It was Thursday, a big thing happened.

Strange-shaped monsters known as mutants gathered in one place that had been destroyed. A place called Florida, America.

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Huh, America... This place hasn't changed. Crushed down like this. Must be Rawlisa’s job!

"Hey, you came, Hatan?"

This voice, Elfa. Yes, no doubt, this is her voice.

"Where are you, you damn bastard!"

"Who are you calling a damn bastard, you bastard! I'm up here!"

Elfa, she is a strong girl. Yes, she was something that used to be a girl and she was strong.

"Hey, interested in some rumbles?"

"Not for today. There's a problem to fix!"

Tch, it's always like that.

"Okay, right, it must be very hard to take care of that big boy alone, Aren't you!"

"... You'd better take your word for it, Hatan! I also have a limit to my patience!"

Hehe, she's hooked.

"Ouh, the limit of patience. Yes, I understand how you feel, Elfa. Having to take care of the big boy-- woo--"

I managed to dodge her attack. Electric attack from Elfa, the mutant with the greatest energy capacity.

"Hatan... You died!"

Yes, this is it. Electric attacks that can kill me with quick speed of effect. This is a great training target.

[Hatan, Elfa, stop your stupid actions! Hurry up to the hotel!]

My body, damn it, can't move. That Rawlisa bastard.

"I think we should stop the training first, Elfa!"

"... I'll remember what you said, Hatan!"

"But, do you know where the hotel Rawlisa is referring to? You know, she didn't leave any clues in this town. There are only collapsed buildings and hundreds of zombie corpses. Wait, what's with that stare of yours?"

"Tch, you're insensitive to people's moods. I, too, don't know where it is. I think we better ask again!"

"How? Can you connect to Hormet?"

"Not at all. Maybe with something else!"

Elfa, this mutant, she pointed her finger up. It was a thunderbolt.

Terrible sound. If only I was still a human, I wouldn't be surprised if I went deaf to it. Being near the source of lightning and being able to remember the event is something that humans rarely encounter. Yes, I am the fastest mutant, Hatan.

"So did you tell them our position? Did you think they would just come?"

"If they're smart enough, that's what they'll do!"

Wing flap. It was a gargoyle-type mutant.

"... My respects to lord Elfa and lord Hatan. I have come to escort the masters to the meeting place!"

Rawlisa's servant, huh.

"Show me the way!"

"Yes, my lord!"

Thanks to that messenger mutant, the two of us were finally able to reach our destination. The hotel, ah doesn't matter what the name is, basically it's the only five star hotel left in this city. Seeing that there are still humans inside, huh, looks like Rawlisa's habit is still there since back then. I would definitely get beat up by them if I killed one of these humans.

"Ah!"

Hehe, that idiot spilled wine on the wrong person. Jinso, well, he's the worst person here. That human will run out of his life.

"Please forgive me, sir!"

"... Humu!"

Huh? Wait, Jinso that vile mutant just touched that human's shoulder? Are the rumors wrong? No, I've seen it myself, he likes to tinker with the human body at will. This must be because they, humans, are under Rawlisa's protection.

"Hoho, you're really kind, Jinso!"

Kars, he's Jinso's rival. In terms of intellect and ability to control other mutants, they are fierce rivals. However, there is a clear difference between the two of them. It was strength and tactics, yes, Jinso was the winner.

"I am a benevolent being. I used to be human too, obviously I had compassion for them, these weak, rudimentary beings... Just... I won't spare those stupid humans who refuse to accept blessing to being a mutant!"

He just squeezed the human's head.

"You killed him, if I may tell you!"

I said it. Haha, I hope he's not mad at me.

"Well, I guess I should apologize to Rawlisa for destroying this doll. Usually people like this don't really cared about!"

Somehow, this will be interesting.

"So... Who have been came here?"

Very heavy deep breath. He is Garonga. His body is very large and I hope this roof floor can withstand the weight of that body.

"There are several who have arrived in this area of the city, Hatan, Elfa, me, you, Kars, Hormet, Rawlisa and lord Akadir!"

Akadir, huh, he's the leader of this league. I'm not underestimating him, it's just that, if we fight with him, I think Elfa and I can beat him. He simply relies too much on physical strength.

"If you think sir Akadir only relies on physical strength, you're wrong, Hatan!”

Huh, there's someone behind me! She... is Rawlisa!

“Yoo, long time no see you, bastard! So, can you let me go now?”

Yes, she's the bastard who controlled me.

“Fufu, won't. You guys still have to be under my control!”

Bastard. I can't move at all to attack her. That pretentious pretty face hidden behind that mask, I want to hit it!

“Also, Jinso, why do you like killing my sources-people so much! He still has a few stories to tell!”

“Ahh, sorry, I thought he was a regular errand boy. Can I still apologize?"

