Night had fallen over the city of London; darkness had taken over, and everything was accompanied by an unsettling silence.
Mysterious Figure: "What... what is happening..."
The Mysterious Figure was ready to leave and finish the job, killing the two remaining boys.
Mysterious Figure: "The thing I hate is leaving things unfinished... let's go finish the other two."
But, suddenly, they felt a menacing presence behind them, as if something was waking up. The figure spun around sharply and...
Mysterious Figure (slightly worried and curious): "Wh-what is going on..."
The figure began to look around, but couldn't understand what was happening.
Mysterious Figure: "I feel something... what the hell is going on... what is this kind of heartbeat... coming from behind me..."
The figure began to worry slightly, sensing a dangerous threat, but still couldn't figure out where it was.
Mysterious Figure: "Wait a minute... this heartbeat... is coming... from that boy..."
Hayami, now practically dead, suddenly began to unleash a strange red energy from his heart. The two mortal wounds he had suffered began to regenerate and healed in an instant, while his heart began to beat wildly, faster and faster, faster and faster...
Mysterious Figure: "Damn it... don't tell me that..."
Hayami began to rise slowly, laughing in a disturbing and unsettling way.
Hayami: "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"
Sharp, blade-like claws emerged from his fingers, his teeth started becoming sharper and longer like knives, his eyes turned red and macabre, and his hair became a mix of black and white.
The Mysterious Figure began to realize they had made a huge mistake and started sweating from worry.
Mysterious Figure: "Damn it... of all the people I had to run into... it had to be a descendant of that monster."
Mysterious Figure (thought): "It'll be better to take him out now before he completes the transformation."
The Mysterious Figure lunged at full speed towards a no-longer-human Hayami, ready to kill him again, but just as they were about to strike, Hayami instantly disappeared, then reappeared behind the figure and hit them with an incredibly powerful punch, sending them flying several meters forward and destroying several trees.
Mysterious Figure (worried): "Shit... it's too late now..."
Mysterious Figure (thought): "Damn... I have to try to kill him now, otherwise he could cause me too many problems in the future."
The figure lunged with a powerful slash back towards Hayami, who easily blocked it with impressive ease, then hit the mysterious figure with a flurry of lightning-fast punches before striking them with a powerful kick, sending them flying many meters further. Hayami didn't waste time and launched himself with unnatural speed against the mysterious figure with an immense killing frenzy, first hitting them with a powerful punch to the stomach, making them spit blood, then the figure tried to hit Hayami with a slash but he, with his claws, cleanly severed the mysterious figure's left hand, then hit them with a powerful punch, slamming them to the ground and destroying the earth. Hayami then took the figure's severed hand and began to eat it, laughing in a disturbing manner.
Mysterious Figure (wounded): "Da-Damn it... that bastard devoured my hand..."
Mysterious Figure (worried): "I need to find a weak point for this guy as soon as possible, otherwise I'm finished."
Hayami, however, didn't even give them time to get up before lunging towards the mysterious figure and hitting them with a powerful kick. The figure spat liters of blood, and it seemed to be over for them.
Mysterious Figure (thought): "Weak spots... weak spots... weak spots."
Mysterious Figure: "Does this monster... have any weak spots?"
Hayami didn't stop for a moment, continuing to hit the mysterious figure with an unrestrained killing frenzy, laughing heartily as if enjoying inflicting pain. Suddenly the figure, still on the ground, tried to hit Hayami with a dagger slash, but it was all useless. Hayami dodged it without any problem, then grabbed the mysterious figure's arm with his teeth, and with a lightning-fast movement, ripped the arm off cleanly...
The mysterious figure didn't even scream in pain, now totally resigned... while Hayami slowly began to eat the mysterious figure's arm, savoring it calmly as all the blood started flowing in torrents. The woods had become the scene of a massacre, a pool of blood and viscera, which seemed to not stop and, if anything, only seemed to fuel Hayami's bloodlust, now completely out of control and without a shred of humanity left, having become a true bloodthirsty demon who seemed intent on continuing his massacre.
Mysterious Figure (resigned): "It's going to be the end for me..."
But just as Hayami was about to deliver the final blow, striking him with his claws...
He suddenly stopped, and slowly began to regain control, although there was still something wrong with him.
Mysterious Figure: "Wh-what the hell is happening..."
Hayami (confused): "Ouch... that hurts... damn it..."
Hayami: "My head is spinning completely..."
