Thus the first point of your strategy comes into play. Nothing There, for all of their absurd strength, is not among the Abnormalities standing at the pinnacle. For such beings, paltry concepts like time and space are mere suggestions to be heeded or ignored as is convenient. Nothing There, as strong as they are, is not capable of such feats. Whatever reset Homura used to drag you back to Mitakihara will have actually reset Nothing There's body back to the selected point.
Ah, so that's the actual difference between Nothing There and Apocalypse Bird, not just strength, but the simple fact that A Bird can hold time.
It would be, were it not for the fact that you were given prep time.
And if there is something that distinguish great Managers from average ones, it's the ability to use prep time, to anticipate what the day will bring and change your plan accordingly.
Operating simultaneously on twenty-two agonized people in the middle of combat in the span of a few seconds while injured? Your lips are drawn into a thin line, your grim expression doing well to conceal the total agony you feel. Your nerves are on fire. Your vision blurs. Otherworldly chemicals spill into your insides. None of it matters. The first step is done.
The fact that it hurts us doesn't change the scale of what was done, this very much shows how powerful X can be when not holding back, even before removing her seal.
but apparently Nothing There's definition of "lethal injury" is not the same as your own.
I mean, it's difficult to anticipate *losing your head* not counting as a fatal injury, most people do not see it as just a flesh wound.
Distantly, you feel somebody calling for help. No, calling to help. You don't care who. If you aren't enough, then maybe they else will be.
An abnormality coming to help from inside us? An ordeal? Please, tell me it's not Madoka.
-and stares in confusion as they grasp only wisps of smoke drowned out by the rain.
Kyouko! Seems like the mark we gave her is doing it's job.
You limp through the rest of the day at Angela's encouragement, and that evening you climb onto a chair in the corner of your office and hang yourself.
The worst part is probably that Angela was probably hurting just as much, she couldn't escape via death but then again:
You wake up the next day. You didn't remember what had happened, you weren't supposed to, but staring at that corner made you feel cold.
Neither can you.
In short: Fuck you Ayin, you really have a lot to answer for, it is a good thing you opened your eyes by the end, you have a lot of work before you to correct this.
Six hundred fifty-five days since your formation. You witness something none should ever see. Describing the thing is impossible. Description requires relating traits from one thing to another, and there is nothing in the world that could possibly be compared to the thing you saw. Your mind shatters in an instant.
The moment marks your seventy-second death.
If the censor hiding its form malfunction for just a moment, we'll have to think of getting a new manager.
There is no place for you in the world outside. This is an acceptable outcome. Because there will be an outside, and it will be a kinder world than this hell you rule. Not a heaven, certainly, but you'd never trust anyone promising to deliver paradise.
Ouch, X truly is broken at this point, unable to even see a future for themselves.
You think it would be nice to have a family. Maybe they would hold a funeral for you one day.
X! There are other things to live for than your own funeral! By god we are going to make it so that you can see it.
Love given by our daughters, Impostor given by X's mental state, Pursuit given by X tries to make a better tomorrow.
There it is. There will be another chapter to sum up the conclusion of this Arc, followed by the final Sidestory to give a hint at what's coming next. After that, we will be going on a short hiatus.
I would like to thank each and every person who has been with this story, either since the beginning or only recently. I would never have gotten this far without your support.
Thank you for writing this story, it is a great one.
Wonder how much it affected NT?
I think it was targeted only at X and NT.
It seems like it.
