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Chapter 23 - Premature Death - Part 3

Toji rushes toward Steve and attacks him with his sword who barely dodges it.

Steve: (He's fast.)

Toji attacks him again but Steve dodges and strikes him with his sword. Toji blocks it but is knocked away from the impact. He attacks again but Steve keeps dodging him. Toji keeps attacking him from all directions, not giving Steve any chance to attack.

Steve: (I've never seen any player who is that fast.)

Toji is hiding inside the small buildings surrounding them and attacking him from there. Then hiding again.

Steve: Using your surroundings to the fullest huh? In that case…

Steve takes out TNTs, charges them, and throws them at the buildings.

Steve: I came prepared this time.

He destroys all the buildings, leaving no place for Toji to hide, but Toji is nowhere to be seen.

Steve: You can't hide now. (This time when he attacks, I'll stab him.)

Suddenly he sees multiple Bees flying towards him.

Steve: Bees? (How the hell did he spawn so many bees?)

The bees surround him from all directions.

Steve: (Is he trying to use them to block my vision? He will try another surprise attack. I need to be careful. If I attack any of the bees, all will charge at me. I will just use TNT again and surround myself with water and Obsidian.)

Steve takes out TNT.

Steve: (Wait. His target is not me. It's Riko.)

Steve turns towards the main HQ building where Alex and Riko went.

This distracts him and before he can react, Toji appears behind him and stabs his throat. Steve attacks Toji, but Toji slashes Steve's chest. He then stabs him multiple times and then stabs him in the head.

Toji: I kept some spawn eggs before I left the Zenin. Among many, I picked up Bees in my haste. Never thought they would prove so useful. The strongest player huh? How could you lose so easily? This is where you die. Here let me make a grave for you. "Here lies the strongest".

Toji takes out gravel and covers Steve with it.

Toji: You will suffocate and die in your own grave. Let me finish my job now.

Alex, Kuroi, and Riko reach just outside of Notch's floor.

Alex: Only Riko and I can continue from here.

Kuroi: Riko. I guess this is it. It…it was fun playing with you.

Riko runs toward Kuroi and hugs her.

Riko: Thanks for playing with me Kuroi.

Alex: …

Alex and Riko walk toward Notch's room. They stand just outside a large circular dome placed at the center of the circular room with various bridges and rooms built surrounding it.

Riko: So this is it?

Alex: Yes. This is where Notch is. This Room is built entirely of Bedrock. Normal players can't even break it. You can enter the room by standing on the pressure plate. The door will open for you. Follow the path there and you'll reach Notch. Talk to him and then you can discuss how to transfer the account.

Riko: …

Alex: Or you can turn back around and go home with Kuroi.

Riko: Huh?

Alex: Before meeting you, I talked to Steve.

Before the mission:

Steve: What if the vessel refused?

Alex: What then?

Steve: Then the transfer won't happen. Simple.

Alex: Oh? Heh. So we will have to fight Notch?

Steve: What? You scared?

Present:

Alex: Steve and I, we're the strongest. Whatever choice you make, we will protect you.

Riko: I played the game to pass the time. It wasn't particularly entertaining to me but I still liked playing the game. I didn't have many friends, no friends actually. Just Kuroi. And I liked playing with her. But still wasn't that attached to the game. So when I found out I was supposed to transfer my account to Notch, I didn't care much. But…Visiting all those places with you. Experiencing what all you can do in the game. I want to play it more. I want to play it with Kuroi and enjoy it and…I don't want to transfer my account.

Alex: Come on Riko. Let's go home.

Riko: Yes.

Suddenly Riko gets shot by an Arrow of Damage and dies.

Alex: …

Alex sees Toji entering the room with a bow in his hand.

Toji: Alright good job. You can leave now.

Alex: Why are you here?

Toji: Why? You don't know why? Oh. You mean that. Hehe. It's because I killed Steve.

Alex Spawns an Iron Golem and a Ravager.

Alex: I see. Die.

The Ravager charges towards Toji who blocks with his sword but gets pushed to the wall. The ravager attacks him, breaking the wall. It keeps charging through the walls of the room, breaking the blocks as it goes. Suddenly the Ravager gets stabbed in the head. Toji appears and slashes at it multiple times. Killing it. He fires Arrows towards Alex who spawns a slime to protect herself.

Alex: You must have met a girl before coming here. What happened to her?

Toji: She's probably dead.

Alex spawns a Ghast that attacks Toji. Toji jumps and gets on top of the Ghast, which starts flying. It tries to smash Toji to different surfaces but Toji keeps jumping around on the Ghast to dodge. Alex Spawns multiple Skeletons to shoot arrows at him. He blocks the arrows with his sword. He then jumps from the Ghast to a bridge. The ghast shoots a fire charge at him who deflects it back with his sword towards the Ghast. He then jumps and strikes it with his sword, killing it.

Toji: So you use mobs. That means you aren't strong enough yourself. You rely on these NPCs. Aren't you Jujutsu Pros members supposed to kill mobs? And you use them only? Just how weak are you?

