"...25,562…"

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After successfully finding Eve, V engages in a fierce battle with the villagers' deity, firmly believing it to be the cause of their suffering. However, it is later revealed that the deity was a victim all along. Now, V contemplates what to do from this point on out…

The monster grovels on the ground in pain, As it had enough and wants nothing more but for death to end its torture, Amidts A serge on emotions, or rather memories unknown to him all flooded his mind.

These weren't his memories…or rather all the memories of the victims in this village..the memories of the people who were tortured in that room…All were choreographed by none other but Adolf himself.

*V-" W-What…is happening…what are these images…I can hear their screams…I can feel them…All of this…"*

V could not fathom the level of cruel images displayed in front of him, It made him sick to his core, and he stepped back a few times. The situation Filled V with nothing other than disgust, so much so he couldn't hold back from puking. Everything had made sense up until this point…It was as if something had cracked inside V's head.

*V-" I…See...I messed up huh…Without realizing it…I let my anger get the best of me…Had I known that you too…were one of them…I.."*

V stood up and slowly walked toward the monster. The monster sees V coming closer and screams out of fear. Seeing the monster like this V felt misunderstood…Some part of him now wanted to comfort the monster but the monster didn't take it as that. V gets closer, He tries to touch the monster but his hands phased through.

V-"...I …can't touch him?... Why…is it because of the first rule?"

"No physical attack could deal any damage to the originator"

The first rule set by V. Any amount of physical damage would not be dealt to the originator, due to the entity and the originator existing on different planes of the same timeline. Thus neither the originator nor the Entity can come in direct contact unless the originator allows it.

V-" The first rule…"

"Disable First Rule-"

By V's command, the first rule of the "Room" will be disabled and both the entity and the originator will exist in the same lane of reality, making them able to make contact with each other physically.

Just as The first rule had been disabled, V gets closer to the monster and touches it. As soon as the monster realizes he can physically touch V, The monster lashes out in anger, gets on top of V, and bites down on his shoulder. Blood starts to spew out of his shoulder as it bites down harder and harder.

But V didn't retaliate this time…Instead, he accepted the monster…and let it bite down as hard as possible.

V-"...at first glance, it would look he's biting for brewing anger with me…for attacking him…but he's not doing this out of hate or rage…He's doing this out of fear… "

V puts his hand on the monster's head and gently pats him, the monster is confused as to why V was doing such a thing…Some part of V felt nothing but to comfort the monster of his suffering. The monster lets go of V, It looks at V but this time not in the form of a monster but the form of a young little boy. The tears coming out of the monster this time were not from being in pain…These tears…were Relief.

The relief of the burden and the pain that the boy and his mother had to endure all these times. The little boy held on to V's shirt as it cried out to its heart's content and V, Hugged the young boy and made him feel secure. Amidst all of this, All V could think of at the time was the struggles and the suffering of not only the boy but everyone who had been slaughtered in this village. The memories of the victims, their screams, their pleading all the emotions of the people's past, start to eat him from inside out…even though he had held the boy in his arms all he could feel was the cold.

"...Not only this boy..but all the people here have suffered here so much…with no reason at all…why must humans be so ruthless with one another?… I thought the world was a dream-like place where everything had order, everything was beautiful and the people, smiling to their heart's content…But Eiko's memory…why is it different to what they said?... If the world back then really was perfect…then why did she have to go through all of that…Was it a lie?...was it a lie that the world back then was a perfect one?... Aren't humans supposed to be kind to each other? End to everything?... aren't they supposed to be the pinnacle of creation? Then why must they do something like this to their kin?... All these people now…they never deserved this…"

A voice then echoes out.

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"Was the Human I envisioned, like this?"

V-"...Where did that voice come from…That was my voice but…i never said…what is going on here…the subliminal space…it's colliding with the primordial timeline…"

"Right now…I feel so empty inside…like something inside me is breaking apart slowly…I feel as if I'm starting to lose my mind… but right now that doesn't matter…right now .. I wish to do something for these people here..they never deserved to be treated like this…and this time I know who to confront…this time..for these people..I'll give them what they wish for…Right now…this is my desire…"

"...This is their Retribution-"

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Soon enough after the young boy finished crying, The boy sat in front of V…not sure what to do anymore… V wonders what he should do for the boy…letting the boy out of "Room" would only result in The boy reverting to a monster…V wanted to do something for the boy…he felt if he couldn't do anything for this boy…then her mother would only continue to blame herself in the afterlife…Just then an idea came across V's mind.

