I'm starting to worry if something bad happened to her."

"I'm sure Koizumi is alright. Though I do wish she came here sooner," Chiaki said as she just as worried about her photographer classmate.

As the class continued to wait, they were spooked by the sudden shaking of the earth along with the loud crashing sound.

"Holy moly, what was that?!" Ibuki shouted in shock.

"It felt like a bomb was set off nearby!" Ryota added in.

The class, along with the other students and teachers, were all questioning what had just happened. What had caused this sudden load tremor to appear. Then without warning, a large gun sound was made and something flew into the air, crashing into the Reserve Course building. Many of the watchers were startled by this, all of them silent now as they wondered what was that. And then suddenly, multiple lights came out from the building, making a high pitched sound as they moved beyond mach speed.

"What are those?" Teruteru uttered, feeling nervously.

"Some kind of lights…" Mikan guessed.

As everyone else tried to guess, Sonia looked at them, eyes widened in horror, and her heart nearly stopping. "Missiles…"

"What?" Tanaka questioned the princess.

"Those are missiles!" she shouted in fright.

Her cry was loud enough for everyone else to heat. And like that, all the students and teachers began to panic, screaming of their possible demise. Many of them tried to push each to go somewhere and not be in the range of the missiles. Just when things became chaotic, something fortunate happened. Flying into the skies was an emerald light as it flew towards the missiles. Then began to shoot them down with what sounded like a machine gun of some kind.

"Is that who I think it is?" Imposter uttered in shock.

"It is," Sonia spoke up as her eye began to sparkle in joy. "It's the Green Lantern! He's here!" As she said that, Class 77B began to cheer in glee, knowing that the hero is her to save them. All the while, a couple students looked at them with confusion. Three of them even walked up to them.

"Ah, the Green Lantern. A new being that will bring so much hope in our darkest day. How truly wonderful," Nagito commented in his usual, creepy attitude.

"Green Lantern?"

Sonia, Gundham, and Chiaki turned their attention to the three students being Ruruka Ando, Sonosuke Izayoi, and Seiko Kimura.

"What the hell is a Green Lantern?" Ruruka asked once more.

"Only a real life superhero! He's the one that saved me and my classmates from death! And now he's here to save us once again," Sonia explained, her energetic personality coming back.

"Are you referring to that green hero that you were talking about nonstop last night?" Seiko asked.

"Like one of those superheros you see in cartoons and comics?" Izayoi added in.

"Indeed! With him here, I'm sure we will all be safe," Nevermind boosted.

"Okay, you do realize how stupid that sounds, right?" Ruruka said, not buying anything that the princess said.

"But it's true!" Sonia argued. "He saved us all from the Black Hawks. I would not be here if not for him."

"Right, and I'm the tooth fairy," Ando replied sarcastically.

"But it's the truth!" Sonia yelled in denial.

"Ruruka, don't be so harsh. They do sound like they're telling the truth," Seiko spoke up.

"You can't be serious? No matter how truthful anyone says it, it's not going to sound any more believable," Ando stated.

"She's right, unless you guys have some kind of proof, we won't believe that this Green Lantern exists," Izayoi added in.

"Guys!"

Everyone in the group stopped with their discussion as they turned to see a welcome surprise. Running towards them was Mahiru along with Hajime, Sato, and Natsumi.

"Koizumi!" the class shouted as they surrounded them.

"Big Sis!" Saionji cried in joy as the dancer hugged Koizumi. "I'm so glad that you're alright!"

"I'm glad to hear that," Mahiru replied as she hugged her friend back.

"Natsumi, thank god you're here! I was starting to get worried!" Fuyuhiko said as he and Peko stood in front of his sister.

"Eh, don't worry about it. I can take care of myself," Natsumi gloated before hugging her brother. "But I'm happy to be with you again."

"Hajime!" Chiaki yelled in joy as she ran up to the Reserve Course student. "I'm so happy you're here."

"Same here, Nanami," Hinata replied, happy to see his close friend.

"While we're happy to see you all again, where were you, Koizumi? We assumed the worst when we were evacuated and didn't see you," Sonia asked.

"Sorry guys, I was just hanging out with my Sato to relax with Natsumi and Hajime getting involved. But then all of a sudden, we were attacked," Mahiru explained.

"Attacked?! You encountered the intruder?! That's crazy!" Ibuki shouted.

"Dear god, that must have been frightening to see," Mitarai uttered.

"Who's the intruder?! What did they look like?! I'll be sure to kick their ass!" Akane asked the photographer, ready for a fight.

"I wouldn't if I were you. You may be an Ultimate, but I doubt you can fight that thing," Natsumi spoke up.

"Huh?! What makes you say that?!" Owari questioned in anger.

"Yeah, what's up with that?" Fuyuhiko asked as well.

"Because the intruder isn't exactly human," Sato answered.

"Isn't exactly human? What are you talking about? What exactly is attacking the school?" Ando asked, still confused by all this.

"Sigh, I know it's hard to believe, but what's attacking us isn't a guy," Hajime spoke. "Rather, it's some kind of robot."

Once he said that, everyone looked at Hajime as if he grew a second head. That sounded nonsensical in every single way. Even when they lived in a world where Ultimate talents are a thing, this still didn't sound right.

"A robot? That… sounds ridiculous," Seiko said.

"More like impossible! You expect us to believe that?! This isn't a sci-fi movie!" Ruruka shouted.

"But it's the truth! That's what we saw. Why would we make something like that up with the situation at hand?" Mahiru argued.

"I don't know, but I don't believe this. How can a robot of all things do this?!" the confectioner yelled, trying to make sense of all this.

But as she said that, the sky suddenly brightened up, creating a shining light above them. It was so bright, it was like they were staring at the sun. Everyone covered their eyes, protecting themselves from going blind. After a couple of seconds, the light disappeared and the sky went back to normal.

"What the hell was that?" Sonosuke questioned.

"It was if some demonic creature tried to create their own sun," Gundham commented.

As everyone wondered what had just occurred, Mahiru was staring up at the sky. Her mind was thinking about the Green Lantern and how he's doing in his fight with the robot. Worried whether he could defeat that thing or not. Though she hoped that the green savior is the victor here. "Green Lantern, please win this. For all of us."

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Cutting back to the fight, Souda looks at the Manhunter, still encased within a green cage construct. The young Green Lantern was ready, with all his might, to crush the machine into scrap. But then the robot spoke of a name. A name he didn't think it would now.

"W-What?" Souda uttered in shock. "What are you on about? How do you know Abin Sur?!"

"It seems that you have encountered the previous lantern of this sector. I calculated that he would die alone. It seemed, however, that I was wrong."

"Answer me dammit! How do you know Abin Sur!" Kazuichi shouted in demand.

"All you need to know is that I'm the reason Abin Sur is dead. And you will join him," the machine said as it still tried to break free."

Souda groaned in frustration by the Manhunter's refusal to answer his question. However, he shook that thought out as he refocused back onto the cage construct. "You know what? Forget it! I'll find out later. For now, I'm going to end this once and for all," he said as he continued to crush the machine.

"You may proceed. However, all it will do is benefit the cult."

"What? How is destroying you a benefit?! That makes no sense!" the mechanic shouted.

"The Manhunter is telling the truth."

Kazuichi stopped whatever he was doing at that moment and looked down at his ring. "What do you mean by that?"

"There is added information from Abin Sur as to warn the next wilder for when they encounter the Alpha Manhunter."

"And what warning is that?" he asked.

"When an Alpha Manhunter is destroyed, they will admit a signal to the Manhunters, giving them our current location."

"So you're saying that if I destroy this Manhunter, more of them will come?"

"Precisely."

"Son of a bitch," Souda muttered in frustration. "Then what the hell am I supposed to do?" At this point, he tried to think about what to do here. How was he supposed to destroy this Manhunter without setting off the signal, putting his planet into danger. The mechanic felt stuck at this point. How did Abin deal with this?

And like that, an idea popped up.

"Ring, can you show me the time when Abin Sur fought this Manhunter?" Souda asked at his power ring.

"I can do that. But are you sure about this?"

"I don't have much choice right now," the mechanic answered. "If I want to win this, I feel like looking into Abin Sur's memories will point me in the right direction."

"Very well."

On command, Kazuichi's eyes glowed green as he was taken somewhere else.

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His eyes refocusing, Souda found himself in a different location. He was in the depths of space. As he examined himself, the teen was taken back by how his entire body was completely green. It was like he was just body shaped emerald light. Once he accepted this interesting change, the mechanic looked around his area for anything and spotted something.

Near him was a massive spaceship like that in sci fi movies. Though it looks completely damaged as if something attacked it. And even worse was that he saw a couple aliens floating out in space, completely motionless.

"Dear god, what happened here?" Souda uttered in shock by this disaster.

"We are looking into the memory of the previous lantern, Abin Sur. This is when Abin was currently on a mission assigned to him by the Guardians."

"What kind of mission?" the mechanic asked.

"He was assigned to investigate the killings of Green Lanterns near his sector. Approximately four lanterns were killed before he began his mission. Even more unsettling was that many planets and stars were wiped out upon where these killings happened."

"Holy crap…" Souda uttered in disbelief. As he said that, the teen saw a familiar sight. Flying towards the spaceship was Abin Sur as he stopped to look at the disaster. He had a frown on his face, saddened by the lives that were lost today. Though he shook that emotion out as he had a job to do. Looking through the area, the alien used his ring to emit a light to find anything out of the ordinary.

"Abin Sur? Abin! Over here! I need to warn you!" Kazuichi shouted as he moved toward the alien. But as soon as his hand touched Abin's shoulder, it fazed through the previous lantern like he was a hologram. Souda flew back in shock of this. "What the?"

"He cannot hear or see you. This is a memory of a past event. Affecting playback will not change the past reality."

"Damn it…" he uttered, disappointed.

Knowing he could do nothing to change this, Kazuichi looked back to Abin Sur as he was still looking for any clues or survivors. Just when it looked like nothing was here, Abin stopped in his tracks as if he sensed something. Quickly using his ring, he created a shield to his right to block a green laser beam. Just as he was about to attack, the alien was punched from behind. As he managed to stop himself, the Green Lantern was met with multiple missiles heading his way. Thinking quickly, Abin Sur shot out multiple small green projectiles, hitting them every missile head on and causing them to explode.

As a massive smokescreen appeared, Abin floated in place as he waited for his attackers. The smoke eventually cleared as three figures came out. The three being the Manhunters. Like the one Souda was currently facing, these Manhunters were huge with the red and blue body and their own metal staff in hand.

Souda was blown away from seeing this. "Three? There were three of these?!"

As the mechanic processed this, Abin Sur spoke. "I should have known that you mechanical abominations were involved in this. Though there's something off about you three. You're different from the Manhunters I've faced before."

One of the Manhunter's scanned the alien. "Identified. Abin Sur. Green Lantern of Sector 2814."

"I see your cult has kept tabs on me," Abin commented.

"You are declared a threat to the Manhunters," the second Manhunter spoke.

The third Manhunter activated it's staff, aiming it as the Green Lantern. "For that, you are to be terminated."

The Manhunter fired off multiple bolts of lightning at Abin Sur while the other two unleashed a swarm of missiles. Taking evasive maneuvers, the veteran Green Lantern flew around to avoid the barrage of attacks. He then creates a shield contract on his left arm while lighting up his ring. As more missiles came in, Abin shot them down with his laser while blocking the electrical attacks with the shield. The alien did his best to attack back, even managing to get a good few hits on one of the Manhunters. However, the machines were relentless. They made sure the lantern barely had any chance to fight back.

'These machines… they're different from the others I've faced before,' Abin Sur thought, doing his best to avoid their attacks. 'They're more coordinated and possess more power behind them. Especially if only three of them are enough to face me.'

As the Green Lantern dodged more of the attacks, one of the Manhunter's flew at the alien. Once close, the machine began to swing its electrical staff at Abin Sur. Forming a blade out of his ring, Abin swung it back at his attacker, clashing against the metal staff with each blow. He was holding his own, even managing to cut onto the robot's armor. However, one of the missiles hit him from behind.

"Abin!" Souda shouted in fright.

Taking this opportunity, the Manhunter hit the Green Lantern with its staff, electrocuting him. Abin Sur screamed in pain and he was blasted back. Launching him towards one of the Manhunters, who proceeded to bring down both its arms onto the alien. The attack forced Abin flying towards the third Manhunter as it punched him away. As the lantern was spinning uncontrollably through space, the Manhunters locked onto their target as they fired more missiles at him. The missiles closed in onto the lantern and exploded on impact.

