Chapter 177:

The Liar... (Part 3 Finale)

Project: INFERNO


(In front of the eyes of everyone, Kazuya Magachi has decapitated his own father, Gaito Magachi.)

"Amisate: ...K-Ka..Kazuya..?"
"Hinami: ...Why-"
"Kazuya: -Did I do this? Simple. I'm living the prophecy that's been ignored."

(Most would immediately remember the prophecy of Kazuya being the rumored overpowered God among Gods.)

"Kazuya: Neither of you took the threat seriously. So it was about time I made it come true."
"Sawano: ..."
"Kazuya: If anyone has any questions, speak up. It's the final chance before I start killing every last one of you."
"Shibuto: ...Why.. WHY ARE YOU EVEN DOING THIS..?! WE JUST FINISHED WITH DEATH..!! YOU'VE LEARNED EVERYTHING FROM US, YOU'VE LIVED WITH US, YOU'VE FOUGHT ALONGSIDE US..! WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS...?!?!"

(As Shibuto was breaking down over the traumatizing sight of Kazuya killing Gaito, Kazuya sneered and mocks Shibuto.)

"Kazuya (Mockingly): "Why are you even doing this?!" Shut up. Be lucky I never had any chances to kill you first, Shibuto."
"Kenta: You shut your fucking mouth, child. You've done something that you will NEVER. Be forgiven for. After all we've done for you, this is how you repay the man who saved you when Sawano turned you away?!"
"Kazuya: Oh yeah. My first adoptive father, how did it feel abandoning me?"
"Sawano: ...If I knew you'd lead up to this, I would've killed you when I had the chance."
"Kazuya: How cute, the angry hound is upset because his master's dead."
"Hinami: You're wrong, he will-"
"???: -Never wake up again."

(As everyone notices Knitemare alongside Kazuya with Njore's book, Kenta immediately suffers a severe headache as he notices the book is powerful enough to manipulate even Gaito's fate.)

"Knitemare: With this book, Gaito's fate has indefinitely been sealed the moment the ink hit the paper."
"Kazuya: And all it took was this fuckfest of a time paradox to make it so easy for us."
"Sawano: ...Were you two responsible.. for everything..."
"Kazuya: Are you that damn slow? Shit, no wonder you're so weak. Anyway... yes, we were. But I may as well tell you how this started..."

(Kazuya then begins to reveal everything along with what they've done.)

"Kazuya: Ever since the entire family and all the Heavens believed I would not overpower Gods, that was the one thing that sent me over the edge in loving any of you. So for years, I've trained and trained and trained, the same exact way Gaito has. I've learned forbidden tactics he's learned, I've even purposely wanted to send myself away to Choryrth so I could learn from him... From every single Magachi family down to the last, I've grabbed the smallest samples of your DNA, traded them in for a large amount of money and traded amounts of currency to every villain you've ever known or captured. I've paid them all to attack the Magachi's and aim for Gaito and Sawano especially. But of course, I expected them to fail. Then... Knitemare comes. The day Knitemare and I battled, we've both shared a similar hated for Gaito. We've allied with each other and worked on the same plan for years. The day Hinami was kidnapped by Helios, I've arranged that, Sawano's bounty? Arranged. Lotus's death? Arranged. I was the true puppeteer behind every single attack on the Magachi's since the day you bastards believed I was never strong enough to defeat a GOD! But as for right now.. In order for this time paradox to work, we've had to manipulate several timelines at the same time. The more timelines that are manipulated or destroyed, weakens Goxius's power exponentially. We traveled back to the present timeline after I managed to eat a large number of my own self, destroyed New Olympus and the Time Realm. Me and Knitemare then proceeded to kill all of the Gods and guardians of both realms, weakening their defenses and we simply killed Goxius and his disciples in the process who Knitemare now holds his power. And to this very day, we've manipulated time to our very liking and added what we've wanted to give you all the exact same Hell I've had to go through with every single one of you as my damn family. THAT. Is what we've done for years. And now every single one of you must live with the fact that-"

(Out of sheer anger, Sawano wastes no more time and pounces towards Kazuya and Knitemare after connecting a powerful attack, creates a strong explosion of flames as Sawano targets Kazuya out of pure rage, along with the family splitting to fight both Kazuya and Knitemare all at the same time.)

"Sawano: I'LL KILL YOU! YOU'LL FUCKING PAY FOR TAKING MY FATHER FROM ME!!!"
"Kazuya: TRY AND KILL ME! IT'LL ONLY GIVE ME THE JOY I WANT FROM YOU!"