V-"The primordial timeline…The primordial timeline exists by God's will…Even if God had died..as long as his will says the timeline would continue…If that's the main theory then…my existence is proof and the resource of this timeline that I created… everything here goes by my will, no one else's...if that's the case…"

V gently puts his hand on top of the boy's head.

"Do…you wanna come with me?.. "

The boy looks up at V, V has a pained expression on his face, making the boy anxious but the boy doesn't want to leave him. The boy stood up on his feet and wiped away his tears. V understood the boy had made his decision. V holds the boy's hand.

V-" Ok!! Let's go to our new home okay?"

The boy doesn't understand what V had meant by "Home'. But for some reason, the boy was very much excited. V holds out his other hand and summons a gate. A gate, emitting a golden hue and light. It was as if the warm sunlight of spring fell upon them. The doors open wide, opening to the actual subliminal space. The boy gets frightened about what's going on but V holds the boy's hand tight, reassuring him of his security as they walk in the gate. They kept on walking and walking, as the boy looked back, he saw the doors closing but as the doors closed..his mother stood before the gate…With a tender smile…she sends off her child…To where he should be and the boy smiles back at his mother, reassuring her that the place he was going…was a great one...

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Some time had passed after that. Eve had finally woken up from her slumber.

Eve-" Hmm..mm..Steak…monster…monster steak?...MONSTER!!"

Eve jolts up from her slumber and comically takes an attack position. She looked around to find the monster but all she could see were banged-up walls and rubble. She walks forward and finds a black dome chained up to the ground and walls. Eve grows anxious as the black dome emits a sense of a dangerous aura as if the dome had a "living sense" of its own. But Eve grows restless and gets closer to the dome out of curiosity. Something about the dome captivated Eve Like it was trying to converse with her. But just as Eve was about to touch the dome, it cracked. Eve gets startled and comically jolts back. The dome breaks and V comes out from it. Eve was very much confused as to why V was there.

Eve-" V??!..wha..how-..why are you here? Actually, how did you get here in the first place…wait a minute how did I come here in the first place?"

V-" Good to see you too Eve."

Eve-" Hm…Oh yeah, there was this woman…after getting lost there was this woman who was messing with my head…then there was this monster…where it go though?..."

V-"...I've taken care of it…"

Eve-" Oh, so you killed it already huh?"

V-"...No…he's in a better place now"

Eve-" He?"

V-" Never mind the details… let's get out of here... I have some stuff to take care of-"

Eve-"...mm..yeah.."

The both of them got up from the pit and started to get out of the cave.

Eve-" Something feels off about him..like..he seems angry..like really angry but he's trying not to show it…what happened here while I was out?..."

They progressed while keeping an eye out for anything. They came past the same door with corpses. V just looks at the door without uttering a word.

Eve-" Hm?..what's this door doing here?"

*Eve tries to open the door*

V-" Eve…Don't even get remotely close to this room… keep on moving forward...I'll catch up in a bit"

Eve-"...Hey.. you're acting weird this isn't like you.."

V-"...sorry but…I don't want you to experience something like this…at least not now…please head forward I'll catch up."

Eve-"...Hey..If something's on your mind…I'm here…rely on me a little…Kay?"

*Eve puts her fist out*

V-"...Thanks.. I'll do so"

*They both exchanged fist bumps*

Eve heads on ahead. V enters the room filled with corpses and puts his hand on one of the corpses.

"-Null"

In an instant, the corpses started to burn. Black flames engulfed each of the corpses, burning everything and leaving no trace. As the flame turns each of the corpses into ash, V stands in front with empty eyes. He felt nothing but emptiness…he understood that his feelings right now were nothing but irrelevant. Suddenly Eve comes behind V. V notices that Eve had already entered the room even though he forbade him to go inside. Eve stands beside V…

Eve-"...I won't say anything about this…I'm sure there's a reason why all of this happened…everything's up to you now"

V looks at Eve from the corner of his eyes. He knew Eve wasn't trying to comfort him, rather…she reminded him of what he had to do.

