3rd Pov:
Driving through Mato's barren land are 2 military vehicles with 4 Demon defence force members in each vehicle driving towards where series of explosions and a massive meteor crashed down.
They couldn't get closer as the radiating heat kept them back until it was safe enough for them to move in. In one of the passenger seats of the vehicle is the chief from the 2nd unit and in passenger seats in the other vehicle is a another woman with black hair tied into a high ponytail.
Their gazes remained ahead, specifically at the crashed meteor in the distance. Its once molten heat and orange colour has all been cooled down by the cold winds of Mato.
Their vehicles stop about 15 meters away from the large rock as the members scattered around in pairs to scout the area for any clues on who caused this large rock to be launched.
As they move around, all they found was the absolute destruction of the area. Craters, rubble and dried blood, mostly red but there are patches of green littered around the area, it was as if two animals fought for hours only to have the right to be the ruler of its territory.
The members hands twitched, awaiting for anything to come out from behind something attack, for being in service with the demon defence force their senses for danger is sharp as the constant ambushes from the demons laying inside the ground like trapdoor spiders waiting for prey to wander close.
Two of the members didn't seem like they were looking around the area, they were following a trail as in one of them holds a locator in her hand.
One was a young girl with short blonde hair with curls at the end of each strand of hair and blue eyes.
The other is a much older and mature woman, she has brown hair tied in a short, low ponytail going past her shoulder and brown eyes that are constantly focused.
The device beeps faintly but grows louder and faster the more they move. They come across a wide patch of red blood that almost looks like a person, to the side of it is a trail of footprints and droplets of blood on ground leading towards a cave in the distance.
Both girls looked at the cave for a moment before pulling out a pistol each, "Shouldn't we take a sample of the blood for lady Kinokuni?" Said the blonde haired woman.
"No, it's all dry so it won't give us much of anything and we were told by the surveillance team that subject delta came out victorious" the brown haired woman said dismissively as she typed at her phone for a few seconds and gaze down at it before putting it away.
Normal bullets can't penetrate the skin of Shuuki but thanks to applying the energy inside the peaches, the bullets now can penetrate the skin of the Shuuki with ease.
They checked their weapons before walking over to cave but as they follow the red footprints they come to a stop about a foot away from the entrance of the cave but the droplets of blood continues forward.
Both girls lean their heads forward to the cave to get a better few inside but they saw nothing but the tunnel going further down.
"Are we sure we take subject delta with what we saw, Yuma?" The blonde haired woman asked wearily, tightening her hold on her gun for reassurance.
"Certainly Hana, he's used up the unique energy he has and is wounded severely, if we're lucky he'll be unconscious" Yuma dismissed again as she walk inside and followed the only path.
After a moments of hesitation, Hana followed but eyes darted to the walls out of weariness of demons bursting through the wall.
Yuma glanced over her shoulder without stopping, "stop wasting time, Kaori can't keep the other members busy the whole day so we're running on a clock"
"You messaged Kaori?" Hana asked as she caught up with Yuma.
"Of course, when I saw that trail leading to the cave, I immediately messaged her to keep the demon defence force members away from here as we load subject delta up" Yuma explained as they come across and open but dark room.
At the back of room where the moon lights up a small portion of the room is a pale body of a boy in his early teens leaning against the wall with black hair, his eyes are closed so his eye colour is unknown the two girls, at the centre of his chest is an hole that the other side can be seen.
Yuma analysed the body for a second, "it's subject Charlie"
"How can you tell?" Hana asked curiously.
"Because of the file we were given on both Charlie and delta, you read them right?" Yuma eyes twitched at Hana.
She laughed as she rubbed the back of her head, "sorry, I was hungry so I was thinking of what to eat, but what's the deal with making experimented men anyway, if they gain abilities won't they revolt against the current government?" Hana asked curiously.
"That's true but that's not the main reason" Yuma said as she turned to Hana fully.
"We received a report about a bright and large light in Mato and 4 civilians appeared directly where the light has been by the demon defence force, the civilians were brought to the Onmyou Agency for observation in case they were a new type of Shuuki who could mimic a human form"
"The main scientist and the current head of the Onmyou agency, Wakako Kinokuni, discovered a new, strange and chilling energy emitting from all of them so she immediately wanted to extract the energy and use it against the Shuuki. There were 3 males, two of which had the appearances children and 1 female"
"Lady Kinokuni wanted the adult male and female to have an autopsy to find out in their organs were the same as humans and were dubbed Subject Alpha and Beta, as for the other 2, one was moved to the research facility here in Mato to test what happens when we mix Mato's peach energy with the energy inside the subjects body and the result ended with Subject Charlie"
"And what about Subject Delta? What was gonna happen to him before he escaped from his transporter?" Hana asked, fully invested in the story.
Yuma sighed, 'I was gonna get to it before you interrupted'
"Subject Delta was gonna be sent to a research facility in the mountains in order to siphon his body of the energy and see if we can infuse our weapons with it but he escaped by slicing the vehicles and the woman in chunks"
"Woah" Hana had stars in her eyes.
