Ch.24: Beta Test.

"What?! Get your asses back out there, now!"

A man with dreadlocks sat on a throne as multiple people kneeled down in front of him. He was just informed that some of his men were killed and retreated from battle.

"B-But sir, we can't...whenever we try to get close, we're automatically attacked!"

A random spoke to him. The man on the throne tsked at that and got up. He grabbed a cape, put it on, and told his men to head out. Seeing such actions could only mean that he was coming too and that gave them hope.

'Taking that hotel will add more land even after this shitty event...' That was his goal. To spread his territory while killing off all the other players. 'I'll take over japan...and become the one above all!'

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[23: 45: 12]

Kazemi stared at the panel in front of him. 'What the fuck... is that a timer..?' He waved his hand at the panel which confused Hina. Another panel then appeared next to him and when he saw it, he slumped onto his knees.

'Are you..kidding me...?'

The panel read as following:[In less than 24 hours, you'll be going to another world, Kazemi. You have passed the Beta world test and exceeded all my expectations. Please survive the 24 hours until then.

From God and To Kazemi.]

'This...why..?'

His breathing became ragged as he kept reading the panel over and over. 'I..have to leave? Beta...Beta world? This..was all a test? No,....this must be some sick joke or something. Why would...he do this? Showing me these emotions, knowing I'll get attached, just for me to leave? God...'

Hina placed her hand on his back from concern. 'What's..wrong?' She asked in her head as her hand kept going up and down. Kazemi then held his chest, his rate at which he breathed becoming wonky.

'Why...' Love, joy, pain,...happiness...he experienced it all in just a short span of time and yet, he never wanted it to go away. 'I'm..cursed...' He unconsciously squeezed his chest, his fingers sinking into it.

"Why am I...cursed...'

It's like he could never find the true joy in things without something awful happening. 'Hell....hell would have been easier to accept than this..' He stood up and looked down at the street below him.

"W-What's wrong, Kazemi?"

She finally asked him. Kazemi ignored her however and put his right foot out over the ledge. 'Eh?' He turned around towards Hina and smiled.

"Bye, Hina."

He took a step off and fell down. 'Huh..' Hina was in too much shock to react so she just stared out into the black space. Kazemi fell straight down towards the ground, legs first and as stiff as a board.

'24 hours left to live, huh...'

He changed his direction to the small group of criminals who didn't notice his presence. 'I..don't care anymore..' Hearing a slight whistle, a man looked up only to see a foot coming at his face.

Kazemi easily went throught the guys head from momentum and landed softly on the ground, his back hunched like a rabid beast and catching the attention of everyone around him.

"If I cant have happiness..."

He whipped the blood off his face while slowly looking at them.

"Then what's the point in seeing it?"

He looked at them which made them flinch. Nevertheless, they hid the bit of fear they showed and rushed at Kazemi. He sighed out with his head down, a knife appearing in his right hand.

'I'll kill every last one of them..before getting of this rock..' Watching in the camera room, Rukia stared in a daze. She saw the foot of Kazemi going through a guys head as easily as someone jumping into a pool of water.

'Kazemi..?' She was shaking her head as she saw the savage beast easily kill the men. He would jump from body to body, easily taking a limb off of them. He then ran up to a person who bad a glow stick in their hand.

When they brought the glow stick down on Kazemi, he widened his eyes and the man froze from seeing the death in Kazemi's eyes. Kazemi wasted no chance and stuck a knife in the side of his head, killing him on the spot.

Using 9 years of battle instinct, he easily overpowered the people until there was nothing left but lifeless bodies and pools of blood around him and on his clothes.

'Fighting against Sigil wielders without using a Sigil is tough..' He was panting hard, whipping the rain that poured down from the sky and onto him. 'And they all had useless Sigils to boot..' He made another knife and stabbed himself.

It caused his awareness to rise and he could now continue. He skipped into a run and did as such. He turned invisible and followed where the groups of people were returning too.

He would sometimes come up behind people, stamp a Sigil to a rock then take their Sigil to see what it was. By doing this, he could essentially use Cut/Paste infinitely. 'If they have a weaker will or soul than me, their personalities won't effect me..'

