Chapter 37
// 3rd POV //
Zero: It's Sho-Time, Tsukuyomi.
Obaba: How is it possible, this divinity and aura are indeed that of a god, how can a kid like you have a deity in him, it's impossible.
The cry of the old woman reaches the ears of the people around who look at me with a complicated look because they have just learned that I have a god in me.
Zero(thought): I don't blame her for being surprised, A Persona is a manifestation of the personality of a Persona user, called a "mask" that an individual can use to cope with difficulties.
Dogen: What do you mean by 'To have a god in him'?
Obaba: This brat is harbouring the god Tsukuyomi in him or at least a fragment of him in my opinion, he is too dangerous to be left alive.
On the side of the Shinobi girls, they are all equally amazed by the performance of Zero the person to whom they had to bring back the scroll that is in their possession, he appears in the middle of the battlefield and defeats all his enemies without any difficulty equipped with gauntlets and greaves and now they have just learned that he has a god inside him.
The girls are documented on invocations as each one can invoke one or more guardian animals ranging from simple animals to divine beasts, but they have never heard of the possibility of invoking or even carrying within themselves a divine entity such as a god.
Yumi: Akatsuki-kun shelters the god of the moon and the night, Tsukuyomi in him?
Leo: A human sheltering a god, how is this possible?
// Zero POV //
At the invocation of Tsukuyomi, my Sacred Gear deactivates itself.
Zero(thought): Eh?! What's going on, why did it deactivate itself?
Tsukuyomi: Your gear and your wildcard power cannot be used at the same time, since the use of Personas and Sacred Gears burdens the user's mind and continued use of either will drain the user's strength and endurance. So we all (Spirits within him) have decided that to avoid exhausting your mind too quickly, you cannot use both powers at the same time but only one or the other.
Zero (thought): Heh, but that won't stop me from beating the shit out of these abominations.
Tsukuyomi: Indeed, partner it doesn't stop you.
Zero: Tsukuyomi, [Abyssal Wings] (Rengoku no Tsubasa)
Tsukuyomi opens his arms and wings made of black and red energy appear behind the horde of Shadow. The wings open and then close again on the Shadows, the latter taking severe curse damage, killing a few in the process.
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Tsukuyomi disappears. With my tachi, I run into the rest of the Shadows still standing.
Zero: [8 Leaves 1 Blade: 1st form: True Helix]
Unleashing a series of burning slashes with my tachi then ending with a tornado of flames releasing numerous waves of flames, incinerating the Shadow group.
All the fencers present are impressed by Zero's technique, which has no unnecessary movement.
Ikaruga: This fencing technique, I have never seen anything like it.
Obaba: Onore, Akatsuki. Kill him, use whatever you want but kill this kid.
This time a large number of ninja from the Black Spider clan turn into Shadow and run straight at me. I dodge each one of them while cutting someone with my weapon and using my [Air Trick] and [Parkour] skills, one allows me to teleport almost everywhere instantly and the other shows me the optimal path.
Zero (thought): they are coming more and more, I need an AoE technique, to be able to annihilate all these Shadows at once.
I think when a voice is heard from the depths of my mind
??? 1: Look at that, a young trickster and very powerful and promising to boot, I think we're going to get along well.
Zero: And who do I have the honour to?
??? 1: I'm just a simple gentleman who offers to give you a hand. What do you say?
Zero (thought): Can you ... no, lend me your powers.
??? Zero(thought): All right ... I have taken your resolution into account. Swear to me.
All of a sudden a mask appears on my face, then I get a headache and a familiar image comes to mind, that of the Zero Akatsuki I met when I arrived in this world, my Shadow the self that I accepted and the self that accepted me.
Zero: Aaaaaah
I scream before tearing the mask from my face attached to my face, making me bleed profusely.
Arsene: I am thou... thou art I... Thou who art willing to perform all sacrilegious acts for thine owns justice! Call upon my name, and release thy rage! Show the strength of thy will to ascertain all on thine own, though thou be chained to Hell itself!
Instead of being surrounded by a halo of light, I am surrounded by blue flames my wound regenerates and my clothes change to become Joker's thief costume.
Zero: Come to me, [Arsene].
And behind me appears the legendary gentleman thief Arsène Lupin.
Tobio: Another invocation and this time he looks like a fallen angel? What's going on? Whatever this power is, it can't be a Sacred Gears.
Arsene: I am the pillager of twilight, Arsene. I am the rebel's soul that resides within you. If you so desire, I shall consider granting you the power to break through this crisis.
Looking at Arsene's stats I notice something shocking
Zero (thought): This is...?! a level 99 build Curse/Gun?!
Those who have already played persona 3, 4 and 5 know that you can customize your Persona as you wish, on Persona 5 I had two Arsene one which is an Almighty build and one which is a Curse/Gun build that I replicated from persona Q. Seeing this Persona makes a smile appear on my lips.
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Arsène (Curse/Gun)
All parameters are at 99
Maeigaon (Death Skill): Maeigaon deals heavy curse damage to all enemies.
One-shot Kill (Gun Skill): One-shot Kill deals severe Gun damage to 1 target, and has a high rate.
Riot Gun (Gun skill): Riot Gun deals severe Gun damage to all enemies.
Apt Pupil (passive skill): Apt Pupil automatically doubles the user's rate while in battle.
