Shattering Humanity-Chapter 420: Laban’s Wise & Selfless Decision
"But when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
And again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.
And they, when they heard it, went out one by one, beginning from the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the midst.
And Jesus lifted up himself, and said unto her, Woman, where are they? did no man condemn thee?
And she said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said, Neither do I condemn thee: go thy way; from henceforth sin no more." -John 8:7-11
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As the giant Iceman explodes the crowd of soldiers can be heard cheering for her.
On the smaller ship she was just boarded on, the Captain smiles up at the heroine as her staff retracts back into her closed fist.
Captain: "Officer, you can see that magic she was telling us about, can’t you?"
First-Mate(nods): "Y-Yes Sir..."
Captain: "Please, can you tell me what it looks like?"
The First-Mate looks back up at the woman who has just saved thousands of soldiers lives and singlehandedly destroyed a giant Iceman.
First-Mate: "It’s...It’s beautiful, Sir."
As if relieved to hear the affirmation of the 2nd Generation’s sense of justice from his second in command, the Captain chuckles.
Captain: "Hehe.
I could’ve guessed that."
Back up top on the dented shipping vessel, Jesse James looks out to where the last of her destroyer vessels was.
The USS Broly is gone, and the USS Bruce is nose up in the water, slowly descending to it’s grave.
The prideful Sheriff’s fist tightens knowing she’s been outsmarted in the first battle of this war.
However, unfortunately for the safeguarding Sheriff, the first battle is far from over.
From about 400 yards away, four more larger Icemen emerge from the ocean waters.
She looks down at her soldiers looking up at her and then at the new impending threats.
Jessie James: "What are you waiting for?!!?
Everyone get to land!"
She jumps off the deck and lands with a slight splash as her voice carries over the water. All the available smaller ships speed towards the shore as the last half of the 2,500 soldiers in the large carrier ship continue unloading in even smaller amphibious landing crafts.
On the Marine Corps warship, the Captain looks at his Vice Captain and the two nod at each other.
[Faithful Friends Firehouse]
Dom: "He’s back! Are there still enemies on their with him?"
Inside the old firehouse, Dom looks out the window to the destroyed field and now amongst the scattered pieces of Apache Helicopter, a land stranded Destroyer warship is tipped on it’s side.
Laban walks up and hands him a few sets of handcuffs.
Laban DaeMon: "8 of them total but Skalmönd’s clones have them held hostage.
We’ll cuff them and put them in the Boss Man’s designated area.
Now that this building is the new Ganji-i-Sawai, that old room is perfect for holding prisoners."
Riding on the shoulder of TayTay, Sol comes over and hops off the giant man’s shoulder. She peeks out the same glass window and notices the Shelly clones, still covered in Persephone’s SharedSoulSeiõrShield, escorting the shaken Vinland Navy off.
Each single version of the blonde warrior with her Seax to the back of a newly captured PoW.
Sol: "We aren’t going to hurt them, right?"
Laban DaeMon: "Only if they don’t cooperate."
Suddenly, Daisuki’s voice interrupts the presumptuous female heathen.
Daisuki: "Even then, Madame Laban..."
The group turns to see their main leader, and Scylia with her symbiote eye at 2nd Stage, walking into the room.
The two walk to the back door that leads out to the baseball field.
Daisuki: "...I must ask you to refrain from creating anymore animosity between us and the soldiers we capture.
I would like to talk to these men and women, so hopefully they realize we aren’t the terrorists they’ve been told about."
He opens the door and the small group follows. Scylia takes a pair of
The Captain of the USS Broly is at the lead with a Shelly clone close behind him.
The seven other Navy crew members with their hands behind their head.
As soon as the two groups get together, all of the captives are out in handcuffs and sat down except for the Captain.
Laban looks around, but her own one true God is nowhere to be found amongst the small crowd of Shelly clones, captives, and the available Takamagahara members.
Laban DaeMon: "Saki?!"
