Marvel: False God

34: The Hand (1)

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Murakami was one of the five fingers of the hand, one of the five leaders of this secret Ninja Clan.

Today was a surprising day for him; he got a call from none other than the White Queen of the Hellfire Club, the infamous mutant empress, Emma Frost.

He was admittedly more surprised when, in exchange for literally nothing, Emma sold the location of Tigra and White Tiger whom the Hand was after for the past few months.

Murakami understood that— for some reason, Emma wanted to harm these two tiger women.

Throughout the duration of the call, Murakami had realised that the one Emma Frost really wanted to harm was Enrique Nova instead.

Because it turned out that the two tiger women, Ava Ayala and Greer Nelson, were currently under the wing of the recent big bad Superhero, Supernova.

That's what he learned from that call, at the end of which Emma suggested the Hand attack Enrique's home exactly tonight. However, Emma wasn't who Murakami followed, so her suggestion didn't matter. She wasn't a part of the Hand.

Murakami rather hung up on her with the excuse that he'll have to talk with the other four fingers of the Hand.

If the decision did fall on Murakami himself, though, he would have taken the safest route. That route was, according to Murakami, for the Hand to stay back from Ava and Greer. At least until they weren't under this admittedly powerful Supernova's protection.

However, sadly, it was not in Murakami's hands what decisions the clan would make.

The choice fell on the Beast—the Demon's whim.

To whom Murakami went on to report the whole ordeal.

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"...I see,"

The round, blobby, frog-like demonic creature said after hearing the report, as Murakami kept his head touching the floor.

The room Murakami was currently inside was dark, with only a few candles close to the walls that lit it up.

As Murakami stayed bowed, a veil raised between him and the creature, the creature simply hummed in its throat—making disgusting sounds while it decided on the future of the entire Clan.

"...Attack tonight."

That was the order that Murakami soon nodded to.

It would be hard, he noted. From the lone clip of Supernova defeating Magneto, that much was clear. However, Murakami knew it wouldn't be impossible to bring him down.

The reason behind 'why even bother'?

Because the Beast—the Demon wanted its hands on the White Tiger Amulet that Ava possessed. That amulet, when brought together with the other body parts of the jade statue of the White Tiger, ushered great power upon the wielder.

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A while later, Enrique and Greer were both inside the villa.

Greer was with the other two girls, occupying the couch in front of the Television, as the three of them chatted amongst themselves in clear nervousness.

In the back, as Enrique brewed himself a coffee, his Goddess Mut was busy enlightening him.

["Speaking of me and that 'Demon' twat,"] Mut spoke about the Beast that the Hand worships. ["Amongst his countless fake epithets, the one called "Jackal's Son" is actually correct. He is my great grandson's great-grandson, Anubis', bastard child."]