Victory Cry (passive skill): Victory Cry automatically restores the user's HP and MP (SP in the series) after winning a battle.
Curse Amp (passive skill): Curse Boost automatically strengthens the power of the user's skills by 50%.
Gun Amp or Cripple (passive skill): Cripple automatically strengthens the power of the user's skills by 50%.
Concentrate or Mind Charge (Prayer skill): Concentrate increases the user's magical attack power for the next turn by x2.5.
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Zero: [Concentrate]
A halo of flame embraces me increasing the power of my next magical attack.
[Zero is focused!]
The power of a Persona is linked to that of its Summoner, the stronger the latter is, the stronger the Persona is too and in exchange the persona shares its special characteristics with its Summoner, my Personas will all be at their maximum potential because their maximum level is level 99 and my level already exceeds this cap. So multiply my power by 2,5x my next magical attack and nothing will be left of my enemies.
Too bad I can't use my Persona and my Sacred Gear at the same time for the moment, having to manage 5 dragon spirits in the gear is quite taxing in mental energy and stamina if I have to manage my Personas also, my spirit won't hold much time if I have to fight very long.
Zero: Arsene, [Riot Gun]
Arsene's wings open and a rain of bullets falls on the horde of shadow and destroys more than half of my enemies, Arsene disappears and becomes a mask again.
// 3rd POV //
Dogen: Old woman, your puppets are losing, the angels have been captured and the Yoma can't get the scroll back, I financed you and your clan provided you with the weapons and the labour, I hope you will respect your part of the contract.
Obaba: Shut up, if you want the scroll so badly, make yourself useful and go and get it yourself.
The old woman smiles before making gestures in front of her crystal ball, and suddenly what remains of the Shadow's horde clumps around Dogen.
Dogen: Old witch, what are you doing?
The man tries to get free of the black mass that clings to him but without success.
Obaba: I'm just making your wish come true, hahaha
Dogen : Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
The black mass completely engulfed the poor man to form a giant black dragon made of metal.
Obaba: Seeing if you can defeat my dragon, annihilate him.
Dragon: Gruaaaaah
The Dragon roars on Zero who doesn't move a hair, not seeming to be phased by the situation.
Tobio: Now it's getting dangerous, I think we should go and give him a hand.
Lavinia: You're right, if something happens to my Zero, the person in charge will not get out of here alive.
Kouki: Wow, I've never seen Lavinia so determined.
The SLASGDOG team is heading over to their friend to lend him a hand.
// Zero POV //
When I saw the scene of Dogen being swallowed up by the horde of Shadows to take the form of a Shadow Fafnir under Obaba's orders, my hatred for her only increases, but instead of feeling my demonic energy boiling, as usual, I feel a pain in my eyes but I am so focused on what is happening in front of me I don't care.
Zero (thought) : [ Analysis ]
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Name: Evil Voracious Dragon
Breed: Dragon, Shadow
Arcane: Hermit
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Zero: A Shadow Fafnir, oh what a beard!
The dragon roars again and my [Danger Detection] goes crazy, knowing the skills that a Shadow Fafnir should have, I can tell right away that he uses [Gigantomachia].
Zero: EVERYBODY, RUN AWAY...*BOOOOOOM*
The ground beneath me began to break up and began to release a powerful and blinding light and a giant explosion followed, leaving a cloud of smoke, leaving the shinobi and Gregori's agents in shock.
Obaba: Ahahahahah, this is what happens when someone gets in my way
Tobio: ZEROOOO
Kouki: Shit, this dragon is bad news. We should contact Azazel. Waaaaaa what's that?
All of a sudden the ground freezes and the surrounding area freezes all the remaining Yoma and we can see that this ice comes from two sources one is Lavinia which seems to be in a balance breaker and the other source is Yumi we can see a lot of cold air around her, she loses her hair tie and her hair becomes longer in addition to becoming an icy blue colour and her eyes become red.
Seeing this the respective groups of the two girls move away from her to avoid collateral damage to their loss of control.
Shiki: Yumi?!
Yumi: How dare you?
Lavinia: How dare you?
Yumi/ Lavinia: Killing Zero/Akatsuki-kun
The two girls each launch a frosty attack towards the dragon who takes damage but is still standing, the girls are about to launch a new attack when everyone hears something coming from the cloud of the explosion.
??? : *Cough*
Everyone: Huh?!
Zero: *Cough* Say... *Cough* don't decide my death like that if you haven't seen my body lying on the ground.
I say appearing out of the cloud of smoke, my school uniform a little damaged and dusty but still alive, my apparitions calmed the two girls immediately.
Yumi: I am relieved... Akatsuki-kun... is safe and sound.
Miyabi: How could he survive an explosion of this magnitude?
Homura: Even I wouldn't have survived with just a few scratches.
Asuka: How?
Zero: Well...
// Flashback //
Zero (thought): Shit, it's going to hurt, even though I'm immortal and can regenerate very quickly it doesn't mean I don't feel pain.
??? 2: I'm amazed that you would think of that at this very moment when you are on the brink of receiving serious damage from this Shadow.
The world around me is turning grey and time seems to have stopped.
Zero(thought): I know I'm pretty unique, but I ask myself one question? who can you be and to what do I owe the honour of your presence?
