The next day, Shird and a group of soldiers from the "Special Division" consisting of 10 S-rank agents and a group of soldiers with full military equipment arrived at the coordinates where Thous had ordered. This was an abandoned island that had once been very prosperous during the "Economic Bubble" era, at that time, the New Proton government had decided to isolate this island from the world to avoid the consequences of the bubble bursting, but even so, according to the predictions of experts, this island would collapse sooner or later, and after "Change The World", as predicted, it completely collapsed. At this time, the only thing covering the island were ancient trees that had mutated to giant size due to excessive biological weapons testing, but this was a reasonable condition for hiding the base of secret organizations. Walking through the woods, Shird saw a large base located in an area where the mutant trees had been completely cut off, but the radar observation did not show it, probably because the cover of the base made it invisible to satellites or radars, instead it was replaced with the image of trees like the rest of the island.
"Leaving aside the need to thoroughly check the abandoned islands, perhaps when I return I should ask Thous to reorganize the F.A.I.R department, they seem to be too reliant on radar and satellites."
Shird thought to himself, as he used his ability to remove all the mines, he realized that there were too many guards there. Shird assessed the destructive power of FUN from the incident of the heretics committing suicide, Shird ordered the troops to stay in place and wait for orders from the radio. Hiding with the perfect camouflage ability that had eliminated his presence, even surpassing the ability to locate the ability to detect the "Reality Warp" to scan, he saw an underground tunnel.
Observing more closely, he realized that this was a camouflaged tunnel door, upon contact, he discovered another truth that made Shird's cold face pale, when he could not use force to break it because of the barrier of a super thick "strange" energy behind that helped resist all kinds of abilities including "Reality Warp", which was very rare to be able to be countered, the only way he could open that door was with a password or a fingerprint. Observing more closely, he realized that the fingerprint reception place was applied with the Rochstein mechanism.
This is an "error" in mechanics and is often used to disable technological locks, indicating that an object used is off the "center of gravity" when this mechanism is installed, which can cause its final result to be incorrect, causing the object used to be disabled. For example, an electronic scale is weighing 9 coins, each coin is 3 grams, when scattered on the scale, they will be 27 grams, but when using the Rochstein mechanism and placing the coins on top of each other, when we separate a corner off the center of gravity of the scale, the received result will change depending on the offset of the 9 coins placed with respect to the center of gravity. If for example, those 9 coins are off the center of gravity by about 7cm, then its offset will be 0.1x7=0.7, which means the result will be 26.3 grams, rounded to 26 grams. To explain this, we say that the center of gravity, that is, the middle part of the scale, is also the main point where the Rochstein mechanism receives information, that is, the object placed on the scale, so if the center of gravity is deviated, the result will change relatively from the original. This is an invention created by Dr. Rochstein of the Executive Party, later researchers discovered that it can even break advanced technology locking systems.
When Shird realized this, he immediately cut off one of his fingers and scanned his fingerprint, the words "FAILED" appeared and the door was immediately disabled. Entering, Shird seemed very excited, but the FUN organization could not be so careless, someone must have helped Shird, but who was it?
In the basement, Shird entered a facility filled with empty experimental chambers, making the area terrifyingly cold. This experimental facility was in the center of the island, as if to imply that the entire island was just an experiment, and that the separation from the world had inadvertently put the entire island into a containment chamber with almost no way out.
Pi… pi…
The broken sounds of broken machines rang out every few seconds, as if to tease the lingering spirits, the nightmares of the victims with animal-like lives here. Walking back and forth, Shird saw an unusually clean chamber with the data "E412".
"So this is your origin… Mao…"
Mao's birthday was December 4th, perhaps the experimental organization named the experiment after the time the sample was born, as if to mock the lives they were stepping on. No past, no clear form, no empathy, two people are connecting with each other, even though the other is not here, but fate is truly unpredictable.
"…When you face your sinful nature, is when you return to your true self?"
Suddenly, a loud noise came from outside the facility, Shird immediately ran out and found that it came from a dark door with "Great Red Dragon" motifs. Opening it, it was a pitch black room with the only light being the surrounding torches, in the middle of the room was a corridor with a red throne where Mao sat, she had an expressionless face and a pair of pitch black eyes like nothingness. She sat there without moving, just like a puppet waiting to be controlled.
"Mao!"
"Stay still, V."
A cold voice rang out, the man Scar came out with one hand stroking the cat girl's head, the other holding a gun and pointing it at Shird. Shird wanted to rush forward but had to stop, he stood still with a confident smile on his lips.
"This is the King's Mouth, usually used to deal with superhumans, or even higher, those with powers equal to gods like you. It will directly affect your energy and life, it cannot be blocked or dodged, want to see it?