"Now enough chit chat let's move" Yuma said as she step forward with Hana but only to stop abruptly.
Hana went ahead a little before looking back with a raised brow, "what's wrong Yuma?"
Yuma didn't say anything but bring a finger to her lips, silently telling her to be quiet and listen.
They stayed silent but there was nothing, Hana looked around but the darkness barely reveals anything, she squints her eyes but even then there's nothing.
Suddenly a sharp crack and a wet splash resonated behind her as she felt something wet hit her back, her head snapped back in a panic as she points her pistol behind her but what she see's made her freeze in fear.
A hand with sharp, black nails have pierced through the back of Yuma's head, leaving her face unrecognisable. Yuma's finger twitch violently at her side before going limp.
The hand sharply swung to the side as Yuma's body was flung out before bouncing off the rock wall's of the cave.
Hana'e eyes followed Yuma's lifeless body as it hit the wall and fall to the ground, she made no move to run up to her or even run away, her whole body has been consumed by fear.
She didn't want to meet the gaze of killer but his footsteps grew closer.
Slow and deliberate.
"So that was your reason for turning my brother in a freak and destroying his mind" the killer's voice echoed off the wall, his voice, through grinding teeth, held vengeful anger but he didn't scream it out.
"Not only my brother" his voice starting to grow more murderous by the second, "but my mother, my father and me are brand something that isn't human"
"And I'm suppose to accept that shit and just die for the sake of humanity that would one day use this energy to fight against each other after a common threat is dealt with, I call that utter bullshit" the killer said, now standing in front of Hana, she still didn't look at him but he grabbed her hair and forcibly made her look up at him.
"I don't care about humanity, I don't care about money, I don't care about my birth country, that's all but disappeared when the same humanity I thought I could stand with, find someone I love and live my life to the end in peace has taken away my brother and very possibly my mother and my father" he said, his grip growing more tightly as Hana shut one eye from the pain.
"Right now, I have nothing left to lose when I want to kill the people of the demon defence force as well as the Onmyou agency" The killer, Xicor, said as he reeled his free hand back with his fingers straight as a blade.
"But before I claim my second kill, tell me where are your research facility" he demanded, his red eyes gleaming in the dimly lit cave by the moon lights.
'He is a demon' that was the constant thought of Hana as she looked straight him.
"I-I W-Won't tell you!" She stuttered out, despite her fear.
Xicor's eyes narrow in frustration before letting out an annoyed sigh, "How annoying, oh well, I'll just ask the next woman and find and repeat the same process"
"Here's a spoiler of people who don't give me what I asked for"
"No! No! No! Wai-" she was cut off by Xicor's hand piercing through Hana's face and out the back of her head.
Xicor yanked his hand out from his second kill before throwing her next to Yuma's corpse. He looked at their body for a long minute, his expression showing nothing but hollow calmness.
He put a hand over his bandaged stomach, he had to rip a chunk of his martial arts pants to make a makeshift bandage to cover the wound as his cursed energy reserves have all but depleted and needs time to recover but with the amount he has now, he's slowly closing the wound.
He moved his exhausted body forward towards his dead brother, his steps were heavy and took a lot of effort to move but there was a slight skip in one of them.
As he reached his body, he lifted his body over his shoulder and walked to the other entrance of the cave he discovered while scouting around the cave for its layout if anyone or Shuuki comes in.
As Xicor moved through the caves tunnels he pulled up the system notification he ignored while grieving of his brother's death by his hands.
His mind would whisper the memory to him, like the devil showcasing his greatest sin.
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[Congratulations for defeating a high level threat]
[Reward:
[+1 Template roll]
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Xicor's teeth grind together and his free hand tightened with rage, 'a threat? That's my fucking brother!' He screamed mentally.
He shook his head with tiredness, 'what did I expect of a system that's only purpose was just give the user power after successfully fulfilling its task'
He accepted the template but didn't roll it immediately as his tired body needs to find a place to rest before he passes out.
After what felt like an eternity, Xicor made it out of the cave and in the distance, off to his right, he can see his destroyed spire which housed one of his hideouts.
'Oh yeah, that happened' Xicor thought as he remembered the start of the fight.
He turned to the opposite direction and walk away as if he goes back to the destroyed spire and attempts to hide somewhere near it or even try to scavenge anything of use, the likelihood of him being caught is massive.
So he needs to get as far away as possible, luckily he has backups nearby. Places with no equipment, just hidden and small rooms for places he can use to rest for short while before heading back out.
This one was inside a caves roof, looking up he barely leaps up and hangs off the edge as he pushes his brother's body up and lifts himself up before moving a thin slate of stone over the entrance to camouflage it.
He then leaned William's body against the wall before slumping back against the wall in front of the body, he couldn't take his eyes off the gaping hole he caused.
The guilt was massive but his anger towards the people who forcibly transform him was greater.
Xicor gazed at his brother's face, each detail he doted down mentally was a piece of his past coming back at him.
Soon his exhausted body began to relax as his eyes grew heavy, now that they were in a safer place he used the template roll before he his body went limp.
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[Rolling Template]
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