Shattering Humanity-Chapter 372: A More Personal Reason
Words that cannot be heard of are natural.
A gale can not blow for the whole morning.
A rainstorm cannot last for the whole day.
What caused these effects?
Heaven and earth.
Even the actions of nature do not last long.
How much more can human’s behavior last when digressed from the natural Tao?
Thus, one who follows the Great Tao,
When Tao is present, he will benefit the world with Tao.
When Te is present, he will benefit the world with Te.
When Tao and Te are both lost, he identifies himself with the people and benefits them with the enlightenment of teaching.
One who identifies with Tao is glad to be with Tao.
One who identifies with Te is glad to be with Te.
One who identifies with the loss of Tao and Te is glad to be with the lost.
If one does not have enough faith in "Tao," how can he assist others to practice with faith? -Tao Te Ching Chapter Twenty Three
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[Outer Sanpaku]
As the panicking Izanagi Captain is sprinting as fast as he can through the dark, moon brightened, empty city, on the quiet night, his sneakers smack the pavement with every quick step he takes.
The highly athletic young man starts to parkour with the low light visibility. Hopping over cars and gaps.
He runs into a very tight alleyway. The space between the two brick building is so narrow, he is able to climb up using the two structures to brace himself.
Once at the top, the Yang Vessel doesn’t take a moment to rest.
Katsu: "Have to get there..."
He activates his all white SoulSeiõrShield and cracks the cement under his feet as he leaps from rooftop to rooftop.
Katsu: "... She’s an actual threat..."
He lands with a roll to continue his momentum and right back into his desperate sprint.
Katsu: "...I have to get there..."
As soon as he leaps from the building he’s on, in the visible moonlight, there are two figures one clearly Shelly, on the same rooftop.
Katsu: "...Before she catches Shelly slipping!"
On top of the building, Shelly’s bright blue eyes widen from remembering about the existence of 2nd Generations.
Shelly: "Wait!
Earlier, Laban was talking about another generation of DæMons, not associated with her sisters.
Could it have been-?!"
As if by instincts, Shelly’s SeiõrSense feels a presence.
Her body spins around...
On the same rooftop, a silhouetted figure wearing a cowboy hat, and trench coat flapping in the wind, faces the Valkyrie descendant.
The strong winds stay steady as it blows Shelly’s golden hair as well.
From underneath the brim of the western headware, two pink eyes flash.
With Madame Fryer floating by her side, Shelly stares down her currently unknown enemy, while grabbing her Seax. The gifted, all black long dagger is sheathed to her lower back.
While gripping the handle, her sparkling blues lock in on the 2nd Generation DæMon under the moonlit night.
Shelly: "So, are you the one who attacked Sanpaku with those drones?"
An owl flies over the two women’s heads and eventually swoops down, finding a scurrying mouse with it’s highly keen senses.
Jesse James: "Is that what you call your home base?
’Sanpaku’?"
The owl’s talons clench the mouse and without flying away, the flying carnivore tears it’s prey to pieces right there.
Shelly gets mildly frustrated from her question being ignored by the stranger.
Shelly: "Who are you?
Are you one of those 2nd Generation DæMons?"
There is slight confusion on the Sheriff’s face from the assumption to the name. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖
Jesse James: "...’2nd... Generation...DæMon’?"
There is a moment of clarity that strikes the pink haired, pink eyed leader to surviving Vinland, and the so-far stern and collected woman, she laughs hysterically to herself.
Across the rooftop, Shelly has a raised eyebrow and she gives a comedic look towards Madame Fryer, to see if the flaming sword is also witnessing the scene.
Looking back over at the hunched over, giggling woman holding onto her cowboy hat so it doesn’t fall off.
The Sheriff wipes a tear away from her pink eyes and catches her breath.
Shelly: "What the Hell is wrong with you?!
I’ll warn you right now, if you don’t go away, I’ll have to use excessive force."
Back to her regular monotonous self, the newest intruder to Sanpaku plays along with Shelly’s attempt at authority.
Jesse James: "Oh, really now?"
Shelly: "Yea!
Cuz I don’t know who you are, or where you are from, but my friends and I were just attacked by missiles and I can’t take any chances."