V heads on forward with Eve. The man(Kevin) was standing in front of the entrance of the cave. The man(Kevin) felt relieved after seeing his niece. He looks over to V but he quickly understands that something about V has changed. The look in his eyes had gotten darker. And his expression…dreadful. The man(Kevin) refrained from asking anything. He figured it's best to let the kid have some alone time.

V looks beside the man(Kevin) and sees the girl they rescued, sleeping peacefully. Seeing such had lightened V's heart. V crouches beside the girl and puts his hand on her cheek. But seeing the girl having no arms or legs saddens him.

V-"...How long do you think she'll be out for?"

The man(Kevin)-" Not sure…judging from all the shit she had to go through… wouldn't be surprised if she slept for days."

V-"...Until she wakes up we'll take care of her… there wouldn't be any problems yes?"

The man(Kevin)-" Yeah that shouldn't be a problem but…it'd be best if she was in a safer environment than being with us, I'll report this to the organization when we reach Ethdam."

V-" Yes..please do so…sorry but could you carry her?"

Eve-" Don't worry I'll carry her…poor thing…must've gone through hell..yet she's still alive..that's all that matters"

V-"...Let's head back to the village…I have some unfinished business left to attend to…"

They head on towards the village. This time, they noticed something about the forest had changed. The eerieness of the forest, the mist, the darkness of it had been lifted. The forest felt more…refreshing with sunlight shining through the leaves. Nothing about the forest was similar to how it used to be. Not even once did they encounter any kind of monster, beast, animal…or even the woman covered in white silk.

As they finally reached the village, they all headed towards the main house where they were previously residing. The man(Kevin) and Eve see the destruction in the backyard where V and Adolf had fought earlier. The monsters that stood there had vanished, leaving nothing but rubble behind. They gathered around the main room to discuss what to do from now.

Eve-" So…making an educated guess here but I guess everybody's already dead?"

The man(Kevin)-" A very dark guess if ya asked me.."

Eve-" Bruh-"

V-" This place isn't real…This is the Gift of this village's supposed goddess…But from the looks of it..even if the goddess had died the effect of the Gift remains."

Eve-" So you mean we're stuck here forever or something?!! NOOOO I DON'T WANNA GROW OLD AND DIE HERE!!"

The man(Kevin)-" There's no guarantee on how long we can survive out here I suggest we try to look for…"

V-"...72 hours…Give me 72 hours… then we'll find a way out…There's enough rations for the next 3 days…"

The man(Kevin)-"...Seems kinda fishy, why would you want to stay here for 3 days...V…you're hiding something aren't you?"

V-"...As I said before…I have some things I need to take care of before we leave…I made a promise.."

V's vague answer and his expression…The man couldn't help but wonder what had made the boy change so much in his demeanor.

The man(Kevin)-" Well knowing you it's probably something Important huh?..I'll believe in ya kid…so believe in us too… okay?"

The man's (Kevin's) statement shocked V. His eyes widened, and wasn't able to answer. V stands up to get out of the room.

V-" Thanks…Kevin…"

V leaves to go somewhere. Eve reluctantly follows him and notices V slowly walking towards the backyard.

Eve-" Where are we going?"

V-" The backyard…someone's waiting there"

Eve-" WHAT?? THERE'S SOMEONE HERE OTHER THAN US?"

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V-" Yeah…"

"But not for long…"

Both of them come out to the backyard. Eve looks around the backyard, finding nothing but rubble and damaged property. But just right ahead lies the true cause of all of this. There lies the head of Adolf, stuck on a stake.

Old man Adolf-".. Yo...YORf SFIR ALIEEF!!"

(Old man-"*Gasps*...you…YOU'RE STILL ALIVE")

V-" You're still kicking huh…even though your head's been severed you still have a conscious…Just perfect"

Eve-" H-Hey…Isn't that the..village chief..how'd he-"

V-" Eve-"

Eve-" Yes!!..W-what is…it.."

V stands before Adolf. V crouches down and touches the soil. Initiating his technique.

"Room-"

The ground starts to shake. Eve gets startled and thinks they're getting attacked by something. Black matter starts to form around V and Adolf. Slowly, the black matter starts to form a dome. Eve stands in confusion as to what is happening.