As the explosion cleared up, the Manhunters looked around the area to see for any remains of the Green Lantern. Though with their sensors, they didn't find anything. Despite that, the machines continued their search to be sure their target was terminated.

As the robots continue their search, we see Abin Sur hiding behind a piece of floating debris after nearly escaping his doom. He was even invisible to ensure that he wouldn't be found.

"Shit man, that was some quick thinking there," Souda commented, impressed by the previous lantern.

Abin peeked out his eyes to look out from his hiding place, he saw two of the Manhunters near him. The machines scanned through different directions of the area but found nothing.

"There are no signs of the Green Lantern here, as if he disappeared," the one Manhunter said.

"I am in the same position. However, the Green Lantern must be around here. There is a low chance for him to escape," the second Manhunter said.

As the Manhunters continued their search, Abin Sur pointed his ring towards him. "Ring, I'm going to scan these Manhunters for any notable changes to them. I need you to compare what I scanned with the body structure of the usual Manhunters I face."

"Affirmative."

As Abin Sur moved from his hiding spot and followed one of the Manhunters, Souda looked at him, impressed by his calm and determined nature he was displaying. He was like a soldier of war, showing no fear on his face. As expected of a veteran Green Lantern.

"Man, it's impressive just how confident yet careful he is. The presence he's displaying is almost the same as Pekoyama. But Abin's aura is somehow stronger than her's," Souda commented.

Back to the scene, Abin Sur slowly followed the Manhunter, making sure his presence was as unnoticeable as possible. The ring emitted a light to scan the machine from behind but making sure the energy it discharged was low enough to not be perceived. It took awhile and a lot of patience but the scanning was finally done. With that, the Green Lantern quickly flew away from the robot and hid behind another large piece of debris.

"What have you found?" Abin asked towards his ring.

"The design and parts of both these models seem completely similar. Though there are differences between them. The version you scanned has more power and weaponry to it. Designed to destroy planets and stars in their wake. As well as to overwhelm their opponents."

"Hm, these Manhunters are much more dangerous than I thought. Seeing as they're giving me a challenge. But is there anything else about them I need to worry about?" the Green Lantern asked.

"There is something notable within their stomach area," the ring answered as it showed the alien a diagram of the Alpha Manhunter. Focusing on the stomach area of the robot, highlighting a cylinder shaped object. "It seems that this device here activates when either this part or the Manhunter is destroyed. It will immediately set out a strong signal throughout the galaxy to alert other Manhunters of its location."

"So if I destroy them, I risk more of these machines to appear and better their odds," Abin Sur said.

"That is correct."

"Hm, this will be trickier than I thought," the Green Lantern said to himself, thinking what to do here. In a few seconds, he thought of a plan. "Ring, if I remove the device without damaging it, will the signal not go off?"

"Judging by the schematics, that is indeed possible."

"Good, now I have a fighting chance," he said as he powered up his ring.

Just then, a mechanical hand broke through the debris and tried to grab Abin Sur, thinking quickly the lantern threw him away from it and the floating piece of debris. It was obvious he was found, as immediately the Alpha ripped through the metal sheet, and looked directly towards the alien. Abin could also see from the corners of his vision as the other machine warriors were closing in on him, trying to come at him at all sides.

"You are a fool to reveal yourself. As if you are ready for death," one of the Manhunters stated.

"You are correct about one thing. I am ready, ready for combat," Abin claimed, creating a mace construct in his hand.

Immediately, the Manhunters opened fire with a swarm of laser blasts and missiles at the Green Lantern. Abin Sur dodged each of them as quickly as he could, while firing his own beams at them. He tried to aim for the most important parts of the Manhunters, their arms, legs, and revealed weapon systems. Knowing that the range options would be the most hazardous. He is only able to disable one of the weapons before one of the other Manhunters gets close.

A clash is heard as Abin forms a mace to meet the machine's staff, with it's electrical charge surging to a point that Abin could feel it nearly burning his hands. He knew holding his position would mean death. Off balancing was the key. So he threw up his feet and kicked at the hunter's chest, throwing himself backwards. While doing so he focused on his ring, changing it to that of an oddly bent blade.

Souda found why it was made though, as he saw the veteran move back, he swung, allowing a large slash to be made across the manhunter, cutting through one of its arms, and even reaching up to its eyes.

Abin Sur quickly sliced off the other arm before moving it in front of the Manhunter, using the robot as a shield from the swarm of laser beams. As the armless machine was tanking a barrage of attacks, the Green Lantern got to work as he created small tool constructs to cut into the robot's stomach. Taking apart the machine's innards with precise movement, Abin was able to find the signal device and removed it. In his grabs, the lantern put the device inside a small rocket construct and had it fly off at an isolated part of his sector and destroy it there. Abin then placed a bomb construct inside the Manhunter's body before pushing it towards the other two Manhunters. The armless Manhunter crashed into its brethren before the bomb detonated. Creating a massive explosion that launched the two Manhunters back in different directions. One of them crashing into a nearby asteroid, the other into a large piece of debris.

Back with Kazuichi, he saw all this with ar in his face. Filled with excitement by this intense battle as if he was watching an action packed movie in the theaters. "Holy shit, not only am I finding out more about these Manhunters and how to deal with them, but I'm also getting to see this amazing battle too. This is kickass!" he shouted in joy.

Returning back to the fight, Abin weighed his options on who to give chase before deciding to go after the Manhunter in the large debris. As he flew there, the robot broke out of the debris as it fired its laser beams from its hands. Though the Green Lantern had fast reactions as he fired his own laser blasts from his ring, cancelling out their attacks. The battle became an all out dog fight as the two flew around, firing their laser beams at one another. They passed through any rock or debris in their way; neither one letting up their attacks or their focus on their targets.

The battle went on until, as Abin Sur made a turn around a giant rock, the Manhunter appeared in front of him. The robot attempted to punch the alien into paste, but the lantern swiftly moved back to avoid the attack. Though the robot moved close to Abin to continue its assault.

"With our battle in close range, you are now at a disadvantage," The Manhunter stated as it went for a right hook. "Surrender and die." But just then, Abin Sur blocked the hit with a massive monster arm-like construct. Then he attacked back with his own punch, pushing back the machine. The robot was stunned and it bared witness to the Green Lantern as his arms were covered with a monster arm-like construct. There were even two extra arms behind his back.

"Close range may be a common weakness to many lanterns. However, I'm not one of them."

With that said, Abin Sur got up close to the Manhunter and began to slug the machine with his fists. The robot attempted to fight back with either it's punches or laser beams. Unfortunately for the machine, the Green Lantern didn't give it a chance to attack back. Abin even managed to crush the Manhunter's hands and shoulders to prevent it from using any of its long range attacks. The lantern continued his assault, leaving massive dents on the robot's body until he finished it with one last punch. The punch damaged the Manhunter's face, creating large cracks before launching it back.

As the Manhunter was now a good distance away, Abin Sur used the green energy from his arm constructs to create a sniper rifle. Aiming his gun at his target, Abin Sur shot a projectile, a claw shot, at the stunned machine. The projectile hit the Manhunter as it shot through its metal body. Behind it, the claw shot construct held the robot's signal piece as it flew into the depths of space, million of lightyears away. With the signal piece gone, the Green Lantern flew at the machine as he created a sword construct. The Manhunter tried to fight back as it charged at the alien in a desperate attempt. However, Abin flew past the machine behind it, slicing the robot into two. The two halves of the Manhunter staggered a bit until they exploded into pieces.

"Holy shit, talk about a beat down! Who knew Abin was such a badass. It's no wonder he's a veteran," Souda commented on glee.

Abin looked at the sight with relief as he took a breather. "That's the second one down. Now all I need is deal with the last one. Though, where is-"

Just then, the last Manhunter appeared right in front of Abin Sur, it's hand glowing with green energy. Shocked by this, the Green Lantern didn't have any time to react to what was about to happen to him. The machine fired off a fully charged laser beam onto the alien's right side.

Souda looked in horror, all his excitement gone in an instant, from what he just witnessed. The sudden whiplash was cruel for the mechanic as he was brutally reminded that this playback would show him how Abin Sur died. "Abin!" he shouted in distress.

Abin Sur screamed in agony as he felt his insides burn. His eyes popping out from the unbearable pain he was experiencing. Eventually the beam stopped and the Manhunter would then punch the lantern, sending him to crash land inside the destroyed spaceship. In panic, Kazuichi flew towards in an attempt to help the veteran, hoping that he was alright. As he made his way inside the spaceship towards the lantern's location, he was met with a horrifying sight.

Laying on the wall was Abin Sur, as he was in terrible condition. His right side was bleeding heavily, his suit and body being dyed by his purple blood. Breathing heavily, groaning in pain, the alien tried his best to fight through the pain and get up, but it proved to be more difficult than he thought. Unable to bear the sight, Souda ran up to him and reached his arms out to help the lantern. Unfortunately, his hands fazed through Abin, causing the mechanic reel back in shock.

"Reminder: this is playback of a memory, you cannot alter what has already occurred."

"But… there has to be something I can do!" Kazuichi argued at his ring, feeling more dread.

"You cannot change the past. This is the reality for a Green Lantern."

Feeling dumbstruck from that fact, Souda was brought back to the situation as he paid attention to Abin Sur. The lantern had managed to get himself up, leaning against to support himself. Trying to stay strong, Abin talked to his ring. "Ring… status report…"

"Power level is around 15%. You have also suffered immense bleeding. Loss of large muscle tissue as well a small piece of your rib cage. And lastly, you have suffered a broken leg. Immediate medical treatment is needed."

Groaning at the situation, Abin Sur now found himself in a terrible predicament. He knew that he had little chance now to escape here alive, let alone win this fight. As he tried to think of something, the alien noticed a piece of bone sticking out from his thigh leg.

"That… isn't supposed to be there." Abin says, trying to hold back a cough.

"Hypothesis: It is possible during the punch you endure by the Manhunter, causing the collision into the ship-"

"Ring, stop."

Now getting a full grasp of the situation, the lantern thought up of a plan that could potentially help him here. "Ring, I'm going to need you to focus half of my power into keeping me alive. Then scan the interior and exterior of the ship and plant it all into my consciousness."

"As you wish."

As the ring did what it was told, Souda looked at Abin with complete disbelief. Even with an injury he has and his now low chances of defeating the Manhunter, this lantern still remained as calm as possible. Thinking of a plan that would help him either escape or win this battle. Kazuichi didn't think he had ever seen anyone act like that. If it were him, he would probably be crying in pain and horror, panicking and trying to accept his fate before being killed. In a way, Souda found Abin to be both insane and brave here.

His thought process was interrupted as he heard a sound be made from inside the ship. Out of curiosity, Kazuichi flew towards the sound to see what it was. And to his terror, it was the Alpha Manhunter, the last of the three. The machine had received its metal staff back as it now walked through the ship, scanning the place to find its dying target. And in an instant, the robot's sensors picked up something. The Manhunter began to walk towards its target as Kazuichi followed.

"Fuck man, whatever Abin has planned, it better work," Spuda uttered to himself.

The Manhunter continued to follow its target, even breaking through the walls to find him. Eventually, after breaking through another wall, the machine would come across Abin Sur. The lantern was lying on the metal floor, his breathing becoming heavier than before. He was trying his absolute best to crawl away, but he had little stamina to do so.

"Abin… no," the Ultimate Mechanic uttered in shock as he couldn't bear to see him like this.

The Manhunter walked towards the down Green Lantern, shaking the room in the process. It got close enough to where it was right in front of the alien.

"It seems you have miscalculated. For even with your rank, you were no match for the Alpha Manhunters."

"It seems so…" Abin uttered, coughing up some blood.

"As of now, this will be the day you die. And this ship will be your grave," the Manhunter stated as it raised its foot up, ready to crush the Green Lantern underneath it.

Despite what was going to happen to him, Abin Sur simply looked up at the machine, smiling at it with fresh blood on his chin. "You're right… I knew this day would come… it was inevitable."

As he said that, the Alpha brought down it's foot onto Abin Sur, crushing his upper body into a bloody paste.

It was what should have happened, but instead, the Green Lantern shattered into green pieces like glass. While it couldn't show it, the Manhunter was surprised by this. Same can be said for Souda, he was shocked by what had occurred. He pieced what had just happened as he uttered, "It was a clone construct?"

