“My Faith power is called Fear Ooze, a Special type Faith power! I can produce black gas from all over my body, and anyone who sees it that I deemed as my target, the black gas will take a peek into their heart, and it will take the shape of what that person feared the most in their life. The downside, however, is that it only works for one person at a time! I can’t make the gas take another form of someone else’s fear before I discard the current one!”
*pant pant pant*
“But I never would’ve guessed that you’re a Believer yourself! Though I should’ve guessed from the way you froze, seeing your own mother. That trauma must’ve been the trigger for your awakening!”
*pant pant pant*
“. . .”
Luna stands up while holding her stomach.
“That’s not what happened!”
“. . .Is that so? Well, I couldn’t care less!”
*!*
Suddenly, the pitch black figure behind Luna charges forward at her. She quickly turns around and pulls out her taser from her pocket.
*ZZZRRRRRTTTT*
*ZAP*
*!*
The pitch black figure was stunned by the taser. Luna was surprised that her action actually affected the gas-like creature in front of her.
*WUUSSSHHHH*
The pitch-black figure quickly loses its shape and turns back into black gas, fading away.
“Heh! So, your Faith power ain’t really all that??” said Luna mockingly as she turned around to Scar.
*BANG*
*!*
Luna was suddenly shot in her left shoulder as soon as she turned around.
“URGH!!”
She quickly holds over the small hole in her left shoulder with her other hand. Scar has pulled out a gun from his pocket.
“I’m a murderer, not a fighter! My Faith power was never meant for combat after all! Though it seems like yours are the same!”
“Urgh!”
*drip drip*
Blood is dripping from her left shoulder across her entire left arm’s length, and then the blood drops onto the ground.
“Say, between your taser and my gun, which one do you think can deliver a fatal blow at this distance!”
“. . .”
“(This is bad! I can’t win! It’s as he said, my Faith power was never meant for combat! I should’ve successfully escaped if it weren’t for. . .Mom. Not to mention, how did he recover that fast from the effects of my Faith power? Has he really overcome his own fear?)”
. . . . .
Far away at the top of the Ferris wheel, the Clown, Clinton, is observing everything that happens inside this amusement park.
“Wonderful! From 365 people in total, just about 10 minutes later, there are only 210 people left! And to think that there are so many Believers and folks from the Underworld as well, this has been great so far! Hm hm hm hm hm!”
*!!*
“W-WHAT?”
Suddenly, Clinton feels like there’s someone who has just entered this room from the outside.
“(IMPOSSIBLE!! IS IT BECAUSE I CAN ONLY PREVENT ANYONE FROM ESCAPING, BUT NOT ENTERING??)”
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“. . .”
Hana opens her eyes.
“. . .”
She was sleeping, leaning her back against the wall of a room with visuals of a burning town. The room is filled with debris from broken buildings. There are five rows of roads in total, with burning buildings all over on every side. The ceiling of the room looked very bleak with a dark and orange sky. As per usual, all of the fires were simply visual effects and didn’t actually produce heat. So are all the buildings and debris.
Hana found this room and has been sleeping for about 15 minutes already.
She gets up and stands up.
“. . .”
“I feel it. Since I am Kaito-senpai’s Support, I CAN FEEL HIS FEELINGS ALL THE TIME!!! HE’S WORRIED ABOUT MEEEEE!!! KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!! I LOVE YOU KAITO-SENPAAAIIIIIIIII!!!!”
Hana’s appearance has returned to normal, though her hair is still down as her hair tie was cut into pieces.
“I HAVE TO GET OUT!! I HAVE TO GET OOOUUUUTTT!!! THAT GAME MASTER!!! HE’S THE ONE WHO SEPARATED ME FROM KAITO-SENPAI!!”
Veins are turning visible in Hana’s face as she’s suddenly overcome with anger.
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“GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!! I AM GOING TO KILL THAT GAME MASTER GUUUUUUUUUUUUYYYYYYY!!!”
Hana’s entire body became engulfed by the same dark red aura and dark red sparks that she was engulfed with during the fight with Darius.
*BWOOOOSSHHHH*
She launches herself forward towards a door on the other side of the room.
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Kasumi has woken up from her sleep. She leaves Kain lying unconscious in the yellow room as she walks over towards a door to the west. She opens the door and enters a new room.
*!!!*
“W-What?”
The room was really small. It was only a small 4x4 cubic room where the floor, the walls, and the ceilings had the same texture, that of black rocks. In the center of the room, there is a small table with a cloth covering something. There is also no other door besides the one Kasumi enters from behind her.
*CLICK*
*!*
And that same door behind Kasumi just closes and locks on its own.
“I can’t escape now.”
