"So.... What's next?"
"Well... Let's see" Atom pulled up a list which rolled across the theater, somehow
"What the-" Aether watched as the paper keeps unfolding
"Okay, let's see.... " Atom begins to read the list one by one while unaware that the paper is still unfolding
"It's still going... " Jean, Keqing and Ganyu paled seeing too much paper
"That's...quite an interesting sight" Zhongli stated
"And Paimon thought Yenfei was the only one that could read a lot"
" Hmm no... Too gory... Also too gory... Hm tempting but no... A bullshit universe so no.... Too angsty..." Atom reads the paper faster that is flabbergasted the cast
Minutes pass
"Is he still going?" Makoto asked
"It seems so" Tomo said
"Well, we could talk about what we saw to spend the time" Yoimiya suggested
"That's a great idea" Venti agreed
"Oh, I love the previous show" Hu tao said
"Me too!" Financial exclaimed
"It was very beautiful" Yunjin said with a smile
And then, all the music enthusiast engaged a never ending conversation
Meanwhile
Yae was giggling and Ei notices this
"What's wrong Miko?"
"Oh nothing hehe, I just remembered 'that' one show about you" Yae said while still giggling
As soon as she said that, all those around her who heard her started chuckling and giggling
Ei regretted asking that question
Makoto then tries to reassure her "don't worry Ei, they'll forget that eventually" but she herself was also giggling so it didn't help
Ei just covered her face with her palm to hide her embarrassment while pleading someone to save her from her predicament
"I got it!" Atom exclaimed
Ei is saved and she thanked him in her mind
"Okay, what do you got for us?" Childe asked
"Oh, I'm excited to show you guys this. Although, I don't know if you will find it pleasant" Atom looked at the cast with a grin "But, I know some of you will like it"
"Ho? Now I'm getting excited" Childe said
"What is it all about?" Chongyun
"You'll see" Atom played the scene
"If I harm Straw Hat now, I will only bring shame upon myself." Kuma stated.
"Oh my archon he is big" Paimon said
"Um....why is he built like that" Thoma asked
"What do you mean?" Atom asked back
"You know, his upper body is so big and his lower half is small, why is that?" Thoma pointed out
"Oh, hehe, to be honest, I don't know. This world and its natives are just built different, I guess"
A bleeding and battered Kazuha stared at him "I am in your debt."
"Kazuha!" Baidou yelled in worry
"I'm right here captain beidou" Kazuha said
"I know, but look at your counterpart! He got beat up real bad!"
Kazuha just stayed silent, he also wondered what lead him to be extremely injured like that
Kuma turned to an unconscious Itto and as he was about to grab him, he said "Trust me not to bring him harm. I am a man of my word."
"Dude what? What does he want from me!?" Itto yelled
No one answered him, the entire cast were focusing on what was going on
"In exchange, I will..." Kuma said as he picked Itto up and looked at Kazuha with a menacing look "...Show you hell."
Paimon gulped
"That's scary" Paimon said
Kazuha's friends looked at him in worry and he noticed this and tries to reassure them
"I'm sure he'll be fine, somehow"
Scaramouche then smirked at the screen "finally, something exciting"
Kuma thrust his palm onto Itto's stomach and a transparent red ball of immense size was repelled out of him and floated in place as he put Itto down.
"What is that!" Itto jumped
"I have never seen something like this" Zhongli stated
"It will be explained" Atom said
"What I just repelled from her body was pain...and fatigue." Kuma stated as he looked back at Kazuha "This is all of the damage that he accumulated in her battle with Moria. If you want to take his place, take all of his pain and suffering yourself."
"All his pain and fatigue... It's that big? What fight did he get into?" Sara wondered
Despite the disturbing sight, Itto made sure to try in get into Sara's nerves
"Oh? I didn't know that General Kujou actually cared about me" Itto said with a grin
Sara scoffed "I'm simply asking the question that everyone has in their thoughts"
Kazuha stared at the ball unwavering as Kuma continued "It will be impossible for you to survive when you are already on the brink of death. You will die."
Some people were now getting nervous of what's about to happen to Kazuha's counterpart
"Have a small taste." Kuma said as he pushed a small piece of the ball towards Kazuha and it floated into his chest.
Once it entered Kazuha's body, he widened his eyes and started screaming as his body convulsed and the pain hit every part of his body which caused Kazuha's eyes to become fully blanked out as Kuma watched.
