I made it to the hotel and stopped. I ran inside and went to the elevator to check on Naomi. As I rode up the elevator the power went out. I grunted and looked up.
[Damn...someone shut the power, luckily this elevator is technology so I can hack into it and bring power to the elevator alone so you can make it up to the right floor.]
I nodded and waited for Lust-E to finish hacking the elevator. I tapped my foot on the ground quickly and crossed my arms. "Come on Lust, we don't have much time on our hands."
[Almost done...and there!]
The elevator began working and I continued to ride up to the floor Naomi was on. The elevator stopped and the doors opened then I ran out and dashed down the hall. I went to Naomi's door then kicked it open. I noticed the window open and saw Lane carrying a drugged Naomi. I ran after them then saw Lane jump out the window with Naomi in his arms. I jumped out the window as well and landed on my feet.
"You honestly believe I forgot what you did to me? Did to my boys, my fucking brothers?! Now you're gonna fucking pay...Shiro." Lane smirked and looked at Naomi. He licked his lips and looked at me then exhaled with a sinister smile on his face. "And I'm gonna make you watch...Get him boys!"
"What-"
Romeo and Kismet grappled me and I grunted to escape their hold. They had a pretty tight hold on me and I sensed a Love Demon in the area. I looked up to the sky and noticed a woman floating above us. It was Passion and she looked down at me smirking. Her orders were to not attack me, but Felola didn't say anything about the Masters attacking me nor said anything about aiding them so she was free to help the Master's with anything they wanted or needed. This was how Romeo and Kismet were able to overpower me in terms of strength. I tried to use my Crests to overpower them but Lane used his magic abilities to lock my Crests rendering them useless.
"No no no...you aren't escaping us by using those Crests. The Crests you don't even deserve." Lane smirked at me. "Let's go."
Lane warped away. Kismet and Romeo warped away with me apprehended. Passion also warped away.
We appeared in the junkyard in Yellow River...the same place Lane was killed at and the place I killed Ruby in. Kismet and Romeo had me chained up in cuffs that turned off my aura flow. I was strapped down in a chair and unable to move.
[Shiro I'm gonna try to get you out of this. I can't believe these bastards would go to such lengths.]
"It's alright Lust...I'll find my way out of this, but Lane's power is terrifying. He's stronger...almost twice as strong as me. Maybe a 1.5 times boost from my original power level.." I mumbled.
[Yeah...his power level is 1,152. It is in fact a 1.5 times boost from your 768 base. He still is even stronger in your Lascivious Mode or whatever it's called. Either way I'm gonna get you out of this.]
Lane walked ahead with Naomi walking behind him with a collar on and her hands cuffed. He used a chain as a leash and looked at me, smirking. His eyes shined evilly and he looked back at Naomi. "She has undying loyalty to you, albeit for all the right reasons, but...I'll break her. I'll break you...kill you like you did to me two years ago."
I glared at Lane and my hair covered my left eye. "You're making a mistake, Lane...and I promise you it won't end well."
"What?! You're telling ME something won't end well when you're the fucking hostage?!" Lane laughed and dropped the chain then walked to the side and picked up a metal pipe. He walked over to Naomi and handed her the metal pipe and smirked. "Break him...Strike him down... and don't stop until he's bleeding. Begging...Dead."
"W-Why me..? I haven't done anything to you Lane! Why am I getting put through this?! Let us go!" Naomi yelled.
Lane gripped her head and glared at her. He squeezed her skull with enough force for it to hurt her. He listened to her cried of pain. "Do as I say...or I kill you here and have fun with your corpse."
Naomi grunted and closed her eyes in pain. "O-Okay..! Okay..." She said as tears fromed in her eyes and looked at me.
Lane let her go and pushed her forward then watched her walk to me. I looked at Naomi and gave her a smile. She looked at me with tears in her eyes.
"It's alright Naomi. Do your worst." I said and closed my eyes.
