Chapter 62: Rumi Usagiyama (III) & Tying up Loose Ends... [edited]
[POV Reo]
I kept floating in the sky while keeping an eye over Rumi while I kept gathering my power as much as I could. Pain could use this ability on a large scale on a whim but he had a cool down time before he could use it again but for me it was the opposite. I needed to gather power before I could use the attack depending on what scale I wanted the attack to be.
Only after a few seconds, Rumi entered the store I could hear breaking noises. The next second a guy was thrown out of the store. Well looks like Rumi has already confirmed what I have said and decided to have some fun.
Soon the citizens around them knew that they were under attack and decided to give up their covers so that they could attack her. Several people used their Quirks on Rumi but none of them even fazed her. Rumi kept dodging and bashing in the villains. Since I have destroyed everything electrical in the city they weren't able to call for reinforcements though the word was getting around pretty quickly that they were under attack.
They were a heavily trained military force, they acted quickly as their electrical equipments were just pieces of junk now. So, they immediately decided to do it the old way. They immediately send a messenger on foot towards their headquarters. Well, this made my job much easier. I am sure that Re-Destro would easily recognize who Rumi is and this would be a nice distraction for him.
Rumi continued causing mayhem throughout the city. By each moment more and more villains started to gather around her but none of them was her match. I could already hear Rumi's maniacal laughter. She was having a lot of fun.
Soon I saw Curious leading her squad towards Rumi's location. By this, I was almost done with gathering power. It was quite tiresome if I have to say.
Curious finally reached Rumi and like her canon self started to ask Rumi several questions going into her journalist mode.
"You are a Hero! Why are you attacking civilians?" Curious asked but didn't receive any answer from Rumi who was busy beating up a few villains at once.
"Have you perhaps decided to become a villain? I wonder what might have happened to bring the 5th ranked hero down to this..." Curious was cut off when a powerful kick landed right on the side of her head and a crack sound resounded throughout the place. Curious's lifeless body fell on the ground like a sack of potatoes.
"You talk too much" Rumi said and jumped towards the next villain. Suddenly my love for her increased much more, she didn't even bat an eye after killing someone. That's my girl!!
I finally watched Re-Destro leave his tower along with his men. So he finally decided to come out but it is too late for him for now, I have already gathered more than enough energy to flatten this whole city.
So, I needed to get Rumi out of there first. Good thing that she was also carrying some metal on her. In the middle of the fight, Rumi started to slowly rise up in the air. She immediately shot me a glare, she seemed to look annoyed that I interrupted her fight.
"Hey! Come on... just a few more minutes" Rumi begged me with puppy dog eyes. I would have faltered but it was getting hard to keep holding the power I gathered.
"Rumi, I will take you to someplace else" my voice was heard by Rumi and she finally became happy again. Everyone in the city was now looking up and they were really angry at us getting away.
While Rumi kept rising, I slightly lowered myself in front of Re-Destro who seemed to analyze me.
"I didn't know that vanquisher of All For One and Overhaul would come himself here. I don't know what I ever did for you to personally come here" Re-Destro spoke. How in the seven hells did he find that I have killed Overhaul?? There must be a leak inside the Heroes or the Police. In this era, almost everything was made of metal and there were no buildings that were built without putting steel beams inside them. So, Re-Destro must have decided that it was best for him to talk his way out.
"Today you will know Pain" I always wanted to say that. I spoke and spread out my hands and spoke two devastating words "Shinra Tensei!" I didn't need to say those because my Quirk didn't need that but it was way too cool and I couldn't bring myself not to say those.
A strong repulsion force erupted with my body as the center and blew everything that came in its way. Before the attack reached Re-Destro I could clearly see the look of terror on his face and everyone around him. I must have been really a monster in my previous life because even after killing so many people in such a manner I didn't even feel anything. Not a single speck of regret sparked inside my mind.
In a matter of few seconds, the whole city was completely gone leaving behind only ruins and a clean patch of nothing. I looked over to Rumi who had her mouth agape. I slowly floated up to her, I didn't know what her reaction would be. Yes, she didn't mind me killing but I don't know what she might think of me now that I have killed so many people with a simple gesture.