"However…"

Both Kazuichi and the Manhunter turned to the voice. Seeing the real Abin Sur as he used his ring to charge up one of the ship's cannons, aiming at the machine. He looked at the robot with a ferocious look as the cannon was now fully charged.

"I refuse to die by your hands."

Without hesitation, Abin fired off the cannon as it unleashed the large white beam. The Manhunter could do nothing as it was engulfed by the beam, being blasted out of the spaceship. The machine was pushed back at lightspeeds by the beam as it disappeared into the depths of space.

With all that done, Abin Sur fell onto his knees as he was extremely exhausted now. Charging up that cannon was not only exhausting, but a huge gamble for him to take. The Green Lantern was grateful that luck was on his side.

"Jesus, I didn't think that you had to take such a risk like that. That was like Komaeda levels of bullshit luck," Souda commented, relieved that this whole horror show was over with.

Kazuichi continued to look at Abin as the veteran slowly got himself back up, floating in the air. His breathing slowed down as he looked beyond tired. "Ring… status… report…"

"Power level is at 6%. And with your current condition, flight is impossible."

Abin chuckled at that, coughing out some blood on the process. "Figures… it's a good thing… I scanned the ship beforehand. Now… take me to… one of the… emergency pods."

On command, the ring slowly guided the near dead Abin Sur towards his destination. Souda followed along as he wanted to finish this playback already. It took awhile but the veteran finally made it to one of the working emergency pods the ship had. Entering inside and sitting himself in the cockpit, Abin turned the ship on and ready it for flight. "Ring, set the ship's coordinates… to the closest habitat planet."

"It is done," the ring said. "Your destination will be a small blue planet called Earth."

That name caught his full attention as Abin has a look of shock on him. It was like he was familiar with the planet before. As the alien let the name sink in, the Green Lantern let out a small chuckle.

"It seems… that monster was right. Fate has set me… on this path," Abin uttered as the ship was now ready to blast off. All it was needed was for him to press a button. "I only hope… that my successor is ready… for what's to come…"

With that, Abin Sur pressed the button and the ship took off. Flying through space towards its destination. Souda stood there, seeing the ship leave his sights, as he pieced together what happened next. While this memory gave the mechanic the information he needed against the Manhunter, he was not prepared to witness all that.

"So this is how Abin Sur ended up like that when I first met him. And how he crashed landed on my planet," Kazuichi spoke out.

"Correct. And with all his will, Abin Sur kept himself alive to make sure he would pass his ring onto a worthy successor. That successor being you, Kazuichi Souda."

Souda stood there for a good while, still sorting out everything he witnessed, before he aimed his ring towards him. "Ring, take me back to reality. We're done here," he commanded, wanting to get out of this memory immediately.

"As you wish."

---

On command, the ring brought Kazuichi out of the memory and back to the real world. He was brought back into the forest with the Manhunter still in its cage. While Souda was still enduring the whiplash of seeing the memory of Abin Sur's death, he wondered how long he had taken in the playback.

"Ring, how long was I in that playback?" Souda asked.

"Calculating… you have been in there for 5 seconds."

The mechanic looked at the ring with shock in his eyes. "That short?! Holy shit," he said, still in shock by what this ring can do.

"It seems that you have seen the past."

Souda was brought out of his thoughts as he looked back to the Alpha Manhunter. The machine looked at him with it's one remaining eye.

"You have witnessed the fate of the previous of this sector. How I was the one that led to his death."

Kazuichi looked down, feeling over the edge about what he had to witness. Feeling that seeing those memories brought him more harm than good. Despite that, he remained as calm as possible as he still had a job to do.

"Yeah, I'll admit that what I saw was painful. Hell, a part of me is regretting seeing all that," Souda admitted as refocused on the task. "But that doesn't mean I didn't get something out of it. I now know how to deal with you. All I have to do is remove that signal device and everything is done with. I'll wipe out the last of your kind."

Kazuichi formed some small tools within the cage as they were ready to tear about the Manhunter's stomach area. And with his ultimate talent as a mechanic, this shouldn't be too difficult for him to do. Though before he could proceed, the killer robot spoke once more.

"Do you really believe that destroying me would end us?"

Souda was taken out of his focus as he looked back at the Manhunter. "I mean, yeah? Why wouldn't that be the case?"

"Because there are more Manhunters in this universe."

"Oh come on, there can't be that many? I only saw three of you. How many could there be? Like ten or more?" Souda argued.

"You fool. There are approximately a million of us. And the number continues to grow."

The moment the Alpha said that, Souda was speechless. When he saw the three robots in the playback, he expected the Manhunters to be a group, like about a hundred of them. Not an entire army that with a number this huge.

"No… that has to be a lie. There's no way your group of yours has a million of you! Just from scanning you, I can tell it would take years just to build one of you! Let alone an entire army of that magnitude!" Souda shouted.

"Deny all you want, but it is the truth. And the cult has conquered hundreds of planets because of it. Although there have been species that have managed to defeat us. Such as the case with the natives of Korugar and the Thangarians. However, more times than not, most species of any planet fall under our rule."

Kazuichi was starting to get angry by all this. "Fuck off! That's nothing but lies!"

"The Manhunter is telling the truth."

The mechanic looked down to his ring as he was bewildered by what it said. "What?" he uttered.

"It is true. The Manhunters have been known for conquering planets to expand their cult. Gain more resources and slaves to become stronger."

Hearing that, Souda remembered back at how this robot mentioned taking over the planet for its own needs. He knew that that was bad news, but never in his mind did he think that it would be that disastrous. "I mean- this thing could be lying for all I know."

"The Manhunters are machines with no emotions. They have no reason to lie."

At that point, Souda was beginning to feel actual dread. It was bad enough that this thing was responsible for Abin's death. But to find out that these abominations took over planets only increased his anxiety, his fear.

"Such denial… this reminds of a time the cult took over Mars."

"Mars?" Souda uttered in shock.

"Indeed. It was over a billion years ago, before your race was even born."

---

In a flashback, we are taken back about 3 billion years on the red planet, Mars. While it still had the red deserts and red sky, there was a presence of life here. Many unique plants and animals are visible in the wild life of the planet. And in one part of the area was a city with buildings built oddly compared to earth's. And the inhabitants that roamed the city were the Martians. A species that consisted of tall, green humanoid beings with red eyes. All wearing blue and red clothing. They were all doing their own thing, living their lives as usual.

"The species of the planet, the Martians, were powerful for their immense strength, shapeshifting, and being one of the most powerful telepaths in the universe. Their planet also had many useful resources."

Then, out of the blue, the red skies were filled with multiple glowing lights. The martians looked at them with uneasiness and curiosity. They wondered what these lights were. Some believed them to be stars or meteors. But what they saw was something much more horrible. Raining from the sky were the Manhunters.

"We knew that we had to conquer them."

Without warning, the Manhunters rein down onto the martian civilization with energy beams and missiles. Destroying many buildings, ruining their landscapes, and killing many of their civilians. As the aliens screamed and ran in terror and more of the machines flying into their planet, the invasion had begun.

"As expected, the Martians fought back."

As weeks went by, the planet's civilization was now in ruins. While many Martians were hiding in their safe zones, their military went into the front lines to fight the Manhunters and defend their home. It seemed both sides were evenly matched with either one gaining an advantage over another.

"However, the more we fought, the more we learned about them."

As one Martian soldier destroyed a group of Manhunters, one of them appeared in front of him. A design much different from the ones he had faced. Tanks on it's back and a large orb on its head.

"The more we learn of them, the better we were able to understand their weaknesses."

The martian transformed into a serpent-like creature as it was about to attack the robot. However, the newest Manhunter quickly emitted a screeching noise within its range from the orb. The martian was stopped within his tracks as the noise was affecting him negatively. The alien shrieked in agony as his shapeshifting was going wild as well as his telepathic mind being assaulted. The soldier was left wide open as the android opened its hands and unleashed a wave of fire onto him, burning him to death.

"With that information, their soldiers fell… one by one."

The scene shows many martians being killed in many ways. Their brains are overloaded by the screeching noises, crushed into a bloody paste, electrocuted to death, blown apart into pieces, and burned alive by their flames. And in no time, the martian military was no more.

"With their military and leaders dead, we began our conquest. Forcing the remaining population to gather all their planet's resources. Metal, fuel sources, plant life, anything valuable to the cult were taken."

The scene changes as we are shown the martians forced into either the mines or the fields to gather all the resources within the area. The Manhunters standing by to make sure they complied to their demands. The martians were forced into horrible conditions, oppressed to work nonstop, and got little to no food and rest.

"And the ones who could no longer move, they were disposed of."

A tired martian child is seen with his own brethren, carrying a large amount of plants on his shoulders. Though his aching muscles finally got to him as he fell down to the ground. The boy laid there, too exhausted to barely move, to even think. And the rest of the martian slaves paid no attention to him as they knew that there was nothing that could be done. The child laid there as a Manhunter approached him. Standing above the martian, the machine simply raised its foot and crushed the slave into a bloody paste. With the deed done, the machine focused back on the other slaves to make sure they were doing their tasks.

"They have done their jobs well. Though, when they were close to extinction, the martians decided to rebel in a futile attempt for freedom."

At one point, the remaining martians banded together as they attacked the headquarters of the Manhunters. With their own created weapons and weapons they stole from the monstrous machines, the aliens fought back with everything they had. It all seemed hopeful for the martians. That is until more Manhunters came, the same kind that were designed to kill their species. The rebellion knew at this point that it was all over.

"As expected, it was futile."

Without hesitation, the Manhunters circled the last martians and unleashed a torrent of fire at them. The sound of shrieks can be heard until it was replaced with the sound of crackling of the flames as they cooked the dead meat. At that very moment, the martians became extinct.

"With their species now extinct and their resources dried up, the Manhunters no longer saw any value with the planet. So we left. Leaving Mars to remain as a dead husk. To remind others of what the cult is capable of."

"And Mars was not the first planet the cult has conquered nor it will be the last. If you truly now believe that destroying me would end all that, then you truly are arrogant."

Souda stood there, his face filled in horror and disgust by what he was told. It sounded like something you hear in a movie, only this actually happened. And that's what made it worse. He even looked down to his ring, hoping that it would tell him that the story wasn't true.

"What it said is true. Mars was one of the many planets in this sector that suffered under the might of the Manhunters."

"You monsters…" Kazuichi uttered in disbelief. "Why would they do this?"

"It is simple, Green Lantern. They have no emotions. They know not of right or wrong. They cannot be reasoned with. They show no remorse, mercy, or fear. All they know is to eradicate life."

As the Ultimate Mechanic was hit with this kind of information, the Alpha Manhunter spoke once more.

"Your ring is right. The main objective for the cult is to not destroy the Green Lantern Corp, but to wipe out all life, to eradicate all emotion. In order for our goal to become reality, the cult must become stronger. And if we must conquer planets to do so, including yours, then so be it."

"No, I won't allow that… I won't let your damn cult enslave my planet and put everyone here in a living hell!" Souda shouted in defiance.

"No matter how much you deny it, the results will remain the same. You now know what the Manhunters are truly capable of. You are now afraid of us."

Crack

The noise startled Souda as he looked to where the noise came from. To his horror, he saw that the cage began to break as multiple cracks appeared. The cracks grew larger as the mechanic quickly tried to strengthen the construct.

"Now that you know, all that's left is for you…"

However, it was too late as the Manhunter broke the cage into green shards, freeing itself from its prison.

"To accept death."

The Green Lantern moved back by this sudden change of events. Before he could even do anything, the Manhunter punched Souda, launching him back. Despite the pain his face felt, the teen managed to dig his feet into the ground to stop himself. Then immediately fired multiple missile constructs at his enemy. But as soon as they made contact on the robot, the missiles shattered easily into pieces, like stone against glass.

"What the…" Souda uttered in disbelief. Believing this is some kind of cruel prank, he created a train construct and commanded it to ram towards the machine. But like before, the train hit its target and it was easily turned to scrap before disappearing.

"This shouldn't be happening. What the hell is going on?!" he shouted.

"Warning, your mind is currently experiencing emotional stress. Power usage has fallen."

"What?! The hell is that supposed to mean?!" Kazuichi yelled at his ring.

"As I expected, you are a mess. Fear, paranoia, and anger has consumed your body," the robot stated as it unleashed a flurry of punches at the lantern, who nearly dodged them. "Your emotions are now out of control."

The machine then knee kicked Souda in his stomach, sending him flying into the air. Gasping in pain, Kazuichi managed to fight through the pain as he flew back towards the Manhunter, moving at incredible speeds with a spear in hand.

