25 Chapter 22: War
'hah! You son of a corrupt man! Give back our money!' Spat the kid before him. Being known whether it's neither the school nor surrounding, he became fed up… Home should be his safe place but… There's nothing there anymore, all of his belonging has been confiscated, his mother ran away leaving him alone in the home, his father being prisoned in Jail, alone in a desolate room. He could only hug his knees and cry on the floor…
Starting to become independent, he's working part-time in another town, living there as a new person. Never once did he think that his apartment will be thrashed by a ghost driver, leaving him dead in the rubble of his room…
The scene changed, in this scene, there's a family in a long dinner table. The father creates a funny face, the mother handing the food, and there's a baby who looks indifferent. The baby then laugh, seeing his father's funny face.
Then, by the time goes… The scene of the family grew more and more peaceful, in a village that not advanced like the 1st scene, but warmer… Day by day, the baby lives a life of full happiness; smile, laugh, and somehow parents quarrel too happen, but the child settle the problem. Happiness never lasts long, is a proverb that is true…
The scene then changed again… this time, the scene is about the child… wailing in the midst of the pouring rain… Cursing the unknown, and his powerlessness… Grabbing corpses, that once his parent… he continued to wail… wailing until he lost his voice, tears not shedding anymore…
Days, Weeks, he always beside his parents' corpse… a child in his age of 6, searching for food in the desolate village that reeks of rotting corpse, eat beside a corpse that already rotting… keeping his parent's body clean without even maggots live in there…
Spending his time, telling many things about his life before he became their child, shedding a story that once his secret to his parents, that eyes of a dead fish, that thin body so unlike a child in a growth phase.
When a month passed, there's nothing left to eat in the village, all of the already rotten food he ate. Hunger taking over his body, he can't clean his parent's body anymore. Thus, maggots ate the rotten bodies.
'ah… father, mother… I will soon go to your place' with that in mind, he loses his consciousness.
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"ugh… what's happen to this village.." Utter the ninja who comes to search for an inhabitation place.
"I'm sure this place is the location that he's coming from.."
"Do you mean…"
"Yes… I'm sure that he's running here, and slaughtering the entire villager here…"
"That S class Criminal… "
"That is why he branded as an S class Criminal…"
Along the way, the 2 of them met with many of rotten corpse, maggots already ate the corpse, looking around the village searching for a survivor.
"It seems there's no survivor here…"
"Wait, look there! There's some light in there!"
In a house near the lake, there's some light and a bizarre phenomenon happens in front of the 2 of them.
As if being called, they walk along the path that should be a forest and went down.
"Look, there's a survivor.."
Without answering anything, he went toward the woman who survives in the forest. However, no matter what he says, that woman in the white gown says nothing and walks deeper into the forest. The two who feel weird want to run away, but can't do anything seeing there's a man behind them in white clothes the same as the woman. Looking at them, without any expression.
Being frightened, of course, they stay silent and following the woman. Along the way, the conversation between them;
"Hey… Tsukusu… I'm being frightened here…"
"… You see, you know that I'm not good with astral like thing isn't it… just don't say anything okay…."
"… But, staying silent frighten me even more…"
"Wanna run?"
"I would if I can…"
"Kuh… I hope they're good ghost…"
"Ukh… she's stopped?"
"Look Tsukusu… a house…"
"For a house in a middle of the forest like this…"
The main in white walking to the front and the woman in white stood beside the man. The door already crushed, but surprisingly the housing inner was neat. There's not much dust in it, unlike the other house in the village.
Walking into the house, the man and woman in a white look back at the 2 Ninja whom being frightened, and smiling at them. They then bow to them, then go walking inside the house goes into a room… once they've arrived at the room… they found a corpse that already rotten, but still clean unlike the others in the village…
They stood still, and looking at the corpse and the couple in white…
"They looked exactly the same Ru…"
The couple in white then stood beside the bed, looking at the floor with compassion and kindness…
Lay in the floor, a kid that looks thin and short… Breathing softly, that it looks like a corpse… The ninjas drawing near the child and feel the breath in it, then the man called Tsukusu to look at the couple in white.
