Vol. 2 Chapter 6: First encounter
"They finally arrive"
From the map she has from the left upper side of her vision, there is a small red dots appearing out of nowhere and approaching closer and closer to the surface of the planet and Kurumi has only one objective as stated by Mika.
Kurumi sigh and call out all her clones inside the shadows.
"Well then. [Us]"
"Did you call us?"."What is it [Me]?" Clones emerging from the shadows look at her in question.
Then their attention was snatch by the incoming gigantic ships in the sky and they finally understood why they were called for.
"That massive ship, I really wonder how it went undetected by any satellite or any man-made technology" Kurumi ask.
If there is an incoming ship that arriving on this planet, it should be at least detected by some sort of technology by humans.
"[That ship has a camouflage, visible lights and any wavelength of electromagnetic spectrum can passed through. Unless it was empowered by maryuku or reiryuku, that's a different story]"Mika explain.
'If that's the case then there's no technology in this world could see nor discover them at all' She thought. That means, the whole humanity is done for. They don't know what kind of monster they will going to face nor they will know where they came from.
"Mika"
"[Yes?]"
"Does humans has no access to their maryuku?"This question had bothers Kurumi since she find out that humans has mana in their own body.
In her world, mana can be stored in a catalyst called Realizer then used by the Wizards especially those in Anti Spirit Team to combat the spirits.
The wizard of her home world already exploiting the mana in the surroundings and yet the humans here in this world despite they possess mana in their bodies, they had no access of it.
"[No. They still not discover the existence of mana in this world]"Mika replied.
"So. Its possible to access their mana in their body?"
"[Aren't you already absorbing them already?]"
"I mean can they use their own?"
"[Nope. Unless they discover it or someone taught them. That is]"
"They only need some sort of enlightenment and they can use it" Kurumi chuckle. Unlike the humans in her world, they need to use Realizer to use magic, using Cr-unit, deploying territory. But the humans here not only they had quirks, they also had a mana in their bodies. They don't need a catalyst like Realizer.
Really, this world has a lot of potentials than her own world.
Leave that aside, Kurumi look up the sky and sense the incoming objects. It went undetected and invisible by the naked eyes but Kurumi, can see the structures of those objects as clear as a day.
"They are now entering the upper atmosphere"
"[Rest easy Kurumi, let's wait for them to settle within 24 hours before taking any action]"
"Izuku, I have an important matter today so. I can't attend in our class" Kurumi said, standing before her is Izuku who widen his eyes in surprise.
"Whe...where are you going. Onee-chan?"
"I will tell you once its settled"That's her reply. But Izuku immediately ask another question
"u-um. How about tomorrow?"
"I don't think I can attend as well"
"Tomorrow of tomorrow?"Izuku said as Kurumi smile and pat his head.
"Don't worry it's not like I will be gone for few weeks"She said.
"Few...weeks?"
"Well. It may takes time, perhaps few days? And few weeks if I take too long"
"..."
"It just that I happen to deal with this matter alone"
"If its something that important to you. It's okay nee-chan" Izuku smile. She will be just absent for few days and Izuku reassure himself. But there is a little bit of sadness in his smile.
Its her own life anyway plus she has problems to deal with that only she, alone should do. He can't do anything about it.
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Then he saw her walk away from the streets and leaving him alone. He couldn't help but lower his head in sadness. He begin to walk but suddenly she hear her voice again.
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"And by the way Izuku" Kurumi goes back and stop just 3 feet away from him.
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"What is it."Izuku ask.
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"I-"
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Next day
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Izuku left the house for school. He happen to be in their usual meeting place and his nee-chan is always waiting for him, but the only difference for today is his nee-chan was not here. Izuku sigh and continue his way to his school.
"Where is the girl who's always with him?"
"I don't know. It is my first time seeing him alone again since the girl arrive here"
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Izuku hear those students gossiping in his side or even in his back. But he ignore it all and proceed to his room and so, he met all the gazes from his classmates.
Izuku had a sweat roll down at the back of his head since all attention was in him.
'I don't really know why they keep staring at me' Izuku thought.
This include his friend, kacchan.
"Huh? Where's that b*tch you keep clinging unto?"Also surprise why he has all alone.
"..."Izuku don't know how to reply and proceed on sitting in his chair. Instead minding others in his surroundings, he wait for his teacher to start the class. Their teacher start with their attendance.
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"Bakugou"
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"*grunt*".
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Their teacher calling their names one by one and as expected, kacchan always reply with a short noise without raising his hand.(That's kacchan for you). Few moments later, his name was called and it continue without any problem until...
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"Tachibana…"
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"Present"
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"Tokisaki"
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No reply
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"Tokisaki?"
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Again no reply.
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"Tokisaki Kurumi was absent?"
"Midoriya-kun. Do you know why?"The teacher ask. Izuku jolt a little as his name was called.
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"U-Um. She said she has an im-important things to do. F-For the mean time" He stand up and said.
"Hmmm. Is that so?"His teacher just check and then proceed with the next student. Izuku sit down sigh in exhaustion.
"Well then. Let's start the class"
As usual, their teacher starts the day with attendance and proceed to lecture while writing on the board. And calling him when his neechan wasn't around is a proof that his teacher had notice that he and his neechan are always together since the day she transfer here. Their surprise are understandable why he goes here alone.
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"What should I do for the remaining days"
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Since he won't see his neechan for few days means he was free to do something. Should he do some experiment?. He already explore his power in certain extent. So he wonder if there will be something new?
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Without realizing it, the morning classes had already ended and it's time for lunch.
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When he left the room, he meet the 3 of his classmates outside. Instead of those notorious 3 girls, this time, it was 3 boys.
"Heya. Deku" One of his classmate wrap his arm around his shoulder.
"Is it true? Tokisaki Kurumi has any whatsoever things to do?"
"...yes"Izuku replied.
"Then does that mean. you can't leech on her for today huh?"He stop and his classmates too also stop.
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They all stop. Izuku glance and sees the ridicule in their faces as if mocking him.
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"Shall we accompany you instead?"
"Is that okay Leech-kun?"