Rawlisa, yes, she is the most terrible mutant here. Even Jinso stays under her.

"No need, I'll fill in the story after. After all, his life story is only about sex and cheating. I've got a picture of my new story!"

From what I heard, Rawlisa, this mutant really likes to write novels. In the past, she always captured humans alive for interrogation and she would turn the series of stories into novels. I've read one of Rawlisa's novels, it's pretty good. It's just still, it's a stupid thing for a mutant to do.

“Thank you! By the way, where is lord Akadir now?"

"Ahh, he's taking care of Hormet. Yup, he's relapsed again!"

Hormet, yes, he's a very useful mutant. His ability to transmit waves that we can instinctively catch can reach one earth radius. He's not very strong as a mutant, it's just that I know how great his ability is. Even so, some of us, like the big Garonga, don't recognize the Hormet’s ability as an important ability. Haha, you stupid mutants. They think that physical strength is everything.

“Is that so? Looks like we'll be waiting a while. So, how about we play something first?"

Well, I guess it's going to be a while. Akadir, that mutant always keeps us waiting for a long time.

In the end, to pass the time, the six of us played a game that high-level mutants usually do. Hunting humans in the city. Yes, capturing humans alive is a requirement. Honestly, this is an advantage for Elfa because she can detect humans at great distances, even those hiding underground.

However, my advantage is definitely one, speed. So far, I have got six people. They were all mutilated so they couldn't move anymore. I put them in the basement of the hotel where we gathered.

For two hours we played this game. The winner was Rawlisa, she got 98 people in just two hours while the others, including me, only got about 20 or less. This one mutant was really horrible.

"Hehe, are you guys sure to give all of these men to me?"

"Yes, we also don't need them at all!"

All we wanted was to use the time anyway. Yes, Akadir, he is already at the meeting place. It seemed he was the one waiting for us.

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"Are you guys satisfied with playing? Calm down, I'm not angry, don't look scared like that. Actually I want to join too, but I'll be at a disadvantage, so I'm just sitting here... There's something I want to talk about directly. Yes, this is I can't say through Hormet!"

Haha, this dammit is acting like he's the one in power. Well, for some reason I don't know, Rawlisa did bow to this damn thing.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, lord Akadir!"

Also Jinso. They should both be able to become mutants as big and famous as Kram. That damn Akadir wasted their talent.

"Then let's start the meeting!"

...

"Wait, it wouldn't be fair if you took all of America alone!"

Their talk has already started. I have to record it.

"Jinso, what do you think is the proper division?"

Alright, the big monster that looks like a dark mage is Jinso. I have to send it.

"I think the whole of America is for you, lord Akadir!"

"Ugh, this is so unfair!"

Also the monster in dark armor, about three meters tall. His name was Akadir and he seemed to be the leader of these superior mutants. I've sent the data, I think he's our main target today.

"Even though I will control it, it doesn't mean I will forbid you to enter or have a share. I will just make my base here and it's up to you to stay here or not. However, as the leader of the league, I have to get a big share!"

Well, he is the leader. No doubt.

"Tch, fine. Then, can I take my own share?"

"That's up to you!"

"I don't like Europe because it's contaminated, I prefer India!"

"All right, then you may have it!"

This is the topic of power sharing. Well, they were without any basis, based solely on power and leadership, dividing the world's territories as if they were the rulers of this world. This cannot be allowed.

I'm Richard Shepherd. I'm an intelligent agent. For some reason, I got an indistinctly shaped tattoo on my torso area. At the same time, I got something people called bless which allows me to eliminate my existence. This helps me in infiltrating and spying on enemy movements. Right now, I'm in the most dangerous place. This is a hotel, whatever the name was, used for superior mutants to meet. The one in front of me, in the distance, was the culprit behind the collapse of this world.

"Then it's been decided about that. Everyone has got their respective territories and we also have the same task. We have to make a fleet in each place! We from the top leagues are willing to help. For the meeting with the others, we will make sure that they will not take the region you want!"

"Is it over? I thought something important was going to happen!"

"Don't be in a hurry, I wanted to say this too. You heard it too, didn't you? About the area that became the stronghold of the blessed, Michigan!"

Oh, that's right. Michigan, the place that survived the attack of zombies and mutants. If I'm not mistaken, almost half of their population is blessed and thanks to that, they can protect their territory even if it's only as big as a city.

"Yeah, wait, are we going to attack them?"

What, dammit, this is emergency information!

"Yes, I intend to attack them tonight!"

"Are you sure... I mean, with the strength of just the eight of us?"

"Honestly just one of us is enough... Hatan, you're the one!"

"Huh?"

This is something that should be noted. Damn, if I don't tell them, a lot of the blessed will die.

"Have you ever heard of the Lake Michigan myth? The Loch Ness myth?"

