《Jigoku 101 no dasshutsu hōhō.(How to escape hell 101)》


 End of my Rope

    Beyond the constraint of all of Space and time lies a realm. Untouched by the Materium it was Hell. This was Subarashii Torikago. A place to bind the damned. The realm acted as a giant cage for souls. Built by Onsei as a safe haven from the forces of Heaven; the world was built to increase the number of souls and in turn increase the strength of its ruler.


    Watching the Materium from the city painted with Gold atop the Invisible Castle, Onsei subtlety influenced the Materium to drag the souls. His purple hair and yellow snake like eyes gave a maddening feeling to all those who gazed at him. His face looked old but his body was still strong. There was a legend that every Thousand years he would shed his skin like a snake.


    While Onsei watched the world with his unconcealed glint, four guards watched him. They were the Heart of Onsei. Thoth, The Anger. Sharriwan, The Greed. Ren, The Hate and Riku the Innocence. They were the Keepers of the Cage.


    Ch 1


    Hotaka Takahara, was a college student living in the Mid Eastern of Culligan City. He had a jet black short hair and purple eyes which seemed to weird out people. His parents were out of state. Joshua, his best friend, had decided to go to the local pub and like a good friend he decided to join.


    He arrived in a colorful blazer and pant.


    "Is that what you are wearing, Taka?" Joshua asked jokingly. He came wearing a blue jacket and khaki pants. Ofcourse, his nerdy glasses not leaving him.


    Takahara felt embarrassed.


    "Well, I thought it would be the best to wear."


    Joshua smiled and hugged Takahara.


    "You are too easy to embarrass, my friend."


    He was right. Takahara, unlike Joshua, was a shy boy. Even at the age of 19.


    They went inside the club. Joshua had booked their usual place. A private joint for him and his friends.


    Just as they were entering Takahara felt a cold chill pass through him. He could see a shadow of a man. Hidden behind the corner of his eyes. Time stood still as he gazed at the shadow. Two dots of red lights could be seen by Takahara, where its eyes were supposed to be. Sweats poured from his forehead and his breathing became hard.


    ''Wha- What is happening?'' Takahara thought as standing straight became hard.


    A dark and cold laughter hit him. Like a windows beating on a cold wind.


    "Taka! Taka!"


    Takahara turned at the door. He could see a look of worry on Joshua''s face.


    "Sorry?" Was all that came out of Takahiro''s mouth.


    "Are you okay? You are sweating. If you are sick then we can cancel."


    Takahiro turned around at the same corner. Finding nothing. He shakes his head.


    ''Must be my imagination.'' He assures himself.


    Turning at the door again.


    "Its nothing. Just thinking."


    Joshua looked at him weirdly as both went inside.


    Their place was at the first floor. A private room in the club. They didn''t want anyone spotting them at this club. There were two others. All were talking about college and everything that could pop on their mind. But Takahiro couldn''t shake off the feeling of the Shadowy figure. He took a ship of his dream and went to the washroom. He needed to freshen himself.


    He went at the tap. Washing off his face. He could see the reflection on the mirror. His eyes seemed to have become bloodshot.


    When he closed the tap he could finally hear the sounds. Or in this case the lack of it.


    ''Weird.'' He thought. ''Are they planning to prank me?''


    Suddenly the door opened and Joshua entered. An unnerving smile on his face. It seemed weird to watch Joshua with that kind of smile.......


    "Come on Taka! You are missing out, they''re about to cheer! You don''t wanna Miss out!" Joshua would remark, his unnerving smile slowing fading as he said that, with a new smile replacing the old. Hotaka, would hear this and would look back at the mirror, taking one final look at himself as he hyped himself up. "Yeah! Ok, I''m ready. Let''s have some fun." Hotaka would reply to Joshua, before going going out to the bar with him.


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    As they were partying, Joshua would bring over a rack of drinks for them to enjoy, as Hotaka smiled, seeing Joshua acting normally again. "To our lead "Researcher"! Taka! " Joshua would proudly proclaim, with the word researcher coming out weird due to a voice crack. Hotaka paid it no mind, and downed his drink.


    They were all joking around before Hotakas head started to pound intensely. Joshua could see that Hotaka, leaning on the table, was in pain. He excused himself from the table and took him to the side of the bar near the kitchen area. He put his hand against his forehead. "Man your really burning up. Are you feeling alright?" Joshua worriedly asked. Hotakas body feeling like it was being dragged through fire as his vision started to blur. "J-Josh, I think I¡¯m sick, I-I need to get home." Hotaka would say, freaking out.


    A horrible wicked smile grew across his face. Joshua would pat him on the head saying. ¡°Don''t worry about it, relax...our "Researcher" is Very reliable~. Just stay calm and go to sleep~." Joshua would say, his voice piercing Hotaka like a knife.


    Hotaka wouldn''t begin to fathom what he said as his body begun to painfully Converse. He would hit the floor in a painful spree of jolts and muscle spasms. He would take one last look at Joshua who had a devilish smile portrayed onto his face, before suddenly. Darkness.


    [One second passed]


    [Two seconds passed]


    [Three days passed]


    [Three months passed]


    ¡°I¡¯m blind, I can''t see or feel anything. My body is numb, my body, where is it, I don''t know where it is, how long has it been, one? Three? No, can''t be true. Days? Months? I can''t tell.¡± Hotaka would think before he felt a rush of air go pass him.


    ¡°Air? Feel?¡±he would think before he managed to reach something. He could feel his own body now, or rather, his lack of it. He could tell something was off, and he knew what it was. Hotaka could tell he was something similar to a ghost, as he could make out the outlines of his body as it began to flicker.


