Chapter 44 (BONUS CHAPTER)
Title: Finding friends in enemies...
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As soon as Jax gives his confirmation of his actions. The King's Aura explodes out of his body.
"I see then, I will kill you." Says the King, not even wanting to discuss anything anymore with Jax.
*fwosh*
He immediately disappeared from his place, leaving Youpi and Pouf behind. Jax's eyes narrow, as he disappeared too and dodged Meruem's attacks by jumping back. Everything around them is not moving anymore, as their speeds have long since surpassed the speed of sound. Their exchanges are silent, Pouf and Youpi cand see anything at all.
Jax and the King are in their own world, as the King attacks using kicks with terrifying power behind. But Jax uses different Hatsu's together, so even though the King is faster than him he can still keep up with him.
Hundreds of blows happened within a second until…
*BOOOM*
Until one of them crashes into the ground. As the dust clears up, Jax walks out of it. He has a surprised look on his face, the King just surpassed a super
computer and beat Jax…
*burst*
And Jax's arm falls in the ground… he looks ever more surprised.
'So fast, at that last hit I didn't see anything.' Thinks Jax as the King's speed suddenly surpassed him by a far reach. 'Did he read my rhythm already, but it hasn't even been a second… damn."
The King looks at Jax, due to having Pouf's Ability, he can also read Jax's emotional state.
"You seem surprised." Says the King, stating the fact. "But you are not afraid… I wonder why that is."
Jax looks at his stump of an arm. It is cut at the middle of his arm. It wasn't even neatly cut, it was more like ripped away.
Jax looks back at the king, who has a little blood on his fingers. The only thing signifying how he ripped off the arm.
"I am not scared of you, you are already dead… so being afraid of a dead ant isn't exactly human nature." Says Jax casually.
While this surprised Youpi and Pouf as tears appeared in their eyes.
'This must be a lie.' Thought both of them as they turned to look at their king.
However Meruem still has a calm look on his face.
'As expected of Meruem -sama, he is absolutely calm.' Think both Youpi and Pouf, not wanting to believe that their King will just die like this.
But their hearts are broken when they hear Meruem's next words.
"I see then, so as suspected, I am already poisoned. You most likely already know that it is contagious. So your plan must be to finish me off before you too are poisoned. Hmmm… you have around a minute and a half at best." Says the King calmly. Analysing Jax's actions. He no longer seems interested in fighting Jax, he seems to want to just understand him. After all, he will die and doesn't have his memories.
Jax just smiles at this. He understands that the King truly has nothing now, he is curious like a newborn. Suddenly his severed arm levitates towards him and he pots his stump aside and it connects. Slowly needles come out of his severed arm, that is how he was able to levitate it towards him. The needles slowly change shape turning into staple like form and they clamp together Jax's arm, then he just clutches his previously cut off arm forming it into a fist.
"Hmmmm… this will have to do." Says Jax, completely relaxed. His expression is calm like always. He looks back at the king. "How were you able to read through my rhythm Meruem."
The Ant King seems a little surprised as Jax called him by his name. But he still answers to him as he floats down in front of Jax. "Your rhythm was very… hmmm… how to express this. Your movements were very mechanical and easily predictable. I simply moved faster at the last move, and took off your arm. Though getting through your Aura was a little hard."
Jax smirked at this. "You know, if we met during different circumstances, we could have been sparring partners."
Meruem chuckles at this. "You don't seem like the type of person to like people who are stronger than you."
"Hahahahaha." Jax has a full out laughter when he hears Meruem say that. After the laughter quiets down Jax just simply confirms. "That is true, I hate people who are better than me at anything."
Pouf and Youpi look at this weirdly when they see the King and Jax, who are supposed to be enemies acting so friendly with each-other.
Jax just sighs at this. "Anyway I think that we should continue fighting again."
The King's smile disappears when he hears this. "You know that it is impossible for you to win against me."
That is when suddenly Jax starts laughing. "Hahahaha… Ant King… don't make the mistake of underestimating humanity again. You did so once and it cost you your life."
The King's face turns back into a smile again. "That is true… but… I feel as if I can't remember something important. As if, something very important is missing from the picture."
Jax just smiles at this as a cold glint appears on his eyes. "Komugi."
As soon as the King hears that, his eyes widen, representing his shock. THAT is when Jax takes the chance and a knife like needle appears on his hand.
*fwosh*
He disappears and faster than anyone can perceive, he goes for the throat of Meruem as his eyes are wide in shock and he is remembering things about him and Komugi.
As the needle gets closer and closer to his throat, a vicious smile appears on Jax's face as the knife size needle is about to pierce the King.
But suddenly… Jax's arm stops in its track, just an inch away from the needle ripping into the King's throat.
'Man… this sucks. I haven't felt so outclassed in a long time.' Thinks Jax as he looks at the King in the eyes. The king no longer seems confused, he has a clarity in his eyes.
Pouf seems frustrated at this, but there is nothing that he can do anymore. The King already remembers Komugi. He used his clones to get rid of her dead headless body already. But all of this is useless now, the King… already has the memories of Komugi.
But contrary to the others thought process, Meruem has other thoughts in his head. 'Komugi, wait for me… I can finally tell you my name now.'
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A/N: As we see Meruem is not quite as aggressive as Jax is towards him. He can read Jax's emotions so he knows when he will attack him. Also Meruem doesn't see Jax as a threat even due to his power being quite high.
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