Naomi hesitated for a bit and looked back at Lane then closed her eyes and yelled, striking me with the metal pipe. I grunted and balled my fists, enduring the blows. She struck me continuously, blow after blow her strikes became stronger at Lane's command. This went on for what seemed like an hour...an hour of getting struck with a metal pipe at full force. She noticed blood rolling down my body and looked at me.
"That's good enough for now, my dear." Lane said then walked over to me and gripped my hair and I opened my eyes to look at him. "Your endurance is amazing...breaking you will be so much fun.."
Naomi had tears rolling down her eyes as she looked at me. She dropped the metal pipe and Lane looked at her. "Why..? Why are you doing this..? How are you even alive?! How are any of you alive?! Shiro killed you all!"
"He did...you are right about that, Naomi." Lane said then walked over to Naomi and gripped her neck then raised her off the ground. "And for that reason we are simply... returning the favor."
Naomi grunted and struggled as she was being choked by Lane. Lane dropped her on the ground and she grunted and coughed. She tried to break out of the cuffs and Lane watched her struggle and laughed. Kismet handed Lane an Alchemy Gun and Lane looked at it then smiled and turned around to me.
"Naomi. Watch and count how many bullets your fucking boyfriend can take before he breaks or dies!" Lane laughed and began to rapidly fire bullets at my body.
Naomi's eyes widened and she screamed for Lane to stop. I grunted as each bullet hit my body. The alchemy bullets actually hurt and pierced through my body. I tried my best to endure the bullets, but the more bullets I took the worse the pain became since I had little time to recover and regain my endurance.
[Shiro! Why can't I connect to you?! It's like those chains are ruining the connection between me and you...I have to save you, you're taking too much damage at once. You will actually die from this..!]
"What's the matter Shiro?! You don't look so well!" Lane laughed as he kept shooting me until the clip was empty and he stopped pulling the trigger.
Blood rolled down my body and there was a puddle of it below my feet. My body was as bloody as could be and I still managed to hold off. I held on to what little life I had left.
"Shiro!" Naomi cried and tried to break out of the cuffs even more.
"It's...alright.." I said softly as my hair covered my body.
Passion rose an eyebrow as she watched me. "How is he still alive after taking a full clip of 60 alchemy bullets to his body...how good is this guy's endurance..?"
"Still alive I see? Man you do have some fucking endurance on you. I'm...actually impressed!" Lane laughed and reloaded the gun then pointed it at me.
"That's enough." A familiar voice said. I looked up and my eyes widened to see her face. Lane looked back and glared.
Kismet glared at her then smirked. "I should've known it was you.."
"Alisha...Talenta...why have you brought her here..?" I asked and grunted and coughed blood.
"Shiro!" Talenta yelled and flew over to me then was blocked by Passion's barrier. Talenta looked at Passion and looked a bit surprised. "Passion! Why are you allowing this?!"
"Because...this is a mortal quarrel. There is no world endangering threat plus Shiro isn't my master. I don't have to help him get out of this, but if you want to get to him...you must first get through me." Passion said then summoned her dragon sword.
Talenta glared and summoned her sword and shield then flew to Passion. "You're making a mistake!"
"I've been waiting for this for a long time!" Passion laughed and flew in the air. Talenta flew after her.
"Who are you?" Lane asked.
"My name is Alisha...and I am here to save Shiro from your hands. So I suggest you give him up before things get really ugly." Alisha said and awakened her powers.
Lane smirked and pointed his gun at Alisha. "Ugly you say..? Well I don't mind getting ugly, slave."
"Very funny. Black joke, haven't heard one of them in ages!" Alisha said then dashed towards Lane and dodged Lane's bullets then summoned a sword out of pure psychic energy.
She slashed at Lane and he dodged the attacks and kicked Alisha away effortlessly then she grunted and rolled backwards then rebounded off the ground. She slammed her hand against the ground then stopped herself from sliding backwards. She rose the cars using her psychokinesis then sent them flying at Lane. He awakened his Crest and wished the cars away, manifesting it into reality and the cars simply vanished.
