Attack On Ghoul

--WARNING: The following chapter consist of self harm/suicide, please proceed to read with caution.--

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(As time passes, Bai Zhen was at home for the rest of the day after school ended, he was then training once again in his mind with Xu who continued to swing her Nichirin blades as Bai was immediately focused. As Xu then slides her foot then launches the blade, Bai dodges and stomps on the chain which Xu charges forth with one half of the blade in her hand and begins to attack Bai to catch him off guard which forces him to let go of the chain and nearly avoid having his head cut off by the wide swinging blade which cuts off a pluck of his hair.)

"Xu: Almost died again, Zhen. You've got to do better."
"Bai: I'm getting the hang of it. I know what to do with my first blessing, but long, throwing blades... aren't my thing. When do we move to the claymore?"
"Xu: Listen, as much as you want to most eagerly move on to the next weapon, you can't just abandon your progress now! It's just like playing a video game and giving up before making it to the final boss."
"Bai: Listen Xu, I appreciate the Nichirin training and all but I think I'll be fine. Let's move to the claymore now!"
"Xu: ...Bai. I can't do that."
"Bai: And why can't you?"
"Xu: Because, I just can't. You're not ready."
"Bai: ...What's that suppose to mean?"
"Xu: You're not ready, that's it."
"Bai: And why is that?"
"Xu: You're too confident and too reliant on street brawling!"
"Bai: Street brawling?! I am doing my utmost to learn these synchronized arts of combat with these weapons, I guess its my dumbass teacher doing a dumbass job."

(Xu's expression immediately went to a blank stare as she was to take the insults Bai was throwing at her.)

"Bai: And to tell you the truth, I don't see any reason why I should even focus training with someone like you, knowing how-"
"Xu: Get out."
"Bai: What?"
"Xu: Get. Out. If my training isn't good enough for you, then you can get killed all you like and see if I'll care."
"Bai: OH IT'S LIKE THAT NOW?!"
"Xu: Get. OUT. NOW!"

(Xu's energy immediately rockets to an angry stage and increases her reality manipulation to force Bai back into the real world and out of his Justice Blessing. Bai immediately wakes up in his bed as he then tries to force himself back into his blessing's realm but was blacklisted from reentering the realm.)

"Bai: Great, she kicked me out. Damn and I'm hungry..."

(Bai then goes downstairs and notices the house has no one inside except Bai still but creates himself a sandwich for the time being. Meanwhile at the Mercenary Association's Interrogation room, Xue Zhen was sitting in the room alone as she was on the phone texting someone until the door opens and Negan enters the room, slamming Xue's permanent record and recorded documents on the table as the door was then locked behind them.)

"Negan: Let's get this started, Miss Zhen."
"Xue: ..."
"Negan: Before we begin this interrogation, understand that everything you do and say is being recorded, including your phone and devices. What is your relationship with Bai Zhen, truly?"
"Xue: He's a pissant piece of shit brother who I don't want around me."
"Negan: What is a normal Monday like for you?"
"Xue: I attend a different college academy south from the house, it's where I focus on my psychology major."
"Negan: Anything else?"
"Xue: I have a dorm on campus, so I can hang with my friends and do my late lab classes there."
"Negan: You said you're a psychology major? Mind telling me what program or programs you're attending for experience to help you with your major?"
"Xue: I work at a medical hospital for patients who are in need of therapeutic treatment. I have the proof of their information."

(Xue then hands Negan a copied employment file containing her part-time position at the hospital which Negan scanned to be confirmed true.)

"Negan: You mentioned lab classes. Are you by any chance a biochemistry minor?"
"Xue: I am."
"Negan: Elaborate what had you interested in chemistry all of a sudden if you can."
"Xue: I was 14 at the time and before mom and dad died, they witnessed me create some chemical that eliminated nearby odors indefinitely. So I got an interest in it and continued to create as much as I could until.. the one time I almost blew up half of my neighborhood."
"Negan: I see. Let's go down to the serious questions. What's your opinion on Ghouls?"
"Xue: I don't focus on news often. I just think they're disgusting."
"Negan: I know you don't like your brother, Bai. But have you noticed any weird symptoms coming from your brother recently?"
"Xue: ...None. Except the fact he's rarely coming home now. I don't check on him or anything but I know he's in the house, right after school is over. He'd come through the door at 3:57."
"Negan: Do you have any affiliation with Ghouls? And understand if you lie, we will check through the phone."
"Xue: ...Not to my knowledge, no."
"Negan: ...I see. We've checked your phone anyway."
"Xue: Huh?! How did you-"
"Negan: You were telling the truth. But eighteen of your contacts are Ghouls, five of them are of a dangerous organization, pretending to be humans."
"Xue: HUH?!"
"Negan: Xue. It's time you learned the truth about something."
"Xue: ...?"
"Negan: Your brother is being targeted by Ghouls. Because they want his blessing."
"Xue: His blessing?"
"Negan: What he contains is something that was touched by a God. If anyone were to master and control this blessing, they would be the chosen one of the deities. You push him away and you both bicker and complain when you two are technically suppose to be loving and caring siblings to each other. If your brother losses his blessing, the world will end."

