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1.12% The Eminence of a True Monarch of the Shadows / Chapter 2: Chapter 2

Chapter 2: Chapter 2

~Omni pov~

'No way'

Those were Ryan's last thoughts before he passed away with his phone in his hands looking at the check mark in his phone spelling out Approved.

And as he passed away his soul slowly drifted into space and into the light where he woke up crying as a baby in the arms of a Japanese woman and as Ryan struggled to control his new baby body he hears somebody speak in Japanese.

"Congratulations madem it's a healthy baby boy, do you have a name ready for your new son." the doctor asks Ryan's new mother.

The mother looking exhausted from the labor just smiles while holding her baby and says "yes me and my husband have decided to name him Minoru Kagenō" while looking at her husband with a loving gaze.

Now hearing that name Ryan who's name is now Minoru starts laughing like crazy inside his head as thanks to his previous jobs understands perfect Japanese.

'HEHEHEHEHEHEHHEHEHEHEGEGHEHEHEHEHEHHEHEEHEH3HHEEHHEEHHEHRHEHEH3HEHEHWG3GEGG3GEGEGEGEG4G33G3G3EGWHEHEHERHEHEHE'

But what came out was cute little baby giggles, the Japanese couple hearing their baby start giggling when his name was mentioned just smile back at him unaware of this little gremlins thoughts.

"Awww you see that honey it seems he really like the name" the husband says while looking at his baby boy.

'WOOOAAAHHH BABY THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

LOOKS LIKE LADY LUCK IS ON HER KNEES FOR ME TONIGHT.

THAT SURVEY WAS REAL!!!

phew I just had to get that out of the way no matter how mature someone is or how trained I was, there was no way I wasn't going to celebrate being reincarnated especially as future Cid and knowing my future it's definitely worth the celebration.

It's even harder to go back towards my training in this new body it's hard to control my emotions properly

Oh well I guess I'll use what I got and that's this new life as Minoru. I'll uses it to study things i wasn't able to in my past life and make myself even smarter and more knowledgeable before dying once more and re-reincarnating into Cid'

And with these thoughts he soon fell asleep in his mother arms with a tiny smile on his face.

~Mc pov~

Before I knew it 4 years has passed and I discovered somethings about myself, my memories have become better, I somehow feel spiritually better, its hard to explain it. My cognitive ability have all been upgraded and it's either one of two things

One, it's probably thanks to my age, since kids from a early age pick up things quicker and are able to grasp things better I'm at the stage where things just seemed easy

Or two since I reincarnated my soul probably absorb the soul of who would have been the original Minoru and strengthen itself making it stronger.

If it's the second one I'm not going to be like those wimpy reincarnated guys from those novels that get depressed about taking the body of someone. First of all I'm an assassin and second of all his soul at the moment of my reincarnation was just a blank slate.

A good analogy for it would be like ripping a piece of paper, if the paper had content on it i would feel bad since it was the hard work of a person but since the paper was empty nobody is gonna cry over it. If that makes sense.

Since my cognitive are at the all time high I decided to take advantage of it incase it is indeed the former reason.

Now about the skill sets of Sung jin Woo, it would seem like I still don't have access to them which means I would have to die one more time in order to activate them

Probably for saying I wanted to reincarnated as Cid not Minoru...

Oh well, I guess in the mean time I will just have to use this time to develop other skills I didn't get to explore previously. I started to show my interest in music which my parents were elated about. Since in the original, Minoru's parent made him learn about music, they probably wanted a musically inclined child which worked in my favor.

Thanks to that they hired a tutor for me and when I showed my talent and quick learning to him, he really wanted to teach me. So thanks to the tutor I started learning many types of instruments

So thanks to that as well I went towards many music competitions and won them all, my music was just as good as the original composer if not better when I was 10 which quickly brought me fame. Which I was already used to thanks to my previous life.

Thanks to that fame many rich businessman that held great extravagant parties and dinners would send a formal invitation so I could play at their parties, even though it was an invitation I would still get paid millions of yens thanks to it.

