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Chapter 31 - The Line

"End of the line"

The phrase echoed throughout the sorrow distances, loudly and damped by the mistful presence of one's act. Both having said that line at the same time the two point barrels at each other, mori points a pistol at kirino, he too points a firearm back.

The two stood staring at each other during this short run off nothing but the sound of mist from the background could be heard it was until mori had broken the silence with one of his questions.

The sawed off double barrel shotgun on one of kirino's hands mori pointed out, he speaks with all familiarity breaking this silence for the better.

"hm? *Heh-heh* wonder how you hid that. pretty rectumizing if you ask me"

"A magician never tells his secrets"

kirino proudly spoke

"hooo---? so your now the magician huh? to think that this topic turned this way around mesmerizes me"

"to say so! i'm putting one in ya!"

"Ha-Hah! we're gonna be here for a very long while!"

"Try me! pull the first move!"

kirino spoke to mori in attempt to persuade him to take the first move, mori still pointing the gun towards kirino presses his other free hand towards his chin fidgeting whilst he makes his mind before then he spoked his response.

"now that is welcoming, to think about it i might as well do it. Buuuuuuut i have some things to be considerate about"

*Wait? hold on? what did he mean by "do it" why would he agree to that infront of me? he has a plan i'm confident for that--- needless i should just be cautious* 

"considerate? what types of considerations are you going on about?"

"oh that's simple, just to ensure that your not actually gonna pull a [insert reference] let me tell you this"

*Stares*

"You are just going to fire another ice flash at me, you will then manifest towers of ice, barrage me with ice manifested fists, shoot icy projectiles at me, produce mist which you could freely manifest ice without the support of your body then so you could also manifest weapons of ice too, yet i only witnessed you do the damn thing for about once or twice already."

"what are you on about?"

"This sums it all up on how practically useless you are! you haven't even reached such high potential yet, let alone you lack on doing things. More creative, unique and more on indifferent than i am, who of course have somewhat obvious limitations in terms of separate abilities wouldn't you feel that kirino-kun?"

"Tch---"

"Ap-Ap-Ap! One more move there and the pull of that trigger my personal guard there would have to blast you through from behind, you might as well lower that thing while your at it."

Kirino stops himself from going any planned move, any movement to run dash at him, any movement to pull that trigger by his hands simply inevitable, now in a cornered state he see's himself in he isn't so sure as to how much of the threats holding him like this, by this guess he could think of more than 10 people by the gut feeling he had, he then had to slowly lower the weapon on arm.

"So? Anything to think about? maybe even some last words while your at it! AHAHAHAHAH!"

Mori laughs at kirino still keeping the gun steadily pointed at him.

*How dare that bastard! if it comes to this i might as well think out of it once*

"AHAHAHAHAHAH HA--??"

In that quick moment mori noticed something wrong with kirino prompting him to immediately fire at a specific area.

*BANG* *SHATTER*

"Damn i almost forgot! you also have the ability to create ice as clear as a crystal, thank God i was reminded at this very moment! now then! all your chances are none! you might as well strike up one last phrase or something."

"Last conversation? you mean?"

Kirino arrogantly corrected mori after his resort went blown.

"Oh yeah. Well that's dumb of me you got the point. okay"

"So kirino anything in mind?"

"About that, in terms of transport who do ya thinks more faster? in terms of abilities and what not?"

"That was crude, what is this? some question to stall me?"

"Of course!"

"I'm not buying that, by the looks of it your probably in one of the stages of grief."

"really? like am i turning pale? Great God!"

Kirino overexaggerates his reaction, much like he's mocking mori at this point

"He's at the sixth."

mori mumbles as he palms his face in actual disbelief, kirino from his perspective is experiencing the actual symptoms of the 6th stage of grief, even though there are obviously 5, he had balls of iron to pronounce a sixth one.

