Bab 56: A Girls stroll at Night
Akane was a girl of her word and at such she made sure that Oku Hakuchi would end up where he is supposed to end up, at the bottom.
"Dammit, why. WHY! Why did this happen to me? How did this happen me to me! I was at the top, I was untouchable, so why do I have to live in this pisshole called an apartment!"
Oku Hakuchi, former best student at Gakkou, 14 years old, dreamed of enrolling to UA then become a top hero and maybe then inherit his family's company. Simply someone you would call a winner in life, but that perspective dwindled quickly. Just as his hypocritical self-deserved.
He messed with the wrong girl and now he was done on his luck. All doors, all opportunities have closed for him, making him lose all hope, making him desperate.
That was what he told himself over and over again, now that he is down here. He didn't even try to better himself, all he wanted was taking revenge against the girl that put him down here. He wanted to take revenge on Japans current top idol Seigi Akane. The girl that ruined everything, just because he asked her out.
"I'll show her that she messed with the wrong guy. Even though I am down here I have still connections! After all, I am the number nine of the green triad, and they treat their sworn brother well! Just wait until I ruin your cute face!"
He purposefully riled himself up, brainwashing himself to a high degree so that he didn't have to face reality. In his mind he was the one that was right and they were all wrong. In his mind he was the hero and everyone else was the villain that was against him.
He sneered thinking back at the 'rigged' trial last month ago. It first started with his family dragged into court. At first, he thought it was just going to be a trial asking for compensation for the 'emotional damage' he and his friend caused on the girl.
At this point he could still smirk. But that smirk was instantly erased from his face. Yes, the trial started out as his family paying compensation for Seigi Akane, but as the trial continued it started to escalate.
The first thing that he should have noticed that this was more than a simple trial was when the mother of the girl suddenly pointed some discrepancies out in the tax documents of the jewelry company of his parents.
It was quickly determined that his family committed tax fraud with their company, resulting in a rather huge fine, but it wasn't something that they couldn't deal with, yet.
Sadly, it didn't end with just that. Somehow that woman found out that some of his family's branch companies only existed on papers, so called ghost companies. They did that so their business would have more shares in the stock market, so it would have more say and authority in the world, sadly it backfired, it backfired with the additional investigation of some of their 'blacker companies' that were registered under their companies name.
It was obvious that this trial completely spiraled out of their grasp and that they had absolutely no control over this anymore.
Their companies darkest secret of being involved with some villain organizations was involved. They were a middleman of supplying said organizations so they can be equipped properly. At this point their public image and name was completely destroyed, never to be recovered again, but it seemed like that this trial would just end when all of their illegal actions were uncovered for the world to see.
Looking back at that trial, his family considered it a miracle that they weren't sentenced to death. They were accomplices with some bigger villain organizations after all. But the prize they had to pay was still heavy. They lost their house, their company, their money, their everything. The families living standard was pushed back from wealthy to dirt poor. Resulting in them having to rent a rather cheap apartment in a rather infamous district of the city.
"Just wait you bitch. I am going to pay you back thousand-fold!"
Hakuchi said while kicking a trash can on a side walk over. He was angry and didn't care for his appearance anymore, why would he need it, these poor slum rats wouldn't be able to appreciate his beauty after all.
He currently walked to the hideout of his gang They would know how to help him. He was sure about that, he was sure they would help him, after all he was a 'number' of that gang.
"Piss off, kid. Boss said that you should never show your ugly mug around here again. If you don't want to be injured that is."
To his surprise, he was thrown out at the entrance of the hideout by some random goon.
"WHAT?! Do you know who you are talking too? I AM FIRETIGER! Number 9 in this gang here, now bring me to the boss before I decide to punish you severely for mistreating me!"
"Bug off, ain't gonna take commands from someone like you, now piss off."
This made Hakuchi snap and he attacked that goon with full-on force what his quirk was capable off, but suddenly a person appeared and caught his fist midair before launching him back a few meters. The boss appeared.
"No need to pay attention to a former member of this gang, he isn't worth our time. Confiscate his equipment and throw him out of here, we don't have interests about the abandoned after all."
