Grand Fate: El Muerto
Alter Ego's
One week before the final exam begins, Gaki studies and practices more than usual. Gaki enrolls Eiji into one of the high schools in Tokyo, Gaki enrolls Eiji with the help of Voxx because Eiji does not carry his important files such as birth certificates and family cards, Gaki also claims Eiji as his foster brother.
The two brothers are now training for exams next week, as Japan conducts simultaneous exams at all levels. Every now and then Eiji had been training with Gaki in the gymnasium, he practiced dodging Master Zhong's attacks with his Vision, and he began to be able to control his strength to see more details such as the movement of the air direction, amount of rainwater.
On Tuesday, Gaki went to the academy for a meeting with the festival guard committee. Gaki holds a team of four members from his force, and twenty younger siblings.
In the meeting room, Gaki, Zein, Taki, and Quin talk about the division of positions for each guard, before they numbered five, but because Nova resigned, they were, only four people remained who were members of the guard division. "There are four main entrances into the stadium that we will use, this is very much in line with the number of us four. One group will lead five younger siblings and will stand guard at every check point," Zein pointed to the four stadium entrances pictured, "if there is a problem, if there is a problem, how do we communicate with each other?," Taki was a little confused, "we use cell phones, you have, right?," Zein shrugged his shoulders, "you know, Gaki can't use a cell phone," Quin pointed at Gaki who lowered his head, he looked a little embarrassed.
Gaki is known in addition to mysterious, he is not reliable using electronic technology, it is one of the reasons he prefers to read magazines rather than see digital messages, Gaki also chose to use shuriken instead of making a rifle with fire, because he did not understand about the machines in it.
"Then, we send a message to the younger brother level who is with Gaki to tell Gaki," Zein gives the idea, "good idea," Gaki seems to agree with the idea of Zein. "Then, let's start the division," Taki took out the map from his bag, the map contained data from the younger brother level.
The four of them began to divide points, Gaki occupies point A, the main door in front of the stadium, Zein occupies point B, the right wing door, Taki occupies point C, and so on, the door is on the left wing, and Quin occupies point D, the back door of the stadium. Each of them held a level younger brother that numbered five people per group. "Because everything has been decided, I will tell them all," Zein stood up and stepped out of the meeting room, "in a moment, how about tonight we go to the stadium to check the stadium?," Taki gave me an idea. "Good idea," Quin gave his thumbs up, Gaki and Zein agreed, "then I'll tell them," Zein said, "no, I think we're alone," Gaki now gave an idea.
After being determined, Zein also told the level brother about the division of the group, even tonight the four of them will go to the stadium to look at the place.
After the lesson time is over, the clock shows at 14:00. Gaki attended the main meeting of the Student Executive Organization, or Voxx. Gaki walks towards the main meeting room, where all the members are already there, but there is one person who makes Gaki confused, "what is Eden doing here?," Gaki pointed to Eden who is playing his phone, "ah, he also just joined, I forgot to tell you, he entered the scientific division," replied Shin.
After everyone was present in the meeting room, Shin started his meeting. It was started by Shin who explained the rundown of the show. "The ceremony starts three more weeks, which is December 3 to 4, from Thursday to Friday. Rundown event as follows; on Thursday we will hold the opening event from 10.00 to 11.30, after which it will enter a break time, at 14.00 to 19.00 will be held the main festival event, which will be held, performing arts and science, the event will be closed at 20:00. All members are not allowed to go home, we will prepare for the event for the next day, the guarding division will do shifts guarding the stadium, the scientific division and the event will prepare for the needs of tomorrow, he said, the documentation division is expected to tidy up the photo and video files taken, the PR division will contact guests for further events, the backup division will be deployed to help other divisions. On Friday, the festival will again start at 08.00 to 10.00, followed by the delivery of material by an expert named Yamamoto Kusagi, he is our foreign minister now, he said, the event will be held for one hour, from 10:00 to 11:00, followed by the festival, at 17:00 we will prepare hanabi for the celebration of the night, as well as the release of 1000 lanterns into the sky, at 17:00 we will prepare hanabi for the celebration of the night, until here something was asked?," Shin closed his book which he used as a note to write the preparation of the event. No one answered Shin's question, "no one wants to ask?, then Kai continued as the head of the event division."
