My Dear Bay
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[Same night, outside the abandoned building ground]
PRT cars surround the place, along with ambulances and all kinds of people,
Further along the edge of the barrier preventing the public from entering, a crowd gathers,
Ceerus appears to be talking to the crowd, some press cameras in the boy's face, who with his
golden mask and a jacket given to him by the PRT talks to the press at his request,
Next to the boy, however…
"So... Any explanation as to why your teacher is here?"
Velocity, while leaning against the side of one of the PRT vans, says to Battery that next to
Assault, who chuckles lightly,
Making Vista perk up lightly,
"Oh, yeah Legend was your mentor right?" She asks, smiling slightly, still a little surprised and
excited that one of the Triumvirate's heroes is here,
Battery just crosses his arms, but still smiles at the little Ward.
"Yes he was, but people put too much importance on that. And no Velo, I have no idea why he's
here exactly... I only know what he said to us"
Assault is the one who says something this time, for some reason a more strained smile on his
face,
"At the request of the PRT General Director, he came to speak with our new Ward."
This makes everyone move to look from afar to where the two are.
"-And that led to this great battle, a pathetic and downright stupid reason. But it resulted in the
arrest of two Lieutenants of the Empire. It's incredible to see the future generation doing such an
impressive job" The legendary Hero and Leader of the Protectorate says, his voice authoritative
yet gentle, making even the reporters nod in respect.
One reporter, in particular, asks another question to the Ward there, who seems to be already
regretting wanting to come and talk to the media,
"So Caerus! Can you give us more details about your battle with Hookwolf? You are the first hero
to defeat Hookwolf without help after all!" The cameras all focus on the boy's golden mask,
"...I won't say much, but I think I can say for sure that I came out of our battle today stronger than
I was yesterday." The boy says, smiling slightly.
His intentions in speaking to the media at least to appear in public once more,
To try to build a good image perhaps,
He doesn't understand much about it yet, but experts at the PRT made a point of saying that his
image is relatively easy to profit from.
'Ultimately, now that the adrenaline has worn off I can see how tired I am... I need to sleep'
…
[Two hours and a half later, Protectorate HQ, meeting room.]
In one of the special rooms of the PRT, several figures sit facing their youngest Ward,
The Ward in question slowly and carefully reads the paper in front of him,
As if he wasn't in front of a Legend, his boss, and an important figure, he simply takes the time
necessary to read the papers.
'Lots of basic bureaucratic stuff, full of clauses. Showing the various advantages and rewards I
could have by accepting the contract... All this for the duty of…'
"Fighting in every Endbringer battle from now on, that's basically what you want from me?" The
boy says, placing the paper on the table, basically ignoring Principal Piggot and Miss Terance, the
head of the Youth Guard, his eyes looking deep into Legend's mask.
The silence that permeates the room is deafening.
The boy frowns slightly, and Legend talks,
"You are correct, it's a lifelong duty. As long as you can fight in these battles you will." The man
says, and even though he manages to disguise it,
Everyone in the room can practically see the disgust on his face regarding the matter at hand,
The boy thinks a little more, his eyes slightly widening in tension, his mind maintaining its calm,
reviewing everything he read. The adults in the room let the boy have as much time as possible to
think.
He keeps talking to them,
"More than that, in a fight I would be considered an asset to be protected as well. As long as I
request it, I have maximum priority… That's fucking nuts, asking this of a Ward, a minor. Who
didn't even grow up here in this world" The boy says, his voice getting lower, talking to himself.
"Are we that desperate? Directors, would you both approve of this? I want your opinions." The boy
says, frowning and crossing his arms, looking at Piggot and Terance,
The first to speak is Piggot, the woman's slight dead stare making the boy a bit annoyed in his
mind,
"Yes, we would." The director's short and blunt answer does not surprise the other two leaders in
the room.
More than that, both of the other Leaders nod at that.
"With the information that the protectorate officially sent to us here, you are now, together with
the Triumvirate, one of the most valuable humans on earth."
The boy's fist clenches.
"...The Protectorate and PRT Thinker team has come to the conclusion that not only can I adapt
to Endbringers, but to any existing phenomenon, as stated in the description of my power. That's
what it says… In the "contract"."
The boy says, and Terance also gives her word,
"Correct, as you can see in the contract, I made sure to arrange it myself, giving you several rights
and powers of decision if something displeases you." The woman says, with her face, unlike
Legend's disgust and Piggot's deadpan, is one of obvious sadness.
The boy lowers his head, looking at the contract as his face slowly hardens.
"If I sign this contract, I will be a millionaire, with theoretically more political power than some
country leaders... But none of that matters, it's not something like that that would make me
accept a contract like this one..." The boy says raises his hand and removing his mask, it's not like
it matters at the moment, the three already know him,
The boy's eyes flash red for a second involuntarily, and a deadpan appears on his face.
"It's a matter of Duty... This is something that only I can do, to help solve arguably the biggest
problem your world has faced in the last what? 30 years?" The boy says and shakes his head. "I
literally in good conscience cannot refuse this, I don't hate humanity that much." The boy says,
his lips getting into a permanent frown at the moment.
When did I start to have this sense of self-righteousness?