"Wha-" Alisha started then grunted loudly when Romeo sent her flying into a pile of scrap metal.
[Desire Manifestation. It literally makes what the user desires happen in reality. The Crest of Desire rivals the power of the Crest of Lust and that's bad! That's ability is as powerful as the user's desire and...it has no limits..! Shiro I've got to find some way to get you out of there!]
I looked in Alisha's direction and noticed her getting up. She flew to Lane at full speed and her fists were surrounded with psychic energy. She grunted as she went for rapid strikes. Lane dodged then all and smirked at Alisha.
"I know about you. You're an Esper, the peak of your kind and you believe you can match my power?! How FOOLISH of you!" Lane laughed and punched Alisha's stomach.
Alisha groaned and coughed blood.
"Stop it.." I grunted and balled my fists.
Lane laughed as he struck Alisha with powerful and relentless strikes. "Come on Alisha! Where has all of that power gone?! All that bravado!" Lane yelled and gripped Alisha's neck and she grunted and gripped his wrist.
Alisha smirked and surrounded Lane's body with her psychic energy then flung him to the sky, making him release her. She coughed a bit and yelled, slamming him to the ground. She panted and rubbed her neck then spit out blood.
Naomi watched and scooted away from the fight and Romeo grabbed her then she screamed as he held a knife to her neck. "Shiro! You have two options right now! Tell your girlfriend to leave, or Naomi dies.."
"It's fine Romeo...release her." Lane said as he stood up without a scratch. He dusted himself off as he desired the pain inflicted upon him could go away. He was practically invincible. Nothing Alisha did mattered as her attempts only lead her back to square one.
Romeo released Naomi and she fell to her knees. "Huh...That's a very neat ability you have."
"Yes it is.." Lane smirked.
"Lane!" I yelled. "Whatever you're planning to do...you better not do it!"
Lane heard my voice and smirked. He dashed ahead and appeared behind Alisha then kicked her forward. She grunted and rolled forward. He appeared in front of her and picked her up by her hair. He punched her stomach and she groaned and coughed blood.
"What are you gonna do about it Shiro..? You think you can stop me?!" Lane laughed as he kept striking Alisha.
[Her life force...she's getting weaker..]
"Stop it Lane..!" I growled and began breathing heavily. My hair covered my left eye and my right eye flashed gold. "Let...her go..!"
"Or what?! You can't do anything Shiro! Now shut up and watch me kill your precious girlfriend!" Lane laughed.
"Stop it!" I yelled and growled as I began trying to break out of the chains.
Lane laughed like maniac then thrusted his hand through Alisha's stomach. She screamed and he laughed. Naomi watched in horror and gagged and threw up. Lane took his hand out of Alisha's body then tossed her aside like trash. She laid on the ground, bleeding out slowly.
Lane turned around to me and looked at me then laughed. "You can't stop me! I am the man full of infinite desires! I can rule the world! I am the Man Who Rules The World! With this power there's nothing I can't do! I can even desire a million arrows to Pierce your body like this!" Lane laughed and snapped his fingers then a barrage of arrows began to strike through my body. He laughed and once the barrage of arrows stopped he gripped my hair.
I didn't look at him. My body felt strange, it didn't feel like death...it felt like...
"Look at your girlfriends Shiro! Look at them as they desperately need a hero! Are you gonna leave them there to die Shiro?! Do something do something quickly because Alisha's time is running thin!" Lane laughed and looked at me. "Or don't...either way...I am taking your Crests and I'll...be the most powerful man in the universe.."
Rage...
Lane pushed me back in my chair then walked over to Naomi and picked her up by her hair. He licked her neck and chuckled. She whimpered as he reached his hand in her shirt. "But before all that, I want to have fun with a fellow friend..~ I'm sure at the end of it...she will love me more than she'll ever love you."
