Rez jumps high in the air and lands a devastating blow on the ground. The impact shook the ground and cracked it open. Kento rolled back and managed to get to safety. Rez gets up. His fist was wrapped in void energy. A black aura covered his whole fist. "Get up kid, training is only starting." Kento was breathing heavily and he crawled backwards. Rez steps forward. "This is not what I signed up for man." Kento's eyes wide opened, but the question is why is Rez doing it?
A few minutes ago. Kento and Rez entered the training grounds. The whole place was massive and widely empty. Thick steel walls covered as far as it went. A viewing deck was located in the middle of the massively wide area. Inside Sho was standing. A large hammer was beside him. Kento and Rez walked towards the center. "So what's this place?" Kento was curious and very excited. Rez on the other hand takes his jacket off. He throws his gun away. "Shift." He whispered. Suddenly a dome like figure covered them. They were inside a large dome within the training grounds. Kento was shocked but this time he knows what it is. "Is this your dimension?" Rez turns around and smiles. "No. It's not a mirror dimension. It's a barrier." Kento smiles awkwardly. "So it's for our protection?" Hearing it Rez laughs. He bursts into laughter while Kento stood there confused. "It's not for our protection. It's a structure made to protect the training grounds." Kento now understands. His body felt different. His feet frozen. Rez is not going to train him by making him lift weights or something. It's what he feared became true. Rez's fist was getting covered in black energy. He started walking towards Kento. "Here's the deal. If you have a hit on me, I don't care how you will do it. Hit me wherever you like. You are welcome to make a crippled old bastard if you wish I don't care. You hit me and the training is over." Kento was in a temporary shock. Hit him? He's massive. He can take down a dinosaur on his own. "Let's begin." And that's how Kento ended up in this situation.
Rez launched himself towards Kento and throws a punch. The shockwave covered the whole area. Kento dodged it but the punch was so close his ear gets cut from the side. He fell on the ground and crawled backwards. Kento gets up and runs. "Come back and fight you coward." Rez screamed and a terrifying aura bursted out. He gets in position and launched himself. Kento looks back. His eyes wide open. Rez was looking terrifying. His eyes almost white. Kento dodged. He bends down and lays on the ground. Rez went in front and crashed into the dome. It slightly cracked the dome from outside. Sho leans forward. "At this rate he will die for sure." He whispered. Rez gets up and looked at Kento while smiling. "What's wrong? You wanted to get stronger right? Those fancy VR shit doesn't work here Kento. In order to get stronger you must find your instinct." He jumps and launched himself towards Kento. "Shit." Kento was desperate.
A door. A sealed room. The door had a number. 67-O , Captain and Commanders only. The message was clear. It's a room meant for high ranking officers. Inside the room there was some high-tech monitors. Technically which surpassed the traditional military tech. Monica and Ema were sitting and a bunch of operators were sitting in front of the monitors. They looked tense. They were sweating. Ema was holding a book and Monica seemed tensed. She was constantly looking at every monitor. Ema on the other hand was observing only one. The operators were typing codes and they were looking for something inside every folder. Another operator was constantly switching between camera feeds. "We got him." Suddenly Monica stood up and walked towards the operator. "Where is he?" She was tensed and curious. The operator taps a key and live camera feed pops up. Inside a man was brutally injured. He was sitting there in a corner while he was bleeding. His surroundings were creepy. Bloodstained walls. He was breathing heavily and one of his arms was completely cut off. "Xin get out of there. Use the damn extractor." The man heard Monica's voice through the transmission chip. He smiles "It's too late, he's here." Monica grabs the mic and yells. "Get out of there right now it's an order." Suddenly the feed cuts off. Monica looked incredibly disappointed and sad at the same time. Her eyes almost filled with tears. She turns and looks at Ema. Ema's eyes were looking furious. Her grip around the book tightened.
"Fine then.If that's what they want I will give it to them." Her tone carved a shockwave of fear even in Monica.
