The only thing alive in the room was quiet, and the fear that they would be next kept them from showing their faces.
Yujiro's body stood over Alpha's, and he examined his palm slowly. "The boundless power... the power that this body possesses feels... fantastic. There's nothing stronger... there'll be nothing else that will please me except for a carnage!"
"She's your friend, Tim! What on earth were you thinking? She's on the edge of passing away!"
Tomomi drew Nina back before she could run in. "Wait! Take a step back! There are no traces of Tim's spirituality in this. The state of his Battle Spirit appears to be a mixture of the two."
"In both, Mi-Mixed? What exactly does that entail?"
"It feels like his nefarious intent is terrible, yet there are glimpses of good in it... but not the kind of good indications Tim would have..."
"How did you figure that out, Tomomi?"
"I can sense everyone's Battle Spirit... and you're in for a lot of trouble if you want me to reach his blade..."
Yujiro finally turned to Elliot, his left arm in his pocket, and smiled sideways as he stood sideways. "What an awesome entrance, Yujiro! Have you come to assassinate these people? If that's the case, go ahead... I won't have to dirty my hands after they've been washed."
"Kill them? You're more demented than I am... I've merely come to show them how despair lives. I'm not going to murder people who aren't guilty until I have a good reason."
"What? These folks, however, are intruders! You must eliminate them! They're attempting to thwart our plans!"
"It's not something I want to be without... I have no other plans but to make the others miserable. Besides, I'm not interested in working for you because you're a jerk. You'll be depressed as well, once I've shattered their faith."
"Is it just me, or is Genpaku displaying signs of fear?" Nina wondered gently so he wouldn't hear her.
"How could you speak to your lord in such a manner!" Kunio ran toward Yujiro with his blade, but something unexpected happened in a second.
Yujiro, who had been staring at Genpaku, reached behind him and gripped Kunio's face with his right hand. He immediately halted his onslaught.
"...maybe you'll be the first person I have a motive to murder... Kunio..."
Kunio swung his blade, but just as he was about to slash Yujiro, his corpse burst, splattering blood all over the ground and Yujiro's right side of the face.
Everyone in the room was taken aback. "He... completely annihilated his entire body by simply grasping him and applying pressure?" Nina asked, afraid, and took a step back.
The final Lieutenant was defeated, and while the rest of the mission appeared to be successful, they were still stopped in front of Yujiro.
But just then, a metallic dragging sound reverberated throughout the room, and Yujiro vanished in front of him, swiping his sword in an attempt to cut Yujiro.
However, despite Yujiro's lightning speed, Elliot's swing was resisted by Yujiro's blade, which was converted back to its original shape.
"You're not Tim? You're Yujiro, the guy who abuses his body to the limit!"
"So you've heard of me before? But why are you assaulting me for no apparent reason? I might or might not have a reason to kill you right now."
"Kill me if you have to, but I'm not going to tolerate anyone who isn't my friend!"
Yujiro's grin grew creepier, and at that precise time, he pushed Elliot's body back, which Elliot slid from.
Elliot slid his blade past his chest and leaped forward to where Yujiro stood, slashing to the side the minute he smashed his foot on the ground, seeing how Yujiro softly launched his body high into the air and backflipped.
After escaping Elliot's blade swoop, a giant whirlwind erupted within the room, with Yujiro's eyes releasing a crimson glow, he was giggling, and while in the air, he was riding the air, catching the balance by spreading both arms, and then landed on the floor.
Elliot surged forward again, cutting upward, only for Yujiro to retreat away and dodge. Elliot next swung diagonally, but Yujiro swerved to the side and dodged Elliot once more, his arms almost touching the ground.
Elliot took a step forward, then sliced to the side with his blade, which released electricity. Yujiro ducked and then slipped backward, straightening himself out, only to notice Elliot stabbed forward.
Yujiro kept smiling and then kicked upward, striking the bottom of Elliot's blade, before backing away. Elliot took another step closer before shifting his weight to the opposite side. Yujiro lifted his foot and sprang into a roll to dodge the cut, then stretched his left leg and swiped his ankle into Elliot's left side of the face, stunning him instantly.
Yujiro closed up and clenched his fist as soon as he landed from a side roll, ducked, and drove it into Elliot's jaw with such force that he hurled Elliot's body into the air.
"Are you afraid of something? You're so confusing, ahahahahaha!! Why confront me, If you're going to cry and be afraid?"
Yujiro hopped and kicked Elliot in the stomach, knocking him backward, after saying those words.
Yujiro landed and raced forward at that same moment. Yujiro punched forward and struck Elliot in the face, pushing him back, and then punched again, this time into his forehead, and elbowed Elliot in the chest, driving him backward.
Yujiro then leaped behind Elliot in mid-air and kicked him again, laughing. Elliot was thrown backward and forwards, and Yujiro reappeared in front of him, sharply kneeling Elliot in the stomach and forcing saliva out of his mouth.
Yujiro then sprang forward, knocking Elliot to the ground three times. He then pushed Elliot forward by elbowing him in the face.
Elliot summoned all of his might and sliced forward, but Yujiro merely dodged and then lit his own fist, which continued to heat up the area. Yujiro hit Elliot in the face, burning his face, and then uppercut Elliot in the air in the next second.
