Chapter 184: Dilemma? No. (2)
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It's been centuries since she last met him… four centuries to be precise.
Her previous life didn't have Neji, he wasn't even given birth to. Though she did later on capture Neji's parents and then forced them to conceive multiple children, none turned out to be Neji. There were a few girls with white hair and blue eyes, and even a few boys- but none were Neji.
She only realised midway what she was doing wrong.
Of course, Neji wouldn't be born like that, that's not how it worked. Even if they looked exactly like him, it wouldn't be him. He was an existence of his own, he was a unique individual who became that way because of the way he lived.
That's when she killed herself to start her life anew.
Even so, something was wrong with this "Neji" too.
The first time she met Neji was in her 1st life when the boy was chosen by the World's Will, given many overpowered quirks, as he was given the job to free Southern Asia from Nawab. He failed of course, but Nawab took a fancy to him and kept him locked in her room for a decade or two. They had fun, he never openly gave up or accepted her, but she came to like him.
She was killed by him at last, betrayed one day when she trusted her back to "Neji".
But she didn't mind, she was sad but not angry, she could understand his pain.
She had accepted death like that, but never in her life did she expect to be reborn- to return in time. She didn't have any quirk like that, that just came out of nowhere, from a realm beyond this. She took the chance and this time, instead of imprisoning him, she went to Japan when Neji was born and lived there to go study in the UA-High with him.
This time, she lived a fulfilling life with Neji, before he cheated on her back and she killed him, enraged due to his betrayal. Only later did she realise her fault and came to regret it all, thereafter going into a rage kill around the world before being put down in her place, killed by being teamed up upon by Heroes she came to befriend in that life.
She regressed again.
But in her 3rd life, she found no Neji. He wasn't given birth and she did something disgusting, before suiciding again.
That's why, this time around, she didn't go to Japan, nor did she kidnap him. Instead, she sent two "Bees" to keep Neji in tabs. As planned, she killed one of those two "Bees" in a very 'natural' way and made the other one get a job in Neji's parents' house.
Sugihara Kimi.
Things were fine, except this "Neji" felt very weird, very different, and very mature for his age.
A question popped up in her mind, could it be that he also Regressed??
Nawab continued to observe everything through Kimi's eyes until that maid woman dared to rape her Neji one day.
That was the moment when she wanted to go and crush that bitch's head, but she ultimately realised it was her fault for giving her most important bee a faulty quirk. So she controlled herself.
That was the greatest decision of her life, she realised as days passed and Neji made Kimi submit.
Nawab, watching through Kimi's eyes, felt so proud, so touched and so pleased as she saw her man take revenge on her (although indirectly) for keeping him as a slave in her first life.
As days passed, Nawab came to realise that "Neji" wasn't the one she knew, he was someone different, someone, who didn't regress, but was in fact someone completely different. He had unexplainable powers, something that confused Nawab a lot, many many times.
However, by then, she had come to love this Neji too, she couldn't hurt him, interrogate him, even though she wanted to.
Since then, she's been watching Neji all day long using Kimi's eyes. She regretted not making Kimi a mindless Bee from the start. Now that bitch reads manga in her free time instead of sucking his dick as she should.
More irritatingly, she lost her "connection" with Kimi around 2 months ago, when she entered the weird dimensional space. That connection was never fixed.
That's what brought her here, watching as Neji most certainly looked into her quirks with one of his powers, watching as he fell into a dilemma.
She previously wanted to devour Kimi because of the two months of missing memory from her mind, she didn't want to miss a second of him after all. But that needed a change of plans, now that his parents were killed by one of her people.
She couldn't kill his "Harem" because that would make him mad and sad, she couldn't see him like that. So she needed to make a deal with him to leave the girls alive as long as he became her and hers alone.
She wasn't into sharing, after all.
"Oh, are you observing me now? I see. Do you finally realise who I am, my love?"
Neji was silent for a moment.
"I…"
Before he shook his head.
"No, it doesn't matter."
Nawab blinked.
—★—
"No, it doesn't matter."
Neji sighed, shaking his head before he glared at the woman in the air.
"Oi, you. I know why you're here, but let's make it clear, 'whoever' you met in your other lives, that wasn't me. I can guarantee."
If "he" were the one who met Nawab in her past life, he would have told her to come and warn him of the future. No, she would have come here by herself knowing about the appearance of the Gods.
She met him in timelines where he didn't exist,
[That is true, Master.]
Said the system, suddenly.
