Return of the Fallen Volume 11 Chapter 45
With the addition of logs, chains, and a harness, Kazuki began moving bodies one at a time. His feet dug into the ground as he pulled with a tight back. With his hammer, he easily broke through to the A.I. room and dragged the first of hundreds inside. With that, his vision went white and he along with the giant sandworm was inside of the simulation. Kazuki quickly awoke from the artificial program before killing the worm right there and then.
Transferring the divine power to Marty, he then devoured the worm’s corpse. He found this process tedious and annoying. Every time he chained up another worm and brought it forth, the wall to the A.I. room had already repaired itself. Breaking the wall, dragging the heavy motherfucker forth, being placed into the simulation, awakening, killing the worm, transferring the divine power, and then devouring the worm whole. It was aggravating, to say the least.
Still, Kazuki did not let this deter him. With each worm, Marty’s complexion got better and better and he could tell she was on the verge of coming round. After about 137 worms big and small, Marty finally slowly opened her eyes and looked over at Kazuki.
“Jentson…ya stink.”
Marty smiled teasingly. Though her voice was weak, the first thing she did was make fun of Kazuki. Kazuki only now noticed the smell. He had fought and dragged worms back here for over a day straight. This world suppressed him to such a point that he had to strain in many ways and his body actually sweat. Not noyl that but he had been covered in blood, dirt, and grime. It wasn’t surprising that he smelled bad.
“I may smell but at least I don’t look like a ghost.”
*Heh cough cough*
Marty laughed before coughing. She could feel that her wounds still had not healed entirely but she was much better off.
“I can’t believe I’m still alive. Thank you for taking care of me. You could have left me but ya didn’t.”
“You already saved me a few times. What type of person would I be if I left you in the dirt to die.”
Marty shook her head.
“In this environment, it’s not strange to abandon others. I wouldn’t have blamed ya. Still, I’m glad you aren’t like the others.”
Kazuki shrugged.
“Can you stand?”
Marty tried to put some strength into her body but she could barely move.
“Not yet. I guess I need a few more worms.”
Kazuki was surprised.
“You know I’ve been using the worms?”
Marty gave a weak nod.
“I was out but after some time, I could feel power entering my soul world and I could then sense my surroundings. I was observing ya most of the time. Ya came in here with one worm after another. I was surprised to see ya killing a worm with that tool and then you used your ki to transfer the divine power to me. One shocking thing after another. If the others knew about this, I wonder if the tides on this world could not be changed?”
“Would those assholes even listen? They so easily threw me out of their tower.”
“Your right. Even if they would listen, I would never tell them anything. Not after the way we were treated. That connection has already been severed.”
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“Well, if you can’t move, I guess I’ll have to pick you up, that is if you don’t mind.”
Marty smirked.
“Oh, you’re going to carry me. For ya to hold me, what lucky occasion have we encountered?”
The two laughed at one another before Kazuki picked her up and took her out of the A.I. room.
“Take a look around and you’ll see.”
Marty was shocked when Kazuki carried her out. All around there were bodies lying here and there. She immediately noticed that these worms were in fact still alive and were only paralyzed. This left her dumbfounded.
“I understood when ya lead the worms into the room, that they were put under the simulation, and in that way, you could come out and kill them with that mucus weapon but how in the 7 Realms of hell did ya take all of these guys down without killing them?”
Marty was already impressed with Kazuki’s thinking and the way he made tools out of the worm’s mucus but she was blown away when he explained what he had done. Showing her the needles he used, she was left speechless. With Kazuki’s next move, she was left stunned.
“Since I brought you out of there, it would be a pain in the ass to bring all of these guys inside.”
Suddenly thousands upon thousands of needles rose into the air. Kazui gently leaned Marty against a nearby wall before swinging his paddle with all of his strength. The needles shot forth with unbelievable speed and pierced deeply into the remaining hundred or so worms. In one move, the paralyzed worms died just like that. No roars, no twitching, or final death throes, just instant death. He then used his ki to cover their bodies and funneled the divine power directly into Marty.
Marty felt a sudden surge of power entering her soul world, giving her energy. Marty felt the last of her wounds heal and she felt some of her strength return. Kazuki held out a hand and Marty took it. As she stood up, she looked at Kazuki strangely.
“Just who are ya?”
Kazuki rubbed the back of his head.
“About that. There’s something I think you should know.”
Kazuki wished to hide his identity and so he would. Still, there were many things Marty needed to know as time was running out. Kazuki quickly explained about this dying world and how it would be gone in a little more than a day. He also told her about Arc and a few other things.
Marty was both shocked and at the same time not shocked.
“I knew you were special the moment I saw ya. The way ya fought a sandworm and managed to live, ain’t a feat many can accomplish. To think ya had so many secrets. So you’re not really called Jentson, then who are ya?”
Kazuki shook his head.
“That’s something I’d rather not disclose. It’s not that I don’t trust you but more like the enemies I have, the risk is too great. I hope you understand.”
Marty nodded.
“Well it makes sense, I mean even if ya didn’t tell me this story, I would have been questioning you about your face alone.”
Kazuki went silent for a moment before he touched his face. It was his real face. When he regenerated, he did not think to reinstate his Jentson disguise, It just did not come to mind.
(Damn, I was careless. Had Marty been an enemy, this would have been a terrible fuck up.)
Kazuki felt truly stupid because when Marty awoke he had put on his fake voice for her but he completely forgot about changing his face back to Jentson.
*Bwahahaha*
“This whole situation is just too funny. Honestly, I thought ya were some old gentlemen fella but turns out you were a young handsome devil. No wonder that tongue of yours was sly like a fox you were a player this whole time. instead of an old sly fox though you were a youngling, ready to take advantage of this poor old lady.”
Marty laughed more and more. Thankfully she did not seem upset.
“You’re not angry?”
“Why would I be angry? Everyone has their secrets and I am no different. If we actually get out of this situation and find ourselves in another world, you’ll see many folks that hide their true identities. It’s only natural in a Realm fraught with danger. You were simply being careful. Though the others not trusting ya…Can’t really blame them too much now. Still, they did throw us away so I ain’t saying I’m letting them off.”
Kazuki was about to change his face and body back when Marty stopped him.
“Why go back, there’s no point is there?”
“I don’t know what will happen later. I still should use this until it feels like my real face. That way my disguise skill can become that much better, that much more real.”
Marty shook her head.
“That’s kind of disappointing, such a good-looking face. By the way, why did ya face become like that in the first place?”
Kazuki told Marty about his last fight and how the worms crushed his body.
“You actually survived that!”
Kazuki knocked on the side of his head and an odd thud noise rang out. He then knocked on the paddle in his hand and the same sound echoed off it.
“Your skull, you used mucus!?”
Kazuki nodded with an almost defeated expression.
“It was necessary at the time but I’m already having problems. I tried using the dissolving liquid but it’s not working. The mucus armor is still there. Any ideas?”
Marty’s eyes went wide and she then grabbed her stomach and keeled over in wild laughter.
Kazuki sighed inwardly.
“Great.”
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