Phi, That Which Defines Life

After the altercation with Valentine both me and Stocking made our way through the Rocky Mountains for the next portion of the race well over Five Hours ahead of everyone else, but the race itself didn't really matter and all that truly mattered were the Saints Corpse parts which I already acquired one, one I didn't think I would recieve until near the end of this race.

"Are we going to keep going until we reach the Mountain Village?" Stocking couldn't help but ask as our horses could keep going indefinitely due to them not being normal horses and just need energy infused into their bodies to continue to run.

"No, it should take us less than 5 days to travel across the Rocky Mountains and get into the next stage of the race, what's more important right now is find a good place to rest for the night while I try and understand the Spiral better." And with that said we continued our journey for the remainder of the day, clearing a third of the way through the mountains before night fell and we set up a camp for the night.

Sticking was relaxing while eating sweets and reading while I was focused on the paper that had the perfect Spiral drawn on it by Gyro.

I closed my eyes I began to focus on the understanding of the perfect Spiral along with the energy forming in my heart.

"….. 𝓒𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓨𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓼𝓮𝓵𝓯….." an unfamiliar but calming voice rung out in my ears making me take slow and deep breaths as I listened to the beating of my heart.

*Badum! Badum! Badum!*

In my mind I began to see the image of the spiral beginning to form beginning from 0 then 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55 and the numbers began to get higher and higher as I saw the Spiral began to get larger and larger in size.

At the same time a number sequence beginning at 1.6180339887…. And it kept following the spiral along with the numbers that kept increasing in size as the Spiral began to expand within my mind.

Not only that but the Gold Ratio appeared within everything I have ever seen, from the smallest blade of grass to the tallest of mountains and everything in between, everything I had ever come across has in one way, shape or form been created by the Golden Ratio and has a bit of perfection within it as well.

*Badum! Badum! Badum!*

I could feel myself pulling at the chains that are restraining my power and keeping it in place, I could feel them cracking within me, but the cracks were small and minute at that, but even getting this far was already draining on my body as I could feel sweat pouring down my face and across my back before I stopped focusing to catch my breath.

"…. At this rate I won't be able to completely regain my strength before the race ends…." I say as at this rate it would take half a year to fully regain the strength I had to sacrifice just to create that Singularity in order to hold those three in place for the time being.

'But maybe the Spiral alone isn't what I should be looking at for this power of mine as what I'm trying to accomplish will only release half of my power, power that is predefined as what only humanity can achieve, but I'm not human, not anymore….' I begin to think and I realize where I'm beginning to go wrong.

I'm not just a Spiral being but I am also an Anti-Spiral being as well meaning I need equilibrium, I need balance or else if I only unlock one half of my power….

"…. I will self-destruct as my body was created with the perfect balance from the bloodline I had chosen way back then, and none of my extra lives will be able to bring me back if I fail at this…." I think to myself as one wrong move and my very soul would have been destroyed without this sudden revelation I came upon.

The question is how am I supposed to do that? As both forces are completely polar opposite to each other and were never supposed to exist within one another in the first place, they are high power sources that cause massive destruction when in contact with one another.

Without the system combining them it is a complete impossibility, and I wouldn't be here if the system didn't make it possible in the first place, thus I was at an impass as I alone could only make the impossible into possible but as things stand it would never happen.

I could go into the Singularity and reclaim my lost power but that's a death sentence waiting to happen in my weakened state so I need to reclaim what I have lost a different way.

"….. 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓔𝔂𝓮𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓖𝓸𝓭…. 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝔂…. 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓹𝓪𝓽𝓱….. 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓣𝓻𝓾𝓽𝓱….." The voice once again rang out in my mind pointing me in the direction I most desired to go.

"The eyes of god…." I muttered as I realized that maybe with the eyes I will be able to 'see' the path that I must walk in order to reclaim my powers before returning to my world and protecting it from a catastrophe of my own doing.

But as I looked at the sun setting in the distance I stopped thinking about it and looked towards the fire before me while Stocking was already resting inside of our tent.

I then looked up to the sky and saw the stars filling it with all their beauty, "The Eyes huh?" I mutter to myself while I look up to the heavens above.

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"A message has arrived for you sir." An agent says coming into Valentines personal room in Kansas City with a letter in his hands.

He walks over and hands it over to Valentine personally before taking his leave while Valentine opens the letter he had received.

"…. So, Ferdinand has ascertained the location of the next Corpse Parts while making Diego Brando a disposable pawn of his, I see." He says looking at the letter before crumpling it and tossing it to the side.

He grabs at his chest while growling at himself for his own stupidity while he gritting his teeth at the feeling of the sudden loss of the heart that was ripped away from him under his own nose.

"How did he do it? He didn't even move and my heart was removed from my chest and in his hands before I realized it….. Was it time manipulation?" He pondered as to the power that was used against him.

"No…. Even if time was manipulated or stopped I'm sure I would have felt something, it felt almost like my heart was always in his hand, not only that but the bullets hit them or hit their bodies but just stopped before turning back on my other selves and killing them as a result…." He says remembering back to the small confrontation that started all of this.

"Was it his stand or…. Did she have a stand and I didn't notice it activating….?" Valentine was left to ponder and think about what had just happened to him on this day.

But one thing he knew for sure is he would have his revenge and get his heart back no matter the cost, all for the betterment and prosperity for the USA.