Said Sense of Duty and Rightfulness, which almost cost me a lot of things back home,
A sense that I took from my father as far as my memory goes,
A man who did not lower his head to any man outside the law or even inside of it, something that
also cost him pieces of himself and his family,
Leonardo's memory may not have anything recent from his life in his homeland, but certain
events from his childhood and part of his adolescence did not die so easily.
He never forgot the feeling of being mugged by some fuckers carrying rifles down on the favela
where he lived at the beginning of his childhood,
He will never forget the horrible feeling of satisfaction he felt when he found out that one of the
guys who put a gun in his face ended up getting shot in a shooting between factions.
He had never forgotten the time his life was saved as a teenager by a member of the local
faction, the man recognized him as the son of his father, who had helped him years ago, and
asked him not to return to the area, even if it was just to visit a childhood friend, after all, he no
longer lived in the slums.
'That kind of thing ultimately led me to the way I am today'
"I understand, thank you from the bottom of my heart for accepting." The man says and lowers
his head slightly, after that, he smiles and gives a signal to both Directors, the two stand up and
leave not before nodding at the boy.
The man, surprising the boy, removes his blue mask,
The tired but still handsome face of a man in his late fifties smiles melancholically at him.
"Let's start over, young man, it's a pleasure to meet you… My name is Keith."
[Late at night, in Leonardo's room.]
Lying on his bed, the boy is thoughtful, about everything that happened in just one day…
'I did it, I actually achieved a Black Flash... I wonder what the characters I loved so much would
have thought of me.'
The boy says, looking at his own fist, which now has some small scars on his slightly tanned
skin.
'Note to self, if I don't want to, The Dharma Wheel will not remove scars.'
The boy chuckles lightly and closes his eyes... until.
PING
Leo's eyes widen quickly, he sits up in his bed.
And looks at the black screen in front of him.
"...Nem fodendo"
A deja vu comes over him and the boy quickly reads the information,
[CONGRATULATIONS! ACHIEVEMENTS OPEN!]
[Proceed to the achievement screen and claim your reward!]
The boy's mouth opens in confusion and his brain begins to catch up to him.
"Oh god, this is all just a big gacha game isn't it?"
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[Same night]
Leonardo makes a point of opening the next message from Lottery as quickly as possible,
The achievement tab opens,
The first thing the boy sees... Is the various things that are locked up, making it impossible for the
boy to see them.
"Tsk, so it's going to be like this huh?"
The boy merely lets it go and presses on the only open achievement.
The first of many!
Fight against a cape in a one-on-one and win.
Reading this the boy can't help but be happy about his achievement as a Cape in this crazy world,
The text on the white screen glows and pulses as if it wants to be clicked.
'Okay, I have no idea what the reward would be... At the end of the game, it must be some perk or
power, right? That's what I've received from the Lottery so far.'
The boy thinks and lies down on the bed again, the screen following him and staying above him.
'...Should I- No, better not? Or maybe I should?'
In his mind, the devious thought of not commenting with the Protectorate and PRT about this
achievements tab comes to the surface.
'On one hand, they have shown trust in me so far. On the other hand, I'm sure it wouldn't be
difficult for some exotic cape to steal information about me directly from the PRT. Okay, this will
be my mini trump card,'
the boy thought as he signaled for the reward to be picked up.
A small loading screen appears, with a cute symbol of a rolling D20, and then…
[CONGRATULATIONS! You rolled for a minor power object!]
Vision (Genshin Impact)
Cost: 8 SP
You have been bestowed a Vision, which grants you the ability to use and control one of seven
elements of your choosing. A person's Vision represents their ambition, and being deprived of it
can cause a person to lose their ambition. However, depending on what your ambition is, you
can be unaffected from losing your Vision. A person can be flexible and use their Vision
differently depending on how they apply it. You can use a Vision to create barriers, heal
wounds, predict the future, fly, and even manifest sentient creatures. But the usage of
Elemental energy depends on practice and skill.
Holding a Vision grants passive benefits that normal humans do not possess. You have
resistance to curses and Forbidden Knowledge, even energy that is dangerous to mortals is less
so for you. It's believed that having a Vision allows someone the chance to ascend into
becoming a God.
[Due to the nature of power items, you can leave them stored with the Lottery when you are not
using them.]
Leo's face contorts, his expression much like someone chewing an entire lemon…
'That's... Fucking ironic, a Gacha game object. And more than that it can't be hidden well, At least
in the description it says that I can leave it stored. Oh, Goddamnit I'll think about it tomorrow.'
The boy just waves his hand, causing the screen to close,
And goes to sleep.
...
[February 16th, Brockton Bay Park]
Three people are sitting on a bench,
Relaxing, chatting and waiting.
"All I'm saying is that the fact that your songs are several levels below mine from back home"
"Uh Uh, I won't believe it until I see it," Vicky says, smirking slightly, to Leo who looks at her with a
deadpan.
"Dean, your flying girl is being mean to me again."
Dean just sighs, on one hand, he's happy that Vicky and Leo are already good friends...
On the other hand, they behave like two kids when they're together.
"I hope the rest get here soon so we can have other adults with us."
Both of the other two snickers, with Vicky, hugging Dean's left arm and saying "Burn"
"So, apparently I'm going to meet more New Wave people today? And why in the park?" Leo asks,
smiling and adjusting his Alexandria-print running shirt.