"Oh no. Its okay. As if he has anything to do right?"One of the trio said with a mocking grin.
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They led him at the back of the building. And Izuku yelp when he was suddenly shove at the wall. He look at him guessing why he suddenly do that.
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"Is it true? You ask the transfer student to hurt her?"The boy ask. Izuku couldn't understand what he's talking about. He knew that he never ask his neechan to hurt somebody.
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"I never ask anything to kurumi-san to hurt anyone"
"Then why did she beaten up Uehara and the other?"
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"…"Izuku was silent.
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"She said she's just teasing you and you ask Tokisaki-san to hurt them!"
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"That's not -!"
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"You really coward deku!"
"Yeah! That's true"
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"If its not then what is it!?"
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"..."
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Izuku want to retort but he was cut off by the three. He don't know what's the problem with this 3 but they are wrong about Uehara and those 2 just merely teasing him. They splash some water on purpose and slap his face. Kurumi-san just happen to see it and defend him.
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But how could he say it to them?
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"You just befriend Tokisaki-san to make feel stronger huh!?"
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"…"He want to deny what they said but strangely he couldn't say anything. Because of his silence, the trio thought their assumption was true.
"What did she see you anyway?"
"She's completely opposite of you. She has a good quirk, and she's rich"
"But you, quirkless, a nerd, and leeching on other people"
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"Someone like you. Shouldn't hang out with Tokisaki-san"
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What?
What did he say? Does his ears hear it right?
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"Stay away from Tokisaki Kurumi"
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[Inverse formation: 0.10041%]
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"You want some attention that badly huh?"
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"I don't. But it seems like you want one" Izuku coldly replied.
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"Eh?"
"W.."
"..."
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His classmates widen their eyes in surprise and then they start laughing. When he realize what he just said, he too widen his eyes in surprise.'Wait why did I say that?' Normally he wouldn't refute what they said. But why its different right now?
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"AHAahaha"
"Burn"
"Let's apply some cold water on the burn area~"
"Hoh hoh~ Are you fine with that? you're the one that want her attention?"
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"What did you say? You fucking quirkless!"He become red as he see his friends laughing at him as he was made fun off and then threw a punch.
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Izuku then see him swing his arm aiming at his face. Before it landed to his face, he dodge on the side a little. The punch missed him and his classmate nearly stumbled. Izuku use this as a chance, and run away.
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"He's running!"
"Hey he is getting away!"
"Get back here! Deku!" They try to chase him but he easily outrun them.
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It will be better this way. He won't hurt them nor they will able to hurt him. He just run and run or ignore them as possible.
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And he hope things get better tomorrow.
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Next day
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He was early. Izuku putting his bag on his desk, when he pickup his notebook from his bag, another one of his notebook came along and fell in the floor.
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"Ah"
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When he try to reach his notebook. Someone had bump him. He look up and see the boy with a light coffee color hair with red iris turn around and look down at him.
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"De...ku"
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"A. Aaa. I'm sorry Kacchan!"He bow a little and hurriedly pick up it up. There are few seconds of silence before kacchan spoke again.
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"Ho? Aren't you keep hanging with that b*tch always? Where is that b*tch now?"
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Same question he ask on yesterday. But this time he couldn't ignore it and runaway.
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"She's still need to do something for a mean time" He make a dry laugh although evasively. He tries not to annoyed or anger his friend kacchan.
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"Hah. That b*tch was tardy huh. Well I don't care anyway"
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Izuku was not fond hearing a bad word especially when it was address to his nee-chan. He don't want to hear it. Not even his friend Kacchan himself. He think it was wrong.
"..Um.. Ah. She has a name ka..ka-kacchan" He said as he make a dry laugh. On the other hand, irritated on what he had said, kacchan reply with a snarl.
"Huh? Who fucking care?"
"S-she.. still hav- have a name y-you know. And it wasn't nice to say that word r-right?"
"Are you telling me what to do deku?"
"Ah! No! O-of course not!. I-I just asking if you please not to use that w...word you see"
"Huh!?.Why are you chickening away? Where's your gut deku?. When you were together with that bitch you act high and mighty. Isn't that right?"
"I-Its not like t-that"Izuku frantically wave his hand. Should he not reply earlier instead? If he just shut up his mouth, then surely it will ended right now. But he felt it was wrong. He hate it.
"Are you now scared little deku? Because mama b*tch was not around?"
"I said she has a name. kacchan!"
Couldn't bear how he address his neechan, Izuku shout in anger. All his classmates was stunned to react. Not even the trio who try to cause trouble him yesterday. They all silently watching him and Katsuki.
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When Izuku realize that he shouts to his friend, he froze.
"What? What are you gonna do about it?"Katsuki leaning his face as if mocking him, Izuku remain in his spot nervously.
"..."
"Oh did I make you angry? Huh? Do you think you become strong!?" In instant, Katsuki put both his hands on his shoulders as Izuku jolt in surprise.
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"Just because you always stick with that bitch, doesn't mean your now strong huh!?"
"…"Izuku felt the grip on his shoulder tighten.
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"You will remain useless for eternity. Remember that in your useless brain!"
My clothes will be burn!
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BOOOM
Before Katsuki activate his quirk and explode his clothes, Izuku immediately deflect his hands away as explosion erupted. This surprise every single one of his classmates a second of silence happen in the entire room. They never thought he will retaliate, also he thought to himself.
"Now you've done it deku" Katsuki sounds angry and yet grinning at the same time.
"…"Izuku gulp down his saliva and immediately run away with his bag.
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[Active level:1]
Boom
Booom
Booooom
Boom
"Deeeeekuuuu!"
"Run away Deku! Just like how useless you are!"
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He came back again inside after the teacher appeared and start the morning class.
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"This city. Isn't this the place where the major Nuclear accident happen?"Kurumi said as she look at the abandoned city in her sight.
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Chernobyl. Northern Ukraine
Pripyat
It was written in the history of her world about the accident happen in this place claiming thousands of lives and destroying the properties and livelihood.
People who survive forced to evacuate in the safe zone because of the harmful radiation being release in the atmosphere. Any person who ignore the radiation will be killed slowly in a painful way.
