24 Chapter 22 - Rematch

Hirota clashed with Champa, shaking the entire universe. Champa quickly tried to strike again, jabbing towards Hirota's face. However, Hirota simply moved his head to the side before grabbing Champa by the arm. He quickly punished and punched Champa in his forearm upwards, breaking it, before quickly kicking Champa in the knee, breaking it and bending it backwards in a grotesque form.

"AAAAAAAAAAGH!!!" Champa screamed in pain.

"Power without technique is just as worthless as using a gun without training." Hirota chuckled.

He was about to strike Champa but in the face but quickly jumped back, dodging an energy card that threatened to cut off his arm. Of course, this wouldn't hurt him in the slightest and he could just regenerate it, but he would rather not waste energy for that.

Belmod went to throw another energy card but was quickly kicked in the stomach by a clone of Hirota.

"Focus on your own battles, won't ya?" The clone snickered before sending Belmod flying into the distance with a point-blank beam.

With a calculated maneuver, Hirota teleported behind Champa. In a display of ruthlessness, he thrust his hand through Champa's chest. A sinister smirk played on Hirota's lips as he tightened his grip around Champa's neck and hurled him toward Vados, who stood nearby.

"Go ahead and heal him. I'm not done yet."

Vados looked at Champa a bit concerned and frightened before eventually tapping her staff against the ground, healing him. Champa got back up, holding his hand where the hole in chest once were.

"D-Damn you!"

Hirota's smirk got wider.

"It's a shame really. I've only been using my Improbability Drive to enhance my strength. But none of you are nowhere near powerful enough to get me to use at my best."

"What the hell are you talking about!?"

"Allow me to give you a demonstration."

In an instant, he appeared in front of Champa, punching him in the gut and knocking the air out of him. He threw him over his shoulder before snapping his fingers and freezing Champa in place with chains. Hirota's hand crackled with ominous red electricity before he delivered a brutal slap to Champa's face. The impact was devastating, causing Champa to spontaneously explode into a gruesome display of blood and gore.

However, Hirota's relentless assault continued. He rewound the recent events, restoring Champa to his previous state. Without hesitation, Hirota executed a blistering spinning roundhouse kick that sent Champa hurtling through the air.

Hirota smirked as he raised his hand into the air, summoning an astounding million blue stars into his palm. The pure energy of these celestial bodies enveloped his fist, radiating with searing heat. He teleported above the still-hurtling Champa and delivered a crushing punch to his stomach. The force behind the blow generated a blinding light, illuminating the cosmos, as Hirota sent Champa hurtling downwards.

The sheer power of Hirota's attack became evident as he crash-landed Champa through a multitude of different planets. Each planet succumbed to the force of their collision, shattering into fragments in the wake of the cataclysmic impact.

Champa spout up a mouthful of blood as he twitched in a crater, on the brink of losing consciousness.

"Wanna see a finishing move? Well, here's one."

Hirota smirked, pointing his finger into the air. In response, a brilliant white light manifested above, casting an ethereal glow. Simultaneously, with his other hand, Hirota conjured a four-dimensional cube, a geometric enigma defying the boundaries of conventional space.

The radiant light above released a cascade of mysterious spheres, each unknown and intriguing in its own right. Hirota seized the moment, tossing the cube upward into the shower of these white spheres. The cube absorbed the luminous entities, its once-intricate surface growing progressively whiter with each sphere's entry. This mesmerizing transformation continued until the cube was entirely pure white, an enigmatic artifact.

"Did you know? Like space and time, light also becomes a four-dimensional entity. So what happens if you interrupt its transformation?"

He chuckled. As the white light above slowly dissipated, Hirota gently guided the intensely vibrating cube downward, his control over it careful. His hand closed around the cube, securing it within his palm. With an almost casual gesture, he began to compress it, making it smaller and smaller until it reached a size so minuscule that it could comfortably rest on his fingertip.

The cube's vibrations intensified, its surface quivering with a relentless energy. In fact, it appeared as if other smaller cubes were attempting to break free from the larger one, creating a mesmerizing and perplexing display of ever-evolving geometry.

"To simply put it, it would have the energy to rip through dimensions. This is, Quantum Nova."

Hirota brought the tiny, intensely vibrating cube to his lips and exhaled a soft breath. The cube was propelled forward with astounding speed and precision, hurtling through the expanse of space. As it neared Champa, a brilliant explosion erupted, its intensity ripping through dimensions in a chaotic display of destructive force.

The blast that ensued was unlike anything witnessed before, leaving the fabric of the universe quaking in its wake. The very laws of existence seemed to bend and tremble in response to this interdimensional onslaught.

Hirota reached his arm out forwards, closing the tear between dimensions. There was nothing left of Champa. Soon after, he defused.

"Huh. Seems like even with the extended time thanks to actively modifying it, I defused after one attack like that. Just shows how powerful it is." He chuckled.

'And even though I can just put these back on to fuse again, I would rather save the energy. I'll end everything here.'

Then, he looked up. It seemed that defusing had also caused his clones to disappear. No matter, since he was going to kill everyone here in a single move.

He clasped his hands together, creating a small red blast that floated a couple of inches above his palm. He launched it towards the rest, the blast splitting into 22 red blasts of itself. Swiftly, the blast took out everyone. Even the angels.

"Alright. I think I'm done here. However, I'll still take these."

He teleports two items in front of him, the angel's halos and the staffs. He grabbed one of the staff, ripping out the black sphere from where it was being held.

"Another thing to study."

Then suddenly, a staff seemingly materializing out of nowhere, impaled Hirota with ruthless precision. The force of the attack drove him into the ground, the staff pinning him in place.

"U-Urgh! Hehehe..he's here." Hirota chuckled rasply.

It was in fact, The Grand Priest. Hirota struggled for a couple of seconds, trying to pull out the staff but couldn't.

"Hm..I can't phase through this either. I might be dead here."

The grand priest floated down, walking towards Hirota with a domineering presence. He seemed to be quite angry as he used his leg to push the staff in further.

"What are you? You don't belong here."

"I'm The Auditor. You must be preeetty mad right now. Aren't you?"

"...."

He abruptly pulled out the staff, pointing it at Hirota.

'Yep..this is it for me.....'

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"HE'S MINE!!"

Suddenly, an unknown figure rushed out from a portal, grabbing Hirota by the shirt. The figure threw him into a portal, quickly following after him.

"I WANT A REMATCH FUCKER."

Seiko looked at Hirota with rage, veins basically bulging out of his forehead. Hirota could only laugh however, this only seemingly to make Seiko more mad.

"WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING AT!?"

"Just as expected." Hirota smirked.

"What?"