[You are a Singular being. "You", as you are, only exist in this timeline. There are certainly Nejis in other timelines, but they don't have the gamer system, and nor are they reincarnated people. They are natural-borns of this world.]
That did it. That confirmed it. This woman loved Neji, but not the Neji that was the wielder of the Gamer System.
Meaning,
She was safe to kill.
Then, Neji called out an outerversal power in his body.
"I want you, Neji Hado." The woman suddenly said, her tone taking a sudden domineering turn before Neji could move his [Divinity]. "Become mine, join me, and your girls will live. Especially that cat woman."
She blitzed, but Neji didn't move to stop her. He knew what she was doing was just a threat.
Nawab touched Kimi, holding her by the neck softly.
"You saw my Queen Bee quirk right?" Neji nodded at her question, even as Kimi looked into Nawab's eyes fearlessly. "Kimi Sugihara, she's a Bee. A mere clone of mine, even though she does have her own mind. Ujir was a Bee too, and you saw what happened to her. I can do the same to Kimi- no, I will do the same to Kimi if you don't follow me like a good boy."
So Kimi was a bee.
"…"
Looking at Kimi's expression, the surprised yet confused face she made, Neji realised what happened.
She might be a Bee, Nawab had no reason to lie on that, but she was still Kimi. Her memories might be false, but he didn't love her because of her memories, he loved her because of who she was.
And she was Kimi, not a mere Bee or whatever.
So, Nawab's words, true they might be, were meaningless in Neji's ears.
"Haah, Bee? That's a lot of bullshit coming from a voyeur." He said as Nawab froze.
Neji had a [Quirk Exp Card] that he gained from the Quirk Hunt quest a few days ago.
He wasn't planning to use it on Surge though, because he had a better idea now.
He put all his quirks under "One-for-All", he even put Mine under it.
He wanted to do this after gaining dozen more quirks that he desires, but there was no choice now.
'System, use the Card on One-for-All.'
The system did so.
[Quirk, One-for-All has evolved!]
[Due to the special characteristic of One-for-All that allows all the quirks within it to grow along with it, all the quirks have levelled up as well!]
[Due to "Surge" being max levelled, it has evolved as well!]
This was why he intended to do this after gaining more quirks.
[Would you like to change their names?]
"Later."
[One-for-All - Level 1: A stockpile quirk that has a lot of power stored within it, it also makes the wielder's other quirks grow stronger over time.
-This quirk now breaks logic. Along with lending the user the powers stored within the quirk, One-for-All also allows the user to multiply his base powers.
-The multiplication rate increases by 50% at each level.
-Current multiplication rate- 300%]
[Surge - Level 1: Previously a quirk that let the user create shockwaves.
-Users can now manipulate existing shockwaves as well.
-Users can also create and control Kinetic Energy. (Click to expand)]
Kinetic Energy Manipulation.
Different from Nejire's potential energy manipulation, but quite close, so the evolution was understandable.
But, Neji doubted if this would be enough for a woman who can move at the speed of lightning.
So, after ordering the System to put all the quirks in their previous spots, away from under OFA, he pulled out his final cards.
Divinity.
Neji's aura suddenly changed.
The blue mana around him took a turn and became silver in color.
What is the difference between a Mortal and a God?
A God has Divinity.
As a temporary God, Neji had divinity as well.
[You have unlocked Temporary Divinity!]
[Due to the presence of multiple races within you, your divinity is growing special!]
[Divinity- "Avatar Selection" has been unlocked! This allows you to choose three avatars based on your three races- Human, Feline, and Reptile!]
[Divinity- "Dragon's Authority" has been unlocked! You have gained a draconic presence that strengthens your "actions" significantly!]
[Divinity- "Feline Icon" has been unlocked! You can make a person suddenly become lazy momentarily, like that of a cat, just with a gesture.]
[Due to your special race, Draconic High Cat Human, and your new "Boosting" ability, you have gained a portion of the authority of a certain "Vanishing Dragon, Albion"!]
[Divinity- "Divine Dividing" has been unlocked!]
At the last notification, Neji's body changed, the silver divinity encircling around him to give him a white draconic armour and white-and-blue wings.
He wasn't the only one who changed.
"Choose Avatar: Ryuko Tatsuma, Kimi Sugihara, Nejire Hado."
The Dragon, Cat and Human reacted.
Blue mana burst out of their bodies, and they realised the situation from Neji's single gaze.
Nawab was thrown back slightly at the burst of Mana from Kimi. Using that chance, Kimi grabbed Momo and Rumi before running off, along with Nejire and Ryuko.
The three of them knew they were a nuisance in this scenario.