(Xue was then silent as she was dumped the truth on her.)

"Xue: ...Oh no. What the fuck did I do..?!"
"Negan: Hm?"
"Xue: Negan... BAI'S IN TROUBLE!"
"Negan: What are you talking about??"
"Xue: A Ghoul is-"

(Immediately, alarms began blaring as Xue was then regretting on being a bastard to Bai as Negan then got out of his seat and gripped his baseball bat, storming out the door.)

"Jiia: Wait, what about Miss Zhen?"
"Negan: Let her go, we'll talk more later!"
"P.A System: ALERT! ALERT! THERE HAS BEEN RECORDED ACTIVITY OF A GHOUL IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF HONG KONG! DESTRUCTION TO DOWNTOWN HONG KONG, 5%!"

(Meanwhile downtown, several low class Mercenaries were immediately wiped out as the injured Bai Zhen was then targeted by the new superpowered Rac with one of his three transplanted blessings, revealed to be the missile blessing. Bai then runs as fast as he could while firing his ammo of compressed energy with his first level of the Justice Blessing.)

"Rac: I said... I'D COME FOR YOU KID..! You'll pay for Negan, mocking me... And killing me with that one damned attack!"
"Bai: Damn it..! Where are the high-class Mercenaries...?!"
"Rac: Clearly kiddo, you don't get it.. A lot of Mercenaries are in trouble as we speak... Why are they..? Because of YOU!"

(As more tremors and explodes occurs across downtown Hong Kong and nearby areas, it was true that several powerful Ghouls were rising and attacking nearby Mercenaries.)

-Kowloon Bay-

(At Kowloon Bay, Reinhard was confronting a shirtless Ghoul with a specially designed mask, cocky attitude and was converting his snake-like tongue into a drill.)

"Reinhard: So it seems like, there's more Ghouls than the report says, what is this some synchronized attack?"
"Zimcrest (11th Of The 15 Ghouls | Power: Speech Curse): You strongly believe we'd tell you?! You mercenaries are nothing more than our prey!"
"Reinhard: Hmph, if you're that confident on defeating me, then lay down your weapon and we shall duel, Ghoul!"

-Victoria Peak-

(At Victoria Peak, a meditating Mercenary then unsheathes his samurai sword after his meditation was interrupted by two hungry middle-ranked Ghoul twins.)

"Du Lingxin (High-Class Mercenary | Power: Speed Blessing, Blind Curse): My presence has been invaded, two Ghouls..."
(Du then takes a whiff of the air as he stands on his feet.)
"Du: Twins."
(The two Ghouls then lunges at the blind samurai as he then appears behind the two, right where they previously were. The Ghouls then begin to attack again as the blind samurai then begins to duel with the two.)

-Back in Central Hong Kong-

(Bai continues to fight off Rac who was then on all fours as if he was a rabid dog and chases Bai who was still avoiding every missile launched at him. As Bai then escapes into a corner, Rac pressures his feet into the ground and jumps to the top of a building and activates his second transplanted blessing, the Scan Blessing which allows him to scan all enemies in the area. As Rac then finds Bai, he'd jump and glide off the building then rockets himself directly at Bai and creates a massive crater in the ground. As the debris clears, Bai was then saved by his best friend, Tian Hanying who arrived in time.)

"Tian Hanying (Jingyi Grand Student | Power: Stone Blessing, No Curse) : Bai!! You okay?!"
"Bai: T-TIAN..!!"

(Tian then blasts the superpowered Rac away from Bai as he then lifts him out of the crater quickly before Rac could rebalance himself.)

"Bai: How did you-"
"Tian: I've been watching you for a while, I know everything... But what matters right now is we fight together and win!"
"Bai: It's like you said.. Mercenaries together...!"
"Tian: That's right!"

