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Suddenly, that expression of joy left Hideki. It is replaced by one of anger. "Those idiots? You... are doing this... because of those trash?!" Hideki gets up from the ground, disappears for a moment, and reappears behind Lincoln. The Asian boy punched Lincoln in the face, another in the stomach, and another in the throat. Lincoln blocks the hits by putting his arms in an X shape, but Hideki is not satisfied and kicks him directly in the stomach, knocking Lincoln backwards. Hideki disappears again and reappears in front of Lincoln, grabbing him by the neck with one hand and slamming him to the ground before standing on his chest and starting to hit him in the face. "Don't you understand that I did that for you? They were ruining you."

"Your divinity was in danger of disappearing. I couldn't let my god walk away! Do it! Shatter this shell of humanity that has formed around you to house your divine power! Show me this form you were in when you promoted my bastard of a father. When will you free me?" Hideki hit Lincoln between sentences. "Don't make me do this. Don't make me kill you, Lincoln."

While Hideki was still screaming and hitting him, Lincoln fell unconscious and began dreaming.

The boy was in a dark place. It looked like a snow-covered pine forest in the middle of the night. The boy turned to look in all directions. "It's interesting here that I can see. What is this? This place... is familiar to me" Lincoln walked through a group of primitive torchlights that gave a bluish light to a tree-lined clearing with a large mountain wall in front of him. There was a statue that was three meters deep and three meters high. In this statue, there are thirteen statues of wolves carved into the rocks. The statue's mouths were open, and inside were small clay pots filled with a phosphorescent blue liquid that glowed, illuminating the wolves's mouths. It overflowed and fell into a large fountain on the ground, and on the edge was a small bowl no larger than his hand.

Lincoln walks into the cave, looking at the statues and the glowing blue liquid.

"I do remember. That was two years ago, also with Hideki. And his father" Lincoln, picks up the bowl, dips it into the pot, and fills it with liquid. "To your health, Master Edenshaw." The boy sees his reflection in the liquid one last time before returning to that world of darkness and proceeding to drink it.

In reality. Lincoln was still being beaten by Hideki. Blood covered the albino's face as Hideki continued to attack him.

Hideki cried as he hit him. "I'm sorry. But this is the only way for my god to wake up. I have to kill your human form" He prepared his hand, spread his fingers, and pointed to Lincoln's heart. "I'm doing it for you." The Asian boy lowered his hand, preparing to pass across Lincoln's chest, but was stopped a centimeter before he touched him. "What the?" Hideki takes a punch to the stomach that lifts him into the air, facing Lincoln.

The Asian boy spat out blood but looked very happy. "Is this possible?"

Tears of joy poured from his eyes when he saw Lincoln.

The albino grabs his shirt and jacket, then rips them off, leaving him shirtless. The albino's skin became pale, his muscles became more pronounced and larger, and veins appeared all over his body.

"Oh, my god... finally" Hideki cried buckets of happiness. "My God has finally awakened!"

Lincoln wipes the blood from the bottom of his face to his hair. Which remained upright, exposing his eyes, which also had bulging veins.

"This is how I expected to see it! Let's fight in the honor of your  greatness."Hideki runs towards Lincoln, but he is knocked back by the albino once again. Lincoln hits him in the stomach.

Lincoln appears behind Hideki and attacks him with a series of blows that destroy his clothes, leaving him with only his pants on. Finally, Lincoln lands a direct hit to the face that sends him spinning around and flying away.

in the meantime. The boys were waiting in the car outside the castle.

"Hey. Your friend Lincoln is strong, isn't he? Can he stand against this guy?" Troy asked.

"Don't worry. Lincoln can stand against him" Clyde had a lot of faith in his friend. "Although it's ironic, when we were kids, Lincoln was the calmest, most peaceful boy I'd ever seen. Not to mention the weakest. I remember one time when we..." Before he finished speaking, one of the trees was destroyed by Hideki's body, which crashed onto the ground. The boys watched from the car as the Asian boy was covered in blood. "What the hell?"

Lincoln emerged from the trees and ran as fast as he could until he reached Hideki, took him by the neck with one hand, and lifted him off the ground. Lincoln began to squeeze Hideki's neck as he stroked his face. The Japanese boy's pale skin had turned purple from lack of air and was bloody from the blows, but the expression of ecstasy did not leave his face.

"This is it. Show me the power you have. Give me a sample of it." Hideki once again received a blow to the stomach that sent him crossing the sidewalk until he reached the drain that was under the street.

Lincoln's friends and Chandler's gang watched Lincoln, terrified, until the boy collapsed to the ground.

"Lincoln!" Clyde got out of the car and ran to his friend. Lincoln was full of bruises on his face, but his body was back to normal. "Lincoln? Lincoln, answer me."

"Clyde?"

Clyde sighed in relief to see his friend conscious. "Lincoln, are you okay?"

"Yes, just a little tired. Where is Hideki?"

Clyde looks through the hole left in the dock, but no one is there. "It seems he... has escaped."

"Sneaky Damned Mouse" Lincoln tries to get up but falls to the ground, and Clyde catches him.

"You better not try so hard, bro. Come on, let me help you." Clyde puts Lincoln's shoulder on his to lean on and helps him walk to the car.