"For the next 72 hours…no one will step foot into this backyard..no one…"

V looks back to Eve. She gets startled looking at V's Expression. V's eyes did not have any glint of light...his eyes had gone so dark, that even light couldn't penetrate them. His eyes frightened Eve.

"Don't come near this place…"

The dome made of dark matter closes up completely. Eve got goosebumps from just looking at V…Eve tried to understand what had been going on in his mind..but right now what V needed most…was to finish the job.

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Hour 00.

Old man Adolf-" YOUFF…HREBIRN!! (YOU VERMIN!!)"

V-" Ah…I guess you can't talk properly with that stake sticking out your throat…"

V pulls out the head from the stake and throws it on the ground…

V-" Hmm…Let's patch you up for now-"

V snapped his fingers and in an instant, Adolf's body had been restored and was able to talk properly again.

Old man Adolf-"...you…YOU PILE OF ABSOLUTE SHIT!! HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO OUR FAMILY!!!"

V-" Family you say?"

Old man Adolf-" You..you're even lucky to be alive…seems like our Goddess has shown you mercy and let you out of the forest, I pity you for being so pathetic enough to come back covered with bruises and a big wound like that! HAHAHA"

V-" You're so-called Godess is dead"

Old man Adolf-" HAHA-...w-what..did you just…say?"

Adolf's voice was shaken up, confused as to what V said. The Goddess of their village had been killed by V.

Old man Adolf-"...I-Impossible…IMPOSSIBLE!!! HOW? HOW!? A MERE PATHETIC HUMAN CAN'T WIN AGAINST A GODDESS, A LITERAL GODDESS, YOU MUST BE BLUFFING THIS IS ALL A LIE-"

V-"...I don't care if you think this is a lie or not…I don't care whatever happens to this village anymore…I'm just here to keep my promise…I'm here…For your judgment."

Old man Adolf-"...my… judgment…what are you saying? What do likes of you have to say to me? I'M FAR SUPERIOR THEN YOU, I'M BETTER THAN EVERY WAY-"

V-" SHUT THE HELL UP BEFORE I RIP THAT TONGUE OUT-"

V's eyes darken as his mental state starts to change at a rapid pace. His sudden threat sent shivers down Adolf's spine.

V-" I don't care what you think of yourself as of now…I'm going to ask you 3 questions…answer them truthfully and I'll decide your judgment"

Adolf, covered in cold sweat, gulps from the anxiety and fear.

V-" Oh..also if you do lie at any moment…instant judgment will be given accordingly…I hope you don't screw up this time…"

Old man Adolf-"..."

V-"...First question…Everything that you have done up until this point...Every person you've captured, tortured, humiliated, castrated..from start to finish…why did you do it?"

V's question baffled Adolf.

Old man Adolf-"...I wanted to grow our family…I wanted more family members under the blessing of our Godde-"

"Adolf-"

Adolf sweats profusely, and V's tone has become more and more horrid and impatient.

V-"...I'm giving you one more chance…Lie one more time…And you'll live to regret it.."

Old man Adolf-" I'M NOT LYING YOU INSOLENT-"

In the blink of an eye, His arms and legs were severed completely. Blood starts to gush out and the pain is so unbearable that Adolf screams in pain and fear. He screams as he tries to run but all he can do is to squirm around on the ground like a worm. V slowly gets behind Adolf and holds him by his hair.

V-"...As I said…lie again…and you'll live to regret it"

V snaps his fingers and the scene shifts. Now, Adolf is tied up on a Chair and his arms and legs have been restored completely. Adolf looks around to see nothing but pitch-black darkness.

