Chapter 16: Destroying Shinsengumi and Killing Kagura
RAVEL'S POV—
Zombified Gintoki made his first move. He dashed towards me. I dodged his attack, and punched him in the gut, sending him flying away.
I yelled, "Ryan! What the fuck is happening? Why are my powers locked?"
Ryan yelled, "It's my fault! Ravel, I should have told you to use the stone. The moment you became this world's protagonist, this world was forced to upgrade itself. Your power was just too much for this world. It wouldn't have happened, if I told you about this much earlier."
I dodged Gintoki's attack again. I asked, "Why nothing happened in DxD? It's not a world, which can fully accommodate my power, if not now then in future, it can't. So why?"
"It was your birth world, so obviously, it acted as the origin point for you."
I said, "I am like a circle, whose radius is increasing, but that doesn't affect my geometry. Here, I am like a cylinder, ain't I?"
"Yes, you are correct. As the power level was very high, even changing the settings didn't help to contain your power. So, the penalty was imposed on you."
"Yeah? You should have told me this much earlier. Why the fuck is Gintoki moving this fast?"
I grabbed his leg and threw him out of the window. Suddenly, I heard a growl behind my back. As soon as I turned back, a paw hit me in my stomach. Withstanding the impact, I saw it was zombified Sadaharu. Ah, fuck this! I am ending this creature here and now. I summoned the flames in my hand and burned him in it. Not even his ashes were left behind.
|Warning: Ex- Protagonist Gintoki is trying to take his title back. |
What? I was shocked. I rubbed my eyes and looked at the screen again. The words remained the same.
"It seems I have really underestimated this world. It's a gag world, obviously absurd things would happen. But to challenge my algorithm, even I didn't see it coming," said Ryan.
"Yeah, I can see that. This world was never truly a shounen world. It was mixture of gag and shounen elements, and top of that, we added Zombies in it. Now, I am thinking that it would have been better if the dice have shown '6.' Even Bl is better than this mess I am in."
Ryan stated, "We have to destroy this whole world."
I sneered at his words. I said, "Right now, I am incapable of this. I don't have my powers with me. They have been sealed. To destroy this world, I need my Gate of Babylon. I need Ea, the Sword of Rupture. Without it, I can't destroy this world."
"Then, kill the protagonist and every important character."
I gaped at him. I murmured, "What?"
He said, "We need to kill each and every important character. Don't worry, each of them has turned into zombies. So, you are not taking any innocent life."
I asked, "Was it our fault? Were we the reason for their turning?"
"No! We are not. The gacha only shows the options that could happen in the future. You have no role in this. What you did was, to just accelerate the process, they were doomed from the start. You didn't do this knowingly. You had no other choice."
Sighing, I said, "Thank you, Ryan. I needed it." For a moment, I was petrified thinking that I was the reason for this.
"We have to start this, right now."
I asked, "Who are the people that I am killing?"
"The ex-protagonist, his sidekicks, his war friends and Shinsengumi."
"Don't we need to kill Gintoki's master?"
"No, just kill these and it's over. Unless, you finish this task, we can't go out of here."
Fine. I opened my fiery wings and flew out of the Yorozuya by breaking its roof. First, I will destroy the Shinsengumi and their office. Following the map, I flew towards it.
Within reaching there within a minute, I observed its condition, while still flying in the air. I am not going to fight them one after one. They are not worth it. Ryan told me that everyone was here. I will just finish this now. Summoning my flames, I directed it towards the Shinsengumi's office, wiping it and its people out from the face of the earth.
Suddenly, I saw a vermilion red hair girl jumping towards me. Wait, jump? I dodged her attack, only for her to change her position in mid-air and use a building's wall as to propel her towards me.
"Ravel, be careful. It's the OG protagonist's sidekick, Kagura. Being a zombie has increased her bloodline's power."
I blocked her punch, but she kicked me right in my face, sending me crashing down on a car.
"No need to say this, I can just say by looking at her."
Ryan yelled, "Take this seriously."
"I am still immortal right. It's my biological powers, remember. At most, she could injure me temporarily. Although, I have to admit, she is stronger than me in terms of raw strength."
Ryan sighed, "Just end this. Take this a bit seriously. If you complete this world then, I would level up, and you will be free from me. I will no longer leave in your head."
"You should have said this earlier then. Fuck! I have to be a little more serious now." Getting up, I looked at Kagura and motioned her to attack. Can zombies understand this?
She ran towards me with her full speed. Yeah, they can. I grabbed a big glass shard in my hand and waited for her to attack. Just as she was about to punch me, I quickly cut off her hands and legs, rendering her helpless. Growling, she fell on the ground.
"They don't feel any pain, do they?"
"No," replied Ryan.
Judging by her reaction, she isn't feeling any. Not wasting time, I smashed her skull with my right leg, spilling her brain's contents on the ground.