"GREAT GOD! GREAT GOD! OH MY GOD!---

*The sixth state of grief [Madness]it's pretty much obvious by now, through the looks, his eyes, his facial expression hell how did he even reached it in such a scheme of a moment. i kind of feel 1.23rd of a half quarter of pity for him now, i might as well cut this loose and finish the conversation we we're having at best*

"Okay shut it! let's continue our conversation aight?"

"AIGHT? oh aight indeed"

kirino makes that malevolent smile again, this time mori knows for sure it's something that has to do with grief.

"In terms of shit like speed and transport and nonsense, i'd say it all goes to you"

"Of course, it's me! what else could by moving skills not outmatch your black hunk of junk you keep on riding around?"

Mori's eyes twitch by the response of [Black hunk of junk] he instantly regains composure to deliver an answer.

"pretty obvious don't ya think?"

"hell, well yes"

"now then, now then time for the part where i explain myself best"

"The limousine"

"Of course, surprised a person like you would casually say it's name, the one i can summon could go by far 185mph your's specifically your ice skating i'd say around 230mph, talk about high ice if you ask me"

"high ice? you learned language from a cripple or--

"think about it, a speed race between those two concepts, the obvious winner would be your ice but in this race the winner is me! YES ME! ONLY ME! I MANAGED TO MAKE A COMEBACK TO YOUR COMMENT KIRINO! I REALLY DID! ahahah! now then the main course, any last words?"

*Seriously give me a break. he's going off the charts this time, i doubt by normal logic the simple "here goes" then a tiny granule moment of silence is getting me some slack, he talks looks, and thinks absolutely awful for a small fry like him. i should say it out!*

"So have any last words"

A moment of silence swayed the two in utmost breeze, the air sweeps through it is chilly pretty much, but that doesn't mind for the warm blooded one. His patience is slim he then opens his mouth.

"so? so?"

Kirino suddenly muffles laughter unable to keep himself, mori signals the men behind kirino to lower their weapons, as kirino moves unconditionally. from mori's point it seems that it really has took a toll on him. he then yells out to kirino in utter confusion.

"Hey! what's going on over there? if you got something to speak then spit it out!"

kirino pauses for a moment his frozen teardrops fall to the ground the last one the fall shatters it on impact, kirino postures himself up a bit facing mori.

"So?"

"So---anyhow---tell your feet i said hi"

-------?

*What th----------!!!

*Pierce* *Splurdging*

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[Sought from a different perspective]

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*Damn bastard! he saw right through me! how is he even gaining this information so suddenly? oh wait, he's that one type of bastard to look through your search history when your asleep, got that!*

"X X X X X X X X X X X X! X X X X X X X X X X X X X, X X X X X X X X X. X X, X X X X X X X X X X, X X X, X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X?"

*To hell! he jumped me even before i knew it, this is cheating i'm for sure of! and how would he be able to guess i was creating that clear as crystal! what is he an eagle?*

"X-X-X! X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X, X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X."

"X? X X X X X? X X X X X X X X X X! XXXXXXXXX!"

*hm? this is new, by the looks at his eyes he's sort of feeling something, something so pity something as if wanting to get this over with yet so fierce in the eyes, his eyes looking so rather palish and droopy, seems like he's going off the charts. as if he's like someone the type of someone to make up facts in less than a second, personality trait of a leader? i guess so*

"X X, X X X X X X X X X X X, X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X, X X X X X X X X X X X X X, X X X X X X X X X X."

*Okay, checks out*

"XXXX XXX XXXX XXXXX?"

*I've got one in mind! this one will work. it will*

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-----?!

*Mph--Urgghh--aaaghh--uuphh*

*Coughing*

"What The hell? What in the damn hell?!!"

"Like my new trick?"

Kirino smiles, hands on waist as he looks at mori. He now looking like he's seen better days. Multiple ice stakes piercing through him from feet to throat as blood pours out profusely from him. Even so his personal men too had met such an unfortunate fate from behind.

"Well, well, well look who's the one gonna say their last words. It be best if you do it quick. I really wanna get out of here and get what I want in a quick matter you know."

"YOU BASHUTARDT!!"