??? 2: Hum, you have your head on your shoulders and ask the right questions about who I am, you can deduce it from yourself, by answering your second question which is the reason for my coming, which is that I felt that your soul looks familiar, although this is the first time we have met, I feel like I am seeing an old friend from the time when he was searching for the truth during his journey.
Zero (thought): This description, I see, you are right, I only know one Persona that fits this description, you are Izanagi, right?
Izanagi: Indeed, young man, and as I have done for my friend in the past, I ask you this, do you need my help?
I think for a brief moment and then answer
Zero (thought): Please lend me your light.
??? 2: Understood, so our contract is sealed, let my light guide you, open your eyes.
Zero (thought): Illuminate my path to truth, [Izanagi-no-Okami Picaro].
I tore off the new mask attached to my face and when the explosion occurred I was protected by a kind of aura that greatly reduced the damage I received in addition to my natural defence.
// End of the flashback //
Zero: *Cough* I was really lucky that a friend of mine came to my rescue.
Behind me stands the Persona of the Arcane of the World: The creator god of the Shinto religion, Izanagi-no-Okami but his Picaro version changes his white uniform by one of white and red and his sword changes shape giving it a cooler form and its stats are higher than the original.
Izanagi-no-Okami Picaro: I am thou... Thou art I... From the sea of thy soul, I come... From the very moment of my emergence, I have been a guiding light shed to illuminate thy path... I am the original god... Izanagi-no-Okami
This Izanagi-no-Okami Picaro is an Almighty build, it is optimised to maximise its signature attack, Myriad Truths, coupled with my [Concentration] from before, my next attack is likely to hurt.
Imu: Izanagi-no-Okami, Another god but a creator god also but who is this guy anyway?
Obaba: Nooooooo, you should be dead at the hand of my puppet.
Zero: Huff, you can still dream. Izanagi-no-Okami, By the [Myriad Thruth].
Izanagi raises his Totsuka Sword with both hands, turns it clockwise and then suddenly three bursts of multiple white lightning fall on the evil dragon, taking away half of his life points.
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Zero: This is the end for you. Eternally flow, form is emptiness and emptiness is form
I spin my tachi in my hand and then put it in its sheath.
Zero: 1st
I run towards the dragon and draw my sword, creating a tornado of fire synonymous with the first form, Helix.
Zero: 2nd
I run at the speed of the wind and slice my enemy with my weapon as I pass, creating a gust of wind synonymous with the 2nd form, Gale.
Zero: 3rd
I raise my weapon which is surrounded by flames to strike a vertical blow creating a deflagration in contact with the enemy synonymous with the 3rd form, Karmic Flame.
Zero: 4th
I once again sheathe my sword and perform a battojustsu to get behind my enemy creating a clean cut on him synonymous with the 4th form, Autumn Leaf, the first form I learned.
Zero: 5th
I take my tachi in reverse grip while the latter once again sheathes it in its sheath and executes a battojustsu which in contact with the enemy created a devastating impact synonymous with the 5th form, Morning Moon.
Zero: 6th
I do an overhead when flames start appearing on my blade executing a shock wave made of flame that inflicts sharp and burning damage to the dragon synonymous with the 6th form, Scarlet Sky.
Zero: 7th
One last time I draw my tachi which is sheathed in its sheath creating a whirlwind of slash around me synonymous with the 7th form, Void.
Then sheath my tachi again.
Zero: Eight Leave One Blade: Breaking Down
All these attacks produced an explosion cutting everything in a radius of 200 metres around me, destroying the dragon once and for all leaving nothing at all.
Murakumo: Just now what just happened?
Katsuragi: He has just destroyed this giant dragon with a super stylish attack.
Obaba seeing that she has no chance to defeat me, tries to run away but I'm not going to let her get away with it until she knows the meaning of the word Pain, I was about to activate my Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan when all of a sudden the pain I felt previously in my eyes intensified and spread all over my body.
[You have completely unlocked your Origin: Chaos]
[ Chaos has existed since the beginning of time at the same time as the Void, any person having any form of connection with Chaos can have access either all the secrets of the omniverse, or, their understanding of the laws of the universe surpasses that of ordinary mortals and simple gods, or, their body and soul become a blank page that can integrate any bloodline and any physique from any source, or, they can learn any technique in record time as long as they train these techniques, or, they are endowed with extraordinary adaptability and constantly evolve day by day. But those with Chaos as Origin have access to all of the above even if partially activated the host will receive some benefit until full activation ]
[ Thanks to your Origin you have integrated with the bloodlines of Uchiha, Senju, Otsutsuki present in your eyes ]
[Your Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan have evolved into Rinnegan because of your bloodlines and your divine blood you have access to the Six Paths Techniques, the Six Devas Paths, the mastery of the five fundamental transformations of nature and Yin and Yang and have access to the Perfect Susanô].
Zero(thought): I am no longer surprised at this point.
I raise my arm towards the old woman.
Zero: You can't escape me. [Banshô Ten'in]
A gravitational force is exerted on the target attracting it towards me.
Obaba: Waaaaaaaaaah ?!!!!!
My Sacred Gear appears and takes on a crimson colour and I grab the old one by the neck
Zero: [Mana Nullify]
Exos (Odd-eyes raging dragon): [Mana Nullify]
And in an instant, I nullify all the mana in her.