    Suddenly, before even figuring out what he was, he was in front of three guards encircling someone who looked important. Before he can comprehend what just happened, the guards picked him up, their touch giving off a tingling feeling, like their body is gifting off pure unadulterated power. Hotaka would lift his head before he saw the man himself.


    A purple haired and yellow snake like eyed old man was sitting in front of him, his Stern face looked at hotaka as his snake eyes pierced his. His mere presence was burning Hotaka.


    "Name, Hotaka Takahiro. Occupation, none. Friends, 4. Seems you didn''t have a eventful life either, and died by one of your close friends as well. That''s a shame." He would say, looking at pieces of golden paper in his lap as he flipped through it, apparently flipping though his entire life like it was on a flipbook.


    Hotaka, rubbing the back of his head would begin to speak. "So uh...I was killed by my friend....is what your saying?" He would say, his voice becoming shaky as if he was about to cry.


    The old man would introduce himself, completely ignoring Hotakas question. "My name is Onsei, the Fisher. I fish souls from all worlds to set them into another, based on their actions and history." Onsei would say, not looking at hotaka as Hotaka now got a little mad.


    "Hey! Listen here you old man! I need to know what''s going on! Or else!" Hotaka threatened, as onsei would look at him now. Onseis eyes narrowed before howling out in delight before he placed Hotakas body into a light chamber.


    "For threatening me, that is a Great Sin. And plus, seeing you have not had a grand life, I''m gonna watch you struggle within the new life I am gonna give you. No need to be afraid.... because you should be frightened to death. Goodbye."


    And as these words left his mouth, Hotakas spirit was torn apart. His body being forced through the Multiverse. Hotaka begun to see an infinite number of possible events occurring at once, and then, darkness.

 Hell is not so bad? Right?

    He was falling, deeper and deeper. It''s dark, but the sensation of the air upon his ghost like body wakes him up into reality. One by one, his bones and full Skelton begun to structure itself together, while little by little, the muscles and skin begun to form around me. My body came back!


    Landing in a barren landscape, he would begin to get up, his body aching from the situation prior. Taking a passing glance, I would notice a wooden charcoaled looking sign.


    "Ok...the real problem is that I''m in a bad situation.....as the wholesome sign said, "Welcome to Hell". A little cliche if you ask me, but a.... WHAT?!? HELL!?!"


    His voice echoed, looking around at the barren landscape in front of his eyes as his jaw dropped in horror, his senses going into a [fight or flight] stage.


    "S-s-so this is h-hell? Huh?" He stuttered over his vocabulary, his body withering from it''s own arrival. He would have regained his humanoid body during the time being, with his blood, bones and muscles being all there.


    He would begin to hyperventilate, before he squeezed his hand tightly and picked up some sand on the ground. He would run his fingers across the gritty, soft sand before saying


    "I- it''s ok...I just got to understand what hell Is to begin make a living..first, what did onsei say again?" he would say as he begun to retrace his words. The words of "Mah¨¡ence" and "Kakaygins" struck his interest.


    Standing up and looking at his body, it would seem he hasn''t changed that much, besides his lack of clothing.


    "My fucking dick and all are showing! What the hell!?! As if this so and so god can''t even give me the decency of having clothes! This is ridiculous!!!"


    He would yell, his temper raising by the minute before a sudden noise cut his voice off. A earthquake with the sounds of screaming would be heard. He would begin to fall and quickly looked over to where it was and raced through my thoughts, attempting to stand up.


    {Come on Hotaka! Believe in Joshua and yourself! Hell,maybe if I can get out of hell, I can apologize and make amends to Josh in heaven!....that''s my goal now. I gotta do it for my sake and his.} His mind thought. He would stand up and head begin his journey towards the sounds of death.


    [Three minutes]


    [Forty minutes]


    [Three hours]


    Three hours passed as he began his hike to the screams, my hands slightly sore from the mountain climb as my thumbs and index fingers were bleeding slightly. He wouldn''t acknowledge the pain as my good willed nature kept me going. He would reach the peak of the small mountain side, as I finally caught a gloom of the horror he was about to see.


    He instantly noticed the sky, it''s light blue undertone with the clouds being of blood red..he thought he knew from what. Seeing the ground, he saw light green grass and hills and a small river filled with a dark red liquid. Oddly enough, from several miles away from the screams, he spotted a large village. It was composed of small wooden houses and shacks, with the top being made of needles of straw.


    "That''s where the screams are coming from!" He would remark, taking his steps down the mountain, each step feeling like it would collapse before, suddenly, it did. The ground would begin to give out, his body rushing down the mountain at high speeds, before he would trip and crash down the mountain at the speed of a moving car. His entire being would smash into boulders and small edges of the mountain, his body cracking and breaking from the fall before he reached the bottom.


    While at the very low point of the mountain, his legs were completely split in half by its shins and his ribs were fractured into needle sized pieces. The outer reaches of his stomach was bleeding from internal injuries,which was extraordinary painful. But soon enough, not even three minutes later, his injuries begun to seemly fix itself back together. His legs and ribs injuries were being restored to its original form, as light blue Sparks appeared around the wounded area.


    He would be surprised, and then mumbled "huh...my legs were restored from nothing after my tumble...that''s impossible.... Could it be, the hellish atmosphere that''s restoring me to full health?"


    He questioned himself, staying to that conclusion for the sake of my mental state. He would pick himself up, and head towards the town.