Paimon paled at the sight before her
"That was just a taste?" Beidou asked
What would happen if he took on the whole damn thing!?
"He can't survive that... " Heizou said with his mouth agape
Kazuha had to agree with that
"....Just what kind of fight did that oni get into?" Sara put her hand in her mouth in realization
Kazuha fell to the ground with a thud as he huffed and heaved in pain then flipped over to lie on his back with his chest going up and down.
"Well?" Kuma asked.
Kazuha clenched his fists as he spoke "Let me...do this somewhere else!"
"Why?! Why are you insistant in doing this!?" Beidou asked in desperation
"...Hmm, if it's for a friend then... I will gladly take their pain" Kazuha stated with a smile on his face
"Does that mean we're friends!?"Itto asked in glee
".... I guess?" Kazuha said
Kazuha stood in front of the ball and kuma was gone, he kept breathing heavily as he grits his teeth and dived right into the ball as the screen turned white.
Everyone who are friends with Kazuha, juat watched while hoping the he is somehow survive that
"Damn, that's some loyalty you got there" Childe said, clearly impressed by the resolve of the other Kazuha
Sara watched in admiration, would she have that same determination for her Highness? She asked herself
Later on, Heizou was shown with his own injuries and in a very damaged suit as he looked around and ran towards Kazuha's direction while Kaeya, who was a skeleton that still had his hair, watched him leave.
"Woah! Is that skeleton moving!?" Chongyun asked surprised
"Moreover, is that supposed to be Kaeya?!" Diluc asked in amusement and shock at the same time
"Yeah, as for why he is moving, I'll probably explain it in some other time" Atom said
Heizou slid down some broken concrete then continued to run while looking for Kazuha "There is no way everyone pulled through okay! Where is that jerk?!"
Kazuha looked at Heizou in amusement
"I am a jerk?"
Heizou just chuckled and shrugged
"Maybe we are not in the best of terms in that world?"
Heizou stopped as he spotted Kazuha who was standing still, not looking back at him "There he is."
".....He's still standing...how....?" Childe asked in awe
It shouldn't be possible! The big guy said that Kazuha is already at the brink of death! So how?!
"Phew, you scared me! Hey, where did that Warlord go?" Heizou asked as he made his way over to Kazuha but then he stopped as he widened his eyes in shock.
"Wha-"
"How?!"
There stood Kazuha with his eyes shadowed and arms folded, a bloody mess with his shirt ripped apart as blood poured from all over his body and the ground around him was just covered in a massive quantity of blood.
Everyone paled at the sight and the thought of loosing that much blood
"What the hell?"
"Losing that much blood, he should be dead"
"Where did all of this blood come from?!" Heizou shouted "Hey, are you still alive?! Where is he?! What happened here?!"
"No..." Kazuha mustered as Jaune widened his eyes at Kazuha's face which was just plain intense with all the blood and the protruding veins on the sides "Nothing...happened...!" The screen turns black
At this point, everybody who is watching this just had their jaw dropped at the sight of the boy- No. A man who did the impossible
"Just... What is he?! For a mortal to survive that much injury... It's impossible!" Scaramouche couldn't help but ask
"....Damn.... I don't know if I could survive that...." Childe said... In excitement
Ei also wondered if she could survive that if she still has her real body
"That Kazuha...is a differernt breed, I swear" Beidou said
"He's sheer will power....is astounding!" Zhongli said in admiration
Kazuha just stared in astonishment
Atom apears right in front of the cast
"So, what do you think? Was it good? "
"..... You're kidding me!? That was awesome!" Childe shouted and some agreed with him
"Well, it was disturbing to me, don't ever try to imitate that version of you Kazuha!" Beidou scolded
"...Right"
"...Kazuha... I do not like the fact that you hasitated on responding!" Beidou eyed him and he looked away
"Oh don't you look away from me young man!"
Ningguang looked at her friend thinking 'Are you his mom or something?'
Atom chuckled
"Well to me, it was enough to make a grown man cry!" he said as a single tear comes out of his left eye
"But not this man! Get back in there, tear!" Atom pointed at himself as he forcefull brings back the tear back to his eye much to everyone's confusion
'How the hell did he do that?!' was everone's question but went unanswered
To be continued....