Chapter 1:

The fiftieth anniversary of the international festival of manga and anime.

Homo sapiens cannibalis


   It's January 11, 2075, and it's the fiftieth anniversary of the International Anime Manga Day. We see in the streets hundreds of millions of manga and anime fans, cosplays of manga characters of all genres and all generations. There are Cosplay contests, card games, gastronomy found in manga and anime, meetings with new authors of anime manga in all corners of the world.

- What have you been doing since then Sikolo? You almost made us miss the cosplay contest.

Said Obiii hands crossed with a little angry air to his friend Sikolo Beyeme. Sikolo is the son of the famous techno-scientist Beyeme Bissi. He is disguised as Kamado Tanjuro. With glasses on his face.

- You dressed up as Tanjuro when you have glasses on your face? Why didn't you choose a samurai character with glasses to make it perfect.

Obili asks.

- It's not a question of perfection, it's Tanjuro that I'm a fan of. Here! I finally managed to forge a perfect copy of the blade of the lone king that you've been a fan of since we were little.

- really ? Wow...that's so cool. She really looks like her like two drops of water. Here is Tanjuro's sword with the Rengoku Flame Pillar Guard. It is a real sword forged by a real Japanese blacksmith. It was Dad who gave it to me in spite of himself.

Said Obili very happy, the stars in his eyes. The two friends dressed as their favorite manga and anime characters exchange weapons of their respective heroes. Olibi disguised as the Lonely King, a famous anime manga in the period of 2023, and Sikolo as Tanjuro. The two friends are very happy to return to the contest they love so much but have already lost several times, and very proud of their costumes.

- This year, we are the ones who will win this competition. Because imagine that I forged this blade in such a way that by being the muscles of the hand, the blade captures the ATP which is the vital energy produced by the cells of the body thanks to certain sensors, and thanks to micro transformers of vital energy, this energy is transformed into calorific energy.

Explains Sikolo raising his head with great pride.

- Wait a second, all this blah blah of calorific stuff... You mean this sword can produce flames from my energy?

asks Obiii very enthusiastically.

- Yes that's right. This blade produces flames exactly like that of the Lone King.

- It rocks !

Obili is very happy.

- It's a way for me to redeem myself failures that I could cause in previous competitions. I'm too bad for the performance. But with these flames coming out of the blade, we will have 50/50 for the performance.In the Cosplay contest, the jury marks the candidates out of 100 points. 50 points for appearance and another 50 points for performance. Thus, the more we resemble the character we have chosen in his look, the more points we have for the appearance, and the more the techniques or the movements or the play of lights are close to the techniques or the powers of the chosen character, the more points you have for the performance.

- It is time. Let's go!

The two friends walk through the crowd made up of different people dressed as different characters from manga and anime. We are in 2075, we can observe above the crowd buildings of all sizes and all shapes, drones, and hyper-developed mini planes hovering above the crowd.

- Look over there Obili! There is a girl dressed as a tanjuro like me.

- You're afraid she'll win you over for your costume? Ha ha ha...

- But no. She can't win since she has a wooden sword. I have a real one. However, I noticed that she masters the movements of the techniques of the characters of Kimetsu no yaiba well.

The two friends get closer and Sikolo asks to look at the girl like when two people do it to quietly think about an idea.

- What do we do? Should we include him in our team?

Sikolo asks.

- You see.

Answers Obili.

- Join your team? Nope! Thanks.

Answers the girl the two friends were talking about.

- Yet you have every chance of winning the contest by our side. You have a good command of the movement of the characters in the manga you have chosen. I could tinker with my saber so that it produces flames and then your techniques will be confused with those of the real manga characters.

- And split the 3,000,000 yen with you? Nope! Thanks. Besides, I don't believe in the fact that you can put out flames on a sword.

- We are in 2075, nothing like this is impossible. Come on Obiii, show how the flames come out of our sword.

#BOOM#

An explosion occurs in the crowd. Everyone gathers to look towards the place of the explosion, and all those who look towards this place are amazed and cannot believe their eyes. A humanoid being about 5 meters tall, hyper-muscled with big teeth stands in front of the crowd. It inspires dread. Then a person advances in the crowd going towards the humanoid in question.

- But what are you so afraid of? It's just a perfectly successful costume. We are in 2075 remember, everything is possible.

This man holds out his hand.

- As in the movies, an alien will say: we come in peace. So I wish you...

#SWING#

Before he finished his sentence, the humanoid decapitated his right hand which he held out to him including most of his right body which then put in his mouth and swallowed. Then he licks his hand which is filled with the blood of the human he beheaded. People panic and run everywhere shouting.

- It's not a Cosplay

- It's monster.

- It will devour us all.

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