Vicky is the one who answers,
"Urgh, we sometimes do a family outing to the park to run together, but my mom and dad can
never do it and Amy is working today... Again." She says and in the last part groans a bit. "So
today my cousin and the rest of the family wanted to come with me, which is sweet of them."
Leonardo nods and shrugs,
"That's cool and all... But what about me?"
"You were right next door. Vicky called me, and I wanted someone to talk to." Dean's response
makes the other boy chuckle,
After a few minutes, Vicky gets up
"Oh look! They're over there!" She waves to them from a distance and they wave back,
Leo looks at the Pelhams from afar and turns to Dean. "...Dean, is being pretty, some kind of
hereditary power?" The boy's answer made Dean chuckle, understanding what the boy meant.
The family in question gets closer and Vicky and Dean greet them, leaving the boy for last,
"Oh, and this is our friend, he's new to the Bay and we invited him to run with us," Vicky says,
pulling the boy by the arm using her superhuman strength almost making him trip,
"You have super strength Flying girl"
The girl mutters "Sorry"
"Hello! My name is Leonardo, It's a pleasure to meet you three, I almost came with my New Wave
hoodie but Dean wouldn't let me" The boy says, giving his hand to Crystal while smiling at them.
The girl in front of her parents chuckles and shakes the boy's hand, a beautiful smile on her face,
"If it was the hoodie that had my dad's face on it I would laugh a lot, and the pleasure is my
shorty, I'm Crystal, the big guy behind me is my dad Neil, and the older version of me is my mom
Sarah" Being called shorty makes Leo raise an eyebrow but shrug.
And the rest of Crystal's family seems to smile slightly at the description.
Soon after, the group begins to walk calmly, opting to take a walk while they talk.
The girls in the group were further forward talking about something, Dean Neil and Leo further
back talking about something.
"Brazil, isn't it? It's a beautiful country, I've been there a few years ago." The older man says
smiling at Leo, the boy is genuinely surprised.
And smiles widely,
"Wait, really? For work or something?" He asks the tall man... Seriously, he's really tall.
"Not really, when I was in my 20s I participated in several Jiu-jitsu competitions and here in the
US I did wrestling too. Those were good times, even though I lost them in Brazil" The man says
with a happy smile, remembering the old days.
Dean then also speaks up smiling,
"Leo also fought when he was younger, Judo apparently."
Neil looks at the boy with a twinkle in his eyes,
"Oh, really Leo? One of these days we need to take some classes, I never really learned Judo."
Leo looks at the two with narrowed eyes,
"Why do I feel like this is a trap? And yes, I did Judo, I did it from age 7 to 13 actually, but my old
gym also taught BJJ and boxing, so I know a little bit about both." The boy says yes with a smile,
unable to help but remember good times from the past.
As they walk, Leo notices how empty the park is at this time.
'Well, at 7 in the morning even the villains are sleeping... except for the merchants who probably
don't sleep.'
The boys see Crystal look back, and she soon says something interrupting their conversation and
pausing the girls' one too.
"Hey Leo, how old are you?"
The boy blinks and responds by adjusting his glasses on his face.
"Well, I'm 16, but I'll be 17 this month." Technically he's already 17, but he decided to just count as
if he were still going to have a birthday, on February 20th.
Crystal seems to put her hand on her chin and nods sagely, she turns back and continues walking
and talking with the rest of the family.
The boys look at each other, and Neil puts his hand on the boy's shoulder.
"I have no idea what that was, but I wish you luck kiddo"
The older man's response makes Dean and the boy laugh lightly.
The heroes out of their costumes all walk and talk for a good while, sometimes running, but
ultimately spending more time talking.
All in all, New Wave is relatively normal, they are too calm to be a bunch of superheroes.
Dean, Vicky, and Leo after a while separate from the group, all leaving to go to school,
Not really care that they missed a few classes by staying too long at the park.
After all, they got to Arcadia on time for P.E anyway,
[A little later, Arcadia, Main Gym.]
On the court, some students play a game of basketball,
While others relax in the stands since the teacher today couldn't care less about anyone's
participation in class.
Carlos sighs looking at his friends there,
"I understand what you mean, but you guys could try and talk to him."
One of the guys near the boy just scratches the back of his neck,
"I don't know Carlos, Leonardo is one of the popular guys at school, he hangs out with all of you
superstars, so no one has the courage to do that."
Carlos merely facepalms lightly.
'At least Livy became his friend... Her reasons are weird, but that's beside the point.'
Carlos says
and looks to the side seeing Dean's group further down in the stands.
At the moment only Dean, Vicky, and Livy, since other friends of theirs are playing at the moment,
are sitting together.
"You know… Is it just me, or did Lionboy suddenly start getting muscles?" Livy says, a little
confused, looking at the boy on the court who asks one of his classmates for the ball.
Dean quickly goes to the boy's rescue.
"He only wears looser shirts, it's not like you can see anything." The boy says with a chuckle, and
Vicky just nods in agreement,
"That's true, and he also goes to the gym with me and Dean a lot."
Livy just raises her eyebrow and hmms.
