Enforcers

Hero let out a heavy sigh as he sat up now no longer in the normal world. All around him for miles was an ocean of red liquid that he stood in. The liquid had seemingly gone down this time, and wasn"t even able to reach past his ankles.

"Why have you returned..." The angry gruff voice of Labby, the giant lab coat hissed out in his usual p.i.s.sed off and annoyed tone. It was almost like he didn"t like the boy or something...

"Yo!" Hero said giving a half-wave towards the ma.s.sive figure bound not by blue chains anymore, but rather, ma.s.sive white pillars. "Sup Labby? How"s it going still be stuck here unable to move."

"Otoko!" The coat hissed out. "Why is it that the girl"s bindings have vanished..."

"Reasons."

"These one"s are much stronger than hers... And they are more flowing. I can see that your lines aren"t constricted. They are even helping to heal your damaged Lines, and M-Lines. It is a bit unfortunate... It seems you won"t randomly explode now. Though I"m still holding out hope you"ll mess up another way."

"Yeah, I got a bit of an upgrade." Hero said giving a small shrug. "It is pretty cool I guess. But I did come for an important reason." The sixteen-year-old boy stated simply.

"Why did you return here. And how are you so skilled at getting back here?" Labby hissed out. "From what little I know, which is what little Doctor Hyde knew at the time, it should be hard to get here. Yet somehow you manage to keep popping up in here... I doubt any other Seraphin is able to just appear in their mindscape... What makes you different from the others..." The lab coat questioned in curiosity as it made a loud rumble.

"I already told you. You"re me. I had to spend ten years hanging out with only myself and my grandfather. Finding someone made up of me in my own head is a cakewalk." Hero said giving a shrug. "Man. You"re a bad listener, aren"t you? Then again you are just an ugly lab coat-"

"I"ll kill you..."

"Nah..." Hero smirked slightly. "I got a question for you."

"I"ll start at the feet slowly ripping you apart, then I"ll make my way up."

"What percentage of power am I at?" Hero questioned curiously still ignoring the constant threats the coat was throwing at him.

Labby went silent as he c.o.c.ked the closet thing he had to a head. He stared at Hero in silence for a few moments. "25.2%"

"Oh... It barely went up." Hero said letting out a small sigh as he folded his arms up in annoyance.

"What have you done since you unlocked the power to grow..."

"Well... Actually nothing. I haven"t done any training at all?" Hero said shrugging. "...Oh..."

"Then that explains why it hasn"t gone up." Labby stated. "You must train and battle more. As you battle the level will increase on its own. Of course, you"ll also slowly lose your mind to the power hunger so there is that..."

"Why are you being helpful?" Hero questioned raising an eyebrow.
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"Because you"re screwed!" Labby announced letting out a laugh. "A Seraphin can only naturally handle 30% of all Attributes they have. If they push it maybe 35% could be possible but they are reaching dangerous territories at that point... At 40% you"ll risk ripping the body apart by accident with even the smallest movement. At 45% just moving could rip an entire limb off and you will be forced to focus at all times so as to not die in mere moments. And at 50% even the act of merely breathing could rupture your lungs. Every beat of the heart could cause it to pop... Your body would be heated to a point of being on fire. You would literally be a walking bomb. You would have to focus on all aspects of those at once making sure to keep your bodies power down at all times. Even the smallest mistakes would end you on the spot. I just have to wait you out. Without me helping you, you"ll die!"

"That sounds bad..." Hero said with wide eyes. He took a deep breath as he steadied his breathing. "But... It is possible for me to learn to control those powers and let my body become accustomed to handling those levels." He said it as more of a question than a fact.

Labby let out a loud laugh as he stared down at the boy. "Yes. It is certainly possible for you to find a way to lessen the negative effects while keeping the positives. After all, I am able to do that, and as you so joyfully love to point out, you are me, and I am you. But there"s a big difference. I was made to handle that responsibility. The human body can normally only handle 100% of an Attribute. You have three. At 30% that would be like 90% for a normal person. Yes, you could probably learn to handle a greater power if you had time, and didn"t have to worry about it killing you. Not to mention that amount of concentration you"ll have to muster at 35% and onward..."

"What do you mean?"

"At 35% for you would be at 105% for anyone else. Not only are you already above the body"s natural limit, but at 35% you gain access to using all three Attributes at once. You"ll have little control of them all at once but, you can, in fact, use them all at the same time. So not only do you have to manage the level of power you"ll be pulling out, but you also have to make sure to manage three powers, all of which work vastly different from one another, at once, while also being in the middle of a battle. And that is only at 35% of your power. Once you reach 40% you"re always in a state of dying, and you"ll have to focus three powers, all of which you suck at using, while also making sure you can focus on those three powers, and while focusing on the power flux, and while also fighting whoever it is you"re fighting... Plus there is always the chance you"ll have to worry about your Mantra..."

"My what?"

"That is not important at this moment." The coat leaned forward staring down at Hero as it gave a small growl. "At the current situation, you are screwed..."

Hero took a sigh as he gave a small smile. "Not yet. I"ll find a way to control this power."

"What the h.e.l.l happened to you? You were not like this a few days ago... Earlier you were scared at the thought of battling again. Now you know you"re facing certain death and all you"re doing is laughing!"

"I haven"t fully come to terms with this yet but I"m getting there." Hero said giving a small shrug.

"What are you on about?"

Hero took a deep breath as he gave a wide smirk. "My name is Hero Otoko! And I am a Seraphin. I"ll use this power to protect my friends. And... No matter what I"ll save her!" He announced. "If the current me can"t do it, I"ll just force myself to become a new version of me that can do it. That"s why I claim to be the third strongest. I"ll use that excuse to grow myself."

"You"re a fool if you feel any sympathy for that girl..." That lab coat hissed out.

"If having even a shred of empathy makes me a fool, then I choose to be the biggest fool!"

"I see... You"re still the same naive idiot you"ve always been. I"ve watched you grow for nearly ten years now Hero Otoko. You are nothing but a foolish boy playing the role of a Hero, for the sake of a dying memory. Do you think you can really save her... Do you think you can really be the thing she requires you to be."

"I know I can. I"ll be her Hero..." The sixteen-year-old Seraphin announced giving a nod to the giant lab coat that was bounded by the white pillars. Hero turned away as he began to walk off but stopped, and turned back to look at the coat. "And... The more you tell me I can"t, the more I know I"m able to."

"What?"

"You"re me. And my biggest critic is myself." Hero gave the lab coat a smile as he gave a small wave. "Labby-"

"Don"t call me that you fool!"

"-I"m going to get stronger. No matter what happens. I"ll save her. I"ll save my friends. The name Hero was my mother"s gift. I"ll live up to her expectations. Because... Because if I can"t even save one girl who has asked for my help how can I have the audacity to claim the t.i.tle of Hero for myself! So keep telling me I can"t do it! I"ll prove myself wrong, if I have to!"

Hero brought his hand down ripping another hole in the fabric of the s.p.a.ce in front of him, creating a way for himself to leave.

Labby watched him step through the crack vanishing from this world.

"...Hero Otoko... What a foolish dream."