Kasumi's power

In Washington DC, Kasumi walked towards the house chamber. Lively chatter quickly quieted as she passed by and took her seat in the speaker's chair. She was known in America as Cassidy Silver, and had quickly risen to become speaker of the US house of representatives.

"We will begin our trial," Kasumi announced telepathically.

In less than an hour, the house had successfully filed articles of impeachment against Ryuujin. Kasumi smirked as she looked at the overwhelming 400-35 votes in favor. The 35 dissenters glared at Kasumi. Some of them were true supporters of Ryuujin and President Phoenix, while others simply despised how Kasumi suddenly appeared out of nowhere and hijacked the government. Due to Kasumi's power, she had essentially become the US house of representatives. So long as she was present, the house would roboticly do whatever she pleased.

Like her sisters, Kasumi's power was electricity based. She had complete shock and electrical resistance, and her strength was greatly multiplied. However, using her power to hijack minds was her preferred play. Kasumi could effortlessly control the minds of any low level mortals in a given area. It mattered not how many there were, so long as they were drastically weaker than her, they would become her puppets. She was also an Omni, and the favorite disciple of the Omni-Deity Averice.

Ever since she was born, she desired to have control and power. Though, when she was born as a triplet, she felt 2/3rds of her full potential had been sapped away. Then another setback hit her. Her aunt Fuka was the enemy of Illlumous, the shadowy organization that secretly ruled the world. Kasumi had no qualms with Illumous, in fact, she wanted to be it's leader and control the world. Yet, with her blood ties to Fuka, there was no way Illumous would trust her enough to give her a chance. She was at an impasse, until one day, her cousin and Fuka's daughter, Yuni came to live with her family. It was then that she put her devious plan into motion. She would take down Fuka and present her to Illumous in exchange for power.

It took over a decade, but Kasumi finally found what she had been looking for. Fuka, was very cautious and difficult to capture. Even in the few times where she had been caught and tortured, she could easily escape. The reason for this, is because her enemies feared martyring her. Even though the first thing they'd do was gag her, her captors never had the strength to cut out her tongue.

"Should my tongue be cut out, my voice shall become louder than anyone could ever imagine," is what Fuka would always say in her videos.

While Fuka was branded as a conspiracy theorist, she truly was effective at disrupting Illumous' nefarious deeds. Many low ranking members had been exposed by her, and quickly disposed of by Illumous higher-ups to mitigate damage. Even the Council of 12 was at a loss on how to handle Fuka. Should they cut out her tongue or kill her, it could risk their organization coming into the light. Kasumi changed that.

January 31st 2017...

Fuka had come to Japan to see her daughter Yuni for her birthday the next day. She had left her daughter in the safe care of her sister due to the nature of her job, but would make sure to visit her daughter in secret at least every other year for her birthday on February 1st.

"A- are you my aunt?" Kasumi asked as she nervously appeared before Fuka.

"Sorry, I think you might be- "

"I'm Nika, Hitomi's daughter. She told me about how my aunt Fuka is recklessly trying to expose the truth. I know she said not to emulate you, but I've started taking an interest in your work."

"What do you mean?" Fuka asked.

"Yuni just won't stop gushing over you. At first I was skeptical, but as I grew older, I realized you really were a hero."

"Well thanks for the compliment, but you shouldn't just jump down the rabbit hole because of me. It's a dirty and risky job. _! Shit, get behind me, we got company," Fuka glared as she pulled out her gun.

Kasumi nervously got behind Fuka as a crowd of thugs surrounded them.

"Hey look! It's Kabuki Dakota. Let's rough her and the little brat up!" one thug shouted.

Fuka immediately aimed at a charging goon. As soon as she fired, she felt an electrical surge coursing through her body causing her to drop her gun. She fell to her knees and turned to see Kasumi holding a stun baton.

"You, are you-"

Before Fuka could finish, Kasumi sliced her tongue out much to everyone's shock. Fuka screamed in pain as Kasumi cauterized the wound with her stun baton.

"I'm not Nika, I am Kasumi. Your niece that was deprived of my rightful spot as controller of the world. Mainly because of you! But now, you're through. You think your voice will get louder? Sure, your screams will, but nobody will understand you! You thought you had no weaknesses? Well guess you couldn't help seeing your precious little daughter for her birthday. Speaking of which, I bet your corpse would be a lovely present for her. I'd love to see her despair as well as the despair of your sister, the whore who birthed me! You've lost Kabuki Dakota!" Kasumi maniacally laughed.

Fuka tearfully glared as the goons thanked Kasumi and hauled her away.

"Shit, I screwed up. Yuni, Hitomi, I'm sorry," Fuka thought.