"The more unstable a lantern's emotions are…"

As Souda got close to the Manhunter, the machine grabbed into his head, breaking the spear in the process. Then the Alpha immediately smash the Green Lantern's head into the ground, breaking apart the earth around them. Kazuichi felt blood come out from his mouth, staining his mouth mask, as he gasped in pain.

"The weaker their will."

With that, the Manhunter then threw Souda deeper into the forest as he crashed into multiple trees. As the mechanic crashed into a different part of the forest, the Alpha gave chase. Running towards its target to kill him and end this pointless battle.

---

Back at the front grates of Hope's Peak, everyone was still waiting for when this mayhem would end. Chisa and Juzo were with Class 77B as they wondered if the Green Lantern was able to defeat the robot. As this happened, they were all spooked by the sudden crashing sound made near them.

"What the hell was that?!" Juzo shouted in shock.

"I don't know. You think it was the Green Lantern?" Chisa wondered.

"The Green Lantern? I was correct! He's here to save us from this robot threat!" Sonia yelled with glee as her eyes sparkled.

"Oh for fucks sake, I still can't believe that you're spouting that nonsense," Ruraka said in annoyance.

"The Green Savior is not nonsense! You take back what you had just said!" Sonia shouted at Ando with great displeasure.

"Look, like I said before, unless you have some kind of evidence to prove that he's real, I'm. Not. Buying it," Ruruka retorted.

On cue, something crashed landed at the front gate of the school. Everyone was frightened by this as they all moved back from the crash. As the dust cleared, everyone saw the Green Lantern, laying on the ground, groaning in pain.

"Is that who I think it is?" Seiko uttered.

"That's him! That's the Green Lantern. I told you he was real," Sonia told Ruruka.

Ando was taken back by the sudden appearance of the so-called hero. Though her mindset couldn't fully accept this. "Well… that could be some random guy in a costume. I mean, where's the robot he was supposedly fighting?"

On cue, as the lantern slowly got up, Souda saw something heading towards him at an alarming rate. Acting fast, he flew out of the way to prevent himself from being crushed by it. The dust kicked up as everyone was spooked by this sudden event. The dust was cleared up as a massive being walked out. It being the zombified looking Manhunter, its sights aimed towards Kazuichi.

"Is that… an actual robot?" Ruruka questioned in shock, aiming that question to Mahiru.

"Yeah… the same one that almost killed me," she answered, feeling scared from seeing the machine again.

"Yeah, but what the hell happened to it?" Natsumi spoke up, taken back by the look of the android.

"It should be obvious that the Green Lantern was responsible for damaging it. So he can do it again," Sonia said with confidence.

---

Back to the fight, Kazuichi flew towards the Manhunter, with a sledgehammer construct as he was ready to smash his opponent. But as soon as his weapon hit the robot, it bounced back, not making a single scratch against the metal frame. Despite that, Souda tried again and swung once more. But the machine simply performed a punch, breaking the construct and knocking the lantern back.

---

"Um, okay. He's here to defeat this robot, right? So why isn't he doing that?" Ando asked.

"I-I'm not sure," Sonia admitted, a little surprised by how the fight is going. "I assume that the opponent is much stronger than he thought. But I'm sure that he can still win this!"

Souda kept on fighting the Manhunter, or at least trying to. The Alpha had forced him to go on the defensive. Creating multiple shields to block each attack. However, the robot's punches broke through each one with ease, like breaking dishes. No matter what he did, Kazuichi was getting no opportunity to fight back.

"Okay, I don't know if this is a joke or not, but why the hell is Green Lantern struggling?" Nastumi asked in worry.

"Maybe this robot is more powerful than he thought?" Teruteru expressed.

"Well whatever's happening, this is not looking good," Sato added in as she went into her deep thoughts. 'I should have known that he wouldn't have been able to beat this thing. To think that he got my hopes up.'

Sato looked at Mahiru to see how she was doing. As she expected, Koizumi was paying her full attention at the fight. Her entire body and face expressing worry, distraught by how things are turning out. While she believed that the Green Lantern would save them and defeat the killing robot. Her body frantically shuddering, the photographer was hoping for the green savior to win. To save her, her classmates and teachers, and her school from this mechanical monstrosity. However things did not seem to be the case. At this point, she was praying to whatever god out there to help them in their dire need. 'Come on, Green Lantern… you can do this.'

---

Kazuichi manages to avoid getting hit by one of the Manhunter's punches. Then creates a minigun construct and fires a rain of green bullets at the machine. However, the attack does nothing to the robot as it easily ran through the bullets and backhanded Souda away, destroying the construct as well.

---

"I don't understand. He was able to hold his own before. Why is the Green Lantern struggling now?" Chisa questioned, unnerved by all this.

As she said that, Yukizome noticed Juzo, who was looking at the fight in frustration. Mostly at the Green Lantern, like was displeased by his actions. "What the fuck is wrong with him?!" he growled.

"What do you mean?" she asked the boxer.

"He's completely out of it!" Juzo angrily replied. "His emotions are all over the place. It's messing up his concentration."

"A-Are you completely sure?" she asked with worry.

"Chisa, I'm a boxer. I can tell how someone is fighting from the look of their eyes. I'm positive that this Green Lantern's head is not in the game," Juzo explained. "It's like there's a thought in his head that's preventing him from focusing."

"What do we do then?" Yukizome asked.

"Unless your hero can get his shit together, we may have to go in and fight that thing ourselves," Sakakura said, making his close friend be filled with anxiety.

"Oh no… please don't fail…" Chisa uttered, praying for the Green Lantern to succeed.

---

Souda quickly created a shield construct to block the incoming attack. But it was futile as the Manhunter punched through the shield and went into the lantern's face and chest area. Kazuichi was launched back a large distance as he was forced into the school grounds. Crashing into the ground, the teen groaned in pain. He continued to get the ring to get back into full power, but his emotions were still out of control.

"Come on… work!" he grumbled at his ring.

As he tried, Souda was shocked to see the Manhunter above him, foot raised up to crush him. Kazuichi immediately rolled out of the way as the mechanical foot stomped into the ground, breaking it part. The Alpha didn't let up as it continued trying to crush the Green Lantern as he kept on rolling around. The mechanic rolled away far enough that he could fly off from the ground. Souda decided to make his move as he created a drill construct on his right hand and charged at the machine. However, his plan backfired immediately as the Manhunter grabbed onto the drill and broke it with ease.

With the lantern's ring hand in its grasp, the Manhunter held onto Souda as it began to spin him around. Moving him faster and faster that he looked like a spinning blur disc. After one more spin, the robot pulled the teen to the ground, slamming him with incredible force, causing him to scream in pain. Kazuichi barely had any time to comprehend the situation as he felt the robot pull him. He tried all his might to anchor himself or break free from its grasp, but nothing worked. The android lifted the lantern into the air and smashed him onto a tree, which broke on impact. The robotic killer kept this up for another three attacks, slamming the Green Lantern into whatever was in its sight. All the while, Kazuichi screamed in agony as there was nothing he could do to escape this.

After the fifth slam, the Manhunter grabbed onto the lantern's head before beginning to run. As it did that, the robot smashed Kazuichi into the ground, dragging him through the rocky rubble as his screams were muffled by the dirt. This went on for a couple seconds before the machine pulled the lantern out from the ground and threw him at the school building of Hope's Peak. Crashing onto the wall, Souda created a crater on it before falling off, descending towards the ground. Once he hit the ground, the mechanic laid their motionless, only action was him gasping in agony. His eyes even lost some emotion in them.

Seeing the Green Lantern in defeat, the Manhunter began to walk towards him. "Now it is time to end this pointless struggle."

Souda remained motionless as the Manhunter came closer. He wanted to do something. He wanted to get up, get his act together, and fight. But he couldn't. His fear and self doubt have weighed him down like rocks were on his back. They prevent the mechanic from taking action. Even worse, the young boy had no idea how to take these weights off him.

As the Manhunter was only a couple fast away from ending the Green Lantern's life, something attacked the machine from behind. The robot stopped as it turned around to see its attacker. To everyone's surprise, the crowd and the Manhunter saw Akane, standing face to face towards the enemy.

"Damn, I have to admit. That metal armor of yours is tough. My leg is aching a little because of it," Owari admitted.

"Why engage me in combat? It should be obvious that your chances of winning are nonexistent," the Manhunter stated.

Akane stood there, cleaning her ear with her pinky, as she said, "Yeah, I somewhat get that feeling after seeing your fight." Then, her appearance suddenly changed, looking like a wild animal that's craving for a fight. "But I'm always like this. Wanting to fight strong opponents and becoming more powerful than before. Besides, I owe that guy for saving me and my classmates and I won't know if I can win if I don't try."

The Manhunter stood there, not showing any reaction of any kind. It was like this for a couple seconds before the machine turned around and continued to walk towards the fallen Green Lantern.

"Hey, what the hell?! Aren't you going to fight me?!" Akane shouted in anger.

"You are not classified as a threat. Therefore, not worth my attention."

Hearing that triggered something within Owari. Feeling insulted, the gymnast rushed towards the robot as she was ready to punch it. But as soon as she striked, Akane felt her hands sting in pain as it made contact with the metal of the enemy. Even with that, the Manhunter paid no attention to her as the fallen Green Lantern was it's main target. Leaving the teen girl to hold her hand in pain.

But then, a rocket suddenly appeared and flew towards the Manhunter, hitting its mark. Akane was surprised by this and looked behind her to see where that came from. She saw many students and teachers as they formed a group, all carrying a weapon of some kind. Like Chisa as she was carrying a rocket launcher as it was emitting smoke.

"Phew, thank goodness we came when we did. And I'm somehow glad that Nevermind had something like this on her," Yukizome commented as she reloaded her weapon.

"Akane! Didn't I tell you not to put yourself in danger?" Nekomaru yelled at Owari.

"I guess. But I did what my gut told me. And it told me to fight that thing and help the Green Lantern," she expressed.

"I understand that. But if that robot actually decided to fight back, it would have killed you. You should have thought this out more!" Nidai shouted, expressing displeasure towards his trainee. Those words seem to have made an impact towards Owari as she looked down, feeling somewhat depressed.

"But what I'm disappointed the most is that you tried to fight that robot without us!" Nekomaru expressed loudly, catching the gymnast off guard. "You're not the only one who wants to fight that thing. With the Green Lantern down, someone has to step up and fight this thing. To protect not just the school, but also everyone else here. One of us has no chance against an enemy like that. But with everyone here, I think we have a chance."

"He is right. The more fighters we have, the better the odds," Peko commented as she had her sword out.

"I commend your desire to defeat this foe. But you must remember that we are here to help. By my words, I, the Great Gozu, will use all my strength to take that bastard down!" the Ex-Ultimate Wrestler shouted as he tore off the jacket of his suit.

Akane was somewhat taken back by this ordeal. But her expression quickly changed to excitement as she was pumping herself up for a fight. "All right then. Let's take this asshole down for good!"

"Before we do…" Peko moved in front of Akane as she gave the gymnast a pair of brass knuckles. "Fuyuhiko asked me to give these to you. As a way to even the odds as he said."

Owari put them on, looking at them with bewilderment, not used to using a weapon. But despite that, she gave out a smile as she cleaned her fist for combat. "Not my preferred method of fighting, but seeing how things are, I guess I can make an exception for today."

As she said that, everyone turned back to the large pillar of smoke, waiting for their opponent. Right on cue, the Manhunter walked out of the smoke, completely unfazed by the attack. The machine stared at the small group of students and teachers, staring back at it and ready to fight.

"It seems that there are more of you. Wanting to engage in a fight with me."

"Of course we do! No one gets away with attacking our school like that!" Yukizome shouted.

"Exactly! So prepare to get your ass kicked by us Ultimates!" Juzo yelled as he entered his boxing stance. Everyone else followed suit as they entered their own fighting stances.

"Seeing as the Green Lantern is beaten, I will make quick work on all of you." The Manhunter stated, it's one remaining eye glowing green. "To make sure that all of you are terminated."

As that said, the clouds on the sky began to pour drops of water out of them. It started off slow with a few drops falling onto the area. Then thousands of raindrops came and hit the ground, emitting a sound similar to pebbles falling on a floor rapidly, unstop. Setting the stage for the battle between the students and teachers of Hope's Peak and the deadly Manhunter.

---

As the battle began, Souda continued to lay on the ground. His body is still numb in pain and his mind is overwhelmed with negative emotions. He tried his best to get up, but his body wouldn't obey him. Kazuichi thought that this was the end. That he and many others would die by this machine.