Toji attacks and kills all the skeletons shooting at him. He then jumps from the bridge to attack Alex but gets attacked by the Iron Golem. He blocks the hit and lands below. The Golem attacks him but he dodges its hits and strikes him with his sword multiple times, killing it.

Alex uses this chance to attack him from behind. Toji blocks her hit.

Toji: Too slow.

He then slices her 2 times and kicks her away. She falls down a floor. Toji jumps and lands on top of her.

Toji: Just accept that you lost. You couldn't protect that girl. I can't believe those NPC villagers succeeded. And you. I can't kill you. I don't know what will happen to all the spawn eggs you have when you die. If they get unleashed I will be in a lot of trouble. Still. I expected you to be stronger than this, considering you are regarded as one of the strongest players. Hell, even my brother plays better than you…Brother. That's who Megumi is. I forgot. Haha. Anyways. I better get going.

Toji takes Riko's inventory to show as proof to the Minecult.

Toji: Here. Job complete.

Minecult villager: Thank you. You have helped us maintain the purity of god. In these recent times, as the number of mobs increased, only god can help us villagers from them. By protecting his purity, you have helped this world. We are grateful. You will get the Emeralds we promised.

Toji: (Stupid NPCs.)

Toji walks outside the Minecult building. As he is walking he sees someone in front of him.

Toji: Huh?

Steve: Yo. Long time no see.

Toji: For real?

Steve: You thought I died? Hehe. Made a grave for me? I'm grateful. You should have killed me right then and there. But I can understand the feeling. You must have felt so special that you defeated the strongest player. When you stabbed me, I understood I can not defeat you like that. So I focused on using commands. I have never been able to use them before. Luckily, I just managed to before my death. If you would have just killed me, I would have died. But you failed.

Toji: Failed? The fight is just beginning.

Steve: Is that right? Maybe you're right. You're so Right!

Steve spreads his hands and starts laughing.

Toji: (Is he high?)

Toji rushes towards Steve and swings his sword, but Steve dodges it. Toji immediately turns his body to attack again but finds Steve gone. He turns around to see Steve behind him, aiming his bow at him. Steve fires a tipped arrow toward Toji who blocks it with his sword but gets knocked back by the impact and hits a wall.

Toji: (Arrow of Knockback? He didn't use a bow before. Commands?)

Toji gets up and sees Steve floating in the air.

Toji: Is that so?

Toji jumps and attacks Steve but he dodges easily. Toji attacks him multiple times from all directions but Steve easily dodges all the attacks.

Steve: (I'm sorry Riko. I'm not angry because of you right now. I don't hate anyone. Right now, I am just…enjoying this game. It feels so different right now.) Throughout The Overworld, The End, and The Nether, I alone, am the strongest.

Toji jumps toward him to attack him again. Steve spawns a TNT on his right hand and a command block on the other.

Steve: (One can spawn a command block using commands. It allows you to use commands but also, control their activation conditions, timing, and repeatability, among other things. Only a few people have spawned a command block. And among them, fewer know how to use it to its full potential. With the command block, you essentially break the laws of the game. You become…god.)

Steve combines the TNT with the command block. It creates a super TNT with command block design on one side, and a giant F on the other side.

Steve: (You can use commands to increase the firepower of a TNT, making a super TNT. But if you combine it with the command block, you make the god of all TNTs. The FormidiBomb.)

Steve fires the FormidiBomb towards Toji.

Toji: (I joined the game for fun. I liked killing. I killed mobs. I killed villagers. I killed players. Soon the group known as Zenin took interest in me and asked me to join them. I joined then to get more opportunities to kill. It was fun. Until I killed a few Zenin. My brother told me he was going to join the game too. He never played any game. I lived away from home so never talked to him much. I used to focus on gaming most of the time. But I knew the few games he played, he played them well. The Zenin found out and told me to bring him to them. I didn't like the idea of being forced to join a group. Then when I killed a few Zenin accidentally, they targeted me, so I left. But they told me they would get Megumi and force him to fight me. I just hope when he joins, he can get away from them. I hope he finds some friends and enjoys the game. And I hope he kills a lot.)

The blast kills Toji, as well as destroys the Entrance of the Minecult building and nearby buildings that were in the blast radius.

Alex manages to get up and heals herself using a witch. She notices that Riko's inventory is gone. She goes outside and looks for Steve but doesn't find him there, nor his inventory. She heads for the Minecult Building and finds Steve there. The entrance of the building is destroyed and Steve is surrounded by villagers who are praying to Notch while celebrating the death of Riko. Alex goes towards Steve.

Steve: You took your time Alex. No, sorry. You actually came as fast as you could.

Alex: Steve, I'm sorry. I…

Steve: You don't need to apologize. I messed up. It's not your fault.

Alex: Let's go back.

Steve: Alex, should we kill all these villagers? I probably won't feel anything right now.

Alex: …No. We shouldn't. It won't have any meaning. These are just, villagers. NPCs. They only pray to Notch. They weren't involved with the bounty. The one who set the bounty probably already left.

Steve: Meaning huh? Do we really need that?

Alex: It's important. Especially, for players.