"[You're right about that]"
"So. It happen in this world too huh?"
"[you mean it happen in your home world?]"
"Yes. That is correct. And I feel strange about this"
"[Why is that]"
"Both worlds experience the same history. yet the worlds takes different path when quirk appeared in this world and spirits appeared in my world"
Dated from where she appeared here in this world. Searching through history was one of the primary objectives Kurumi in her mind.
She could check if there is a similarities in her home world and the world she currently living.
And her findings was really surprise her. Both worlds had the same history when talking about starting in electronic age and further into the distant past.
'If both words experience the same history, Perhaps even the people are...'Kurumi thought
"[Are you thinking if the two worlds that both experience the same history then the people of your home world and this world had their counterparts including you.]"Mika said.
"You guess easily"
If both had experience the same history why not the two worlds had the same people?
Perhaps she has a counterpart who was a cute innocent girl living here.
"[Let's discuss it later. But now. It's not time for this]"
"I know"Kurumi said as she look at her target.
Kurumi was standing on the rooftop of a 10 storey building and now scouting the ongoing event happening in the area. The map from her upper right of her vision shows red dots.
"350 meters. The center is that Ferris wheel"
With her own eyes, She witness the emergence of life forms that is too strange to see and too far for a person could imagine. The appearance similar to a shell cracking and breaking down like a new born chick open it's eyes in the world.
"[Its time]"
"Yes"
DASH DASH
Kurumi fly towards the Ferris wheel located in her front in which the strange activity happening right now.
"Looking at their bodies, surely I was seeing a zombie mutation but the difference is their bodies was twisted beyond recognition and it was charcoal black"
"[Some of them are my fallen ally]"
"..."
There is a lot of twisted human shape figure and their appearance was black and seems their flesh look it will fall in a few seconds.
Every step they took, all the weeds becoming dry until it was infected with a charcoal black color.
"This. When they stepped on the land. all leaves turn into disgusting rotten black"
"[It is an after effect, whenever they touch a living organisms especially plants, that's what will happen. How should I put it in simple word... wither. Withering. And any living things in contact with them without a core of mana in their body, will withered instantly]"
"..."Kurumi frown.
Kurumi observe nearly a hundred of Alphas emerging from the invisible ship.
"A hundred enemies?"
"[This ALPHA are the type that will sneak and attack the urbanized area if left alone 24 hours]"Mika commented.
[ENEMY]
Name: ?
HP: 300/300
MP:10/10
Race: ALPHA(?)
She check the enemy through the status page and came out a simple information. Then she swipe it away before pointing her flintlock pistol towards the head of her enemy
BANG
as her first shot came out to her muzzle, the bullet fly down and struck the Alpha's head.
"!..."
"[Shock?. Why would you surprise to the level of your fire power?]"
"..."
The bullet penetrate the head but it still alive. Normally, it is enough for one bullet to kill a human instantly in the head or even exploding into a mince meat one it was hit.
"[If you are at the same level as the original, Probably it will take One shot in their body to be killed]"
"..."
Kurumi frown in annoyance after one bullet isn't enough to bring the Alpha down.
That means she wasn't strong enough
BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG
All shots precisely land towards the head of the Alpha who silently fell face planted before slowly disintegrated.
[Experience:5]
"It take me ten shots just to kill a single one. How annoying"
"[Don't worry, They are mindless and make a simple attack pattern at the very least.]"
"Then what will be their greatest threat then?"Kurumi ask while looking at the sky imagining mika is there.
"[After they sneak for a day, They will now launch an all-out attack]"
"Sigh. Why did I ask something obvious"
"Then. First bullet. Aleph"
BANG
Kurumi shot herself and swiftly close her distance at the slowly moving Alpha towards to her who seems she got their attention and now she was their target.
BANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANGBANGBANGBABANG
Along with her fast movement, Kurumi shooting her gun in rapid fire like machine gun and Red outline color of bullets making a red trail landing to the bodies of the alpha who was falling one by one swiftly.
[Experience: 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5]
"How frustrating. Only ten Alpha killed with rapid firing at once. I heavily lacking with fire power. No I think their body was the reason of it"
Come to think of it. She witness how her weapon can make a normal person died instantly. The bullet can even penetrate one person to another if they happen to cross in the direction of the bullet. But now. She was a hard time bringing a single entity down with her weapon.
"Let's see."
"Did I have any weapons in my arsenal mika?"She ask.
"[Yes. There's a lot of it. want to try?]"
"Although this is favorite weapon. I need a gun with larger fire power"She muttered before swiping her hands vertically in arc fashion. The usual menu popped out and she go to the [Weapon]
"Let use this"
Her two guns; musket and flintlock was replace by black rifle with a silencer and red dot 2x telescope.
"This was izu-chan used nearly a year ago"
She remember when she tossed a garbage appliance in the air and let Izuku aim his rifle.
This is her first time holding this since she was contented in using musket and flintlock and besides, there's nothing her musket and flintlock couldn't penetrate.
But this time it's different, although it could still penetrate, his enemies can still move and then losing the potency of her favorite weapon.
Then let's try this.
She aim at the head of the ALPHA.
She slowly pulling the trigger and then.
The bullets with an appearance of black and crimson as it's trail and aura struck the head of the ALPHA walking slowly in her front
"!"
Just two bullets.
The head explode.
Compare to her original weapon. What she was holding right now has a greater fire power.
Kurumi made a continues firing as the crimson trail of jet black bullets flying over the ALPHA's penetrate the body and their head falling one by one.
"huh?"Kurumi clicking the trigger yet there's no bullet come out.
"[You need to reload]"
"Reload?"kurumi ask dumbfounded.
"[Unlike your original weapon. This gun need to reload]"
Kurumi twitch her brow. Although it has considerable fire power, yet it is needed something bothersome like 'reload'.
"how?"
"[Just pressed the button besides the magazine. You don't know? You are a gun wielder and you still don't know?]"