Surprisingly, four of the Shelly clones get surprised looks on their faces and then burst into black snow behind the small group of soldiers sitting on the ground.
Some dark flakes land on a few shoulders but the PoWs stay still. Surrounded by the remaining 6 Shelly clones manifested by Scylia’s IceEye ability.
Shelly Clone: "He didn’t look too good in there.
It seems like Dumbass is overusing his Anjell Eye again."
The worried DaeMon runs towards the instantly transmitted warship.
While she rushes over, Daisuki stays back and makes eye contact with the Navy Captain without a symbiote.
He holds out a hand for the man around the same age as him.
Daisuki: "Mina Daisuki."
Without taking the handshake offer, the captured Captain, his name tag reading "Whistler" keeps his stern scowl on the Head Hancho.
Captain Whistler: "Believe me, I know who you are, ’Lieutenant’."
Daisuki is surprised by being referred to by his military rank before being decommissioned and imprisoned.
Captain Whistler: "My older cousin was one of the survivors in the platoon you were in charge of during the tour you were convicted for.
He told me everything."
As if visibly relieved by the sudden reveal, the leader of Takamagahara chuckles.
Daisuki: "Haha!
Nice try Captain, but whatever you heard from them, might have been skewed slightly due to the chaotic situation moving so quickly. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢
I have taken full responsibility for all those innocent people dying on that day, and I still feel the utmost guilt to this moment..."
He looks at the small portion of his own crew standing behind the captives.
Daisuki: "...But if I’m to receive a second chance, from the graces of an alien apocalypse, I’m going to use my freedom to help humanity fight back, and lead the next generation towards their vision of greatness."
Daisuki looks back at the man standing a few feet from him, and smiles.
Daisuki: "I understand you’ve all been misinformed in order to justify the means for invading us.
Well if you’ll be willing to listen to our own situation, I can offer humane living conditions for you and your crew, as well as food, until this whole thing blows over."
He stretches out his hand again.
In hopes for the military man to reach out and accept the proposition...
Inside the USS Broly, Laban has her IceEye active at Stage 2, and runs through the ship until she reaches the stairs to a lower deck.
Laying face down at the bottom of the stairs is the unconscious Yin Vessel.
Seeing one of her two purposes injured, Laban jumps down.
Landing next to Saku, Laban turns him over and Saku is breathing heavily, sweating, and in clear discomfort while asleep in her arms.
Laban DaeMon: "Saki!?
Saki wake up!"
Unrespo to her lightly shaking him, Laban frantically searches her pockets and eventually finds what she’s looking for.
The DaeMon pulls out the small plastic baggy with SeiõrSuppliments glowing brightly inside.
With Saku’s head in her lap, Laban pulls out one of the glowing sources of protein.
Laban DaeMon: "I know you told me not to, but I can’t just let you suffer, my Saki."
She is about to put it the SeiõrSuppliment in Saku’s mouth, but then she remembers how Itsuka did the transfer outside of Roronora City.
Laban gets a wide smile and puts the lime green glowing bean between her lips.
The smooch stealing woman leans in for the kiss, but her eyes widen and she stops...
Remembering what happened AFTER Saku was given the immediate burst in Seiõr energy through Itsuka’s kiss.
Saku’s uncontrollable outburst from his Anjell Eye, leading to the downfall of Roronora City.
Laban’s upset, tattooed face moves away from the passed out tattooed face Saku’s and she removes the Seiõr packed Lima bean from her lips.
Putting it back in the bag, Laban puts Saku on her back and the physically gifted witch easily walks up the stairs of the warship to the top deck.
Laban DaeMon: "I won’t make the same mistakes as the Amazonian.
Even though you act like a cold, negative nihilist on the outside, you’re always using your blessed symbiote to help save others, my Saki.
If only the others could understand and see this side of you like I do. Then they’d realize your vessel of universal energy is not a carrier of evil."
