Chapter 10: One left
(Merus POV)
"To think that this was enough to awaken his atavism power inside him." I muttered as I watched Hikigaya Hachiman's battle from my staff.
And the reason is probably the Time Ring that responds to his anger, which summons forth his future potential here, which I'm not sure if it's a good thing or not.
The Grand Priest asked me to keep my eyes on him as soon as he found Hikigaya Hachiman's root.
The Grand Priest's assumption about Hikigaya Hachiman's root was right on the money as the latter already awakened one more signature ability of his ancestor during the time I and him met face-to-face that one time.
If the will to rebel against gods in his bloodline awakened along with power at this time will be one hell of havoc since all gods of destruction are now performing universal baseball games in the World of Void for Omni-kings' entertainment right now (with Supreme Kais as narrators, Angels as supporters and Grand Priest himself as judge).
Although he's not as strong as his ancestor, Hikigaya Hachiman in that form is still plenty strong, enough to close his strength gap between himself and Omega Shenron Kefla (I named that form myself) to almost nonexistent as of now.
*Swift*
"So fast! Where is he?" said Omega Shenron Kefla.
Speed itself was also so fast that Omega Shenron Kefla couldn't catch up with him with the glares.
"Gak…?!" groaned Omega Shenron Kefla.
Omega Shenron Kefla was head-locked, having arms and legs locked, became immovable and was kicked in the stomach and almost fell unconscious.
I see now… With extra hands and portal opening ability combined with insanely new strength, Hikigaya Hachiman was able to completely restrain Omega Shenron Kefla and delivered strong attacks without fail.
Then Hikigaya Hachiman appeared in front of Omega Shenron Kefla.
"You bastard!" said Omega Shenron Kefla.
"It's no use." said Hikigaya Hachiman.
"Uwaaaaahhh…?!" groaned Omega Shenron Kefla.
Omega Shenron Kefla, quickly mustered up the strength to glare at Hikigaya Hachiman, hoping to explode him.
But it's no use. It's appear that it couldn't be used on someone whose ki couldn't be controlled by someone else, which the current Hikigaya Hachiman's was one of those cases and he himself knew it.
And with that, Omega Shenron Kefla was kicked away and landed on the north pole.
"Don't get cocky. I still have this body. I know you couldn't possibly kill this woman." said Omega Shenron Kefla with a wounded body.
Hikigaya Hachiman doesn't make a reply whatsoever but he still approached Omega Shenron Kefla as if he was deaf this whole time.
Omega Shenron Kefla distanced itself from Hikigaya Hachiman using shadow ability, creating friction rain and poisonous smoke.
"Both you and the world, just be destroyed already!" said Omega Shenron Kefla as he shot Noirs Gigantic Burst cladded in vibrations, lightning and fire at Hikigaya Hachiman.
"If Hikigaya Hachiman dodged, the earth would be damned, what would he do?" I muttered.
Hikigaya Hachiman clapped both of his original hands and formed Energy Scythe while all of his extra hands were extended to Omega Shenron Kefla's direction with four main fingers on each of them straight up and thumb crossing the palm horizontally.
And after that, the table has turned as all sorts of attacks were all nullified.
"He could even go that far with destruction. Even I couldn't help but be interested in him." I said.
"No-no way! Wha—?!" said Omega Shenron Kefla.
"What?" I said.
While Omega Shenron Kefla was shocked at what happened, Hikigaya Hachiman sliced him up in two pieces and caused the blood to flow out with the Energy Scythe.
Did he seriously—? No, it's not killing.
The splitted Omega Shenron Kefla were soon changed to Caulifla and Kale in their base form respectively while the black liquid I thought was a blood until now takes the form of the Omega Shenron before taking over Kefla's body.
"Ah… I see… It's like how he freed people from the possession of Shadow Dragons but this time the Energy of Destruction he has to inject into the victim like Kefla has to be a lot more but it can't still be too much so he has to put on a gamble." I said.
But to think that he still could be able to concentrate on Energy of Destruction which isn't human fortes while definitely cladded in furious emotions is really something, no wonder why Omega Shenron couldn't use his glaring on him.