"Thank you for bringing us here… I will promise you that this child will be safe in our hand…"
Giving the man a smile, the couple then takes a look at the child again…
"Uh.. mother, father… don't… go…"
The woman in the white shed a tear, then gets closer to the child trying to hold him… only go thru the body of the child without even a single hair being moved. Then, the man in white gets closer and takes a look at the ninjas again…
The 2 of them look at the couple and giving them a determined look. Then the couple in white gets more transparent than before… until they vanished… before their eyes…
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Flash stab sound of cries and agony reverberating in the midst of all, no one sane enough to think, no one sane enough to stop, no one sane enough to…
"Graaah! Rutsu! Why did you…"
That's the last words he says, as he was stabbed by the kunai the person he talks to grab. Drop of blood, in the midst of all the corpse, cries of crows who feast on the corpses' meat, and the bloodthirsty assaulter who kill one after another.
Amidst the blood and gore, stood a single person… Who still sane enough, and think normally… He stood tall beside all of the binding people, with tears and cries he moved and move along the cries of agonies of his once friend that being binds…
"Graah! Kill ME!"
"Kuryuu! Kill me!"
"Hakuryuu! I WILL KILL YOU ALL!"
The bind made by a thick rope, thick enough to bind dozens of cows without being cut, strong enough to make a chainsaw waste 10 minutes to cut. However, all of the 40 meters ropes that used to bind the people were not strong enough, they were all cuts, by sheer madness…
"Kuhh! Tsukusu-san! Kuraru-san! Please! Wake up!!"
"Kill me! Hakuryuu!! I CAN'T CONTROL MY BODY! BLOOD! BLOOD! LET ME SEE YOUR COLOR OF BLOOD!"
Madness, the village that once prosperous and full of kind people in the eyes of Hakuryuu. Now, in a madness of blood, and corpse.
"*sob* *sob* I will do that then… Kuraru-san… Tsukusu-san… I will kill all of you, then… Please wait for me there along with my parent…"
Say the teenager who holds a katana in his hand, bursting a powerful force of chakra around him, and makes the katana seems bigger and stronger…
In his cries, the teenager stabbing and slashing everyone in the village whom already losing their sanity to the bloodthirsty of them, and kill everything in their sight… Every one of them is someone he knows and every one of them is a kind people who take cares of each other. But every time he stabs them, none of them curse him… Every one of them looks at the teenage who kill them with a look of thanks and sadness.
"Ah… Hakuryuu… thank you… I'm sorry…" is the words almost all of them utter to him… "Please be strong Hakuryuu… Th.is.. is.. not... yo..ur… faul…t" others said to him while touching his cheeks that already stained with blood.
Sobbing along with slashing could be heard in the midst of the village. Every animal or people who walk there will hear that and get their self a Goosebumps over it. If there is one that is… Sadly… from the starts until the end no one passes the village… it's that the village is in a desolate location… but all of them, facing the same tragedy as what is happening here… or… even worse than what happens here…
'Mind devolution', it's an unknown epidemic that occurring in many places around the continent. It is a sickness that makes the one who gets it devolution in their brain… or it could be said, they receive an unbelievable amount of thirst for blood and make others function in brain broken. In a more serious case, ones will become a zombie that wants to kill everyone, and kill any livings they could see…
Is it a virus or a disease? Sadly… nobody knows about it… For one whom always thirst for blood, it is a blessing for them… because the one who receives the sickness will get a superhuman power along the time… The stronger they became more savage they are… The longer time they're alive, the stronger they'll…
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"Hey, hey Uncle… can you really protect us?... I and mother really tired already, running here and there… hey, uncle… can you?"
Hakuryuu stood there, with a haggard and ragged face, he stood in front of a little girl, that looking more ragged than he is. Behind her, stood a woman, that looks tired and anxious. She seems to be scared that something would happen to her daughter, however, she only stood behind her… because of her inability to move nor speak, because of her injury.
Looking at the sight, Hakuryuu feels pain in his heart. if I am strong enough, I can save them, If I am smart enough I can cure them. However, that is only something he can think of, he knelt and touched the child's head, then pat it and say 'I will do my best little girl' with the softest voice he could let out.
The child is smart, understanding their condition. She smiled at him, and say 'thank you!' then run into her mother's hug.
Looking at the mother and daughter's condition, he smiled and remembering his childhood with his parents and with the villager. While in the near distant location, there's a Ninja who getting closer to him.
"Hakuryuu-san! The refugee has all been taken care of! The infected and the non-infected have been separated, what shall we do now?"
"… for now, rest… our battle against time has yet to end…"
Taking care of the refugee because of the disaster of the 'Mind Devolution' disease is a hard job. At the same times he traveled from place to place, he found many comrades who want to help others, not long after he created a group of people with many ninjas and Samurais, there's also many vagabond and puppeteer that comes along him, in order to create a safe place without any danger in this sick world.