V-" Now then…Answer the question, Adolf…I expect you to not screw up this time…"

Old man Adolf-" Screw up?... SCREW YOU AND ALL THE PEOPLE YOU'RE REFERRING TO! YES, I KILLED THEM, TORTURED THEM, HUMILIATED THEM, WHAT MORE ENJOYMENT CAN YOU HAVE THAN TO SEE SOMEONE SUFFER IN FRONT OF YOU, MAKING YOU FEEL THE SUPERIOR ONE…I AM THE SUPIRIOR ONE, THEY DESERVED TO BE TORTURED THEY DESEARVED TO DIE, AND I REGRET NONE OF IT THOSE TRASH CAN JUST SUCK MY DICK AND GROVEL ON THE GROUND AS WORMS EAT THEIR EYEBALLS AND FINALLY EAT THEIR BRAIN AHHH~ THE LOOK ON DESPAIR AS THEY LOSE ALL HOPE I GET SO AROUSED BY IT~ I AM TOP! I AM THE SUPIRIOR BEING I AM GOD'S CHOSEN!!-

*Gasping for air in excitement*"

V-"...question 02…Do you..even for the slightest…regret what you have done?"

Old man Adolf-"...Pfft- HAHAHAHAHA!! REGRET? ABOUT WHAT?? FROM WHAT I'M CONCERNED THEY DESERVED TO BE MANGLED AND DEFORMED LIKE THAT. GOD MADE A MISTAKE AND I FIXED IT!! AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED THEY SHOULD ROT UNTIL THEIR SOULS START TO KILL THEMSELVES HAHAHAHAHA!!!"

V-" I see…last question…"

"Does the name Eiko ring a bell?"

V's last question startled Adolf. He looks at V for a few seconds with a shocked expression on his face.

Old man Adolf-" OI…HOW THE FUCK DO YOU KNOW HER NAME?-"

V stares at Adolf without showing a hint of any sort of emotion. Adolf yells as he demands to know how V knew about Eiko.

V-"...This concludes the questioning-"

Old man Adolf-" OI!! DON'T FUCK WITH ME HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT BITCH'S NAME-"

"Silence"

A needle then penetrates Adolf's upper lip, passing through to the lower lip. This process repeated until his mouth was completely sewn shut. The pain caused him to weep but he could not utter even a single sound.

V-"Hmm…i haven't set a 3rd rule yet…guess i could try something out now…"

"By the authority of the Originator, any selected Entity will now be able to go to the 'Judgement' Phase"

The "judgment" phase. By V's wish and authority over his timeline. Any entity selected by him will now be eligible for judgment. By judgment, an entity can justify itself for its acts. If the entity justified itself then the entity will be compensated accordingly. If the judgment proves wrong then by V's wish, judgment will be passed down accordingly. (This rule had been explicitly applied due to the incident with Eiko and her child.)

V-"Adolf…by your justification…I deem you guilty-"

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Hour 01.

Adolf struggles as he tries to untie himself from the chair but is unable to do so. V gets behind Adolf.

V-" Say…Do you even remember the faces of your victims?"

Old man Adolf-"*Muffles*"

V-" I'll take that as a no…then I presume you have no idea how many people you have killed?"

As V talks, V suddenly breaks one of Adolf's fingers. Adolf tries to scream in pain but his mouth is sewn up. He moves his feet back and forth, scratching his toenails on the ground, unable to handle the pain.

*Old man Adolf-" W-What is happening..the time he severed my head I felt no pain…I shouldn't be able to feel pain anymore..but why WHY CAN I FEEL THIS??? WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS KID??"*

V continued to twist his finger, clockwise. He kept on twisting and twisting and twisting…

*Twisting Sfx*

"Ah-...it came off…"

V casually throws away the twisted-off finger. He moved on to the next. He kept on repeating this until all of his fingers and his toes were completely twisted off. The pain was unbearable. So much so he wanted to scream out loud but in doing so..forcing his mouth to scream, his lips tore right off of his face.

"...Hmm..Looks like you're out of fingers and toes…aren't you?..."

Old man Adolf-"...please…make it stop…I beg of you.."

V-"...don't you understand Adolf?... You don't have the right to ask for mercy-"

Despair falls upon Adolf…

V-" Let me refrain my question…Do you know how many people you have killed till now?"

Old man Adolf-"I-...I-I-I- don't know-"

"25,562…victims…"

V-"...25,562 victims…in short…25,562 turns-"

Old man Adolf-"...W-what do you mean by turns"

V-" Pretty self-explanatory…I'm going to give you your punishment..after finishing that will be counted as a 'Turn'...Ah…how about this? Since your fingers and toes are now twisted off…you'll have to go 25,542…you can call that mercy-"

Old man Adolf-"...y-.YOU" RE A MONSTER!"