"How would I know that?. I didn't use other guns besides my flintlock and musket? And my weapons don't need to reload?"Kurumi complain while looking at the button and saw above the magazine. She pressed and the magazine came out.
"After?"
"[Imagine to get a same magazine like what you are now holding]"
Kurumi look at the empty magazine and copy It through her mind. The empty magazine in her hand vanished in instant then replace by another magazine with jet black bullets.
"!"
"[Then put it back. the next thing is pull that horizontal metal above the trigger]"
CLICK
"[Them fire again]"
Kurumi aim as the bullet leave the gun and fly over to ALPHA.
"[You can practice to your hearts content. Just like your original weapons, every bullet-no. every magazine can be exchange with your reiryuku. that's why conserve your bullet]"
"Its not like I will be depleted?"
Kurumi resume her aim then fire a burst of bullet
Unlike, the physical bullet created by humans, The bullet was moving straight as if the gravity never act on it forming a straight and accurate shot
She continue firing at the Alphas who crawling from a decaying black like mucus of black large like cracking egg.
"Mika"She said while loading another round.
"[what]"
"How many still are them? They don't look like decreasing" Looking at the Alphas keep appearing and leaving from the giant black egg surrounded with disgusting mucus.
"[86 remain since you killed seventeen]"
"Are you sure?"Kurumi still looking at the Alphas had sweat run down to her cheek.
"[You don't believe me?]"
"No I don-"
BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG
Kurumi use her long weapon as a shield and shove the attacker before switching back to her flintlock pistol.
"Really. I caught off guarded"
She said as she see a nearly transparent ALPHA turned black then dissolve into nothingness. The Alpha manage to sneak behind her as she was caught off guard barely able to dodge the incoming attack.
"[I told you. Stealth like no other. And yet, that is the lowest of the lowest grade of stealth]"
"For reals? at this level?"Kurumi in surprise.
"[Despair already?]"
"..."Kurumi fix herself but still she had the irritated look in her face.
This level of stealth she failed to notice it before it really close to her. If she wasn't careful enough. She could easily lose their life.
"It seems I'm getting rusty huh"
"[Fly over that building, Something was hiding]"
The said building was 5 storey building unlike a square type, the length is longer just like a rectangular buildings. And she see the wandering invisible alpha looking for the enemy like her
"They still had Intelligence"
She appeared behind before aiming the muzzle to it's head.
BANG
The head exploded into black liquids closely staining her red black dress. One alpha try to stab her at her left as Kurumi use the rifle to block the slash, She kick it away before firing large amount of bullet to it's body.
"They are really troublesome"Kurumi frown in annoyance before reloading her weapon
Kurumi look again at the Ferries wheel and there's a lot of slowly moving humanoid figure walking away from it.
"[These nearly transparent Alphas and has an intelligence to sneaky attack the first enemy they saw]"
"[And since you came alone, then expect it]"
"Should I pity myself now?"
BOOOOOM
There, kurumi saw the entire wall of concrete was blown away and someone emerge from the hole.
RAAAAGGGH
"..."
Kurumi saw a 5 meter humanoid with abyss color skin with red neon eyes and mouth connected to red glowing lines like nerves all over his body.
His hands has red glowing claws.
[ENEMY]
Name: XXXXX XXXXXX
HP: 10,000/10,000
MP: 1380/1380
Race: ALPHA
She look at the gigantic alpha at the ground getting wild and destroys anything in its surroundings.
"First bullet...Aleph"
BANG
Kurumi speed up and immediately replace her flintlock pistol with the rifle and pull the trigger once she was 20 meters away. She shoot while the giant reaper start chasing after her and didn't slow down despite having a one magazine of bullet completely penetrate his skin.
[ENEMY]
Name: XXXXX XXXXXX
HP: 9,772/10,000
MP: 1380/1380
Race: ALPHA
Kurumi frown as she saw how little her damage can do with one round.
"His skin sure tough. It won't end in twenty minutes"
She said while the Alpha slashing her with it's claw but Kurumi keep dodging. All the establishments within the vicinity are either destroyed or damaged by those claws.
Kurumi encircle the alpha with her speed while shooting it down before reloading her weapon swiftly. This giant humanoid trying to slash her but no to avail. She was so fast that it can't able to match her speed.
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It takes four magazine when the effect of the first bullet wear off and Kurumi had no choice but to run fast while dodging the claws.
She fly in the mid air but evade quickly after her enemy jump so high reaching her in no time. Kurumi dodge the claw in hairbreadth as she go down in the ground and run while shooting back towards the approaching alpha
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"This guy is surprisingly annoying"Kurumi had sweat run down beside her chin.
"[I will cheer for you]"
"Your cheer is nothing but a bad luck for me"
"[Harsh]"
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Kurumi side step letting the claw pass her completely and she jump in the air and firing a barrage of bullet in the its head.
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGH
"This little guy is enrage"
"[If this is a little guy?. how about your height?]"
"If you don't have anything useful to say, You should shut up"
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SLASH
"!"
Kurumi widen her eyes in surprise after a slash came in the back
"This pest!"
The the other invisible alpha sneakily attack her while she was occupied by this giant. But the slash didn't able to penetrate her skin thanks to her astral dress.
Only a few cut in her dress and despite that, she's grateful she didn't get any wounds.
SLASH
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SLASH
2 more invisible appeared sneakily to her side but Kurumi was already prepared. She jump in the air while dodging the claws came from her front.
"My clones. Deal with them"
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"Alright [Me]"
"Hai hai"
Two clones emerge from the shadow with their flintlock and musket and start dealing with the invisible alpha.
"This guy is mine. Don't intervene"
"Yes [Me] good luck"
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Kurumi fly one meter above the ground while shooting the approaching reaper. The structure and the establishments are so close to each other and it won't be a good spot to dodge.
[Caution: You are now in the Radio Active zone]
[Radiation(mR/h): 156 (safe)]
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"First bullet Aleph"
Kurumi switch back to her flintlock pistol and fire the accelerating bullet effect in her head then engage again in close combat quarters. She encircle this giant who are now enrage as it can't catch her even once.
"As if I will let you slice me" Kurumi take a side turn.