(As Rac then roars the debris way from him, Bai and Tian were ready to fight together.)

"Tian: Your blessing allows you to convert to more than one weapon, right?"
"Bai: Yeah.."

(Tian then looked around at the debris and thinks of two strategies.)

"Tian: I have an idea but we only have one shot to stun him until the stronger Mercenaries arrive."
"Bai: What's the plan?"
"Rac: Are you two done chatting..? BECAUSE I WANT TO KILL YOU BOTH!"

(Rac then opens his mouth wide and fires four missiles at Bai and Tian as they both dodged and Tian began to manipulate nearby stone into a flying platform while destroying more incoming missiles as Bai charges his revolvers with compressed energy which stings the superpowered Rac and forces him to change targets as Tian then flies down to Rac and flings the stone platform at him which collapses him inside more debris as a large explosion bursts where he stands, the superpowered Rac then rages and fires fifty counted missiles at Tian as Bai quickly shifts to the Nichirin blades and at a fast pace, sliced and diced any incoming missile until there was none left. As Rac was then panting out of anger, Tian and Bai rushes towards Rac worked on a tag team attack. Bai then shifts his blessing to his revolvers, presses both the barrels together and charges a medium sized ball of energy as Rac began a countdown to a city-destructive missile.)

"Tian: NOW!"

(As the ball of energy was split into two in the revolvers, Bai pulls the trigger and unleashes two powerful gunshots which not only blasts Rac in his chest but strikes the missile which Tian quickly trapped under a large pile of stone to deafen and lower the damage of the blast which tremors the entire ground. As Tian then manipulates the stone to lock down Rac, he was then trapped in layers upon layers of hard stone as Bai and Tian high-fived in victory that they took down a Ghoul together.)

"Tian: It actually worked!"
"Bai: I had faith in your plan, I just can't believe it actually worked.."
"Tian: If we kept him angry enough to use a strong attack, we'd backfire his attack and trap him in one go!"
"???: It seems like you two are good friends."

(Gao of the Big 3 was the first to arrive to Central Hong Kong and turns into her human form.)

"Bai: Lady Xuegang!"
"Gao: I'll be able to take the Ghoul in but you two will be given the credit for the takedown."
"Tian: Oh no no, you're one of the Big 3, Miss Xuegang. It would be wise for the experienced to take this count."
"Gao: I really appreciate that kind truth but the new-generation deserves their recognition too!"
"Bai: Guys...?! Where did he go..?!"

(The three immediately noticed the stone trap remained the same but the Ghoul vanished as he was gone in a flash. Suddenly, the area around the three began to rumble and quake as the ground begins to crack then lift off the ground as Rac's third blessing was revealed to be one of the unspoken blessings, Gravity.)

"Rac: I'll SQUASH YOU THREE LIKE INSECTS!"
"Gao: You two, stay behind me."

(As Gao then jumps into mid-air and fires three water bullets at Rac's gravitational barrier, it began to expand as the gravity inside was increasing which begins to rumble, destroy and crush everything inside it. As Rac then explodes the barrier, all of the debris was launched towards Gao who manipulated herself into the lowest form of water to avoid every attack as Rac then fires Gravitational Missiles at Gao who then uses three fingers to create water streams and cut the missiles into dices while detonating its explosions. Gao then immediately fires powerful water beams blasts through Rac's shields and begins to damage him as Rac powerfully forces all gravity within a large radius to collapse in high pressure as Gao thinks quickly and carries Bai and Tian away from the gravity explosion which destroys Downtown Hong Kong by a whopping 37% percent as Tian and Bai now realized they were no good in a fight like this now. Before Rac would strike again, a shine appears in the sky as Kokei draws his sword while skydiving to the location and ricochets in an omnidirectional movement while striking Rac directly at his targeted locations then sheathes his blade.)

"Kokei: Uesaka Sword 67, Sunshine."

(As the slashes on Rac then generates enough heat to shine like a sun, Rac then explodes as the debris around him was suddenly eradicated by the powerful heat as the three covers their eyes and Kokei turns his eyes towards the blinding light to see if Rac was still standing. As one stomp was heard from the burnt debris, Rac's entire left arm was revealing its muscle fibers, half of his face was burnt to a charcoal crisp, his eyes are bleeding out of his socket along with missing his right arm and his upper and lower body was bleeding left and right with slash cuts and wounds all over his body.)

"Rac: Insolence... GIVE. ME.. THE... JUSTICE BLESSING!!!!"

