Chapter 26:

Triple Threat! (Part 3 - Finale)

My Near-Death Is A Blessing!


(With the sheer look of horror on Jia's face, she was preparing to fight knowing that Kokei was still affected by the venom. Suddenly, strings of fabric began to tie down the arms of Gonu as Oshibo was once again struggling to hold down the rampaging Ghoul.)

"Oshibo: Ms. Jia! Quickly, rush out of here, now!! I can't hold him for much longer!!"
"Jia: ..! Right!!"

(As Jia then charges enough wind underneath her feet, she'd propel herself to the association's front doors, meeting here were the executives and multiple medical specialists on standby.)

"Jia: He needs help! He's been intoxicated by venom!"
"JMA Executive: Get him inside, asap!"

(As Kokei was then transported inside the Mercenary Association, Gonu breaks free of the fabric pinning him down, roars loudly into the air before blowing a massive fog of venom to neutralize all nearby Mercenaries.)

"Zatome: ...! INCOMING VENOM FOG!!"

(As the Mercenaries in combat overhears, they'd jump to the rooftops to avoid being neutralized by the venom while continuing to defend and fight against rouge Ghouls. Meanwhile in the hideout of the Ghouls, the Triple Ghoul was sitting back and watching everything without a single blink, not wanting to miss a single second of action.)

"Triple Ghoul: ...Your skills know no bounds, Saul. You've impressed much more than I've expected.
"Saul: Your praise is.. too kind, thank you Lord..! Are there any further commands...?"
"Triple Ghoul: ...The Echo Blessing has an awakening, does it not?"
"Saul: According to history, yes it does..."
"Triple Ghoul: When the fighting is over, order him to return and begin further work on his blessings. I want to weaken these Mercenaries piece by piece."
"Saul: Yes, Master..."

(As the Triple Ghoul continued to watch the fighting, he'd notice a swarm of bats surrounding Gonu as the venom fog was suddenly being blown away, allowing the Mercenaries to return to the ground for they had the advantage in numbers. As Gonu then roars while using the Echo Blessing, the echoing was immediately dissolved as footsteps were approaching the angered Gonu.)

"Zatome: ..! No way.."
"Oshibo: H-Hayamitsura..!!"
"Reize Hayamitsura (Power: Bat Spirit, ??? Blessing): The elite Mercenaries are enroute, I'll step into the fight for now!"

(As Gonu roars and charges towards Reize, she and Gonu clashes in melee combat as Reize was surpassing Gonu for every punch the two throws at one another. Suddenly, Reize summons a swarm of bats to confuse Gonu before delivering a flying kick to the face of Gonu with her hard sole boots, pushing Gonu back while using endless swarms of bats to attack as Gonu's instinct notices a small opening and flash steps into the face of Reize before attempting to squash her with a venom coated war hammer. As the collision hits the streets, Reize returns to visible sight, across from the crater as she then manipulates the darkness around her to summon her double bladed scythe, activating her Reaper blessing.)

"Reize Hayamitsura (Power: Bat Spirit, Reaper Blessing): Tch...!"

(Reize then scrapes the blade of the scythe on the concrete street before releasing an upward strike, expanding and dividing by three's to strike Gonu as he slithers through every attack and closes in on Reize for close weapon combat. Meanwhile, returning to the Uesaka District was Negan as other civilians were evacuating.)

"Male Reporter: Our top story tonight, the ongoing raid with an unknown Ghoul commander and rouge ghouls attacking and defeating multiple Mercenaries. We've received a report from Japanese Mercenary Association that the threat level remains at a High SS and one of the major defeats is Kokei Uesaka, a Category S Mercenary. Residents and all bystanders are warned to continue their evacuation as ordered by the government-..."

(As Negan was overhearing everything, four rouge ghouls surrounds him behind and without turning around for a second, an attacking Ghoul pounces towards Negan then suddenly was gripped by the neck and planted into the ground before being splattered into a puddle by a Phantom's Fist. As the three remaining Ghouls activates their given Blessings, Negan resummons his baseball bat and begins to fight.)

"Negan: These fuckin' Ghouls... Always wanna munch on the wrong kind of guy."

(Before Negan could begin to fight, a powerful blizzard gust blasts through the streets and eviscerates the three Ghouls.)

"Negan: It took you a while to come to the fight, huh Hokitada?"

(As Goto approaches Negan, he was irritated by his smart remark.)

"Goto: There were Ghouls in the vicinity not too far from here. It's another multi-area attack."
"Negan: Again?!"
"Goto: We need to act fast, Norikata is currently engaged in a fight as we speak and multiple Minor Mercenaries are allied with the officials."
"Negan: ...The kid!"
"Goto: Head to the school and protect him, I'll support the others and handle the Ghoul."

(As the two split, Negan rushed to the academy as quickly as possible while Goto rushed to the scene Gonu currently is more Ghouls began to appear, surrounding and defeating the exhausted Mercenaries.)

"Zatome: There's too many of them..!"
"Oshibo: We can't hold our own for much longer...!"

(As Gonu roars in the distance, Reize was seen crashing and tumbling through the ground before popping back to her feet, mistakenly getting herself affected by the deadly venom as she could no longer activate her Reaper Blessing.)

"Yozuri: Damn it...!! We need reinforcements...!"