The boss turned around to go into the hideout again, after all he said what was necessary to say. Hakuchi couldn't believe what he heard just now. He? The number nine of this gang a former member? He really couldn't believe it.
"Boss, what are you talking about? It's me Hakuchi, you remember, right? I am the number nine here! I am an important member! You can't just throw me out like that! The numbers are important after all, I am sure finding replacement for me would be a pain in the ass!"
The boss suddenly stopped in his tracks, looking like he would hesitate. This gave Hakuchi hope. He wanted to say something again, but before he could, he was grabbed at his throat and lifted into the sky, he was in the same position Akane was on that day.
"Listen, the only reason you were so up high in this organization was because you were our sponsor, our money pig, now look at yourself, lost all of it. You are just barely stronger than the average of our gang, but we let you climb up so high the ladder, because we knew you could bail some of our men out with some money, but now that all of that is gone you are worthless!"
He was thrown into the ground, the air in his lungs was knocked out of him, making him desperately gasp for air.
"Now piss off from here, forever, you aren't a part of the Green Triad anymore."
He felt humiliated by this. He wanted to scurry away like the broken man he is, but apparently some of his former subordinates decided to take revenge on him and dragged him into an alleyway to beat him up.
He felt humiliation, it was deep, as deep as the resentment he felt for this happening to him, for the people that did this to him. He swore revenge, he swore to take revenge against his former gang that abandoned him, he swore to take revenge against his friends that used him as a scapegoat without a second thought, he swore to take revenge against society that abandoned him the moment he lost his worth, but the most important thing was that he swore revenge against Akane.
The girl that dragged him down so deep, the girl that did this all to him, if she didn't exist this wouldn't have happened to him. He resented her for this and swore to take revenge against her, no matter the sacrifices he would need on the way.
"Oh, what an interesting specimen, I found here in this back alley!"
Hakuchi turned around, surprised by the crazy voice coming from behind him. He saw a tall figure, concealed by a strange cloak that covered each inch of his body.
"Who are you? How long have you been here? What do you want!?"
Who wouldn't have at least reacted like that upon the sight of a strange man suddenly talking to you?
"Easy young one, who I am is not important, what's important is what your desire is. Come young one, say me your desire and I will help you accomplish it!"
"Desire?"
Hakuchi was confused about what that weird man in front of him said to him, he didn't understand what he wanted from him. Was what he thought at first, but he quickly understood the nature of the man's offer, he was giving him a chance of revenge, a chance to go against everyone that wronged him.
"I want to take revenge! I want to take revenge against everyone that dragged me so deep down! Against these stupid backstabbers of the Green Triad, against my stupid friends that didn't blink an eye of throwing me under the bus to get a lighter punishment, against this stupid bitch and the whores she calls her mother's! I am going to do the same to her as she did to me! I am going to (...)!"
(ain't interesting to hear the stupid revenge rambling about someone who has a center of the world complex, so let's skip that. ~Author-san)
"Good. GOOD! FOLLOW ME AND YOUR DREAMS WILAFJADJFJSADJLWAESEDH!"
Hearing these strange gurgling noises Hakuchi took a step back. These noises came from nowhere and greatly startled him, but as long as he gets what he wants he is going to tolerate the strange antics of the man.
Hakuchi didn't expect the next scene that was going to unfold in front of him though. The man just slowly started to disintegrate. He just slowly turned to dust from head to toe, being blown away from the wind.
"Did that seriously just happen? Bullet dodged here! Is what I would say. After all, if I wasn't here, a stupid unnecessary revenge story sideline would have happened, and that is something we don't need in the moment, especially from a character that the readers hate and the author created just to be discarded. Sigh, seriously Akane is still way too soft. But to be fair, I understand her point, humans are capable of change, to be someone better than one was yesterday."
The person that just killed that man in front of him, the person that could have easily passed as Akanes twin, just suddenly started to monologue. Normally Hakuchi would just piss off at the sight of someone crazy, but he had the feeling that he shouldn't move or even breath, else the person in front of him would see him.
"But some humans are just selfish in nature and don't want to understand that they just got what they deserved. Humans like to put themself in the victim position, claiming that they did nothing wrong, that they are in the right and the entire rest of humanity, the rest of the world, the universe is the person in the wrong."