Seeing that I was already good with music I decided to focus on other things since I had no need for it anymore. One of the main things I focus on was martials arts.

But I also focus on other things the would make me richer in another world like cooking and different types of culinary cuisines.

Which would be helpful if I wanted to open a big business empire in the future. The things i mostly focused on was about different types of alcohol, chocolate like how the original Cid did, sauces, spices, and the likes

I also dabble in fashion, as the leader of a future organization I need to appear presentable after all. After all the quote goes 'The clothes makes the man'.

I know what you may be thinking "But Minoru how are you able to learn so many things so fast in just that short amount of time surely there has to be a limit right, it just seems illogical"

The answer to that my not so existing friends is that six fucking years is alot of time, some of the things I talked about all I had to do was read and remember them which thanks to my 'spiritual awakening' was super easy, so no it's not illogical.

And so when I turned ten I 'abandoned the music industry' and focused mostly on martial arts for five more years.

During those 5 years I studied many different types of martial arts, Muay Thai, Taekwondo, Tai Chi, Kickboxing, Karate, Kung Fu, Aikido, Judo, Kendo, Krav Maga, Wing Chun, Jeet Kune Do, Hapkido, Capoeira, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and Ninjutsu and many types of different weapons.

And let me tell you it hurts, I may be mentally strong but I had to readjust my pain tolerance once again

Thinking about it, I'm going to have to re-do this once again when I died.... Fuck

Now then thanks to reaching the age of fifteen I realized that it was my soul that was strengthen, it wasn't thanks to my age that I was smart, which is a blessing in it's self.

Anyways thanks to all the martial arts I learned I started to create my own by taking the best part of each one of them and interconnecting them where they fit best at.

Especially swordsmanship, which was one of the things I really focused on. Since I knew i was going to a world of sword and magic I mostly practiced my swordsmanship making it extremely deadly, elegant, and sharp, can't forget about stylish as well

Which would leave people in awe due to my swordsmanship. I guess being in the movie industry in my previous life has left me with the desire to show off and put on performances...

And to learn all of these martial arts I would travel the world with all the money I earned from the music competitions and party invites, and meet different practitioners. I would then later fight them, during these fight I would then start copying them which would shock them and start to teach me willingly.

When I turned 15 my parents had to move to America for a job relocation, I didn't care much as I wasn't really that close with them. It's especially hard to do that when you're an adult mentally when you started.

And since i am going to "Die" I don't really see the point of getting along with them it's a waste of time and would just make them grieve even harder when it happens, which would just seem cruel, I'm an assassin not a monster.

I then went to Japan to last the rest of my years there. I decided to go for the school the original Minoru went to 'Sakurazaka Senior High'. The reason is simple it's for Akane Nishino, and no it's not for lustful reasons.

One of the many things the old man taught me was how to control my lust, one of the many reasons why so many assassin's failed their mission or were killed during it was because they couldn't control themselves and gave in into lust.

Though I wouldn't mind building a harem in a near future. This desire mostly comes from not really having any meaningful relationships except from the old man...

So no the reason wasn't lust it's cause she can be of use especially when this world goes to shit.

And so of I went and enrolled in school were people started to recognize me but left me alone due to my presence which I controlled to give out a 'Don't want to be bothered' kind of feeling which people found weird.

During my high-school time I mostly kept to myself once again not finding any reason to interact with anyone and spent the rest of my time studying things about business and what could be of any help.

And that went on until I finally turned 17 and my next seat neighbor then turned to be Akane Nishino.

That was when I realized that i have just entered the final months of my life.


Chapter 3: Chapter 3

~Omni pov~

While Minoru was just looking down in his book at the moment reading and studying about business his classmate next to him Akane Nishino called out to him

"Hey Kageno-kun you dropped your print out" she said while handing him back the piece of paper he purposely drop.

"Huh oh that i did, thanks Nishimura-san" Minoru said getting her name wrong on purpose. At this point it was like he was reading a script by the way things were going.

And good thing he was an actor in his past life, with his acting and the script already presented in his memories it was go time.