Obaba: My mana... what have you done to my mana? What are you?!
Zero: I have nothing to tell you, and as I said earlier I am more than enough to take care of you and your puppets. Now give yourself up without resisting, you have lost.
Obaba: Don't underestimate me, kid.
Obaba seems to swallow something in her mouth then suddenly her body starts to transform I release her and jump back, thanks to the Rinnegan I can see that the energy in her becomes demonic, Obaba takes the form of a giant fiend, the fiend is part of one of the many demon races of the Overworld, she took the same appearance she has in Ninja Gaiden.
Zero: It looks like you've chosen death. I wanted to be merciful but good. Feel Pain. Contemplate Pain. Accept Pain, know Pain.
Obaba: Die.
Arios: [Charge] [Charge] [Charge] [Charge] [Release]
I clap my hands together. My right Rinnegan takes the shape of my Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and my left Rinnegan wins 6 Tomoe.
Zero: These who do not know Pain will never know what true peace is.
Zero: Enton: Chibaku Tensei (Inferno style: Planetary Desvastation)
Obaba is pierced with Amaterasu's flames while simultaneously being captured inside a Chibaku Tensei, which is enveloped by the black flames. I then jump high into the air and activate my Perfect Susanoo and fly towards it.
My Susanoo has a demonic and dragon-like appearance, its constitution is made of chaos energy having an azure and white colour.
I create a Chidori through my Susanoo thanks to my understanding of the five fundamental transformations of the nature of the chakra and cover it with Amaterasu's flames, before charging towards the opponent still trapped inside the Chibaku Tensei.
Zero: Takemikazuchi-no-Okami
The impact causes a massive explosion that shattered the Chibaku Tensei. Destroying the barrier at the same time.
// 3rd POV //
Everyone who has witnessed what has just happened watches the young man descend from the air with his hands behind his back, looking at what remains of the debris of the star made of stone and flame that he created and destroyed with an almost divine air around him.
Some Shinobi girls look at Zero with fervour and adoration and others look at him with interest and fear because of what he has just done.
Asuka: Say Ikaruga, what this guy just did is not something a normal human can do, right?
Ikaruga: Indeed Asuka, what he has just done is divine. His movements were fast, fluid, untraceable and precise without any unnecessary movement.
Miyabi: Not to mention the fact that he seems to be inhabited by one or more creatures and divinity, and his equipment in his arms and legs is also mysterious.
Imu: I also noticed his change in appearance but what surprised me the most were his eyes, just looking at them gives me shivers down my spine.
While the girls are discussing a storm of cherry petals forms behind the young man, and a young woman with brown hair and black ninja outfit appears prostrate on the ground. The Shinobi girls who recognize the young girl are shocked to see her bowing behind the young man because among the young kunoichi and Shinobi girls she is quite well known and is respected as a goddess.
Kasumi: Young master, do you have anything?
Shinobi girls: Young master ?!!
Leo: How ?! the kunoichi of destiny is a follower of this young man ?! it's impossible.
Zero: Kasumi ka... As you can see I'm still in one piece even though I had to endure an explosion but nothing insurmountable.
Kasumi: I see
She said nothing more and remained at his side like a servant accompanying her master.
Lavinia: Zero
All of a sudden a woman with blond hair and in witch's costume runs towards the young man and takes him in her arms and embraces his head on her big chest.
Zero: Lavinia-nee...
Lavinia: Are you all right? You're not hurt? Do you need care? you're not going to die, are you?
Lavinia bursts out with questions Zero without taking a breath when the young man manages to pull his face out of the girl's divine chest, he looks at her with an annoying look on his face.
// Zero POV //
Zero: Lavinia-nee how many times have I told you to stop hugging my head in your chest, are you trying to kill me?
Lavinia: I've heard you like it?
Zero: Ah?! Who told you that?
Lavinia: Azazel-san.
Zero: Yosh, I've got a Governor-General to send into space, that'll teach him to put weird ideas into your head.
I say with a dark aura around me and his eyes go back to normal Rinnegan shape, only to get a chop on the head and go back to normal.
Zero: Itai...
Lavinia: Violence is wrong.
Zero: Eh, just a little, just a little bit Lavinia-nee... I'm only going to send him to the moon.
Lavinia: No, it's no.
Zero: Buuuu.
Everyone watches Zero act like a kid, he doesn't look like the monster from earlier. His behaviour makes some people laugh and makes others feel strange, especially Kasumi who can't help but blush at the sight of Zero sulkings.
Lavinia: Now that I think about it what was all that you did? To be able to invoke and have within you divine entities, your change of appearance and your eyes.
Zero: Sorry, I can't say any more than what you've heard. Think of it as a divine blessing from a higher entity.
(A.N.: Yes, you are blessed by the god of manga and animate, my child).
Natsume: You don't want to tell us anything more at all?
Zero: That's it.
After having managed to reassure Lavinia and chat with the other members of SLASHDOG and play a little with Jin the Longinus Sacred Gear independent Caninos Lucanis de Tobio, they go back to Gregori to bring back the renegades taken prisoner and make their reports to Azazel.
I was able to chat with the shinobi girls of Hanzo, Hebijo, Gessen Crimson Squad and Zodiac and was able to recover the object that was to be put under my custody which is a scroll. Allowing me to validate my quest.
