Another day. More receptions…i tried to get up only to feel a weight on me. I open my eyes to see catt lying on my chest with a big smile.
"Morning my white hatter." catt said.
"I don't get your alice in wonderland reference….but morning catt." i said as i kissed her and got up. "So breakfast and some cartoons before our next guests?" i asked.
"Nice to see you like my hobbies jonny boy." catt said swinging her legs back and forth lying on her stomach. So after some pancakes and an hour of a cartoon involving two angry beavers. It was time to get back to work. And we're back to the liu association. The distortion problem is getting really nasty around what remains of the L nest. Things get even uglier as the black overlord attacks them directly. Nikushimi was now the leader of argalia's distortion gang. Dammit…he was most likely planning that. If we didn't kill him. He was most likely planning to do the same and take over. As nikushimi approached lowell. The blade of xiao came in at the nick of time. Her sword coming into contact with the dark red crimson hand blade mimicking my blue blades.
"Why am i not surprised? I attempt to kill your lover. And you come running like a bee to a flower." nikushimi said. A voice that sounded like mine and angela's was thrown into a blender.
"A monster like you wouldn't understand!" xiao yelled as she clashed swords with nikushimi who chuckled.
"Oh but i do understand love…my creation is owed to love. It's funny isn't it? How what creates the most bitter of hatred is born from love. That hatred is what created me. I was born from the man who would become the white messiah and an ai. Both filled with complete hatred for one man…ayin. Just saying his name makes my heart burn with rage. The white messiah for his actions lead to the demise of those who he was closest to. And even went so far as to resurrect them in metal bodies denying them rest. And the ai for years of constant suffering and madness in a never ending time looping hell. All for the sake of finishing his dead girlfriend's project. And those two are watching us right now…" nikushimi said looking right at us…or at least through the screen of light. Which creeped me out.
"What!?" xiao yelled as she was forced back. He then threw her an envelope.
"That contains an invitation to the library. There you'll find the white messiah. It's as you said. You have no hope of defeating me. But he does. Until we meet again liu association." nikushimi said as he walked away with the rest of the distortions. Xiao punched the ground in frustration before leaving. Afterwards lowell cecil and mei decided to head to the library. Without waiting for xiao.
"Nikushimi…what the hell are you planning?" i asked.
"It seems it's aware of us…but i do question what is it's goal. It can't be revenge against ayin. He's dead. And there's no point in kicking a corpse." angela said.
"We may not know the full picture…but clearly taking control of the blue sicko's gang of distortions was a part of it. If we didn't kill him. He most certainly would have." roland said.
"Argalia was many things…but weak wasn't one of them roland." angelica said.
"True…but if that thing is anywhere near these two…then that thing is dangerous even for a color fixer." roland said.
"Yeah…my hatred for ayin alone lead to the creation of the first armageddon abnormality. Something even beyond aleph ranked. And now this." i said.
"Sounds like your hatred for ayin has caused you quite a few problems. So why not just let it go?" angelica asked.
"If only it were that easy…" i said. After everything ayin did to all of us…i just can't let it go. I'm nowhere near ready to make nice. I'm still mad as hell at ayin…the true hard part of forgiveness…is letting go. But I digress. We greeted our new guests. My floor took this one. As mei and cecil fell to my blade. I left lowell wounded and on his knees.
"Seems i lost this battle…the distortions…it's gotten out of hand." lowell said.
"I promise i'll handle it." i said as i raised my blade.
"Forgive me…xiao." lowell said as i took the killing blow. After i put the books in their rightful place. I got my assistants gebura kori and binah to go do some distortion hunting. Of course binah had to be her snarky cunt self as usual. And went to the l nest via the leyline fountain i set up on my floor in the library. With the combined might of two color fixers an armageddon knight. Three lob corp employees with nahobino power and an arbiter mopping up the distortions of L corp were easily exterminated. I was so busy with the library that I didn't notice how bad the distortion situation had gotten. After returning. I found out that roland and angelica dealt with another reception. One involving the index proxies. After a night's rest. The next reception began. And of course. It's the liu association. Not surprising. We killed the man xiao loved. So no surprise she arrived with backup. Two section 1 fixers named chun and miris. Of course we went and gave them the usual greeting. During it though xiao soon grabbed me by the shirt.
"Why? Why are you a part of this!? This place of death!? I was lead to believe that the white messiah was a man who hated such senseless death. That he was the most compassionate in the city. But here he is helping this woman kill so many people! Why!? Why did you take lowell from me!?" xiao yelled. Tears of anger sadness and pain going down her enraged face.
