The beginning of the end (-end-)

"I guess this was too good to be a coincidence." Kanaru muttered.

Kanaru looked down from her and he saw Sara's body bleeding out.

He snapped his fingers.

*CRACK*

Suddenly the space around her was distorted.

Soon after the space was fixed, but Sara's body disappeared.

"Heyyyyyy, aren't you too greedy?" Souji asked with a knowing look.

Kanaru didn't reply and approached him.

Souji suddenly raised his right hand and showed Kanaru a silver pearl embedded in that part of his body.

When Kanaru saw that silver pearl, he immediately recognized the artifact and his expression changed slightly.

"If I die or move a few meters away from this place, this building will explode. I know that won't kill you, but believe me, the blast range will not only destroy this street but will also kill the honest citizens enjoying this beautiful night." Souji said as he looked at the night sky from the window.

He continued speaking.

"Please sit down and enjoy this delicious imported wine from Italy." Souji said pointing to the chair in front of him.

Kanaru just sat down, but he didn't take the wine.

He was the first to speak.

"A lot of time has passed." Kanaru said with an indifferent tone.

"Yeah, about a year since you saw me personally." Souji said in a wry tone and he started to drink the wine.

"Is that so? Well, I lost track of time after losing my 5 senses… thanks to you." Kanaru said. He continued speaking.

"After the Dark Matter Project my life changed completely."

Souji suddenly showed him a big smile.

"I gave you what I promised you on that call, right? Your ability recovery has risen to level 5. " Souji said.

Kanaru could only laugh at himself.

"I was really an idiot to think that that call would improve my life. To get to this point I've had to go through many difficulties, but leaving that aside, there is a mistake in my life that annoys me every day every time I look at these eyes in the mirror." Kanaru said as he pointed to his own red eyes.

"Ah, you mean that banquet you had with Lyn?" Souji said in an amused tone. He continued talking

"Did you tell anyone about it? I'm sure you haven't, after all you're just a hypocrite acting only to correct his own mistakes. Did you say that to that level 5 blonde who visited you in the hospital every day while you were unconscious?" Souji said as he looked directly at him.

Kanaru shook his head.

"No, but I'm sure she knows. She's the person who knows the most about me." Kanaru said with a very different tone than usual, a relaxed and happy tone.

Souji looked at the ground for a moment.

"Hahaha don't tell me that you fell in lo... DON'T FUCK ME!" Souji got up and dropped the glass on the floor.

*SMASH*

"That shouldn't happen! You are the best of all! My greatest creation!"

"After those bastards of my family denied my achievements with you, I had the faith that after you ate Lyn you would go crazy and destroy the world with the power of a level 6 esper. That would be an ideal ending for this shit world that denied me my achievements, MY ACHIEVEMENTS!"

"But what the hell happened? You didn't get to level 6, at first, I let that pass because your strength was more than enough to achieve my goal, but then you started saving those brats by your stupid will to be a hero. When I told you to do whatever you want, I didn't mean that you became a damn superhero, but that you do with the world whatever you want to satisfy all your pleasures."

Souji approached Kanaru and he tried to grab Kanaru's black blazer with his left hand.

*TUMB!*

But he couldn't touch it, immediately his left hand broke.

But he didn't scream, adrenaline overcame him.

He kept looking at Kanaru with an expression of disappointment and madness.

"I showed you the existence of the occultism as a gift to you to show you that you are the strongest esper of all, I wanted to show you that not even that power could surpass yours. After you realized that we would both form a team and together we would eliminate everyone who stands in our way, even the big shots who are watching you so much."

Kanaru smiled a little.

'Only the strongest esper? If what Rika told me is true, then there are guys much stronger than me. They must be magicians or something similar.' Kanaru pondered for a moment.

"I'm not what you expected, am I?" He said with a smile.