Souda heard something coming close to him. The mechanic wasn't completely sure on who was coming towards him. But he figured that it was the Manhunter, walking towards him as it was ready to end his life. At this point, all Kazuichi could do was accept his fate and lay there. After all, there was nothing he could really do to fight back.

But to his surprise, instead of the Manhunter, Souda was greeted by three students, Mahiru, Sato, and Mikan. Two of them help Green Lantern to lay on his back while getting him under a tree to get him out of the rain. While Mikan opened her medical kit and took out what she needed to examine and treat the fallen hero.

"Mikan, how is he?" Koizumi asked her friend.

"H-He's in a bad condition. Just from feeling his body, his skull is cracked, some of his bones and organs are definitely bruised, his right is starting to swell up and one of his toes have been dislocated," she explained as she began to wrap a bandage around the Lantern's head. "I can try to treat him. But I'm not sure if he'll be in a perfect condition to fight."

"Well, you better get him fixed up because we pretty much need him to take care of that robot," Sato said.

Like that, Sato and Mahiru stood by as they allowed Mikan to heal the Green Lantern the best she could.

---

Focusing back to the fight, things were not looking good. Every student and teacher were doing their best to fight against the Manhunter. However, as expected, every attack they delivered, between up close or long range, nothing was really harming the machine. It was like watching an army of ants fight an elephant.

Akane, Nekomaru, and Juzo are seen punching the Manhunter with their brass knuckles. Using all their strength to harm the machine. But it was futile as the robot's metal frame didn't dent in the slightest. Once they delivered their attacks, the three immediately back away from the Alpha as they evaded being nearly crushed by its metal fist.

As the machine pulled it fist out of the crater it had made, the Manhunter was hit by a barrage of bullets and knives at it. Courtesy of Fuyuhiko and some security guards firing their guns at the robot, while Izayoi was throwing his strongest knives. The projectiles did nothing but get the machine's attention as it ran towards the shooters.

"Scatter!" Fuyuhiko shouted. Everyone did that as they nearly escaped the Manhunter's attempt to crush a couple of them under its large arms. Only creating a large crater underneath it.

The Manhunter turned towards the people closest to it and ready to attack. But then, something came in and stopped the machine's assault. That something being Seiko, tackling the robot with full force. Though she looked very different from her usual look. Her face mask was gone, revealing her braces, her slender body had gained some muscle, her hair became longer than her body, and her eyes were fully pink with her pupil being black. Her tackle, while didn't harm the robot, was enough to make it lose its balance.

"Gozu! Go for it!" the pharmacist shouted. At her call, the wrestler charged in as he grabbed onto the robot's legs.

"With pleasure!" he shouted as he tripped the machine to fall to the ground.

"Now prepare yourself for a world of hurt!" The Great Gozu let out a large battle cry as he delivered an elbow drop onto the Alpha, sinking it further into the dirt. He then rolled away, getting a safe distance from the machine.

"You doing good, Gozu?" Kimura asked.

Gozu was rubbing his elbow due to the aching pain it was emitting. "Other than this sting on my elbow, I'll be fine. Though it's metal frame is much stronger than I thought."

"I'll say," Seiko replied.

The Manhunter began to pick itself back up, completely unfazed by the attack combo. As it was about to charge onto Seiko and Gozu, multiple small animals swarmed the Alpha. Multiple rodent-like animals roamed inside the machine with four hamsters, better known as the Four Dark Devas of Destruction, taking the lead.

"Hahaha, go my great demon army! Show this mechanical demon the error of its ways on why it was a mistake to go up against the great Gundham Tanaka!" the Overlord of Ice shouted, while laughing in delight.

The rodents went inside the Manhunter as they attempted to defeat it from the inside. The machine wouldn't allow that as was to crush them with its hands. However, it was stopped as a giant bear held onto its arm. And the other was held onto by a lion. The two animals did their best to hold the robot down as they let their little companions do their job. Once further inside that mechanical monstrosity, the rodents found all kinds of wires and tubes against the metal frames. The small animals went up the wires and tubes as they began to chew at them. Though the moment that they did, the rodents found an immediate flaw in their plan. No matter how much they chew, they could bite through the tubes as they were made of an extremely strong substance. As for the wire, the moment a few of them made contact with it, the animals were electricity and killed immediately.

The rodents gave out a chain call for it to reach their master. Hearing the cries of his minions, Gundham was shocked by what they had told him. 'What kind of sorcery was used to create this abomination? In any case, I must recall my army.'

"Come back my minions! Return to your master!" Tanaka shouted.

At his command, the devas and rodents got out of the Manhunter as fast as possible. As they all ran out from the machine, the Alpha decided to finally take action. Breaking out of their grip, the robot grabbed onto the bear and lion and proceeded to smash their head together. The sound of cracks was heard as blood oozed out from the animal's heads. The robot throws the lion at Gundham, hitting and pushing the breeder back. Knocking him down for the count. Then the machine proceeded to crush the bear's head into a pulp with it's hand. With the breeder down, the Manhunter walked towards Tanaka, ready to kill him as it stepped onto some unfortunate rodents in its way.

But then, Seiko and Peko intervened as the pharmacist held onto the robot's head. Allowing the swords woman stabbed her blade into the machine's neck. With that, the Manhunter stopped moving, staying perfectly still at that moment. Pekoyama and Kimura remained their positions in silence, wondering if what they did worked.

"Did that work?" Akane wondered as Nekomaru and Juzo were beside her, watching the scene unfold.

"I doubt it but I'm hoping it does," Juzo spoke up.

The silence went on for a while, waiting what would happen next. Just when the fighters thought that it was over, the Manhunter immediately grabbed the two women and threw them off it. Throwing them at a high enough height that could kill Peko. So Seiko was quick to grab the swords woman to protect her as the pharmacist used her body as a cushion. Crashing to the ground, Peko was unscathed and looked fine. Though Seiko was in pain as she groaned, feeling her body ache.

Seeing what had occurred, Nekomaru, Akane, and Juzo ran towards the Alpha to attack. But the machine saw them and immediately took action as it slammed it's fists into the ground. The force was enough to cause a shockwave that damaged the ground and to push up the broken, rocky debris into the air. The shockwave launched the three fighters into the air as they fell back down.

With the three down, the Manhunter resumed its pursuit on Gundham. However, Yukizome wouldn't allow this as she aimed her rocket launcher at him. "No you don't!" Chisa shouted as she fired another rocket at the machine.

As the rocket was inches away from hitting its target, the Manhunter did something unexpected. The robot caught the rocket like a pro athlete catching a ball with ease. Yukizome was shocked by this event. But was quickly taken out of it as the Alpha turned the rocket around and let it fly back towards her. The teacher but barely managed to avoid the rocket hitting her. But the explosion it created did push her back, badly damaging her left arm. Chisa laid there as she winced in pain, trying her best not to cry.

"Chisa!!!" cried class 77B, each with a look of horror on what had happened to their beloved teacher.

With its target down, the Manhunter began to walk towards Chisa. "This entire fight is pitiful." Goza appeared as he ran at the machine. Grabbing it from behind, the wrestler was prepared to suplex the robot. However, it proved to be heavier than he thought as the Great Gozu, even with all his might, couldn't lift the Alpha a mere inch off the ground. Noticing the teacher, the Manhunter delivered an elbow strike onto his face. From the crack sound, Gozu's skull had been cracked. The machine then grabbed the giant man and threw him somewhere else as it continued to walk towards Yukizome.

"No matter what weapons you use or how many of your species engage…" Bullets and knives were fired at the Manhunter's side. The robot turned to see Fuyuhiko and Izayoi as they continued to fire their respective projectiles at it. Without hesitation, the machine placed its hand on the ground and tore a chunk of rock out from it. Crushing the rock into smaller pieces and chucked them at the two shooters. Fuyuhiko and Izayoi immediately ducked and took cover. While they avoided death, one of the rocks managed to hit them.

For the gangster, a flying rock scratches the left side of his head, causing Fuyuhiko to go down, nearly going unconscious. As for the blacksmith, one of the rocks directly hit his right shoulder, effectively dislocating it. Despite different injuries, Kuzuryu and Sonosuke were in extreme pain, with both of them screaming.

"Fuyuhiko!"

"Izayoi!"

Peko and Ruruka both screamed in horror at their respective lovers from what had happened to them.

"The results will remain the same," the Manhunter stated as it allowed Pekoyama to attack it. In a fit of rage, Peko brought down her sword in an attempt to slice the machine apart. But as soon as the sword made contact with the metal frame, the weapon shattered into multiple pieces. The swordswoman barely had a chance to ready before the robot flicked her away with its fingers, knocking her out.

"No matter how much you all continue to fight…" The Manhunter was finally in front of Chisa as it lifted its foot above the beyond frightened teacher, ready to crush her to a paste. "No man escapes the Manhunters."

As the Alpha brought down its foot, Yukizome was saved by the last second. Nekomaru grabs his teacher and runs out of the machine's range, letting it stomp on the ground instead. In a safe place, the team manager let down Chisa gently on the ground.

"Nekomaru… thanks for the save there," Chisa thanked her student.

"It's no problem. You just rest up while I take care of this," Nidai said as he was about to walk back to the robot. However, Yukizome managed to stop him by pulling onto his jacket with her working right arm.

"You can't. This thing is too powerful for us. I won't let you throw away your life," she pleaded.

Seeing his teacher's eyes filled with distress, he decided to reassure her. "Sorry teach, but I can't back down. Whether we like it or not, there's not much options for us other than to fight that thing. And I'm fully prepared to go all out."

"But we can't even scratch it, so why-"

"I know that. But here's the thing, Akane told me something during the fight," Nidai admitted. "She had one of her gut feelings. This one tells us to keep on fighting. Stall as much as we can even if we don't stand a chance."

"But why?" Yukizome asked.

Nekomaru turned back to her with a reassuring grin of his. "Because… we need to buy some time so the Green Lantern can make his comeback."

With that said, Nidai walked towards the Manhunter to engage in combat. However, he wasn't going in alone as Akane, Juzo, Seiko, and Gundham followed suit. "Didn't think you guys could still fight. I almost thought I have to take this robot on by myself," the team manager commented.

"Don't be silly, coach. We ain't letting you hog up all the fighting to yourself," Akane replied.

"Indeed, this mechanical demon must be punished for its sins. For not only daring to harm, I, Gundham Tanaka, but to harm his followers as well," the breeder said as he and his hamsters were ready for battle.

"Kid's right. I may have been taken down, but I'm not out of the fight yet," Juzo added on before turning his attention towards Seiko. "How about you?"

Kimura didn't say anything as she was in the middle of devouring more of her drugs. As she finished, the pharmacist's muscles grew much more than before. The sclera of her eyes turning black with her irises becoming blue. Seiko let out an intense growl before she spoke, "I'll be fine."

"Good, then we can go all out," Sakakura said as he cracked his knuckles.

The group got near the Manhunter as the robot looked at them. "Why continue this fight? You all should know by now that your chances of winning are nonexistent. What reasoning do you have to keep this up?"

"Well, I can't speak for all of us here as I'm pretty sure we have our own reasons for this," Nidai admitted. "But one thing is for sure, we all have the same goal to protect our school and classmates here or die trying. Guess you can say it's our own will."

"Such idiotic reasons," the Manhunter stated as it walked towards the small group, it's single eye glowing bright green. "Such emotions bring more harm than good. And I'll be sure to plant that idea into your head. When I kill you all."

---

We go back to Mahiru and Sato as they had witnessed the battle between the group of Hope's Peak and the Manhunter. Needless to say, but they were shocked and horrified by what this machine had done. The injuries it had inflicted onto the students and teachers, the killing of one of Gundham's animals, it was sickening.

"Dear god…" was all Mahiru could utter at the event.

"This is insane. That robot looks like it could fall apart at any moment. So why the hell is it still difficult to destroy it?" Sato grumbled in anger.

"I don't know. But what are we going to do? I don't see how any of us can win this?" Koizumi pointed out, feeling scared by the possibility of them losing.

"Shouldn't it be obvious? We heal up Green Lantern and get him to fight that thing again," Sato answered.

Mahiru looked at her with shock by what her friend suggested. "W-We can't do that. Sato, he's injured for god sakes!"

"He's not that injured. And besides, he's the only one that can actually harm the robot, so he's our only option to win," Sato argued before turning towards Tsumiki. "Hey Mikan, how's the Green Lantern?"

