COI C157

The people escaped from their own realm, spreading the news throughout the Fuku City. His name spreads to social media and to ears of the lesser groups. One defector reaches the message and delivered the news to the Fuku City’s security. The defector in disguised goes in to the office and handed out the report. The security sees the report. They pulled out their cabinets to find the cases they have looking for. The files are sent to the head of security, its size is as big as a book with pages compiled by suspicious phenomenon. The first page is the first person helped them gathered their information. The main culprit is Azin.

The staff said to her “The suspect has begun his move. What’s your response chief?”

“Did the representative knew about this incident?”

“The higher ups are already sending their thoughts in their social media platforms. I have nothing important regarding to private matters”

“Good, then they still didn’t know anything about her”

“Yes, she still behaves from what you have expected”

“That’s a relief. Where is he now?”

“He is somewhere outside of Fuku City. Our service will not reach him. Should we inform the other districts?”

“Do it. Declassified all information we have with him, and let them know that his power is the same as ours”

“Noted”

The staff leaves her office. When he is out of the room, he immediately received the message from the cult leader. “Adjust our plan, here them out”

“. . .”

“I am clear to understand that our own manpower is stretching thin. That’s not to say that we are losing progress. I’m telling you not as a spy for now, but an actual service member in the security. Search for any people who are against him. That is also include the lesser individuals. I expect that you can handle this kind of espionage, right?”

The telepathy ends there leaving him continue on her orders. Fuku City was raising a civil strife. Last week of the defectors were good enough at it is, they soon realize they have made enemies to those who were not being part the abusive doubles program. The endless jealousy toward the chosen doubles as they gain fame and rewards under their name. The defectors get all the action while their doubles are receiving rewards left and right. The staff sees this what most people hiding in their own apartment are thriving for, acting as bosses.

Somewhere in the south area of Fuku City, in the afternoon where they all gathered both with delight while horrified. They thought it was something to fear off. Azin have shown to them the powers he had they never seen, actually this is their first, and compared him to the stories of the defectors.

“I knew the city is in dire need with outside helped, but I think we overestimate ourselves with this kind of people”

“It doesn’t matter, the important thing is that we almost made it. Our model is able to use magic. If we keep going like this, we can able to summon an actual entity”

One of them among the group thought otherwise. The original C is with them. It’s been weeks he had always been out to meet these guys, because he is one of the rare individuals made magic out of his collections. From lewd figurines to actual adult video games come out from the screen, acting alive according to the story. He is here for one reason and this reason alone keeps his mind away from the disgusted woman. The man grins greedily as he remembers the torture that she’ll deserve.

A stranger comes by shakes his arm. “Hey, what’s with that look on your face?”

“Huh? Oh sorry, I was thinking back home”

“Geez, we have a fucking asshole ruining the realms and you are thinking about home . . .!”

Their community is looking at the stranger as he is being rude with C.

“It is better not to fight among each other. You remember last time we fought the defectors. Be glad that some of us have one double and receive only a slap on the wrist, with their sharp razors”

C and the stranger forcibly shake their hands to show them their peaceful terms. When it is over, the stranger warned him “Yeah, you heard them”

“I heard”

“No, it is a warning. I don’t know what happened to you during your week”

“My week, I have my own errand boy. You know the boy called himself C down”

“I heard that name was originally his, and you are able to get his name before the registration”

“I have my ways. As long as they don’t know my real name, they can still call me darling, hehe”

His naïve laughs made the stranger look bad. This guy is nothing but a lucky loser. If he didn’t take the girl, then this C down is probably free, or maybe not, the girl he took was a former idol. Many stalkers are trying to get her with what lies in their abilities. The stranger left while C is minding his own business. He soon joins the community about the situation they are in. After the realm fall to nothing, they first wondering about the doll went missing. The picture of the doll is a cosplayer replica, a sexy woman in succubus cosplay. The imperfection lies on how her complexion and her eyes.

The doll is clearly under the control of some being, but this being acted like the people have imagined. Her heroic stances and how she saves them to the last moment as she breaks free from Azin’s magic. Unfortunately, they only see that part. The last one who got away saw the doll holding the floating object from Azin’s reach. Later, the realm slowly crumbles and no one is trying to stop him. The doll did what it supposed to do, they don’t know how powerful she is and only thing they have is the materials made to make her.