"Ni-nishimura?" Akane said with a smiling ticked off expression she then corrected him "Kageno-kun, my name is Nishino. We've been classmates for 3 months now, would you remember my name already"

Minoru in a monotone voice just says "of course I remember you, not only are you a popular actress, you're also the daughter of a billionaire, I would never forget someone I played to before"

Hearing this she got confused "huh?, what do you mean?"

"When I was little and still doing music alot of rich businessman would pay alot of money for me to play at their parties especially birthday parties.

Your father just so happens to be one of them, it was good money for your birthday party when you were little. I have a really good memory but I just can't be bothered to remember everyone I come across.

Anyways sorry for getting your name wrong Nishitani-san" Minoru said once again in a monotone voice.

"It's Nishino!" She expressed irritated. 'And how can I forget, it was one of the best birthday party I ever had and it was thanks to your music' she thought while sighing.

"Well still, thanks for picking up my printout, nishimura-sa." Minoru continued

"Now its back to the first one!!!??" She yelled. She then covered her mouth with her hands and with a nervous expression said "uh... that was a mistake... forget about the outburst just now Kageno-kun!"

Thanks to her outburst she decided to stay quiet for the rest of the day.

Due to being an actress she mostly tries to keep a good image of herself out to the public.

And so the day pass and school is over for the day everyone is going home except Akane Nishino, she just keeps looking at her phone with a nervous expression.

'Just why won't he pick up the phone it's getting dark I'll have to leave by myself which is something I would really like to avoid' Akane thought to herself while still trying to get in contact with her driver.

Seeing the time Akane knew that she had to walk alone in the dark by herself something she really didn't want to do due to being kidnapped before and due to her previous controversy she had which left her with bit of a mental scar.

Standing up from her desk she just sighed before getting her bag as well. She then started walking out of the school and into the direction of her house.

And as she started going home she kept getting this feeling that someone was watching her but she couldn't pinpoint it and with that she kept walking home while looking over her shoulder every few minutes.

Until she heard a footstep behind her causing her to gasp in surprise before turning around seeing no one there she breathed a sigh of relief and turned around to continue on her route home but unfortunately bummed into a tall man

She stagger back slightly and looks up at the man

The man in question was just gave off an intimidating presence before saying "Akane Nishino, I presume"

Akane quickly just turned around and started running but she didn't make it far as a white van soon appeared blocking her way

As the van opens a blond hair guy comes out of it and started grabbing her

"Stop let me go plea-" she then started to beg but was cut short by the blond hair guy covering her mouth with a chloroformed rag.

"Come on, stop struggling" the blond guy says while still covering her mouth but Akane didn't listen and continues to struggle and just when she was about to lose consciousness out of the corner of her eyes she saw Minoru standing there with a nonchalant expression and with that she finally lost consciousness.

~Pov change: Minoru's Pov~

Seeing Akane being taking away on the van I just disappeared from the streets and parkour my way into the top of the houses in the area. 

Watching the Van from a distance I just start to follow it jumping buildings to buildings until they stopped infront of a warehouse. Seeing that they arrived at their destination, I decided to change out of my uniform and into clothes I always carry in my bag.

(Image of his outfit)

Once down I made my way to the top of the warehouse and watched what was happening below with a cold expression on my face although one couldn't tell due to the mask I was wearing. The only thing that appeared were my eyes.

As Akane woke up she started looking around and saw that she was tied up, she then started to try and wiggle her self out of her bindings. The blond guy who was sitting down just started laughing while watching her.

"Hehehe, you know you shouldn't do that" he said before standing up and continues speaking "The daughter of the head of the Nishino Zaibatsu, wandering the streets at night.

you might get caught by some unsavory characters"

The other guy with him which was a retired military soldier i believe interrupted "Just stay there, and don't try anything. We sent a ransom note. As soon as we get the money, you're free to go"

The blond guy then added "it looks like your father made alot of enemies"

The military soldier just told him to shut it and stop talking like a gangster. Which led to the two bickering for a while.