When he tried taking Hina's Sigil, he was hit with the personality of two souls which was too much for him to bear. Someone like the tentacle had a very strong will to kill and rape and so he never once considered taking that personality.

'I'll take as many useful Sigils in these next few hours. I don't know...if I'll be able to keep them or not, but I don't care. Maybe I could rid Japan of all Sigil users who uses them for terror. Ah, that's too much work..'

He snapped a guys neck and took his clothes. He took his Sigil back from the rock and started using a the dead guys Sigil. He could make a crowbar which was something.

Kazemi then walked out into the street and started to follow behind the group of people. They noticed him, saw his clothing, then ignored him. 'Damn..this dude must have had a tiny one. My stuff is bulging out..' Kazemi tucked at his crotch while sighing.

Back in the hotel, Rukia and Hina were explaining everything that they saw and what they heard. After some speaking, they decided to go out and get him, Tory being the most eager and anxious.

Kazemi then saw the group of people line up to the side. Kazemi followed and lined up next to them. On the other side were people as well. In there position, it seem like the were the rails of a runway for famous people.

"Attention!"

They all perked up with Kazemi being a bit delayed. He then saw a man with a huge figure and dread locks walk down the aisle. 'Hm..not the smartest person in the world, but that must be the leader..' He then formed a plan in his head.

As the leader looking guy got close to him, Kazemi pushed the guy next to him onto the floor in front of the leader. When he did, the person was turned into minced meat which made Kazemi snicker.

'Of course it wouldn't be that easy..' The leader stepped over the pool of blood, eyeing Kazemi as the continued walking down the path. Kazemi put his head down which resulted in the man looking forward once again.

The people who were the rails for his runway didn't even look up at the sounds of screaming, so Kazemi was like the odd one out. A helicopter then pulled up and the man got in it. It wasn't until he took off that everyone else relaxed.

"Man, poor guy..."

Kazemi played it off like he actually felt bad for the guy. The others looked at him with suspicion as he had a huge smirk on his face and didn't seem sentimental.

'This guys Sigil is tough. With invisibility, I may be able to get close enough to him though. A question of whether he saw the guy I pushed coming or if he always has it on arises though. If it's the latter then that means he can control who he wants to kill...'

He had more questions as well but just put them off until he could confirm a few things. Kazemi and the group of criminals were then order to go back to the hotel in which they did.

After a few minutes of walking, Kazemi saw his group of friends, causing him to sigh while falling back. 'Of course they'd show up...' He stared at the group of people, specifically, Tory.

'I..didn't want to see you off like this..' He planned on taking Rukia and escaping. He'd go rescue that beautiful guy from 3 days ago and thank him. 'But...could you really leave without saying a word, Kazemi?'

"Who are you?"

A man in a grey hoodie and black jeans said. He had a rounded, bald head and wore a frown. He didn't seem menacing at all, but he'd soon prove that he was a threat to all 4 of them.

Excluding tentacles, Tory, Rukia, Jasmine, and Hina were here. 'Well, they hand delivered Rukia to me..'

"That's none of your business."

Said Tory with a huge, fake smile. She was looking around at the crowd of people, trying to find a certain someone. "Okay then. Move out the way." The man picked in his ears and flung whatever came out that was on his finger.

Tory and the group of people continued to stare in his direction. Seeing how they had no resolve to move, he sighed and put his right hand out and formed it like a finger gun. 'This dude does seem important, so he must have a strong Sigil as well..'

Kazemi just hoped that he wouldn't kill them. "Fine. You leave me with no choice.." Condensing the air around his finger, he solidified it for it to look like a bullet. Others couldn't see this but they did feel the wind go towards his fingers.

"He's gonna attack! Let's fall back!"

As Jasmine yelled that and tried running away, she was hit with a wave of air that knocked her unconscious. 'Huh..' They all thought. Even Kazemi was amazed by such power.

"I'll give you one last chance. Leave,...or become slaves to 'Distance'." He put on a huge grin which frighten the teenaged woman and two kids. 'This guy...' Tory gulped as she readied her chains.

'He's bad..'

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