Chapter 80: Calamity Strikes All Equally! Pt.4

~Third POV~

*Shee*

Suddenly the river that was supporting the boats began to freeze from the sheer cold temperature generated from Tatsumi ice as Gozuki scoffs at this as he spoke, "Tch. I already have to deal with one annoying ice user in my life. Now I deal with another I wonder if God dislikes me that I have to experience two Esdeaths around."

Gozuki gets ready to attack as Tatsumi begins to fight back against their leader as the rest of the Elite Seven are on standby to see if they can help their father, "Alright the Gozuki the Killer… let's hope you make this kill count."

*Slam*

With one slam on his foot, a large ice pillar soon erupted and directed it all to Gozuki in the process…

*Swoosh*

Large pillars of ice were all aiming at him as Gozuki smirks at this already going all out from the start as he vanished from his spot.

Dodging quickly Tatsumi felt his [Observation Haki] told him to move as he did, he managed to avoid it in time as Gozuki spoke calmly but cold at the same time, "You may be a versatile and powerful kid but…"

*Pew*

*Swoosh*

Detecting another attack Tatsumi used his [Eyes of the Lord] to quickly move away from him as thin but very sharp stands of hair erupted from Gozuki skin as he sounded disappointed, "Sigh, here I thought that surprises most kids. But you seem fast but let's see how fast you are."

*Swoosh*

Keeping his eyes on Gozuki Tatsumu [Eyes of the Lord] managed to avoid all dangerous fatal slashed attacks as well as his weird use of body manipulation trying to surprise land him as Tatsumi began to get a gold coin.

Gozuki seeing this saw that the target in front of him began to use lighting on the coin as his senses and instincts demanded or screamed at him to avoid what was coming next as he manipulated his body to do.

*BANG*

*SWOOSH*

Narrowly avoiding the sudden attack of a [Railgun] Gozuki didn't come off unscathed as he felt the heat of the lightning-based attack of the [Railgun] as he spoke quite surprised, "Whistle~ Now that was a serious weapon you did their kid? Almost could've killed me even. Scary how youngsters these days are but against Budo it was nothing new."

Seeing that his [Railgun] failed to hit his mark and listening to Gozuki he then began to use [Bullet Time] to get him by surprise but that was when he saw his eyes are tracing where he was going before Gozuki began to match him in his [Bullet Time] as he used [Eyes of the Lord] to narrowly getting hit by [Murasame] using the ice of the lake to slide back.

But the worry was definite in Tatsumi's eyes under his mask as his favorite use of [Bullet Time] was easily countered by Gozuki doing the same as he smiled at this, "Whew! Even body manipulation as well huh? Using it to process ahead of the normal senses yeah that's my favorite too. Those enemies never knowing what's hitting him, right?"

At that moment Tatsumi tried to think of ways of somehow harming Gozuki as all actions he does won't work in a serious tone, 'Fire? No. Ice? No. Lightning yeah no. Erosion? Can't unless I get nearby him. Wind? No, I need to be near him not away. Has lighting rate speed and can go faster with his version of [Bullet Time]. Fuck. This is a losing battle isn't it?'

*Swoosh*

That was when Gozuki rushed towards Tatsumi using the same [Bullet Time] as him but unlike the situation, Gozuki was faster than Tatsumi as he took this time to pity him, "You kid you have a lot of potentials if you waited a bit you could've been a threat or an asset to us… what a pity…"

Narrowing his eyes Tatsumi landed back as he showed signs of being exhausted as he told him that his different than those as well some truth about the Group of Terror, "Sigh… sigh…. At least I'm not a fucking drug addict you fucker. Sigh…. At least I don't have to worry about my own life ending me in the future unlike those that are treated as lab rats being the Group of Terror units. Truly inhumane to me but I'm all natural…."

The Elite Seven listens to this as they disregard such a thought being too heavily brainwashed, but Green had a look of realization as Akame refused to believe such a topic happening to her sister.

Gozuki just scoffs at this as he points his blade at Tatsumi quickly dissuading such dangerous words to him, "Yeah right criminal. Why would believe your words? Even you admitted that you killed our brave soldiers had families waiting for them only to hear letters of how they died fighting you! You say my kid Akame is a hypocrite when your one yourself!"

Listening to this the Elite Seven nodded their heads in agreement hesitation from Akame's side but Green on the other hand only acted while he thought seriously as he glances at his so-called family in thought, 'This… I know the corruption of the Empire ran deep but… to do this… no I know they would do this. And everyone here is too loyal to the Empire but Akame don't want to believe it…"

Tatsumi narrows his eyes at this as he quickly rushes over to the Elite Seven instead as Gozuki then caught him off guard with a glare as he began to wipe his blade at him as Tatsumi managed to avoid the attack but then threw something that caught Gozuki eyes, 'Those are the enhance drugs! I can't let Akame see this!'

That was when Gozuki shouted at Tsukushi in a hurry as she responded to her with a nod and began to use [Prometheus] to shoot the drugs down.

*Bang*

*Bang*

But Tatsumi smiled at this as he thought to himself carefully at this as Gozuki was fully distracted at the moment, 'Perfect! Those fakes were just enough to get him off his edge now this is the painful part.'

*SPLAT*

That was when Gozuki thrust his Teigu [Murasame] straight through Tatsumi's stomach as a flash of pain ran through his eyes as Gozuki yelled out loud to him, "Your criminal bastard like you dare to corrupt my children!! I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU!!!"