It is C’s turn to face the crowd. When it comes of their special realms going to be attacked. He is one of the few who owned a realm personally. They look at him and the rest of the lucky few who have realms acknowledge him. This man is rarer than that, he had his own hostage to the public, the woman who is working as a clerk and everyone already sees who she is, and they flat out ignored her. The presence of his magic from the higher floor intimidated the citizens and her stalkers. Even if she breaks free, the stalkers will be the ones who are getting her. The nightmare will continue.

They spoke out about his realm. “. . . This means your realm is in danger. How will you face such an annoying man?”

“You clearly understand the security will be tailing him for now. We made our enemies and will sure helped him”

“We can’t rely too much under the cult leader’s rule. That former yakuza won’t even ignore our business. That arrogant son of a bitch will make his way on us”

C turns them down “Eh? You all being enemies to our benefactors. You forgot who made this district better. I admit, I don’t like this is going but the people who worked hard rebuilt are scumbags and useless people”

C raised his head high as others put their heads down. The sight of their glooming expression shows too much of their progress hindered them by one guy. He stretches further and told them their situation.

“Remember what he said to us; ‘Judgement will call down’ or some other bullshits. He should know all of us by now, and where are the people who are going to make trouble and go after him?”

They look at the people who tries to contest him. None of them speak a word how it goes. They are starting to listen seriously.

“. . . Good, we all agreed on this. It is just one man and he alone had caused us to act like this. An Enders possessed a powerful item, without it, he is nothing. Also, he is out from Fuku City, then we have time to prepare”

“So, you are saying that we need to wait for him to destroy our realms”

The crowd is starting to rile up, the noise stops as he answers “Don’t you get it?! The realm he after was the doll testing facility. Where it manufactured the dolls and also the place you make room for recreation. Any idiot will destroy it because of the doll walking suspiciously in the city”

It is true, since the first encounter with Azin. The dolls are being tested outside in the park. The most notoriety man that no introverts to even have one. He had shown them the incompetence of their reactions. Last week was lucky that they were involved but not exposed the secret realms they made. The dolls were the one left hiding during that week, able to let Azin to follow the trails of excess mana taken among the passing pedestrians. That mana are their resources to keep their realm stable.

They tinker the excess mana to build up more of their realm in most extravagant ways. Due to the last day of the realm. It completely destroyed with that much effort of a single man alone. If they dare to use their strong magic, it might hear the outside world. The same incident gone from the center high rise buildings in Fuku City, it creates such a commotion that the people from other districts come here to check. Leading them to scarce their excess mana gathering even further. Soon their thoughts found out everything he had made this far. The convenience of that man’s way to get through all this to found their realms easily was the events happened here.

No one knows when did Azin came in to the city, even entering Fuku City itself. The information from them were limited to the point judging him to be a nutcase from the beginning, or a scammer that gives help in the most occultic behavior. It’s too late now, the man had done and shown judgement on them. Only with that, C had shown them to calm them in this troubled time. He gives his opinion

“Yet, I don’t think all of us going to work together this way. When that man surely comes to see me again, I’ll be ready with what ability I have. I make sure of it”

This meeting made them worse, they grew ever so desperate and send down their creations to find him. Thanks to the city’s finest tech in their hands, they have pinpoint where Azin is. C sees them looking at their devices, this is not going to look good for them when there are people like them going on their revenge. Others follow C’s eyes directing to the people busy looking at their devices. Their faces show hostile expression as they are desperate. No one tries to stop them. C sees why they are so desperate to get him. They won’t bother with other people’s business except their own common interest.

C left the meeting and steps out to the open sidewalk. The south area of Fuku City is too damn clear for him to wonder why this place is dangerous. The empty passed pedestrians are peaceful and no crime on sight. The people walk pass him are the one joined the meeting. Once he gets out from that place, no one even cares to look at them. Yet, the message is clear and they are in danger by that man. People with other special powers will face him someday. For now, the people are still going after him will be the examples.

Returned back in the convenience store, he almost immediately gets to his front door at the side alley. C stops for a bit and saw two Enders coming in. He starts to worry if those were Azin’s group. Reluctantly letting go the door knob, he goes inside and see what’s going on. The convenience door is open and no one is here. He steps in and senses the power being used in this room. Agitated and confused to where Junko is, he begins to casts his magic circle down to this floor. The building above starts to casts down a spell and twirling descends with aggressive intentions.