The training grounds went silent. No screaming, no destructive shockwaves. The protection barrier started dissolving. Kento was laying on the ground. He's breathing heavily and his body was feeling extreme pain. Rez on the other hand was standing tall. The black energy from his fist vanished. He stood there without breaking a sweat. Kento rolls over and tries to get up but failed. His legs were feeling extreme pain and his shoulder was bleeding. He tried to stand up but failed again. "Oh god just kill me." His voice almost died within him. He breathes heavily. "You're quite good when it comes to dodging attacks but remember in a fight if you can't hit your opponent you're better off dead." Rez was not explaining he was telling the raw truth. In a battle only the strongest stands tall and this time it was Rez. The vault door opens and Sho walked inside. Kento looks at him while laying on the ground. He steps closer towards Kento and leaned. "So what should we do now boss?"
"Take him away. He's totally busted. We will continue later." Rez turns around and walked away. Sho smiles. "Congratulations you survived. To be honest he wasn't even using one percentage of his strength. If he had not even your bones would've remained." Kento takes a deep breath and screams. "Damn it." His voice echoed.
A bloodstained hallway. Some dead bodies were laying around. Some of them were killed brutally. Some were cut in half. Some had multiple wounds. Some had their body completely turned into pieces. Their blood was covering the whole hallway. Lights were flickering. At the end of the hallway the door opened. It was none other than Misa. She's wearing a full body tactical armor. Had two colts in both hands. Classic Misa. "That bastard." She whispered. She stepped inside the hallway. As she walked her way inside she noticed those people were VE field agents. She stopped. She noticed a man whose head was missing. She sits and leans towards the headless body. She noticed a body cam. Misa grabs it and puts it in her pocket. Suddenly she heard a scream coming from the other side. She stood up. Her grip tightened around her gun. She walked towards the door and stopped. She was trying to sense something or someone. She shoots the digital key pad and the door opens. As soon as it opened Misa was stunned. Her eyes wide opened and her legs froze. She couldn't believe her eyes.
Meanwhile inside the VE underground bunker Kento was recovering. He was sitting inside his room and Sho was sitting in front of him. "So how are you feeling?" Kento's eyes looked exhausted his body couldn't handle the pain. "I would rather die." Sho smiles and leaned backwards. "Look Kento, do you know why are you here? Why is everyone so concerned about you?" Kento looks at him but doesn't react immediately. Sho takes a deep breath. "So they didn't tell you yet?" Kento looks down but deep inside he knows about it. "What I am about to tell you is top secret. So don't mess up?" Kento looked curious and he was very attentive. He sits relaxed and is ready to listen. Sho smiles. "Shift." Suddenly Kento felt a shockwave. It's a pocket dimension. Sho has created a small room sized dimension. He leaned forward. "Ears everywhere."
Sho sits down, relaxed himself and takes a deep breath. Kento was looking at him and is ready to listen. The moment is intense.
"Kento.The reason why everyone is calling you a beacon is because you have the fragment of DOX inside you. It's an ancient supernatural artifact which is beyond human logic. All we know is that it belonged to a supernatural entity which almost wiped out this timeline."
Kento's eyes almost popped out. He leaned back and looks at him. "It can't be. This whole DOX stuff. How is it possible?" Questions? Questions after questions. His mind couldn't handle it. Sho looked serious about everything. Every word was true. Kento has the fragment of DOX inside him. A supernatural entity which is ancient than time itself.
"Remember XS?" Sho asked him about the name which was asked to Kento during the interrogation. Kento was shocked by hearing it. "Who is XS?" Sho looked at him. Dead in the eyes. "He was the keeper of the fragment. The question is how did you get it inside you and don't remember him." Kento felt something was weird about it. Sho wasn't looking friendly anymore. His tone, his eyes were changing after every word.
He grabbed the grip of his hammer and lifts it."So you're gonna tell me how did you get the fragment and where is XS?"
Kento panicked and stood up. He takes a step back. Suddenly he realised he's inside a pocket dimension created by Sho. Sho outmatched him in every way. So in this pocket dimension he has the upper hand. "Tell me where is he?" Sho stepped closer. He's ready to strike first.
Suddenly Sho felt something. Ema was standing right behind him. He froze instantly. He turns back and sees Ema behind him. Kento was shocked. The pocket dimension shattered. Ema overpowered his abilities and made a clean entrance without triggering any senses. This level of stealth is beyond superhuman abilities. She looked at Sho. "Ears everywhere right Sho?" Kento was looking surprised. Sho had a guilty look on his face. "I am sorry general."
Ema ignores Sho and stepped towards Kento."You have an assignment to complete Kento." Not a request but an order.