Effect: The Next Generation [✔️]

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◃ Battle #8 ▹

Taeyong vs The Boss

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"How long are you going to prolong your fate, Lee Taeyong?"

The Boss asked, having overpowered Taeyong multiple times.

"You're only avoiding the inevitable. Your struggle against me is futile"

"You know, Boss... The way I see it..., you can't get rid of me anyway. You yourself should know that gods won't die unless they've been completely forgotten. We'll continue to live on, even if our bodies are close to perishing. And since we're both gods..., that goes for both of us"

Taeyong explained, still getting back up.

"Even if that's the case, I can still make sure that you won't get in my way again. My Gang Stars will take care of the Fighting Dreamers, and I'll take care of you"

"I see... But, there's still a couple things I want to know.. I don't know why, but I just feel something familiar about you.. So, for my first question..., if I'm a god of fortune and war, are you any other kind of god besides a god of destruction?"

"Sorry to burst your bubble, but...I'd rather not answer that"

The Boss clenched his fists, seeming to be hurt about something.

Taeyong noticed in that moment that he hand one ring on each of his ring fingers, as well as something shiny around his neck that was slightly hidden by his clothes.

"Fine.. I'll respect that.. As for my next question, it has to do with our god status. If we disappear from being forgotten, does that mean you still have friends and family that remember you?"

"My... My family is dead, all of them. They all died by my hand.., my immediate one anyway. It may seem hard to believe for you and your family, but mine betrayed me in a way that you could never imagine. They took something from me that can never be replaced. I only repaid them for what they've done, and the pain they caused me.. And..., I don't have friends, not anymore"

"But if that's the case and there's no one left to remember you, then....how is it that you're still alive..?"

"..."

The Boss hadn't thought about it, but Taeyong brought that revelation to him.

"Idiot... If you and all of my victims are still alive, then of course I'm still here. Though no one may know my true identity, that doesn't mean that you and everyone else can't remember me by this mask and my title"

"Yes, I get that.. But..., I feel like there's more to your story than what you're telling me.. If... If we could just find a way to help you-"

"DON'T GIVE ME THAT HEROIC BULLSHIT!!"