They knew they were useless here.
So they ran.
Nawab blinked, looking at them as she tried to follow, only to be stopped by Neji's hand reaching out and grabbing her arm.
"..."
Nawab was surprised at his speed.
"Divine Divide."
"..."
Her face twisted in horror next as a portion of her power left her, entering Neji's body like a surge of energy.
Her Tier dropped from Low-11 to Peak-10 again.
Then, even as Nawab moved away, skipping out in the air, Neji followed easily.
Neji could tell that she knew he would kill her, even if she didn't want that to happen
"This is the difference between me and the Nejis you know."
He spoke, following her Lightning Speed and blitzing through the clouds, even as she tried to come up with a plan.
"I am playing a game."
But her plans would fail in front of a true God.
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Chapter 185: Victory? (1)
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She was being attacked by her precious.
She, of course, came prepared for this, expecting him to fight her and even possibly try to kill her.
However, what she wasn't expecting though, was this sudden burst of power Neji had.
He was supposed to be weaker than her, and he probably still was, she just never expected whatever this Cat-Dragon-Human hybrid form thing was, to be so strong.
He was catching up to her. Matching her lightning speed.
That was a first.
Nawab didn't know what to do.
Should she run? Or should she retaliate? If she really were to retaliate, this won't be a small fight, this would most certainly be a fight to the death.
Nawab wasn't planning to kill her precious, especially after patiently waiting for 2-centuries just to meet him.
That wouldn't make sense.
'But…'
As she barely dodged dozens of his [Bullet Laser] that followed her like a platoon of guided missiles, Nawab fell into contemplation.
He was very strong. If she didn't attack him, even escaping might be hard.
"What's wrong, why are you just dodging?"
In the end, as Neji, stoic as he was since this conflict began, stood opposite to her, opening his mouth and releasing a [Sonic Scream] at her, she couldn't help but sigh.
With a wave of her hand, a bolt of lightning crackled in front of her and created a loud rumble, clashing with the incoming sonic scream and slapping it away.
"It seems I must fight with you, hun." Nawab said, her voice cracking in pain as she remembered her 2nd life, the moment when she had to kill him with her own two hands. "Let's hope it doesn't end in the worst way."
Neji simply stared at her.
—★—
Kimi was running with Momo and Rumi in her arms.
Her speed was extraordinary, faster than anyone else she knew- not counting Neji and that Nawab woman.
She assumed it was because of the new overflowing energy within her that came to be when Neji said the words- "Choose Avatar".
They were his "Avatars" at this moment.
Kimi was familiar with that term. An "Avatar" was the executive of a God, the Champion of a Divine Being. It's quite similar to the 'Main Characters' Neji spoke of, but instead of becoming the Champion of the World's Will, they became the Champion of Neji.
Though this was most certainly a temporary effect.
Now, they could feel his presence in the air, his power surging out in the far sky as his mana shone like the torch of light to her senses, as Kimi ran quickly, quicker than the two other "Avatars".
Though she did control her speed to not utterly outrun the other two girls beside her, Nejire and Ryuko.
They actually weren't that slower than her, either. Which was surprising.
The reason, Kimi assumed, was that it just wasn't their power that got enhanced. By becoming an "Avatar", they were directly borrowing a portion of Neji's power too, thus they had some part of Neji's speed as well.
And Neji, right at this moment, was faster than lightning.
That was the power of a God.
Kimi was relieved about that. He will most certainly win. He was a God, it was a fact- not just baseless words spoken by "Neko" from a few days ago because Kimi could feel his presence as a God by becoming his Avatar.
That was true, this battle would most certainly end in a win for Neji.
However,
A larger part of her was… confused.
What did Nawab mean by "bee", by "clone"?
Kimi would blame the countless mangas she read, but Nawab's words seemed to imply that she–Kimi Sugihara–was a fake. A fabricated being. A person whose life was false, a woman whose existence was meaningless.
"..."
Kimi shook her head. This wasn't the time nor place for this. Her task was to simply take these girls far away, to a safer place, until Neji returned. That was her task and she needed to complete it.
All thoughts can be left for later-
"Errm, oi!"
Her thoughts were interrupted.
One of the two women, Rumi, yelled from her arms. Momo was still unconscious.
Kimi looked down to find Rumi staring at her face, and before Rumi could say anything, Kimi spoke.
"Sorry, we had to run. You can't feel the same thing I am feeling, so you must be confused, but in short… We would just be nuisances in that battle."
Nuisances.
Of course.
When have they ever been anything but a nuisance to him?