    [1 minute passes]


    [An hour passes]


    [An hour and 30 minutes passes]


    he would soon begin to make it to the outskirts of the City, his legs in agonizing pain from the stride. A pile of dark clothes would catch his eyes as they shuddered in the slightest of breezes.


    He would immediately snag them, and put them over himself. The clothing would consist of some dark underwear and red, shaggy pants that lurches down to his ankles. He would also find himself a Pancho that was greyish in color.


    He would like the feel of it, the clothes were rather quick to move in, and gave off a small amount of strange Aura. The aura felt like a blood lusted aura coming from the clothes, as his body twitched from having it on.


    "UWAH! what was that!?!"" His ears immediately perking up when he heard another scream. He would rush towards it, running pass several demolished buildings.


    He would make it soon enough to the scenery, the aromatic air of blood mist surrounding the place was intoxicating. The feeling of kenopsia from the buildings would easily allowed him to judge where and what was causing the noise.


    It was a giant overgrown lizard, the height of it being over 19 feet, and from its appearance, was reddish in color while covered in colorful rainbow like scales. The lizard would be covered in spikes while it''s green eyes pierced whatever moved in it''s presence. The lizard was covered in blood, while townspeople were surrounding the large reptile, while two children were underneath the large beast.


    [ Kakaygins type- Reptile- Lizard of the depths. This kakaygin is a standard and one of the weakest of the inhabitants of hell. It has the "Balance" of "Analysis". Care to process the power into us?]


    A voice spoke into his head, his head now pounding from the sudden shock and noise from it. He would look down at his clothes, blue Sparks appearing around it as it asked the question. He would huff heavily from the sudden shock before managing a small voice crack.


    "OK! how do we do that?" He would ask, before immediately his body began to move on it''s own. His body being controlled by the fabrics around his body, before he would take control of a nearby Gardening tool, a small scythe as his legs immediately bent and sent him into the air.


    The impact from the launch broke both his legs easily, as he let out a yelp from the pain. The lizard, spotting him in the air would aim it''s head at him before sending out it''s large tongue at his head, intending to finish him off in one strike.


    His body,reacting on its own, would handle the scythe with care before completely slicing the tongue into ribbons, causing a small gush of wind to break the windows in the surrounding area.


    "KEYYYYHHHHH!!!" The lizard hissed,skittering back in confusion and pain.


    Hotakas body, still under control would repair his legs and push the air around me as a large air current was under his feet, kicking him off.


    He would immediately decapitate the lizard in one fell swoop,the head being tossed into a nearby building as blood gushed from the neck where he sliced it. He would land onto the ground before he begun to gain control of his body again.


    The townspeople would stared at him with amazement and content as they Would roar with joyous cheers as they started to swarm him and look at his clothes upon his body.


    "H- huh not to close please! I don''t know what really is going on myself!" he announced, but in reality, he did like the attention. Not too long after, he heard loud footsteps approaching him, he would turn to see a rather small teenager with white, spiky hair and yellow eyes. He was wearing a black rugged shirt with greyish knightly armor on his lower half. He would come near where hotaka was, and immediately picked him up off the ground by his neck, and slammed him into a nearby wall.


    "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU DID!?!" He declared, his eyes burning with anger and some content.


    [Analysis Progress level 1: standard. Subject: Yomu Koto. Current title: Protector of village.] My mind mused, I wouldn''t understand completely what was going on, before I understood what the clothes said. "Analysis", this must be that power. I would turn my attention back to Koto before uttering out a few words.


    "I heard.... screaming! I came to help!"


    "We didn''t need your help you new runt! We had everything fine until you shown up! Now the damned imps will come cause of your disturbance!" He moaned, pacing back and forth as his hands held tightly on his hips before taking a glance over at hotakas Pancho.


    Why are you wearing that?.... actually, where did you get..."That"?" Koto said, putting extreme quotations on the word "that".


    "I got it right outside of town. I was naked when I came here so I took it. What''s the matter?" Hotaka would respond as he stood up, being face to face with the boy.


    "Give it to me." Koto would say, clearly having interest in this cloth as hotaka immediately refused his offer. Koto would then frown, and begin to threaten hotaka before he refused again.


    Koto was clearly fuming from madnesses as he would come up with a proposal. "Ok...I got a game. We fight for it. If I win, you give me the clothes..."


    Koto smirked, clearly cocky from his proposal, before hotaka thought it over. He would scratch his head in a thinking manner before immediately smiling at the wicked thought crossing his mind.


    "Ok, that sounds fair...but if I win..you must be my faithful knight and teach me what you know!" Hotaka laughed, the look on koto''s face clearly shocked from the sudden rebuttal. He would have a sweat drop from his cheek before clenching his fist and saying


    "H-heh. Sounds interesting...fine, it''s a deal. Let''s get into a more comfortable battlefield." Koto would say, opening up his hand as a cubicle object spun in his hand. He would utter the words [Los Gato Ra Lunga].


    As he pronounced theses words, the entire world around them would begin to spin wildly, before they would be teleported outside of the villages barrier.


    The outside of the village was beautiful, with wild flowers covering acres of land beyond what could be seen. Koto would see me fixated on the flowers before he commented on them himself.


    "Beautiful aren''t they...to think such beauty could exist in such a horrid place..makes you think..." Koto spoke, his eyes dreaming into something more than theses flowers before he snapped back to reality.


    "Ok...well enough bantering, let''s get this going. Unleash your balance!" Koto would urge, as he lifted his hand into the air as he made this motion, a large demonic symbol would appear where his hand was, before it would spread across the sky itself. He would reach into the symbol, before pulling out a rather large katana.