Mysterious Figure (thought): "He... he regained control..."
Mysterious Figure (thought): "Thank goodness... now... I just hope he spares my life..."
Hayami: "Lucky for you I managed to regain control right away... otherwise I would have taken you out in an instant."
Mysterious Figure: "You mean... you could have stopped whenever you wanted, you piece of shit?"
Hayami: "More or less, I knew what I was doing, but I went into a kind of 'pissed-off' phase and couldn't control myself well."
Hayami: "Anyway... it looks like the one in trouble now would be you, my friend, hahahahahaha."
Mysterious Figure: "And now what will you do with me..."
Hayami: "Well... first, I want to know who or what you are and why you wanted to kill us."
Hayami: "And after... well after I'll take you out..."
Hayami began to laugh in an unsettling way; he seemed to have regained his senses but at the same time didn't seem like himself anymore, as if he had become another person, or another entity...
Hayami: "I still don't fully understand what exactly happened or what this strange power is, but it was certainly very useful to me right now, and that's what matters..."
Hayami: "Now tell me... what are you really..."
The Mysterious Figure didn't say anything, merely observing Hayami with an arrogant smile, before answering Hayami with a middle finger to his face.
Mysterious Figure: "Go f*** yourself... kill me, bastard..."
Hayami thought for a moment, then grabbed the mysterious figure's head, and prepared to complete the job he had interrupted earlier.
The Mysterious Figure was now completely resigned, ready to take Hayami's final blow.
Mysterious Figure (resigned): "Who would have thought I'd go from predator to prey in such a short time."
Mysterious Figure: "How... how is it possible that he changed so quickly, why does he seem like a real demon now..."
Mysterious Figure (resigned): "I was right... he is..."
Hayami: "Goodbye... horrible waste."
Just as Hayami was about to deliver the definitive final blow...
Another figure, white and imposing, appeared behind him, violently striking him with a kick and sending him flying.
Dashiell (unsettling smile): "I... f o u n d... you."
Hayami and the Mysterious Figure were on the ground but immediately got back up.
Hayami: "And who the hell are you...?"
Dashiell: "Don't worry, it doesn't matter, now let's not waste time on useless chatter and finish this immediately."
Dashiell, the second-in-command of the Paradisus sect, had arrived, and was ready for a confrontation with Hayami. Meanwhile, the Mysterious Figure took advantage... and decided to make a run for it.
Mysterious Figure: "It would be best to get out of here as quickly as possible..."
Mysterious Figure: "We'll meet again very soon... Hayami... and trust me, next time, I'll finish the job..."
The Mysterious Figure dispersed into the woods, vanishing in an instant.
Hayami (annoyed): "Damn it... I couldn't kill that bastard..."
Dashiell: "Come on, let's not waste time, prepare to die, horrible demon."
Hayami: "Are you sure you want to face me, idiot?..."
Hayami: "Then, come on... bring it on, bastard."
Hayami was ready to fight and battle, despite not even knowing what was happening or what that strange power was, showing far too much confidence for someone who had died minutes earlier.
Hayami, however, suddenly began to feel a searing pain in his head.
Hayami: "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
Hayami: "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
Dashiell (thought): "Huh... what the hell is going on..."
Hayami continued to scream in pain, not understanding what was happening.
Dashiell (thought): "I don't understand what's happening, but he seems distracted, better take advantage."
Dashiell tried to hit him with a spear, but a strange red energy mixed with black forcibly repelled him from Hayami, not allowing him to approach.
Dashiell: "What... is this strange energy..."
Hayami (thought): "WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING TO ME, I FEEL MY HEAD EXPLODING"
He started screaming in pain, not knowing the reason why. Meanwhile, however, his right eye returned to its original light brown color, while the other remained a very bright blood red. Hayami had a moment of clarity in that instant.
Hayami (uncontrolled): "I must... I must find Amets and Edric."
And he decided to leave to find Amets and Edric.
Dashiell, however, did not want to let him escape.
Dashiell: "Do you think I'll let you go so easily?"
Just as Dashiell was about to hit him with a punch, Hayami completely disappeared, as if he had evaporated into thin air.
Dashiell: "Damn it... he escaped again... well... it doesn't matter..."
Dashiell: "We'll meet again very soon, demon..."
Meanwhile, Hayami was flying at an incredible speed, still screaming in pain and clutching his head, not understanding what was happening.
Hayami (thought): "Damn... what's happening to me..."