"...the black overlord gave you some of the details. But to put it simply. I want ayin's project to stop haunting me. And to do that. I need to complete it. So i can move on with my life. Rest assured. You'll be with lowell soon enough. Step on through the door. Win. you get what you came for. Lose and your more books for the shelves." i said xiao pushed me away. And moved through the door before we could say may you find your book in this place. I took this one on. I was the one who put her through this pain it's only fair that she gets a swing at me. And she hits hard. I got a few wounds from it. But i slayed chun. And xiao and miris retreated. And it turned out fighting her myself was the right choice. Because after an argument with miris. I was sure she was going to distort or run. But no, she was back immediately. But in doing so. Her last friend miris met his end. Just when i was about to strike her down…her E.G.O manifests. Taking the form of something akin to a samurai's armor forged from the slain remains of a chinese dragon. Needless to say. I soon manifested my E.G.O as well. After a long grueling and boiling fight. I managed to slay the dragon. After downing 3 milk cartons of water. I got to reviving. Xiao was surprised to be alive. But more so that lowell was revived as well.
"I told you would see lowell soon." i said. After getting some tea from binah i explained what happened to them. How i revived those defeated in the library.
"So everyone who died here. Did you revive them all?" xiao asked.
"No. There are several I didn't revive. They were all people no one would miss. Scumbag head of fixer office that exploited those under him. Psychotic killers and cannibals. Sweepers like those roided out morons like the stray dogs...they would only bring trouble and therefore stay booked and i'm sure there not missed." i said.
"That's understandable…" xiao said. Sipping her tea. "So…why did you revive us?"
"Two reasons. One the liu association with their combat skills will be useful for what's to come. Think of this as hiring you. And if your worrying about pay…" i said as i did my thing conjuring up a really big stack of cash this time. A stack that went across the table. The other members of section 2 looking at the massive stack of money with stars.
"The thing we could buy with this…all the beef bowls!" mei yelled with stars in her eyes.
"I apologize for their childishness…but this is actually a lot more than we're usually paid for. Do you offer this amount to everyone you revive?" lowell asked.
"No…i offered them all a massive amount of money. But there's alot extra pay considering xiao manifested an E.G.O." i said. I then explained what an e.g.o is. "Those who can manifest an e.g.o are rare. Really rare. Giving everyone this ability to manifest an e.g.o. Was actually the one of the main points of the seed of light project. But it was interrupted. And because of that. The distortion phenomenon came to be…" i said with guilt in my voice. Xiao and lowell looked at me with shock. Nobody really knew the whole story.
"What happened?" xiao asked.
"You've been fighting in the fallen l corp nest…did you see the carcass of a massive monster?" i asked. Xiao lowell and Miris all shook their heads. "The black overlord wasn't the first monster born from the hate that burns within my heart. The first one was an abnormality that followed me during my days at lobotomy corp. And at the end of it all. Just when i think i get the happy ending i wanted. The light does it's thing and i leave the facility with angela and the sephirah…the people i lost during our first attempt. However my hatred broke out and tried to kill us at the end of it. It took the light to change into that massive monster. I managed to kill it. But the damage was done. Because of the incomplete process. The distortion phenomenon came to be. Everything we've been doing here is to try again. The method is different. But all of the death that's been happening here is for that purpose. If the light shines for 7 days like it's supposed to. Bye bye distortion phenomenon." i said.
"So…all that time you were fighting distortions. It was so that others wouldn't suffer and die for your mistake." miris said.
"Yeah…" i said.
"Another question…the black overlord destroyed district 23. Does that have something to do with how felt about that district?" xiao asked.
"Do i even need to explain that…district 23 was a place filled with disgusting cannibals. And w corp can especially burn in hell. Considering what really goes on in those warp trains of theirs. The whole 10 second to point a to b was a massive lie. Sure that's how it seems on the outside. But the truth is that the passengers spend centuries trapped on that train in the middle of god knows where. And when the train finally arrives. A clean up crew come in to sweep up the still living human chowder that was once the passengers. Piece them back together. And wipe their memory of the purgatory of madness. Those who paid for the high class tickets are put into cryo sleep. They get the pleasure to sleep through the madness. Between that awful fucking corp and the disgusting cannibals everywhere…can you really blame me from wanting to see district 23 burn?" i asked.
"Not at all." xiao said sipping her tea.
"Yeah i saw that broadcast of yours…never stepping onto a warp train for as long as I live , that's for damn sure." cecil said with a shiver.