She already used 20 magazine so far and no bullet has been wasted.
"Fuuu~"Kurumi wipe the sweat in her chin.
Her enemy was yet to slow down despite hundreds of bullet holes in his body.
"I just made it half way"
[ENEMY]
Name: XXXXX XXXXXX
HP: 5,103/10,000
MP: 428/1380
[Caution: You are now in the Area of Radiation]
[Radiation(mrad): 241 (safe)]
"This message keeps appearing"
"[It is because, you are in area with radiation]"
Radio active?
"..."
Radioactive elements that release radiation and much really harmful to humans?.
"[Remember this place is where a nuclear meltdown takes place]"
"...I know"
"[These numbers in your message are getting higher when you are getting closer to the source of radiation]"
If this place is radio active zone then people are no way going here and that means this place is isolated.
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'Convenient'
Kurumi thought as she dodge an incoming claws near her left.
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Then a sound of bullets fired in an abandoned place continue.
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"Hey are you out of your mind?"
"What?"
"The radiation."
"Cmon. You know it is weak compared the last century. We already have a map anyway."
"Besides, there's a lot of people going and take photos at the abandoned amusement park in the morning."
"..."
"And also don't you think we can find something else in those buildings?"
"Go. You ca-"
BANG
"What the hell is that?!"
"A ghost"
BANG BANG BANG BANG
"There are people here? At this late night!?"
"Where's the camera!?"
"Here"
His friend pick the camera from his small bag and start to open it.
"Let's go. We may see heroes fighting some villains"
"Here? There's nothing here but an abandon place"
"That's the most likely!. Heroes are not only fighting at crowds, of course this place as well!"
BANG BANG BANG BANG
"RAAAAAAAAAGGGHHH"
"I told you! That person firing a gun is a hero!. And the other may seems a mutant villain"
"Let's scoop it"Crouch down silently make their way towards the source of the fight.
"Let's enter this building"
"But the radiatio-. No. We can see the amusement park here clearly right?"
"RRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHH"
"Shit what was that?"Peeking outside of the window with night vision binoculars.
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"That's a mutant base quirk"
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"And the hero?"
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"A hero in dress?"
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"Witnesses?"Kurumi said.
Her clones informed her that two people was spotted in the vicinity and accidentally witness such disgusting stuffs she was doing.
"Probably they trying to do something weird in this place"
"[Me] they have cameras."Warned by her clone
"Destroy their camera and then dragged them in the shadow"
"Yes [Me]" The clone disappear and another clone appear.
"[Me] The invisible alphas had been dealt with"
"Alright. It seems I need to finish my fight" Kurumi dodge again after the critically wounded monster still trying to reach her. Compare before there are signs of this alpha slowing down a little. Probably it was from the wounds.
[ENEMY]
Name: XXXXX XXXXXX
HP: 1,267/10,000
MP: 201/1380
She continue her onslaught and dodging the claws in hairsbreadth. This giant still chasing after her and do nothing but to swing its claws destroying the other buildings.
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But this time, the alpha slows down and just stumble. It looks like she finally wear him down after 43 rounds of worth of magazine.
[ENEMY]
Name: XXXXX XXXXXX
HP: 32/10,000
MP: 14/1380
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"Goodbye."
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BANG
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In a single shot, the head of the monster has blown away and its body just fell in the ground.
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"Its done" Kurumi step on the torso of the dead monster.
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"How I supposed to do with this corpse?"
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"[Burn it with your reiryuku]"
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[ENEMY]
Name: XXXXX XXXXXX
HP: 0 /10,000
Status: Withering
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Kurumi cover herself with her reiryuku and then like a burning fire, it starts to disintegrate the monster under her feet.
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The entire creature disintegrate completely and nothing left remains.
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[Experience: 126]
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"I've got an experience point? Its been a long time since then" Kurumi said after the familiar status window appeared.
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Just like Mika said, Once she reach A. The experience point she get from stealing some mana in other humans and or killing them become little to none after reaching this level.
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"[Me]. All the alphas was killed. There's nothing left in the spacecraft" A clone appeared and inform her.
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"Really."Kurumi reply and went to that location. In her front was a massive ship that is elevated 50 meters above the ground. The ship was approximately half a kilometer in length and approximately 75 meters in width.
"It seems there is no other monster stronger than earlier" She muttered.
Kurumi step inside, There are a lot of dead creatures inside with bullet holes and wounds. As expected of her clones, they sweep the entire ship immediately. Kurumi go to the upper deck. She look for the control room and surprise she did not find anything valuable. When she look down to where she was standing, her brows furrow in irritation.
Kurumi found a lair contains the little black maggots crawling away.
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"Surely what a disgusting sight"
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"[You can kill them just by your reiryuku alone]"
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"Really? That' s good. I thought I still need to shoot them one by one" It would be a hassle. Kurumi want to say that line but refrain. Then she look around and ask.
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"Is there no mastermind or something?"Kurumi ask. She find this strange. The ship was seemingly full of beast. As if there's no one controlling them and just destroying anything in its wake.
"[You're asking too many question. Are you really thirsty for more?]"
"I'm not a war freak just like you. I just find this weird"
"[You mean, there should be some sort of a commander or any captain in this ship]"
"Something like that?. And that muscle head I fought earlier didn't look like one"
Kurumi said as she let the clone look for few minutes but it seems every corner of this space craft was already explored. No signs of monsters nor any signs of life besides her and her clones.
"[This ship is already program to chase and look for the source of the mana, there's no need for some sort of commander. But if they want, still they couldn't to]"
"What do you mean?"
"[Its part of the seal I and my colleague created. With the current situation in the seal we made to, for now they can only send this cannon fodder]"
"..."Kurumi nod.
"By the way Mika"
"[What is it?]"
"Why they need to travel for a long distance just to came here. Can't they just appear out of nowhere in this planet?"
"[The cracked between the sealing are too far from the very boundary of this universe. Second, they don't have a coordinates to teleport in this planet yet they can vague feel the presence of mana in this place that's why they are lured here like a predator sniffing out its prey]"
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"If that's the case, how they able to arrive here much more quickly?"