"You stupid brain, do you think a Weaver can be hit by that toy?"
"... Ah, then what if I have another Weaver here?"
Scar seemed to ponder what Shird said, then, like a scientist exclaimed: "Eureka", he called VIII, no, now it was only Free, the traitor of the Party. Both Weavers, although Shird was higher level than Free, but after all, the difference in power between the two was probably not that big. At this moment, Shird could no longer laugh, and Scar smiled a twisted smile as if sending Shird a message that if he moved, Mao would die.
"Good girl, now stand still."
After Free tied Shird's legs with his ability, Scar immediately used the King Slayer Gun to continuously shoot Shird's body, until his body was covered in blood, he put down the gun and sighed a few words.
"As expected of a legendary warrior of humanity, normal people would definitely die after being hit by one."
"… Why do you all covet Mao so much?"
"Fufu, Shird, there are political structures everywhere, a psychopath like you probably wouldn't understand?"
"…"
"Mao, somehow, killed all the staff of the organization that experimented on her, when she was 7 years old! No one could do that at that age, except someone with intelligence that had reached the level of a god, at that time, even though she was walking out of the facility in a state of disrepair, she still looked at me with eyes like a god of death, at that time, I felt a chill run down my spine. I have met many types of criminals, countless, but Mao is the only one that is different, she always seems to have a tone, as if she does not exist in this world."
"..."
"And then followed by the achievements that I could not achieve even if I spent my entire life: Collapsed the bubble economy, caused the biggest terrorist attack in history, overturned the legal systems of all three parties in a short period of time, and the biggest, the greatest, was to unify the Underworld into one!"
The whole room resounded fearfully with Scar's words, Shird was stunned by what he was saying, and Free was probably in the same organization so it was not too surprising.
"Do trash like you understand that? That even if her memories do not return, her intelligence can still be used to sacrifice to that energy source, and you can still shine?"
Scar screamed, it was more like a scream of despair than an exclamation, the other two could feel it, but didn't understand the reason.
"And soon, the world will end and a new page of history will open…"
After saying that, Mao stood up, she gradually walked down the stairs and approached Shird's bloody body. She, still with those dark eyes like nothingness, was looking, face to face with Shird, her eyes at this moment felt like they could penetrate deep into the heart of any living thing.
"Before, now, and in the future, your life has been immersed in the darkness of the Underworld, so instead of rejecting it, join in and become the darkness that guides us, the inhabitants of sin. I beg you, my savior!"
Shird shook Mao, but in the end, there was no reaction, like a walking corpse.
"Mao, any path can turn into darkness, so what we need to do here is to always keep the light within ourselves, so that we can move towards something more righteous."
The light in Mao's eyes returned, she walked towards Shird and grabbed his shirt tightly, at this moment Scar reacted like someone who had lost his whole world, his tears gradually fell, splashing onto the pitch-black floor. He angrily raised his gun towards her, his eyes filled with despair as he screamed, a piercing scream.
"Why?"
Bang!
And the one who fell here, was only Scar when Free had used the Nagant M1895 to shoot him before any stupid action could happen. Scar was stunned by what was happening, the world in his eyes now seemed to be reversed, what the hell was going on?
"10 points, Free."Shird gave a very satisfied smile as he healed his and Mao's injuries. He helped her sit down on the steps. Scar struggled to form a few questions, though the outcome was already obvious to everyone."I... have been keeping track of his every move... how did you still know that... Free did not betray us...""I had exchanged signals with Free beforehand, everything was set up. The lock in the basement was a Rochstein mechanism, and Mao didn't lose her memory. Perhaps my forces are currently bombarding above right now."Ten years ago, Shird and Free had met. At that time, Free had survived "Change The World" and joined the Frost Wisp organization as a Weaver VIII Together with his friend Setsuna, the two of them filled in the gaps left by the Nine Council, but... there was still 'V'. Then, unexpectedly, just one year later, a suitable person appeared: Shird.Free still remembered the moment he assessed Shird's abilities. At that time, he saw someone deeply broken by pain and loss, still clinging to the hope of happiness and love. For some reason, he found this person interesting. Even after Shird was chosen as 'V' and began working, he continued to be drawn to the beautiful echoes inside Shird's mind."This is so we can understand each other better, Free. It's not about exchanging work, okay?"Shird's beautiful smile that day had appeared like a light in the darkness of Free's helplessness. He took Shird's soft hand, and somehow, he found himself breathing heavily. Before he even realized it, his face was flushed red."I, Free, VIII of the Nine Council, have never regretted anything I've done." Every time Free felt what he was doing was against what he would do, he would say that.""... I see... that's how you exchanged messages... something only the two of you knew. I hadn't foreseen that...""Forget about that. With all that bleeding, you're definitely going to die."The throne was covered in blood dripping down the stairs, he would die, he would definitely die, an ending that couldn't be more ironic for someone who had delusions about the greatness of the person he admired, no, it should be him.