"You little… Haaaaahhh…!" said Omega Shenron.
Omega Shenron's body keeps getting bigger and bigger.
"As if I would die alone, I will drag all of you along with me!" said Omega Shenron.
"Self-destruction, huh?" said Hachiman.
"That's right. And you can't do anything but accelerate the explosion. Look at the bright side, you and your beloved sister would still be together in the afterworlds. Good deal, isn't it?" said Omega Shenron.
Now that's bad. I have to hurry up and rewind the time so we can do-over.
But Hikigaya Hachiman isn't fazed at all.
"My body. I can't move. Yo—" said Omega Shenron.
"What's he trying to do?" I said.
Hikigaya Hachiman paralyzed Omega Shenron through gravity manipulation to the point that the latter couldn't continue to speak and summon a mass of gravity cubes surrounding the immobilized Omega Shenron.
"What's wrong? If you don't hurry up and explode, your attempt would be all for naught." said Hikigaya Hachiman before shrinking all the gravity cubes down to nothing and causing Omega Shenron to disappear.
I guess I don't have to barge in at all.
And the moment I finished thinking that, Hikigaya Hachiman suddenly collapsed, bleeding, screaming and reverted back to his original human form.
"Eh? What the?" I said.
After observing him more closely, I realize that the strain of surpassing his limits and access to that brand new form has taken a heavier toll on him than anyone thought it would.
Well, I don't think it would be considered breaking the angel code to arbitrarily heal someone sometime.
(Merus POV Ended)
(Shin POV)
What should we do? What should we do? What should we do? What should we do? What should we do? What should we do? What should we do? What should we do? What should we do? What should we do? What should we do? What should we do? What should we do? What should we do? What should we do? What should we do?
I'm about to lose count how many times me being Supreme Kai couldn't do anything before the big fight lately. Even Kibito could do a better job at supporting them than me.
But it can't be helped even this time, isn't it? It's the fight between the two people who were actually on Gods of Destruction level.
All I could do is just send Kibito to assist Dende-san while I myself have to watch over them through a crystal ball together with my ancestor and Grand Supreme Kai (who's currently sleeping) in the realm of Kais.
"Hurry up, Kibito, Dende-san." I said.
"Can you shut up?" said my ancestor.
"B-But…" I said.
"It's true that although Jiren-san was supposed to be superior but Moro, after gaining more abilities from Dyspo and Toppo, can even close the gap between himself and Jiren-san, not to mention in Super Full Power mode. In terms of ability competition, Moro would be the superior and that worries you, right?" said my ancestor.
"Exactly." I replied.
"It's true that special ability is really a pain. However, just because you have so much ability doesn't mean you're invincible." said my ancestor.
"I know that, but…" I said.
"I doubt you know that. In the past, Grand Supreme Kai managed to capture that jerk despite the fact that the latter has more abilities and raw strength than him. Isn't this a good enough example to calm you down?" said my ancestor.
"I'm…" I said.
"Just learned to be quiet and watch it closely." demanded my ancestor.
Following my ancestor's demand, I resumed watching the fight between Jiren-san and Moro.
"Something strange about Moro…" I muttered.
It looks like Moro could keep up with Jiren-san with multiple abilities at first but Moro's movements started to keep missing lately.
When it comes to far range combat, they both were more or less on the same level. it's more like they fight with themselves in the mirror.
Brawl exchanges and ki attack exchanges are kept occurring without any rest.
However, when the distance between them reached a certain level, Moro's attacks rarely hit, not to mention not much effective on Jiren-san (but I couldn't help thinking that the earth could be destroyed whenever those attacks landed on it).
And Moro's exhaustion started to become visible.
"It's true that Moro can make any ability his own with unlimited time as long as he or Seven Three managed to copy them from someone else. However, just because he could remove the time limit doesn't mean he could do the same to the disadvantage of all the abilities he gained." explained my ancestor.
In order to keep up with Jiren-san, Moro boosted his power through the ability he gained and his own abilities to absorb power.