I was surprised when she hugged me and pulled me into a passionate and hungry kiss. I was surprised at the start but I immediately returned the kiss.
"That was really awesome!" Rumi said excitedly. Now, it's confirmed all my girlfriends are oddballs. Two of them are Exhibitionist, one of them is pretty normal while the other is a Pervert, Masochist, Sadist and the last one is also odd a Battle Maniac along with Masochist.
"Ready to go to the next place?" I asked Rumi who happily nodded her head. I wasn't exactly sure about the next place because I didn't know if Rumi would be strong enough or not but I would still take her with me. I am easily strong enough to protect Rumi from that monster if push comes to shove. So I decided to take her to fight Gigantomachia, it would be only a one-time chance for her because she might not meet anyone like that ever again even in other worlds.
I grabbed Rumi by her waist and flew towards the direction where Gigantomachia was currently sleeping. I wasn't subtle while I flattened the whole Deika City and soon media and Heroes along with police would come swarming the place. I didn't want them finding me and Rumi here even if they knew nothing about my gravity manipulation power.
We finally reached a huge canyon in the middle of a small forest. The canyon wasn't anything comparable to Grand Canyon or anything but this was the biggest both Rumi and I have ever seen. We slowly entered the canyon and found Gigantomachia was still sleeping. Rumi was quite surprised and shocked to see something like this hiding here.
"What the hell is that?!" Rumi asked me surprised.
"Its name is Gigantomachia, he is one of All For One's fanatical underlings. Since All For One is gone, he was put into sleep. With his protege also gone, there was no need to wake it up" I said to Rumi, we finally landed on the ground.
"So he is going to be my opponent?" Rumi asked me excitedly.
"Yes" I said and let go of Rumi, she immediately attacked Gigantomachia with a punch on its face. Her punch landed on its face but nothing seemed to happen. Rumi was quite surprised but she didn't give up and immediately kicked Gigantomachia but still, nothing happened. Not even a flinch.
Could the doctor have done something to Gigantomachia to put him to sleep? He could have wreaked havoc when he learned about All For One's demise so the doctor decided to put him to sleep. It's quite possible... so it could be that only the doctor would be the only person who could wake him up. Not much was ever known about Gigantomachia up to the point I have read the canon.
While was thinking all this Rumi continued her pointless and fruitless assault on Gigantomachia. I decided that it was enough.
"Rumi back away, you can't fight him if he keeps sleeping. But I have to kill it or I might not get the chance" I said to Rumi, Rumi pouted but returned to my side. She looked really disappointed that she wasn't able to fight this monster.
I used my power and extracted metal particles from the group and morphed them into a nice lance. Lightning danced around my body while I charged the lance. I launched the lance towards Gigantomachia's head. As soon as the lance hit its head, its head disappeared along with most of the upper half of its body.
"Well that takes care of it" I said and grabbed Rumi by her waist again and flew towards Kyudai Garaki's hideout. I wasn't sure where he would be but according to his regular schedule, he should be in the hideout where he was keeping the high-end Nomus. We reached an isolated house, it was quite big. I wanted this whole house to disappear so I was going to use Rupture.
"Rumi, stay here. I need to kill someone. Don't worry he isn't a fighter so you won't be having any fun" I said to Rumi, she looked sad but decided to wait outside.
I slowly sneaked into the house and found Kyudai Garaki working on his computer. High-End Nonus were kept beside him stored in huge jars filled with some kind of liquid. I didn't want any confrontation or anything so I gathered my power and sent a Rupture attack at him. As soon as the bright flash dissipated most of the house was completely gone including the high-ends Nomus and Kyudai Garaki.
With this done, I have finally tied up all the loose ends. I finally returned to Rumi who was patiently waiting for me.
"So did you have fun today?" I asked Rumi who answered me by pulling me into a kiss.
"This was the best date ever!" Rumi exclaimed.
"I am glad that you appreciate my effort" I said.
"Then, let me show how much I appreciate you" Rumi said with a gentle voice and pulled me into another kiss. I was sure from her expression that this was going to be a long night...