Yujiro vanished in a flash of wind and moved behind Elliot's frail frame. He stretched his right leg and slammed his sole into Elliot's back, launching him into the air, and then vanishes.
Yujiro appeared in front of Elliot and fisted him in the stomach as he slid across the air. Yujiro kicked his toes into Elliot's jaw and slammed his body through the ceiling to the third floor from that posture.
Elliot's body smashed through the fifth ceiling into the air, and the two of them were almost riding the air after repeating the process for seven seconds straight.
Elliot's face was bleeding and his hair was a tangle when Yujiro slammed another sole into his stomach, seized Elliot's neck, and blasted himself into the air like a rocket.
When Yujiro abruptly turned his body and hurled Elliot's stomach through the three holes in the roof, the blue flames flew down and were visible in the air.
Elliot's body was engulfed in flames, resembling a comet, but Yujiro entered the room with his left leg bowed over the ground, turned sideways, just as Elliot was about to smash into the floor.
He kicked Elliot in the stomach, forcing him to cough up blood. Then Elliot's body broke through the wall, flying above Tomomi and Nina's heads, and Elliot's ignited body began to roll like a ball, bounce around like one, and cut his body like one.
Yujiro emerged in front of Elliot in the middle of the roll and booted him, adding speed to his body and causing Elliot's body to fly even faster.
Elliot's body began to burn even more as a result of coming into contact with flames, and in the end, his body slammed into the fountain, through the hard cement, and then his back began to slide on the hard ground, cutting through his back, and his head and back slammed into the wall while he was sliding like a board.
Elliot didn't move anymore, so he let go of his blade slowly, and Yujiro returned in the same room as Genpaku and the others.
"Elliot!!!" Nina's eyes shook with terror, and she became immobile on the spot.
"... I believe I'll leave him alone... for the time being..." Yujiro was laughing and staring at his palm once more.
"Should I finish removing this Hoaxer's family now that he's out of the way...? Genpaku, you'll be the one who suffers the most! Ahahahaha!" Genpaku, on the other hand, who had been sitting on top of the board, anxious and sweating profusely, sighed.
Yujiro's sword, which had been lying on the side, continued to reflect light, and when he swiped his arm, the blade magnetized itself into Yujiro's palm, sending a shockwave out and blowing everyone's garments away.
However, there was one detail that no one noticed.
Elliot, who had been thrown far away and was laying on the floor with his eyes and forehead darkened, reached for the sword gently and stayed silent.
"... this is brutal ..."
Elliot's hair began to wave, and as soon as he grasped his sword, he carefully rose up, wiping perspiration and blood from his brow.
Elliot's clothes began to wave up as the splashed sweat melted on the ground; his hair went parmesean yellow and his eyes flashed blue, and his clothes continued to wave backward.
"I am truly pitiful..."
He felt a jolt traveling through his veins, similar to how blood runs, by softly leaning his left arm on the side of his lips.
Elliot began to absorb the sun's rays and wrap it around his body. With the electricity around him, his aura was scorching like the sun. His hair became spiky and created a thunder-like shape.
His blue gaze continued to flow from his eyes, and he spoke up right away.
"Lightspeed..."
When he departed, the ground erupted and shattered, forming a massive ravine as the buildings exploded into debris, with the glass exploding.
The automobiles that were parked exploded due to the pressure that reached their fuel tanks, and Yujiro and Genpaku's bodies spilled out blood before anybody could respond.
Nina felt pressure rippling through the ground and no one knew what had happened.
A flash emerged on the side of Yujiro's body, and as it did, Yujiro's face was slammed by nothing, his body was thrown through the wall, and he began to bleed.
Not only that, but instead of being hit, Genpaku's left arm was cut by nothing, and a glowing cyclone of light spewed itself from the center of the room, and Nina, Tomomi, Shigeru, Kiyoshi, Yumi, and Shion vanished one by one, and soon they appeared on the rooftops of various buildings when the entire hideout exploded into tiny pieces.
Genpaku's shouts were audible, and his garments were ripped off him as his body was crushed into the stomach and clapped to the ground.
When the bits of the hideout fell onto him and the dazzling light faded away, *he* appeared.
Elliot appeared in front of them, squatting and waving his clothes and hair as everyone stood. His body was engulfed in dazzling light, which burned as the sun and thunders struck him, and the ground where he stood was entirely destroyed.
Yujiro rose to his feet, shook his head, and facing forward.
Not only that, but he also laughed and bled into his injured body.
He observed the oblivion as he peered into the distance of the roadway.
He examined his sword and raised it high in the air, noticing a charred scar on it. His red eyes reflected in the sword's metal, and he noticed the attacker right away.
"...Perfect... Someone who is worthy of my attention! Ahahaha! I'm going to have a blast! I'm going to FEEL despair myself! That's exactly what I'm looking for! I want everything, including myself, to UNDERSTAND despair! Gahahaha! I'm in desperate need of it! I'm in desperate NEED of despair! I'm going to do the casting! No matter what, despair! I need to HAVE despair!!!"
"Ahahahahahaha, hahahahahahaha, ahahahahaha! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
Elliot rose slowly, his aura sparking and his eyes remaining blue.
To be continued...