(As Rac then manipulates himself into seven rockets firing towards Kokei, he'd fake him out with three of the rockets, two for Gao and one for Tian as the last rocket firing towards Bai was the real Rac and before he could attack, Rac's entirely skull was shattered in a mere instant by a baseball bat, flinging him across the destroyed battlefield of downtown Hong Kong. As everyone looked over, it was Negan who has arrived and swings his baseball bat.)

"Bai: N-NEGAN!!!"
"Negan: Hey there, sport. You alright?"
"Bai: ...I'm.. fine..!"
"Gao: Master!!"
"Negan: I thought I told you to not call me that Gao, just call me Negan!"
"Gao: I know.. But I like master better!"

(Negan chuckles and pats her head knowing she's shorter than him. As a powerful tremor then occurs in Hong Kong but was affecting the entire city and all of China as the world mostly knows the tremors were coming from Japan.)

"Tian: What the heck was that...?!"
"Bai: No clue.."
"Gao: Master, you don't think-"
"Negan: The Quake Blessing.. He's alive."
"Bai: Who?!"
"Negan: I'll explain it later, here he comes."

(Rac immediately launches himself out of the ground, despite being severely hurt and did not attempt to back down on fighting them again as Negan walks over to Rac as he was launching several missiles infused with anti-gravity to trap Negan whom was oozing with black aura then stops and commands a group of phantom like hands to grab every single rocket launched toward him and crush it while Rac begins fighting off the phantom hands, Negan points his bat up high, commanding the phantoms to hold him and raise him high enough.)

"Negan: I feel quite ashamed I didn't kill you before. This time, you'll die for certain. Hope you like candy, because my favorite kind is splattered intestines."

(As Rac tries to escape which he could not, Negan then swings his bat three times, is in stance then whacks Rac's side which connected with his liver then rips off his entire lower body after connection which Rac was once again screaming in agonizing pain but accidentally bites his cheek which transported him quickly back to the hideout's lab and everyone noticed immediately that he was gone.)

-Back at the hideout's laboratory-

(The Ghoul scientists Saul immediately kept Rac alive with a device attached to his head made for just an emergency as Saul was pleased he made it back seconds before he could really die.)

"Saul: I'm grateful you managed to survive.. That was too close a call.."
"Rac: ...The J-Justice Blessing... and.. Negan... They both... had.. backup.."
"Saul: I'm guessing it was The Big 3?"
"Rac: ..One.. Gao Xuegang.. and a new.. Mercenary I could not.. figure out..."
"Saul: I see... These burn marks and slashes on your body are incredibly new... I'll have to transplant you stronger blessings this time."
"???: That won't be necessary."

(The two then notices the Triple Ghoul inside the laboratory.)

"Both: Leader!"
"Triple Ghoul: Let us see the information you've collected."

(The Triple Ghoul rests his hand on the eyes of Rac and transfers everything he's seen into his own power just by viewing's one recent memory. As he then lets go, he'd hold a spawned fake copy of Uesaka's blade but was accurate enough to match what cut and burned Rac.)

"Triple Ghoul: That was a S-Rank Mercenary. Kokei Uesaka."
"Rac: W-...What..?! So.. I was against two.. S-Ranked Mercenaries, Negan and those two children..?!"
"Triple Ghoul: Children?"
"Rac: T-That friend.. of The Justice Blessing's... His name was.. Tian.."
"Triple Ghoul: Hm.. Saul."
"Saul: Y-Yes sir?"
"Triple Ghoul: Send one of your spy disguises out to the surface, track this Tian's location so I may deal with them myself."
"Saul: O-Of course!"
"Rac: Y-Yourself...?! F-Forgive me.. leader.."
"Triple Ghoul: It's quite alright, Rac. Just relax and let Saul handle you from here. I will now dispose of those Mercenaries and face Bai Zhen myself."

(As the Triple Ghoul then turns around and leaves, Rac was then smiling that he was a trusted Ghoul in the eyes of the leader.)

"Triple Ghoul: Valence!"
"Valence: Yes.. Triple Ghoul..?"
"Triple Ghoul: Call all the Ghouls back, I'm going alone."
"Valence: Good luck! And will do."

(As the Triple Ghoul then conceals his aura before he leaves, an echoing roar and screech was heard across multiple mountains as all nearby Ghouls whom were fighting heard the shrieking and began to retreat back to the hideout as most of the Mercenaries has defeated the low-middle tier Ghouls as the high-tiers were retreating.)

