As soon as Yang yelled "OVERSHADOW ",
every inorganic material in the entire island turned pure white. clothes, shoes, walls, even screens, there was a total white-out and everyone saw it. Ranging from those who were out in the open to those who were enjoying the privacy of a public toilet, everyone had a momentary white-out. Shiro's presence and energy could be sensed throughout the island, it was as if he was everywhere at the same time. The hunters that surrounded the school were throw into daze because even after everything regained their normal colour Shiro's presence remained, they felt as if he was standing right in front of them and at the same time as if he was far away. Not just the hunters, the students, the teachers, even those that were taking walks at the edge of the island, felt the presence. when it finally stopped, Shiro was nowhere to be found, his presence was completely gone, not even the most proficient sensors could locate him. it was as if he had vanished not just from the island, but from the surface of the earth.
The hunters finally began to understand why so much worth was being placed on a young boys head, he was just too elusive, it was the first time that about two hundred hunters were completely outmanouverd by one person in a matter of minutes. the shock they received hurt them down to their pride and little by little, they began to give up
Just as the hunters were about to make their way home, they began to hear a voice through their mobile devices.
"Don't tell me you guys are just going to walk away without even trying, did you really think the show was over? No, this is where it begins, follow me and we could be rich"
None of the hunters needed to think hard to know who was speaking to them, there was only one person they knew that could hack so many devices at once. In a loud whisper each of the hunters uttered the name 'Cypher'.
There was no man who was ever involved with the underground that didn't know of Cypher the machine man, the only successfully made cyborg ever known. there wasn't any man that didn't know of his achievements, nor was was there any that didn't hear his rumours. with both combat and intellectual capabilities, he was what one would call a perfect hunter.
The hunters listened to Cypher and came to an agreement that the price would be shared equally among them, not that the money really mattered to him; he just just wanted to catch the only prey that has ever eluded him, not once, not twice but five consecutive times. not many people knew of it but Cypher had hunted Shiro alone five times, and in all five, he was completely eluded. Now with many hunters having the same goal, he could finally perfect his score.
Immediately after the agreement, Cypher came up with a plan that everyone saw as highly effective. The plan was to make Shiro come to them instead of chasing him around, and the Best way to do that was to take everyone he knew hostage. That included his entire school, his family, his favourite restaurant, etc. everyone that Shiro spent more than an hour with was to be taken hostage.
Cypher's plan was being executed perfectly.
within a matter of minutes Shiro's house was surrounded, his school was surrounded, his favourite restaurant (Tanaka's)...was surrounded, and his location was being traced by using his past movements and running habits.
All parts of Cypher's plan seemed to flawless, but in truth it was a hard feat to carry out. the hunters would have to fight an elite group of teachers who were prepared to engage them, and also get the students to gather in one location. despite the difficulty of the plan it was considered easy when compared to chasing after Shiro.
After a few communications were made, the hunters were ready to take the school and were beginning to close in. meanwhile, many students still walked around the school premises unaware of the impending attack. but as soon as the hunters stormed into the school to begin their operation, a voice belonging to principal Rin called out loudly "Kojiro!!!" and immediately, every student was covered on all sides with a magical barrier, one for each.
Meanwhile at the eternal tower, Shiro received a call from Victor and was informed of the happenings. He immediately resolved to go back but he was stopped by Victor who explained to him that things were being kept under control at the moment and that his return was quite unnecessary. the whole situation was broken down properly for Shiro to understand, but he was worried about what would happen if the barrier was taken down.
"then I'll go " Yang said, as he brought himself into Shiro's view
"It won't fool them for long " Shiro replied.
then Yang smiled and answered "I don't need to fool them, I just need to take them out one by one "
"okay fine, I'll be waiting here for things to calm down" Shiro said, as he watched Yang vanish into the distance.
