Chapter 4: Fate
'How much longer?' He thought.
Darkness, all he saw was darkness.
He realized that he could not feel, smell, see, speak; he could only hear a sound he always noticed on his hospital visits... the sound of a vital signs monitor.
He lost count of the time he remained in that place.
He remembers it well...
All that pain...
'When did I lose almost all my senses?' He thought.
At first, he felt despair, the part that was most difficult for him to overcome was when dozens of small needles were embedded in his body, those needles had a special type of acid on the tip that could consume the skin in minutes... everything he could to do was to heal.
Yes…
Heal.
Heal.
Heal.
Heal.
The ability that always brought him shame: 'Recovery' was the one that saved his life.
When he learned that this was his ability, he was disappointed. He always wanted as a child to be a superhero, to be an individual who could do the things that normal people considered impossible, but the reality is cruel.
After feeling the desperation of always being classified as 'trash', he lost himself in the world of video games, that helped him to forget everything bad, but months later he realized that what he was doing made no sense, so he stopped being all the time playing video games, although he continues to play in his spare time.
After residing the first months in Academy City, he accepted in a better way his destiny to use the 'Recovery' ability forever, so he set himself the goal of using that ability in the best possible way. His goal was to be a great doctor, even bigger than Heaven Canceller.
The black-haired boy helped some children with minor injuries. Heaven Canceller gave him as a type of payment, helped him in his extracurricular studies in medicine, the frog-faced doctor never cared about the boy's age, he taught him as if he were an adult.
Too bad it wasn't for long...
He tried hard, really tried hard... finally his ability reached level 2, but... everything went to hell.
He was kidnapped by Kihara Souji.
He was tortured by Kihara Souji.
He was tormented by Kihara Souji.
Because of him, he almost completely lost all his senses.
Because of him, he went through all hell.
The black-haired boy thought that someone would save him from that place, in a city where people with incredible abilities are everywhere, it was evident to him that there were some who acted as superhero, maybe a level 5... but no, nobody came.
He knows that he stayed in the same place for at least 1 year, how does he know? Easy, Souji sang his 'happy birthday' to him all day as he continued to put acid needles in his body.
So…
When did he stop feeling pain?
When did he stop believing in heroes?
When did he stop believing in justice?
When did he put his dream aside?
He doesn't know it.
He only knows that his fate was decided by a machine, the best supercomputer in the world to be more specific. He also learned that the city was not a utopia, the city had its dark side and that side was the worst of what a person could have imagined. Due of Academy City's dark side it's because he ended up with such a miserable fate.
So... he had a new goal in his life.
He would destroy the dark side of Academy City at any cost, after all... he has nothing to lose.
Without family.
Without any friends.
Nobody waits for him at home.
'I only have myself and I'll leave this place'
'I'll make you pay for all this pain!'
Time never stopped...
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