She looks at the cloth and approaches it slowly.
*FWIP*
*!*
She pulls the cloth off, and there is a glass case where a big golden key is placed on top of a cushion inside, on top of the small table. The glass case has no handle whatsoever, signalling that there is no way to properly open it without breaking the glass.
*BAM*
*PRAANNNGGG*
Kasumi activates her Vein Armor and simply punches the glass case open, and it is broken into pieces. She grabs and takes the key out into her right hand and turns off her Vein Armor.
*BING BONG BING BONG*
*!!*
“CONGRATULATIONS, KASUMI COLDHART-SAN!! YOU HAVE ACQUIRED THE MASTER KEY!!”
Suddenly, a voice announcement reverberated through the entire small room.
“What is this?”
“AH, YOU SEE, I DIDN’T MENTION IT IN THE RULES, BUT REMEMBER THOSE ROOMS WITH SPECIAL ITEMS IN THEM? THIS IS THE GREATEST ITEM IN THIS ENTIRE GAME!! YOU CAN BASICALLY UNLOCK EVERY DOOR INSIDE THE GAME NO MATTER WHAT!!! IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT KINDA LOCK THE DOOR USED, IT CAN OPEN AND I CAN GUARANTEE IT WILL OPEN!!”
“. . .”
“KASUMI COLDHART-SAN!! YOU DON’T SEEM TO BE HAPPY!! WHAT IS WRONG? DO YOU NOT SEE THE VALUE OF THIS MASTERPIECE OF AN ITEM??”
“. . .Not only that you force us to play this sick game, but you made it sound like it’s supposed to be fun and whatnot. People were dying left and right while you were having fun. Though let’s drop that for now, I’m going to get you in the end! But what’s the point of this key again? I haven’t encountered a single locked door this whole game. Are you bluffing and trying to cheer me up with this trash?”
“WHAAAAAAAATTTT???? NOOOOOO!!! YOU SEE! SOME OF MY OFFICERS HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOCK SOME DOORS WITH THEIR FAITH POWER!! WITH THIS KEY, YOU CAN ACCESS THOSE LOCKED DOORS, SEE? IT’S USEFUL, RIGHT??”
“It seems to me that you haven’t really thought of everything regarding this stupid game of yours. But fine. I’ll keep this key for now.”
Kasumi turns around towards the door behind her to exit the room. She opens the locked door with the Master key.
“AH WAIT!! THIS IS A SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR YOU AS A REWARD FOR FINDING THIS ROOM! ONCE YOU STEP OUT, WE WON’T BE ABLE TO TALK DIRECTLY LIKE THIS ANYMORE! AT LEAST UNTIL YOU KILLED TWO PEOPLE IN THIS GAME, WHICH YOU HAVE KILLED NONE EVEN THOUGH YOU’VE DEFEATED ONE OFFICER ALREADY!!”
“Is that so? Then imprint this into your head.”
Kasumi turns her head slightly to her back as if she’s trying to talk like the Game Master was there.
“Once we get out, none of you will be able to escape Master Quroe’s wrath! He will decimate every single one of you and humiliate you to no end, you’ll regret having ever decided to do this stupid game!!”
*BLAM*
And Kasumi left the room by slamming the door.
“. . .Qu. . .roe? I have no clue who that is.”
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*BANG*
“URGH!!”
Scar unloads another bullet at Luna once again. Her right shinbone was shot through, leaving a small hole.
*Thud*
She immediately drops to her knees, holding the wound in her leg.
“UURRGGHH!!!”
She sheds a little bit of tears from how painful the pain is.
“THAT IS STILL NOT A SCREAM!! CAN YOU PLEASE FUCKING SCREAM FOR ONCE?”
“Urgh!”
“TELL ME!! HOW MUCH PAIN IS NECESSARY FOR YOU TO SCREAM?? I AM DYING TO KNOW!! PLEASE HELP ME SATISFY MY WISH!! DO I NEED TO TORTURE YOU AND MAKE YOU EXPERIENCE DESPAIR FOR YOU TO FINALLY SCREAM YOUR LUNGS OUT?”
“You’re. . .You’re one creepy guy. . . for obsessing over a female teenager’s voice. . .”
“THAT IS STILL NOT A SCREAM!!”
Scar pointed his gun once again at Luna. This time, he’s aiming at her other leg.
*SSRRRKK SRRRKKK*
*!!*
There are bushes all around the amusement park, and the one behind Scar was rustling a bit.
*TSRK*
*ZRRAAAASSSHHHH*
*!!*
“UUUAAARRGGHHH!!!”
Someone came out of the bush and slashed Scar diagonally, right on his back.