However, it's still undeniable to say that even Moro couldn't keep up with the strength he gained right away completely.
For example the combination of Dyspo's speed booster ability and Gohan-san manyfold King Kai Fist, theoretically analyzing, could let Moro keep up with Jiren-san in no time.
But in reality, it won't be that easy.
Power gained through King Kai Fist is a temporary one and the technique itself still takes a toll on the body of the owner.
Also, too much speed is undoubtedly hard to control and consumes a lot of concentration.
"But this match is still worth worrying about. Facing off the enemy who is not only strong but also capable of stealing power and abilities is no joke to Jiren-san either. It's a matter of time." said my ancestor.
In the end, is it better to worry or not?
"Whether Jiren-san could defeat Moro first? Or Moro would be able to adapt to his power first?" said my ancestor.
*Boom*
Right after my ancestor stated that, both Jiren-san and Moro clashed violently in one go causing the continent to explode instantly one after another.
Through the crystal ball, Jiren-san and Moro were both out of breath.
"Is it a draw?" I said.
"I don't think so. You go there and paralyze Moro real quick." said my ancestor.
"Eh? Why?" I asked.
Upon hearing that, the big angry mark appeared on my ancestor's head.
"Unlike Jiren-san, Moro can always gain back strength through absorption. Go prevent that at all costs!" said my ancestor.
"Y-Yes!" I said as I teleported to the earth.
*Swift*
And now I'm on earth. It is just as he said, Moro is about to absorb energy from the earth.
"You're…!" said Jiren-san.
"Supreme…Kai…" said Moro.
"Haaaaahhh…!" I shouted as I paralyzed Moro.
"Y-You…!" said Moro.
"Hurry up Jiren-san. Please defeat Moro." I said.
"Sorry, I couldn't. My body shouldered too much of a toll to do so." replied Jiren.
"No way…" I said.
It's no joking. I couldn't hold out a monster like Moro too long, y'know?
"You annoying little Supr—"
*Boom*
When Moro was about to break out of my paralyze, a ki blast was fired at Moro.
"Damn it… Now what?" groaned Moro.
It was no one but the person I didn't expect, Beerus-sama's angel attendant, Whis-san.
"Just prevent him from absorbing energy is fine, right?" said Whis-san.
"Why are you here?" I asked.
"Merus asked me to buy you guys some time until all the warriors gathered here, that's all." said Whis-san.
"O-Oh. Thank you very much." I thanked, not understanding the whole story.
I took Jiren-san with me to Kibito and Dende-san's whereabouts.
No wonder why they took so much time healing, they even took care of beaten Toppo-san and Dyspo-san too.
And now even Jiren-san has to be taken care of right now.
But the biggest reason and most ridiculous one is that the healed Goku-san and Vegeta-san couldn't settle who's the one that should be fighting Moro next after Jiren and even now letting the rock-paper-scissors game decide things much to everyone's headache.
"I can't stand this! It's already the 2020th time and we still ended up in a draw!" whined Vegeta-san.
"That's why I suggested you let me fight Moro!" said Goku-san.
"What's the point of letting you fight when you just get your ass kicked by him, not to mention in Ultra Instinct mode?" retorted Vegeta-san.
"C'mon Vegeta, at that time it's still incomplete, also, aren't you also getting your ass kicked by him too, even with Forced Spirit Fission technique?" retorted Goku-san.
You two just want to take revenge on Moro personally, aren't you?
Normally I would suggest both of them merge with each other and finish off Moro.
Since Moro already copied Vegeta-san's technique, merging is already a no-go.
Then I sensed something warping to our whereabouts.
*Swift*
"You guys?" said everyone.
The ones that appeared before us are Cabba-san, Caulifla-san, Kale-san, Saonel-san, Pirina-san, Hikigaya Hachiman-san and who's that?
Besides the ones whom I acquainted with, there's an earthling with an unusual, chubby appearance. He has greyish white hair that he keeps in a short ponytail and glasses. He wears a trench-coat over his school uniform, along with black fingerless gloves. He hid behind Hachiman-san since appearing.