Being curious I opened the scroll to see what was inside only to find that it was a scroll on an ancient practice of the Senjustsu of the Nine-Tailed Fox. Which I copy in my memory with my Rinnegan. Before I put the scroll back in my inventory.
I was able to reconnect with Yumi whom I had met during my childhood when I was still living in Kyoto when she and her grandfather were passing through and got to know the members of her team who seem to welcome me with joy since Yumi seems to vouch for me.
I also got to know the other shinobi groups like the Hanzo team especially Ikaruga who seems to be interested in my techniques of Eight Leaves and One Blade.
Asuka because our grandfathers are friends.
Katsuragi who tried to seduce me with her assets but did not work at all losing interest in me very quickly.
Hibari is a sweet girl very easy to be friends with and with whom I couldn't help pat her head which she succumbed without resistance because of the bliss it provides to a point where she started calling me big brother unconsciously to everyone's surprise
And finally, Yagyu who tried to separate Hibari from me only to be the next victim of my patting on the head and succumbed like Hibari and also called me big brother in a low voice but I could hear her.
Then came the turn of the Crimson Squad with Homura wanting to test her strength against me but lost in a matter of seconds because she wanted me not to hold back.
Yomi with whom I was able to discuss the rising price of soybean sprouts and we were able to exchange recipes made from these ingredients.
Hikage who for some reason sticks to me saying she likes the warmth of my body but after a little chat with her and a pat on the head she left me alone.
Mirai was easy to become a friend because I'm mangaka of one of her favourite manga which are some works that I made to be published these last months and that sell very well.
And to finish Haruka with whom I could make some exchanges on subjects of sciences, thank you Sento and Katsuragi.
Then comes Hebijo's turn, only for Ryona to jump on me asking me to inflict bodily pains on her and Ryobi who chastised her sister for her behaviour.
Murasaki while a shy girl asked me for an autograph on a version of Legend of Zelda that she liked a lot.
Imu, Murasaki sister looks at me with a little mistrust and fear
And to finish Miyabi who asked me some questions about the art of the sword.
And finally, I got to know the Zodiac team and met its leader Leo who was how to say unique.
Leo: Zero-san, marry me.
Yumi: Heh?!
Asuka: Leo-san?!
Homura: Wow?!
This sudden statement aroused the surprise and curiosity of the other girls.
Zero: What's gotten into you all of a sudden Leo? (I can talk, I did the same thing yesterday, but she doesn't need to know that).
Leo: One thought came to my mind until now I've never really been interested in the opposite sex but meeting you today brought a strange but warm feeling inside me.
Zero: Don't tell me that... (Nooooooo)
Leo: Um... I fell in love with you at first sight.
Zero(thought): Amaterasu-nee-sama pities my soul. I don't know if I'm not going to be able to handle all these girls.
The action and words of the girl stirred the anger of two other girls, one being Yumi and the other being Kasumi who without losing a moment embraced my arm between her breasts.
Kasumi: Sorry to contradict you Leo-san but he's already taken.
Leo: What do you mean he's already taken, Kasumi-san?
Kasumi: Because Zero-sama is my lover.
She says while tightening her embrace on my arm even more while kissing me on the cheek.
Zero: Ara~ you are daring Kasumi-Hime.
Leo: What? Is that true Zero-san?
Zero: You heard and saw it with your own eyes, indeed we are a couple.
Then the air around me starts to freeze with peaks of ice appearing.
Yumi: Eh... Akatsuki-kun... already has a girlfriend...
Yumi says with an almost hysterical voice and bright eyes.
Zero: Yumi-chan, you wouldn't be jealous, would you?
Yumi hears my question and immediately comes back to her normal state and staggers...
Yumi: Eh...no that's not...true...aeuh.
And starts blushing, making her action even cuter...
Zero: Kawai
Kasumi looks at Yumi all blushing, then at Leo who seems to be thinking a lot, then the rest of the girls, the most innocent ones blush, cold heads look at the drama with interest and then look at me.
Kasumi: I must confess Zero-sama that your charm on women is quite devastating.
Zero: I know and one day it will come back on me, I'm sure of it.
Seeing that Leo and Yumi want answers, I tell them, in all honesty, everything about my relationship life, of course, I mentioned my harem of over 30 girls that I love equally and who have decided to share me.
(A/N: I think it's going to be a bit difficult without having to multiply my MC's body).
(Dark A/N: Shuuuuu... let your imagination come from the dark side and come up with a bogus but valid idea)
This announcement of course brings me a multitude of reactions from the girls around me, but I don't care much about it.
Even knowing this Yumi and Leo didn't give up their feelings for me, seeing no reason to refuse them, I offered each of them a date at a later date which they agreed to put a smile on their faces.
But what I didn't know is that the other girls seem to be interested in the idea that I have a harem but that's a story for another time.
[ Quest: Watchdog of the 6 big house Complete
Reward: Reward: 35% reputation with the Shinto and Yokai faction, 100% reputation with the Shinobi alliance and 5,000,000 Yen. ]
// Timeskip //
// Tokyo, Downtown, Afternoon //
After separating from the Shinobi girls who each went back to their schools to announce the completion of their mission, Kasumi returned to her clan to prepare to come to Kuoh with Ayane and her clan members.