    The Katana was six feet in diameter and about six inches in length, the katanas blade was pure white that blended into his hair color, as the hilt of it was a dark red, with markings that were too confusing to read.


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    He would point the blade at hotaka before saying "Come on, show me your balance!" He would mock, as hotaka stood there, stunned from the spectacle he just shown. I would weakly spit out the words.


    "B-Balance? You mean like standing on one foot or?" Hotaka would say, koto clearly annoyed by my comment as he would begin to rant.


    "A BALANCE! You know! Your inner knowledge! Your inner power! Don''t tell me you don''t even know what it is. Your balance is your very being, without a balance, your nothing more then dirt underneath the people with it!" Koto would bark.


    Hotaka would flinch at kotos seriousness as he felt bad at not knowing what he was talking about. His clothes would suddenly clingy to me tighter, as he felt his body being punctured as he heard in his head


    [Due to Zero inability to process own internal power, backup plan auto inject is in progress. Please hold still.]


    His body felt like it was being injected with lava, his veins glowing orange as his pupils begun to dilate before his body twitched, and in a microsecond, the pain vanished.


    Hotakas body felt heavy, yet light. His being feeling like it just bathed for the first time as he looked at his hand. The Pancho would stop glowing as it sat upon his shoulders as a standard piece of clothing.


    Hotaka would look at Koto, as me to stared at hotaka ready to fight, hotaka''s senses were more refined for a odd reason, as everything was more crystal clear. He could feel each individual grass blade under his feet and each dust particle hitting his skin. His eyes could see the very wind itself as he could listen in on the townspeople''s whispers, which were miles away.


    "HERE I COME!" koto declared, as he rushed at hotaka immensely fast, the very wind around him tunnelling as he swung at him with his blade, cleaving hotaka in half along with the ground below him.


    But near instantly, his body would regenerate and repair itself as I would begin my counter attack.


    Hotaka would watch Koto recoil and step back, before taking a another overheard slice at him.


    With hotakas immense senses, he would see this blade now moving slowly, with the sword Seemly moving at 3 MPH. He would grab the sword, with the kinetic energy behind it completely becoming null.


    Kotos eyes widened in Surprise from this before hotaka took the opportunity to raise his leg and kick his blade out of his hand.


    Taking this time, he would kick him away as he flew a few kilometers away. Hotaka would look up at the blade.


    The blade fluttered in the air like a dancing flower before hotaka jumped and grabbed it in mid air, the meer moment he grabbed it, he knew how to handle it.


    Hotaka would land back down and pointed the blade at him as he snickered slightly. "Kuhuhu! I win! You don''t have a weapon to defend yourself." He Jested, only to hear a faint laugh from Koto.


    "Kahahaha! Well done! And here I thought you were a being without balance. But, i''ll have to take this seriously now..I''m sorry. [Weapon Road!]


    Koto stormed, as several Hundreds of weapons would begin to appear from nothing. Most of the weapons were blades, but some were the likes of maces, halberds, Spears, shields, guns etc.


    Koto would raise his finger, as four Spears raised from the ground before he pointed at me.


    The Spears immediately shot off, breaking the sound barrier as hotakas ears rung from the deafening noise. His eyes still opened, but watering from the pain from the noise, would look at the trajectory of the Spears, before he used the blade in his hand to attempt to Parry the Spears.


    Once the Spears hit the blade, the blade would shake violently, before the spear exploded in shattered pieces. The shards impaled hotakas skin as he grunted in mere annoyance. Considering the fact he felt more painful injuries, this simply felt like being hit by a cactus.


    "Huh, I thought that would be worst..turns out it''s actually kinda weak-"


    hotaka would attempt to mock, only to be met with the electric shock of one billion volts flowing though his body, his entire being shaking violently from the shock as his eyesight begun to go blurry.


    "W-What!?! Was that?!" Hotaka would sputter out while laying on the ground, shaking. He would hear the footsteps of Koto approach him. He would attempt to get up, only for his hand to be stabbed into the ground by kotos spear.


    Hotaka would scream in a agonizing manner, before Koto covered my mouth before I continued. He would then sneer at me, with a wicked smile across his face.


    "[Enchantments]...with this, I can enchant any of my weapons or items by a inserting natural energy into it and changing the components.....you severely underestimated me." Koto would remark, as hotakas head pounded in anger.


    {Like hell I would let this brat beat me, I can''t give it to a little shock...so...just pound his offence away!!!} Hotaka would think, before clenching his left hand.


    All the kinetic force he kept in it from a moment ago from the sword swings, he would supercharge it unconsciously, his body reacting on instinct as he slammed his fist into the Rocky round, causing a massive uproar that shook the nearby mountain range.


    The shock from the punch would cause the spear through his hand to shatter, along with his hand that slammed into the ground. His left hand was bloodied and broken into pieces, but it was not regenerating.


    Koto would be stunned,trying to keep his balance as he yelled "What the hell! There is no way a snot nosed kid like you has this much power!!!" He would yell, stabbing his third spear into the ground and held on until the shaking resided.


    Koto would now stare at hotaka with chilling eyes, he would then open up another portal to pull out a giang 14 foot halberd that fell to the ground with dust clouds arising from it falling.


    Koto laughed a bit before he picked up the halberd like it was a feather before pointing it at hotaka, he would then utter "Enchantment: Atomic Freezing weapon innovation!" He yelled out, as the entire halberd suddenly glew white, mist coming from the very weapon as he lifted it with one hand, ready for a final clash.