"Reinhard: ...This is an odd day. But I think I will treat myself to a buffet."

(As Reinhard left, behind him was a mountain of 50 defeated and deceased middle-tier Ghouls as the one Ghoul, Zimcrest escaped. Moments later, arriving Mercenaries volunteered to clean up the mountain. In Victoria Peak, Du Lingxin successfully killed the two Ghoul twins without failure as he returned to his meditation. Back in Central Hong Kong, the downtown damage calculation was risen to 49% with only a few hundred casualties and very few deaths among the Ghouls destruction.)

"Gao: This was no random Ghoul attack. Someone is controlling these Ghouls to work diligently and timely."
"Kokei: The question is who...?"
"Negan: Someone among The 15 Ghouls is doing this or there's a higher force of power."
"Gao: I believe its The Triple Ghoul."
"Negan: ...It's possible. He hasn't been seen in years after that incident in Changchun."
"Bai: Negan, I'm tired of being left in the dark.. Who or what is the Triple Ghoul..?!"
"Triple Ghoul: An enemy no Mercenary wishes to ever come into conflict with."

(Immediately, they'd notice a shadowy-like figure, standing atop a fallen building and stares down everyone in sight. He'd then jump off the building and catches himself on both feet.)

"Triple Ghoul: Your blessing up close is impressive, Bai Zhen... But they will not save you."
"Gao: M-MASTER..?!"
"Negan: Tian, Bai. Get the hell out of here, now!"
"Tian: Oh.. shit.."
"Kokei: Lady Xuegang, get those two out of here and don't look back.."
"Gao: Got it..!!"
"Bai: NEGAN!"
"Negan: Listen to me kid, in front of you is the Triple Ghoul. And... He's a Category X threat."
"Bai: C-Category X..?"
"Gao: Most likely able to control or obliterate the world..."

(Bai was then immediately scared to death knowing that he remembers an echoing voice repeating in his head but then felt a severe pain in his chest which forced him to fall to one knee as he stared down the Triple Ghoul.)

"??? (Bai's Mind): You will live, but won't have a heart or certain memories."

(Bai immediately opens his eyes as he ran for his life without Gao or Tian as the Triple Ghoul then lifts one hand and as everyone braced for impact, a powerful and deafening explosion erupts which awakens entire Mercenary Association of China. As Jiia looked out the window of the association and notices the massive explosion at the center of Hong Kong, she was then given immense PTSD of the fact that only one Ghoul was strong enough to create an explosion like so.)

"Xue: ...M-Miss Yueja..?"
"Jiia: Miss Zhen... Remain here... As of this moment, you're not allowed to leave this room or this building..."
"Xue: What is going on..?!"
"Jiia: ...The Triple Ghoul has awoken."

(She'd immediately sound all alarms and awaken every available Mercenary.)

"Jiia (P.A System): ATTENTION! THIS IS NOT A DRILL, THIS IS A CATEGORY X ALERT! REPEAT. CATEGORY! X!"

-At Jingyi Grand Academy-

(Sun Yi was looking out the window in fear, knowing that the Triple Ghoul has arrived in China.)

"Sun: Oh my god..."
"Jia: ...W-What.. Was.. that...?"
"Sun: ...Who else could it be... Remember three years ago in the United Kingdom...?"
"Jia: ...Mr. Zhihao..?"
"Sun: Worse.. The Triple Ghoul."

(As the two were then in fear as students and civilians across the city understood the danger China was in great peril. Back at the center of the explosion, Bai was badly hurt by the explosion but understood he was truly going to die as he called out for anyone nearby but was of no use as the Triple Ghoul slowly walked towards Bai with a glare of bloodlust.)

"Triple Ghoul: Running or hiding is pointless. If you prefer a slow death, hand over your Justice Blessing."
"Bai: W-WHY THE HELL.. SHOULD I..?!"
"Triple Ghoul: You clearly don't get it. A sixteen year old brat like you holding something blessed by a God is blasphemy and a laughingstock to the strongest of the strong. You're immature, overly confident, a coward and a fool for even coming back to life."
"Bai: ...?! What the hell do you mean..?!"
"Triple Ghoul: Isn't it obvious? It seems whoever brought you back had to remove your memories just to help you live. Bai.. Did you forget you're technically a heartless, walking corpse?"
"Bai: Heartless...?"

(Bai immediately remembers this entire time, he was living without a heart and his blessing only kept him alive.)