"What's that got to do with Loch Ness?"

"Nothing, it's just that we're going to help you outwit them. Yes, we'll be that Loch Ness and when the surveillance wears off, it's your speed that has to work!"

The myth of Loch Ness and the speed mutant. I have to send it to the center!

"Ah! Did I hit something earlier?"

Damn it, why is there someone behind me!

My sat phone... It's downstairs. Damn, it fell!

I have to get it right away. I haven't finished typing that yet.

"Oh, oh, I thought who it is, turns out there's a little mouse that came in!"

This voice, mutant Rawlisa!

Wait, she's already in front of me. Can she see me?

"I haven't felt your existence since. It seems that you have a pretty unique bless, don't you think?"

Damn it, I have to kill her fast!

My gun, wait, no, where's my hand?

"If you're looking for this, I've already removed it. Well, I hope you have some stories that could become my new piece of writing!"

Oh shit.

~~~

The serenity of the night envelops. It was night in Michigan City. The calm before the storm.

"Have you been feeling colder lately?"

"No, I guess it's just your feeling!"

Tight security in all directions, the City of Michigan earned the nickname as the safest city in America. Or so they say for the reason that half the population is blessed.

"Wait, did you see that?"

Something flashed in the eyelids of the guard's eye. It was in the direction of the lake, northwest of their position.

"That is Loch Ness, right?"

"Wait, that's what it looks like! Hey, should we give an alarm?"

"Are you stupid, we can make money if we catch that!"

"It's even more stupid of you to think that money is still valuable now! I'll tell the others--"

The guard came down and a huge explosion sounded behind him. It was an attack.

"Attack!"

The alarm goes off. It was a siren that sounded awful considering the languishing of the night time.

"From which direction?"

"From the lake!"

Attack from the water. Akadir had abilities he had never shown before. It was his ability to breathe underwater. Together with Jinso, a mutant who can control several types of elements including explosions, he attacks from the direction of the lake. Making a trick that is not known by the residents there.

"Those are mutants! They... It's just one person!"

Jinso, the only mutant that appears above the surface of the water. Akadir was below him waiting for the other humans to gather around. A plan to terrorize the humans there.

"Can we shoot him from this distance?"

"How is it, commander?"

"We've seen it. Prepare our ballistics!"

Dozens of ballistics and RPG carrier troops are coming. Simultaneously with their commander's orders, all of them were fired towards one point. It was Jinso, a mutant who didn't care about such attacks. All rockets and fire stopped when they were five meters away. They explode or fall into the water.

In Jinso's vision, it was an ordinary sight. However, in the view of the troops on the human side, it was as if the mutants they attacked were something invulnerable. Jinso remained silent, waiting for Akadir's signal to attack. On the other hand, the human side continued to increase their troops and guard on the North side, on the side where Jinso is there.

Unbeknownst to them, Hatan sneaks in, the fastest mutant, from the South. The guard there was weakened, they were easily killed by Hatan. It was a tall fortress that Hatan could jump over easily, a fortress created by the combined strength and efforts of the blessed there.

Hatan is in charge of infiltrating. The task is pretty easy, get into the oil and weapon arsenal warehouse, destroy it and ruffle the other places if can. That's what Hatan had to do and it went smoothly.

"Heh, to think this would be in his mind!"

Hatan destroys all the existing oil barrels. He didn't burn it because it was something that shouldn't be done.

"I am done!"

[Alright!]

Hatan sent a message to Akadir via wave transmission. This can only be done by superior mutants within a certain radius. However, it's a powerful ability that comes in handy.

Akadir, who received the message, was moving underwater. He had already prepared something there, hundreds of waterproof explosives. It was an explosive with almost the same power as an atomic bomb. Even though there will be an explosion on his front, Akadir didn't care about that because he knew that any explosion couldn't destroy him. He is made of strong materials.

A huge explosion occurred underwater in Lake Michigan. From Akadir's vision, it was something very loud and big. However, on the side of the guards and humans, it was a small pop from a distance. Yes, a small clear pop that would make a big impact.

"Something happened to the water!"

"Wait, is it a tsunami?"

"Impossible, this lake can't generate a natural tsunami! It must have something to do with the mutant! Keep attacking!"

The water rolled up and eventually reached the city. It flooded the area quickly and eventually it would hit the thousands of liters of oil and grease that Hatan had spilled.

"Hey, why does the water feel sticky?"

Someone who was on top of the building asked. He noticed that the water below looked thick and unusual. It is dark water.

[Jinso, now!]

The signal has been launched. Jinso, with a power known as magic among mutants, created a large fireball. The guards on top of the building couldn't do anything but focus on shooting Jinso the mutant while being mesmerized by the yellow color in the middle of the lake. The yellow color that will envelop the city.

The ball was thrown, and someone noticed the oddity.

"Wait, this is all oil and grease!"

"What!"