    Hotaka would lift himself up, taking the blade he had in his hand and readied it. Blood spewing from my destroyed hand as be got into a unorthodox battle stance.


    Before the flower petals could fall off the flowers, they rushed each other a final time, both battle ready warriors attempting to win the fight.


    They could clash blades, the connection of both weapons causing the air to make a spherical dome around them, the oxygen around them going away due to the sphere shaped dome. The freezing aura of the halberd quickly freezing hotakas blade as he saw it spread.


    Rearing back, hotaka would take one final swing, as it connected to the blade of the halberd, causing it to shatter in a icy Explosion.


    Koto would cover his eyes from the blast, as without thinking, hotaka would rush koto with all his being, rearing back his right hand back, and clenching it before extending his hand forward, completely connecting hotakas fist into the face of Koto!


    As he connected, the air around his fist finally caught up with it, as a wide swirling whirlwind of destructive wind would hit koto in the head, sending him several kiometers back and into the ground.


    Hotaka would of broken his fist during that punch, looking at it to see it was flash frozen during the encounter.


    "D- damn....he was a tough bastard...I hope he''s ok...I need him for my quest." He would weakly mutter to himself, heavily walking over to him.


    After walking a few moments towards him, hotama would catch a passing glance at his face. Blood was gushing from his forehead as he looked peaceful, looking at the blue sky and the red clouds before he busted into laugher.


    This took him back, frightening hotaka from the sudden burst of joy as he muttered "A- Are you ok?" Hotaka asked, as he jumped back up onto his feet.


    "Of course I am not! Your punch damn near killed me, but thank you for not doing so! Kehahahaha!" He howled in laughter, his demeanor much more lax and calm, before he spit up some blood. Hotaka would attempt to grab him to help, only to be stopped by his broken and frozen hand.


    "Oh! Sorry pal, I should heal that for you...but before I do.. I got to know your name. I''m Yomu Koto, Knightly Guardian of Wine Gate, which is that town over there..and you are?" He would question hotaka, his eyes has lit up with more hope as he looked at him like he was some sort of angel.


    "I''m... Hotaka Takahiro, a new arrival to hell it seems. It''s nice to meet you." Hotaka would say, before energy suddenly rushed through him, his body feeling alot better as he didn''t know what was happening. Hotaka would think back to where the Pancho done that whole analysis thing before he tried it myself.


    [Analysis Level 1: basics- since it''s uncommon to make friends in this hellish atmosphere, the bond of two in unison will both increase your physical and mental strength.]


    "Huh, that''s odd....how Koto, I need you to answer something for me." Hotaka would ask of him, as he sat down and begun to heal his arm with a enchantment of heal strength. Koto would look up to hotaka and nod his head, awaiting a response as he would soon queried him.


    "What Is a balance?" Hotaka would ask, before koto looked up at him and chuckled, he would immediately reply


    "Huhuhu! Your hilarious! Pretending not to know what a balance is!" He would mock as hotaka puffed up his cheeks in a angry Manner, turning bright red for not understanding what he meant. He would soon recognize hotaka was being serious before he huffed and replied


    "A balance is your inner and outer being. It''s the process of taking in your own Mental, physical and Spiritual being and making it into reality. A prime example is my Enchantments and my Weapon Road, to believe in your own power, you must first concentrate on what your gonna make. After knowing your full idea, use your physical body to attempt to create said idea. After that, give it your energy from your immortal soul, and done, you have a balance. This is elementary stuff for kids, I don''t know why you don''t understand it by now." He would rant, hotakas head would be spinning from the information.


    Hotaka would stand up, and brush his hair back, as he felt his heart beating, he would realize what the idea koto was meaning. Hotaka was using it in his fight after all, but that''s when he was unconscious and battle hungry due to this... Wardrobe.


    Hotaka would feel the Pancho, and realized finally it was emitting natural energy, feeding off it and pushing it into him to allow hotaka to use the so called "balance" power. It did the same thing against the lizard, but it absorbed the lizards Special trait and sent it into hotaka forcefully.


    Hotaka would scratch his head, before looking at Koto, who stood up with him as well. He would point to the Village, before smiling in delight at the new challenge ahead of him and declared to koto


    "I''m gonna get out of this hellscape and help everyone here. It''s a promise! But first, show me around!"

 Wine Town

    As hotaka and koto begun to head towards the town, Koto begun to pick up the fallen pieces of his now broken white blade. The pieces he picked up where shattered due to their battle, but Koto didn''t seem to mind much, as he placed them onto the ground into the original swords pattern. "Okay! Let''s see if I still have the hang of this!" Koto advocated, his hands now glowing a glooming shade of silver as in a hot flash of light, the shards of the blade begun to become reconstructed back together. The before broken blade was now a shining, beautiful piece of work like it was when it was first shown.


    "That''s amazing! What did you do!?!"Hotaka would ask, astonished by how well build it was. Koto, who was clearly embarrassed from being complimented, would pat his stealth on his side as he slid the blade into it, the blade making a slight ringing sound as it entered. "It''s nothing more then simply reconstructing the blade with Spiritual and mental energy! It''s just common work!" He said flustered, as he begun to calm himself down.


    "Well anyway, we need to start heading towards the town, we got people for you to meet." Koto recoiled with his response, as he stood up and begun to walk, with Hotaka following close behind, walking down the Meadow of flowers towards the town. Hotakas heart began to race in anticipation to see the town folk that he has saved.