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His magic circle couldn’t sink into the store as it blocked by magic interference. He was shocked and realize it was him. He stops what he is doing and try to find a way to find them. Both magics intertwine and mysteriously vanished, where the flow of magic circulates to someone is flailing his hands. C finally sees them, where the man wore a mask gives a negative expression.

“C, what are you doing? You said to us not use our magic here. What if the man will come down here?”

“Uhm?”

C down looks around the store with his magic vision. Junko is at the counter with the customer. He forgot that the boy is using his identity, but he uses his magic to hide himself with a different face. The Enders look at him with LED lights keep changing expression. He is not ready to face this man along with the other Enders at the line.

“Pardon, but you’re mistaken with someone else . . .”

He froze as Enders’ aura grew stronger than he could’ve believe. He tries to fight back with his own, but quickly brushes it off with him bending his aura away into a ball.

The woman at the line stops him “Archivist, that’s enough. Even you said he looks like C down. He should be using his gears instead of magic”

“You should be clear that this person might use magic to steal someone’s identity”

The clerk steps out from the counter and warned him “Sir! You are frightening the customers. If you are sure that this is the person you are talking to is a suspect. Then please call the police. W-w-e-we have laws regard to this”

C watches Junko spattered out, her trauma on to him still persists. This is no time for himself to go wild against her. He left without saying a word. That incident was a surprise to him. Two Enders from what C told him about earlier. Actually, he remembers them in his security cameras. There are a lot of people passing by showing their concerns for her. Those two come by to see her as well. Junko is gathering people he is aware of. This is not good for him, if this keeps up. Many people will notice the difference between the real her and the creation he made.

C runs back up to his apartment with his women around the door to greet him. They all greet him happily “Welcome home, Darling!”

“Oh, yeah. I am back, my dears”

He walks pass through his harem. All made by his magic and his magic alone, the collection of women brought out from erotic products such as games and books. All created by the visuals he saw on its contents. He made it to his personal security room, left with what it remains in his room as a reminder the reality he is in. Dirtied and messy like he was back then. This building was a boarding house, and the only resident either died or left before the transferring to this world.

The screens show to him again and again, before him entering the store. Junko was able to use her magic before, because he can sense it from his magic circle, and this detection was not his, but someone else’s. Her magic was deviled with one of her stalkers. He didn’t know who he is but it is one of C’s great chances and regrets when meeting with her. The recordings say it that she is doing great doing her work, better than the last time. He sees the conditions on her as the magic circle is losing its leach on to her. The old method of his magic was supposed to leach her to keep his collections alive. It was so long gone and he forgets all about her.

C almost twitches himself to see the idol is fine. Then he looks back to the screen and see how she is being protected. Junko keeps holding something on to her, it is small and it is something he couldn’t see what it is. The cameras can’t find or detect the magic within her hands. Her own mana is there, where she keeps eyeing on it. He takes his deep breath more times than he should be. Again, again, and again the breathing becomes stronger, his groans speaks louder than him thinking about it.

His instinctive insecurities keep imagining all he had created so far to replace Junko’s failed interpretation on his head. He thought of letting her go, but his ego keeps surging in about revenge of the false reality he listens to her fighting back his advances on her. The stalkers who followed her were right after hearing them out when he goes out. Hearing them passing by their own jealous words, he could not let them take her away. Their words were counter intuitive. As he remembers the random words passing them by.

“You should’ve have not ignored the scandals she had been through”

“You think celebrities are pure, since when will you get out your fantasy on manga or anime?”

“You’re not a fan, you’re just a creep like us”

“. . . also, she is still a filthy woman”

“Why not give her to us? We give you much money than you ever imagined”

“Fuck you! You’ll see her true self when you confess to her. She is acting weak because she is in need of protection. Once your uses are done, she will leave you like any bad relationship”

“She is an actual human being. You shouldn’t be keeping her like this. You know she is not perfect now, then why are you not letting her go and be done with her altogether”

The last one who said that was the same person he gives his identity too. That boy, Hito, has no relations with Junko. C can’t say her name without being furious about it. Hito did well to supply his needs and productivity in such an amazing rate. He sees Hito being his errand boy, but he grew too much as he brings the news about his adventures. Honestly, since the beginning of Fuku adventurers sent out from the district. He wants to know more about the rise of powers among the citizens’ growth.