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"[Although there's a limitation, for now they simply warp the space to cover large distances.]"
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"Its sounds feasible"
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"[That's why you need to destroy them before they could set up a coordination in this planet. Or else they could teleport here instantly.]"
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Kurumi pondered.
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Let's assess what she had learned so far. Alphas are trying to invades this world. With the information Mika given to her so far, some sort of intelligent beings who more or less can rival Mika was the mastermind behind this invasion. Mika along with her companions sealed them inside that universe for quite some time and there's already a crack. And that crack are being used by the alphas as passage and finally invade this world slowly.
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And before a crack happened, Mika woke up from her slumber and discovering her existence; a clone that was torn apart by the other clones. A helpless and pitiful situation. Then in exchange of saving her, she will help her. Of course she already assess if she was tricked again similar to what she had experience from that vicious woman who turns out to be the first spirit. Fortunately, Mika and the first spirit are different. That's what she feels.
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Kurumi while thinking about the next thing she will do, her eyes landed on the ship in her front.
"Mika"
"[What is it again?]"
"This massive ship. Does it work on the same principle like the airships in my home world?"Kurumi ask.
Just like the airship Fraxinus by Ratatoskr that she always see in the sky although it was invisible in by ordinary eyes of the humans, the spirits are different. She could clearly see that ship. And wherever she see it, she was amaze on how humans advance so much.
"[Yes. This ship was run by the same maryuku as the airships Fraxinus. although the controls are different and you may feel the functions are somehow familiar]"
"[Anyway. Why did you suddenly ask?]"Mika said, and Kurumi for unknown reason had her lips arching up.
"I have some plans I think" Kurumi chuckle and reply again.
"You said they are ten who came here right?"
"[Yes]"
"Then, there is still 9 more places to clean up" Kurumi said, as long as the alphas has the same number and power like she fought earlier, then it will take her more or less 6 hours to completely wipe the alphas out.
"[That's not the only ships you know]"
Kurumi jolt and immediately look up.
"!?… what do you mean?"
"[these 10 are the first batch. But there still approximately a few hundred ships with more or less has the same magnitude had breach in this universe]"
"Why didn't you tell me much sooner?"Kurumi frown.
"[With how I can see this, that is the maximum limit they can send at a time since the crack and the passage was too small]"
"You keep saying the cracks of this seal and the passage was small?Whatdoyoumeansmall?Areyoureferringtothesize?Andwhatistheconditionwhythissmallamountofalphascanstillenterthisworld?If theycanstillenterthisworldregardlessofyoursealing?Whytheycan'tenterfullforce?"
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"[Kurumi breath]"
"Spirits don't need to breath"
"[Look. you are really turning purple]"Mika said and Kurumi look down to her hand. Its really turning purple.
"Well. Excuse me"Kurumi cough a little and slightly embarrass. It seems the traits she got from him are starting to appear.
"[For your questions. I will tell you the details later]"
"Why don't you spill it?"
"[It will be insignificant for now]"
"..."
Kurumi sigh in exhaustion.
"Enough of this Q.A segment. After cleaning up, I will take a day off"
After killing all the alphas and taking those ships away, she will take some sort of vacation.
Maybe she will cook or leisurely take mana from those humans.
Kurumi then look at the long spacecraft ahead of her. Although the space of her shadow can be expand as long she has reiryuku. With this enormous size of spacecraft, surely it will be costly. While thinking what to do with the spacecraft Mika spoke.
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"[Speaking of Izuku]"
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Kurumi stop looking at the spacecraft and look up.
"What about it?"
"[Why did you say it to him?]"
"You mean before I left him?"Kurumi said.
"[Yeah?]"Mika said and Kurumi finally understood what she meant and then she replied.
"Well. What I said to him was a temporary measure"
"[It won't solve the problem]"
"I know" Kurumi said
"Even if I told him to do it, he won't" Kurumi click her tongue in annoyance.
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Izuku was too kind. Though it will be understandable since he was still a kid. But he was simply too kind.
"What's up with him? Is he was destined to be a saint or something?"
He won't stop helping anyone who needs help. He sometimes move his feet already to help others before he could think.
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There are some spoiled kids who splash some waster, slap his face, and burn his clothes. And he didn't do anything.
For a normal person. There are some sort of limit on how their patience and tolerance runs out. But for Izuku, she find it ridiculously high as if it was infinite.
"[You exaggerate too much. For his personality, there's nothing we can do about it, its his nature anyway]"Mika also sigh.
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"You're right"And Kurumi who just little angry just now had smile.
"[Unless you will dye him in this world's color]"
"I'm not that wicked to do that" Kurumi said. Then she look up to the sky and see the thousand stars twinkling and the milky way.
"Well it just a matter of time"
[A matter of time is it?]"
"When he realize he has no more option left, nor any means to run away, that is the time he will make his decision. Either he will let them hit him or he just simply retaliate" She smile.
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Due to her absence, for sure those who try to bully Izuku will appear one by one especially those 3 harlots and that annoying Bakugou.
"[Well the most likely will happen is the former option]"
"If he chose the former, he must prepare himself" Kurumi grin but there is some dangerous aura surrounds her body.
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"We will see the result later."
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She already had plans when Izuku decide to choose that option. But she hopes it will be the latter instead.
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"And it seems I idle here for too long. Let's go to the next destination"
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Once Kurumi burn all the corpse and dissolve the spacecraft inside her shadow, she left the scene for the next location.
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But something she had missed.
One strange movement occur from the supposed dead little black maggot.
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Izuku went in a rest room. Right after he close the door and sit on the bowl, a water came from above.
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SPLASH
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Izuku immediately open up his umbrella before the water soaked his uniform.
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'They are waiting outside' He could feel the 3 classmates on the other side of the door. They also the one who throws the water at him from the other side.
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"Deku. I know you were there"
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'Guess I should escape in the shadow' Izuku was interrupted and fix his attire then silently open the lock and quietly disappear in the shadow.
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He will just teleport to the farthest rest room in the school and take his business there.
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On the other hand, his classmates that was waiting on the other side of the door became impatient.