V-"...Monster?…huh…A monster calling me a monster…gee~ What a fine compliment"

Old man Adolf-"..i..i…didn…I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG, THAT BITCH EIKO! IF SHE'D NEVER LEFT THE HOUSE THEN THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED! IF ONLY SHE OBEYED LIKE THE BITCH SHE IS EVERYTHING WOULD HAVE GONE HOW I WANTED. THIS IS WRONG THIS IS WRONG THIS IS WRONG THIS IS WRONG THIS IS WRONG, THIS IS WRONG. I DID NOTHING WRONG, I DID NOTHING WRONG, SHE SHOULD'VE JUST DIED RIGHT THERE AND THERE. IT WAS ALL HER FAULT, EIKO YOU FILTHY FUCK-MEAT I SHOULD'VE KILLED YOU JUST LIKE I KILLED MY BROTHER WHY SHOULD I SEE ALL OF THEIR SUCCESSES WHILE I FAILED? THIS IS SO FUCKED I HOPE SHE DIED RIGHT THERE AND THERE!!"

A long pause follows after Adolf's rants.

"...You done?"

Old man Adolf-"...What-"

V-"...change of plans…"

V snaps his fingers and the scene shifts. Adolf finds himself chained down on a stone workbench. He tries to free himself but there's no point.his fingers and toes were already twisted off, what more was he going to do? Adolf wondered.

V points to Adolf's right where a ginormous Sledgehammer manifests out of thin air. The size of the hammer was enough to cover more than 10 people. V points his finger above Adolf. Adolf, shivering from what he thinks is about to happen, looks at the brittle surface of the sledgehammer.

Old man Adolf-" W-what are you-"

Suddenly, V points down, and the sledgehammer drops on top of Adolf and completely squashes Adolf. Starting from his palm to his feet, his body had completely been squashed. His intestines fly out and blood spews everywhere. V points his finger up, and the sledgehammer goes up and displays what had become of Adolf. Everything starting from his eyes to his teeth to his bones…everything had been completely massacred and demolished. His body had been completely smashed. But…

V snaps his fingers again.

Adolf's destroyed body instantly gets restored. He regains his consciousness. A few seconds went by as he tried to analyze what had just happened to him. After a few seconds, Adolf screamed out as he felt as if his entire body was in unimaginable pain. He screams, cries, shits, and pisses himself.

V-" This is how we're going to do this…see this…This giant hammer is going to crush every fiber of your being…"

Old man Adolf-"..huh..?"

V-" Every bone, every muscle fiber, every joint…down to your blood cells…everything..even your soul..it's going to smash everything…then It'll repeat the process…. 25,541 times."

Just from hearing this…Adolf loses his mind, he squirms and squirms so much that he dislocates his hand and completely tears it off accidentally. Adolf screams and squirms and V watches as he completely loses his mind and feels nothing inside. He wondered if it was because of losing his heart that he didn't feel anything.

V-"... Well let's start…let's see how long it'll take for you to get numb from constant pain…If you can get numb to it that is.."

This process repeated for hours, and each time Adolf lost a bit of his sanity and his sense of reality.

Turns left 25,541.

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Hour 27.

Eve grows anxious. She worried about what was going on inside and what happened to V. She sat in front of the backyard, looking at the black dome. Kevin comes behind Eve.

The man(Kevin)-" Still no signs?"

Eve-"... Nope.. what happened when I was knocked out…what happened to him.."

The man(Kevin)-"...The kid's got a kind heart…having a kind heart like that would end up getting himself killed…but having a heart like that is a rarity in this world…"

The scene shifts.

Old man Adolf-"*Gasping for air*...."

V-" Hmm…seem's like you still have a conscious…Hmm…how about we do something like this…"

Old man Adolf-"n…n…no…more…god…help me.."

V-" God?...not 'Goddess'?...why would God help you?"

The sledgehammer, instead of smashing Adolf as a whole, smashed this lower part of his body. He cries and screams in pain so much he lost his vocal cords and he coughs out a ton of blood. V just watches as Adolf is being tortured alive. But something felt wrong…V felt something weird was happening to him.

*V-" How much time has passed?... I feel like…I'm starting to lose my mind as well…Doesn't matter…finish the job, V."*

Adolf's lower part gets crushed, then his upper body and the process repeats itself.