"It makes sense, the brat of the group is growing up, how sad." She says, taking a mock tear from
the corner of her eye, making Vicky roll her eyes and Dean chuckle,
"He's like a few months younger than us overall-"
Vicky says and is interrupted by the sight of the boy in question dunking the ball…
Dean can't help but laugh out loud at the scene, the boy definitely used his powers a little.
"...Damn." Livy says with a smirk, seeing the boy having his hair ruffled by Jamie from the enemy
team who talks to him for a few moments.
Time passes and after the game ends, it gives space to the next team that wants to play,
Leo returns to the stands, wearing his sleeveless shirt and smiling.
"Man, that was fun. Why don't you guys play a little? Everyone's playing, it's a mixed game after
all." He says and Livy hands him her water bottle, earning a thank you as the boy drinks.
"Nah Lion boy, I didn't come in proper clothes." Livy says smirking slightly, making the boy look at
her with a deadpan.
"You never come in P.E clothes, but it would be funny how you would put together a gothic gym
outfit." The boy says and chuckles.
The girl smiles and rests her elbow on her knee, her face in her palm.
"Challenge accepted."
Vicky and Dean just look at each other and smile slightly,
The boy in question continued the conversation,
"So Leo, what were you and Jamie talking about?"
"Oh, he was inviting me to join the Arcadia basketball team, and I said I'd think about it since you
don't have a soccer team, which is stupid." The boy says taking a chuckle from Vicky, who says
quietly "
Brazilians be like
"
Ignoring Vicky's comment, but smiling inside, Leo then continues,
"Well, I'm already thinking about joining the mixed martial arts club you have here. Which is really
cool too, I've never been to a school that had that." The boy says, thinking it could be a great way
to practice technique without needing help from the PRT.
Livy looks at him and chuckles,
"I would never have guessed that you would like violence and martial arts since you are all cutesy
and shit," The girl says poking his side.
The boy looks at her affronted,
"Huh? Cutesy? I'm not cute and shit... Am I?" He says and asks directly to Dean and Vicky who
smile,
Dean slams the hammer and gives the ultimatum,
"You're usually a very empathetic and compassionate person, Leo. And you seem to do it without
much thought, so... Yeah"
This coming from the literal Empath of the group is an absolute certainty.
"Damn... Whatever, better that than being all irritating and mean I guess." The boy says and
reaches the other side of Livy, taking his glasses, along with his school jacket. He fixes his hair,
throwing it back and putting on his glasses.
Time passes and little by little people are released from the class.
Leo leaves school, with his bag on his shoulder, now able to use his cell phone,
He reads the message sent by Assault,
"Hey Leo-boy the PRT has released your use of the private training room, you can use it as much
as you want during the time before your patrol today at 5pm"
'I'm glad they let me use the room... The last few days I've been training, I've been thinking about
trying something new... So I'll need a place to let loose. Legend says, they're preparing something
for me, but I still have no idea what.'
The boy thinks as he approaches the place where he will be picked up,
He raises his hand, activating his white cursed energy, wrapping it around his fist, its electrical
characteristics making the energy waves behave in funny ways.
'Perhaps, with the help of the Dharma Wheel... And my achievement reward as well, I might be
able to use electricity as a great theme for various new fighting features… If Kashimo can do it, I
can too.'
The boy says, giving a chuckle and touching his chest, feeling his new necklace, that is inside his
shirt carrying his Vision...
Which came in the Electro style.
It is ironically fitting if you think about it,
'I wonder if there's some kind of real reason for my vision coming as Electro? Maybe I'm just
compatible with the element of lightning or something… Especially because the description
makes it clear that I should be able to choose, and did choose itself'
The boy thinks but leaves it alone. He needs to think and use his creativity to think of the easiest
way to do what he wants…
[A few minutes later, PRT HQ, Private training room for capes in the underground.]
The boy stretches in that place alone and is almost all gray,
Dressed in his basic workout clothes, but without his shirt due to the heat at the moment,
'I would love to train in my newly made suit, and man, swapping the basic black for a really dark
purple looks amazing with the gold details. But it's better not to risk destroying it.'
The boy finishes his stretching routine, takes his cell phone, and goes to some benches very
close to the entrance door of the place, leaving his cell phone in a compartment under the bench
for protection.
The boy also gets his Vision,
His silly idea of not telling the PRT about the achievements went down the drain a few days ago
after better consideration on his part... Right now he shouldn't hide anything from them, but just
for now.
The PRT has already checked Vision a million times, and they found nothing, for them it's a pretty
purple stone at most.
He puts on his necklace and goes to the center of the place.
And gets ready,
His thoughts grew stronger, his eyes turning a vibrant red. In what the boy named:
Bijon
This change resulting from his adaptation allows the boy to clearly observe what his brain counts
as "life points".
Brain and Heart.
With that, locating Hookwolf's core was easy.
'With the adaptation of my powers, doing something like "creating a power" is easy. The wheel is
esoteric and quite abstract in nature, So to use it it's also interesting to leave logic aside and try
whatever I want'
The boy assumes a standing position of total concentration,
Closing his eyes and focusing absolutely.
Once again a blast of cursed energy, CEM envelops his body,
He can feel the energy snapping in some places as if it were short-circuiting the air.
The boy's arms take up their position.
"Furube Yura Yura!"
The wheel appears above him, along with a smile on the boy's face.
His energy metaphorically perking up.