*COUGH* *COUGH* *COUGH*

Blood pours onto the already existing pool underneath.

"Anyhow you won't be needing this anymore."

Kirino snatches the gun still clinging onto mori's hand. He shoves it onto his pocket.

"Now then? Shall we?"

"Shau wat?"

"I don't know. I guess I'll watch you go slowly, yeah. The slower the better"

"Hah--you reawy tink vat hah?"

"Nah, thats for payback. Your rotten ass forced me to act like I'm some sort of retard. OH GOD this that OH GOD there!, thanks for making me go that way! Really appreciate it!"

"Mah, achually thewas sumfing you juss didin nowtiss"

"What? I didn't hear you? Did the blood clothing up your mouth?"

Kirino ushers closely to mori, having not the simplest idea how to interpret his impaled mouth.

"It's here"

------?

Kirino looking puzzled, stares forth of mori's face in the most death stared look. What did he meant by it's here? Why did he suddenly look so Dollish in that frame of sight? Was it?

The answer came forth. It was there. There at the moment. He never really had time to react, then at that split moment a sound sort of like the sound of loud firing echoed from a column close by. The smoke, light, the bright blazing light rushing towards him. At last the moment where he met it face to face had come. With that a menacing sound had been given life.

*BLAST*

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[Undocumented day]

Red sky, white skylines. Red atmosphere. Place filled with nothingness the whole place a city. Devoid of life, just eerily remnants, well preserved and lack of touch.

Sounds echoed throughout the area's, through clean streets all that leads to broken ruins. Beyond the broken ruins borders from unscathed to scathed, there the sounds can be traced. Traced to the utmost activity going on, we see what we see and do what we do. Something we can understand by the looks of what's going on.

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"Yo, you spacing out a bit?"

*Clank* *Shank* *Clunk*

*Stomp* *Stomp* *Stomp*

No response he continues breaking it

"Yo? Hello? You fine or what?"

Momentary silence fell, before he responds.

"Hm? Oh yeah. Just fixing things up"

"Your literally just breaking that old ass fridge"

"Oh. Probably slept while doing so"

"While doing so? Is this crap normal to you?"

"Of course why not?"

Mori silences for a moment not only then as kirino says another statement.

"This fridge is broken, useless. And pure junk why not just leave it there but break it some more?

"Are you proving a point here?"

"Find that out yourself"

Mori pauses for a moment before shortly coming up with an answer.

"That point. I'm gonna say, recycling?"

"Nope. That's too bland, recyclings a different concept compared to this"

"You've got to be joking right? Like there's no way there's another concept of recycling that goes through what your doing?! Like at all!"

"Hey! What's could you say, all I'm doing is one thing in particular"

---?

The fridge is frozen, a frozen fridge. He turned the whole thing incapculated in ice.

"Now, now what are going to do next?"

"Simple, This"

*Shatter* *Shatter*

The whole fridge shatters and breaks apart. Apart into millions of tiny pieces now spreaded throughout the ground, some even flown away by the directions of wind.

"Erasing, wasn't it?"

"You've got that right!"

"What i was doing was testing out more I could have possibly do, actually I just frozen that piece of junk too strong to the point where you could say it just got deleted from reality the moment I shattered it"

"You going mad or what?"

"Nah just testing things out, simple as that"

"Then what was the purpose of you stomping on it, where its no longer recognizable?"

"Probably to create more dust particles, heh-heh"

Kirino smirks menacingly as he glances back at mori. He too stares forth to kirino bewildered by this mad judgement.

"Anyhow let's get going shall we?"

"About time you said that, i cant believe the amount we wasted thrashing stuff doing there"

"Hey! We've got all the time to ourselves now that everyone's dead. This whole place! Even the---

Echoes of that voice left as the two got even farther from the base of that ruined area. Dust from that scattered fridge flew away as the wind swept through, the two heading their ways. Back towards the area where they'd start and end their day. As the supposed sun grew setting, reaching the pinnacle of even deeper red lights.

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