Come to think of it, Whis-san said something like he will buy some time for us until all the warriors arrive.
Now I understand that, except the one I'm not familiar with. What's with this extra earthling that looked even weaker than ?
"It would be better if Dangers Trio and Botamo-san tagged along." said Cabba-san.
"Who cares about them? I swear I could do better without them." said Caulifla-san.
"And who was that merged bitch again that got cocky and screwed up everything over back then, I wonder? It could be much better if Merus doesn't heal her." quietly muttered Hachiman-san with an annoyed face.
Can anyone answer my doubt?
"Let me introduce this guy to you. This is Zaimokuza Yoshiteru. Not much is needed to be known about him other than the fact that he might come in handy to turn the table when we're in trouble." explained Hachiman-san.
That piled more doubt on my head.
"Hey, Hachiman! At least you should elaborate how amazing the great me is. Like how great my Akashic records were—" said Zaimokuza-san.
"Such a grandiose way to describe a mere manuscript. Also, how amazing you are to act rudely when the actual gods are here." said Hachiman-san as he pointed his fingers at me and Dende-san.
Upon hearing that, Zaimokuza-san made a 'For real' face before turning to both me and Dende-san and started apologizing as formally as he could (but still far away from politeness).
"Chit-chat aside, since we've arrived, I highly doubt Whis-san would continue buying time for us." said Hachiman-san.
Speaking of the devil, Whis-san suddenly appeared before us.
"You're right. Good luck everyone." said Whis-san as he left.
Right after Whis-san was nowhere to be seen, Moro appeared.
"Where's that white hair clown going?! I'm going to make him pay for his humiliation!" said Moro, annoyed.
Once I looked closely I noticed that most parts of Moro's body were newly regenerated ones. Whis-san must keep blasting Moro over and over, not giving him a chance to absorb energy.
However, does he really not know that even if he couldn't absorb energy from earth, he could still gain them through recovery from the near dead like Saiyans he copied from?
However, the fact that Whis-san could inflict damage to Moro to the point of near death without costing himself his own existence for fighting seriously meant that Moro at that time should be extremely weak enough to even weaker than Gods of Destruction.
If only Jiren-san could still continue to fight at that time, Moro would have been dealt by now. How unfortunate.
"Screw the rock-paper-scissor play! First come first serve!" said Vegeta-san.
"Hey! I'll be the one fighting Moro!" said Goku-san.
Upon noticing Moro, Goku-san and Vegeta-san quit playing rock-paper-scissor and go charging at Moro.
Vegeta-san went Super Saiyan Blue (advanced version) while Goku-san went Ultra Instinct (incomplete version) at Moro.
I knew it would be so rude to think about them this way but…
Saiyans' potentials known no bounds, so is their fighting maniac nature.
"Hey! No fair! Let us in too! Ready, Kale?" shouted Caulifla-san.
"Y-Yes. As Big sis's wish." replied Kale-san.
I couldn't help but rubbing my temple which Hikigaya Hachiman-san also did the same thing to me.
"Fu-Sion-Ha!" said Caulifla-san and Kale-san.
"Fusion?" I uttered.
And then Caulifla-san and Kale-san performed Fusion Dance and became one. By appearance alone, the result of their fusion is just like a little bulkier Kefla without earrings with Metamoran cloth.
"Yeah! Let's do this! I, Caulikale, will kick your ass before everyone else! Haaaaahhh…!"
Caulikale just went to Legendary Super Saiyan 3, however, unlike Kefla's version, her body just became much bulkier as if she was Kale in her Legendary Super Saiyan form.
I see, when they merge through Fusion Dance, the transformed figure will be taken from Kale-san's instead of Caulifla-san's. But it's still amazing for her to be able to keep herself from rampaging.
However, that's no use. Moro is still way more superior, not to mention that he still has the ability that can counter fusion.
"Geez. No choice then!" said Cabba-san as he powered up and went after Caulikale-san.
"That form? Gohan-san's…" I said.