'In theory, I need a focus for the Vision, like a weapon... But there's no better focus than-'
The necklace on the boy's chest begins to glow a shimmering purple.
CRACK BOOM
A purple thunder originates from the boy's body who grins widely feeling the energy running
through his body
And more than that... by the CEM itself.
Leo's eyes rolled back slightly, and the boy in a burst out of pure instinct clasps his hands into a
prayer position,
The pulsating energy of pure purple rays mixed with a sublayer of cursed energy is then affected,
KRRK
And with that, they decrease, only being a few centimeters away from the boy's body who
breathes deeply, half panting,
His eyes are still wide after succeeding.
The boy looks at his own hands, now seeing them with pure energy surrounding them.
"My Vision... I understand it now"
'I haven't played Genshin much, but I can't forget its character screen, the characteristic
constellations of each one of them... My constellation is unique and does not exist in that
universe. It's called-'
"Motus Magus, Sorcerer of Emotion"
The boy then turns and looks at the Metal Dummy at the end of the place, placed there especially
for him,
It's time to go ape-shit.
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[February 20th Downtown Coast, patrol time.]
The past few days in the Bay have been consistent... There's a prevailing tension in the air,
occasionally Lung would appear and harm someone.
You know the basics.
However, once again, a confrontation suffered the consequences and was escalated to the limit,
At the Downtown Coast, a girl flies at full speed, zooms through the air in a zigzag pattern,
dodging two boulders that almost hit her,
She expertly stops in mid-air and releases a blast of energy in front of her, her target being a
woman floating in the air on top of a piece of rock with a rune written on it,
Only to be stopped when another rock is thrown at her.
The girl gritted her teeth in annoyance,
'TSK, when will the cavalry arrive? The protectorate is too late today, Weren't the Wards patrolling
nearby today?'
Laserdream dodges once more and decides to leave Othala alone, watching as her Dad fights
Victor on the ground,
She then looks further away and sees Rune, throwing another rock at her.
Said rock being smaller, but easily dodging an upcoming Blast coming from the New Wave girl,
and almost hitting the heroine who dodges at the last second,
The girl then looks up again seeing a golden comet of light fighting two people.
'Fucking Purity of all Empire members had to be the one active today.'
The girl thinks as she sees
the fight, her face becoming more worried as she thinks about the current situation.
The empire has become more and more desperate... The reason? They tried to release Hookwolf
and Krieg and it didn't work, both were successfully sent away by the PRT.
For the first time in a few years, the Empire has lost two very important capes.
Something is changing in the city, little by little, but no one understands why.
Crystal stops daydreaming and shifts her focus to Rune, who is using her power to stockpile
more stones, some of them gigantic.
She prepares to dash through the air toward Rune, until…
From behind Rune suddenly, a large purple light is lit,
The sky is illuminated and Rune quickly turns back, manipulating the stone she is on top of.
When she turns around, she is immediately surprised by Caerus, who passes close to her by her
side and then pulls her by the hood of her robe, yanking her like the girl weighs nothing
The young girl lets out a little scream and is dragged through the air to the building below, which
isn't that far away, just a few feet away.
She is thrown and falls sideways, rolling on the ground, her shoulder injured by the rough fall.
Before she could even get up a foot hit her in the middle of the chest kicking her and throwing her
back to the ground.
The girl focuses her eyes and sees Ward looking down at her,
"I suggest you turn off your powers. Or I'll have to deactivate them forcefully." The boy says dead
serious, signaling with his hand and tossing a coin in the air,
The coin glows and then sparks in purple rays of lightning,
"This coin can be activated by me at any time and will be fired with the power of a railgun. Stay
here okay?" The boy says seeing the girl freeze slightly and look him in the eyes.
"...You're the guy who defeated Hookwolf, the Battle Ward." She says and the boy just chuckles.
He turns around leaving her there, she looks up and sees the coin glowing an ominous purple
above her, if it were thrown at the angle it is... It would destroy her head completely.
The boy's small coins have become famous for being reserved for better-armed criminals,
literally destroying cars or any type of shield.
She remains still, and Caerus jumps away from there, purple thunder imbuing him for a second in
her vision and... Then he is no longer there.
The Ward then appears in mid-air and waves to Laserdream who responds with a big smile.
In mid-air, he points at Othala and the girl dashes flying there,
And on the ground before having to use his power again the boy sees Manpower and Aegis now
joining forces to fight Victor.
Caerus then activates the power of his vision again,
And while in the air, he chooses his target.
The boy in free fall turns his body as if he were falling backward and says under his breath,
Impulse
.
At the same instant, arguably at the actual speed of lightning, his CEM and Vision activate
together in harmony as it has done in the last few days,
The boy's body is propelled upwards in a purple beam, flying at full speed into the sky.
Towards both Lady Photom and Glory Girl, who dodge yet another powerful blast of pure solar
energy from Purity.
Unknowingly giving Caerus the perfect space to appear in the middle of the two after the Villain's
laser had just passed through them.