Kismet grunted as he sensed powerful energy. He looked at me and noticed my hair color changing. "Lane! We got an issue!"
Lane stopped kissing on Naomi and Naomi opened her eyes.
"What the-" Lane said then felt my power level rising beyond the scales.
[800...900...1000...1100...1300...Shiro..? What's going on?]
Talenta and Passion stopped battling and looked at me. They felt my power level rising rapidly and looked in awe.
"This power..." Romeo said then watched me. "I thought the chains were blocking his aura flow! What's going on?!"
Alisha smiled as she looked at me. She spoke to me via telepathy. 'Don't worry about me...I am healing using my psychic energy as we speak...you worry about...kicking their asses.'
Lane pushed Naomi to the side and walked towards me. "I'm putting an end to this now!" Lane bellowed and his aura surged around his body then his aura tentacles rushed towards me.
I broke out of the chains and vanished at subsonic speeds. I appeared behind Lane and my right eye was uncovered and shined gold with golden aura emitting from it. Lane looked surprised then turned around. He glared then bellowed and ran towards me and went for a punch. I caught his fist and my sclera on my right eye slowly began to turn black. I glared at him then punched his stomach. He groaned then growled and punched my face.
"This is...Mastered Fury...! This is the first I've ever seen anyone harness such power.." Passion said in awe.
Lane noticed I didn't take any damage from his attack and flinched back then I grunted as I punched his face, sending him crashing and ran after him and appeared under him then struck his back, sending him upwards. I appeared above him and kicked him to the ground. Lane groaned as he hit the ground. I landed on the ground and grunted lightly covering my right eye as I felt the rage seeping through my body. Slowly but surely it was becoming uncontrollable, Indomitable. The bloodlust I had within me began to grow inside. I wanted to kill Lane with my bare hands.
Kismet and Romeo looked at each other then at me. They both ran to me and prepared to rush me with attacks together. I dodged their attacks then grabbed Romeo's arm and pushed him into Kismet then blasted them away with a beam of destructive energy. I walked towards Lane and cracked my neck then watched him stand up.
Lane bellowed and as his aura surged powerfully around him. He dashed towards me and went for multiple attacks. I dodged his attacks then slid back and watched him pull out his gun and rapidly fired bullets at me. I conjured my aura and my aura acted as a barrier for me, causing the bullets to be deflected.
"Are you done with your attack..? Because if so...I'll take my turn now." I said and tilted my head, cracking my neck. I couldn't hold back this rage anymore. I had to release it.
Lane looked at me and grunted as he felt extremely dark energy coming from me. The Crest of Lust shined in the middle of my chest and I began to change forms. My aura manifested into armor around my body except my head.
[Unleashed Mode...This is his 100% as of right now. He's driven by pure anger and desire to kill Lane. There's only one other person with this mode...Felola..]
Lane smirked and had a bead of sweat rolling down his face. His eyes shined as he looked at me. "There's no way...he's this strong. Someone like Shiro shouldn't be this powerful..! I have the Crest of Desire! The Crest of Passion! I have the stronger Crest! There's no way I can lose!"
"On paper...you do have the stronger Crest, but...there are limitations to your power...your power stops working when the other is satisfied while mine...ALWAYS works.." I smirked and induced Naomi, Alisha, Talenta, and Passion with lust. All four women began to moan and pant.
I fed off their lust and made my Crest even stronger which made me stronger. I awakened the Crest of Luck and Talent on top of that using the full extent of my abilities to make sure they couldn't resist nor break out of the Inducement.
[His power has reached 1895! He's stronger than the strongest recorded Alchemist which was 1814...this level of power is more than enough to close the gates but he's here fighting Lane..]
"Now...let's see how many hits you can take...before you BREAK!" I laughed and vanished then Lane groaned as he was being struck faster than he could comprehend. I appeared behind Lane and walked ahead then watched him fly past me.
"Nnngh!!~ I can't...let him feed off...me..! Haah!~" Passion moaned and panted.