(Gonu roars towards the cornered Mercenaries for the kill while coating himself in venom before being hit by a powerful ball of thunder, blasting Gonu across the Ghoul corpse filled battlefield. With a surprise on everyone's face, one of the 4 Pillars of Japan, Jikouji Norikata, The Eastern Quake has arrived to fight Gonu as Goto releases a powerful blizzard domain to weaken and defeat Ghouls easier without a sweat.)

"Goto: Norikata, what's the strategy?"
"Jikouji: ...Leave this Ghoul to me. HEAR ME CHILDREN!"

(As the Minor Mercenaries listened to Norikata, he'd then speak.)

"Jikouji: You've all fought well... Now leave this fight, to the official Mercenaries!"

(Gonu repositions his neck, coats his fists in venom and rushes towards Jikouji as Jikouji then encases his fists in a noticeable white aura, activating his Quake blessing for one on one melee combat. As Gonu and Jikouji exchanges powerful blows, Gonu was continuously striking Jikouji with venom to intoxicate him which surprises Gonu into understanding, he was still striking effectively and normally. As Jikouji bell claps Gonu's head, the force generates a massive tremble to the Earth as Jikouji then lands a targeted punch to the chest of the Ghoul, blasting him across Kumagawa City, sending Gonu directly into Tama River. As the Triple Ghoul continues to watch, he did not expect the arrival of two of Japan's 4 Pillars.)

"Triple Ghoul: ...Those damn RATS!"
"Saul: ..!! I-I did not expect Gonu to be that much of a threat!!"

(As Gonu rockets out of the river, he'd rocket back towards Jikouji with the Echo Blessing activated with his powerful roar as Jikouji awakens the Earth Spirit to armor himself in stone while continuing to battle Gonu unaffected by the Venom or Echo Blessing. As Gonu then successful breaks off a piece of Jikouji's stone armor, Jikouji grips the tail of Gonu, slamming him across the ground, creating a powerful quake for every slam before swinging Gonu around. Jikouji then launches Gonu into the air, jumps into the air and delivers a right haymaker, left uppercut and a punch to the gut with a powerful punch of thunder, launching Gonu directly into the mountains, outside Kumagawa City.)

"Jikouji: Such blessings has no effect on me. And now.. to end this threat once and for all!"

(As Jikouji then slams his fists together, he'd generate the exact same ball of thunder planned to strike down Bai as massive gusts of wind along with trees and nearby objects and nature being sucked into the vortex of wind and thunder. As Gonu then stands back to his feet, he'd charge the Echo Blessing to the highest as Jikouji punches his ball of thunder towards Gonu, allowing Gonu to combat the incoming wave of thunder with a supersonic echo from the Echo Blessing by attempting to dissolve it as Jikouji then summons his nagata spear, charging a second ball of thunder and launches it at the now expanding ball of thunder. As Gonu began cracking at the side of the cheek, he'd slowly deplete from loss of power as Saul began to freak out at the belief that Gonu could be destroyed by Jikouji.)

"Jikouji: Stubborn aren't 'ya?! Then choke on this and take the painful trip to HELL!"

(Jikouji then grips his Nagata and transfers his Quake blessing's power into it before charging a wave of thunder and aims it at the ball of thunder and the supersonic wave.)

"Jikouji: HEAVENLY PIERCER, THUNDERING CONQUEROR!"

(Jikouji fires the powerful wave of thunder and was absorbed into the ball of thunder as it finally overpowers Gonu's supersonic echo, allowing the thunder to stun the pained Gonu and vigorously rumble him and quake the Earth, causing powerful tsunami's across the seas and the destruction of two mountains, all in remains is a massive crater, thunder the only sound emitting from the attack as Gonu was at last defeated, all in remains was it's head. Jikouji deactivates his spirit and lessens his guard as he then puts in the announcement with a communication piece.)

"Jikouji: This is Norikata Jikouji. The Ghoul mastermind has been killed, all in remains is it's head. I'm bringing it in."

(As the Mercenary Association back in Kumagawa City overhears the announcement, all were overjoyed to hear as rouge Ghouls scampered away to avoid being captured as all who stayed to fight were relieved to now hear that the threat has been defeated. Meanwhile, Saul was on his knees in defeat that it's taken him six months to complete creating Gonu.)

"Saul: It took me six months to create him... I'm sorry I've failed you, master...!"

(The Triple Ghoul was seen smiling menacingly before chuckling then laughing then arises from his throne.)

"Triple Ghoul: Norikata's Quake Blessing on display has much further power than what I expected three years ago... I've made a fatal error on my plans... Saul."
"Saul: AH! Y-Yes sir..?!"
"Triple Ghoul: Alert the Executive Ghouls. It's time all cards are played on the table. We will be taking out a pillar in both Japan and China. This will serve as our most effective operation to slide deeper into the enemy's territory."
"Saul: You don't mean...-"
"Triple Ghoul: ...-The death of Jikouji Norikata is imminent. We launch the operation a month from now in September, around that time should be the remembrance of an American tragedy. We shall make our own tragedy, one even deadlier than our arrival three years ago..."

(As the Triple Ghoul then clapped his hands, he'd reveal under multiple spotlights, multiple willing Ghouls locked inside a rocket as more Ghoul Scientists were revealed to be calculating and setting a course for the capital city of China.)

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