Potential unleashed?
*Boom*
"Huh? Ugh?!" said Moro, confused.
"It's no use!" said Caulikale-san.
"Wow…" said Goku-san.
"Not bad, aren't you?" said Vegeta-san.
"Caulikale-san… what is she up to…?" said Cabba-san, confused.
"Don't get cocky!" said Moro.
"Ugh!?" groaned Caulikale-san.
Moro fired several balls containing Energy of Destruction at everyone who charged at him.
Everyone dodged, except Caulikale-san who just simply tanked it and was the first one to land the claws on Moro's face first, much to Moro's confusion as he continued to get barrages of claws cladded in immense energy until he kicked her away.
"Unlike Kefla, Caulikale is able to withstand the Energy of Destruction, huh? But that doesn't mean it's a good idea especially just to show off that childish technique." muttered Hachiman-san.
Now that I think about it, Caulikale-san's ki already dropped some even before her Energy Claws reached Moro. Guess she just was able to withstand but still couldn't avoid having her own ki affected.
However, I couldn't help but wonder.
"You're not going to join them?" I asked.
"Are you sure I should join them right now just to make us lose some more manpower?" retorted Hachiman-san.
I went speechless on that.
*Boom Boom Boom*
Then several blasts happened on Moro's face.
"Take… that…! Claws of the Big Bang!" said Caulikale-san while barely able to withstand the pain herself.
Somehow that technique reminded me of Gotenks' Super Ghost Kamikaze Attacks except that they weren't spawned out from the mouth but coated the nails instead.
"How annoyi—?!" said Moro but stopped midway.
"You're mine, Moro!" said Goku-san.
"That's my line!" said Vegeta-san.
*Swift*
"Wha—?! Guwaaahh!?" groaned Vegeta-san.
"Vegeta! Ack!?" groaned Goku-san.
"Now who will be dead first, I wonder." said Moro.
"How dare you do that to Master Vegeta?! HAAAAAHHH…!" said Cabba-san.
"Small fry should know his place!" said Moro.
While Moro was distracted by Caulikale-san's technique, Goku-san and Vegeta-san charged at Moro with Kamehameha and Final Flash at point blank range respectively.
But Moro boosted his speed exponentially with Dyspo-san's ability and then used Toppo-san's ability to shoot two Energy of Destruction Balls at them simultaneously with incredible speed.
Goku-san was able to dodge it but Vegeta-san couldn't.
However, even though Goku-san could dodge that, he then got his neck locked and squeezed by Moro's Energy Ring.
Seeing Vegeta-san fall into Moro's attack, Cabba-san charged at Moro with a powerful Galick Gun with incredible speed, which Moro just simply pushed him back with a Special Beam Cannon copied from Piccolo-san.
"Surprise!" said Caulikale-san.
"You…!" said Moro.
Caulikale-san, who was forgotten by Moro, shot a great powerful ki wave at Moro at his back in close range while he pushed Cabba-san back.
*Boom*
Thanks to Caulikale-san's ambush, Cabba-san survived Moro's attack due to the Special Beam Cannon being discontinued.
"Ugh!? Argh?!" groaned Caulikale-san.
"I should have done this from the start." said Moro.
Moro stomped his punch to the ground and sank it, extended them with Piccolo's ability and punched Caulikale-san from the ground toward her stomach.
After that, Caulikale-san splitted into Caulifla-san and Kale-san respectively.
Really, what's the point of them fusing?
Right after I finished my thought, Hachiman-san transformed.
"Kai Kai Matoru!" said Hachiman.
Eh?
"I agreed that there's no point fusing. However, just this time, it's not in vain."
Not in vain?
Hm? Hachiman-san's current posture and what he said earlier is somewhat familiar to me.
Wait? Isn't that a Time Ring on his finger?
"Argh?! What's this?" said Moro.
Suddenly, Moro's body was sparkling.
"My magic power…" said Moro.
Magic Power? Could it be…
"Kai Kai Matoru. That's enough for an explanation, right?" said Hachiman-san.