I watched Lane landed on the ground then dashed towards me. I blocked his attack then punched his stomach and he groaned and coughed blood. I grabbed his arm and palmed the Crest of Desire out of his body then attempted to grab it, but he grabbed it back then kicked me backwards.
"He...hit the Crest out of his body! Shiro needs to be stopped! We have to help him!" Romeo dashed to me.
Kismet nodded and ran towards me.
"You three don't understand...in this form..." I said then awakened my Precognition and flawlessly dodged their attacks. "...I can't be stopped..."
I elbowed Romeo and he groaned, coughing blood. I palmed his chest and sent him crashing through multiple metal walls. I awakened my Precognition once again and dodged Kismet's attack.
"W-What the...he awakened it again..?" Kismet said in shock.
[Limitation Defiance?! How did he get that ability?! None of the limitations apply to him right now...which is great if it didn't drain his stamina so quickly! Shiro you have to hurry this up! You only have three minutes left in this form!]
I grabbed Kismet's arm and broke it and laughed at his yells of pain. I kicked him away into a pile of used cars. I walked over to Lane then cracked my neck. "What's the matter..? Too scared to use your Crest..? I would be too if I were against me.."
"What...exactly are you..?!" Lane asked in shock as he took a step away from me.
"I am...The Man Who Rules The World.." I smirked and stomped my foot down. I bellowed as I charged up an energy blast. "Now die! Destiny...Overdrive!"
I bellowed and blasted Lane with an all out blast. Lane yelled in pain as he was hit. I bellowed then an explosion happened and I slowly reverted back to normal and fell to my knees. I used up so much of my stamina to the point my body couldn't move for a bit.
Lane fell on the ground and his Crest floated up from his body and was about to float towards me then Passion teleported in front of me and kicked me away. She absorbed the Crest of Desire and blushed as she looked at me.
"I refuse to allow you to obtain such power...A power level of 1895. A mortal like you nearly reaching my level of power shouldn't be possible, but unfortunately I witnessed it. Tch...these men are useless...but they are the best I have. I need to seek out the others. Enjoy your victory while you can, Shiro Moji. One day...we will face off in the battlefield...and I will win.." Passion said then teleported away with Lane, Kismet, and Romeo.
I stood up and grunted softly. Talenta flew to me and held my shoulders. She checked to make sure I was alright. I nodded at her then we walked over to Alisha and Naomi. I freed Naomi from her cuffs and chains then she hugged me tightly. I hugged back and smiled then closed my eyes.
[Alisha's Bond Percentage rose drastically to 70% for defeating Lane and his crew]
I let go of Naomi then walked over to Alisha and held her shoulders. "Alisha...I'm glad you're okay. When Lane pierced you, I was worried that you might've.."
"Shiro..~ I'm an Esper, we can't truly die unless we are decapitated. Plus I'm the peak of my kind, I have Abilities no other Esper here has. I'm glad you're okay. That new form you got...do you know how you got it or remember how you tapped into it?" Alisha asked.
"No actually...I was just so fogged out I didn't even think to pay attention on how I awakened that power.." I said.
"Hmmm...that's fine. Passion has retreated so we have more than enough time to train. I will be available to train with you at night time in our secret location..~ So come there at night time to spar with me whenever you're ready." Alisha said.
I nodded and smiled then let go of her. "Alright Talenta...back to Erotica Paradise."
Talenta nodded and warped all of us to Erotica Paradise.
...
Felola sat on her throne and had her eyes closed.
"Felola...~ My sweet Felola..~ When are we going to attack? We've stayed idle for two years. It's time we've made a move." Ardour said.
"Not yet Ardour...it isn't the perfect time yet.." Felola said.
Ardour rose an eyebrow then smiled and closed her eyes. "Mmm...alright, but don't say anything when he becomes too strong for us."
"Funny joke." Felola rolled her eyes.
Ardour smiled and walked away. "He won't know what hit him.."