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"Is he really there?"
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"Did we just mistaken someone?"
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"But we saw someone going in the restroom?"
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"I know it's Deku"
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"Really?"
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"I really saw him going in here!"He retort, if he was here, there's only one way to find out. The trio just look at the door and one of them decide to push the door.
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"It's open"
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"Then who the hell flush the toilet" The trio look at each other mystified on who use the toilet just now. After few seconds later, they nervously look at the surroundings.
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"I think, we should leave"
"I thought so too"
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"I remember someone told that the school had an incidence prior its construction"
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"W-what is it"
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"Someone buried alive in a cement. And his soul was wandering in this place"
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"…"
"…"
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"I think we should leave now"
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"Yea. Let's go. I don't know but I feel now something cold in my skin"
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BAAAM
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"Mama!"
"WAHH!"
"WAA?!"
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Izuku was inside the shadow and see them running away from the restroom. He sigh in exhaustion.
"I guess they will stay away in this rest room for awhile" He said. He was the one who make the mop fall in the floor and create a sound that scares those three. If his neechan was here, surely they won't do anything like this.
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Speaking of his neechan.
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It's already been four days since her absence. Whenever she is here, his life is peaceful. Because during those days, They can't do anything funny.
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Now that she's out for a while and since then, there's no days had passed without them trying to do something. Even on the rest room. They don't give him a break.
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He clearly remember what they did in those days and if someone ask, he could perfectly tell exactly what happen without missing a single bit of information.
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On the first day, that incidence at the back of school happen and after he was little annoyed from what they said, he slightly lose his cool and reply with a little bit of irritation, but it seems he angered his classmate and was chased down. Though they failed
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The second day, on the morning, they try to do something like throwing a crumpled paper on him. He just dodge all those papers and some of his classmates was hit instead. The next was after lunch when he accidentally drop his notebook and he bump kacchan. Their conversation become heated that leads to kacchan chasing him then he spotted those three trying to tripped him but he dodge in a last second. They also failed.
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The third day, it is lunch and when he came back to the room, he notice that they put a stone in his bag, tying his bag in his chair, and vandalizing his table with a word of quirkless, deku, leech-kun, coward, chicken, and something like that. That's why he was late to go home in that afternoon as he erase those word.
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This day, the fourth, they put an eraser above the door and fortunately he notice it and deflect it away. But the eraser landed on one of those three and was chased down. Then at lunch, when he go to the restroom, he notice they follow him and throw a bucket of water above inside
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They really did not stop doing this. Don't they get tired?
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It seems he was successful on escaping from them always. Of course, he give his all to escape.
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Izuku breathes as he recall what his neechan said to him before she left.
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-If you don't want to fight back, Just run away.
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-Run...away?
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-Even If I told you to fight back, you wouldn't had the courage to hurt them anyway.
-…
-Since you don't want to hurt them and at the same time not to be bullied to, then just run away
-…
-Can you do it Izu-chan?
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At that time, he nod because he thought it would be that simple.
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-If you don't, if I see them hitting you, I won't do anything~
-Really!
-Of course, instead…
-…
-We will have a full training for entire week. Do.you.h .Izuku?
-Hiiiiieee!
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Izuku has his back soak with his cold sweat. He remember her face that was astonishing as the blooming black rose turn into a terrifying existence.
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Who would thought a thousand watt smile has different feeling when he look at it.
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The last time her face like this is from one year ago. She was smiling but she had whip in her hand.
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Now he see that face once again, he will surely give his all, not only his all but the 101% of everything he had. No doubt about that.
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Next day
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"That quirkless"Slamming his fist on the table the five other members was staring at him
"What's wrong with you?"
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"We can't catch that little freak"
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"He's quirkless and you can't even catch him? funny"
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"He's escaping like some sort of liquid!" he retort back as if his pride was hurt. And after looking at her, he remember what happen to her last time.
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"Then what happen to you on the other day?"As mocking her, he grin.
"I told you! where just teasing him a bit and that bitch came up!"
"So you are just afraid"
"She was rich in the first place and has a good quirk"she grumble
"And you're giving up"
"Of course not!"
"I will make sure she will pay someday. I will wait for that day"
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"As if you can"
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"If I can? What are you going to do?"
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"uh"
"Let's bet. I can take my revenge on that girl before you can do anything with that leech"
"Okay I'm on!"
"You sure? He allied with that girl and still you can't do anything about it"
"Of course when she was around"
"But now he was alone."
"I have a plan" He added and tell them what's on his mind.
After hearing him, he and the other five kids were grinning to each other as if they finally come up with a sinister plan.. Little did they know there is a small shadow form from the blind spot.
"What kind of schemes are they going to do?"Izuku said as he observe them from the shadows.
This is the fifth day and the end of the week. It is also mark as the week of absence of kurumi-san; his neechan.
He notice them going on somewhere and just follow. It turns out, they just simply went to the classroom. He was surprise when they approach someone. And that someone he didn't expect.
'Isn't that..'
"Bakugou, join us"
There, The trio was standing and surrounds the table occupied by non other than Bakugou. The other 3 girls was on behind. The trio who just invite Katsuki only met with a snarl.
"Huh!?"
EXPLODE
"Easy. Easy there. Bakugou. Now is the right time to pay back to that useless. Don't you think?"
"Are you asking me to catch that useless for you?"
"Yea. He always escaping like a chicken."He said while clicking his tongue in irritation.
"With you, he won't get away anymore. What do you say?"He said.
Izuku who was observing from the corner, shook his head in dismay. He thought that they may stop for today but it seems they try to invite kacchan to join them.
What if he really join? What if that's the case?. Izuku may find it hard to escape without using too much for his power, and there is a possibility he may be found out that he had a power. While pondering about what to do, he hear someone's laughter. The source of that laughter was from kacchan.
"ha… haha….haha...ahahahahaha"The laughter died down and there is a mocking grin in his face.
"You can't catch that useless even using all your quirk combine? You're fucking worst than that useless" He mock the trio instead and face a one sided rejection.