Kai took his proposal from the bag, stood up and began to read out his proposal, "as the chairman mentioned earlier, we will hold a festival for two days, we from the event division will prepare the following things; 1 stage with a length of 25 meters and a width of 15 meters, and two small stages with a large length of 15 meters and a width of 7 meters, attributes of Japanese parades and arts, as well as some of the traditional tools we get from the help of the Traditional Arts Institute of Japan, 100 stalls for festival traders, 1000 lanterns and 500 spare lanterns, three giant hanabi measuring 1 meter, and ten small hanabi measuring 50 cm." Kai sat back down and stuffed his proposal back into the bag.
After delivering the proposal of the event, continued by Kudo who is the chairman of the Public Relations Division, Kudo stood up and took his proposal book, "I am here as the chairman of the Public Relations Division to convey some things related to sponsorship and financial assistance. We have sponsorships from several brands in Japan, they will also sell their goods at our festival, there are three levels of sponsors participating, from the amount of 15,000 yen, 50,000 yen, and 150,000 yen. We got 18 sponsors for 15,000 yen, 8 sponsors for 50,000 yen, and 5 sponsors for 150,000 yen. The total amount was 1,420,000 yen, plus 750,000 yen from the academy, a total of 2,170,000 yen. We also invited several actresses in this festival event, as well as traditional art groups sent from the Arts Institute," Kudo closed his proposal and sat back down.
After Kudo submitted his proposal, Shin stood up again, "the main division has finished giving their respective proposals, the rest is only scientific division, guard, documentation, assistance, and backup. I hope you do your best in the exam later as well as at the festival, accept the cooperation, the meeting is dissolved." Shin did ojigi followed by all the members of the meeting.
After the meeting was dissolved by Shin, Gaki also intended to go straight home. On the way, Gaki heads to the minimarket first to buy some snacks, where he meets Eiji who is also walking home.
"Your school is done?," Gaki patted Eiji's peon from behind, "ah, big brother?," Eiji was a little shocked because he didn't feel Gaki's presence before, "I just finished, I'm done, want to buy a snack?, "sure."
Gaki and Eiji went inside the minimarket, bought some food and goods, after which they went home and cleaned themselves up. Gaki goes to the bathroom, while Eiji goes to the kitchen to cook an afternoon meal. After finishing the bath, Gaki sits in the living room while waiting for Eiji who is cooking, Gaki reads a magazine he put on the table.
"Eiji, tonight I want to go for a while," said Gaki, "where do you want to go?, usually you never go at night.." Eiji brought a large bowl of ramen to the living room, "me and the others wanted to check the stadium for the festival preparations, so you're home tonight, I won't be long," Gaki stroked Eiji's head, "well, don't go past midnight," Eiji looked glum, "no going," Gaki smiled widely.
At 19:00, Gaki was preparing to go to the stadium, when Gaki wanted to put on his shoes, Eiji patted him on the shoulder, "sister, how do I contact you if you don't have a cell phone?," asked Eiji puzzled, "use this, "Gaki raises a small flame from his hand, it is the size of an adult's hand, Gaki thrusts the fire at Eiji, "use this, this fire will send me your voice," Gaki thrust the fire at Eiji, "the fire is warm," Eiji grasped the fire, "no need to worry the fire will grow," Gaki smiled slightly, "yes, I'm leaving ya!," Gaki stood up and walked out of the house.
Gaki goes to the stadium by being picked up by Zein, he will wait at the minimarket to be picked up by Zein. After three minutes of waiting, Zein came by car with Taki and Quin. "Actually what are we going to do there?, isn't checking the condition of the stadium a scientific division task and event?," Quin protested a bit, "you're late for the protest, you're late for the protest, after all you were the first to agree to this idea," Taki looked gloomy, he was already sleepy.
After fifteen minutes of travel, they arrived at the stadium. The darkness of the night made the stadium look even grander with its lights, Gaki and the others headed to the guard's office to grant the entrance papers to the stadium given directly by the academy. "Do you want to come here at night?" the stadium guard looked astonished, "we from the academy, want to see the structure of the stadium to determine the points of guard, including seeing the blind spots from the surveillance cameras," Zein briefly explained their goal, "well, finish quickly," the guard gave them the key to the stadium's main gate.
Gaki and the others entered the stadium, looking very grand and wide, although dark, the lights illuminated the ball field in the middle of the stadium. "Let's split up to determine each other's position, we'll regroup here in 30 minutes" Gaki and the others began to spread to their respective points.