Turns left 21,780.

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Hour 41.

V pauses the hammering to check on Adolf on how he's doing. There wasn't even a speck of hope in Adolf's eyes from the repeated torture he'd been going through. Blood, teeth, shit, piss, he had gone through everything and had no strength to fight back.

V-" Started to feel numb yet?"

Old man Adolf-..forgive…me…i…am…so…sorry…"

V-" I'm not the one you should say sorry to…whatever you say right no hold no change in the actions you have committed…If you want to show forgiveness…Then get accustomed to this pain"

As V states. All of Adolf's limbs had been severed brutally. Adolf screams as if the pain has gone up a notch. V grabs a hold of Adolf's face and in one swift motion, tears his skin off. All down to his nerves being exposed. V steps back, and as he snaps his fingers, the hammering continues where it left off.

Turns left 17,890

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Hour 56.

The floor had been covered by Adolf's blood. Some patches of old spoiled blood and some patches of fresh new blood. Adolf had thought he'd had grown numb to the pain but that wasn't the case. It was as if the pain had increased with each turn.

Old man Adolf-" AAAGHHH!! AGHHHH! WHY DOES IT HURT SO MUCH WHY DOES IT HURT MORE THAN LAST TIME!! AAAAAAAAAAGHHHHH!"

V-" Wow...Good observation…despite being in such a state you figured out something like this…"

"You see the 3rd rule that I created in this subliminal space needs some additional rules on how the 'judgment' will pass…so for them..the reason why the pain hasn't numbed for you is that your sense of pain gets increased by each turn...in short by the End of this, Your sense of pain will be 25000x stronger then anything else…just by touching your skin will make it feel as if you're being burned in fire that's 70x hotter…"

*Adolf screams in Agony*

V-" Looks like you can't hear me anymore…"

This went on and on and on and on and on…Until..it was the final hour.

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Hour 71. (Few minutes left until it hits 72)

The hammering stopped. V snaps his fingers and the scene shifts. Adolf returns to where he was in the beginning. His arms are chained up as he's on his knees. Covered in blood and having no skin. V stands before him.

V-"...How's it feel?..feeling superior still?"

Old man Adolf-"p-..please…kill me….Let death take my soul….Kill…me"

V-" Yeah…All 25,562 turns have finished…except... 2 turns are missing"

Hearing this makes Adolf quiver in fear as he cries and pisses himself in front of V.

V-"...I haven't forgotten about Eiko or her child…these last 2 turns..how they will be planned out..is not up to me…but to him"

V points Forward. Adolf looks up to see a child, standing before him. He recognized the boy as it was his own or rather…it was Eiko's child. Adolf screams telling the child to save him from V. but the child stays quiet.

V puts his hand on his shoulder.

V-" I leave the rest up to you.."

The child nods in response. V starts to walk away as the child starts to pass down his judgment. V's job and promise had been fulfilled.

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Eve grew anxious. A voice then called out to Eve. It was the girl who was saved by V.

Eve-" Lily! I told you to stay in your room...If you wanted to go on a walk then you should've called me instead of coming here.."

Lily-" I know I know but staying in that room started to get boring~"

The girl's name was Lily, Despite going through such hardships she stayed positive and smiled to her heart's content. But every time Eve looked at Lily she felt as if a piece of her heart died…seeing such a sweet girl..not having arms or legs to do anything…but she wanted Lily to be happy so Eve spent most of her time with Lily.

Eve-" Hey…uh Lily…don't you feel.."

Lily-" Hm?.. What's up?"

Eve-" Ah…nothing… never mind.."

Lily Understood how Eve felt and how worried she was about her.

Lily-"...man~ having no limbs at all sucks…and going through all of that…having the limbs cut off in front of me…I can't say I can fully recover from it…"

Eve-"..Lily.."

Lily-" But it's all right… because that big brother…he saved me…he promised me I would never have to go through something like that…ever again..something in his words…I feel like I can believe him...I can trust him…to me..that big brother is my hero"

Eve smiles gently after listening to Lily talking about V. The Black dome collapses, and Eve and Lily get startled. Eve runs toward the black dome in the backyard and sees V emerging out of it. Bags under his eyes, malnourished, V was on the verge of collapsing. Eve Quickly gets a hold of V and takes him to the main room. While going there V looks at Lily for the first time.