"Triple Ghoul: Now, you will hand me your blessing or-"

(A fast moving water beam was immediately fired at the Triple Ghoul who caught the blast without any harm to his hand while keeping his focus on Bai Zhen. Gao then appears out of the debris, injured and bleeding but had the strength to fight.)

"Gao: B-BAI..! RUN.. QUICKLY..!!"
"Triple Ghoul: Gao Xuegang, you're still standing it seems. As expected from one of China's Big Three."

(Kokei then flips out of the debris with only several cuts and bruises on his body along with his jacket being ruined.)

"Kokei: You're gonna regret not finishing me with that attack, Ghoul!"
"Triple Ghoul: Kokei Uesaka, I'm familiar with your feats. One recently, you've severely injured Rac who was amplified to a Category A+ threat."
"Kokei: Is that suppose to be you looking down on me?"
"Triple Ghoul: What do you think? And now, there's one-"

(A dark beam of shadow pins down on the Triple Ghoul as a bleeding and pissed off Negan fires endless rounds of a rifle hidden in his jacket as he was out of ammo down to the last clip. Negan then grips his baseball bat and stares down the phantom pillar as the Triple Ghoul then manipulates the pillar to be destroyed while being able to use the Phantom Blessing with a fake copy as Negan was too pissed to ask questions.)

"Negan: TRIPLE GHOUL!!!"
"Triple Ghoul: There you are."

(As Bai then understood that three powerful adversaries were about to fight the Triple Ghoul, more backup was arriving as Bai continued to run and the Triple Ghoul noticed but was mainly focused on Bai than the Mercenaries and Negan. The Triple Ghoul then inhales deeply and lets out a loud howling roar which calls all rouge and amplified Ghouls from a 100 mile radius and begins attacking Mercenaries left and right while the Triple Ghoul continues to target Bai Zhen until Negan knocks him across the field with his baseball bat and begins pummeling on the downed Ghoul as Bai manages to escape the explosion's distance then begins to run home despite being afraid for his life.)

"Bai: Fuck..! Fuck..! FUCK..! I'm really gonna die..."

(Bai then falls to the ground known his leg gave up on moving after being hit by the explosion earlier then begins to limp until was hugged by a caring individual before falling to the ground. As Bai looked up, it was his sister Xue, crying tears of regret for the years they've treated each other which had Bai in disbelief.)

"Bai: ...Xue...?"
"Xue: Bai... I'm sorry... I'm really sorry..! I.. I never wanted things to be like this.. I never wanted to hate you, throw you away..! Everything.. You're my little brother.. and I can't go back in time and change what I did.. But..."

(Xue was hyperventilating as Bai then hugged her back, shedding tears too.)

"Xue: Can you.. forgive me...?"
"Bai: ...Xue... Are you.. real..?"
"Xue: I am Bai... I really am..."
"Bai: ...I do forgive you... I really do."
"Xue: ...Promise...?"
"Bai: Promise..."

(Xue then picks herself up with a tear-filled smile but was holding a gun and aimed it towards Bai's face which suddenly scared him.)

"Bai: X-XUE...?!"
"Xue: ...I love you... little brother.. Please.. forgive me for everything I've done to you..."

(With a change of action, Xue then aims the loaded gun at the side of her head and in front of Bai, she pulls the trigger and with a loud bang, Bai's eyes opened widely to seeing the brains of Xue fall directly to the ground along with her lifeless body which was now oozing quickly with blood. Bai then begins to break down with tears leaking down his face as he then tries to rearrange her splattered brain remains in order while panicking in fear and sadness.)

"Bai: XUE...! THIS ISN'T A JOKE.. P-PLEASE... PLEASE... THESE ARE.. F-FAKE BRAINS..! THEY ARE..! TH-THIS IS A FAKE HOLE.. IN YOUR HEAD.. HAHAHA..! X-XUE.. Xue... Xue..."

(Bai then gives up and breaks down crying on his sister's deceased body while seeing the fallen gun and picks it up, firing it upon himself in his vital areas which does not kill Bai but makes the pain worse for him as he cried further, knowing he cannot unsee his sister's death. In a mere instant, a loud, echoing and evil laugh circled the broken down and weakened Bai Zhen as the Triple Ghoul whom was bleeding with cuts, slashes and bruises on his body walked out of the smoking debris as he clapped, watching Bai cry for his deceased sister.)