Gaki stays at the main door, he searches for the location of several surveillance cameras, there are five surveillance cameras on the main door, all five can turn half the ball. Gaki goes to the surveillance room to look for the blind spot of the surveillance camera, which Gaki finds is the blind spot is the bottom of the surveillance camera, because although it can rotate half the ball, Gaki found, but he can't turn straight down, there is 20 degrees left that makes the seat below him a blind spot, this also happens in other surveillance cameras, Gaki wrote the shortcomings in his notebook. Now that Gaki was looking for a position to stand guard, he found some spots to look at widely, as the festival would be held during the day, and there would be some stalls, as there would be some stalls, so Gaki had to divide the group to stay on guard and patrol, he also wrote in his notebook about it.
20 Minutes passed, Gaki is now checking the delusion of the surveillance camera, Zein who has finished checking the point has met Gaki and reported the results of his investigation. "Supervisory camera with a blind spot underneath?, I'm also having the same problem," Gaki looked puzzled, "we haven't been told about Grim's sister level, yet, maybe they'll be useful to solve the blind spot problem, after all we need four people for four surveillance camera controllers," Zein also looks confused. Quin and Taki had already finished investigating their respective points, and they had regrouped at the main door.
"So our main problem is just blind spot, the rest just need to patrol," Gaki concluded the problem, at the same time, Gaki felt a vibration from his hand, it was the sound of a call from Eiji. Gaki raises his fire in his right hand, Zein and the others notice what Gaki is doing.
"Ka.....K.....T....O..--," the sound was cut off instantly, the sound disappeared instantly. From the sky came a rumbling sound, something was falling at high speed from the sky, it hit the ball field and made a high vibration. "A.. What is it?" Zein was confused to see, it was covered in dust, they could see nothing. "That's... Someone," Quin looked closely. The shadow of someone gradually appeared, behind the thick dust there was someone there. "HELLO! MAGANDANG GABI!!," the person in the shadows shouted loudly, the dust around him was swept away so that Gaki and the others could see his form perfectly.
The person was wearing a black robe that covered his entire body, his face was covered in a mask that covered up the head, only part of his mouth could be clearly seen. He was about 180 cm tall, he smiled broadly at Gaki and the others, Gaki thought there was only one thing, the message Eiji conveyed before his voice was gone, he felt very worried about what was happening, but it seemed like he had to face someone in front of him first.
"Who are you?," Gaki formed a katana and directed it at the person, "me?, you don't need to know son, because you'll also be finished here." With just one sentence, Gaki and the others know that this is not a game, in front of them is a criminal, and they must defeat him. "Especially you, the little boy holding the sword," the man pointed to Gaki, "you were involved in the attack on the supermarket, right?," he continued.
Gaki remained silent, he held back his anger, Gaki should not destroy his stadium. Zein ran to the guard post to tell him about this, but when all the doors were shut by a giant stone wall, they were trapped there. "This is my Grimoire, Stone Age!," the man laughed out loud, Gaki understood very well that the person in front of him was not an ordinary criminal, according to him, this person was one of the assassins from the Philippines.
Gaki and the others were already in the ready position, Gaki was holding tightly his katana, Taki had already directed his hand, Zein was in the stance of the horses, Quin cards were surrounding his body. "It looks like you know what you're in now, you look scared" the man laughed again, "we're starting." In an instant, the man was already in front of the four of them, Gaki swiftly formed a wing and flew upwards, Taki put pressure down so he bounced up, Quin flew using his card, and he was still flying, but Zein was late to dodge.
Zein's neck was gripped by the person, Gaki immediately flew to the person and swung his sword, but a stone wall appeared in front of him, the wall was not destroyed, not even scratched in the slightest. Gaki used his legs to push his body back into the air, he turned and turned his weapon into a hammer big enough, he smashed it into the stone wall in front of him, the wall was broken into pieces. The one who was gripping Zein let go of his hand and made a stone pillar to climb up, Quin launched his attack by flying his cards, the person threw stones at Gaki and the others, and the other one, was, but Quin cut all the stones. Taki puts pressure on the stone pillar and makes it destroyed, the person makes a new pillar again, he crosses his arms and smiles widely there.
"Like the rumors I heard, the academy has talented students, it seems like this fight will be fun," that person's smile turned into a sharp grin, Gaki again turned his weapon into a katana, and he turned his weapon back into a katana, Zein was still in a state of shortness of breath due to being gripped earlier. "Therefore, comfort me!," the man laughed loudly, the stone wall that shut them now opened, Gaki and the others were no longer in the stadium, they were in the sky.