As for me, I went back to the family home in Tokyo to take a good shower and change my clothes because I don't want to walk around with damaged clothes that don't make me look cool, I have an image to uphold.
After my shower on my way back to my old room, I noticed a guitar case that brought back some happy but also sad memories.
I looked in my wardrobe and took out a hooded sweatshirt with an azure rose logo on it, put it on and took the case and walked out of the house. I walk through the city centre with my guitar on my back, my destination, the Galaxy live house.
Arriving at my destination I notice a middle-aged man in front of his fruit and vegetable shop next to the live house, it's Mr Satou, Masuki's father who is also the owner of the live house.
Zero: Good afternoon, Satou-san.
Satou: Oh, Zero-Bochan, welcome, you've come to buy some of my products?
Zero: Maybe later, I wanted to know if the Great Hall was available now, I would like to practice?
Satou: Oh I see you brought your guitar with you, there are no reservations and no concerts scheduled today, you can use it as you wish.
Zero: Thank you, I'm going.
I'm going into the live house and say hello to the staff and the manager Yoshiko Nono and book the Great Hall for the rest of the day.
// Great Hall, Live House Galaxy //
The large hall is where the Live House concerts are held, and also serves as a rehearsal room for RAS.
I set up the sound system, a DJ table and my laptop and connect my Aegis to it so that my Chibi-Zero can manage the whole system and also record what I am going to play for analysis and can be used for future musical projects, it will accompany me while playing other instruments in DMT.
I took my guitar out of its case, an Ibanez RG8570Z-BRE J.CUSTOM - BLACK RUTILE, a gift from a friend of mine, and I'm starting to tune it perfectly thanks to my skill [Music (EX)].
I start to play some chords, the sound emitted by the guitar is perfect, I start to play some ballads to warm up. Not noticing that the door of the Great Hall is a bit ajar and a shadow appears and then disappears immediately.
The way I played when my skill was rank B was similar to that of a semi-pro guitarist but now that the skill is at the EX level the more I play the more I feel like a guitar prodigy who has been playing for years, I feel like my guitar is an extension of me and every feeling I feel is reflected in my music, my movements have become more fluid, rhythmic and synchronised.
Music comes into my head, I take the microphone next to me and get ready to sing.
Zero: Chibi-Zero launches Vocaloid's guitar-less instrumental, Suicide Parade
Chibi-Zero: Okay, boss.
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At Hell's central city where we crawled out to
CRUD whose lifespans have been extended
Cannot even buy love
Civilization has become deformed and swallowed up by religiousness
She watches (this) from the ghost tower that eats away the sky
The sirens along with noise start wailing
On the night where the martial law was used, the philosophy of life distorts
There is no more damsel in distress
"Are you ready now?"
Ah-
Collapsed chants inferior humans
"It's farewell"
Suicide parade
Resonance, propagation, and superb poetry
Become words that curse God
Please laugh and say it's just a dream
A blackout deep inside my mind where love is dead
It's a strange world
Frenzy, gathering place, beginning
you may go through leiche's crowd
The lebel competes over the number of colors (it creates)
Because of the mage the belief in seeing dreams is shown
I hand over this useless heart
And gain a way to save you but
Ah who will love such an unsightly appearance?
For such ignorant people
(get) averaged propaganda
Always being punished with the disobedient label
"Mécénat is dumb"
The acquittal embraced is
a dumb useless theory
Body forgery
Does the clown in the suit see dreams?
Alienated from faith and covered with actuality
As if the die had a clear eye
A way of helping without bad feelings
I've thrown away even the one and only happiness
Suicide parade
Life and death harmonize
I'll shoot that eye which doesn't know fear
I knew that it was all a dream
You're a liar
(I was) swindled by your talkativeness
The boy wearing the devil's mask
Has forgotten even his face and points the gun
(He) turns into a monster filled with malice
(And creates) a parade of frantic screaming
Suicide parade
Resonance, propagation, and superb poetry
Become words that curse God
Please laugh and say it's just a dream
A blackout deep inside my mind where love is dead
Suicide parade
It's fine even if I die today
I've always thought like that
(But) when I felt you I grew a heart
And I ended up wishing to keep on living
Ah,
That was the beginning of my nightmare
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[ Skill Music (EX) Level Up]
[ Skill Music (EX) Level Up]
[ Skill Music (EX) Level Up]
[ Skill Music (EX) Level Up]
[ Skill Music (EX) Level Up]
I asked Chibi to play my song again, I was surprised during my listening to be carried away in an illusion, showing me the image that the author of this song wanted to show to his listeners. Making me realise that my music has reached a stage where I am already on the road to reaching the paroxysm of all genres of music.
Zero: Ok, doing something more fun, Chibi, light.
I close my eyes and concentrate, the lights go out to leave only the stage lights but I don't notice that the door of the hall opens and a large number of people discreetly go inside, in my head, I put myself in optimum mental condition and imagine that an audience is present and speaking into the microphone.
Zero: Chibi, launches the project: RAS-05.
Chibi: Copy that.
Behind me appear holograms of the other members of RAS.
Zero: Hearing this is the cry of my soul.
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From the depths of your heart, it's licking its lips
Along with dark spells, Aiming for...