They stop bickering and the blond hair guy turns to Akane and says "aww man and today was supposed to be a good day for me and now it's ruined, why don't you make me feel better"

He then slowly reaches over to Akane and says "why don't we start with a little bit of fan service. Let's start with that little mouth of yours" he finishes off by grabbing her face.

Akane feeling his hands on her face squeals slightly in disgust and turns her head away shaking his hand away

The blond guy slightly more angry just says "Don't you dare fight me" *slaps* as he slaps her.

'I'll wait just a little bit for him to get a little bit more handsy to make Akane fall just slightly into despair so for when I save her, her gratitude would be even larger' I thought while watching the scene

And as I watched him reach his hands to grab her i thought to myself 'Yeah no, what the hell am I doing, if I want someone to be loyal to me I don't need such a cheap tricks that may leave her with even greater mental scars in the future'

And with that I kicked the window frame of the skylight and as I do the whole things shatters and starts to fall to the ground with me on top of it and as it falls and lands dust started flying everywhere

Everyone else in the warehouse stops what they're doing. The blond guy that was about to touch Akane stops his hands half way and sighs before standing up and turning around to face me and when the dust settles down he says

"Who the hell are you bastard can't you see i was just about to have some fun tsk"

"Name's Azrael that's all you need to know"

And with that I bend down and pick up a shard of glass

While I was bending over the blond guy came running towards me while winding up his fist trying to punch me.

I then threw the glass shard hitting him on his knees and as the shard goes inside his knees he falls to the ground screaming in pain infront of me

"ARGGGGH YOU SON OF A BITCH"

I then hear rapid footsteps behind me, I tilt my head to the side while still looking at the guy in the ground screaming, an arm then holding a knife swings past me missing me by an inch.

When the arm with the knife was over my shoulder I grabbed it with both hands and threw the guy with an over shoulder throw onto the guy on the ground

When they made contact the blond guy on the ground was knocked unconscious due to the impact while the military guy was just grunting on top of him, while I still had a hold of his arm with the knife.

I started to then twist his arm making him drop the knife and scream out in even more pain

"ARGHHH please stop you're going to break my arm" the military guy pleaded

I just looked straight into his eyes

*CRACK*

"ARRRHGGGGGHHHHHHH" he let out a blood-curdling scream while still being on top of his partner

I let go of his arm which was now in a weird shape and sent a kick right to his chin shutting him up and knocking him unconscious, which sent him flying off his partner and skidding along the floor

I then bend down to pick up the knife, while I was bending over I reached over and grabbed the glass shard that was still lodged into the guys knee and pulled it out without any mercy

Which caused the blond guy to wake up once again and start screaming

"Argh please I'm begging you make it stop" already used to the sound of people begging for mercy I didn't even bat a eye as I stood up and threw the glass shard once again but this time I threw it right in his pelvis and into his reproductive organ. 

The guy couldn't even scream as he passed out again due to the overbearing pain, while Akane who was watching everything flinches and closes her eyes turning her head away to not look at such a gory scene

And as I start walking towards her she probably heard my footsteps as she slowly turns her head to my direction once again and slowly opens her eyes

When she saw me walking toward her in a slowly manner with a knife in hand and blood flowing behind me it most likely scared her as she shut her eyes once again and tried to shuffle backwards in a fast manner

When she opened her eyes again she saw that i wasn't there.

I made my presence known behind her and as I'm untying her with the knife I say "You gotta stop getting kidnapped this is like the second time I stopped it, I'm not always going to be there"

Hearing me she then goes wide eye and said

"You're the guy that helped me with the stalker"

~Omni pov~

Akane hearing Minoru was shocked and said "You're the guy that helped me with the stalker".

'He sounds the same as before it's really him, but his voice sounds really familiar' and as Akane continues to look at Minoru more deeply she can't make out any of his features except his eyes 'They're really familiar like I seen them recently' she thought while keeping her gaze on his eyes

Once he was done untying her he threw the knife at the military guy's lower region which caused him to scream out in pain and start losing blood rapidly.

When Akane looked over to the screaming guy Minoru slowly made his presence as little as possible and escapes from her view leaving her alone in the warehouse where she proceeded to call her father to help her pick her up.


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