"This rock will fall in five minutes, defeat me in that time, or you will fall together." The man was already insane, he was willing to die just for a fight, "what does he mean?," Zein re-formed the horses, "we have to defeat him," Gaki jumped up and flapped his fire wings.
Taki exerts pressure on Gaki's katana to make it as strong as a hammer, Quin shatters the rocks that slide towards Gaki, Zein behind is gathering energy to launch a major attack. The Villain made three layers of stone walls that were one meter thick, Gaki made a round in the air while swinging his sword, he managed to break through the three walls, but at the same time, he managed to break through the three walls, The villain makes a stalagmite rock from below that leads to Gaki, he immediately rotates and flies up.
Gaki flies vertically down, he turns his weapon into an axe, this will be his best attack. Gaki slashed his axe at the stalagmite stones and smashed them, "Zein!, now," Gaki flew up again. Zein's entire body was filled with wind currents, he stood up and formed horses, Zein clenched his right hand beside his waist, visible currents of wind whirling at the end of his fist, and, The Villain again threw bigger stones, Quin formed a wall with his cards to protect Zein so that his focus did not break.
Zein launched his fists, the stone they were thrust back, the stalagmite stones that appeared shattered instantly, the pillar that the Villain was treading on shattered, he fell down. Gaki catches Zein, Quin, and Taki with his artificial rope, the stone falls down, but before it hits the ground, the stone is crushed by a light, Nova is waiting for them.
Gaki landed by carrying the other three. "Nova?, what are you doing here?," Zein looked exhausted, "you think seeing a boulder flying in the middle of the night is not a strange thing?," Nova cupped her hands. "Did the man die?" Quin looked at the Villain lying on the ground, "I'll check it," Gaki walked towards him slowly, forming a shield with his fire. When Gaki was only two meters away from him, the Villain woke up slowly. Gaki points his katana at the Villain, and from far away Nova, Quin, and Taki prepare to launch an attack.
"I enjoyed the fight," the man chuckled, he stood up again. Gaki was still keeping his distance from him, "my dealings with you guys are done, I'll tell you one last thing, your life won't be safe from now on, AHAHHAHAHA," the person pulled something out of his pocket, "Sa Uulitin," the man grinned, a wind current formed behind him, he was sucked into it, in an instant, the criminal disappeared.
"He..., run away?," Nova was a little confused, "let's, at least our business is done," Gaki pulled his Grim, he walked back to the others. "I have other business" Gaki walked out of the stadium, the stadium guards slept in his post, which is why they didn't get help. Gaki flaps his wings and flies to his house, from behind Quin follows him, Zein takes a car and takes Taki and Nova to chase after Gaki.
Arriving at home, Gaki goes inside, he yells at Eiji, but with no answer, he searches all sides but finds nothing. Gaki panics, he runs out and looks for Eiji, Gaki's anger intensifies, Quin and the others come looking for Eiji, until Kai comes to see Gaki.
Kai looks exhausted, he runs at full speed towards Gaki. "People...... Eijian....... Kidnapped...... Shin's..... Chasing after him," Kai looked exhausted, Gaki in an instant flew and headed somewhere, he felt the existence of Eiji, the fire he gave back lit up. "We have to chase after him, Kai, get in the car, you're exhausted," Zein dances Kai into the car, they chase after Gaki who is flying at high speed, grim's police detectors did not detect Gaki's strength because his speed was too high. "This road..," Zein felt familiar with the road they were on, "we're heading towards Mount Fuji," Kai sighed, "I can feel how tired it is to run that far," Nova patted Kai on the shoulder.
Gaki darted into the forests of Mount Fuji, Zein and the others followed Kai who was with Shin before, they climbed the mountain using the help of Quin cards to make it faster. When they reached their destination, Gaki was sitting limp, Shin sprawled in front of him without power, beside him there was Eiji covered by leaves from Shin's sunflower. Gaki gazed up at the sky, his anger unbearable, Gaki's true nature out, selfishness and anger.
Someone appeared from above, he floated slowly before Gaki, he understood that Gaki was already in a very dangerous condition, Gaki entered in the highest form of his, Phase 1 Executor, and he could not be seen, it was a condition where Gaki's anger could no longer be held back, but he did not release it in large numbers.
"We have to go, now," Kai pulled the others back, "why?, you want to let them die?," Zein tried to help Gaki, "they won't die, Gaki will look after him, Gaki will look after him, it is precisely we who will die if we stay here," Nova pulled Zein's collar, they returned down the mountain, the aura of Gaki still felt even though they were very far away.