Hiding my ferocity with smiles; Calm down, this is torture
Changing and replacing this mask
Show time!
Hi ★ What happened?
Some kind of syndrome has already oozed through
Relief? (NO!) Peace of mind? (NO!)
How long are you going to keep this up? Don't you have anything to do?
Listen with attention...
Let's destroy
(Countdown 3, 2, 1)
Ready go!
Mark my word!
At this instant, expose anything and everything (EVERYDAY)
Scream like beasts! You can change your world!
With our song, "Welcome to US"
Let it go... Let it go... Let it go...
(Get your gun! Let's shoot! Bang! Bang!)
Ridiculous. Shoot it up
(Get your gun! Let's shoot! Bang! Bang!)
Bye bye, hypocrites
When you open your mouth, uncertainty comes out
Grumblings and discontent, insults and curses etc...
I was nurturing them. Do you know? Exactly when did this start?
The sparks came flying out
Show time!
Hi ★ Are you all right?
Let's line up the excuses that you're so good at
Important? (NO!) Most Important (NO!)
It's amazing that you're not tired of it yet. I'm already bored over here
Listen with attention...
Imitate those before
(Countdown 3, 2, 1)
Don't!
Mark my words!
We'll release anything and everything (EVERYBODY)
Unashamed like beasts
You can change your world!
With our song, "Welcome to US"
We'll point out what your meaning is (I say, You say, We say)
In "here" (I say, You say, We say)
Listen with attention...
A chance to march forward
(Countdown 3, 2, 1)
Ready go!
Mark my words!
Expose anything and everything (EVERYDAY)
Honest like beasts! You can change your world!
Mark my words!
Expose anything and everything (EVERYDAY)
Shout like beasts! You can change your world!
With our song "Welcome to US"
Let it go... Let it go... Let it go...
(Get your gun! Let's shoot! Bang! Bang!)
Ridiculous. Shoot it up
(Get your gun! Let's shoot! Bang! Bang!)
Bye bye, hypocrites!
Don't run away!
Don't run away!
Don't run away!
Mark my words!
Hang in there. It's up to you.
(Don't run away!)
Hang in there. It's up to you.
(Don't run away!)
Hang in there. It's up to you.
(Don't run away!)
Hang in there. It's up to you.
(Don't run away!)
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[ Skill Music (EX) Level Up]
[ Skill Music (EX) Level Up]
[ Skill Music (EX) Level Up]
[ Skill Music (EX) Level Up]
[ Skill Music (EX) Level Up]
Zero: Fiuf.
??? : * Cheers*
Zero: Huh?!
All of a sudden I hear cheers coming from in front of me, the light comes back on and appears in front of me, Bang Dream girl-bands. Poppin'Party, Afterglow, Pastel*Palettes, Roselia, Hello Happy World, Morfonica and my bandmates Raise A Suilen.
Zero: I was so much in my own world that I didn't notice that I had an audience.
Girls Band: one Encore, one Encore.
The girls are shouting at me to do an Encore since I don't play in public all the time, so I did it.
Zero: Ok, my next song is kind of a tribute to two very dear friends here who I owe some... no, a lot of apologies, this is my cover of Roselia's Fire-Bird.
The audience was shocked by what I just said especially two girls looking at the boy with almost tears in their eyes.
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No matter how vast the sky may be,
No matter how shredded your wings may be,
Throw your fear aside, and take flight,
Set your immortal bonds ablaze
Fly to the sky... Fire bird!
"Blaze a path towards your unending dream!"
(Burning up)
(Lala, lalala, lala, lalala)
Please don't be afraid
Of the despair lying within the darkness
Because there's a dream hidden in your chest
That will light your way
Within your resolve towards fate,
Lies the grieving truth
But those are just the wings of affection
Burdened upon your back...!
(Lala, lalala, lala, lalala)
Let your violet wings take flight,
Just like that of a phoenix
We are... We'll sing any amount necessary
A dream that has become strong
Will never lose
We want to bring you there with us,
Towards the unrivaled heavens
Let's hold each other with no distance between,
And write our story into myths
Riding the wind of this music,
And unto the new world
(Burning up)
(Lala, lalala, lala, lalala)
That night I spent crying,
I still don't understand the answer from then
But ahead of us... Just ahead of us...
Surely a light is shining
The rumbling bass and afterglow,
Within this sacred place
Hammer away at your imperfections
Leaving only your instincts
(Lala, lalala, lala, lalala)
Dance on, just like the sparkling
Of the sun at dawn
We are... Without running from the darkness,
A supporting crimson flame
It's alright to wipe it all away thousands of times
So long as you reach out that hand
It'll change into wings
The self that you believe in
The courage you believe in
And we'll make our way unto tomorrow
At first, looking up was scary
Wishing for the skies was frightful
The Milky Way stretching above the cage;
Longing for the brilliance of those stars was
Simply dazzling, simply frustrating
But right now, surely from here on...
"Let's take flight. Towards that dream of the peak"
Let your violet wings take flight,
Just like that of a phoenix
We are... vowing once more,
Our eternal ambition towards the peak
We want to bring you there with us,
Towards the heavenly skies
Until the paradise of the end,
The music we refer to as courage,
With it as your map,
Sing your way unto the new world
(Burning up)
(Lala, lalala, lala, lalala)
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[ Skill Music (EX) Level Up]
[ Skill Music (EX) Level Up]
[ Skill Music (EX) Level Up]
[ Skill Music (EX) Level Up]
[ Skill Music (EX) Level Up]
I receive a standing ovation from the girls before coming down from the stage to find myself face to face with Roselia's leader, Minato Yukina, who looks at me with a serious expression.