C breaks his train of thoughts and found nothing to see Junko is becoming. It was his own obligation to become stronger too, and he is using less and less with Junko’s sufferings throughout the days. It was because of the idol he was given. Coming from his own group, they put this idol as the winning prize for some contest. He wins and it helps him become stronger and stronger. The magic circle is gaining more information than he had hope for. To those who entered the store he identifies people with their magic potentiality.

There were exceptions, people who not used mana but magic items. Hito was the only one, but now the Enders are joining in his speculation. The man with the mask gives no information at all as if he concealed it for the moment and release it when he acts. It was his first meeting with him, his secondary disguised made him see the real him. The guy’s partner didn’t recognize him and understands his situation. The mask man is dangerous, but not as strong as C initially thinks. C lets him move his magic as he has other things in mind, keeping himself cool when seeing Junko. His powers were enraged and even the magic circle on the ceiling is willing to help.

While he was busy thinking all of this, there is a knock at the door. He sensed Hito is here, this is must be his report from the outside. He walks out from the room. Something shift from Hito’s presence as if he is disappearing from his detection. The door is opened and Hito’s face is already pale-ling? His complexion is shifting like wave turning to normal to pale. C tries to invite him in, but he refuses

“I’m sorry, but I have been out of commission”

“OUT OF – ahem* please explain”

“The ruins had changed drastically, the easy loots are gone and taken to what they called them as ceremonial . . .”

C watches his body is showing signs of the goblin spirit rituals. Condemning him to look like that, he cuts him off “Then how you got in after the guards inspecting you?”

“They let me in as no trouble at all”

“What do you mean?”

Hito leans to the corner to see inside of his apartment building. C don’t like him eyeing his women behind, even though they are not there. He leans back after something starts growing on him, he swats on his back and the sounds of breaking a twig heard to the both of them.

“This annoying ritual grows when something forbidden magic used. If I . . .”

C knocks him off the door then falling to the stairs, Hito stumbles down and the rituals left on his floor. He quickly uses his magic burn the rituals off his door. It didn’t affect it as he tries to remove it personally. To each attack he did, it didn’t break but continue to grow and reaching its roots. He can’t control his stress and went wild on it. Panic and enraged he shout at Hito.

“Come here you son of a bitch and help me!”

Hito pulls himself up and use the gear on his back shoulder. The electrical current flow both of his hands and grab the growing rituals to each of both ends.

The shock flows together as the burnt current lines able to stop it from growing. The current continues to burn the rest of it, then the electricity founds the ground emits on the floor and put a powerful short circuit. The floor burns too and he kicks Hito again back to the stairs. C couldn’t no longer hold his temper. His house is almost being burned. He watches Hito fall to the floor again, then outside of the door. He walks outside frustrated and sees it is already night time. What is he been doing inside the security room for so long? He calmed down as he looks at Hito revert to look like him.

C checks around and see if someone sees them. None of them were here, especially the stalkers. He is calming down with his breath continue to make some obvious groans. His doubts are piling up as this is going to happen again. Worse than he has ever imagined, all he had been through will surely comes back. Looking at Hito in his identity, he reminds himself of a lowly man he was. Hito tries to stand up not to let this crazy man keep going like this out in public.

Both look at each other, and neither of them will say any apology whatsoever. This moment kept them wondering “How in the hell did this fuck keep going like this?”

C is starting to lose his mind where his place is being tainted. That ritual made him panic and did badly on him, he thought ‘this is your fault’. While Hito was a mess when he comes into his apartment building, he always mocked him in his dirty look as he entertained him with his lovely place. It is easily to get rid of the mess, even a ritual like that. It will die out without Alga’s light. Still, it will grow when it found something big inside. It will definitely give notice to the residences.

Tonight, this is different. C turns around and said “Wiped that curse off you, I have a bad day and I don’t need you to say otherwise”

He closes the door, leaving him to the dust. Hito forget something important, people who stalking near this store are gone. It was never been like this before. He should’ve asked him to see the security cameras what happened to them. The owner had some outside of the store, especially in his secret alleyway. Where he stored in the garage hidden out of sight, there were noises coming from it during late night.