They were just holding him back, from the start of his life to its current state.
The same was happening now too.
Kimi swore at that moment to grow stronger, strong enough to be beside him, rather than behind his back, strong enough to save him from any danger he might come across, strong enough to not be the damsel in distress, waiting for her prince to save her.
Besides, Nawab was strong as well. Strong enough that Kimi only gave the winner's trophy to Neji after he became a God. Staying in there would only ascertain their death.
"Uh, no." Rumi said, shaking her head, as Kimi jumped off a rooftop. "I meant to say, I can run on my own. You seem dazed, and I don't blame you for that after what that woman said. But carrying two people isn't a good idea in this state. I am something of a sprinter myself, you see."
"..."
Kimi sighed, smiling slightly, and then stopped briefly to put Rumi down.
"You should give your best sprint, I am faster than you even without this extra support I have right now, so it might be hard for you to keep up. Just tell me if that's the case, and I will ask Ryuko to carry you."
As she said that, Nejire and Ryuko flew past them, Ryuko flying with wings (in her human form) while Nejire was blasting through the air. Ryukyu glanced back at them, but Nejire… she just kept moving forward in silence.
Kimi barely noticed the red tinge in Nejire's eyes, together with the dry marks of tears. This girl needed comfort. Looking at Momo in her hands, she could only sigh deeper.
"Anyway, let's move."
Kimi said before running, and immediately after, Rumi followed.
—★—
"I have a lot of quirks, my dear," Nawab said, her hair starting to glow as she started to rise in the air. "You might have noticed, a lot of them are lightning and electricity-related. Do you know why?" Nawab smiled watching Neji stop his attacks. "Those quirks' only job is to back my main Quirk up. The Quirk I was born with, the power of a Thunder God, is strengthened further by the existence of the other lighting and electricity type quirks that I hold."
"I fail to understand why you're telling me that." Neji asked her dryly, moving to attack again. "If you haven't realised, I simply don't care."
Nawab blitzed again, teleporting roughly a kilometre away from where she previously was.
"Oh yes, indeed. My bad. I was just explaining my next form." Nawab took in a deep breath, even as Neji closed the distance between them, as her form changed in the small shred of a second.
Purple lightning leapt out of her body as her clothes changed. Her hair was gleaming still, along with her eyes that were now bright purple. Her previous dress changed and a dress of white and black replaced it, and finally the biggest change, two huge red hands appeared around her, wielding a sword made of terrifying purple lightning.
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She looked gorgeous. Neji had to admit.
Nevertheless… she needed to die, no matter what.
Nawab moved, her speed somewhat greater than before as her huge hands swung at Neji, the glowing purple sword going in for a clash with him.
Neji's draconic tail slammed against the incoming sword, clashing against it, as sparks of fire ignited between them.
"You have gotten a lot stronger, my dear."
"That I have."
Neji's reply was short as he channelled Mana, Kinetic Energy, and Tremor through his tail.
A massive explosion of force occurred between the two objects, throwing Nawab back, while Neji somehow stayed in his spot.
He had activated Permeation, allowing the force to simply pass through him.
His girls, he sensed, had reached far enough to be considered safe.
Meaning,
He could end this now.
In his Permeated form, Neji moved like never before. Passing through Nawab's incoming lightning barrages, her atomic breaths, her waves of thunderbirds, as he went to slip his hand inside her heart.
He wanted to kill her the same way her subordinate, clone, killed his father.
But, his Permeated hand stopped just above her skin.
Gravity. Her skin was covered by a coat of Gravity.
A Gravity Quirk.
"Dear, why are you being so rash? You want to touch my chest already? Let's get a room-"
Her joking demeanour didn't last much longer as Neji used his own Gravity quirk to bypass her defensive gravity and went for her heart again.
Somehow, she managed to step back, invading his attack again.
But he did get in touch with her.
"Divine Divide."
Nawab's Tier dropped to High-10.
Other than the fact that he could only use "Divide" every 60-seconds, Neji also wanted to finish her as she was. Because although he was gaining her strength by Dividing, he wasn't sure if he would still have it after Fusion ended. So it's better to kill her while she was still high in Tier to get proper experience points.
Oh, he also received a quest named [Absolute Conquest]. Though he didn't bother checking on the details in this scenario.
Nawab looked slightly annoyed now.
"Can't we just talk this through?"
"After you killed my parents?"
"..."
Neji released a soft sigh before rushing at her again. She loved him. A lot. That much was clear. But he knew her love wasn't for "him". He wasn't the Neji she loved, and even if he was- her mistakes were absolutely unforgivable.