The nurse was just finishing tying up the bandages wrapped around the lantern's right arm. "H-H-He's fine for the most part. I tried to heal his wounds the best I can with what I have. But he'll need an actual hospital and rest."

"Okay, but can he stand up and fight?" Sato asked.

"I mean, he could. But it would definitely make his injuries worse," Mikan answered.

"Good enough for me." Sato walked up towards the lantern as she kneeled down at his level. "Listen lantern, I understand that you're injured and all, but we need you to step up right now. You're the only one that can actually harm it. So come on, get up and defeat that thing."

There was a silence as the girls waited for the Green Lantern to talk. Waiting for his answer. Expecting that he would say yes and get up to fight once more. However, Kazuichi gave them an unexpected answer.

"I… can't…" he uttered, shocking the three girls.

"What?" the green haired girl said.

"I can't," Souda said once more. "It's too powerful...it has...it has everything it needs to kill me. To kill everyone and I...and I..." He chokes up for a moment, as his breathing becomes desperate. "I can't win. I can't fight it! The ring is shooting basically a flashlight at this point and I can't save anyone!"

"What the fuck are you saying, you're all we have and you're just going to quit?!" Sato shouted, irritated by what he said.

"Well, what can I do?! My ring isn't working anymore. I mean, look, ring how much power do I have?!"

"Power level is at 10%. Recharge is required."

"You see. Even if I wanted to, I can't beat it!" he exclaimed.

Sato's anger grew more as she held her hand out. "...then give me the stupid thing! All I have to do is put it on and I'll have your powers!"

"It doesn't work like that!" he shouted back. "The ring is powered by will and a creative mind! Just being angry, you aren't gonna make anything!"

The reserve course student had just about enough now. Letting her anger out, Sato grabbed onto his suit as she raised her fist, ready to punch him. "You son of a bitch!"

Mikan was quick to stop her as she pulled Sato away from the Green Lantern. "What are you doing?! You can't attack someone that's injured. It's inhumane."

"That bastard is basically asking for it!" she argued.

"So what?! That doesn't give you the right to attack him like that!" Mahiru shouted.

Sato now paid her attention toward her friend as the both of them began their argument. "Oh and what he said is any better?! He's supposed to be this hero and save us from this threat. Yet here he is, crying and complaining like a child!"

"Well, can you blame him?! I'm pretty sure anyone would be afraid of it after taking on someone like that," Mahiru yelled.

"And you're okay with this?! You're okay that this asshole is just going to do nothing to help?! Giving up like the pathetic man he is?!" Sato shouted.

"Of course I'm not okay with this!" Koizumi answered. "I don't like that he's like this, but I can't blame him."

"I mean, I want him to get up and fight that monster. That robot has caused nothing but trouble the moment it came to our school. I don't want it to kill any of my friends. I don't want anymore people dying after I had to go through yesterday! I want that thing to be destroyed," the photographer expressed in sadness and anger, tears beginning to well up from her eyes. "So it does hurt knowing that Green Lantern won't be able to do anything, even refusing to do this. But at the same time, I can't blame him for feeling this way. With what that robot has done, anyone would be scared of fighting it. Doubting that they could do anything. I'm scared too. I doubt any of us can do anything to escape this nightmare."

Souda heard all that and let all those words sink in. While he was glad that Mahiru understood his fears, he mostly felt horrible. Koizumi was scared out of her mind and the Manhunter was going to kill everyone here including him. Yet all he's going is laying there and whining about being useless. He truly was pathetic.

"Scared? Scared?!" Sato looked at Kazuichi, completely mad and disgusted before turning back to Mahiru. "You think because he's scared gives him an excuse to chicken out?! Well, guess what? We're all scared!" Souda was taken back by what the reserve course student said as his ears focused on hearing her out. "I'm scared, Mikan's scared, and I bet everyone else fighting the robot is scared! Yet despite all that, they're still fighting. And you want to know why? Because we can't just stand around and wait to fucking die! We have to fight! Cause standing around and waiting for death is just hopeless!"

Those words. They hit something within Souda that he didn't expect. They hit him in a way that made him remember something. Something he was told a long time ago. Something that he nearly forgot about but still lingered on to.

'I don't want to go…'

A memory when he was going through one of his depressing moments.

---

10 Year Earlier

On a bright, sunny day, we see a very average elementary school. Things were lively there as many people were entering the area. Parents dropping off their kids for half a day, students hanging out with their friends, and teachers entering the building, ready for another day of education. Everyone seemed cheerful for the start of the school day.

Expect for one.

Near the entrance of the school was a mother and son. The woman, named Miyako Souda, was around her early 20s as she had long, black hair tied into a ponytail and light brown eyes with brown glasses on. She wore a very casual outfit, a black t-shirt, blue jeans, and work boots.

Beside her was her 6 year old son. The boy has black, spiky hair and light brown eyes with red glasses. And wore a red shirt, blue shorts, sneakers, a brown backpack, and a yellow hat.

"Okay Kaz, we're here. I'll pick you after school, okay?" Miyako said cheerfully. Though her expression changed when she saw her son, having a gloomy and worried look on him. "Kaz, are you okay?" she asked worryingly.

"Mom…" Young Souda uttered nervously. "I don't want to go."

"What?" the mother said.

"I don't want to go in there. I want to go home," he said firmly, though his voice still sounded nervous.

Miyako became upset from this, not liking what her son said. "Kazuichi, we're already at your school. You even agree to go today."

"I only said that because dad was there,"

Souda said as he looked down, expressing anger in his voice.

Choosing to ignore that, as her husband was a sore spot for him, Mrs. Souda tried to get her boy to be reasonable. "Come on Kaz, I let you skip school two times last week. You can't just stop going altogether."

"But I hate it. All the kids ever do is call me names. The teachers don't care about me. No one wants me there," Souda said, upset, as his eyes began to tear up. "I don't like being here. I'm scared something bad will happen. I want to stay with you."

"Sweety, please we talked about this-"

"I know but… I can't. You said that I can, but you're just hoping! Well, hope does nothing!" he says with tears in his eyes.

Miyako takes a breath, as she leans towards her son and places a soft kiss to his forehead. "I know..." She tells him, wiping his tears from his eyes. "Hope, alone can't do anything. It takes strength to do it… not from here..." She gestures to his arm. "Or even here." She pokes at his head. "But here." Placing a finger to his heart. "It is where your will comes from. And with it… your hope can be made real."

"But I'm not strong at all," the boy said, his nose sniffing.

"Neither am I… but you still wake up everyday. You still want things to be better. You still love me. That means you're strong where it counts." She gives a smile to her boy. "I know you're scared. Trust me, I'm scared too, having to leave you here… but you want to know why I am doing so?"

"Why?"

"Because I hope you are going to be okay. And I know you have the will to make it real."

Those words seem to have calmed Kazuichi, making him a little fluttered as his cheeks went red. Though there was still the feeling of him being unsure. Noticing this, Miyako knew what to say next.

"Tell you what, if you go to school today, I'll make sure to make your favorite meal when you get home," she said in a merry tone.

This seemed to do the trick as Kazuichi looked at her with joy in his eyes. "Are you really?"

She chuckled at her son's sudden enthusiasm. "Seeing as I have leftover rice, I can make you some egg fried rice."

The young boy then hugged his mom, burying his face in her chest, saying, "Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

"There's the smile I wanted to see. But you still have to go to school. Got it?" she said as she hugged him back.

"Okay, mom. I will," Kazuichi said as he continued to feel the warm of his mom. "I love you."

Miyako gave out a small smile from that. "I love you too, my little Honey Bunny."

---

Like that, the teen boy was brought back into reality. He checked his surroundings first to be sure and it seemed to be true. Mahiru and Sato were still arguing with each other, Mikan was keeping an eye on his condition, and the remaining group were trying their hardest to fight the Manhunter. Once he knew he was back, Souda tightened his hands into fists, now ready to take action.

After reliving that memory, something changed within Kazuichi Souda. All the fear he was feeling within, the large ball of terror, diminished into a small speck. It almost felt waking up from a bad nightmare, being more energized and focused.

"You're right."

Mahiru and Sato stopped their argument as they looked back at the Green Lantern, who was currently getting back up.

"What's wrong with me?"

(My Hero Academia OST - You Say Run)

Souda forced himself back onto his feet, despite Mikan warning him not to do so. "They're giving all they have while I'm here, quaking like a coward."

"Death awaits you all," the Manhunter said as the robot charged towards the students and teachers.

"I can't let them throw away their lives like this."

"The thing's coming at us. Prepare yourself," Nekomaru stated as Akane, Gundham, Seiko, and Juzo prepared for the fight of their lives.

"Because I am their protector."

Like that, his soul, his will burned brightly like a star. This bright light emitted throughout his body and mind then finally into his ring. The ring began to emit an extremely bright green light that coated his hand and entire arm. The teen's body let out an emerald aura around his body as his intimidating looking eyes were now completely green, energy of will surging out from them.

"I am a Green Lantern!"

Mahiru, Sato, and Mikan were taken back by the sudden surge of energy from the hero. Then in an instant, Green Lantern disappeared, leaving off a green trail behind. The Manhunter kept running as it was getting closer to the group of fighters. But then, Souda appeared behind the machine as he used a sledgehammer construct and slammed the robot away. The attack was intense as it created a massive shockwave that pushed the group and students and teachers away, along with the drops of rain around them.

"Green Lantern, continuing our fight is inevitable. You have no chance of winning," the Manhunter stated as it ran towards the Green Lantern.

"And I care because?!" Souda retorted before charging at the machine as he created mechanical gauntlets in his hands. The two combatants reeled back their fists before swinging them out, clashing together with enough force to create a massive shockwave around them. Pushing back everything, even the rain for a moment, from the intense gusts of wind they made.

Kazuichi and the Manhunter gave out two more punches before unleashing a barrage of them. Souda even created multiple arm constructs behind his back to get more hits in. Moving their arms so fast that their arms were blurs. Their fight caused a massive gust that blew back whatever with the force similar to that of a hurricane.

Mahiru is seen being pushed back by the intense winds hitting her. She tried to resist but the gust was too powerful as she barely stand or eye. She kneeled down beside Sato and Mikan and held on to them. "He's really giving it his all!" she shouted.

"H-Holy shit!" Akane yelled as she and her group were pushed back.

The students outside the school were either kneeling down or holding onto something to prevent being blown away from the massive gust. "T-This is crazy!" Ruruka exclaimed as she was holding onto a pole.

"You kept criticizing me for my certain flaws when you aren't any better!" Souda shouted, still continuing his barrage of punches at the machine. "I can tell that your body and joints are close to breaking!"

The Manhunter managed to get an opening as it punched Kazuichi in his stomach. The mechanic gasped as he reeled back in pain as the Alpha was about to attack again. However, Souda pushed through the pain to catch the metal fist in his hand. The robot tried again with its other fist but the teen caught it as well. Souda then used his arm constructs to grabbed onto the android's knees, shoulders, and head, holding it down.

"You're right that my emotions were getting the best of me. It was why I was so weak," Kazuichi uttered as he was using all his strength and will to restrain the Manhunter. He then created two more arm constructs and commanded them to dig inside the machine's stomach area. "This time however, I'm getting my act back together and ending this!"

As Souda dug deeper through the robot's stomach area, the Manhunter was doing its hardest to break free. But the arm constructs kept it still. The more theachine struggled, the more it was damaged as its metal armor was denting, its fingers were bending backwards, breaking, and the rest if its face broke off, revealing its exo face with two glowing green lights.

'What is this? Why am I feeling this way?' Sato thought to herself, seeing the fight. The strength the Green Lantern was displaying against the mechanical thing. Struggling with every fiber in his body to keep it still to get the job done. It made her feel something within herself. 'This guy is a coward. He refused to fight before and he's the reason this monster is attacking us in the first place.'

The reserved course girl look in complete awe as the lantern pulls outside some kind of device out of the machine. 'So why? Why does he look so heroic?'

With the signal device out, Souda let out a roar as he front kicks the Manhunter away from it, crashing through the ground. Kazuichi threw the the signal device away as well as the left arm of the robot that he torn off. Then he sprinted towards his opponent.

"In brightest day, in blackest night!"

The Alpha stopped itself with its remaining arm before charging after the Green Lantern. Once up close, the Manhunter attempted to crush him with its fist. But Souda created a shield construct and blocked the attack before pushing the robot back.

"No evil shall escape my sight!"