Hanging by the mid part of the sword now deep inside his body chest the poison of the blade began to spread through his body with the curse marks all around his body but…

That was when Gozuki eyes widen as he saw the sword got to be disassembled as he was forced to let it go as he tried to yell, "WHAT THE – "

*SMACK*

That was when Tatsumi began to hit him on his head using [Armament Haki] landing a headbutt to his head hard enough to rattle his brain as he was then left their defenseless as Tatsumi has the [Murasame] in his hand then placed it into his [Pocket] as he spoke to him tired, "Sigh… Take that you god damn fucker. You were too fast to touch but luckily for you… I don't have much fuel in the tank in me to deal with you right now. You are really lucky right now…"

How Tatsumi survived the poison from [Murasame] blade was that he used his [Overhaul] quirk to quickly heal and gain resistance to the poison as it was deep inside his stomach as his body started to work the antibodies needed to live by reassembling and disassembling the poison itself.

As the process happened all Tatsumi needed to do was let Gozuki stab him once to get an attack in to knock the man out if he was left off guard. And since the curse won't work once the poison finally reaches the heart for it to take effect.

But unintentionally also using the trump card [Little War Horn] against Gozuki as Tatsumia also gained a boost in strength and stamina he was then capable of completely shrugging off the side effects of the curse as it managed to merge with his body cells gaining resistance to the curse thanks to [Overhaul] quirk making him perfectly biologically state thus making him immune to the poison of [Murasame] as his body adjusts to it.

Wandering towards their group Tatsumi saw they all have their eyes on him as he offers him a chance to leave with him, "Sigh… Elite Seven I'll give you this one-way ticket out of this place… to walk out from this madness… especially you two…"

Pointing his finger at Green and Akame as they have their eyes flashed while the others as he used his [Shambhala] to bring some people out from his separate space.

*Vroom*

That was when the members of the Group of Terror were suddenly summoned out of nowhere along with Tatsumi Danger Beast Horn Bun, Apeman, and Pterodactyl.

They were at least confused but Akame recognized who the person was in front of their group as she rushed towards her as Kurome did the same as they hugged each other feeling each other warmth.

Once they have both realized that they were both real as tears ran down their eyes as Akame was the first to respond touching her sister's head, "Kurome your alive… to feel you again like this… WAHH!!"

At the same time, Kurome did the same feeling her sister and longing to meet her for the longest time as she released her emotions, "Akame your here… I never thought I live to see this or feel this… Wahhh!"

Kurome for her part was having a hard time breathing again before she returns with a hug to her sister with tears in her eyes tightly enjoying their moment.

*Bang**Bang*

*Ding*

That was when a bullet that was aiming at Kurome and Akame was stopped as the remaining five eyes turned blank as Akame looked at shock by the protection of Tatsumi semblance [Construct] forming a thin barrier as Akame couldn't help but speak only Kurome listening in a heartbroken voice, "Tsukushi… why…?"

But more so the former members of the Group of Terror narrowed their eyes holding their weapons seeing Tsukushi as she asked as Green was readying his weapon, "Akame… you do know you're holding a traitor to the Empire right? I mean all of them are traitors that deserve the highest form of punishment, right? Death."

That was when Cornelia began to respond to Akame with disdain but also hopeful glancing at the same sibling that spent years together as she tried to reason with Akame, "Akame… you have the chance to kill the man for harming father! You can't let this chance go along with dealing with traitors to the Empire! You –"

*SWOOSH*

*THUD*

*CRACKS*

Before anything or anyone could escalate any further Akame, Kurome, and the members of Group of Terror as well as Tatsumi were all surprised at seeing Green suddenly attack the Elite Seven from behind immediately knocking them out as he took [Prometheus] and [Yotco-bottoms].

Akame was even more shocked to hear Green's voice as he spoke to Tatsumi with clear coldness in his voice as he spoke as well as plead at the end, "Tell me Walking Calamity… when you pointed at us you were intending to capture I and Akame the truth. I had a feeling that you will kill our… 'family' for getting in your… please can you spare them if we go with you along with their Shingu?"

Tatsumi nodded his head agreeing to Green's terms while killing them would be easier now it was best to not get greedy as he got what he came here for. Even if the Empire knew about his current abilities it was best to get what he can.

With that, he activated [Shambhala] to send everyone away to their destinations for the time being as he was getting too tired for this prolonged fight.

…

…

Landing on his bed inside a rented room back at Toushi Town as sweat was on his face and fear present in his eyes as he talked, "Sigh… I'm never doing that fucking risk EVER again… but fuck that damn old man surviving… but…"

Glancing at his chest that was healed while he was risking his life to get [Murasame] from Gozuki as he wheezed in and out being too exhausted as his heart kept beating, "Whew… sigh… damn it… that was way too close to comfort… but fuck. I need to up my game because that was too scary for me to fight like that."

Tatsumi made sure to get rid of the disguise as he began to fall asleep being extremely exhausted pushing his body beyond his limits as he felt even his nerves hurt over stressing them as long as he did.

As he begins to lose consciousness, he began to talk to himself in anger as he spoke remembering the mistakes of the fight because of his arrogance, "Sigh… fuck you Gozuki… seriously go die in a hole fucking Gozuki bastard. Fucking cheating ass secret strength character… I hate that guy with the same passion as Merlin from Fate."

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A/N: Ahh... Finally, we're at the end of Part 4. How do you think this part went for you and what do you think I should do to improve for the next time? Really have to thank [Overhaul] for such an OP quirk in this situation really made it possible to be immune to the poison as well as possibly generate it even...

A/N Extra: For the reason why I made Gozuki harder and stronger was that it was my fault where to exactly place a General Character in this world. To basically say it a General Character must use a Teigu and have the strength to hold off a Super Class Danger Beast or other General Characters like Budo and Esdeath for example.