2nd Gen Pandavas

न: The Fifth Rank - Finale

CHAPTER 29:

We Rock the Jailhouse

ABHA

Ok, I might need to back up for a moment, mostly because a lot of this isn't making much sense for you. Believe me, as much as I've been keeping the others in the dark, there's not much else I know either. A recap usually helps, so I'll try that.

Ever since न made his "big reveal," I've been wracking my brain trying to figure out who he really is. Let's face it, controlled by someone or not, the real Narasimha wouldn't do anything nearly this crazy. I mean, sure, my parents were attacked by him before, but that was just a duplication made into a security system, not the real thing. Even more important, from what I remember Ghata telling me about the original tale, Shiva, being the god of reconstructive destruction, took the form of Sharabha, an eight-legged deer beast, to kill Narasimha so Vishnu can absorb him and his Varaha avatar back into himself, so he shouldn't even be here. That could give us a key to beat him, but we'll have to wait until Ghata gets here first.

Although, he was killed because the other gods thought that form would be too crazy for Vishnu to do his job right and what he's doing now just proves their point. But as much sense as it made, for some reason, alert instincts were going off, telling me that he wasn't who he says he is. But if he isn't Narasimha, who is he? We're just back to where we started with this mystery. It's a mystery within a mystery! Who is it? Kali mata is pretty violent, but in a mama bear, girlboss, raging justice kind of way that doesn't really fit with his obsession with war. Shiva, like I said, literally does destruction for reconstruction just like न says his war is doing, but at least He knows what he's doing and wouldn't be nearly as sloppy. Besides, for some reason, I'm just physically repulsed by whatever is behind that mask, but it just makes me want to know what's there even more.

After न led us into his little prison arena, he made a big production of Priya's fight and even turned her into a prize fighting for herself not to become his trophy wife. (ew) Our parents were locked in a cage and for some reason were still unarmed. Was it because Rudy mama was intercepted before he could relay the message to them? That doesn't make sense because dad was already working on getting their weapons back, so something must've gone wrong. If they have them already, they're either waiting for a sneak attack or to find out what न's really planning, and he's still being vague besides the whole world conquest bit.

He then revealed that Priya had to fight her father going through a homicidal rage that he definitely put him under. From what we know about the man, न has to be a master of bringing out someone's hatred because in that state, he looks exactly like his grandfather. I had my doubts that it was just Takshaka pretending to be Rudy mama , but that vanished the second I saw him soften when Priya crashed into his face.

I'll admit this much, as much of a madman as न may be, he's efficient. He's only been here for a little over a day and he managed to take over the planet, capture most of humanity, and start terraforming human society off the face of the planet. He clearly doesn't care what'll happen to his subjects if he doesn't get them the resources in time. If you're not his soldiers or his enemy, you won't get an ounce of his attention. And that might be Priya's key out of this.

Which she'll have to use fast, because as soon as she was done with her Flying Grayson act, instead of dodging out of the way, न just caught her and left her hanging in front of his symbolized face.

"Did you really think that would work?" न teased.

"Ok, maybe that was a little overkill," said Priya, defeatedly.