(Out of the speed of light, Kazuya was kicked directly in the side by Lotus Kenhiro who was very irate and combo kicks Kazuya in mid-air before swinging him across Hakodate's debris battlefield. Kazuya then begins standing up on his feet then dusts off his clothes as he began to laugh out of the fact if angry, he cannot feel pain.)

"Kazuya: Come on now, get even more mad! It won't hurt me at all!"

(As Shibuto attacks out of pure anger and sadness for his father, Kazuya was laughing at the fact he could not feel nothing then kicks Shibuto into his stomach and throws him to Sawano and Lotus as Ankoku charges a powerful beam of Anti-God energy and fires it at Kazuya to incinerate him if he could. As Kazuya then takes the beam, the massive explosion occurs along with several other eruptions from the ongoing fight against Knitemare. Kazuya then swings the smokescreen away, revealing he was never hurt.)

"Kazuya: Is that all you got? Anti-God Prince, my ass."

(As Kazuya smirked overconfidently, Tayna, Xinera, Hayazawa, and Isabel jumped into the fight to attack Kazuya.)

"Xinera: YOU'RE GONNA DIE, BASTARD! HAKAI!"
"Hayazawa: TEMPEST KICK: AERIAL BULLETS!"
"Isabel: SHINOBU ART: EXPLODING KUNAIS!"
"Tayna: RUNE ART: HEXED WRATH!"

(As the four attacks combined into one devastating attack, Kazuya once again is directly hit as the explosion followed by the Hakai's effects reveals black particle separating into small atoms. It was then revealed Kazuya was holding the Hakai Ball with one finger.)

"Kazuya: You poor fools still don't get it? If I'm attacked in any way out of anger, hatred or anything in relation, I'm immune to your attacks, including immunity to being erased from existence."
"All 4: ...!"
"Kazuya: Oh- Would you look at the time?"

(As the clock then strikes midnight, it was now the 7th day of an ongoing war.)

"Kazuya: I was a little too early but.. I brought some guests here to see you."

(Kazuya then flicks his finger once at the ground as a massive ring of shadow surrounds Kazuya and arising from the ground was all eight of Gaito's children which brings a massive shock to the mothers and especially the rest of the family.)

"Kazuya: I made a quick trip back home before any of this started and had some fun with my little siblings before making them my revenants."
"Xinera: ...GRR.... GRRRAAAAHHHHHH!!! KAZUYAAAAA!!!"

(Xinera slams her hands together as her power was exponentially higher than ever despite being a Destroyer for she then charges the strongest Hakai Ball known to destroy a row of dimensions in one explosion.)

"Kazuya: Trying another useless attempt?"

(As Lotus then rushes in to the fight inside, Kazuya was then prepared for he remembers what Lotus taught him as the two engaged in close quarters combat as a massive spike of ice appears out of the ground, freezing Kazuya in permanent ice.)

"???: THAT'S FOR GAITO, YOU BASTARD!"
"Sawano: ...NOAH?!"
"Noah: ...We felt it... The massive power drop and it couldn't have been anyone else but Gaito..."

(As Isabel walked over to Gaito's headless body, half of the fighters continues to battle Knitemare until a clasp of hands was heard and reveals a dark shadow with an ominous voice.)

"???: Cast Domain... Malignant Overlord."

(As the domain was casted, Knitemare was once again trapped in eternal darkness as a six eyed and six armed Khomat was revealed to be over 20ft tall as Knitemare's throat was slit before exploding into bits and chunks. As the domain then dissolves, Khomat eats a large bundle of Knitemare's souls that he has collected as the ice was heard cracking for Kazuya was escaping the ice quicker than everyone assumed and has all the focus onto it.)

"Shibuto: ...!"
"Amisate: Everyone, I'm going to talk to him.."
"Hinami: WHAT?!
"Hayazawa: ARE YOU DUMB? DON'T GO NEAR HIM..!"
"Amisate: Regardless... He's my husband."

(As Amisate begins walking to the now escaped Kazuya as the ice shatters, he'd then notice Amisate walking towards him as she then looked him in the eyes.)

"Amisate: Kazuya... You are powerful, even without all of this... You know its true, there's no reason to ever go this far... We've said something that we should've taken more seriously and I regret not being there quick enough when you were hurt... Please Kazuya, come back to us..."
"Kazuya: ...Honey..."

(As the two hugged, Amisate then gasped as Kazuya then pulled out her soul from her chest and pushes her back.)

"Kazuya: I only got to you because you irritated my ass everyday we talked. I preferred my one true love who rejected me over you."