C checks on his computer to see any updates. His women come and help him with massages and other erotic helps. Nudity to flat out servicing him as his ears are flooded with moans. Then he hears a voice, it is not from his girls’ voice, and it sounds shivering down his spine. He tries to pushes them but looking at their worrying eyes, he holds little of his deluded paradise to not hurt them. He trembling said to his harem

“Please, leave me alone. I need my space”

“Dear?”

His eyes start to have blood veins on his eyes and look at one of them. They eventually left, leaving him in peace.

The room changes where the entity comes in. “The eradicator had taken one of the realms. Your people are in grave danger to their paradises”

“Paradise . . . s”

He softly doubted it. This entity, not finished to his own perfection. This should replace Junko if he is able to finish it right. For now, this entity is being tested to watch over the place and report to him the dangers will soon be happening in his home. The entity continues

“Judgements are already here. The stalkers are disappearing with the strange timing”

The entity reaches out and passes its beautifully fair skin to his keyboard. She types on the keyboard and her other hand grabs his mouse. C got distracted by her long arms, he looks up to her complexion from the screen’s light. The entity touches his face and guides him back to the screen.

“You see here”

C looks at the video where it comes from social media. He was shocked that the strange phenomenon coming out to the stalkers in different time and places. The one who post it place a title as it called.

“Judgement days are coming? What in the hell is that?”

“Master, some people are the one who stalks her. The man is using his magic to abduct them from a far. Investigation is gone through as it spread throughout the districts. I have given you the warning. Please be careful when you go out next time”

The entity fades away, C never have been relief this way. He looks at the screen to the people who taken away. It shows to him with note added to the corner of his screen. He didn’t realize the note mention the reason those stalkers were taken away. The man grins maniacally and understands why

“The community is joining too. Laughs* Why can’t it be this easy?”

The stalkers and the victims are all in the same worthless community. Introverts, and abused individuals coming for revenge and using Azin as their sole reason to act. Fuku City is going downhill as those are the people who didn’t have the doubles program enlisted. No wonder why it is so easily for Azin to get all the information. The disadvantage of this all where he checks his social media. It’s already began. The toxic forum posts are already piling up in the name they abusively called as

“Judgement Days”

He said it without even the care of the world.

The fools are helping him to stall time. Azin will be too busy tearing down ‘judgements’ to anyone they provided the kill list. Yes, the joy is coming back to him and the worries got out as the targets explained so damn easily. The idiots are hunting him down.

“There is still time. If he is going to chase me into this city. I’ll be already completed my new power. Just you wait, none of you all could enter this building. I will finally build my paradise, my sanctuary . . . my kingdom”

Hito and Junko feel something on the ceiling. They are in the storage room right now to check on the supplies. The magic circle suddenly falling down on them while her bead protects them both from the spell. Both lights conflicted one another with two shields neither pushed nor backed from one another. Junko holds Hito and said,

“I think we should prepare. That asshole pushed you down the stair. I don’t think he won’t be satisfied by beating you”

“It’s fine, you should be glad that there is news for you”

Junko smiles to see in their devices that something good is coming on. “Yeah, that guy is really something . . . Judgement Days”

Back outside, Azin hides within the ruins, far enough not get involved from the ceremonial tree and safe enough that his pursuers won’t find him. Inside one of Ironno’s saferooms, he forms a small group of people. Secretly, not telling the districts what he had done. This is the opportunity they could not stop. Tabitha and Archivist are here, she is arguing his plan taken action

“Are you insane? Those nutjobs are coming for you. I thought you did something to them, but a whole mess in their realm is something I can’t fight all day”

“It’s fine, Tabitha. You’ll be taken my place”

Tabitha raises her wand. Azin uses the floating object to disarm her. The wand left from her hand and stays in the air.

“This is not the joke. You must do whatever you can as we do our separate ways”

Archivist helps her to understand “It means we can save your community without facing them. I know the defectors are your greatest threats, even the lesser ones will be less annoying”

“I know that, you alone? Azin You did so much to help my people. What are you trying to gain from this?”

Azin steps back for a bit and remember his orders. “I vow to my obedience to Lady Constantine. The society must thrive and away from the influence of two threats on this world. Dependency of the impossible and the abandonment of their origins, this is my actions to prevent the new order that go against us in the future. History will always talk about wars. Your own people have almost raised a civil war in Fuku City last week. There is nothing you have witness so far where I can finally reach the truth”