"Anything else you want to say?"
"Ugh…"
Mao couldn't hold back anymore, she rushed towards Scar and grabbed his shoulder tightly.
"Is the darkness warm, Scar?"
"…Yes…"
"…Yes, it's very warm… extremely…"
At this moment, Mao hugged Scar's shoulder and leaned her head against his, her eyes looking forward. An illusion appeared, this was the image of Mao standing on an extremely high place looking down at the foolish people who were slaughtering each other.
Scar, was dead. His eyes were still staring blankly forward, Mao immediately closed his eyes and uttered her last words to her subordinates.
"I can't understand you… Scar…"
…
At this moment, Mobius was approaching the second coordinate, "Silver Sea". This was a place that very few people visited because there was no wind, that's why there were many sea-type Primordial Creatures here. Historically, there were many flying objects that had disappeared without a trace here, so all three parties had put this place in a restricted area, but judging by the activities, this was indeed a perfect place for illegal transactions by criminals.
Scanning the area, Mobius noticed a harbor with the only thing there being an abandoned warehouse with a door facing the sea. Opening the door, Mobius was horrified to realize that inside was only a pile of corpses, they were wearing the uniforms commonly seen on Underworld spies, these corpses had very fresh blood stains, perhaps they had just been massacred. None of the corpses were intact, without the identity cards on their clothes, it would be difficult to recognize what their faces looked like. Around, a huge cargo box that seemed to be very important, opened, the only thing that rushed out was a swarm of bats, they had no intention of attacking Mobius but only headed towards the warehouse door and flew up into the clear sky to infinity.
"What the hell is this…"
Not because of the bats, not because of the pile of corpses, we finally saw a strange expression coming from Mobius: Fear. What the bats left behind when flying out of the cargo box was a small piece of paper that said: "We forgive SAD" with the signature: "Seventh".
At this moment, Mobius regained her composure, she swallowed the paper and then looked down at the sea, she was indifferent to a corpse that was almost nothing left under the black sea like nothingness.
"IV announces, the body of Kilosh, the leader of FUN, has been confirmed, I will be responsible for transporting his body back to the organization, that's all."
At this time, the severed arm of the criminal Balthazar was being transported to other departments to study the "strange" energy that slowed down the recovery ability of the "Weavers", but on the way, the arm was replaced with a prosthetic arm of another death row inmate.
Clack…clack…
The footsteps of the strange man holding the other arm, she walked lightly on the dark corridor of the organization and headed towards the most mysterious room of the organization, which was also the room with the highest security of the organization, the door of F.A.I.R.
"... but then the princess realized that the hunter was the bad guy, she rescued the giant and joined forces with him to imprison the evil hunter, and the princess returned to her kingdom, then lived a happy life with the giant, a happy ending ~"
Inside, a little girl with long white hair that reached the floor, one hand holding a princess toy, the other holding a giant toy, she pressed their heads together so that they looked like they were kissing. A big smile appeared on the little girl's lips, then suddenly noticing someone entering, the smile on her lips disappeared as she looked at the other person with cold eyes like money. The little girl had a pair of dark eyes with white irises, not at all like a human, and a black vertical scar on both of her eyes, seeing what the other person was holding in his hand, the little girl excitedly smiled a lovely but also confusing smile.
"I have a gift for you."
It was Mobius, she held Balthazar's hand with an expression that seemed to be calculating many things, but what was it? Who knows, I can only wait.
"The blood stains… look very fresh…"
At the Silver Sea port where the massacre took place, the criminal with two rows of scars like tears named Balthazar was examining the area. It was already night, the calm weather here was quite suitable for secret searches, and Balthazar was scanning the surroundings, the blood stains that were still there made this place much more desolate than before.
"… Time to go home…"
Stretching after finishing his search, just as he was about to turn his head away, a scythe pierced through his chest. The liquid of despair dripped down to the ground, here, a small figure with a crescent-shaped necklace was illuminated by the eternal moon of the night sky.
"Y… you are…"
Before he could say anything, Balthazar was kicked into the depths of the Silver Sea, as time seemed to stop, he saw a pair of eyes, it was as deep as a dead river, and there, countless cries of despair echoed within.
Falling into the Silver Sea, filled with monsters ready to devour any existence that touched it, Balthazar slowly saw the darkness taking over him. He was now one with the darkness, the tears of kikia seemed to be very relaxed before the sharp teeth like nightmares in human dreams.