"Triple Ghoul: It seems like little miss Ghoul Spy has ended her own life."
"Bai: ..S-Spy..?! G-Ghoul Spy..?!"
"Triple Ghoul: Its best I tell you the truth, Bai Zhen."
"Bai: Where is Negan... Gao and that other Mercenary..?!"
"Triple Ghoul: They are dealing with some of my stronger Ghouls, giving us enough time to chat before I kill you. Now, let's start with three years ago."
"Bai: ..."
"Triple Ghoul: Ghouls emerged from a virus that first infected the United Kingdom, then spreads to Norway. Ghouls then attacks Germany, Poland, Spain, Italy and France. Then finally, we've conquered the United Kingdom as a Ghoul hotspot. Until Negan Zhihao, the Commander of Death, annihilated the entire Europe continent. Not just the United Kingdom."

(Bai was then immediately terrified of what he was told.)

"Triple Ghoul: Emerging from the crater was fifteen Ghouls that remained, regrouped then spreads across the world to turn more noteworthy humans into Ghouls or those who wishes for a "change of heart." I've controlled every single Ghoul across the world and as we speak there are over two hundred million Ghouls around and across the globe."

(Bai then begins backing up as the Triple Ghoul began walking slowly to the injured Bai.)

"Triple Ghoul: What I plan to do with every single Ghoul.. is wipe out every single Mercenary on the planet. I plan to give the world to Ghouls. But in order to do such a thing, your blessing is the only thing that will increase my chances of a more beautiful utopia.. Meant only for the Ghouls, not the second rate humans."
"Bai: ...You.. want my blessing... to control the world...?"
"Triple Ghoul: You catch on quick, it's what I exactly plan to do. But... without a blessing, you'll die. You have no heart so no heart, equal no life."
"Bai: ...W-wait.. You... YOU..! YOU HAVE MY HEART..!!!"
"Triple Ghoul: Were you that slow or did one of the Angels arrive in time to inform you. In order for you to live, you will need this heart back to become a living thing once again. Your blessing is nothing more than a temporary lock that protects you from moving on to the next life. But I plan to make it swiftly for you. Oh and there's one other thing I forgot to mention, Xue was a human spy who spies on Ghouls... But the truth of you is... you're my pathetic little brother."

(Bai's eyes immediately opened up after seconds of silence as he then had no reason left to run.)

"Triple Ghoul: The truth of the matter is, in Changchun, China, I actually was the cause of a fallen plane crash. I've taken two worthy victims with me back to the lair of the Ghouls, and turned them into us. Once they were Ghouls, they'd procreate you as I manipulated your DNA into a Ghoul. Once their jobs were done, your parents were killed and left as food for the cannibalistic Ghouls. In shorter understanding.. You belong with me, not the humankind. I won't kill you if you join us once again, but I will use your Justice Blessing."

(Bai then stands on his injured feet and summons his blessing in their first form as revolvers as he was prepared to fight for his life.)

"Bai: You... can take.. that offer... and go straight to HELL-"

(In a flash, the Triple Ghoul slashes Bai right through the gut with Uesaka's fake sword and gives the stare of death.)

"Triple Ghoul: A pity. I guess I'll have to kill you."

(Suddenly, a huge gust of wind picks up as footsteps was coming from a broken down and tearful Jia who has heard everything the Triple Ghoul said with her eyes glowing a white color.)

"Jia: ...You... hurt him... How dare.. you..."

(The Triple Ghoul then backs away from the powerful wind cannon as Jia then manipulates the wind to carry Bai and Xue away from him as he continued to focus on the Triple Ghoul.)

"Jia: You.. monster.. How.. fucking dare you..."

(She then inhales deeply and yells at the top of her lungs.)

"Jia: HOW DARE YOU HURT BAI ZHEEEEEEENNNNN??!?!!!"

(The wind forcefully bursts into a hurricane like storm with thunder and lightning striking down as several powerful Mercenaries arrived to seal and attack the Triple Ghoul.)

"Citadel: Creation Blessing, Maximum Box!"

(As Citadel traps the Triple Ghoul in an impenetrable cube he cannot escape but was only active for a few seconds for the remaining Mercenaries get in stance to attack. As the cube then somehow deactivates, four High-Class/S-Tier Mercenaries begins to fire several different attacks while working together.)

"Gao Xuegang: Jet Cannon!!"

(Gao fires an ceaseless barrage of water bullets.)

"Fen Xinya: Anti-Tank Minigun!"

(Fen concentrates her explosive element into minimized explosions while generating and firing more blasts at a fast ongoing speed.)