    [1 minute]


    [20 minutes]


    [1 hour]


    Reaching the town, Koto and Hotaka would reach the inside of the rural town where a crowd of people awaited for them. Hotaka would see that with his {analysis}, there was about only 400 or so people in the crowd of this, making this a rather small town over all.


    The crowd seemed silent to me, until Koto pushed my shoulder ever so slightly, whispering into my ear. "They are awaiting a speech from you. They apparently see you as a overseer from the look in their eye."


    He would say to me, as I looked at them with a deep smile. Even though I did not know them, and they I, they trusted me enough to. All me a overseer of a small town.


    I would gather up my wits before quickly coming up with a small speech.


    "Well hello everyone...it''s uh, nice to meet you all..my name is Hotaka Takahiro, your new uh overseer?" I would announce, my voice shaking in the crowd of people.


    The crowd was silent before bursting into a massive cheer, seeing some even cry with apparent relief and joy.


    Koto would smile at me, likely my speech even though I thought of it off the spot.


    I would now feel a massive rush of energy surge through my body, my being aching now with excess of power as my headed pounded.


    I would hear inside of my consciousness [Analysis Upgraded. Two new Balances has been automatically set. Investigation and Breakdown has been added to The Xenous.]


    It would seem the two new powers would grant me two other Abilities, which is odd. From what I can automatically tell from the power of Investigation, it allows me to research an past or a ongoing event and figure out the best possible outcome.


    For Breakdown, it is basically a heightened version of analysis, which should allow me to understand the object or person which Is in my line of sight.


    Now the Xenous....that seems to be a new one, so let''s test out {BreakDown}.


    {BreakDown} The Xenous is the amalgamation of spiritual, mental and physical energy tied into a conceptual ball inside the soul. It is used to Store Balances. For further details, The Xenous is still alive even after =Full Death= so any Entity with a Balance can obtain said Xenous.


    Ok....that was a little more than I expected from the power...


    But from what I can tell, the lizard I fought was told to have the power of analysis....but what voice instructed me to do so? Let''s ask once more.


    {Investigation} The Thought that occurred into the mind was the Clothing of a Seraphim. The Clothes have the ability upon death to a nearby victim, to asorb the Xenous into it until the user wishes to put it into their own Xenous.


    "This is freaking me out! What''s with all this magic and babbling!?! It''s all nonsensical!!" I would say, until I saw two children up to my sides.


    From the looks of it, one was a small girl and the other, was a boy. The girl being rather small, would stand at around 4''3 feet and was covered in a rough cloth dress. Her Messy Brown hair was covering her Emerald colored eyes as she seemed to be timid. The boy on the other hand was the exact opposite besides hight, with him only standing 4''4 feet. He had on a brownish rough looking shirt with the same colored pants. His raggedy short Blue hair was cut nearly as he had the exact colored eyes as the girl.


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    "We are here to thank you for saving us back there!" They would say in unison.


    Hearing at what they said, it was the two children I saved when the Kakaygin Lizard attacked the village.


    "Oh! No need to thank me, I was only doing what any ordinary person would do. " I would reply to their thanks, with the boy being the more assertive of the two.


    "Yes there is need to thank you! Without you, we would of been devoured by the Kakaygin! And no! No ordinary person "Here" would attempt to even save two kids like us!" He groaned, motioning to the red clouds above us.


    It was very clear he was talking about the hell we were in, and was implying no one in hell helps one another, which seems the case in other works of literature.


    I would be a little saddened to see kids in this kind of world, where suffering is virtually endless, may it be Physical or mental torture.


    I would bend down and took a look at them via my {BreakDown}.


    {BreakDown}"The boy is called Kotaru Hayaki, brother of Azumi. He is eight year old and is sent to hell via first degree murder. Ruler of Judgment [Sharriwan, the Left.] Innocence level 1-10: 8. The girls name is Azumi Hayaki, Sister of Kotaru. She is seven years old and was sent to hell via first degree murder. Ruler of Judgment [Sharriwan, The Left]. Innocence level 1-10 : 10.


    I would begin to think --"It seems from the looks of it, they had the same dilemma as me... They were sent here even after having this innocence in them. I gotta help them out, it''ll be the least I can do."--


    "Well, it seems like I am no ordinary person here. I may be a bit clumsy, a nerd and a all time loser, but I won''t just stand back and watch people get bullied by those that pose the title of the strong." I would remark, seeing Kotaru stunned in his place along with his sister.


    A few moments passed before Kotaru would mumble over his words, saying "w-well, if you can keep that promise of hope...then do. People down here, along with us, need that.." he would say, clearly taken back by my proposal.


    I would smile before ruffling his hair, as he reminded me of my little brother Tajima Takahiro, who used to always get scared when in bad situations. Ruffling his hair allways seemed to make him calm and beamed with happiness, so trying it on him would probably work.


    I would open my eyes, seeing Kotaru , unlike his bombastic personality from earlier, he was more timid and open. I could see under his demeanor, a small smile creeping up his mouth.


    His sister would wait patiently for Kotaro to leave as I would remark as they begun to leave" don''t worry, if anything bad comes, I''ll beat them up!" I would Smugly remark. Kotaro would laugh a bit as he ran away with his sister, leaving me alone with my thoughts.


    It would see a inn I was walking into gave away a free bed for me to rest my head on.


    I would lay my head down upon the soft feather filled pillow, as my mind would lay to rest.


    Quite, dark and peaceful. Rolling off until a comfortable dream like state.