With the thunderous sound of lightning, the boy appears in the middle of both of them, who look
at him with wide eyes,
The villain, to her credit, seems to be able to react in time and crosses her arms in an X, trying to
defend herself from the next attack,
Impulse
The purple beam in the form of a Ward is fired again, and the boy's fist collides in the air with
Purity's arms, the clash causing a light show in the sky,
Both are propelled away from the fight and carried through the air, Caerus managing to hear
Purity's scream as the woman is elocuted as she flies with him through the sky,
Both fly towards the coast of Brockton Bay, hitting the ground with a huge impact, sending a
mixture of rocks and sand flying into the air,
The boy lightly sighs and then jumps back from where he is on top of Purity,
Escaping a large beam of light that goes to the sky, exploding into light.
Practically shaking the air with its shock wave.
The boy, now a good distance away from Purity, just watches her as she slowly gets up,
"Considering that I punched you hard enough to probably level a building, I guess your Brute
Rating is confirmed Purity, congrats I guess."
"But you should thank God that I still can't use the full power of these new powers of mine." The
boy says, his voice neutral and calm, just giving an edge to his apparent carelessness.
The woman of light looks at him, her features impossible to decipher, but her voice makes him
know the slight hatred she feels at the moment.
"Caerus… so the PRT decided to escalate this battle even further."
The boy just tilts his head slightly, his red eyes showing beneath the mask,
"Escalate? Fortunately, you're wrong. I'm here to stop this from going any further, and not just me.
Dauntless and Armsmaster are also on their way here. So you better call off your reinforcements,
which we know you've already called in." The boy says, a coin coming to his hand, he just passes
it from finger to finger in a sleight of hand.
Purity frowns deeply, thinking and getting more and more pissed off,
'This was all supposed to be a simple confrontation with New Wave... Damn you Othala, if she
hadn't crushed that civilian by accident things wouldn't have gotten this far.'
The woman could not believe the empire's bad luck in recent times. It was as if something was
conspiring against them.
The woman then focuses her gaze on the boy in front of her.
'Caerus, the so-called Battle Ward... This kid, he's way stronger than he should be... It's like I'm
watching Dauntless rise in power- No, something different than that, it's like watching-'
"Eidolon."
The woman says suddenly, making the boy look at her confused. "You're like him, a Trump of the
highest order... We don't know how many powers you hide, or how far your potential goes."
The boy hums, and responds at the same pace.
"Considering I told the whole world I would surpass him I can accept that comparison."
The boy's mildly mocking tone makes the woman bark back,
"You're a lot more chatty than our reports of your fight with Hookwolf, getting cocky already
brat?" The woman says and light begins to gather in her hands.
"You should only talk in the middle of a fight when you are sure you will win." The boy says,
absolute confidence ringing through his voice,
An uncomfortable shiver runs through Purity's body, and she immediately charges at the Ward,
both her hands releasing missiles of light.
A coin is tossed in the air, and the boy dodges to the side, distancing himself from the woman.
One of the missiles hits the coin, returning to Purity, who is hit in the chest. A large explosion
occurs and the woman is thrown back by the concussive force of the impact, but takes no
damage.
Caerus, however, doesn't let the chance pass by, appearing on the woman's left side with a
"Swoosh" in the air coming from his fast movement, and quickly lashes out with a cross to the
villain's abdomen,
BAAM
"GAH-" An involuntary sound is heard coming from Purity's mouth as she is thrown back by the
sheer force of the blow,
Caerus merely watches as the woman is thrown and bounces across the sand until she rights
herself and falls to her knees.
[No longer a freak, now an Aberration. Yes, now that's a good way to describe Battle Ward.
If a sorcerer or even a person from ancient times saw the boy now, Kashimo Hajime would no
longer be the God of Thunder.
CEM and Vision, working together, emotion and ambition, powering his body augmented by his
technique. Having been able to create his own "Skills" with just a few mere days of testing... Ah,
so there's another word to describe the boy... Gifted should do as well.
]
'Everything is going well, Impulse isn't nearly killing me when I use it, but unfortunately, I can't hit
anyone using max speed yet… At least I have my rail guns in case something happens'
The boy thinks, and again enters an attack position, his body enveloping itself in a show of
violent purple lightning,
Purity then stands up, lashes out in hatred, and fires at him, a very powerful ball of energy
forming in her right hand.
Amidst Purity's response, the boy merely stepped out of his attacking stance. Placing his hands
in position to use…
"FURUBE YURA YURA"
The wheel appears above him. And Purity comes to him with her astonishing speed,
She uses her energy ball and practically punches the orb toward the boy, who responds with
maximum force also with a punch...
Exactly at the orb of light.
BOOOM
A blast of energy explodes in all directions, pure light mixed with purple rays can be seen all
along the coast of Brockton Bay, one particular ray going all the way to the cloudy sky of the Bay.
Suddenly the explosion ends.
KRRRK
Caerus can be seen walking along the tranquil sand- or rather glass- of the shore, the upper body
of his body slightly smoking, having burned off a layer of his costume leaving only a long-sleeved
black shirt and his tinker-tech sleeves,
His golden mask is broken at the bottom, leaving his mouth exposed, he is smiling slightly,
The boy stops on top of Purity, she is kneeling in the sand, her breaker state flickering, trying to
stay alive,
"Well, with that I think we're done. Good Fight- Oh wait, you're a Nazi."
The boy looks further into the city and sees several PRT cars in the distance, some coming this
far.
PING
"Caerus here, I'm with LightLady. A little burned but otherwise fine, come get her please."
