Kouta was frozen with shock in the middle of the street. "What... am I looking at?"
Sato Kasumi. One of Kouta's best friends from childhood. She used to live next door until she was suspected for the murder of Nomura Rin. After risking his life to save her, Kouta let Kasumi ride with his small group. Soon, differing views led to their splitting up. Even so, Kouta still thought of her as his close friend.
And now she was dead.
Kouta's eyes glowed white. "Who did this...?"
His face screamed hatred. "Who would do something like this?!!"
Kouta ransacked his brain. He tried to find a connection. "Who was after Kasumi...? Rin is dead... Kenzo? Root?"
Then, Kouta remembered that Takeshi was after Kasumi and Yumi two years ago. "Did he come back for them? But why would he kill them...?"
Kouta looked out at TPD HQ, a tall white building with red and blue lights at the top.
Kouta started walking towards it. "I'll find my answer sooner or later."
As he got closer and closer, some TPD soldiers out roaming the streets tried to arrest him.
"It's Murakami Kouta! Shoot him!!"
Bullets whizzed through the air.
Kouta had disappeared from his spot.
He reappeared behind the soldier. He palmed his head.
Blue cracks went throughout his body.
The soldier burst into nothing but blood.
The other soldier stepped back. "S-S-Stay away!! Stay away!!" He fired off his bullets.
Kouta flexed his hand.
Screams echoed into the night.
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Inouye Kozan was in his training room lifting weights.
His assistant stumbled into the room. "Sir! Emergency!!"
Kozan let the bar down. "Yoshiko... what's wrong?"
Yoshiko was panting, out of breath from running. "Murakami Kouta! He's coming here! We just got word that he's already killed over thirty soldiers!"
Kozan jumped up. "Wait, he's actually coming to us?!"
Yoshiko nodded frantically.
Kozan immediately put on his clothes and ran out the room.
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Kouta was at the front entrance of the TPD HQ building. Blood was splattered all over his black coat.
The doors automatically slid open.
Fifty soldiers were right there with their guns up, ready to fire.
The rain poured down harder now.
"Was it you all? Did one of you do it? Who killed Kasumi?!!"
Kouta's hand twitched.
Bullets started blazing.
It was an absolute bloodbath.
Kouta ran straight inside, killing each and every soldier with his bare hands.
Some esper soldiers came for him too, only to be killed and have their vectors taken.
Kozan jumped straight down the flights of stairs. He ran into the main lobby to see everyone dead, including all staff.
Blood and water dripped from Kouta. He looked up at him. "Who did it?"
Kozan scowled. "How dare you?! You think you can just come in here and do this?!!"
Kouta's eyes glowed. "Truthseeker. Who killed Kasumi and why?"
Kozan spoke. "Takeshi did it, I ordered it." He immediately slapped his hand over his mouth. "What the hell?!"
Kouta grit his teeth. "You all just can't leave me alone... Is this what you call justice?! The TPD ends today."
Kozan glared back. "Step outside and we can end this."
Kouta's hand twitched. "No. It ends here and now."
Kozan held his hand out. "No!! There are innocent people in this building!!"
Kouta walked over to the wall and smashed his hand into it. He stared at Kozan with a bloodlusted expression. "Kasumi was innocent."
Blue cracks went up the wall. They continued all throughout the building.
Kozan jumped at him. "Murakami!!"
Kouta pushed his other hand into Kozan's chest and triggered an explosion, blowing him into the opposite wall.
On the outside, TPD Headquarters seemed perfectly fine. No one expected what was to come next.
But on the inside, everyone was panicking. Blue cracks were all throughout the floors. There was nothing they could do about it.
Tears streaked down Kouta's eyes. "Deconstruction."
And there it went. The entire building imploded from the inside out, killing just about everyone inside. The noise was heard from even a mile away, and the collateral damage hurt the buildings in all directions.
TPD HQ collapsed into dust and blood, mixing into the rain.
Purple lightning struck the ground.
Kouta appeared in its place, staring at the damage. "That was for you... Kasumi."
Kozan burst out from underneath the rubble, bleeding from his head and body. "MURAKAMI!!! I'M NOT LETTING YOU LIVE!!"
The ground started shaking. It was like an earthquake. "YOU DID THIS TO ME!! YOU MADE ME THIS WAY!!! AND NOW YOU JUST DESTROYED EVERYTHING I HAD IN LIFE!! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO!!!"
Rocks lifted out of the ground. Kozan started hitting them, sending them at Kouta.
Kouta's skin turned blue. "Takireiou." He took a hold of his golden staff. He held it out, bending the space around him. All of the rocks bent with the space, keeping Kouta out of harm's way.
Kozan started running towards him, violently shaking the ground. More buildings continued to fall.
Kozan jumped at Kouta with his fist up, ready to fight.
Kouta's hand twitched.
His arm became enveloped in a white flame. He sank his hand into Kozan's left lung. The flesh bubbled and boiled around the flame.
Kozan got stuck on his arm yelling and screaming in pain. He tried removing Kouta's arm but his hands burned away as well.
The stench of burnt flesh filled the air around them.
Kozan continued screaming. He was crying rivers of blood.
Kouta stared into his eyes. "What does it feel like? I can only imagine. The pain of your body and soul simultaneously being burned away. This is my Divination. Celestial Flame. This is the power I'm going to use to exact revenge on everyone who wronged my family. Since you can just mercilessly kill my friend, I'll show you what it feels like to have your life in the hands of another."
Kozan was still screaming. He couldn't fall unconscious because of his soul being torn away from the flame. Blood dripped from his mouth and nose.
Kouta had a few specs of blood on his face. It washed away in the rain.
It rained harder.
Kozan's screams were now drowned out from the amount of water falling from the sky.
Kouta pulled his arm out of his chest and let him die. "I didn't wanna do this today."