Jesse James: "I see.
Well, let me address myself properly."
Shelly swallows her spit. Preparing to finally get atleast one answer to this madness.
Jesse James: "My official title is ’Sheriff Jesse James’.
I am the leader to ’Vinland’s Final Front’, and as of today, everyone on this body of land is seen as the enemy to the millions I protect."
Shelly’s grip gets tighter on her Seax after hearing the news. The flames of Madame Fryer grow stronger besides her.
Shelly: "Why?!
What did we do to you?!
I thought the 2nd Generations didn’t care about me or my grandmother?!"
Jesse James: "It seems... you have a misnomer about me and a misunderstanding about the situation.
I have no idea who you are, who your family was, or what these ’2nd Generations Demons’ are..."
Shelly: "You’re lying, I could sense your presence once you got close enough.
You know how to control Seiõr, don’t you."
Keeping her stare down, the Ace of Takamagahara pulls out her Seax, and activates her pink and gold SanguineSoulSeiõrShield, Mach 1. The power of her exerting energy is creating a minor wind force of it’s own.
Across the rooftop, her glorious image, in the reflection of the enemy’s pink ocular sensors.
Jesse James: "Hm...So that’s what it’s called?"
The Sheriff who has gained the faith and hopes of over 10 million humans lives, becomes shrouded in a matching pink and gold SanguineSoulSeiõrShield, but it is naturally at the strength of Shelly’s Mach 2.
The Beast of the Beasts is caught by surprise from the sudden brightness, matching colors, and the sense of strength.
Shelly: "Wha-?
You have the same..."
Jesse James: "I’ve gone my whole life calling it ’magic’. Nobody else could see this energy when I’m like this.
When there is absolutely nobody looking at me, I can teleport from place to place, and when I ask myself questions while meditating, I am shown clear visions as answers. I could never understand why...
So it was magic..."
Shelly(thinking): *Wait, what?! She doesn’t have a neutral acknowledgement with Seiõr until just now?!*
Katsu: "Shelly!"
Both SanguineSoulSeiõrShield covered soldiers turn and both their eyes widen at the sight of the Yang Vessel with his pure white SoulSeiõrShield active.
Shelly: "Katsu?!"
With one last incredible leap, Katsu lands to a skidding stop, in front of Shelly, on the roof to the pet hospital. Now there is a whirlwind coming from all three sources of Seiõr.
The captain of Izanagi division stares across at their newest threat.
Meanwhile, underneath her large hat and covered by the tall collar of her trench coat, the woman known as Jesse James, is blushing. Her face as pink as her eyes and hair.
Jesse James(thinking): *What is this feeling?!*
She clutches the left side of her chest, grabbing her clothing.
Her pink eyes watering, and her breathing gets heavier, almost visible from her mouth.
Jesse James(thinking): *This boy...
What is happening?
Why...why do I...?*
Standing in between Shelly and the completely confused 2nd Generation DæMon, Katsu deactivates his SoulSeiõrShield and smiles.
Katsu: "Hey, I’m Katsu, and this is Shelly!"
Jesse James(thinking): *That girl, she is stronger than he is, but that boy...he stands in the face of danger despite that obvious fact...*
The adopted sister puts a hand on his shoulder, trying to pull him back. The slight, not serious, physical contact between the two is focused on by the Sheriff, and she puts her head down in disappointment.
Shelly: "Katsu, don’t get to close to her!
She is one of those 2nd Generation DæMons Laban was talking about earlier! We don’t know whether or not she was the one who bombed us!"
The endearing young man turns his head around and gives a stern look towards his purpose.
His scowl making Shelly release her grip on him.
Katsu: "We don’t know for certain it was her or not, Shelly.
On my way here, I saw you activate your SeiõrShield first. We can’t go around making unjustified decisions, just because we’re in a panic mode right now. It will only make things worse!"
Shelly’s SanguineSoulSeiõrShield fades away, and she puts her head down in disappointment.
No sooner after, the SanguineSoulSeiõrShield of the Sheriff makes the area less bright as it too dims out.
Jesse James: "No... she’s right..."
Katsu and Shelly both turn in surprise to the confession.