The individual barriers that protected the students were beyond every expectation, not even big Joe, the acclaimed strongest man in the world could break through it. For a few minutes it was just an awkward moment of hunters tackling impenetrable barriers while the students inside just had to keep their hopes up, it continued that way until Cypher found the energy source of the barrier and big Joe sprang into action. Meanwhile at Shiro's house, Mia had opened the door to see a lot of unwelcoming faces. For her it was quite obvious what they were after but it was the first time that they arrived in such a large group, they were about fifty in total and they all seemed to be well trained. "he's not around " she said, as she did her best to remain calm. Normally in situations like this, the men would try to force their way in and confirm if what she said was true, and then she would end up whooping all their asses, but the condition of this encounter was not the usual. First, the m
the nature of Kojiro's ability was was quite simple. he had the ability to create highly impenetrable barriers in front of and around anything, but this great power had a huge flaw that many people knew. the barriers were so powerful that nothing except breathable air could pass through them, not even the transmission waves of magical energy, and it was worked from both inside and outside. so if Kojiro were to cover himself in the barrier, he would gain the ultimate protection but he would be unable to cover others, and if he covered others, he would be unable to cover himself. in this situation he chose the latter and put the safety of the school first. "so you're the barrier expert." Joe said as he walked towards Kojiro who slowly backed away and began to run. Joe was very built and strong with high endurance, but Kojiro was a lot faster with home ground advantage and he was quite dexterous. with just hand-to-hand combat,he was able to knock out a few hunters in the way while run
Rin and Cypher remained in their initial positions, both pointing their weapons at each other. Rin had a Shin Sekai laser gun, which was known to be powerful. It had the looks of a revolver pistol but it was surely way faster and more powerful. on the other hand, Cypher had right his index finger. it didn't seem powerful at first, but as both of them fired and evaded, it proved to be much more effective than Rin's pistol. With just his index finger, Cypher was capable of mass destruction and rapid fire. Rin wasn't even getting a little chance for a return fire. all she could do was run, evade and frequently use energy shields to block the incoming shots. "This is going to be quite easy" Cypher thought as he added his left Index finger to the equation. but this thought was quickly overturned when Rin pulled out a laser cannon from what seemed to be nowhere. Cypher was hit by two things; a strong laser beam, and great deal of shock. he could block the beam but the shock hi
The battles in both Shiro's house and school were settled. but let's not forget that some hunters were sent to his favourite restaurant (Tanaka's). In the words of Yamato who was there, "not really much happened". but when someone says such a thing while scratching his head and looking away from the questionnaire, it becomes evident that a whole lot went down. It was a rare sunny day unlike the other days that Fubuki island lived up to its name(Fubuki means snow storm). On days like this, a lot of people loved be outdoors, it also meant that a lot of people ate outdoors on days like this, and restaurants gained a lot more customers than usual. Tanaka's restaurant always took advantage of this and so did Yamato. He was was skipping school to run a whole day shift. the apparent reason was because other employees also wanted to get a feel of the rare warmth that came with the day, but the real reason was because of money. If he could could cover for his colleagues he would get th
While all the battles took place, Shiro was lying on a park bench staring at the eternal tower in front of him. it was called eternal because no one could really tell how old it was. even scientifically it was seen as something that was just recently built, but in reality it was present even before the island's discovery. it was even stated in the old tales of Nihon. no one knew the history of this tower and Shiro wondered "am I so bored that I'm thinking of this right now?" After that question, it didn't take long for his boredom came to an end. His situation got a transition from bored to endangered really quickly with the arrival of an unexpected person. Shiro didn't think, he didn't even stop to quiver in fear or come up with a plan. He immediately turned his back and ran. He just wasn't ready to die twice. from the perspective of normal people, the wind blew briefly, but from Shiro's point of view, it was a chase that lasted about twenty minutes in relative time and yet
In accordance to Victor's predictions, Shiro began to experience his opponent grow in strength. In a comparison of actual strength and energy levels, Shiro would have no problem defeating the armored man but the circumstances surrounding the postponement spell makes it difficult. It was as if the universe itself would do anything to keep the man alive until his fated battle began. It didn't matter how weak he was everyone that wasn't his opponent would be made weaker. As the exchange of blows continued, so did Endo's growth in Strength. Shiro was still landing solid blows but he kept getting back up like a "shonen MC" while Shiro kept his usual pace. soon enough, Endo's counter attacks began but Shiro was yet to be in danger. He stepped up pace, becoming more agile and delivering a double counter. "you're not the only one that can move abnormally" he said with a smile "now come at me you age old anomaly" Shiro had little hesitation in his movements, instead he
"Why noww?, why now?" for some reason, Tanaka's car seemed to be facing some major technical difficulties. She had turned the key multiple times but the engine wouldn't even cough. "Why aren't you using a Shin Sekai brand?" Yamato asked out of curiosity. Tanaka's restaurant was quite successful and it didn't didn't seem like she was financially lacking. Also, Shin Sekai products were very affordable and much more efficient than others. The reason she chose to distance herself from them was not something one could easily guess. "It's a long story" she answered as she opened the bonnet and started looking for what was wrong with the car. It didn't take long before Tanaka started panicking. "Oh no no no no no no" "what's it?" Yamato asked "It's fried" she answered "what's fried?" Yamato asked "everything....everything's fried" she replied in panic it didn't take Yamato long to guess that the cause of the breakdown wasn't just due to poor quality "this was a sab
As Orie watched Shin, he heard the voices of the gods saying "Time up. It's his turn now." and the markings on body faded away. Then he snapped his fingers and was immediately dressed like his normal self with the overcoat and scarf and backed away. Shin grabbed Endo and jumped out of the pit then put him in a sitting position and said to him "I need you to listen to me" The rage inside Endo was too much. there was no way he was going to comply with the man that massacred his entire kingdom but that wasn't the only reason. Everyone; including Shin found it strange that throughout the entire ordeal, he didn't utter any word. If anyone was as enraged as Endo was he would have at least let out some the rage verbally and even if his mind was in disarray, a thousand years alone was quite enough to come up with a meticulous plan to exact his revenge. But for some reason every decision Endo made so far was crude as if he didn't even care about revenge. It was as if his objective was to