She looked straight at him, Hakuchi couldn't really breath anymore.
"These kinds of human are one of the ones I hate the most, not having the guts to admit that you were the villain, that you were the one that made mistakes and ended up where you are now."
The girl with short brown hair, wearing a green hoodie, suddenly stabbed him. He couldn't really feel it anymore, because he already turned to dust.
"Trouble averted, sorry Akane for possessing you again, but you know, some things have to be done."
Silence.
"Really? You giving me the silent treatment, how unfair! Listen I am sorry for taking over your body that one time without your consent, so please forgive me, okay?"
"Sigh, I understand, you did that for me, but I just thought, you know?"
"No, I don't know, what do you mean?"
"I mean the first time we ever met, Chara. Your parting words to me. 'I hope we won't meet each other again', what did you mean by that? I mean we obviously met again with the state I am in!"
Chara sighed, why did that girl had to be so perceptive.
"Sigh, where should I start? You wished for a peaceful life, right? Even now your desire is that this situation could have been solved more peacefully, right?"
Chara didn't need confirmation, she already knew that she already hit bullseye, they were practically the same person after all.
"I just hoped the same. I hoped that you would live a peaceful life, never requiring my power again, not having to make me stain your hands, but it seemed like trouble just finds a way to find you!"
Chara smiled at her own deduction, making Akane smile. Yeah, trouble really didn't want her to have peace, or so it seems.
"Well, might as well finish the job, right! Let's finish this gang that helped this bastard assault you. No mercy!"
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Shopping in the night:
Chara was currently hiding in a dark place, away from the gazes of the police she called after laying waste to the Green Triad.
"That was close, I think we shouldn't have called the police, BEFORE we started our assault, don't you think so too, Chara?"
Chara was currently gasping for air, she kind of underestimated the mental pressure that was on her trying to finish of the branch of a gang in the time before the police arrives.
"Where is the fun in that, Akane? Just a little motivation for me not to get caught, a sight or any device."
"Anyways, your clothes are ruined, you better replace your vigilante equipment, or do you want to hunt villain's half nude in the night?"
Charas hoody, shirt, shorts and every set of clothes of her was ripped, cut and burned in various places. It seemed like a wonder that it didn't fell off of her.
"Vigilante?"
"Unlicensed people hunting down villains without a hero license. Practically what we have been doing throughout the night."
Chara nodded, yes that sounded about what she was doing all night.
"Known any shops were a minor wouldn't look suspicious buying clothes in the middle of the night?"
"Sigh, Chara. At this point I don't care what YOU are doing anymore, you are not me, I am not you. We only share a body, so as long as you don't damage it you can do what you want. I mean, even this bodies DNA and fingerprints changed, right?"
"Well, about what I know about this. Yes, they did, it's incredible how this body changed these little nuances."
"See? Do what you want, just don't damage our body. I have the feeling that despite everything, we will share our injuries."
"Noted, boss."
After the police finally finished most of their investigation and blocked off the area of the hideout, Chara finally decided to get out of there.
The night was spent with her stealing various clothes articles and finally choosing them until she liked the vibe her appearance gave off.
She wore a big, form-fitting, white shirt as an upper and above the white shirt she wore a green hoodie. She decided to not zip the zipper up on that. She also wore long, black jeans which were tugged under her long red boots. She also wore a pair of red gloves on her hands.
To finish of her outfit Chara also wore a rainbow-colored scarf, which she put over her face.
(Looks like Storyshift Chara, with Storyshift Asriels scarf.)
"You look like a traffic light, Chara."
"What? I like this style, and you must admit. I look cute in this, right?"
Akane chuckled, she indeed looked cute in that outfit.
"Don't we look cute in anything?"
"Fair Point."
PERTIMBANGAN PENCIPTA 
HopelessHikikomori
HopelessHikikomori Oh boy, I feel it.
Burnout, never thought someone like me could have that shit.
I am sorry again for making everyone wait, it just is...
...I do not feet the same way as I started this novel, okay?
Forgive me for being sloppy, but I have the feeling forcing myself would only have a negative outcome for this novel as it already has.
Thank you for reading Strength of Will and staying with someone as unorderly as me.
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