Of course, there are many who are taking advantages of the chaos and take control of the state. They choose to lead and make their self-be the king, alas, those kinds of people all die under Hakuryuu blade.
Only those kind and smart leaders are being under his umbrella, and Hakuryuu himself already reach 20 in this world full of disaster.
The world started to revolve, and the communities stabilized. With the cure of the 'Mind Devolution' being invented, the world starts to grow better… at least, that should happen…
The cure has spread, and many of those who already infected in the early phase could be cured. However, those that already in the later phase could only be detained until the more advanced cure invented. It is sad, but the time to invent another cure… there is no more time…
The world is invaded by an unknown being and the world used those Mind devolution patient to attack the invader. We call the invader as 'Iblis' that could be meant as a demon, in the language of our new nation.
Those Iblis start to come out of nowhere and attacking others, at first there's no harm in catching them, but later we know, that Iblis can call their friends and be taking over the world.
Their power is enormous, while at the same time they're crazier than a Mind devolution patient. At the bitter end of our battle, there's a vigilante group that comes out of nowhere and help us guard against those Iblis.
Their leader's name is Lynn.
"Kuhahah! Zhield mercenary shall help you! So be thankful!" shout the brat that not even in his 20s riding a horse with a double-edged sword in his left hand and a rapier in his right hand.
Zhield mercenary group is a group of teens or man and woman that is under 40 going here and there to search for a survivor in this crazy world, that full of the bloodthirsty animal. Saving each and every one of them, and bring them to the community that will provide them a safe place.
Under the leadership of their leader, Lynn. The mercenaries were all adept in battle tactic, and intelligent maneuver against the Iblis. Although they're not as strong as the one who can use chakra. Their power is no less than Chakra user, based on their ability and skill alone.
In the war against the Invader Iblis, all of the community that seeks for survival gathers under one roof and searching for a way to survive, at that time.
"Do you all know? That using the core of the Iblis, we can cure any sickness and power ourselves as well?"
Says Lynn nonchalantly in the roundtable of the leader of the community, of course as the leader of the Rising Sun's community, the already 26 years of age Hakuryuu also attends the meeting.
"What do you mean by that?"
Ask the leader of other community of survivor.
"It's simple, this" Hakuryuu drop a perfectly round ball atop the table "thing is a core, you can take it from the corpse of the Iblis. It is something I found accidentally, and I believe all of you are a great person with kindness. So I shall provide you all with this information that 'US' the Zhield mercenary found"
With that as the cause, many thought that is the reason why the Zhield mercenary could be equal or even stronger than a chakra user. With that as the cause, the vigor of the community leader soars and became more active in the defense in order to receive more core and be stronger.
Of course not all of them like that, out of 12 community leader. 6 stayed neutral on this information, including Hakuryuu, but seeing that the other communities become stronger another 3 community leader start to be more active and rush their citizen to do more battle.
Unfortunately, their battle ended soon...
The coalition army of the community lost, leaving only 3 leaders and Lynn alone. They're not losing because of the Iblis, but because their greed in order to obtain more core. They kill each other. And ruthlessly, devour others community. Under the siege of the 4 leaders, the ruthless community leader defeated, and the managing of the community of more than 12000 people will be stated under the leader of Rain community leader, Sytri. The one and only woman, that lead the community, and the only Jounin rank ninja from the water village.
The truth about the core usage is indeed false, that is only an excuse Lynn used in order to weed a corrupted leader out of the coalition. And in fact, the only one who knows about that plan is Lynn alone, then what about the core?
"It's true that one could be cured with the core, but the power-up is false, as the core could only be used to cure the disease not a way to increase strength…"
"Then, why did the one who digest the core get stronger?"
"Non non non, it's no they are getting stronger, it is they have become more confident. You see in psychology; a human is strong as long as they're not limiting their self. And this core is only a type of drug that made them lose their craven side…"
"isn't that harmful?..."
"It is not… as the only thing that it can do is a suggestion, that as long as I eat this. I can become stronger… and in fact, no one in my mercenary group ate it…"
Under the leadership of the coalition army, they can all defend wholeheartedly. By the office thing be managed by Sytri, the army were all managed by Lynn and Hakuryuu, while the food and order were managed by Lucas, the leader of the Raven community.
Under their care, although they can't advance, they can safely defend against the invading Iblis. Still, the anxiety of the citizen was all piled up. and the one who creates a disorder thrown into the battlefield, and whether they die or alive… all of it is theirs to take care.