"No doubt w corp will be out for your blood for this…you exposed their secret to the whole city after all." xiao said.
"Fine by me…someone needs to teach those greedy assholes at the top of the corps that they're not as invincible as they believe. I'm well aware of how powerful the corps are. So any chance i can get to give them a massive middle finger…I'm going to take it." i said.
"To think the white messiah to be so vindictive." lowell said with a chuckle.
"I'm willing to help out those who deserve it. But scumbags will get nothing from me but my sword through their necks. But i digress…i'll give all of you private rooms to rest. And thick walls for xiao and lowell." i said. Causing the liu couple to blush. "Do we have a deal?" i asked sticking out my hand. Which xiao took.
"You make a really good. Honestly i feel a little bad considering how much we're getting out of it…but our swords are yours for now white messiah." xiao said. With that. The library gained some incredible fire power today.
The next three receptions were against some old friends…r corp. I've dealt with these clone assholes enough times to the point of killing them is second nature. Even with leadership and sword skills of an r corp higher up named nikolai. Killing them was still something i knew how to do. Considering the amount of times i had to do it. But the third one was interesting…
The third reception was another myo. But this one had a few noticeable differences. For starters her eyes were light blue like mine instead of the usual red. And instead of wearing the usual rabbit team armor she was wearing a set of clothes that looked like mine. Just replace the pants with a a skirt and long boots. She was staring down a r corp defense bot that was destroyed. She looked like she was trapped.
"It's been three hours…as if the prototype wasn't bad enough…now I'm trapped in here. Why did I have to be the myo to be their white messiah? Is all of this death and destruction really just so that r-corp could have the power and brilliance of jon? Well they did. By making a serum with his blood and injecting it into my incubator. Out came a unique rabbit team leader. A myo blessed with the strength and brilliance of the white messiah. But was cursed with his sentience his morals and his compassion. And his hatred for the corps. The tests…the drugs...the constant fighting and killing of my fellow rabbit team clone. The barbarity…seeing my fellow myos…killing each other. Some even going so far as to eat the corpses. It was too much for me. I was made to be their ultimate killer. I was designed to kill. And that's what i did. The ones i killed were the very people i was created to serve. I killed the scientist that was doing tests on me. Stole the gun he had for self defence. And broke out of my cell. It seems even r-corp underestimated my abilities. The very defence bots designed for this very scenario. The ones that have killed hundreds of rogue clones before me. but for me…it was just a bump in the road. And so i escaped…the air of the city wasn't much better. But at least i was free…or so I thought. R-corp has sent everything they have to capture or kill me. After all. They can't recreate the serum without jon's blood. And the only sample they had was used in the serum that flows in me…my only hope to escape r corp is to find the man they got the blood from. Jon karakuer tenshi. The white messiah." myo said. As she stuck her hand in her pocket. And felt something in her pocket. An envelope containing an invitation to the library. "How'd this get in here?" she asked she then opened and read the invitation. "A trial huh? Well i don't really need these books. But it seems like this is my only way out." myo said. The alarm soon went off. "You bastards had your chance to catch me…you won't get another!" myo said she bit her finger and signed her name in blood. That caused the pathway to the library to open.
"How the hell did r corp get a sample of my blood?" I asked.
"Maybe during your time at lobotomy corp. Maybe the rabbit team scooped your blood off the walls during one of your fights to save your employees. That's the only thing i can think off." angela said.
"Well we do know one thing…their attempt to create their own jon backfired on them horribly." angelica said.
"Yeah…angela. You mind if we recruit this one?" i asked.
"Planning on being her salvation?" roland asked.
"She believes coming to me is her only hope to escape r corp. And considering how many times i had to deal with their team trying to kill me. I'll do it out of spite…and if i don't help her. Most likely she'll be gunned down and cut open by r corp. She just wants to be free…i have to help her." i said.
"That compassion is what makes you the white messiah jon…go on ahead." angelica said with a smile. I go to greet our new recruit.
"Heard you were looking for me?" i asked.
"your…" she said.
"Yeah..i'm jon. The guy you're looking for. You want your freedom from l corp. I can grant you it. But in return. You will help us in the library. That includes handling guests. Are you okay with this." i said offering my hand which myo took.
"Yeah…anything is better than those scumbags at r corp." myo said.
"Alright…first off a name change. Can't call you myo when there's thousands of you. Mom did say if i had a sister they would name her miki. So we'll go with that." i said.
"Miki. the little sister of the white messiah…heh. I'll take it." miki said. The myo infused with my blood and my strength is now my little sister miki.