Souda surrounded himself with green energy to create a drill construct. Then he flew at speeds that broke the sound barrier around him at the Manhunter. The drill hit the machine's right leg, tearing it off from it. The mechanic flew back to the airborne robot as he wrapped a lasso construct around the Alpha's neck. Tied up well, the Green Lantern flew up into the air, dragging the machine with him. Once he was high enough in the sky, above the grey clouds, Kazuichi spun the Manhunter ar incredible speeds that the robot appeared to be a circular blur. With enough momentum, Souda threw the Alpha back to the earth, creating a large hole within the clouds and a massive crater.

Everyone looked at the sight with complete and awe. They were silent as they paid their absolute focus on the event at hand. Waiting for what the Green Savoir will do next.

Time seemed to slow down at this very moment as the Manhunter was slowly bouncing off the ground and into the air. Even the raindrops around it were moving at slow motion. Then in an instant, Souda landed in front of the machine. He stood up straight, focusing all his attention at the nearly broken robot.

"Let those who worship evil's might."

Using every ounce of will in him, Kazuichi focused all his green energy into his right arm, into his power ring.

"Beware my power…"

Once his arm was fully amped with green energy, making his arm glow a bright emerald light, Souda reeled it back before thrusting it towards the machine.

"Green Lantern's…"

The fist connected right onto the Manhunter's chest, emitting a great green light between Souda and the machine. With a sound that was similar to that of a missile that was ready to be fired.

"LIGHT!!!"

Like that, the power ring fired off a massive green beam, blasting the Manhunter into the sky, into outer space within a nanosecond. The beam even blew the clouds away, clearing the city and the areas around it from the rain. Turning it into a sunny day once more.

The pillar of emerald light along with the monstrous roar of made could be seen and heard within thousands of miles away. Every person, wherever outside or inside a building of some kind, witnessed the pillar. Every one of them questioned what this is and what caused it.

"W-What the hell?!" one citizen shouted, shocked by what he was seeing out from his apartment.

In the air, a news helicopter was moving at unfocused movement, trying to maintain its balance so it wouldn't fall. The news cast in it were amazed by what they were seeing. The cameraman made sure that he caught the pillar of light on film.

"Are you seeing this?!" the news reporter yelled, focusing his attention on this spectacular event.

The green beam continued to blast the Alpha Manhunter further away from Earth. Eventually pushing it out from its solar system, then out of sector 2814. The beam even burned the robot, slowly reducing it into ash. The beam pushed the machine further away into the cold depths of space until the green pillar and the android disappeared for good.

Once the entire event was done with, everyone outside Hope's Peak Academy looked up into the sky in shock, completely silent. Still struck with awe by what they had just witnessed.

"D-Did that Green Lantern… blast that thing… into space?" Ruruka uttered.

"I-I think he just did…" Saionji replied, still in whiplash by what she saw.

Sonia looked stunned by all this, her eyes widened in shock. But then, her demeanor slowly changed as her eyes were to tear up and her mouth began to smile. "I knew it... I knew he would make our hopes become a reality! Yes!" The princess proceeded to hug her classmates, crying in joy, cheering for this joyous event.

Back with everyone else that partook in fighting the Manhunter, they all looked at the area of where the green pillar of light used to be. Still trying to comprehend what they had just witnessed. How something like this could even happen.

"Holy crap, that was insane. It was like that guy blasted that robot into space," Akane spoke out.

"Actually Akane, I think he really did just that," Nekomaru said, agreeing with her.

"To think the green man could possess a power greater than the nine realms of hell itself," Gundham commented as he was giving care to his Four Devas.

Seiko looked at the sight as she went into deep thought. 'So this is the power…'

'Of the Green Lantern.' Juzo finished.

(Music End)

As everyone was still staring at the area of where the pillar used to be, Mahiru was one of the only people to walk towards it. Sato and Mikan followed suit. The redhead looked around the place to find someone. It didn't take her long as she found the person, standing perfectly still within a dust cloud.

"Green Lantern?" she said.

As the dust cleared, the photographer got a good look at the hero. As expected, he looked beyond exhausted. He was breathing heavily, some parts of his suit was torn, some blood was seen on him, especially from his mouth mask, and his right arm was twitching.

"Damn, are you alright?" Sato spoke up.

"...ha… ha… not really…" Souda uttered out. "My body is sore… my injuries are acting worse… I'm beyond exhausted… and my arm won't stop shaking…"

As he said that, Nekomaru, Akane, Seiko, Gundham, and Juzo approached the Green Lantern. "Shit, you look awful," Juzo pointed out.

"I figured…" Kazuichi turned his attention to the boxer and asked, "Everyone… your group that fought that thing… and the others outside the school… are they okay?"

Juzo was stunned by what the lantern had asked of him. He was most likely in the worst condition compared to everyone that tried to fight the robot. Yet he wasn't worried about his own health. He was focused on how everyone else was doing. If they were safe. Sakakura couldn't help but be impressed by this guy's caring nature.

"We got a couple injured from the robot, but other than that, everyone is safe and alive," the boxer replied.

Souda let out a smile, glad to hear that things turned out well. "Good… that's all I needed to hear."

"It looks like… my work here is done… I should probably get going…" Kazuichi said as he slowly pointed his ring into the air.

"Up… up… and…"

The lantern stopped talking as his legs got all wobbly and his mind started to lose consciousness. Resulting in him falling to the ground. Everyone yelled out for the savior as they tried to help him. Luckily, Juzo was quick enough to catch the Green Lantern in his arms.

"Is he alright? What happened?" Mahiru said in concern.

Mikan began to examine the lantern before letting out a sigh of relief. "It's fine. He's just unconscious. He just needs to rest."

Everyone seemed to calm down after hearing that. They were glad nothing too bad happened to the Green Lantern.

"Though he does need medical attention. So can we get people to carry the injured and take them to my office?" Mikan asked.

"Sure thing. You heard her, let's get the injured to be treated!" Nidai shouted and everyone did just that. While Mikan led Juzo to her office so she could start treatment on the Green Lantern.

---

Blackest and silence. It was all the teen could experience at the moment. It was relaxing after everything he went through. He wanted to enjoy this more. However, his senses were starting to come back as he was slowly starting to wake up. His ears picking up sound, his skin beginning to feel, and his eyes slowly starting to open. After his senses came back, Souda finally woke.

Adjusting himself, the mechanic stood up as he saw that he was on a bed. Looking around, Kazuichi found himself inside a room with other beds, cabinets filled with bottles and boxes, and a very particular odor in the air. This immediately told him that he was in the nurse's office.

Once his body recovered all its energy, Kazuichi got out of his bed as he sat on the edge. "Jeez, this was a crazy day," he said to himself, easing the muscle sores his body was experiencing. "I just became a Green Lantern in less than a day. Yet I was forced to fight a Manhunter of all things. Life is weird."

As he was able to get used to his sores, Souda stood up and walked around the place. Wondering what had happened after his fight with the Manhunter. He didn't walk too far as he was face to face with a mirror on a table. This immediately got his attention due to what he saw in it. Instead of the Green Lantern, Souda saw himself, back in his jumpsuit, cap, his standard outfit. He began to panic at the possibilities that would lead to this.

"Shit, shit, shit… Did they find out about my identity? What's gonna happen to me?" he uttered in panic, thinking of all the problems he would have to deal with. He had recently just gotten the power ring and became a hero. Yet already, his secret identity had been blown like this. The one time he wanted to make sure that he didn't screw up, and he did.

Just when he thought that his entire world was ending, Kazuichi noticed a folded piece of paper next to the mirror. Folded in a way that signaled that it was a note. The mechanic picked up the folded paper and opened it up, revealing a message. He began to read what it was about.

Dear Green Lantern,

Hope you're doing well after your fight. We had our Ultimate Nurse, Mikan Tsumiki, and Ultimate Pharmacist, Seiko Kiruma, help treat your wounds. Thought it was surprising to see how your ring immediately healed you completely when the two were done treating you. Though I assume that your ring used up all its power. Because after that, it stopped glowing and your uniform was disappearing, starting with your hands.

Souda mentally screamed in distress by what he had read. That would most definitely expose his secret identity. Just when was going to despair, he pushed on and continued to read the note. Just to get things over with.

And when that happened, I quickly covered your body with the blanket. So we didn't get the chance to see who you really were behind your disguise.

This caught Souda completely off guard. He didn't think that they would actually do something like. This calmed him down a bit. But he wanted to know why they did this so the mechanic kept on reading.

If you're wondering why we did that, it's because of me. After you save us all, defeating the robot, I felt like it was only fair that we keep your identity a secret. Some of us wanted to know who you really were behind the mask. But I knew we had to respect your privacy. I'm glad that many of them were by my side. So after some convincing, everyone agreed to leave you alone. So you don't have to worry about anyone knowing who you really are.

Kazuichi felt relieved after reading this. Now he didn't have to worry about this anymore.

With all that explained, I just wanted to say thank you. You really did a lot for us today. And even when all hope seemed lost, you managed to get yourself back together and kept on fighting. For all of us. We wouldn't be here without you. From everyone in Hope's Peak Academy, especially Class 77B, we want to thank you and we are eternally grateful. I hope you continue to do what you do in the future.

Sincerely,

Mahiru Koizumi

Reading the last word of the letter, Souda felt a warm feeling within himself. He began to smile as he felt good. Happy that his efforts were recognized and appreciated. And the fact that they respected him enough to leave his secret identity alone, it felt satisfying. So with all that said and done, Kazuichi slowly and carefully left the room and made his way out of the school.

---

After a slow process of not being seen or caught, Kazuichi somehow managed to get outside the school. Far enough, the teen moved at a quick pace as he needed to be convincing enough that he had just arrived at Hope's Peak and had just found out about the crazy event that had happened. Entering into the school and heading back to the dorms, he found Chiaki and Twogami and their teacher, Chisa, outside, having a conversation with each other. Most definitely about the Manhunter attack. Seeing as they deep into their conversation, Souda thought it was best to sneak back into his dorm room. It wasn't like they would notice him anyway.

At least that's what he believed.

"Souda! There you are!"

Kazuichi stopped in his tracks when he saw Yukizome, Chiaki, and Twogami headed his way.

"Where were you?! We've been looking all over for you!" Chisa exclaimed.

Souda was a bit taken back by what his teacher told him. He was not expecting this. "You were looking for me?"

"Of course we were! When we did recall, we realized that you were missing. So we got everyone to look for you. We almost thought the worst happened," Chiaki explained.

"Oh… well, I'm perfectly fine so no worry there," the mechanic replied.

"Though there is still the question that is left unanswered. Where were you?" Twogami demanded.

"Oh right. Well you see, I happened to be in town to get some things for myself and get something to eat. I heard about the whole thing on the news. And I was forced to stay in a restaurant until the whole thing blew over. That was why I wasn't around," Souda told them, being as honest as possible.

Twogami gave him a stern look at the mechanic, analyzing him in every detail. After about a long period of staring, the imposter's look relaxed as he said, "He seems to be telling the truth."

"Well, if that's the case, I'm just glad that you're okay," Chisa expressed happily.

"Um… thanks. So what's going to happen after everything that happened?" Souda asked.

"We're not completely sure. But I heard that the principal will make an announcement any moment now to explain what he will do for the school. I think," Nanami answered. "So for now, we should probably wait until then."

"Makes sense. If that's the case, I'll just be in my dorm room then," the mechanic said.

"Huh, don't you want to let everyone know that you're here and alright?" Chisa asked, taken back by his words.

"It's fine. I'm pretty sure everyone is still a little freaked out by what happened today. So I don't want to bother them right now,"

"If you're sure, then we'll let the others know that you're back and safe," Twogami said.

"Sounds good. Hope you guys are doing alright. And thanks for checking up on me," Souda expressed.

"Of course, you're one of my students. I'll always be there if you need me," Yukizome told him in a soft and gentle tone with a smile.

Seeing that made Souda feel pleasant. It really has been a while that he received a loving compliment. "... thanks. Then I'll see you guys later than."

Waving the three goodbye, Kazuichi walked back into his dorm room. Entering inside and locking the door, the teen stood there for a couple seconds before let out a relieved sigh, feeling relaxed that he managed to lie like that considering that he was an awful liar. He really thanked any god out there that helped him get out of that sticky situation.

"Oh thank whoever that I managed to get out of that," he uttered to himself before pulling out the power ring from his pocket. "Well, I better fully recharged this. Don't want another threat coming in, trying to kill me with my ring still dead."

Walking up to his closet, he pulls out the power battery as he points the ring to it. "I'm really glad that I took this with me."