Lynn is a brave and charismatic leader, he is full of courage, tactic and intellect. Under his control, everyone feels secure. Including Hakuryuu, many think of him as their leader not only in name but also in heart.
Lynn has become the spiritual pillar for the leaders and became the idol of the follower. While he is only a teen, all of the leaders were not much older than him. The oldest of them is Lucas at the age of 30, while Sytri and Hakuryuu only 23 and 27 respectively. Although Hakuryuu is older, he respects Lynn as the one who teaches Hakuryuu about many things in battle and about a person named Lynn.
Never once did he think that in the tumultuous time, will he find someone he could depend on. And someone he can put his confidence on.
By the time passes, the danger started to lessen. While many feel relieved, Lynn felt apprehensive.
A vortex of blood rose in the middle of the Iblis's army stood there a person with a black feathered wing. He stood there and commands the Iblis's. The Iblis evolved, and the battle that starts to lessen became more dangerous and harder.
"ah… the thing that I'm afraid of comes out…"
Sighed Lynn, seeing the unknown being that commands the Iblis, of course, he already knew that there is a certain someone who commands the invasion of the Iblis, there's no way a being comes out of nowhere. That is a fact, that is undeniable.
"I the commander of the greater being shall give you a warning, surrender and became our sacrifice then you shall have a peaceful death!"
The battle starts to be more intense, the wall that created by blood and sweats were little by little demolished. Like a pile of sand, bodies of people dropped from the wall on to the ground. Trampled, stomped, and grounded in the floor of blood and flesh.
The battle almost over with the loss of the community, seen that something depicted in front of his eyes. Hakuryuu descended to the ground, using his chakra imbued katana goes here and there on the battlefield, ignoring his safety in order to kill more and more Iblis on his way.
At a certain point in time, he surrounded by the Iblis. Seeing that it will be his end, he gets a glad face on his countenance. With a slight smile, he unleashed all of the chakras that reside on his body. The chakra he acquires after several years of wandering and learning from the way he kills the Mind devolution patient. The chakra that was entrusted to him, by everyone in the village on that day.
"Hold your horses, my friend!"
That voice resounded on his ears, and with a swift and fast approach, the man stood in front of him. Tall and strong, with the intelligent and courageous countenance, Lynn, stood there and waving his sword and rapier, massacring the Iblis that surrounded them.
"Sigh, I really get rusted huh! Friend! No, Ryuu! Brace yourself! We will come back to the wall!"
With that, Lynn grabs Hakuryuu and run as fast as he could to the wall. Unable to complain, Hakuryuu and Lynn safely arrived at the walls top, Lynn without a doubt have no chakra in his body. Even so, he's the strongest within the army. It is a question as to why could he be, but at the same time… there's no one who wants to scavenge his secret…
When he arrived at the top of the wall, someone rushes to them and give a big hug to Hakuryuu.
"Stupid, stupid!"
The words full of worry and sadness, at the same time as a relieved tone. The girl embraces Hakuryuu as hard as she could, while Hakuryuu who receive the embrace still in a daze.
"fufufu… how envious Ryuu~ to have such beauty worry about you…"
His teasing tone woke Hakuryuu, and then he embraces the girl back. With a sorry and a little-depressed tone he says…
"I'm sorry… and thank you.."
"Please… don't make me worry so much uncle…"
"yeah… I get myself too heated that I forget there's still someone waiting for me to be home eh…"
"of course… I only have you alone now, uncle…"
The girl is the same girl, the one who asks him about the protection that Hakuryuu could give. At the time of peace, she occasionally comes and greets him whenever they met. She has a good time with her mother in Hakuryuu's community, however, at a certain point in time… she lost her mother. And being under the protection of Hakuryuu, her heart that closed by the things that happen in her life gradually open up…
As the pillar of support of her, Hakuryuu try to live a safe life. Sadly, in this tumultuous time, there is no safety. Thus, leaving him to go to the frontline, and bring his men to death in order to protect their beloved.
Well, in any case, you say he's a lolicon or something then the answer is no because Hakuryuu himself 'believe' that he treating this girl like a little sister or even a daughter. While it's obvious to the other that this girl looks with him in another way, still the world is not that sweet as they are now not in peace.