The next day, a package arrived containing a shrunken head. Kasumi immediately thought it was Fuka's, however, closer inspection by her family revealed it to simply be a fake. However, it seemed to contain a hidden message, as Kasumi's mother Hitomi immediately packed her bags and ran out of the house.

"No, NO! I won't let YOU ruin my ascension to greatness!" Kasumi glared as she packed her things and took off in hot pursuit after her mother.

Kasumi quickly met up with Illumous and was granted her electricity power. She underwent a drastic makeover in order to make herself look older and to increase the efficiency of her power. She quickly rose to become Speaker of the US house of representatives due to it. The Omni-Deity Averice was so impressed with Kasumi's greedy ambition, that he had the Council of 12 expanded to 13 to accommodate her. A few years later, he made a perfect pact with her. Then just after the encounter in Paris, Kasumi became an Omni. Now, she could effortlessly make use of telepathy to nonverbally communicate with and control civilians and subordinates.

Back in the present...

As Kasumi walked into the Senate, she was greeted by the Senate majority leader, Max Thrasher. Like her, Thrasher was an Omni affiliated with Averice. He was also a member of the Council of 12.

"Well that was fast. No trial, no committees, just a quick vote and it was done. Won't be as easy here though, gotta extend it by a day for theatrics," Thrasher laughed.

"I know we agreed on Impeaching the Vice president, but why must the Averice faction be the ones at the helm?" A man with pointy ears and a grey monobrow glared.

He was the head of Invidia's Leviathan party in the senate and fellow Illumous Council of 12 member, Miles Meeker.

"It's a game Miles. Our party simply got a flat out majority, so we don't need to caucus with the others to outvote the rebels," Thrasher laughed.

"I'd prefer you do this quickly. The fool is currently setting up one of his vanity projects that undoutably end in failure. Plus, the slumbering titan has begun moving, I am to meet him in an hour at the archives. When I return, I expect the Vice president to be impeached, so that we can send a strikeforce after him," Kasumi telepathically glared.

"No worries on that front, Madam Speaker. It's my great state that bastard lives in, I'll be sure to completely take control of it from Ira's minions," Thrasher grinned.

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"Time to catch everyone up on what just went down in America. Kasumi and her ally in the senate, Max Thrasher have successfully impeached Ryuujin," I stated.

"It's bullshit, but it was better to just let them go through with it rather than waste my time walking into an ambush spawn," Ryuujin growled.

"Luckily, Phoenix is still president, and can easily just reappoint Ryuujin."

"So what's the big deal then?" Kumi asked.

"They're trying to go a step further. It looks like they're preparing to send a raid force to Yuma, his hometown."

"Probably Thrasher, that bastard's one of Averice's top Omnis. He probably wants to gain control of all of Arizons, both for personal pride and to send a message to us," Ryuujin glared.

"I didn't know you were from Yuma," Nika said.

"Well, I was born there. My mom's American, while my dad's Japanese. Funnily enough his family name was Yuma. We moved back to Japan where I primarily grew up. But after meeting Jouzu, I went back and took over the town. Then I partnered up with Phoenix, and we were elected president and vice president."

"They're probably going with this method because Ryuujin's now here with me. I imagine they're going to launch a massive attack against Phoenix in an attempt to off him and put Kasumi in the president's chair," I stated.

"What did you mean by control?" Nika asked.

"Remember that explanation I gave you about Omni barriers? Well, me and my rivals are also capable of capturing and claiming territories too. Territories are protected and difficult to invade without a strong attack force and one of my rivals present. The mansion is under my direct protection, and thus has the strongest defenses. As for other territories on Earth that I control, All of Norway, all of Iceland, most of Italy, most of Japan, and parts of America. America is the prime battleground for territorial control between me and my enemies. In most cases, we have parts of a state, but not the whole state under our rule. Of course, there are plenty of whole states that are under my protection. When we wish to control more, we have an old fashioned brawl, and the winning army claims the contested territory. Take Iceland for example, after the brawl there, I now control it and have it protected, thus preventing it from ever leaving my hands. And once I conquer a territory, my enemies never get it back."

"So are we just going to have a simple war over territory?" Nika groaned.

"There's a bit more at stake this time. Your family and friends are heading into the contested zone. If we liberate the area, they'll be safe. It's not just Yuni and her friends, but your mother and aunt are also en route."

That immediately got Nika's attention and fueled her with motivation.

"Miku, we're going on this one," Nika stated.

"Wow, didn't think you'd be so eager, but you bet I'm going. I gotta wrack up some Ws so I don't have to shave my head again," Kumi grinned.

"Glad to see you're motivated. Now then, time to choose who else is coming besides Ryuujin and the two of you," I smirked.