Yukina: ...
Zero: Yo, Yukina, it's been a long time.
Yukina: ...
???: What's going on?
Ask a girl with brown hair in the shape of a cat's ear but according to her, she's supposed to look like a star branch named Kasumi Toyama.
??? Lisa-nee, what's going on with Yukina-san?
Ask for a girl with long light purple hair in curly braids named Ako Udagawa.
Lisa: Yukina
Lisa is about to put her hand on Yukina's shoulder, but I give her a nod and she stops her action.
Zero: It's ok Lisa if she has decided to confront me now, it's better not to delay the inevitable.
I give Lisa a nervous smile and then turn to Yukina.
Yukina: You still have it with you.
She says to me, looking at the guitar hanging on me.
Zero: Um, I promised to take great care of it when you gave it to me.
Yukina: I see, don't you have anything else to tell me, Zero?
Zero: I know I have no excuse for what I did in the past and if you are still angry with me I can understand that and you have every right to be, but I want you to know one thing, I did it for your good and the good of our band.
Yukina: What are these reasons? Lisa and I trusted you, you were our leader and from one day to the next you come to tell us that you are leaving Roselia. In one moment you broke months of preparation for the Future World Fes.
Girls: Ehhhh?!
Chiyu: What does she mean by that?
Zero: I really didn't want anyone to know but since it came out, I might as well tell you the truth, 4 years ago when I was in my first year of middle school, Lisa, Yukina and I formed a group of which I was the leader. And as you can guess it was Roselia's first debut, for our age we were quite popular with Yukina's celebrity as a singer that a lot of agencies wanted but was turned down every time and me and Lisa performing with her highlighting her song. But due to an accident, I decided to leave the band and leave Roselia's management to Yukina.
???: That's the truth Imai-san?
A teal-haired girl named Hikawa Sayo asks Lisa
Lisa: Hum, it's true Zero was an impressive leader and that our live shows were well received by the public although he was a music novice in a few weeks he could play as if he always played the guitar, even if it only lasted a few months this experience was fun, we were happy.
Ako: What happened to make you leave the band, Onii-san?
Ako asks me
Zero: At that time I had lost the ability to make and play music. Any music I listened to was bad to my ears. I could no longer play any instruments, I could no longer enjoy music as I used to.
Yukina: Eh?! How is that possible?!
Yukina exclaimed with a horrifying look on her face.
???: It's horrible not to be able to make music anymore
Exclaimed a girl with blond hair and yellow eyes named Kokoro Tsurumaki.
Zero: It all started as a result of a traumatic accident that caused me to become emotionally unstable and think negatively coupled with an excess of anger, for the good of the band I decided to withdraw knowing that Yukina would probably blame me. But now all is well I was able to get through this episode and can make and play music again.
Lisa: You could have told us about it we will have found a solution, we are friends.
Zero: It's exactly because we are friends because I cherish you and Yukina that I didn't say anything, I was afraid of hurting you both in my state, by saying something I would have regretted.
Lisa: But...
Zero: Lisa, that's the past now, today's Roselia can go where we couldn't have gone in the past and even further. Even without me, you and Yukina have continued to move forward and have met some great comrades.
Yukina: You and your turn of phrase, that was always one of the things I didn't like about you.
Zero: I'm sorry, Ojou-sama if my way of speaking is not to your liking.
Yukina: You haven't grown up at all, always not taking things seriously.
Zero: And you, always thinking that the music must be perfect, if you don't enjoy it, you won't be able to move forward.
Yukina:...
Zero: ...*Laughing*
Yukina: Why are you laughing?
Zero: I missed arguing with you like in the good old days, I take it you're not angry with me anymore?
Yukina: You idiot, your song has already transmitted your message, I felt it deep inside me, your sadness, your regrets.
Lisa: Um, what matters now is that you're back, that's why we forgive you.
Zero: I am relieved.
I sigh, but I don't have time to breathe that I'm being pulled down by Chiyu.
Chiyu: Why didn't you ever tell us that you were Roselia's first leader?
Zero: You never asked me, and you never wondered why I always post Roselia's cover.
Rai: Now that you say it, it's true, and I thought you were just a fan but it sounds like it was deeper than that.
Kasumi(Bandori): Ne~ne~ Chu²-san, can you introduce us to this guy who plays so well.
Ask for Kasumi(Bandori) with starry eyes.
???: Heh, Kasumi...
Zero: Oops, sorry... ahem, for those who know me and those who don't know me my name is Zero Akatsuki but you must know me by my current epithet, Ciel or my former one, the Blazing Azure Rose, nice to meet you.
Afterglow: Isn't it true ?!
Everyone turns to the members of Afterglow who look at me with a shocking look.
Zero: Hmm? But if it isn't, Ran, Himari, Tomoe, Moca and Tsugumi...
Reona: Did you know each other Ciel-sama?
Zero: Umu, we are much more than that, we are... childhood friends.