War, fire, destruction, misery, emotional distress. Those are the exact words that could perfectly describe what was going on in s small, Hohojiro village just on the outskirts of the Splatlands. After everyone thought DJ Octavio had redeemed himself by helping the SquidPeak Splatoon defeat Mr Grizz, he went right back to his despicable, crual ways.
Initially, DJ Octavio just decided to steal the Great Zapfish once agsin and call it a day. However, he felt as though thst was too predictable and that the SquidPeak Splstoon was already equipped to deal with that. No, Octavio knew he had to do something else, something truly twisted, something truly evil, something to definitely prove to the world that he and only he was the true villian in this world!
While looking for something to do to show thsg he was a true villain, he realised something, he hadn't conquered the Splatlands yet. But he knew that he couldn't just go directly for the Splatlands yet. First, he needed to send a message to them, he knew he needed to make them fear him somehow. You may be wondering, how is he going to do that? Well, there was a small Hohojiro village that Shiver had built so some Hohojiro refugees could have a place to live. That was his target!
We now cut to the war between DJ Octavio and the people of that village. And lemme just say that the people of that village were not prepared for what was about to happen during that war!
DJ Octavio had Octarian soulders by the thousands while the people in the village had no weaponry. The only thing they could do is run away in scattered directions, only to be killed off one by one until the village became a ghost town.
After Octavio was done with his rampage, he ordered all of his soulders to retreat and just as quickly as they entered, they were gone. What was left was burning houses, shattered glass littered the streets and grass and coutless dead bodies combined together to create one, massive pool of blood that seemed endless.
3 Hours Later
The Splatland's local medical team rushed onto the scene with strechers and ambulances to take the dead bodies away from the scene. Splatland's local police force were also called in to wall of the crime scene and investigate.
While on their investigation, one of the police officers come across a baby, Inkling boy crying his eyes out near two dead carcasses, who the officer assumed was the boy's parents. He picked the child up and brought him over to the chief. After a bit of discussion, the officers decide to place the kid in an adoption center in the hopes that someone would adopt him. Little did the officers know that the decision they made would end up being the worst mistake they ever made!
4 Years Later
It had officially been 4 years since this tragic event transpired. News channels all across the Splatoon World documented the incident, multiple people tried to adopt Max but all of them were turned down, Shiver of Deep Cut tried to find a way to adopt him herself because of their Hohojiro connection but failed on multiple occasions, the rubble of the former village was cleared up by construction workers and it was even reported by the Squid Sisters before Turf War map announcements.
It was safe to say, this was a big deal! The whole world knew who this young boy was, how his entire home was taken away from him and the struggles he was currently going through with the loss of his parents.
However, That didn't stop the crualties of this world didn't reer their ugly head from around the corner.
As mentioned, the inkling baby was taken to an adoption centre shorty after being found by the police and this adoption centre wasn't exactly known for treating the children residing in there with respect.
Multiple reports of child neglect anf abuse has been reported about this place. From kids starving from lack of food to being wipped for doing just the slightest thing wrong, this place was a hell hole to survive in!
And the young survivor of DJ Octavio's attacks was just another victim of these cruel conditions. Starved, bullied by other kids, etc. This was the kind of bullshit that sent the inkling kid over the edge. He spiraled into a deep depression that seemed endless, he even cut himself on a few occasions to help tend the pain of the constant torment.
However, one day, the boy finally made a decision that he didn't have the mental capacity to make when he was a baby. He ran away! Without looking back, he kept running and running!
After around ehat felt like a lifetime of running, the young Inkling boy finally made it to the Splatlands Train Station and hopped on the nexg available bus to Inkopolis. While on the train, the 4 year old boy thought of all the new possibilities, new people he will meet and the much better life he will hopefully have in Inkopolis.
The End