The battle gets bloodier, more time passed and more body piled up. in the middle of their despair…
"Attack! Attack them!" a shout rose behind the enemy line, and killing the commander of the Iblis in that battle. Never would they expect on the other side of the battle, stood another force of army, with a symbol of an eye. And the words below the symbol in the flags written in an unknown language, none of the community knows the meaning behind those words, but all of them understand, that ally has come…
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Starting to become independent, he's working part-time in another town, living there as a new person. Never once did he think that his apartment will be thrashed by a ghost driver, leaving him dead in the rubble of his room…
The scene changed, in this scene, there's a family in a long dinner table. The father creates a funny face, the mother handing the food, and there's a baby who looks indifferent. The baby then laugh, seeing his father's funny face.
Then, by the time goes… The scene of the family grew more and more peaceful, in a village that not advanced like the 1st scene, but warmer… Day by day, the baby lives a life of full happiness; smile, laugh, and somehow parents quarrel too happen, but the child settle the problem. Happiness never lasts long, is a proverb that is true…
The scene then changed again… this time, the scene is about the child… wailing in the midst of the pouring rain… Cursing the unknown, and his powerlessness… Grabbing corpses, that once his parent… he continued to wail… wailing until he lost his voice, tears not shedding anymore…
Days, Weeks, he always beside his parents' corpse… a child in his age of 6, searching for food in the desolate village that reeks of rotting corpse, eat beside a corpse that already rotting… keeping his parent's body clean without even maggots live in there…
Spending his time, telling many things about his life before he became their child, shedding a story that once his secret to his parents, that eyes of a dead fish, that thin body so unlike a child in a growth phase.
When a month passed, there's nothing left to eat in the village, all of the already rotten food he ate. Hunger taking over his body, he can't clean his parent's body anymore. Thus, maggots ate the rotten bodies.
'ah… father, mother… I will soon go to your place' with that in mind, he loses his consciousness.
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"ugh… what's happen to this village.." Utter the ninja who comes to search for an inhabitation place.
"I'm sure this place is the location that he's coming from.."
"Do you mean…"
"Yes… I'm sure that he's running here, and slaughtering the entire villager here…"
"That S class Criminal… "
"That is why he branded as an S class Criminal…"
Along the way, the 2 of them met with many of rotten corpse, maggots already ate the corpse, looking around the village searching for a survivor.
"It seems there's no survivor here…"
"Wait, look there! There's some light in there!"
In a house near the lake, there's some light and a bizarre phenomenon happens in front of the 2 of them.
As if being called, they walk along the path that should be a forest and went down.
"Look, there's a survivor.."
Without answering anything, he went toward the woman who survives in the forest. However, no matter what he says, that woman in the white gown says nothing and walks deeper into the forest. The two who feel weird want to run away, but can't do anything seeing there's a man behind them in white clothes the same as the woman. Looking at them, without any expression.
Being frightened, of course, they stay silent and following the woman. Along the way, the conversation between them;
"Hey… Tsukusu… I'm being frightened here…"
"… You see, you know that I'm not good with astral like thing isn't it… just don't say anything okay…."
"… But, staying silent frighten me even more…"
"Wanna run?"
"I would if I can…"
"Kuh… I hope they're good ghost…"
"Ukh… she's stopped?"
"Look Tsukusu… a house…"
"For a house in a middle of the forest like this…"
The main in white walking to the front and the woman in white stood beside the man. The door already crushed, but surprisingly the housing inner was neat. There's not much dust in it, unlike the other house in the village.
Walking into the house, the man and woman in a white look back at the 2 Ninja whom being frightened, and smiling at them. They then bow to them, then go walking inside the house goes into a room… once they've arrived at the room… they found a corpse that already rotten, but still clean unlike the others in the village…
They stood still, and looking at the corpse and the couple in white…
"They looked exactly the same Ru…"
The couple in white then stood beside the bed, looking at the floor with compassion and kindness…
Lay in the floor, a kid that looks thin and short… Breathing softly, that it looks like a corpse… The ninjas drawing near the child and feel the breath in it, then the man called Tsukusu to look at the couple in white.
"Thank you for bringing us here… I will promise you that this child will be safe in our hand…"
Giving the man a smile, the couple then takes a look at the child again…
"Uh.. mother, father… don't… go…"
The woman in the white shed a tear, then gets closer to the child trying to hold him… only go thru the body of the child without even a single hair being moved. Then, the man in white gets closer and takes a look at the ninjas again…
The 2 of them look at the couple and giving them a determined look. Then the couple in white gets more transparent than before… until they vanished… before their eyes…
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Flash stab sound of cries and agony reverberating in the midst of all, no one sane enough to think, no one sane enough to stop, no one sane enough to…
"Graaah! Rutsu! Why did you…"
That's the last words he says, as he was stabbed by the kunai the person he talks to grab. Drop of blood, in the midst of all the corpse, cries of crows who feast on the corpses' meat, and the bloodthirsty assaulter who kill one after another.