Hayami (thought): "Why... why am I flying... why... why am I covered in blood..."
Hayami (thought): "Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit..."
Meanwhile, Edric and Amets had run like crazy as fast as they could, arriving on the other side, on another road, and deciding to stop after the long run.
Amets (exhausted): "Alright Edric... you can stop... I think we lost them... that thing..."
Edric: "Ahhh... ahhh... ahhh... damn... I've never... run so much... not even during gym class..."
Amets: "Let's just hope Hayami made it out too..."
Edric: "We hope... it's only thanks to him that we managed to escape..."
Amets: "Wait, I'll try calling him."
Just as Amets tries to call Hayami, a familiar figure appears before their eyes, a figure walking almost painfully.
Hayami: "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
Edric: "Hey Amets... is that..."
Amets: "Ha... Hayami... is that you?"
After observing the figure emerging from the bushes for a while, they realize that the one there... is Hayami.
Edric: "Look... LOOK, IT'S HIM, IT'S HAYAMI"
Amets: "Hayami? HAYAMI, WE'RE HERE, LOOK, WE'RE HERE"
Amets: "Come on, let's go to him."
Edric: "Yes."
Edric: "Hayami..."
Edric: "Hey Hayami, thanks aga..."
The boys, however, notice that something is wrong with Hayami, he no longer seems like himself... he emerges from the bushes completely covered in blood, having become a creature from a nightmare.
Amets: "Hayami... are you okay?"
Edric (worried): "Brother, why... why are you covered in blood..."
Edric (scared): "Hayami, is that really you?"
Hayami: "GUYS... YOU HAVE TO LEAVE... NOW..."
Edric: "Hayami... are you... are you okay?"
Hayami: "DAMN IT, STOP TALKING AND GO... I DON'T... I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING TO ME... BUT IT'S DANGEROUS, YOU HAVE TO LEAVE..."
But unfortunately... it was too late...
Hayami: "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
Hayami's screams shattered the silence of the brief calm that had returned to the woods after the massacre.
Amets: "Hayami, what's wrong, man..."
Hayami: "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
Hayami couldn't control what he had become, something he didn't even understand himself, a true demon.
Edric: "HAYAMI, what's wrong, are you feeling well?"
Amets: "Edric, let's get him out of here, quickly."
Suddenly, with a lunge, he grabbed Amets by the shirt, lifting him up, and preparing to strike him.
Amets: "HAYAMI... WHAT'S HAPPENING TO YOU...?"
Amets: "HAYAMI... PLEASE, SNAP OUT OF IT, MAN..."
Edric: "PLEASE HAYAMI, LEAVE HIM ALONE"
Amets: "IT'S ME, AMETS, PLEASE HAYAMI, WAKE UP PLEASE"
Edric (scared): "PLEASE... TRY TO GET A GRIP..."
Hayami, however, had a moment of clarity, that moment that allowed him to partially regain control of himself and stop before hitting Amets.
Hayami (thought): "NO... I WILL NOT HURT AMETS..."
Edric: "HAYAMI, PLEASE, STOP IT, ENOUGH... PL-PLEASE..."
Hayami tried one last time to hit Amets, but he managed to control himself, but only slightly, just enough time to loosen his grip for a moment and go back to clutching his head from the agonizing pain, a pain like his head was exploding.
Amets (desperate): "Please Hayami, snap out of it, man."
Edric (crying): "Man... please... try to hold on..."
Hayami tried to fight with all his strength to come back to himself, trying to resist as much as possible not to harm Amets and Edric.
Amets: "Hayami... my friend..."
Hayami: "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
Finally, Hayami emitted one last heartbreaking and powerful scream, a scream so loud that it made the earth tremble slightly, and then finally collapsed to the ground, and fainted...
Edric: "Hayami... HAYAMI, WAKE UP"
Edric: "PLEASE HAYAMI, WAKE UP"
Amets: "Come on Edric, let's help him."
Edric: "Hayami... please... I'm so sorry..."
Edric tried to save Hayami, crying uncontrollably and repenting of what he had done and apologizing, hoping his friend could hear him.
Amets: "EDRIC, Edric... pull yourself together, damn it, we have to help him now."
Amets: "We need to get out of here as soon as possible, that thing could still be around... we don't have time to whine."
Edric, after crying for a while, immediately recovered, and together they helped Hayami.
Edric: "You... you're right..."
Edric then lifted Hayami onto his shoulders, and the three left that hell... a hell they never thought they would experience...