0.36: From hero to zero

SWISH!!!

BAM!!

He flew out of the building and landed on the ground. Noriko quickly ran to check on him as Mercedes approached them again.

"Well, looks like it was a success."

"Ouch! I fell right through the whole…"

Seto stopped complaining and looked around. He began shaking and finally turned to Noriko. "You…always had white hair like me?"

Noriko stepped back and ran to sync with Mercedes as well.

"Haha, alright…SYNC WITH ME, NORIKO!!"

SWISH!!!

BAM!!

Seto caught her right before she flew through the street. "I..don't believe it, I CAN SEE!!"

"Ouch, that hurt big brother…"

Silence struck them both.

"NORO…YOU SPOKE!!!!"

"I CAN TALK!! HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?!?!"

The two siblings rejoiced, seeing their lifetime problems resolved in an instant. "Sir…thank you so much for your help! How could this even be possible?" Seto asked.

"Oh no, don't thank me for this. A sync will last five minutes, so use this to your advantage."

"I see, so if our senses are linked…does that mean that,"

"Give it a try," Mercedes suggested with a smile.

Seto turned to one of the buildings and punched the air; sadly, nothing came about.

"Uh, nothing happened…where's the fire or thunder?!"

Mercedes was confounded. "Oh, you mean my prowess? I don't control fire or thunder."

"Water? Ice?"

"No, I use wind…but it is a little complicated."

He waved his arms around while blue strings began to flow around them. "You see, my prowess is wind. The power to form spiritas strings from thin air."

Seto and Noriko watched in awe as all the strings were tangible.

"How is it possible that you wield such prowess?"

"I don't know myself, to be honest. It is rare, and for most very useful, try closing your eyes while attempting." He suggested.

Seto held it and focused on the string. "No way! I can see Nebo! HAHA!" He laughed.

"Correct, they also can be good for high-range surveillance. I can keep watch of anything in a 200-meter radius."

"It is amazing…" Noriko also tried it for herself. "You can almost see everything that happens within the…city…?"

They looked at her. "Noriko, what's the matter?"

"…"

She began shaking out of anger and turned down the road. "MOM, NO!!!"

BWOOSH!!

She ran ahead after witnessing a nearby event.

"Noriko, wait up? What happened to her?!" He asked Mercedes.

"I think it is better if you see it for yourself…"

"Huh?"

Seto focused within their range but could not believe what he saw. "It…can't be…"

Sayori was on the ground, still gasping from all the shock therapy Skiros had set her through.

"NOOOOOO!!!!"

DASH!!

Seto used the strings to make his way to Noriko.

"That was not necessary...Mercedes." Azahii said holding onto Melvis.

"Ah, Azahii. Glad to see you are doing alright,"

"They did not need to see that…what are your intentions with this?"

Mercedes smiled. "Oh, don't you worry? It is all part of my plan." He turned around and formed a canvas. "Seto has so much potential with his prowess, the power equivalent to destroying the world."

~PAINT PROWESS: REWRITE!!

SWISH!!

Mercedes consciously began painting a prophecy of his own with such precision. "The power to control the future of another being! That is the power of A GOD!!!!!"

SWISH!

He reverted the brush and then built up spiritas.

 ~NYLON PROWESS: MISTRAL MAESTRO!!

BWOOSH!!

The canvas vanished within Mercedes's palm. "But he is wasted within that stupid organization. If he sees the bad in them, he'll retaliate."

"But killing a captain is treachery in the eyes of the public," Azahii said.

"I forgot you are also one of them too…but keep this in mind. A sync lasts for five minutes, and by the feeling of my spiritas, it is almost depleting soon. So if Seto makes it in time, he can finish that captain with my prowess."

"And if he fails?"

Mercedes smirked. "Then you will witness a captain…murder one of their subordinates."