Amidst the blood and gore, stood a single person… Who still sane enough, and think normally… He stood tall beside all of the binding people, with tears and cries he moved and move along the cries of agonies of his once friend that being binds…
"Graah! Kill ME!"
"Kuryuu! Kill me!"
"Hakuryuu! I WILL KILL YOU ALL!"
The bind made by a thick rope, thick enough to bind dozens of cows without being cut, strong enough to make a chainsaw waste 10 minutes to cut. However, all of the 40 meters ropes that used to bind the people were not strong enough, they were all cuts, by sheer madness…
"Kuhh! Tsukusu-san! Kuraru-san! Please! Wake up!!"
"Kill me! Hakuryuu!! I CAN'T CONTROL MY BODY! BLOOD! BLOOD! LET ME SEE YOUR COLOR OF BLOOD!"
Madness, the village that once prosperous and full of kind people in the eyes of Hakuryuu. Now, in a madness of blood, and corpse.
"*sob* *sob* I will do that then… Kuraru-san… Tsukusu-san… I will kill all of you, then… Please wait for me there along with my parent…"
Say the teenager who holds a katana in his hand, bursting a powerful force of chakra around him, and makes the katana seems bigger and stronger…
In his cries, the teenager stabbing and slashing everyone in the village whom already losing their sanity to the bloodthirsty of them, and kill everything in their sight… Every one of them is someone he knows and every one of them is a kind people who take cares of each other. But every time he stabs them, none of them curse him… Every one of them looks at the teenage who kill them with a look of thanks and sadness.
"Ah… Hakuryuu… thank you… I'm sorry…" is the words almost all of them utter to him… "Please be strong Hakuryuu… Th.is.. is.. not... yo..ur… faul…t" others said to him while touching his cheeks that already stained with blood.
Sobbing along with slashing could be heard in the midst of the village. Every animal or people who walk there will hear that and get their self a Goosebumps over it. If there is one that is… Sadly… from the starts until the end no one passes the village… it's that the village is in a desolate location… but all of them, facing the same tragedy as what is happening here… or… even worse than what happens here…
'Mind devolution', it's an unknown epidemic that occurring in many places around the continent. It is a sickness that makes the one who gets it devolution in their brain… or it could be said, they receive an unbelievable amount of thirst for blood and make others function in brain broken. In a more serious case, ones will become a zombie that wants to kill everyone, and kill any livings they could see…
Is it a virus or a disease? Sadly… nobody knows about it… For one whom always thirst for blood, it is a blessing for them… because the one who receives the sickness will get a superhuman power along the time… The stronger they became more savage they are… The longer time they're alive, the stronger they'll…
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"Hey, hey Uncle… can you really protect us?... I and mother really tired already, running here and there… hey, uncle… can you?"
Hakuryuu stood there, with a haggard and ragged face, he stood in front of a little girl, that looking more ragged than he is. Behind her, stood a woman, that looks tired and anxious. She seems to be scared that something would happen to her daughter, however, she only stood behind her… because of her inability to move nor speak, because of her injury.
Looking at the sight, Hakuryuu feels pain in his heart. if I am strong enough, I can save them, If I am smart enough I can cure them. However, that is only something he can think of, he knelt and touched the child's head, then pat it and say 'I will do my best little girl' with the softest voice he could let out.
The child is smart, understanding their condition. She smiled at him, and say 'thank you!' then run into her mother's hug.
Looking at the mother and daughter's condition, he smiled and remembering his childhood with his parents and with the villager. While in the near distant location, there's a Ninja who getting closer to him.
"Hakuryuu-san! The refugee has all been taken care of! The infected and the non-infected have been separated, what shall we do now?"
"… for now, rest… our battle against time has yet to end…"
Taking care of the refugee because of the disaster of the 'Mind Devolution' disease is a hard job. At the same times he traveled from place to place, he found many comrades who want to help others, not long after he created a group of people with many ninjas and Samurais, there's also many vagabond and puppeteer that comes along him, in order to create a safe place without any danger in this sick world.
Of course, there are many who are taking advantages of the chaos and take control of the state. They choose to lead and make their self-be the king, alas, those kinds of people all die under Hakuryuu blade.