"Now get the f*ck out and don't ever try to bother me again" Kacchan shoo them away as he return to his position with his left arm supporting his head on the table. The other students start murmuring.
Dissatisfied with what he had said, he mock him instead.
"Is it because that time you were beaten to pulp by Tokisaki Kurumi?"
In instant, the atmosphere froze.
"What...what did you say"
The other student look at Katsuki in horror but the trio who just surrounds him seems oblivious. And continue making fun of him.
"That time, your face was like a punching bag, being slap on the ground"
"Yea. He was like 'oh, ooh it wasn't hurt' but he looks like he was going to cry"
"Ahahahaha. You remember he tried to walk like a big shot but after the fight, he walk like a PWD"
"Now we know why you don't want to mess with that quirkless anymore"
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Explode
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"Because you are afraid katsu-keggh!"In instant, katsuki explode his hands directly to the two on the side knocking them out of their balance, then their leader at the middle, kacchan grab him by his mouth and slam his head to the board.
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"Kaaagh!"He groan and see katsuki just only use his one hand and punch his gut.
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"Aggh... Kaaghk!"The boy in his clutch bent down when he punch his gut and then slam his head again to the board.
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"You really want to die so badly huh!?"
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"Mmmmhhpp!"
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Crack Crack
"Stop!"The other three girls tried to approach Katsuki but afraid to do so. It seems they successfully anger kacchan at all.
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"He's going mad at this rate!"Izuku panicking what to do when he saw Katsuki will surely lash out in any second.
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"That's right!"Izuku came up with an idea
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"I only do what I want to do. Don't order me like you are higher than me. Trash!"Katsuki tighten his grip as he try to squeeze mouth. The other two was recovered but they afraid to approach him now. And his palm, there is already some smokes coming out. Realizing what it was, the boy was terrified and tried to wriggle around but no to avail.
He really kill this trash no-
[Si-sir!. I mean Mr. Principal Good a-afternoon sir!]
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Katsuki ready to explode his palms but suddenly it was interrupted. They hear the voice outside.
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[Eh? Our next teacher?. S-she's yet to come.]
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That voice, the familiar voice.
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It is deku. And it seems he was talking with their principal of this school outside the room.
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[Yes sir!. I will enter inside and didn't wander in the hallway!]
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Since he knew he could not continue further especially in the presence of the principal, katsuki just shove him away.
"Kuaahg!"
"Tche-!. F*cking extras" Katsuki didn't do anything more and then he just walk away forcefully opening the sliding door.
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Slam!
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Few seconds later, the trio finally recovered and fix their selves.
"At the end we can't convince that douche bag" Looking back at the disappearing figure of Bakugou. They silently curse at him and wish he was involve in an accident or something.
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"What the heck, I couldn't get out from his grip!"
"As expected, he train his quirk and become this strong"
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"That bastard was used to be praised always. He became arrogant"
"If it wasn't for his quirk, he's just nothing"
"Why he's always in the bad mood"
"It started when he was beaten up by the transfer student"
"Yeah. I know that too"
"You mean he's pride was hurt"
"That's true"
"He had yet getting a rematch"
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"But it looks impossible"
Izuku who just transform again to his astral dress and observe inside. Some of his classmate make a fuss, But those notorious six, they just regroup in the corner and talk.
When Izuku see them having a troubled look and not knowing what to do next. He sigh in relief.
'I guess this time, they won't do anything for the day' Izuku thought. They try to coax Katsuki to join them in bullying him but failed. He silently thank kacchan for that.
'Let's go back now' He thought. Izuku just emerge from the toilet and go back to his room. As he enter the room he made eye contact with those 6 little kids.
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"What are we going to do now?"When they failed in persuading Katsuki, they just return on their seat.
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"I don't know yet" He replied, He thought that they can persuade Katsuki since he was beaten up by Tokisaki Kurumi and want to take revenge. In the end, they where face by complete rejection. That's only his plan. Now since it didn't work, he need to think for another.
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As he contemplate, his friend and classmate speak.
"Isn't that deku?"
The door has been open and the dark green hair boy enter. He and the other five of his classmates look at Izuku in disgust and disdain. The twerp look at them back and jolt a little then nervously avert his gaze.
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"Now. This time he won't get away"
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"We need some volunteer to brought the left over books inside the warehouse near at gymnasium, the others will be cleaning the gym instead" Their teacher said, some of his classmate groan and some ask for other questions.
"Its not like everyone will be sent to, at least 5 students per room"
"Anyone who will volunteer will be exempted for the upcoming classes" The teacher said but the students either groan and murmur to each other.
"Sensei, Deku's raising his hand."
"Eh? But-"Izuku want to retort
"Ah Midoriya-kun, since you raise your hand, you will help the others"
'But I didn't raise my hand' He thought.
"So who's other four? None? I will call out"
Then their teacher call the others and Izuku look behind and see the grinning trio at the back.
"I felt a bad feeling about this" He murmured. Once all the five volunteers has been settled, they immediately sent to the warehouse just a block away from the gymnasium.
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Once he was finished helping to transfer some books in that warehouse, he and the other volunteers from other classroom was dismissed. And Izuku, after going back to the room to take his bag, he stops.
He found his bag is nowhere to found.
'I know I left it here'He thought and then he notice a small paper that was lying under his desk. He pick it and read what is written.
[Note: If you want your things back, go to the play ground few blocks away from school]
"I knew it"
He thought that they will stop for today but he is wrong. He sigh and look in the surroundings. When he saw no one else besides him inside, he transform.
"Zafkiel…"
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"What is this? Hero analysis for the future no. 5?"
"That's definitely something deku had"
"Ahahahahah"
"Look look!. There's more"
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There he saw his 6 notorious classmates rummaging his belongings. He go to the nearest alley and transform back to his casual clothes.
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Those 6, who was sitting and looking the inside of his bag grinning and laughing while reading the contents of his notebook.
"Oya? Hey the leech is here!"When he notice him from the entrance, he call out to the other five.
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Izuku stand on the entrance clenching his palm and enter.
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No matter how much he put an effort to run away, it seems a confrontation with them is inevitable.