"No, you are just another bastard who is fooling himself. An idiot who pretends to be a hero to erase his crimes. But never forget it! I was not the cause of this, only you were responsible. You came to me for power, you pressed the button for even more power and don't forget that it was you who killed and ate Lyn… never forget that. Every time you see your eyes in the mirror, you'll remember the appearance of her pleading with you for her life.

Kanaru nodded.

"I already told you, that is something I'll never forget and I no longer care to remember it. If hell exists, I'm likely to go there, but…" Kanaru stopped talking and he got up from the chair and he grabbed Souji's robe with one hand.

*SMASH!*

*SMASH!*

*…*

He immediately picked it up and tossed it towards the wine bottles.

Wine of different brands were poured into Souji.

He also got cuts on his body.

"…but that doesn't matter, if I can kill all those bastards who murder children, experiment with people, or something similar; I'll be the devil. I'm not a hero, I know that the evil of this world cannot be eliminated, but I no longer seek to eliminate it, now I'm only looking to find a balance. " Kanaru said.

When he finished speaking, he approached Souji.

"You really are a total disappointment. I guess I can only change your mindset through this." Souji muttered a few words and he immediately slammed his right hand against the ground.

Immediately his silver pearl was destroyed.

"I'm sure this will change your mind. Everything will be destroyed! This is the result of your decisions!" Souji exclaimed madly.

1 second.

10 seconds.

30 seconds.

1 minute.

...

Kanaru let time pass. Souji's expression changed to one of disbelief.

"I've always known." Kanaru said after a while.

"How!? The explosives were installed in all the surrounding buildings, not just this one." Souji said.

He had deliberately told Kanaru that this building would explode for him to ignore the other bombs.

"You don't know the extent of my power." Kanaru said in an indifferent tone.

He used his insects made from Dark Matter to teleport the explosives to a faraway place.

He was sure that Souji didn't know all of his ability enhancements.

He approached Souji.

Kanaru's expression changed very different from the calm that he showed at first.

"Now you're going to die." He said.

Souji looked at him.

Kanaru's eyes were emanating immense killing intent.

"No! Wait! I'll tell you the secret to reaching level 6! If you don't achieve that level you'll die in less than 2 years!" Souji exclaimed in fear.

Kanaru paused for a moment.

Souji thought he got a chance.

"Your abilities are unbalanced, once all your abilities reach level 5 and with a little effort, you'll reach level 6. But if you don't reach that level in less than 2 years you'll die and everyone close to you will too." Souji relaxed a bit as Kanaru froze.

"Secret? I've always known that and I won't do that. I'm not going to make the same mistake I did with Lyn with the other level 5 espers! " Kanaru exclaimed.

"You... you knew that too..." Souji could only sigh deeply.

He understood that his plan went to hell.

"I'm not going to die in 2 years. I'll get to level 6 before then or maybe something else. " Kanaru said as he remembered about magic.

"You will die."

"No one lives forever."

Souji and Kanaru said almost at the same time.

Suddenly, a black fly came and landed on Souji's head. He didn't realize that, but...

The fly immediately seemed to melt on his head.

Souji screamed like a madman and writhed in pain on the ground.

His eyes literally popped out, but he was still alive.

His entire body kept shaking.

He grabbed his own neck, then his chest, then his legs...

His body didn't stop emitting toxic smoke, he was melting.

Kanaru observed all of that. He sometimes used his recovery ability so that he didn't die so quickly.

Kanaru's red eyes were losing their red color as the hours passed and were replaced by a new color.

Kanaru was feeling something in his heart.

Tranquility…

Satisfaction…

Suddenly, he remembered the warmth Misaki gave him.

Love…

It was at that moment that Kanaru's eyes returned to their original brown color.

His gray hair also began to have black patterns.

It was also at that time that Souji's life ended.

The process of his death took less time than Amata's, but it was much more painful than his.

Not even a trace of Souji's body remained.

And it was all because of an insect ...

Kanaru looked at the sky from the window.

The sun was about to rise.

"This is just the beginning." Kanaru muttered those words before disappearing in a black flash.