Only those kind and smart leaders are being under his umbrella, and Hakuryuu himself already reach 20 in this world full of disaster.
The world started to revolve, and the communities stabilized. With the cure of the 'Mind Devolution' being invented, the world starts to grow better… at least, that should happen…
The cure has spread, and many of those who already infected in the early phase could be cured. However, those that already in the later phase could only be detained until the more advanced cure invented. It is sad, but the time to invent another cure… there is no more time…
The world is invaded by an unknown being and the world used those Mind devolution patient to attack the invader. We call the invader as 'Iblis' that could be meant as a demon, in the language of our new nation.
Those Iblis start to come out of nowhere and attacking others, at first there's no harm in catching them, but later we know, that Iblis can call their friends and be taking over the world.
Their power is enormous, while at the same time they're crazier than a Mind devolution patient. At the bitter end of our battle, there's a vigilante group that comes out of nowhere and help us guard against those Iblis.
Their leader's name is Lynn.
"Kuhahah! Zhield mercenary shall help you! So be thankful!" shout the brat that not even in his 20s riding a horse with a double-edged sword in his left hand and a rapier in his right hand.
Zhield mercenary group is a group of teens or man and woman that is under 40 going here and there to search for a survivor in this crazy world, that full of the bloodthirsty animal. Saving each and every one of them, and bring them to the community that will provide them a safe place.
Under the leadership of their leader, Lynn. The mercenaries were all adept in battle tactic, and intelligent maneuver against the Iblis. Although they're not as strong as the one who can use chakra. Their power is no less than Chakra user, based on their ability and skill alone.
In the war against the Invader Iblis, all of the community that seeks for survival gathers under one roof and searching for a way to survive, at that time.
"Do you all know? That using the core of the Iblis, we can cure any sickness and power ourselves as well?"
Says Lynn nonchalantly in the roundtable of the leader of the community, of course as the leader of the Rising Sun's community, the already 26 years of age Hakuryuu also attends the meeting.
"What do you mean by that?"
Ask the leader of other community of survivor.
"It's simple, this" Hakuryuu drop a perfectly round ball atop the table "thing is a core, you can take it from the corpse of the Iblis. It is something I found accidentally, and I believe all of you are a great person with kindness. So I shall provide you all with this information that 'US' the Zhield mercenary found"
With that as the cause, many thought that is the reason why the Zhield mercenary could be equal or even stronger than a chakra user. With that as the cause, the vigor of the community leader soars and became more active in the defense in order to receive more core and be stronger.
Of course not all of them like that, out of 12 community leader. 6 stayed neutral on this information, including Hakuryuu, but seeing that the other communities become stronger another 3 community leader start to be more active and rush their citizen to do more battle.
Unfortunately, their battle ended soon...
The coalition army of the community lost, leaving only 3 leaders and Lynn alone. They're not losing because of the Iblis, but because their greed in order to obtain more core. They kill each other. And ruthlessly, devour others community. Under the siege of the 4 leaders, the ruthless community leader defeated, and the managing of the community of more than 12000 people will be stated under the leader of Rain community leader, Sytri. The one and only woman, that lead the community, and the only Jounin rank ninja from the water village.
The truth about the core usage is indeed false, that is only an excuse Lynn used in order to weed a corrupted leader out of the coalition. And in fact, the only one who knows about that plan is Lynn alone, then what about the core?
"It's true that one could be cured with the core, but the power-up is false, as the core could only be used to cure the disease not a way to increase strength…"
"Then, why did the one who digest the core get stronger?"
"Non non non, it's no they are getting stronger, it is they have become more confident. You see in psychology; a human is strong as long as they're not limiting their self. And this core is only a type of drug that made them lose their craven side…"
"isn't that harmful?..."
"It is not… as the only thing that it can do is a suggestion, that as long as I eat this. I can become stronger… and in fact, no one in my mercenary group ate it…"
Under the leadership of the coalition army, they can all defend wholeheartedly. By the office thing be managed by Sytri, the army were all managed by Lynn and Hakuryuu, while the food and order were managed by Lucas, the leader of the Raven community.
Under their care, although they can't advance, they can safely defend against the invading Iblis. Still, the anxiety of the citizen was all piled up. and the one who creates a disorder thrown into the battlefield, and whether they die or alive… all of it is theirs to take care.
Lynn is a brave and charismatic leader, he is full of courage, tactic and intellect. Under his control, everyone feels secure. Including Hakuryuu, many think of him as their leader not only in name but also in heart.