Lily-" Um..U-"

V softly puts his hand on Lily's head.

V-" I'm so glad…"

V looks back at the dome where the child was waving back at him. V understood the child's act of kindness. And such V collapses.

A few days had gone by.

V wakes up in an empty room. He looks to his side, seeing Eve asleep while she's looking after him. V felt a fuzzy and warm feeling in his heart just from looking at Eve. Eve wakes up and is surprised to see V woken up.

Eve-" V!!"

Eve tightly hugs V.

Eve-" YOU SCARED ME SO MUCH…why do you always have to make me worried about you huh…"

V-" Hahaha- Sorry about that…is everyone ok?"

Eve-" Yeah…Kevin is probably out getting some food... And Lily's probably sleeping in her room"

V-" Lily?...that girl…is she…doing ok?"

Eve-"...She's a strong girl…Geez I thought I was tough but that girl might be tougher than me… Such a young girl..going through something like that...I can't imagine it"

V-"...Can you take me to her?"

Eve guides him to Lily's room where she's peacefully sleeping. Lily's sleeping face gave V a sense of relief. He then stands beside her bed.

V-"...She looks young…being so young and in a state like this.."

Eve-"..Things don't always go well…especially in this world.."

"In this world…huh.."

V puts his hand on Lily's head and pats her gently.

V-" Sorry about This lily…"

Eve-"?"

"(Partial) Room"

A thin transparent dome surrounded V and Lily. Eve doesn't understand what was going on but the next few moments would astonish Eve.

"Any attribute in the selected area is in full control of the originator"

As V pats Lily on the head, he selects Lily's amputated areas, and slowly limbs start to form. From creating the bone structure to new blood cells and tissues, suddenly Lily's limbs had been completely restored.

Eve-"H-her arms…legs…they're there…How..how did you…"

V-"...It worked…though it's kinda got its setbacks but for now she shouldn't have any problems."

Eve-" WOAH WOAH WOAH EXPLAIN DUDE WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST WITNESS?"

V-" It's kinda hard to explain…I used my Gift to make something like a barrier around her. I can change or create any kind of attribute or rather I should say anything inside that barrier."

Eve-" I see…I don't get it-"

V-" Yeah figured as much…well long story short as long as the barriers are up she'll have her limbs and will be able to grow up healthy…I wish I could've given her a permanent solution…"

Eve- "What do you mean? This isn't permanent?"

V-" No..I don't think so..if the case I were to die then the barrier would also parish"

Hearing this shakened up Eve.

Eve-" DON'T SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT DUDE…don't..say you'll…I…I know this is childish of me…in this world, it's natural for people to die and even have proper burials…so someone dying.. doesn't affect me much but…I don't want to hear you talk about your death…I don't want you to die…like the rest of them…"

Hearing this made V a bit conflicted yet…happy.

"I won't die"

V- "I won't die like them…not until I've finished what I've started…so chill..-kay?"

Hearing this gave Eve a sense of reassurance. She felt relieved to hear such words from V.

A few days go by.

Finally, the forest had dissipated. V and the others were finally back on track. They started traveling from where they had previously left off. It would take a week to reach Ethdam.

V-"...Lily! How're you holding up?"

Lily-" I'm fine! Still feels kind of weird having legs and stuff but I'm doing good!"

Eve-" Don't push yourself too hard, You just recently started walking, if ya need a break just tell us -kay?"

Lily-" Kay~!"

V had a gentle smile throughout the day. But something felt weird. V would sometimes look back or look in different directions. He felt as if.. something was watching them..or rather watching him. But he stayed quiet for the time being.

Eve-"...Hm?..Hey V, your hair is turning gray"

V-" What?"

Eve-" Yeah there's like a big patch of gray hair at the back of your head"

Eve hands out a small mirror from her backpack. V walks towards a puddle of water and tries to see the back of his head from the reflection.

V's black hair…and in it a chunk of black hair had turned gray.

Eve-" PFFT- Dude you growing old or something?"

V-" I feel old I can tell ya that much…but"

"This is…strange-"

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