'And with that. I've already defeated 3 capes, not bad' He says and then looks at Purity again,
thinking about what she said,
'Just like Eidolon huh? ...Considering that in a few days, I'll meet the man that doesn't sound bad
to me... I guess that's another objective to take into account, not counting my normal duties.'
A
bigger smile comes to his face, his vision under his shirt shining for a second.
' Heh, I knew you'd
like that.'
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[March 1st, Tuesday, Protectorate HQ. 2Am.]
In the HQ's special private training room at the Rig,
Leo is sitting in the middle of the almost empty place.
In his hands is still his new spear,
But specifically on his lap, where the boy still looks at it…
'Just by looking at this spear, I can already understand how much above anything I've ever seen
Gae Bolg is. It is a construct coming from something beyond human comprehension. If it were a
cursed object, it would be a special class; if it were some type of Genshin weapon, it would be the
weapon of one of the Gods of that world…'
The boy stands up, the necklace around his neck swinging,
He takes a deep breath, his cursed energy already reflexively activating and Gae Bolg feeling it,
pulsing... as if it were…
'-A heart. Now with this weapon, it's like I've surpassed my limits, with the cursed energy
resonating in my soul, vision being like my magic and my new physiology, the Core being the
foundation of my body.'
The boy looks to his side and sees the metal Dummy at the end of the room,
His mind calms, energy flexes through his body and he prepares himself,
More quickly and fluidly than he expected the boy assumes a stance to throw the spear as if it
were a Javelin,
The muscles in his arm flex and he throws the spear without uttering the incantation,
And like a silent missile, the red blur that leaves a crimson ray behind it is fired in less than a
second, hitting what would have been the metal dummy's heart... going through it, and hitting the
back wall.
The boy then whistles sharply,
The spear left the wall and went into the air, practically floating for a moment before making a 90-
degree angle and returning to the boy's hand,
Leo merely chuckles and smiles at his Noble Phantasm,
"A spear that always returns to the user, you really were made based on Odin's Gungnir huh?"
The boy then merely begins to leave the place, satisfied with the small tests he did there.
'I better go home soon, I want to at least get some sleep before I have to get up early for school
tomorrow.'
He thinks with a small smile and after picking up his belongings from one of the benches at the
training site he heads home…
[A few hours later, Leonardo's room.]
RINGRINGRINGRING
The young man wakes up with a big fright, hearing his phone ringing madly.
He rubs his eyes, looks at the phone, and gets another fright, quickly picking it up and answering
it.
"You have exactly 4 minutes to get ready Kid, Simurgh has appeared in Australia."
Entering a frenzy of focus, the boy quickly puts on the necessary clothes.
At the exact time spoken, a portal appears in front of him, the boy passes through the portal and
at the same moment a backpack is thrown by what appears to be Eidolon putting on his costume
as well, the mask is already on his face.
"Your costume is here, with a few more small upgrades, you will accompany me, don't delay us
Caerus"
Without saying anything, the boy goes to the room shown to him, and quickly, with practiced
movements, puts on his costume and golden mask.
Then, returning to Eidolon's side, he finds him in an empty room.
He doesn't even have time to imagine where he is at the moment,
His mind is not able to think about it, just giving him the information: [Outer Plane].
Soon Alexandria and Legend appear, and the woman speaks, at the same time Eidolon hands
Caerus something.
A pair of earpieces of sorts? A very weird one at that, which is immediately placed in the boy's
ears.
"Door, Canberra, Australia."
The moment the portal is made, a scream is heard by the boy, his eyes widen for a second, and
then everyone runs through the portal.
Appearing above a large building, on the horizon... A vision that the boy will never forget.
At least 200 miles In the distance, on what appears to be the top of a large Australian
government complex, there she is…
The Simurgh appears as a fifteen-foot tall human woman, waif-thin and unclothed with pale white
skin.
Her facial features are delicate, conventionally beautiful in every sense, with classically attractive
features such as high cheekbones and luxurious hair.
However, her eyes are silver, dull, cold, and empty.
The Simurgh's hair is almost as long as she is tall and is, like the rest of her form, platinum-white,
appearing gossamer-fine and straight.
Besides her height and stark white coloration, her major distinguishing features are her profusion
of asymmetrically and seemingly randomly placed feathered wings, many of which appear
excessively large compared to her body.
Three of her large wings seem to be wrapping around her body, perhaps for protection?
Caerus' eyes turn red, and the boy's mouth slightly opens in surprise...
There's something there, on one of its wings-
Ah, it just changed places, now it's closer to the wing joint now.
The boy comes out of his little focus and notices the three heroes there looking at him, waiting
for something... And he knows what.
"It's confirmed, I'm seeing her "Core". My power was right, these fuckers have a weak spot"
"After so long... We really have something to focus on, this bitch won't get away today." Eidolon
says, crossing his arms and staring at the Endbringer in the distance.
Alexandria begins to fly,
"I'll be providing support around the city, there's a lot more going on." She says and shoots to the
sky,
Legend and Eidolon look back at Caerus.
"You're coming with us, boy-" The hooded hero says and before the boy can even respond, he has
already placed his hand on the boy's shoulder, who loses his breath for a second.