Lynn has become the spiritual pillar for the leaders and became the idol of the follower. While he is only a teen, all of the leaders were not much older than him. The oldest of them is Lucas at the age of 30, while Sytri and Hakuryuu only 23 and 27 respectively. Although Hakuryuu is older, he respects Lynn as the one who teaches Hakuryuu about many things in battle and about a person named Lynn.
Never once did he think that in the tumultuous time, will he find someone he could depend on. And someone he can put his confidence on.
By the time passes, the danger started to lessen. While many feel relieved, Lynn felt apprehensive.
A vortex of blood rose in the middle of the Iblis's army stood there a person with a black feathered wing. He stood there and commands the Iblis's. The Iblis evolved, and the battle that starts to lessen became more dangerous and harder.
"ah… the thing that I'm afraid of comes out…"
Sighed Lynn, seeing the unknown being that commands the Iblis, of course, he already knew that there is a certain someone who commands the invasion of the Iblis, there's no way a being comes out of nowhere. That is a fact, that is undeniable.
"I the commander of the greater being shall give you a warning, surrender and became our sacrifice then you shall have a peaceful death!"
The battle starts to be more intense, the wall that created by blood and sweats were little by little demolished. Like a pile of sand, bodies of people dropped from the wall on to the ground. Trampled, stomped, and grounded in the floor of blood and flesh.
The battle almost over with the loss of the community, seen that something depicted in front of his eyes. Hakuryuu descended to the ground, using his chakra imbued katana goes here and there on the battlefield, ignoring his safety in order to kill more and more Iblis on his way.
At a certain point in time, he surrounded by the Iblis. Seeing that it will be his end, he gets a glad face on his countenance. With a slight smile, he unleashed all of the chakras that reside on his body. The chakra he acquires after several years of wandering and learning from the way he kills the Mind devolution patient. The chakra that was entrusted to him, by everyone in the village on that day.
"Hold your horses, my friend!"
That voice resounded on his ears, and with a swift and fast approach, the man stood in front of him. Tall and strong, with the intelligent and courageous countenance, Lynn, stood there and waving his sword and rapier, massacring the Iblis that surrounded them.
"Sigh, I really get rusted huh! Friend! No, Ryuu! Brace yourself! We will come back to the wall!"
With that, Lynn grabs Hakuryuu and run as fast as he could to the wall. Unable to complain, Hakuryuu and Lynn safely arrived at the walls top, Lynn without a doubt have no chakra in his body. Even so, he's the strongest within the army. It is a question as to why could he be, but at the same time… there's no one who wants to scavenge his secret…
When he arrived at the top of the wall, someone rushes to them and give a big hug to Hakuryuu.
"Stupid, stupid!"
The words full of worry and sadness, at the same time as a relieved tone. The girl embraces Hakuryuu as hard as she could, while Hakuryuu who receive the embrace still in a daze.
"fufufu… how envious Ryuu~ to have such beauty worry about you…"
His teasing tone woke Hakuryuu, and then he embraces the girl back. With a sorry and a little-depressed tone he says…
"I'm sorry… and thank you.."
"Please… don't make me worry so much uncle…"
"yeah… I get myself too heated that I forget there's still someone waiting for me to be home eh…"
"of course… I only have you alone now, uncle…"
The girl is the same girl, the one who asks him about the protection that Hakuryuu could give. At the time of peace, she occasionally comes and greets him whenever they met. She has a good time with her mother in Hakuryuu's community, however, at a certain point in time… she lost her mother. And being under the protection of Hakuryuu, her heart that closed by the things that happen in her life gradually open up…
As the pillar of support of her, Hakuryuu try to live a safe life. Sadly, in this tumultuous time, there is no safety. Thus, leaving him to go to the frontline, and bring his men to death in order to protect their beloved.
Well, in any case, you say he's a lolicon or something then the answer is no because Hakuryuu himself 'believe' that he treating this girl like a little sister or even a daughter. While it's obvious to the other that this girl looks with him in another way, still the world is not that sweet as they are now not in peace.
The battle gets bloodier, more time passed and more body piled up. in the middle of their despair…
"Attack! Attack them!" a shout rose behind the enemy line, and killing the commander of the Iblis in that battle. Never would they expect on the other side of the battle, stood another force of army, with a symbol of an eye. And the words below the symbol in the flags written in an unknown language, none of the community knows the meaning behind those words, but all of them understand, that ally has come…
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