Nextgen Kids: Legend of the Nine Newborn

God Killing, Part 5: Kill the Spies

This chapter features the continuation of a cute friendship side-plot that started in Operation: AINCRAD! It also involves something that was set up in the Negaverse story, so it'll be recapped in a little summary paragraph to save space in this chapter. Otherwise, I think the scene would drag on too long with nothing exciting happening.

CP0's Hideout

Chase Young Apparated in the underground office. With him was a certain sky-haired boy. "Well... look who decided to join us." Slade smirked.

"Poor boy was in quite a rage as he returned home." Chase replied. "Must've gotten in a disagreement. And he requested to join us directly."

"Do you think that wise?" Sephiroth asked.

"Hm?" Nagisa just noticed the One-Winged Angel. "Wait... you were that guy from English's castle."

"English's... castle?"

"Yeah... Sephiroth, right?"

"You two have met?" Akame asked.

"I don't remember ever meeting him. And yet... I get the strange impression that I have."

"Haha, maybe you and I share a gift!" Deadpool said perkily.

"For now, I think we can trust Nagisa to comply with us." Chase whipped Nagisa with his dark tongue for good measure. "Have you anything to report?"

"Yes... Cheren possesses a trident. A long time ago, it ruined Skaios' right eye."

"The trident..." Slade whispered.

"And that trident requires the gems of four Sacred Swords. Supposedly, the KND have three of them... but the Four Seasons is theoretically in the Termina Dimension."

"That'll certainly take us out of our way." Shadow figured.

"It might not... if Cheren decides to gather the gems himself."

"Are you saying Cheren also wishes the gods' destruction?" Lucci asked.

"That trident is specially made for the Newborn, right? Deep down, I feel he wants what I want. Or at least, he wants to make the trident complete, in case they ever need it."

"I suppose we'll have to count on that."

"As for me... I don't want to get involved with destroying the Firstborn or the other gods. It's only the Newborn I'm concerned for. But I want to ask... is there a particular reason you want to destroy them all?"

"To punish them for their sins." Shadow answered. "For the dangerous relics they created, for their biases in Chosen Ones and wrong choice in benders... and personal reasons for some of us."

"I don't really get it, but... are you sure the Newborn shouldn't be eliminated early? If you kill the other gods, they'll be the only ones left. They could take over. So, I have to wonder... if this is what they wanted?"

"..." The assassins were silent. They were doing this based on their own desires. They never considered the idea that these ideas were put in their heads... but they couldn't argue it either. Sephiroth, however... silently commended Nagisa's intuition. "In that case... we'd better get that trident." Chase said. "Come. We have a room for you. And we're gonna keep you under wraps just in case. Wait there until we have an assignment."

Nagisa obediently followed Chase. "His feelings... only stem from Chase's power." Akame said after they left.

"The Bad-Bad Fruit turns people against friends and makes them side with their enemies." Slade recapped. "It can also heighten one's negative feelings. As you'd expect, it's weak to lightbending... but it can also be weakened when the target's morals come into question. The effects also wear off after a day unless reset."