---

After the events of the Manhunter attack, the principle of Hope's Peak made an announcement. Due to the damages the school had taken, Hope's Peak Academy would be closed down for about an estimate of two weeks for repairs. While he and others didn't want this, it was necessary. So everyone from the main building and reserve course were sent back to their homes as the dorms were in need of repairs as well. Many students have said their goodbyes as they took either car, bus, or train to head back their families.

Souda didn't really say any goodbyes to anyone as he felt it was pointless. While he was glad that some of his classmates and teacher were worried for him, that didn't mean the others were on the same page. But he was fine with it since the mechanic was used to this by now. Kazuichi was currently at the bus stop, sitting on a bench, waiting for his bus to pick him up. Though it was taking a while for it to arrive so he passed the time hearing music on his phone, earphones in his ears.

'Geez, how long is it taking for my bus to get here?' Souda thought to himself as he checked the time. 'If this keeps up, I might as well just use my ring and fly back home.'

Just as he was about to consider using his ring, the mechanic felt something tap on his shoulder. Startled, Kazuichi let out a small scream as he looked behind him. To his surprise, he was met with Mahiru, who looked startled as well.

"Koizumi? What are you doing here?" Souda asked, pausing his music and taking off his earphones.

"First off, don't scream like that! You nearly gave me a heart attack," Mahiru scolded.

"Hey, you're the one who spooked me first!" Souda complained.

"Because you couldn't hear me with your earphones on! How else was I going to get your attention?" the photographer retorted, her hands on her hips.

Despite wanting to talk back, Kazuichi knew that she was right. "I guess you make a good point. Sorry for scaring you like that," he said, his tone much calmer.

Mahiru let out a sigh. "It's fine."

There was now silence between them, neither one looking at each other. During this, Souda was thinking about why Koizumi was here. I mean, they did interact with each other this morning. However, the mechanic didn't think he would be talking to her this fast. Just as he was about to ponder on, the photographer broke the silent atmosphere.

"So… how are you doing?"

Kazuichi looked at her with shock. "W-What do you mean?"

"I meant, how are you feeling after what had just happened this morning. With the robot attacking the school," Koizumi explained.

"Oh… that. I mean, it's crazy to hear about that. Though I feel like I should be asking you this question. Seeing as you met face to face with the robot," Souda wondered, even if he already knew.

"I mean… It was a scary experience. I almost thought I would exactly die there," Mahiru admitted, shaking a bit from the awful memory.

"Sorry to hear that. But at least you seem better now," Kazuichi said, trying to make her feel better.

The photographer let out a sigh as she seemed to calm herself. "Yeah, it was all thanks to Green Lantern. He saved us yet again." Mahiru began to form a small smile, remembering her last talk with the green savior. "It's incredible just how strong and determined he is as a hero. He used every once of his power to save us from the robot. Even when he looked like he was about to give up, Green Lantern pushed himself to continue on fighting."

"But to think that me and my friend, Sato, were the reasons he regained his determination back is shocking," Koizumi admitted, letting out a small laugh with a sad smile. "I mean, I can understand Sato helping him since she was pretty much yelling at him to get back in the fight. Me on the other hand, all I did was try to encourage him, more like plead for him to save us. I doubt my words contribute to helping him. I was just an ordinary girl crying out for help."

Souda looked at Koizumi as he recognized her expression. She looked saddened by her own worth. Like she lacked self confidence. Something he knew all too well. Maybe this was the reason why he would speak up.

"I doubt that honestly," he said, getting Mahiru's attention. "I don't know what happened when you were with the Green Lantern, but I feel like you did a lot more to help him then you think."

"What do you mean?" she questioned.

Kazuichi took a deep breath before he began to explain himself. "Simple, you beg him to help you, to save everyone in the school. I mean, you were probably scared, nearly crying at the thought of that machine killing everyone. Including your friends and our classmates. You didn't want that. So you pleaded for him to stop the robot and save them. It wouldn't seem much, but it was all you could think of doing."

"But it was enough. You managed to break through his fears with your words. Like your friend, you help him get his act together. Because you reminded him that there were still people that needed to be saved. And you would be sad if you lost any of your friends at that moment. Even if he was scared, he had a job to do and he did just that." Souda gave Koizumi a reassuring smile "You helped him get his focus back and give him the drive to fight again. It might not seem much, but I can definitely see him thanking you like that is proof enough that you contribute to his determination. So you should give yourself more credit then that."

Mahiru stared at Kazuichi, frozen in surprise by what he said. His words felt so honest and sincere, she never thought he could say anything like that to her. The photographer looked away as her face faintly blushing. "T-Thank you for that. I appreciate your words."

Souda gave her a small, sincere smile as he was glad she was happy. "No problem."

"Though getting back to my previous topic, where were you when the robot attacked?" she asked.

"Well… I think I told you before, I was going into town to get some things for myself along with getting something to eat. When I heard about the machine heading to the school, I wanted to run back to see what was happening. But seeing as the military and police were blocking the way, all I could do was wait until everything was over with," the mechanic explained himself, trying to sound as convincing as possible. "I was starting to feel anxious, afraid of what would happen to you guys. I'm really grateful that Green Lantern came in when he did."

Mahiru nodded in agreement. "Most of us are. But also glad you're alright. I was worried about what happened to you since I didn't see you with our class."

Kazuichi looked at her with shock in his eyes. "Y-You were worried about me?"

The photographer looked at him with a smile. "Of course I was worried. It's only natural to worry for one of your classmates."

"Oh… thanks," the mechanic uttered, having a good feeling within him. "By the way, not to sound rude, but what brings you here? I thought you would be back home by now."

"I would, but I got a call earlier and my mom is going to be picking me up. She heard about the terrorist attack along with the robot destroying the school. So she dropped everything from her work, flew back from Afghanistan to come back home and check on me," Koizumi answered, looking happy. "I'm glad since I haven't seen her in a while."

"That's good. After everything you went through, you deserve to be with your family and relax," Souda commented.

As Mahiru nodded in agreement, a car appeared in front of them. Seeing an older, red haired woman in the driver side, Mahiru got up from her seat. "Well, looks like I better get going."

Once the photographer was in front of the car, she turned back to Kazuichi. "Thanks for the talk, Souda. I really appreciate it."

The mechanic gave out his own smile as waved his hand goodbye. "No problem. I'm happy to be of help. See ya."

"See ya," Koizumi said before entering the passenger side of the car. With that, the car drove up through the road. Taking a left turn, disappearing from his sight.

Souda sat there as he realized that this was the first time in a while that talked to someone. To have an actual conversation with no problems. It felt good for him. And even if it seemed unlikely, Kazuichi would like to talk with her again. As he thought of this, his bus had finally arrived, opening its door for him to enter.

"It's about time it came," he uttered to himself with a sigh as he entered the bus.

---

It was around night time, about seven when Souda finally made it to his destination. Entering into his street, the mechanic walked through the neighborhood until he reached a single, two story, blue house. Stopping at the entrance, Kazuichi pulled out his keys as he used them to unlock the door and enter the house.

Once inside, Souda reached for the light switch and turned them one. The inside of the building brightened to reveal the living room. The area was very much quiet and it looked like no one had interacted here for a while.

"Grandma?! Are you here?" the Ultimate Mechanic shouted. He looked around the house to find her. Checking the bottom floor of the house to the top floor, going into her room. But once he finished his search, Souda came to the realization, letting out a sigh. "She's not here. Should have expected that."

Knowing this, Kazuichi pulled out his phone as he made his way to the kitchen. Going through his contacts, he pressed onto his grandma's number to call her. He waited for a couple seconds, hearing the ringing sound, until she finally picked.

'Hello?'

"Hey grandma, it's me."

'Ah Souda, my young man! It's been so long since we talked. How are you doing?'

Kazuichi made his way towards the refrigerator and opened, looking for whatever food was available.

"I'm doing fine, grandma. I wanted to check up on you and see where you were."

'Oh sweetie, I'm still currently on my trip on the cruise. We're about to head to Singapore.'

"Oh right, nearly forgot. Anyway, I'm calling you to let you know that I'm at the house right now," Souda told her as he grabbed a can of soda out and some food before closing the fridge.

'At the house? Why are you there? Did you get in trouble with the school, young man?'

"No, it's nothing like that. I'm not sure if you heard the news, but my school was under attack. A lot of damage was caused there so everyone was sent home until they refix everything."

'Oh my lord. Are you alright?! Did anything happen to you?!'

"Whoa, grandma calm down! I'm fine! I was in town when my school got attacked. I stayed in a restaurant until the whole event was dealt with," the teen reassured his guardian as he began to eat his food at the table.

'Sigh… I'm glad to hear that, sweetie. I don't know how I would be able to handle hearing you get hurt.'

"I know, grandma."

'Anyway, how long will you be staying at the house?'

"For about 2 weeks at best. Once I get informed that the school is reopened, I'll head back."

'Sounds good then. Do you want me to send you any money? For food and necessities?'

"You don't have to. I still have some leftover money from my side job."

'As much as I'm glad that you're earning yourself some money, I'll send in more to you just in case.'

"Alright then, I'm fine with that."

'Okay Souda, I better get going. There's an event that's being put up for us seniors. And I've been dying to go.'

"That's fine, grandma. Make sure you have fun."

'Oh I will. Now take good care of yourself and can you be a dear and give the house a good spring cleaning? I can already tell that it's been getting dusty there.'

"Oh yeah, it definitely has. I'll see what I can do."

'Perfect. Goodbye Souda. Call me if you need anything and I love you.'

"I love you too. Bye."

With that, Kazuichi hung up from the phone as the silence took over once more. He sat there, looking at his phone while still eating. Remembering his strange relationship with his grandma. After moving in with her, things felt like good things were going to happen to him. Especially seeing as he was away from his dad. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case.

His grandmother tends to be neglectful in a way. She usually never talked to Kazuichi when it seemed like he had any problems. In fact, she pretty much let him do what he wanted so long as he didn't get into massive trouble. A part of him was glad that she didn't delve too deep into his personal life. But he also felt sorrow as it seemed that his grandma didn't want to get involved with his problems. That didn't mean he hated her though. Souda very much loved his grandmother as she gave him a real home and did her best to provide for him. He just wished that she made more of an effort to be there when he needed support.

"Well, at least I have the house to myself," Kazuichi said to himself before finishing all the soda left in his can.

Having finished his food, the mechanic proceeded to clean up after himself. Once done, Souda decided that he would go to his room and sleep in early. After all, he had just fought and defeated a Manhunter in the morning. So he felt like he deserved this.

But then, in a crazy change of events, the windows emitted a bright green light. Souda staggered back in fright by this sudden action and yelped in fright. Kazuichi processed all this as he could tell that whatever or whoever this is, they were outside of his house. And if his encounter with anything mysterious, the Manhunter, taught him anything, it's that there was trouble afoot. Knowing this, the mechanic quickly took out his ring and equipped it onto his finger.

"Okay, I don't know what this is or why they're here. But I'm not taking any chances," he said as he changed into his Green Lantern uniform. His ring emitting a green light as he was ready for battle.

"Calm yourself!"

Kazuichi stopped whatever he was planning on doing when he heard that. Wondering who the voice belonged to, the room around him is bathed in green due to the emerald light. Then three figures fazed through the walls of the house, entering the kitchen with their intangibility. As the green light settled down to the point that Souda could properly see, he was greeted with a crazy surprise.

In front of him were three aliens. All of them were wearing the same green and black uniform like him. They even had their own power ring. Needless to say, Kazuichi was certainly taken back by this. To be in the presence of what he can tell are other Green Lanterns.

"It seems that we have finally found you."

---

Aaaaaaaannnnnnnd that's a wrap. Next time will be Souda's journey to be properly trained to be an official Green Lantern. This will be the last fanfic to end on for this year. Before I go, I will say that I hope all of you are alright. This year, 2020, has been a crazy one. What with the Coronavirus, the massive quarantine, so many places closed, the many deaths this year, the list goes on. This truly was an insane year. Though indoor hermits(like me) don't care much since they get to stay at home comfortably. Besides that, I hope all of you are doing well, keeping yourself safe and healthy during all this. Still being able to have some fun and happy moments even through the hardships of this year. And I hope that, despite not uploading a lot, that my fanfics have been keeping you guys entertained. At least make you smile and distract you from all this craziness. If I can do just that, then I did my job as a writer. So I hope you all have a great Christmas and enjoyed the other holidays this year. And let's hope that 2021 will be better.

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