*THUD*
He fell to the ground, and his gun flew out of his hand.
*THUD*
“I made it in time! I apologize for being late, Luna-dono.”
*!!!*
“K-KASUMI-SAANN!!!”
Kasumi appears and stands in front of Luna.
*SLASH*
*BRAHK*
She slices off Scar’s pistol on the ground with her unsheathed katana, breaking it.
“K-Kasumi-san. . .”
Luna looks at Kasumi’s missing left forearm. The cloth tied to the stump became so red because of the blood.
“What happened?” said Luna with a weak voice because of how shocked she was.
Kasumi crouches down to Luna’s level.
“I’m okay, Luna-dono! Don’t worry about this! More than that, are you okay?”
*!!!*
But Kasumi saw the hole in Luna’s shoulder as well as her front right leg. Kasumi’s facial expression turns wrathful. She stood up, holding her katana tighter.
“UURRGGHHH!!! WHO THE FUCK CUT ME IN THE BACK?? HOW FUCKING COWARDLY ARE YOU THAT YOU SNEAKED UP ON A WEAK GUY LIKE ME!!”
Scar has already gotten up on his knees. He’s trying his hardest, enduring the slice wound across his back.
*!!*
“YOU BROKE MY GUUNN!! HOW DARE YOUUU!!!”
Kasumi turns around to face Scar.
“You look exactly like how I pictured a scumbag from the Underworld would look.”
“WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY YOU ONE-ARMED BITCH?”
“Insults don’t matter to me.”
Kasumi enters her new stance.
“Prepare to face the consequences of hurting Luna-dono!!”
“HOW ABOUT YOU FACE YOUR OOOWWNNN FEEAR FIIIRRSSTTTT!!”
*!!*
*BWWUUUUSSHHHH*
In Kasumi’s eyes, Scar is emitting a large amount of black gas from all over his body. The back gas quickly filled up the air around them until it completely surrounded them that Kasumi could only see Scar in front of her. She looked back at Luna, and she wasn’t there anymore.
“(Illusion, huh?)”
*WUUUUSSHHHH*
And then all of the black gas suddenly disappears and clears up her vision.
*!!!*
“H-HUH?? WHAT HAPPENED? WHY DOESN’T IT WORK??” shouts Scar, frustratingly.
“What is supposed to happen?” asks Kasumi.
“MY FAITH POWER IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE THE FORM OF WHATEVER FEAR YOU HAVE IN YOUR HEART!! THIS POWER NEVER FAILS ME IN MY WHOLE LIFE!! WHY DID IT FAIL JUST NOW? ARE YOU SAYING I’M NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO PORTRAY THE FEAR IN YOUR HEART??”
“. . .I see. That explains why.”
“GRRRRRRR!!!! GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!”
*WUUUUUSSHH*
Scar let out more black gas from his body, but this time, the black gas concentrated around his own body.
*WUUUUSSHHHH*
Slowly and surely, the black gas takes the form of a two-meter-tall man with long hair and four pairs of hands, with each hand holding the same sword with similar designs. The man’s body build is quite muscular, but in his face, he has three pairs of eyes as if it’s some kind of insect.
“IF I CAN’T TAKE YOUR FEAR, THEN BE READY TO FACE WHAT I FEAR THE MOST IN LIFE!!”
The pitch black, tall, and eight-handed man steps forward in front of Scar.
“THIS IS A GUY FROM THE UNDERWORLD THAT MUTILATED MY OWN SISTER IN FRONT OF MY EYES JUST BECAUSE WE MET HIM BY CHANCE!! THOUGH I’VE KILLED HIM USING THIS FAITH POWER, STUNNED HIM IN PLACE BECAUSE OF HIS OWN FEAR, AND STABBED HIM RIGHT IN THE HEAD WITH HIS OWN WEAPON!!”
“. . .Is that so?”
“DROP DEEEAAADDDD!!” shouts Scar at the top of his lungs, and the tall black gas figure charges forward.
*BWOOOSSHHH*
Kasumi activates her Vein Armor and launches herself forward as well.
“I apologize.”
*ZRAAASSSHHHH*
*ZRAASSHHHH*
*WUUUSSSHHHH*
“AAAAAAAARRRGGGHHH!!!”
Kasumi went through the pitch black man figure and cuts him in two, and she reaches Scar and slashes him in the torso diagonally as well.
*WRRSSHHH*
The pitch black man figure turns back into gas and fades away.
*THUD*
Scar falls on his back and loses consciousness from the intense pain given his weak physical body.
“My biggest fear is to let Luna-dono get hurt and not live up to Master Quroe’s expectations and disappoint him. I’ve already let go of my past! I am no longer the same person I was before!”
