The man laughed loudly filling the room with his echoed voice. While the other can only looked the man laughed of disappointment.
"Asahi, you really are my rival." Takaya noded down her head.
"Eh?" Asahi confused by Takaya next word unprepared.
"So, did you find out about your real 'power'?" Takaya asked her with a friendly tone.
"What are you talking about?" Asahi reacts the question.
"How about we have a history lesson before we get into it?"
"About the day where the the two violet heroes sacrificed themselves for the country? But being faked about the enemy is not a human, but a Chaosits?"
Takaya explained about the findings and real story behind his parents death that he told Ai the day before, shocking Ai herself that Takaya brought up the topic without acknowledging the motive that he means. He even shows the recorded data of the power signature that was recorded that day and compares it to last time Asahi lost her control while training, also her examination result. He even reveals that her mother was the first reincarnated of the Forgotten. Making Asahi more confused about how Takaya got that information.
Asahi is surprised that today's Takaya are different from before where he never wanted to get involved in any of this matter, now he is completely changed, his action is beyond what she even imagined. She realized that she can't underestimate Takaya any further more, but she was also concerned about his mind and soul. She knows Takaya is having a hard time living. But after seeing this she doubts what she can do for Takaya. With the difference in world scale they have, will she be able to catch up to Takaya?
"(Put her both hand on her face) To be honest, I also just found out about this last night, that I am the reincarnation of The Forgotten, but I also don't know how I got chosen." she said.
"The fact that our memories have been manipulated means we don't know what happened at that time, and this means we can't get accurate evidence to say it was just a coincidence." Takaya replied.
"Asahi knowing all this I didn't focus on how you got that power or what about my parents' death, My priority is to unite our forces and together annihilate all remaining Chaosits to protect ourselves."
"Doing all this myself makes me feel tired, but after listening to you earlier, I realize that I'm not alone, there are still many of our friends who we don't know where they are, and they also definitely need us." Takaya said.
"So what? After knowing all this, all your freedom until you know things that I don't know myself, can someone like me still be of use to you?!" Asahi shouted while crying.
"Will Ai and Fukushima's intelligence be useful for you?! You can even fix their mistakes easily! You can even move freely on the front lines of the war without paying attention to us!"
"So what can you expect from us?! What?! explain to me what we c do?! TAKAYA TAKAHASHI!!! WHAT CAN WE DO?!"
Seeing Asahi's strong anger, Lania hugged Asahi because she also understood what Asahi was feeling right now. Ai also feels that her abilities are not comparable to Takaya's. Takaya also understands that what he does will backfire on him, but he firmly believes they will rise.
"Takaya, enough, let me take it from here."
"Lieutenant?" Takaya looked at Lania and understood her very sad expression.
"Ai, Fuku and Asahi, I want you to see me as someone else, not a lieutenant or an elite team member," Lania stood up and walked towards Takaya.
"This kid has done well, it's just that he's very stubborn, never able to listen to suggestions or input from me, even before Shadow Vanguard was formed, He always fought with the general to immediately step down from his position and leave Hiltonia."
"But after going to the front line and seeing for himself how war was, he suddenly changed his mind about joining us to fight, of course the general never agreed with him."
"Then he secretly came with me to learn how to fight, how to protect himself, learned a lot about this and that, until when his strength awakened, he finally realized what he could do and met with the general."
"And since then I never saw him fight with the general again, even until this facility was finally formed, he was able to prove his purpose in joining the war, It turns out it's not just a child's dream as the general says."
"You know? In just 4 years he managed to save thousands of orphans and give them a decent life and never asked for anything in return, instead these children wanted them to be free."
"But they chose to follow Takaya and become partners. The people you see when you come in here are one or two of the orphans who want to always be with Takaya."
"They helped Takaya solve the problem of D.V devices being sabotaged by XAG, and carefully checked thousands of those devices."
Ai showed an expression of disbelief and emotion at the same time. Not believing that what Takaya has been doing all this time is not what he knows. Asahi even covered her mouth because it was hard to believe what Lania had said."
"This child doesn't only think about himself, but instead he worries about other people, even though he is the one who is suffering the most."
"But despite all that, Takaya never blamed other people for what he felt. If war was the only priority for this country then there would be no point in fighting if we didn't have a goal afterwards."
"Therefore, if the question is what can you do for Takaya, then the answer is only one, do you want to be free? do you want to do whatever you want without limitations?"
Lania looked at Ai and Fukushima,
"Ai, Fuku, you are extraordinary children, apart from you being the reincarnation of Golden, you can also create something that makes easier for people to carry out their missions and activities, But after knowing what XAG did, do you want your discovery to be misused again?"
Lania looked at Asahi,
"Asahi, you are also a talented child, your combat skills, weapons, thinking, you are really similar to general, your innocent nature and self-awareness know that you still have many shortcomings, is impressed me and I hope you can continue to develop, Regardless of you being the reincarnation of The Forgotten, there are still many things we need to learn about that power."
"And that also applies to all of you, and that's why Takaya built this facility to learn more about his powers, And hope that you guys can learn together with him."
"Just like old times." Takaya added to Lania's words.
Lania walked over to the door and opened it to get out of there,
"So, it's time for you to take over this world, that's a message from General Vanny, I'll leave it to you, Takaya, I'm sleepy."
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The elderly walked out of the room leaving the four of them behind. They were just silent while trying to understand what Lania said. Takaya was silent looking at them with a sad look, Hope they don't deny anything.
"Say Takaya, you spend 4 years building this facility only to help people, but what exactly do you gain from it?" Fukushima asked.
Takaya stands up and walks to the big screen,
"Happiness." Takaya clicks the screen and appears many pictures of orphans that he saved with their life's, "Seeing that smile does warm my heart, even this world is cold as the ice, but they like fire that never goes away, and I intend to keep those fire bigger and bigger until it can warm this world."
Asahi, Ai and Fukushima start crying soon after seeing the pictures that Takaya shows.
"Shadow Vanguard is a place for people who need power, while XAG and SIN are busy with their wars, we take care of those children who survive and keep them alive as hard as we can."
An atmosphere of emotion filled the room, no one thought that that day would be the day they started to wake up. Like broken glass, Asahi, Ai and Fukushima have found the answers they were looking for.
"Maybe this is all I want from you, the only wish I've wanted since we were little."
Takaya stretched out his hand to them,
"Please stay with me until then..." Takaya smiled broadly while letting out a happy cry after he hadn't cried in a long time.