Gaki was still sitting limp, he seemed to lose hope, Shin who lost consciousness fell asleep in his lap, Eiji who was also dingsang covered by leaves and tree trunks belonging to Shin, it was the last strength Shin. "You made a mistake, son," the man was wearing the same clothes that the man in the stadium wore, the man began to speak, "my name is Romero, the hitman from La Muerto, the man from the stadium, the Philippine assassin organization, which you've been looking for. My job here is to finish you off, as a payment for what your parents did," Romero formed a whirlwind, he swung his hand and the entire whirlwind shot towards Gaki.
Like having a protector, the entire whirlwind simply disappeared, Gaki's eyes now turned to Romero, "this is a sin, which you did," Gaki's tone of voice weakened. Gaki stands up, he creates a fire that burns Shin and Eiji, it is a fire to protect them from the attack that Gaki will make.
Gaki's anger can finally be expelled, he grasps a long sword, his wings spread, "you'll kill, here." Gaki flapped his wings, his feathers spread out in all directions, he moved to each of his feathers at high speed, this was the technique that Gaki used earlier in the supermarket scene. "This cheap technique won't beat me!," Romero formed a huge whirlwind, he sucked up all the feathers of Gaki's fire, but they were all tricks, Gaki emerged from the top of the whirlwind which was the point where the wind did not attract anything, he shot and swung his sword at Romero, Romero who was shocked instantly changed the shape of his whirlwind to attack Gaki, but Gaki moved to another place that had been marked, he darted from behind Romero and again prepared to swing his sword.
Romero begins to panic, Gaki moves continuously, the more he makes Gaki move, the more feathers are released, he intends to do his backup mission, killing Eiji. Romero flew towards Eiji and prepared to stab him with a whirlwind, he made a whirlwind around him so that Gaki could not attack him, but it was the wrong decision. "You made a mistake," Gaki's aura grew stronger, he touched his sword to Romero's whirlwind, in the instant the fire fused with the whirling wind, Romero came out and flew into space, he felt the heat of Gaki's fire from close range.
Romero and Gaki are now in space, no more obstacles. "I was ordered to complete the task without sparing any evidence, as you can see, my strength is the wind, and you challenge me up in the sky like this, you fool," Romero created a giant whirlwind, he launches it at Gaki, unlike before, this time Gaki does not dodge, "stop playing around," Gaki swings his sword slightly and the whirlwind disappears. Romero was losing his confidence, his mentality was getting destroyed, his strength was getting thinner.
"If that's what you want, I'll do it," Romero took the knife from his pocket, he slashed part of his palm, he made a pact with the devil. "I SACRIFICED MY SOUL, GIVE ME STRENGTH!," in the instant the thunder rumbled and struck Romero, he seemed to recover, the aura of power that belonged to Romero getting stronger.
Romero launched more whirlwinds, Gaki held his sword with both hands, he grasped it tightly. "You go, I'll kill you," Romero grinned sharply, Gaki flew horizontally towards Romero, he dodged all the whirlwinds Romero was emitting, "burn," Gaki swung his sword and slashed Romero's body, a gigantic flame appeared and formed an image of a dragon burning Romero, his body burning charred, he fell down.
Gaki looks limp, although he looks calm, he uses too much force, his wings evaporate and Gaki falls down, but Quin catches him before he hits the ground. The fire that protected Eiji and Shin was also gone, Kai and the others took them to the car and went to the hospital.
Gaki is in critical condition, his brain cannot work properly, he is losing hope, his heart is beating very fast, he is entering Adrenaline A at an improper phase.
"How are Eiji and Shin?," Kai looked worried, "they're both safe, Shin has a fracture in the ribs, he fainted from being hit in the abdomen, while Eiji fainted from oxygen exhaustion, but he's safe," replied the Doctor, "while Gaki is in a critical condition, his system is unstable, maybe he'll be treated for longer."
Gaki, he's a power-hungry man, his fire has a lot of uniqueness, he can make it ice-cold, as sharp as a bee sting, and as fast as light. Gaki's fire has one power that makes him very special, he can absorb people's power to strengthen himself, because the fire is also what makes Gaki very selfish and wants to become stronger.
Gaki never lost his temper, he always harbored a great sense of anger, it he used to strengthen himself in the moments needed, the side effects are loss of consciousness and unstable body systems. Gaki only feels calm when with Noah, Shin, and Eiji, but his true nature can never be lost, therefore Gaki hates himself, more precisely, Alter Ego.