He blasted his legs off, rushing at her again, as the woman clenched her jaws, before swinging her huge sword at him.
Neji didn't rely on Permeation here. She could cover her sword in gravity, and that'd mean he would get hurt regardless.
Rather, he used One-for-All.
The 550-stats + the 300% boost.
Then, he used Fa Jin- feeding the quirk more and more Kinetic Energy using his new Surge. He also added Tremor on top of it.
Fusion Neji had 740 INT, which in turn- getting a 100x boost from both Kurai and Neji gave him… 7,400,000 MP.
A whopping 7 million Mana points.
Neji poured half of it into his fists, while boosting all the other powers used as well. His forearms were glowing with white, blue and translucent energies.
Then, moving swiftly, he dodged her blade and slammed it with his tail, Neji closed the distance between them once again, and slammed his knuckles on Nawab's chin.
-Crack!
-Vhoooooom~
This was a punch, faster than the speed of lightning.
The World shook as mana erupted from Neji's punch and rose to space, destroying a few satellites that were focusing on this battle.
Nawab was still in her spot because Neji's dragon tail was wrapped around her waist.
At that moment, her eyes were blank.
But they regained focus soon after, even as the mana kept spurting on her face, as Neji released her, watching as she stumbled on the air for a moment before looking at him.
"You are… very strong, my dear. It seems my death might actually be the result today."
Her eyes were sad.
"But, if I really were to die, I want to take you with me. Perhaps, maybe, my Quirk will affect you too if we die together? Perhaps, we will Regress back together?"
"Try it." Neji scoffed. "You fucking psychopath."
Nawab smiled at that, her body starting to glow purple as the sky darkened, purple clouds gathering and purple lightning dancing all over the sky.
It looked as if the Apocalypse had come.
Neji wasn't going to wait through this. His size suddenly grew, his body becoming larger, around 5-times his original size because of the Level-up Big-Show went through when One-for-All was levelled up.
Then, in the form of a 30-feet giant, he… hugged Nawab.
"..."
Nawab's lightning stopped dancing.
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"..."
Nawab blushed.
What was this situation?
Was he apologising?
…That was sweet, she wouldn't mind forgiving him.
"B-baby? What are you doing-"
Suddenly,
Her questions stopped as her eyes bulged out, feeling his huge body pressing down on her smaller frame like a bulldozer.
"A- AAHHH!!"
She could only yell as the pressure increased, becoming painfully stronger, as she lost control of her lightning, watching as the weather changed, manipulated by Neji's quirk.
She yelled, her voice high pitched, as Neji's strength kept increasing.
Why was it increasing?
No…
"Divine Divide."
It wasn't just increasing, her body was growing weaker as well.
This was bad.
He was also searching for her Quirks with his All-for-One quirk. She would guess he was looking for her «Regression» quirk. But that was a no-no. She couldn't give him that, that won't work. So she hid it.
Hiding it under thousands of her quirks was an easy job, he couldn't find it ever.
He soon realised that as well, as he grunted in annoyance, increasing the pressure around her and making her scream even more.
Her screams, painful they might be, a part of her was enjoying it. Because this pain was being inflicted by none other than her precious.
Haaah…
She was going to die, it seems.
There was no way around it.
'Next time.'
Next time, she won't look for Neji.
'Next time…'
Next time, she will grow her powers.
'Next time…..'
Next time, she will figure out how and why she gained this Regression power.
'Next time…'
Next time… She will return to this Neji.
Somehow, in some way, in any way, she will reach out to him again.
Because he belonged to her.
-Plop!
Nawab's head had burst under the pressure, painting Neji's body red as he stopped exerting pressure, allowing Nawab's body to simply float using his Telekinesis.
Nawab was dead.
However, Neji's expression wasn't that of satisfaction. He also didn't look sad about his parents' death.
No.
Neji looked at the air with his face horrified.
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[A huge change has been made in this timeline.]
[Something that shouldn't have happened has happened. A being has regressed back in time, leaving this timeline entirely. Which doesn't make sense to happen in this world's "Setting".]
[Higher Beings, aka Gods, have noticed this Deviation.]
[The chances of you being found out increases by a very large fold.]
After these messages, the system's voice rang in his mind.
[This means the previous gamer's promised Time Limit is meaningless now, Master. You might as well get found out the next day, to be completely frank.]
That did seem to be the case… this was beyond annoying.
[Lady Luck gives you a sad look.]
Neji's hands trembled for a moment… before he facepalmed.
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