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    {Investigation} "due to excessive amount of "World Karma", enhancements to additional Balances will now commence. {Investigation and Breakdown} now have Enhanced into "Dissection" and "Enquiry". {Dissection} being able to separate and identify parts and differences of Karmas and Balances to Understand the subject matter. {Enquiry} a systematic search for any and all weaknesses in a object or opponent. Due to the four Balances, a new Subset has been added. "Book of the Pondering King" has been added as Sunset. {Book Of The End} now has the following Balances.{Investigation}/{Breakdown}/{Dissection}/{Enquiry} along with special Balance of {Dreamer}. {Dreamer} gives the ability to Slow or heightened the users brain function or brain activity to the extent they can react to light particles.


    "Oh interesting....that''s... a lot of ....powers ..." I would think into my infinite dreamscape.

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    Hotaka would awake into a dreamland, Looking around, Hotaka would feel floating islands and a land of nothingness. He would turn around to see he was sitting uptop a small island. He would then say


    ¡°Huh...this is a dream in hell. Rather peaceful¡­.well, since this is my dream, i control everything here. Let''s try something.¡±


    He would say, as he would lift his hand into the air, with a scroll materializing into his hand. He would open it to see a list, this list would consist of a list of powers. The words were unreadable to his eyes, but Hotaka would then use {Investigation} to read it.


    ¡°Hey, Uh...power, can you read this?¡±


    {Investigation}- It is an upgrade of powers due to World Karma.


    ¡°What is World Karma?¡±


    {Investigation}-World Karma is the physical and spiritual energy that envelops all things. One can gain World Karma but their actions, thoughts, or Speech of the soul. You gained Karma by Helping the people of the village, and as such, your body absorbed a village worth of karma energy to use.¡±


    Hotaka would chuckle a bit, learning on how to gain energy. He would clap his hands together before saying


    ¡°Ok ok, So now that the energy thing is out of the picture, what upgraded?¡±


    {Investigation} The Balances of Investigation has upgraded, and as such, gained a evolution to Investigation. You gained Increasing Limits, Equilibrium, Super regen and Light of Prophecy.


    Increasing Limits: Allows for the user to Increase their physical Limits by inserting spiritual karma to the body by 10 times. Since it uses spiritual karma, the souls defense will decrease.


    Equilibrium: This Balance gives the user the ability to put up multiple barriers to completely block out anything that the user wishes to block out. This balance can be used for multiple uses, such as blocking out physical damage, energy type damage, or even enveloping another person.


    Super Regen: This balance allows the user to absorb karma in the air, and use it to increase the reconstruction of the body. The more karma in the air, the better the regeneration.


    Light of Prophecy: This Balance allows the user to fortale events that will play out. The amount of events to play out depends on the karma of the user.


    ¡°Heh, So it''s kinda like a video game. I level up and as such, so do my abilities. It''s a little weird that once I get here, I get abilities. But it shouldn''t matter for the meantime, I have bigger fish to cook. Now, why am i here is the question..¡±


    Hotaka would say, before the dreamworld would begin to shake and break apart. The words of [DANGER ALERT! AUTO WAKE] would be plastered over the dream, before he would be jolted awake to the cabin he was residing in, to see the shelfs on the walls shake. He would quickly get dressed, with brand new clothes given to him by the village which consisted of standard underwear, his newly fixed red pants, which the tears in it was sowed in. he had a light grey and blue undershirt with his grey Poncho over it. He then got sandals that fit his feet well.


    He would walk out to see Koto waiting there, as he would soon say


    ¡°Alright Captain, there is a monster about three hundred feet away from the village. Sensing its intent, it doesn''t seem to come to welcome us to the neighborhood.¡±


    ¡°Understood, i''ll go and check it out asap. You stand guard over this place, make sure nothing gets through the gates.¡± Hotaka would command, before heading to the outskirts of the town. For him to spot the monster was an easy task, considering it was taller than the nearby mountains.


    Hotaka would sweat slightly, just looking at this behemoth was making him shiver. This beast took the shape of a giant dog with a rhino horn in the center of its head. Its paws were the size of the village itself, as its tail was arched back, like the dog was ready to strike. hotaka would Clench his fist, as he would use Investigation on it.


    ¡°What is this?!?¡±


    {Investigation} It is a Guardian of the 20 Gates. The beast is known as Owasamana. Its abilities are unknown.


    Hotaka would frown at that, before seeing Owasamana Jump into the air, for its size, it was quite agile. Hotaka would see the beast aim at the village, as it intended to destroy it in one jump. Hotaka would jump towards it from under it, aiming for the belly. He would try out one of his new Balances which was {Increasing Limits}.


    Hotakas body would feel much Lighter and faster, as he would then say to the beast


    ¡°Get out of here Mutt!!!¡±


    He would yell, kicking it in the stomach, as Owasamana sky rocketed into the sky. It would fly to the nearby mountain, crushing it with its own impact and weight.


    Hotakas leg looked mangled from the kick, but not for long, as the passive balance of {Super Regen} took place near instantly. His leg was enveloped by white light, before it was looking like it has never been damaged.


    ¡°Well, that should be it.¡±


    Hotaka proclaimed, before looking to where he kicked the dog, only to see it was gone. Hotaka would hear the roar of the beast above him, as he looked up to see the dog free falling from the sky. He wouldn''t have time to think up a plan, before Owasamana began to charge up something in its mouth.


    Owasamana let loose a torrent of fire from its mouth, the fire was White and came at me at alarming speeds.


    ¡°Ah shit¡­..!!! Light of Prophecy!¡±


    As Hotaka let loose these words, several events unfolded before him like pages in a book. He saw several events play out, most of them being cooked alive by the white fire. But as luck would have it, one event played out where hotaka was able to evade the fire.