"Jia Yi: Tornado Twins!"

(Jia casts two powerful tornadoes to touch down and drill directly on top of the Triple Ghoul and before the final Mercenary, Light Spider could join in, all attacks was immediately dispelled as the Triple Ghoul then laughs evilly at the fact no attack phased him. Immediately, the Big 3 then returns as Negan and Kokei was battered and bruised while bleeding but was still able to fight after finishing off the powerful Ghouls as Negan then noticed a deceased Xue with her brains blown out by a gunshot which pissed him off further.)

"Triple Ghoul: It seems like you all wish to battle me. As much as I want to fight, it's time to actually make a decision."

(The Triple Ghoul then spawns a badly injured Tian beneath the foot of the Ghoul as Bai screamed out his name, knowing he was unconscious.)

"Bai: TIAN!!!"
"Chen Liang: LET HIM GO, NOW!"
"Triple Ghoul: I'm afraid that's not a choice. Unless you want this child to become a Ghoul in front of you all, you will lay down your weapons and abilities and I will let him live."
"Negan: FUCK. YOU!"
"Kokei: As if we're buying that bullshit...!"

(The Triple Ghoul laughed as he admitted it wouldn't work and stares down Bai Zhen.)

"Triple Ghoul: We'll meet again, Bai Zhen. The next time we meet, your head and your blessing, will be mines... And Negan, congratulations on taking care of my little brother. I will save you for last when he dies."

(As everyone overhears what the Triple Ghoul just said, Negan sneaks behind the Triple Ghoul and grips his bat without hesitation or flinching and blasts him afar as he landed on his feet.)

"Triple Ghoul: Wait your turn.. I will return."

(Before the Triple Ghoul leaved, he'd rush towards Bai Zhen as everyone began launching and firing different elemental, magic and powerful melee attacks before he could make it to him which were not working as the Triple Ghoul then smartly fools everyone that Jia was her target as she was then slashed through her chest, one inch away from her heart and quickly deactivates her blessing indefinitely as Jia coughed blood and collapses to the ground after getting pistol whipped back by the injured Bai Zhen as the Triple Ghoul allowed him to so he'd feel better as Bai then crawls to the fallen Jia and holds her close as she was hurt and everyone notices that the TG immediately has vanished as Negan then yells in pure anger and punches the ground that they did not catch him in time.)

"Bai: ...J-Jia..."
"Jia: B-Bai..."
"Gao: ...Mr. Zhen..."

(As Bai turned around, every Mercenary including Negan looked at the broken down, bloody and tearful Bai Zhen.)

"Citadel: What did the Triple Ghoul mean when he called you his "little brother"?"

(As Bai was too broken and upset to answer any question, he looked down at the ground and the blood he is covered in knowing on the horrors and terror that has transpired throughout the entire Ghoul planned attack. From this day forward, no Mercenary part of the horrific and bloody attacks will ever forget that the Triple Ghoul has called Bai Zhen, his little brother. Meanwhile, in China's secret laboratory, a group of scientists were returning to the laser ray research and testing rooms...)

"Scientist #1: So then I said to Xuia, I can't actually read Bleach and instantly call myself an otaku! I'm not an otaku yet, I need to get more into this "manga" and maybe watch some "animes" then call myself an ota-"

(The scientist then drops his lunch as he then fearfully noticed every frozen specimen, including Ryuketsu was unfrozen as the heat inside the room was blistering hot as the scientists were then in a panic as two colors of gold were glistening on the ceiling as one of the female scientists then looked up and screams as he'd jump down, crank his neck and smirk evilly at the terrified group of scientists.)

"Ryuketsu: ...How long was I out...?"

LETTER FROM THE WRITER:

Hi there, Jeron here. If you ever have reached a point in your life where you feel like ending it yourself is the way to relieve yourself from pain, it's not. You have a wonderful life to look forward too, don't ever think that suicide is the only way out or think self-harm is the best way to relieve your stress, sadness or anger. In the climate of the world today, we need to smile, keep our heads high and despite all of the negatives, we must look at the positives in life. As I say this to you, I wish to all my readers I pray for you as you battle whatever conflicts you currently are involved in that is too pressing to you. You will survive the battle and win, you cannot quit the game if you haven't even touched the starting step to your dreams and goals. I believe in you all and I know you all have unaccomplished dreams you want to one day see come to life, begin climbing those steps towards your goal and good luck! <3

P.S: Do check out my other novels while interested! More My Near Death Is A Blessing will be coming soon!