The Heart Five

Chapter 13: This has become a one-sided war... Or is it?

FIVE YEARS BEFORE THE PRESENT TIME

"If it weren't for Mr. X's luck we would've been aiding the enemies in your war or worse," A man with brown hair wearing a black suit and a letter A-marked mask takes a breather, "we'll be taken hostage or killed."

"I'm glad you feel that way gods of balance and order," As the head captain, I welcomed the foreigners. "What are gods like you doing in Essence Verse?"

"Oh no-no-no, I am not a god I'm actually mortal." The masked man proclaims, "These faceless fellows behind me are the actual gods called the Neuters. I am actually Mr. A, emissary of the Supreme Being of balance and order, Alpha Boss Exal."

Those gods behind him are like us except that we have personalities. What we have in common is that we are sexless. They look like the real mannequins, but even realizing there are gods who have worse case than us, I will not stop the pursuit of completion. Even without limbs, as long as I have a gender, I will be fulfilled as the god of courage.

"Oh I see," I was lost in thought for a bit while looking at the Neuters. "I am the Head Captain of the Essential Beings, Gazbleir Celxion Rare the god of courage. The army you see right now are Essence Beings."

"Nice to meet you," Mr. A shakes hands with me. "Now on point, the reason we are here is because the verse is out of balance. We must restore it. We noticed a spike with gaps and lack of essences... emotions, awareness, critical thinking, etc."

"I understand where you are coming from," I invited them to my office. "Let us have a chat."

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"We have been watching the Supreme Being for quite a while now," Mr. A's eyes flicker with strange light. "Please don't mind what I'm doing. This is one of my powers given as blessing to me by the Alpha Boss. It is called CYBER INITIATIVE."

"You are a cyborg," I assumed.

"Yes and No," he shrugs his shoulders. "It's complicated. However, we are here to discuss about restoring the balance of the verse which brings me to my suggestion that we will be providing support in the war to drive back Lord Voix back to his Death Verse."

"Give me five more years," I marked the calendar.

"How many days or months is your ONE YEAR?" he asks. "This is my first time being in this universe of yours."

"Lord Xpir follows the living conditions of the mortals from every planet Earth out there." I showed him the calendar.

"Convenient indeed," he scans our calendar with his power. "We will be sending a lot of Neuters during the war. Of course, I want to be a part of that war as well. You don't have to worry if we send too much of Alpha Boss' army of Neuters because he can just manufacture them into existence. These gods don't have essences in them and freewill... makes them easier to control according to Alpha Boss..."

I stayed silent while looking at the faceless gods behind the mortal emissary.

"Anyway," he breaks the awkward silence, "it must be rough... for all of us."

I looked back at him, "Probably..."

"It's really rough and tough," he stands up. "Sometimes, I also feel like I'm being a Neuter to Alpha Boss because like them... I am also a tool to balance the universe. My age resets every year so that I will stay as thirty years old forever. You know when I was still a normal human, I used to believe in only one god... and then I found out there were others just like him. At first, I thought Alpha Boss was just a devil trying to lure me. But then I realize that it was the ploy of the one I used to believe in that 'thou shalt not have any other gods before me' was just his act of selfishness and secrecy towards us. Then, I found out about the secrets of the verse and beyond like fiction and then I realize how puny I was. These emotions and awareness that I have is because of you gods. I don't know why I am telling you this but... maybe because you are the god of courage that I am able to open up like this. Looking at you gives me courage already. It will be an honor to work side by side with you when time comes."