1437 A good dog
"The laws of nature don't apply here," he muttered under his breath and then heard his own voice whispering those words back into his ears.
After carefully balancing himself Hao Xuan stood up to get a better look at the river of ti. The coffin was moving up the current of its own accord and he had no way to control either the speed or the trajectory.
His previously somber expression was suddenly replaced by an austere look, not unlike a mask that had been taken off.
Hao Xuan closed his eyes before gently tapping the spot between his eyebrows with his middle finger five tis, three in succession and two after a brief pause. As a result, accompanied by a cascading crescendo of white and blue lights, Mr. Hyde's ethereal figure materialized out of the void in front of him.
He looked vastly different from his previous self which he quickly realized after seeing his reflection in the river of ti.
"What is- What have you done?!" he imdiately shouted in rage.
Confused, Hao Xuan tilted his head to the side, "I returned you to your original self...before Maymun's wickedness had twisted your mind and body."
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"How is that even-"
"Do not misunderstand, his hold over you has not broken. I only recreated your form into what it was ant to be," Hao Xuan explained.
Mr. Hyde went silent, his gaze falling to the yellow river to reinspect this new 'form' that had been crafted for him. He looked like a gallant young man in his twenties with perfectly symtrical facial features and an aura of nobility around him.
"I...haven't looked like this in ages..." he whispered to himself.
"I know," Hao Xuan added, "But this is what you would have looked like today if that demon hadn't gotten his claws in you. It was my fault for pushing you beyond your limits."
Hyde sighed wearily before tearing his gaze away from the reflection to look Hao Xuan in the eye.
"You are not him, you are not my father."
He smiled in return, "I wish that were true. But as ti passes and more of his mories co to , the less I feel like myself. Parts of his soul were rged with mine and although I still don't understand how it will change in the future...at least for now...for now I can say without hesitation that you were once soone very dear to ."
And despite what he said, Hyde's gaze held a hint of sympathy when he looked at him.
Hao Xuan continued, "I rember when I first picked you up in my arms. How small and frail you were, shivering from the cold and fear of the unknown but still trying to put up a brave front. I had promised not to take in any more children but seeing you...I couldn't help but believe you would be different."
"Those are false mories," Hyde coldly rebutted, "Implanted in your head by a conniving old man as a last resort to make you do his bidding. Don't believe-"
"They aren't false," Hao Xuan cut him off, "Although they are definitely ant to change my perspective of certain things, one thing I will give him credit for is that he did not fabricate any of those mories. That's how he is trying to manipulate ...by showing the truth," a lazy grin pulled at his mouth, "And he never tried to conceal that fact. Quite arrogant, don't you think?"
Mr. Hyde scoffed, "Are you saying that anyone who has seen what he has seen would naturally co to the sa conclusion? That his way of doing things is the RIGHT way?? You are already starting to sound like him, maybe I was wrong and you really are him."
"No, not the right way, not by a longshot. Necessary but not right," Hao Xuan clarified, "He simply believed, and rightly so, that upon receiving his mories and experiencing what he had, I would co to the sa conclusion. That is why he chose ...because we were so alike in how we saw the world."
Hyde shook his head dejectedly, "So nothing changes. You will be just like him and make the sa mistakes he did-"
"I won't!" Hao Xuan exclaid, "Not again, not this ti. I have seen what he did wrong and have no intention of repeating those mistakes. All I need is a chance, will you not even give that? If so, strike down right now and end it! Do what your master couldn't and finish ," Hao Xuan stood proudly with his arms wide open, completely open.
"Kill before I have the opportunity to go back to the past and bring forth a new future. Because if you don't, I will destroy Maymun one way or another. Be a good dog and follow that demon's command. KILL !!"
His roaring cry created waves in the river that continued to get bigger and bigger behind their backs.
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