"No, no. I also thought that it was that but it was still different. How can that be Kai Kai Matoru? Wasn't that…" I asked.
"The inventor taught it to me himself, forcefully. Also, when combined with the Time Ring, this is what happened." replied Hachiman-san.
"I don't understand." I said.
"With Time Ring ability and Supreme Kai's Potaras, I could perform any kind of attacks and techniques to any nearby places in the near future. In other words,…" replied Hachiman-san.
"By predicting the right time and spot where Moro would appear in the near future, you can seal away his magic power even though you're far away from him." I said.
So basically, Caulikale-san and everyone else were just decoys for that wise performance.
"However, the abilities other than magic still remain, could you inform those idiots to just seal the deal already?" said Hachiman-san.
"You're not joining them?" I said.
"Do I look like someone who could kick the ass of someone that strong without being a bother to those Saiyan idiots?" retorted Hachiman-san.
I went speechless for a second time.
I couldn't help but wonder why he won the tournament of power sometime.
"Oh. But calling Son Goku here. I have a business with him." said Hachiman-san.
Normally I would have asked him why but I don't think we have enough time and it's better to follow his plan.
I did as he said. After Goku-san freed Vegeta-san and let Vegeta-san and Cabba-san fight Moro, I asked him to go see Hachiman-san.
Although the gap between raw strength is still high, Moro without magic power is easier to handle.
"What's you calling me here for?" asked Goku-san.
"Let me experiment with something so just stay still a little while." said Hachiman-san.
Hachiman-san raised his energy and pointed out his right hand at Goku-san.
Then an aura similar to Zamasu Black's being injected into Goku-san.
It's almost missed due to how Ultra Instinct works but the injection is success anyway.
"What is this? My body is…" said Goku-san.
Goku-san's ki suddenly raised and his hair turned silver.
"Just go already." said Hachiman-san as Goku-san went off to fight Moro.
"This is…" I said.
"Look like it's a hit. I can somehow destroy the bonds between one's body and mind with my ki so…" said Hachiman-san.
"With the bond completely destroyed, Ultra Instinct became in complete state. That's wonderful." I said.
To think that he could do that much, now our victory is confirmed.
"It's early to celebrate. That state couldn't be reached that easily so we better assume that it's just a temporary completion. Unless he could defeat that goat guy or access the completion on his own before his time limit ran out, it would be in vain." said Hachiman-san.
That's reasonable too.
But seeing what happened right now I could rest assured to some degree now.
It's true that both Vegeta-san and Cabba-san already collapsed but Goku-san went to prevent them from getting killed by Moro in time and fought him afterward.
Moro, being overwhelmed by Ultra Instinct Goku-san in every way, and now he's going to finish off Moro.
"I… need… stronger… body…" silently said Moro while laid down on the ground.
"It's your fault for relying on absorbing life energy instead of training." said Goku-san.
"Just defeat him already!" shouted Hachiman-san.
After Hachiman-san's sudden shout ended, Moro's body shone and disappeared, much to everyone's confusion.
Then the earth suddenly shakes crazily and Moro's ki could be sensed from all around the earth.
"This phenomenon. Don't tell me…" I said.
"Tch. It's too late, huh? That jerk goat just merged with earth." said Hachiman-san.
"We're screwed up, aren't we? Killing Moro would cause the earth itself to be destroyed too." I said.
Then I was carried away along with Zaimokuza-san by Hachiman-san.
Moro's hand formed itself upon the earth surface and reached us before I knew it.
But that's still not enough to relieve me.
Moro's fate is now tied to the planets. In addition, his body now risks detonating which will eradicate the galaxy along with it.
What should we do? What should we do? What should we do? What should we do? What should we do? What should we do? What should we do? What should we do? What should we do? What should we do? What should we do? What should we do?What should we do? What should we do? What should we do? What should we do? What should we do? What should we do? What should we do? What should we do? What should we do? What should we do?
And why did you still calm, Hachiman-san?!
(Shin POV Ended)
A/N: Chapter 10 for you readers. Please enjoy.