    This event was where hotaka quickly ripped off his arm, and used it as a lift off to escape the fire.


    And as such, hotaka would do that. Hotaka clenched his teeth as he would quickly rip off his own arm, as he would then position it to where he could kick off of it. He would kick off of his own arm, and escaped the flames before it reached him.


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    Hotaka would land on the ground, and backed up to see the flames light up the surrounding area. Hotakas severed arm that was hit, near instantly incinerated into dust, as the ground below it began to vaporize. Hotaka would again near instantly regenerate his lost limb.


    Owasamana would begin to fall, before it vanished in thin air. Hotaka would instantly know what this was.


    ¡°Teleportation¡­¡­..!?!?!¡±


    Hotaka would say, now frightened, before using {Light of Prophecy} again. He would see events of him dying over and over, by Owasamana from appearing behind him and biting him. Hotaka would only see one future of him surviving, as it involved him to stay perfectly still.


    Hotaka would shiver and stay where he was, bracing for his death, sensing Owasamana appearing behind him. He would hear its snawl as he turned to see what was happening.


    Hotaka would see light red string around Owasamana, as it stopped him in its tracks. Using {Investigation}, hotaka would immediately check out what it was.


    {Investigation} The string is made out of super dense Spirit particles that hold the bodies movement.


    ¡°...ah..i see. Well, what''s causing it?¡±


    He would say, following the strings path to see Koto building an old looking figure. This old figure was holding a knitting ball, and was covered by a dense fog. Koto would follow up by saying


    ¡°You seem to be in trouble Hotaka! Well no matter! I found the village elder to help!¡±


    He would say, before the fog would disburse. The elder was an old woman, with grey and white long hair that went down to her ankles. This old woman was dressed in a 16th century dress, looking rather royal with a white and golden dress. She would then say in a raspy voice


    ¡°Ah¡­.you must be the young lad who saved this broken village and the one who challenged the Guardian of the 20 gates. A good, but idiotic young lad indeed.¡±


    She would say, before twitching the string that held onto Owasamana, as it cut into its skin and into the bone. This would cause it to burst into a bloody mist.


    The pieces that were made by the string would begin to transform into smaller versions of Owasamana. The old woman would chuckle before saying to hotaka


    ¡°To think the kid who possesses Styxxs Robes, can''t even use it properly. Sigh, i guess i''ll help you if you do me a favor in return. Deal?


    Hotaka would watch as the small dogs growled and yiped, charging up at the same fire breath. Hotaka would nod at the old woman before she let loose a gruesome smile. She would say


    ¡°Kehehehe, well kid, we got a deal. Now touch the inside of that pancho and chant ¡°One becomes many, and many become one. But all who meet my glance become mine.¡±. Got it?


    Hotaka would listen to the old woman, before doing as he was told. He would see the dogs fire the blasts at him, before he put his hands inside of the pancho, and chanted.


    ¡°One becomes many, and many become one. But all who meet my glance become mine!¡±


    Once he said this, the pancho would begin to glow violently, as the blasts sent towards hotaka would instantly disappear. As Owasamanas smaller versions would begin to dry up and disappear. The energy coming from the dogs would easily be seen, as it all gathered around Hotaka. The energy danced like ghosts before entering the fabric of the pancho. The same voice that came on during his fight with the lizard would come on, before it said


    [Translation of Balances completed. Would you like to integrate balance inside of the Xenous? YES/NO]


    Hotaka would think for a moment, before picking the yes option. The same burning feeling would enter him. His very being felt like it was being burned by hot iron, before he felt relieved. The announcement of {Investigation} would come on as it said to him


    {Investigation} New Balances have entered the Xenous. Review shall now take place.


    Unholy Fire: This balance allows the user to generate White fire that burns everything in its path, leaving nothing behind, not even the soul.


    Body Creation: this balance allows the user to create several body doubles of the original user, as they take on the abilities and strength of the original.


    Teleportation: Allows the user to teleport to anywhere they may see.


    Intimidation: Allows the user to set a Fear circle around themselves. Anyone unable to resist will be rendered incapacitated and unable to move.


    Minion Creation: Allows the user to create separate indities from themselves, as the user can give personalities and other abilities.


    Karma asorbistion: Allows the user to absorb karma from attacks, and use the energy as their own.


    Hotaka felt the voice come from within him, as he would nod quietly and turn to the old woman. He would look over her and Koto for a moment before feeling relieved again. Hotaka would ask


    ¡°Uh, Koto...you said this is the village elder right? What''s her name?


    ¡°She didn''t give me a proper name, but she gave me a nickname. I believe she said she wanted to be called Ms. Hyara.¡±


    Koto responded, as the old frail woman smiled sweetly, but the look of bloodlust and deceit never left her eyes. Ms. Hyara would then speak to hotaka, her voice only reaching him, as it seemed her voice echoed into his brain. She would say


    ¡°Well boy. You are in debt to me now. Be prepared for laborers that make this beast seem nothing more than childsplay! Kukukuku!!¡±


    Her laughed banging around in his brain, as he would soon ask


    ¡°What kind of Labors?¡±


    ¡°You will have to defeat the Pious Arch Apostles, then the king of the demons, Eminence Claughuth.


    She would say, the mere mention of that name somehow sent fear into Hotakas body. He would wonder as of why, before Ms. Hyara would say again.


    ¡°But first, you''ll have to earn a new name. So, for the sake of us, and your safety, please get ready to die.¡±


    ¡°What!?!?!¡±