END OF BOOK 3 CHAPTER 318 EPILOGUE
I woke up in the Junction.
Post Challenge Healing Complete
Items, Pets, Summons, and your body have been healed of all damage.
I looked down to my body and it was no longer old and wrinkly. My chakra and other power systems back up to full strength my Gantz Armor was fixed as well. And sothing I hadn’t felt a mont ago reappeared, my drive. My need to survive and live. I guessed using up my lifeforce had made
feel weak and depressed. Though I believed much of what I thought, there was no reason to give up and die. I could always do better.
Bringing up my Status Screen I clicked Summon next to Hancock’s na. She appeared right in front of . But not the woman I knew. She was now the sa age as my body. About 16 years old she was a couple of inches taller than , her rack not near as large as before, she wore a simple white T-shirt and a pair of black yoga pants.
“I’m sorry,” I said. But instead of being angry at
she latched onto . Holding
tight to her I hesitated to touch her. Still ashad with myself and my actions, I didn't deserve this kind of reception.
Hancock didn’t care, grabbing my hands she moved them to around her. Crying further she sobbed, “I saw it all! The entire fight.”
“You did? How?” I asked.
“I was watching the whole thing. I don’t know how. You gave it everything you had. I know you did.” She pulled back, where I expected tears there was a look of pure rage. Drawing her arm back she punched
across the face. Throwing
back I hit the back wall. “Why the fuck would you give up!?”
“Hanc-”
“Don’t you dare Hancock !” she yelled. Moving to
the young girl was full of a rage I hadn’t seen before. “We have children! Why would you give up on them?!”
“Because I already died!” I said, growing angry. That shut her up. “That bullshit story my shadow clone told you about
disappearing from our Link. I was dead! 20 minutes!” I let out a long breath, trying to keep the anger back. “I don’t know. It’s been building for a while. I had a vacation but I didn’t feel better afterward. I just felt more tired. I have been doing this for over 6 years. Jumping between places. I am beyond exhausted. I wasn’t bred for this sort of thing. I’m not so protagonist that pulls through. I am an average Joe that gets tired, and wants to sleep in, and take breaks. But I pushed on. Training every day. Hell, I shouldn’t have even spent that ti with you back when I was training Haki. I needed that ti off though. I needed to recharge. And it has built up to this. , giving up.”
Hancock was quiet as she crouched in front of . I bit my lip hard. Trying to use the pain of it to pull back so of the anger I was feeling. I was trying to admit how hard it had been for . This was the truth on why I had left MHA last ti. I had stopped interacting with the others in class as friends. Just training and doing the quests I was burnt out on everything. So much on my shoulders it was almost too much to push to the back of my mind.
“You were right, Hancock,” I said. “I didn’t respect your wishes. I blad it on not being able to tell you the whole truth. But if I had intended to not keep the promise, I should have said so.”
“Yes, you should not have made that promise,” she said. We locked eyes for a long ti. She was the one that broke it. “I had thought you were lying.” Looking around the room she asked, “Is this the place you were talking about?”
“It is the Junction. Where different types of worlds intersect,” I said. “Behind each of these doors is a myriad of worlds. All with different versions of .”
“Yes, I am starting to believe,” she said. Reaching down she extended her hand. I took it slowly and she helped
up. “I have not forgiven you, husband. But, I do not hate you as much as I did.”
“Uhh thanks,” I said.
“To make
not hate you I will want to start over,” she said, her chin pushed out as she decided.
“Start over?” I asked.
“Yes, in another one of your worlds. You can bring
to them. I want to travel with you. You said that ti will freeze in our world, correct?” She asked. I slowly nodded. “Good. We will start over at the beginning. No lying this ti. No half-truths. You will be honest with , from now on.”
“I don’t know if that will work,” I said. She gave
an angry glare. “Don’t get
wrong, I want to have you with . But I don’t know this summon skill, or whatever you did to show up in the Challenge, or if you can live in the other worlds.”
“Then we will figure it out,” she said. I studied her. The beautiful girl was not budging on this. All I could do was nod. “Good. Now what did you lose from this fight?” She asked.
I dreaded looking at my screen, but it was ti to pay the piper.
You have forfeited your 4th Challenge
Losses:
Hall Closure - Manga
1 Ability - Give and Take Quirk
1 Bonus - Venom Resistance
1 Item and Challenger Slot - Seastone Jitte
“Goddamn,” I said, shaking my head as I looked at the Manga Door. The na above the door was now crossed out, but the door was still there. The doorknob disappearing, it was really gone.
“What?” Hancock asked.
“Your world,” I said. “It’s gone.”
“Destroyed?!” She asked.
“No, just-we can’t go back to it. Or I can’t. Right now the ti should be stopped there, and if I died it would start back up again.”
“Don’t say that,” she said, slapping the back of my head as she moved toward the door. “Our children are behind this door. Lillian and Lupin. Our lives are behind this door, Weston. I’m sorry that you are burnt out, but we keep moving forward. You will take on the next challenge, and the one after that until this door is opened again. You and I will conquer these worlds. Whatever it takes to make that happen, I do not care. But we will both get back to our children. Then you will finish whatever nonsense you have with your crew, and we will keep working toward getting stronger, until you never have to lose or give up a fight again.”
Her eyes were like embers as she stared at . Though in a young body I could hear the strength of the woman I had co to love.
“Am-I-understood?” She asked through gritted teeth.
“Yes dear,” I said, a small smirk breaking out on the side of my mouth. She smiled slightly as well.
“Good,” she said. “You have done so bad things, husband. But we are young. You can make up for them. Nothing is written in stone. We will work together to figure it out. Now which world shall we go to?” She asked with so actual excitent in her voice.
I chuckled. Shaking my head as I watched her look at the doors. Reading the naplates above the fras I could feel a sense of adventure leaking from her Haki.
I had done a lot in my ti in Manga. I hadn’t completed everything I wanted, but maybe this was the push I needed to venture out and try new things. Mikhail had the World Lasting Physique, and I thought I knew how he got it. I doubted many others had it, so maybe I could get lucky and turn things around.
Having a beautiful dark haired woman by my side would probably make it more fun as well. I wasn’t sure what the Companion Fusion had done to her, but maybe it would work out where she could join
on the quests. So hope grew in . I was surprised that I got another notification.
Congratulations for living through your 4th Challenge. Please pick a Path
Those you Gave Hope
Those you Let Down
I hadn’t seen this kind of notification since the 1st challenge. My path wasn’t that hard to pick, and as I read over the other notification I beca more hopeful. Talking more with Hancock she actually got excited as I talked about the different worlds before us. After working out our plan we stepped into a new Hall. For the first ti since I started this ordeal I was venturing to sowhere new, and to be honest, I was looking forward to it for once. Hand in hand Hancock and I stepped through a doorway off to a new adventure.
Announcent
So Manga Hall is wrapped up for the ti being. Sorry if you don't like Hancock. She was just the best choice strength-wise. I wanted Toru, but it didn't make sense. I do want her eventually, but that’s a ways away. My current plan is a 4th book that spans about 200 chapters that goes through the other halls. I plan to finish up the Manga Halls after that book. The challenges will slow down drastically. I don't expect any in the 4th book, but we will see. I will update the series description with the halls and chapter ranges so you can skip them if you have no interest in Comics, Books, Manhwa, or any other Halls I may have show up in this book. Anything goes. Can't give anything away, but I think you will like what happens in the other Halls. Smut slows down at the beginning. I recently threw away about 30 chapters because the story was becoming boring and smut had taken a nose dive. I hope you like what happens. I an it’s free, so who cares.
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