The three disappear from there,
Reappearing in another location dozens of miles closer,
With Legend already shooting upwards in his breaker form, at the speed of light, heading toward
the Endbringer,
The last member of the Triumvirate then turns to the boy,
"You remember the usual plans with Simurgh, let's continue with them... The difference is that
now you have that spear of yours. So, good luck Caerus, if you need to say anything, think about
communicating that the Earpiece will work immediately." Eidolon says and looks towards the
large woman of biblical proportions, his body blinking and disappearing from there.
The boy then begins to prepare himself,
Going through the necessary motions, Caerus thinks at high speed,
"Furube Yura Yura"
'Legend will be focusing on destabilizing, hurting, and distracting Simurgh as much as possible.
Eidolon will be focusing on removing anyone from the battle area, while also supporting Legend.
After that, he will join Keith.'
The plans for dealing with an Endbringer sound pretty simple coming from the members of the
Triumvirate,
Which is not the case at all... No, they are the ones who can make any plan simple in the end,
'I need to use everything. Absolutely everything I have, this is a fight to absolutely massacre
something, and I'm going to do just that!'
Cursed energy mixed with his vision, begins to shine as brightly as possible…
Straight from the Lottery Gae Bolg appears, already in the ideal position and practically shaking
with excitement.
'I'm imperceptible to her clairvoyance and vision of the future. She can still locate me through her
echolocation. But she has more important things at the moment'
The boy thinks and looks at his
spear
. '...Odds are she thinks this in my hand is a simple weapon, I doubt she understands magic
like she understands Tinkertech.'
All of this means that he has the obvious chance to get this done as much as possible…
…
…
…
KRRRK
The boy thinks about communicating and hears the ping signaling that everyone is listening to
him,
"Guys, how long until you two can leave the Simurgh distracted enough and the coast further east
towards the mountains free?"
The answer comes at the same moment from Eidolon,
"From 5 to 6 minutes, and as a plus, I think I can make her body more susceptible to air friction. If
that's what you seem to want."
The boy smiles and takes a deep breath.
"Perfect"
KRRK
Leonardo D. Adelardo's powers are, for the most part, understandable. Every one of them gives
him information about itself, and instinctively helps the young man,
After all
They are part of his being.
However, his three strongest powers at the moment all can and in a way are... Exoteric,
abstract;
Those that have not been enlightened by the high understanding of beings that are Disasters,
Gods or Spirits, are unable to use powers like that to their fullest…
KRRRRK
At this moment, the boy is no longer simple and ignorant...
Dark and bloodthirsty voices invade the boy's mind as he looks up and sees his target.
Gáe Bolg
yearns for a good hunt.
It teases him, whispering
"Prove yourself to me O' Lucky one, slay the beast"
And through his ambition fueled by his emotion, a new path is open.
The path to the throne!
KRRRRK
Ping!
"Path Clear!" Eidolon's voice comes over his communicator, which in the next instant explodes on
both sides, being disintegrated by the boy's own energy…
His body explodes in purple rays, illuminating the place, making a ray of light upwards,
His hair standing spiky as it was enveloped in electricity, his red eyes changing once more,
turning completely purple from the pupil to the sclera,
The boy looks up and without even having to chant his "Impulse" move, he disappears in a blur of
purple rays,
His body reappears in the middle of the sky in the exact place he wanted to appear,
hovering in the air, Caerus enters a launching position with the spear.
The boy's eyes catch Legend in slow motion noticing him and then disappearing at the speed of
light along with Eidolon who teleports away,
Simurgh is objectively the weakest in terms of durability and can replace that lack of durability
with her precognition.
That is… Until something like Leonardo shows up and throws everything to shit.
Caerus' voice resounds, his mask literally disappearing into dust, showing his entire face, tiny
thunderbolts coming out of the corners of his mouth…
"Gáe Bolg: Barbed Spear That Pierces The End"
The enchantment is chanted, and its magic is activated.
The eerie, haunting chant reverberates through the air, reaching every living being within a vast
radius of 500 miles. As the sound permeates the atmosphere, a bone-chilling sensation runs
down the spine of all who hear it. In that fleeting moment, a collective thought grips everyone:
"Will I be the one to meet Lady Death?"
The transformation begins as The Ward's body is engulfed in a vibrant purple light. With swift and
precise motion, his left arm hurls a spear that undergoes a stunning metamorphosis, morphing
into a red thunderbolt with a tip resembling a bolt of lightning, marking a stark departure from its
typical appearance. The spear is launched akin to a missile, hurtling towards its mark at
relativistic velocities, a feat made possible by the spear's inherent properties, rendering it
unerring in its aim.
The young boy blinks, and in that instant, the colossal figure of the Endbringer and his menacing
spear disappear from his view. With a sense of urgency, he watches as they both soar away
towards the distant horizon at unfathomable speeds, which seem to exceed the capabilities of
any superhero, except for Legend.
The boy's eyes follow the purple beam of light on the horizon, that after 3 seconds, reaches the
top of a mountain hundreds of miles to the east,
And it explodes.
As the horizon is illuminated by the literal "magical nuke" that has just been fired, the boy's eyes
stop glowing and he begins to fall to the ground, losing consciousness.
KRRRK
'Ah, so that's what I did... An "Elemental Burst." '
The boy thinks, smiling broadly and falling to the ground…
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