The fireball reached the plains in the city. A huge explosion occurred and the fire spread through the water to the entire city. The blessed who had been preparing for another mutant attack were in a panic. In addition to the water they thought was an ordinary flood, it turned out that there would be fire that came to cover the surface.

The city of Michigan that night became a sea of fire. The blessed who felt that the city was about to be crushed by only one mutant known as Jinso scattered away. However, what they will approach around the forest are thousands of Tank mutants led by Rawlisa. A mutant who has a feminine body like a woman only with a height of about two and a half meters.

No one survived the incident except for the mutants and some humans who were captured to be made slaves. On June 18, the next day, the United Nations announced that the city of Michigan had now fallen and they also announced who the mutant league was. Information is still lacking, but still are enough to warn people about the threat of superior mutants.

[... That's our message. Our sincerity!]

"That sounds eerie, doesn't it, Tanaka?"

"Yeah, mutant league huh. I just heard that there are superior mutants too. I thought mutants like Tank mutants were already pretty strong. There are also high-level mutants and now superior mutants. I think the world is going crazy as it gets older!"

In different parts of the time, there are four people who are in one room staring at each other. It was Tanaka, Yuki, Taki and Haruka. They talked about the next plan after successfully making the fields. A relaxed group in this apocalypse world.

"So what do you think, Tanaka? Are we going to get into that survivor league? We'll get ammo if we join, maybe!"

"No Yuki, we will not join. You know, if we join then we will be their troops to fight on the front line! I don't want you to get involved and I can't just leave you guys!"

Tanaka, a full-excuse person. He could actually just walk away and join the fight with the other survivors on that big mission, but he was just too lazy.

'Ugh, I don't want to get out of this territory!'

That's what's in his heart. He didn't want to leave the place he had built. He was the one who dared to step out of his room and erase his hikikomori nature, temporarily. However, over time he also returned to this trait, the nature of a hikikomori who does not care about the outside world and only lives in his own territory. Live in a large room bordered by houses and barricades. It was the room that Tanaka considered his home.

"Well, it's a long way after all. Even if we try to come along, we might end up being abandoned in this country. However, I heard earlier that there is a mutant region sharing as well. What kind of mutant is coming to our country, did you heard about it?"

"No, all I heard was that the neighboring country and the west were ruled. Thank goodness none of those monsters came to our country!"

"It can't be helped, this country is resource-poor. I heard that they are also eyeing natural resources to prepare for another attack. Earlier they also said that our enemy this time is a monster with human brains. Yes, I guess this is some kind of war with humans, just it's more difficult because they have monster-like physiques!"

"Yeah, the point is that you guys agree that we don't need to be part of them?"

"Yes!"

"Actually I feel a little bad. It's just that, if you say so, Tanaka, then I'll follow along!"

'That's right. They have their own problems and we have ours too. I actually wanted to help, it's just that it's a bit difficult to be able to travel far in times like this. I'm not even sure if there is a strong enough transportation service to get someone from Japan to America. Anyways, I've made this place as safe as possible. I mean, must I go out to survive this?'

Tanaka's decision, they will not join this world war mission. That was what he decided without thinking about what would happen to the surroundings. A decision that will bring something bad for the future, the death of many people.

On the other hand, many survivors and blessed got the message. People who are important players in this change.

"This is a declaration of war against the mutants. Yes, we will say it out loud, they will lose, lose before God's blessing that has been sent to us! Oo, comrade, unite!"

"Oooo!"

On the East side, there was a large united army. Under the name Survivor Hub league, the first survivor league to form, they responded to a call from the United Nations. From the start, they had been moving with enthusiasm. It was Eastern Russia, a place filled with ice and cold air. There was rarely anyone there, however, it was also an advantage for them as the zombies became harder to move.

They are Survivor Hub. The league that will be the main assistant to the East Asia region.

"Oi, Cahya, did you see this? I think it has something to do with the one in your dream!"

"Yeah, this face appeared in my dream. It's just, I forgot what happened... Aghhh, that's too fast. Do you know how it is when a movie is playing at a hundred times faster? Yes, it's like that!"

On the South side, there is a girl who will bring about a big change. Cahya Melati, the person who gets the blessing of Clairvoyance, the person who will be the guide of mankind to salvation. She is now on her way to her parents' house.

"What are we going to do, Takeda?"

"Obviously we're going to join!"

From the Eastern countries, there are also people who are willing to help. A former general who was blessed. His warrior spirit has not been extinguished. They were in the Eastern region of Japan, in contrast to Tanaka who was in the Western region.

Apart from them, there are many blessed who are willing to join this mission. Various motivations lead to one definite direction, war.