Hidden Soul

1.4 | Major

A smartphone was vibrating vigorously atop a gray table. A young girl, around the age of 14, picked it up and brought it to her foster mother, who took the phone.

"Major Theresa speaking." the woman said. They were in a small house quite far from the inner city, and it was only now that she heard the news.

She sighed, before saying, "I'll be there." She hung up, and said to her adopted daughter, "I haven't forgot about your birthday wish. Hang on tight, because you're going to see me in action."

The girl cheered by herself, as Theresa grabbed her around the stomach and dashed out of the house before jumping towards the city in one leap.

Johnson was holding a tablet, showing the direction of the missiles. They were headed for a neighboring country, and he said, "This isn't good. The anti-air defense systems of that country are down, too. If this keeps up, Mu-Jin will have colonized the entire world within 3 months."

The landmass of the country they stood in was only 1/2548th of the world, yet it contained enough firepower alone to destroy a few moons. Johnson had taken note of this 8 years ago, along with Keith. Shouts were heard from the front, and it was at that moment he knew something was up. He made his way through the crowd and into a clearing, where a group of soldiers were shooting up the front of the crowd.

"About time I rebelled against Mu-Jin's tyranny, huh?"

He created 5 rocket launchers and ignited all of them, before creating an assault rifle and gunning down the remaining soldiers with his Phoenix Fire. A tank was approaching, but he simply countered the armor-piercing bullet with his version of a Fire Kick, which was similar to a Wind Kick, only that the user swings their leg, and that fire comes out of the end of the leg instead of wind. It landed in the giant dirt fields to the left, opposite the buildings on the right, and he followed it up with an anti-tank rocket launcher, which he shot. It blew up the tank, and probably the soldier inside, leaving a mess of metal and fire.

Theresa arrived with her daughter, and Johnson said, "You're quite on time, Major Theresa. Why'd you bring your daughter?"

Theresa, clad in her upgraded navy-colored uniform from the Old Ages, said, "Her birthday wish was to see me do a mission. You know I don't betray the wishes of important people, unless it involves something negative done to me or to them."

He sighed, facepalming, then said, "Alright. Soldiers from Mu-Jin's army have arrived, and they want to kill us."

"They won't stand a chance against 2 of the Big Three." Theresa replied, readying her Superpower, an ability that amplifies all her physical stats for a while.

"Trust me, the three of us wouldn't be able to bring down The One."

She chuckled a little, before the two of them dashed straight into the soldiers, taking them out in numbers at once. The crowd, along with Theresa's daughter, cheered the two of them on.

"And now for the top 2 titles: the Big Three and The One."

John was seated in his chair as he listened to his teacher explain about the political titles existing in the world.

"Both titles are here in this country- no, this city alone. The Big Three are held by the top 3 strongest of the world. The first of them is World Leader Jang Mu-Jin. With his ability, Cross, and his rage from his missing daughter, he can take down an army with ease."

The name Jang Mu-Jin reminded John of Jang Jin-Suk. Rage started burning within him, but he held it back.

"The second of the Big Three is former GOWA commander Theresa Aldous. After the End of the World, she disbanded the remains of the faction, having become the Major due to the rest of GOWA perishing to the Destruction Devil."

GOWA was the faction, or rather, the government that had attempted to kill Keith a couple of times.

"The third of them is none other than our beloved principal, Johnson. He's also the youngest. He used to be a quiet person, but a meeting changed him entirely. He also knows a lot about the mechanism of guns, so expect him to make at least an assault rifle when he fights against someone powerful."

John remembered seeing Johnson a couple of times back at Chaysin, during the Old Ages.

"And finally, The One, none other than the Neutral who defied the laws of Abilities."

The moment the teacher mentioned the title, the entire class, aside from John, went mad and started talking rapidly among themselves. The teacher tried to calm them down, but stopped when John said loudly, "He was someone who was alone for most of his life, but he managed to make an alliance with his newfound power on the day the End of the World happened."

Everyone stopped talking and looked at him. He simply continued, "He was trapped for a few days by Brian Antonius, I think, and Jang Jin-Suk. As the Destruction Devil raged on, destroying everything in its path, along with nearly everyone who came from Chaysin, he laid in a tube for a few days until a random small boy saved him. From that point, he only took an hour to bring down the Devil, and he only managed to enjoy minutes of peace until Jin-Suk, now known as Mu-Jin, blasted him into oblivion, taking away most of his memories as well as his strength."

"H-How do you know all this? Part of it is confidential information!" the teacher exclaimed.

"Oh, I know him very well. He's me." John replied with confidence, trying to turn into his original form.

"WHAT?!?" everyone exclaimed. 

"Think about it. Who would know everything about a person's life except for that person themselves?"

John finally managed to turn into Keith, and said, "If you want me to stay like this, I can't. It takes up a lot of my power. Only Mei and Timothy have seen me like this before in this class."

"Oh, so that's why you were in the clinic!" Alfredo exclaimed.

"Oh, right, I forgot about Alfredo. Sorry about that. Anyways, I have a feeling Mu-Jin plans on taking over the entire world. As of now, there's probably soldiers storming into this school."

Keith went back to being John right as an alarm rang. A voice said on the speakers, "Attention, everyone. Lock your classroom doors and close every curtain. Mu-Jin is here, and he plans on committing a genocide. I repeat, lock your classroom doors and close every curtain. Thank you."

Everyone hurriedly shut the lights and closed the curtains, as one of the students used tape and an unused note to cover up the window of the door. "Someone has to be the bait for Mu-Jin to target. Who here's strong enough to take on him?" one of the students asked. All eyes went towards John, who said, "I'll go. I'd like to have a meeting with the World Leader."

"You can't do that, John. That's technically suicide."

John, cracking his knuckles, said, "The moment I slam open the door, break open the outside window and jump. Don't worry, I'll create a platform for you to land on." He opened the door and walked out, the teacher locking it in fear as she started praying. Little did she know, Keith was stronger than she thought. Unfortunately, so was Mu-Jin.