Why Can't I Live In a Quiet Peaceful Life?!

Episode 23: Final Judgement

"What.." said Styx, "I.. couldn't stop time?"

"Time Skip!"

"Slow Time!"

Styx was in shock. Her abilities weren't working, causing her to panic. Was she no longer a god?

"What's wrong?" asked Yuri, smiling from pleasure, "Can't use your abilities? It makes sense that you weren't fit to be a god in the first place!"

Soon, Jak and Neos arrived at the battlefield, finding the bodies of Kaleb and Jazz on the ground. Styx was panicking as Brian tried to snap her out of it. Yuri was standing there menacingly, as if she was finally invincible.

Neos barged in, reaching to grab Yuri and make her explode. Upon contact, his abilities no longer worked as well. What was happening? Soon, Yuri kicked Neos off of him.

She grinned in delight, saying, "Wouldn't want you to end my fun!"

Jak transformed Yuri's legs into noodles, causing her to fall down. He rushed in as well, turning his hands into platinum. It seemed like Jak's abilities were still working.

However, every time Jak rushed in, he was soon transported back to the beginning and where he came from. It was like he could never get to his destination.

"What kind of ability is this?" yelled Jak, as his timer ran out, releasing Yuri from her noodle legs.

All this time, Brian was analyzing what Yuri was doing. She wasn't letting anyone near her, an example being Kaleb and Jak. If she did, their powers didn't seem to work. Not only that, but it seems like Styx couldn't work her abilities either.

"Are you possibly negating their abilities and actions?" asked Brian.

"Negation," smiled Yuri, "You're absolutely correct. Your observation skills are definitely high. I've negated the abilities of both Neos and Styx, who are the greatest threats to me. If you were to get close, I could easily negate your actions to prevent you from ever touching me! With this much power, I could rule over the gods! It's a shame it only works on gods."

Jak ran over to try and repair the cells of Jazz, but he couldn't. Yuri wasn't letting anyone near Jazz as well, letting her die from blood loss.

"Jak," announced Brian, "Keep going after Jazz. You better try your best to keep her alive. If you don't, I'll beat you up when this is all over."

"But it's impossible to get to her if Yuri keeps negating my actions!" complained Jak.

"It's not like she can negate all of our actions," replied Brian.

Jak ran over to Jazz, being negated every time he got close. While that happened, Neos and Brian ran over to fight Yuri.

"I've concluded that you can only negate up to two abilities at a time," said Brian as he tried to hit Yuri as she dodged his attacks, "If you didn't have a limit, then Jak couldn't have been able to turn your legs into noodles."

"The only abilities negated were Styx and I," Neos added on, sighing as he helped Brian, "I'd never thought I'd have to work with this rude bastard, but I guess I have to."

"What did you say to me?" yelled Brian as he punched Neos.

"I said what I said!" yelled Neos as he got angry and punched Brian back.

"What the?" asked Yuri, confused as she kept dodging their attacks, "Did this 1v2 turn into a free-for-all?"

"Stop getting in my way!" yelled Brian as he pushed Neos out and kept trying to kick Yuri.

"Maybe you should stop kicking and start punching!" yelled back Neos as he pushed Brian, trying to punch Yuri.

Normally Yuri would be able to predict oncoming attacks, but this chaos that was happening was confusing her.

"What the hell is wrong with you two, hurting each other instead of fighting your main enemy?" asked Yuri in confusion.

"Don't you dare underestimate us!" yelled Brian and Neos as they suddenly stopped quarreling and punched Yuri's face at the same time.

Yuri was knocked to a tree, the force of the two angry punches almost knocking her out. Soon, Jak was at Jazz's side, ready to heal her. The punch caused Yuri to become distracted. She wouldn't let that happen.

"What?" asked Jak, "Brian! My ability isn't working! She must've negated my abilities!"

"Then I'll take her down for good!" replied Brian, ready to kill Yuri.

"Like you'll be able to get near me!" laughed Yuri as she stood up slowly, "I'll just negate your actions!"

...

Suddenly, Brian was right next to Yuri. His fingernail was touching her forehead.

"What.." questioned Yuri, "What just happened? How did you get near me so fast? Without me negating your actions?"

Brian was confused as well, but soon found out.

"I skipped time so that Brian could get close to you without interruption," whispered Styx, angrily.

Neos finally noticed that when Yuri negated Jak's abilities, she gave back Styx's abilities because she can only negate two abilities at the same time! Yuri made a grave mistake, prioritizing Jazz's death over her own safety!

Brian knew what he had to do with his fingernail touching Yuri,

"Kill yourself."

Brian's mind control took into action. Yuri had no choice but to kill herself. She grabbed a stick from the ground and stabbed herself into her stomach with a lot of force. Every stab resulted in her bleeding. Soon, Yuri was a bloody mess, possibly dying from blood loss.

"Honey Chicken with Steamed Rice and Fizzy Water," sighed Brian as the terror of the traitor god was finally over.

Suddenly, Yuri began to glow once again. There was no way she was getting another ability! She had already changed three times! Three times was the limit! Thievery, Gravity, and Negation!

"What's going to happen next?" said Neos, confused and worried.

Suddenly, a huge wave of force boomed through the forest, shaking the trees. Neos was knocked into the tree, causing him to become unconscious. Brian, Styx, and Jak were also knocked to the ground, getting greatly injured. Kaleb and Jazz's bodies remained the same, still unconscious.

"Negation," laughed Yuri as her injuries were entirely gone, "I love this ability. I never even knew I could negate my death. It's a shame I could only do it once."

"She negated her death?" asked Brian weakly, "She must be negating Styx and Jak's abilities since Neos is knocked out. I don't think there's a way to win this in our conditions."

"We could at least try," said a familiar voice.

Everyone turned to look at where it came from, shocked that she would return in her bruised and battered condition.

It was Valeria Kuro.