(As Kazuya then pushes her soulless body to the ground, Shibuto then suspends Kazuya in powerful gravity but was not hurt.)

"Shibuto: HOW THE FUCK COULD YOU?!?!"
"Hinami: KAZUYA, YOU FUCKER...!!!"

(As Kazuya then orders his revenant siblings to attack Shibuto and Hinami, Kazuya then focuses on the family while noticing Knitemare was back in one piece and the two regroups.)

"Kazuya: Is it about that time?"
"Knitemare: Unfortunately, yes."
"Kazuya: You heard it, you filthy mortals and Gods. It's time for us to leave and as of this moment... This timeline will crumble leaving your strongest hero DEAD."
"Sawano: I'll KILL YOU TWO BEFORE YOU THINK ABOUT IT!!!"

(Sawano then activates Hellish Drive immediately and rushes in on the two before being stopped by a powerful barrier, resistant enough to Sawano's flames and power.)

"Kazuya: Sorry, I have big plans. I don't want you insignificant mutation mortals to ruin them."

(As Knitemare then snaps his fingers and spawns a portal to go back in time, Njore was writing in his book and before the timeline could be destroyed in ten seconds, time was then fixed at last for Njore to then slam his book shut and restart all of reality while all current events were recorded down to the last detail and several changes being added to the new timeline.)

"Njore: I hope this worked..."

(Back on Senvoinerth, Sawano then awakens in his bed with a severe headache for he does not remember much but notices Azumi sleeping next to him as he was then glad. Sawano then rushes out of the bedroom but was halted by Death itself as Sawano was ready to fight.)

"Death: Relax. Relax... I'm not here to fight."
"Sawano: What the hell is it then...?"
"Death: Its pretty ironic isn't it? The one man feared among all and not because of his power, killed by the one son who's now an Overlord Among Gods."
"Sawano: Overlord...?"
"Death: Hm... Well, the timeline restarted. Everything even reality actually."
"Sawano: How..?"
"Death: Alright, I'm going to tell you everything. Aside from Divine Gods, Creators of All Things, Dimensional Warlords and what not, there are five guardians. The Elder Guardians. Your father Gaito, has been living in this exact timeline, three times in three different personas. Xisorr, Tatsuhiro and Gaito. But the reason because of that is Gaito was given a failsafe due to one Dimensional Reset during Knitemare's rampage and the second when Kazuya tampered with time. Do you know how many times your own father died to understand the endgame?"
"Sawano: ..."
"Death: Over one hundred billion times in every single way possible and imaginable. Assassination, murder, arson, armed robbery, home invasion, car accident, poisoning, eaten alive, drowning and so much more. I was the one to witness... Every. Single. Gruesome, horrifying, traumatizing, painful, betraying death. I have been watching Gaito for every single time he has come back, which is why I've awaited the day he'd return as the bastard he is today."
"Sawano: Wait... I thought his second failsafe was because he died?!"
"Death: When Kazuya tampered with history, Njore changed it before Kazuya could take over everything in mind. Kazuya tampered with the timeline thanks to Njore's stolen copy of the book and messed with Gaito's second failsafe, making it say he was reincarnated into a human which allowed him to decapitate Gaito in front of you all."

(Sawano then punches the wall in fury as he then takes a deep breath and calms down.)

"Sawano: ...Where. Is everyone else...?"
"Death: ...I wish I could tell you. Unfortunately, many has died rebelling against Kazuya and as we speak, he has every last bit of Gaito's abilities but only a fraction of his power."
"Sawano: ...Who is nearby that I can find...?"
"Death: ... Hinami is in Hell, Ankoku and Fuchibuto are in the Anti-God Realm, Lotus remained on Earth long with Earth's fighters and the others are in the separate realms."
"Sawano: Death, I'm hiring you."
"Death: Huh? For what?"
"Sawano: I want you to help us in defeating Kazuya. I will pay you my damn soul."
"Death: ...! Your soul... you're willing to pay such a price?"
"Sawano: Anything."
"Death: Then consider the opposite of life and light, at your corner."

(Sawano then begins to walk towards the dual doors which leads to the Magachi Palace's underground training areas.)

"Sawano: As of this moment, we're no longer at war with a "God." An Overlord, has declared war on the Senvoinian Army and has committed treason against the Senvoinian Empire. No matter what it takes... Kazuya will die, even if I have to get killed trying."




(TO BE CONTINUED: >> [PROJECT: INFERNO FINALE: PART 4 - THE KAZUYA SAGA] <<)