As Paulo ceased fighting, he continued to gaze at Alexis's body. "WHY DID YOU STOP FIGHTING, IS THIS YOUR LIMIT?" yelled Tetsuya.
Paulo was still concerned with the body of his friend who had saved his life in middle school, so he did not hear him.
Then Tetsuya screamed, "FIGHT ME, PAULO SATOSHI, STOP IGNORING ME!" Momoi then added, laughing, "No way is he upset about a lowly person, pathetic isn't it."
Tetsuya then nodded, "So, this is the Ghostface group's biggest enemy, a little weak-minded don't you think?" When Paulo realised this, his aura began to intensify.
After that day in middle school, Paulo decided to try to save his life after being reminded one last time why he trusted Alexis. He is angry because he broke his promise.
Momoi then began to charge at Paulo, but she stopped when she saw his killer aura. Paulo's hands began to quiver, and panic flared.
When he gazed at Momoi, Paulo's aura made her feel as though fifty swords had been driven into her heart.
Yuki then remarked, confusedly, "Why was Paulo like this after one death? Why is he angry for this corpse whereas he is so powerful?
Then Saya glanced down and answered, "I heard he saved Paulo from death in middle school, and he knew Paulo for a very long time. So that Paulo is mad is not surprising."
Then Ava nodded and said, "Alexis Smith saved Paulo from dying of depression in middle school, so unlike high school, he didn't die because of him."
As Ava finished, Yuki's eyes widened at the knowledge, saying, "So how is this fight going to go out? Riku tried, and he barely managed a 2 on 1 with these guys."
After sensing Paulo's intimidating aura, Tsuki declared, "Paulo is going to beat the living hell out of these guys. Do you feel that aura? He won't be holding back."
Paulo slammed Momoi and Tetsuya away from the cosmic base and into a wasteland with endless mountains.
***
The sky above the toxic wasteland that Paulo sent Momoi and Tetsuya was churned with green clouds and acidic winds.
Endless jagged mountains loomed like the bones of a dead world, casting long shadows across the cracked earth. The air shimmered with radiation and tension.
A bolt of lightning split the sky and two figures appeared in a blur of motion.
Momoi Saito and Tetsuya Saito stood side by side, Momoi's pink hair fluttered in the wind, her gaze locked forward. "He's here for revenge, right."
Tetsuya cracked his knuckles, lightning sparking around his fists. "About time. I have been itching to evaluate my barrage; he did send us here after we did kill Alexis."
A tremor shook the ground. From the peak of a nearby mountain, a figure descended, slowly, deliberately, like a god surveying his battlefield. Paulo Satoshi.
His green hoodie with red stripes billowed behind him. One eye glowed blue. The other, green, cosmic, ancient, and flared with power. The Cosmic Eye pulsed like a star, scanning his opponents, copying their essence.
"I see you your still alive after that attack," Paulo said, voice calm, almost amused. "Let's see if they're enough to manage another one."
Momoi stepped forward, summoning a portal beneath her feet. Blades shimmered in the air around her, vibrating with deadly intent.
"You copied my moves didn't you," she said coldly. "But you'll never match my precision."
Paulo smirked. "I do not need to match you. I just need to surpass you."
Tetsuya's body lit up with electric Armor, his blue eyes narrowing. "Then let's see if you can survive this."
He vanished in a flash, reappearing behind Paulo with a Lightning Punch aimed at his spine.
Paulo twisted, blocking with a clone that exploded on impact. Smoke and sparks filled the air.
Momoi raised her hand. "Sword Barrage."
Portals opened around Paulo, unleashing a storm of blades from every direction.
Paulo's Cosmic Eye flared. He summoned his own barrage, identical, mirrored, twisted. The sky turned into a cyclone of steel.
Tetsuya leapt into the chaos, his Lightning Sword clashing against Paulo's Cosmic Slash. Sparks flew. Mountains cracked. The wasteland trembled.
Momoi teleported above, her pink eyes glowing. "Sword Summon!"
Blades erupted from the ground beneath Paulo, but he dodged, barely and leaving a trail of blood. "You're fast," Paulo said, panting. "But I'm faster."
He blurred forward, unleashing a Lightning Punch Barrage copied from Tetsuya, each strike laced with cosmic energy.
Tetsuya blocked with his Armor, gritting his teeth. "You're not the only one who can copy."
Momoi and Tetsuya stood back-to-back, surrounded by lightning and blades.
Paulo hovered above, his Cosmic Eye glowing brighter than ever.
Paulo hovered above the battlefield, his green eye pulsing with cosmic fury. His hoodie flared like a war banner, and the ground beneath him trembled.
Then, Paulo whispered it, his special move he copied weeks ago. "Death Slice." The air went still.
In a blur of motion, Paulo vanished from sight. A heartbeat later, he reappeared behind Momoi, his hand glowing with eerie green light. With a single, fluid motion, he swept his arm horizontally, across the air, across space itself.
A shimmering arc of energy sliced forward, aimed directly at Momoi's midsection. She barely had time to react.
Blades erupted from the ground as she instinctively triggered Sword Summon, trying to block the attack. But the Death Slice was not physical, it was dimensional. It passed through her defences like a ghost through glass.
A scream tore from her throat as the energy grazed her abdomen, cutting deep, but not enough to split her in half.
She dropped to one knee, panting, regenerating rapidly. "You… bastard…"
Tetsuya roared, lightning exploding around him. "You'll pay for that!"
He launched forward with Lightning Slash Barrage, his sword glowing like a comet. Paulo dodged with supernatural grace, his Cosmic Eye scanning every move, every angle.
"You're predictable," Paulo said coldly. "Even your rage is copied."
Momoi stood, blood dripping, eyes blazing. "Then copy this."
She summoned a vortex of blades from every direction; Sword Barrage intensified to its limit. Tetsuya joined in, unleashing a storm of Lightning Bullets Barrage that lit up the sky like fireworks.
Paulo grinned. His Cosmic Eye flared. He copied both attacks, simultaneously and sent them back with double the force.
Then Paulo asked Tetsuya and Momoi, "What do you want with me? I need a goddamn explanation for why I am your enemy."
Momoi added without hesitation, "The boss wants you dead, your enemy number one, and me and Tetsuya follow orders."
Tetsuya stated with a nod, "Momoi and I won't leave until we're both dead from this fight, or you're dead from this fight, Paulo Satoshi."
Paulo then decided to go and rushed at Momoi with his light flight and then kicked her through the mountain with a light infused kick to the stomach. Paulo then appeared over Momoi's partner; his eyes filled with murder and booted Tetsuya down to the ground where he belongs.
Tetsuya's mouth was now coughing blood as he snarled, "Screw you Paulo Satoshi, you think you're tough but you're not, why did the boss make you enemy number one."
Paulo's aura then flared up as he heard that, his eyes beginning to glow with a murderous glee, his and then shook from his aura.
***
The wasteland exploded, Mountains shattered, The sky turned black, and Paulo stood in the centre of the battlefield, his Cosmic Eye pulsing violently.
His breath came in slow, deliberate exhales as he was focusing on the attack.
Blood dripped from a shallow wound on his side; Momoi's blades had grazed him. Tetsuya's lightning had scorched his hoodie. But Paulo was not faltering any attacks.
He was evolving. Suddenly, the air around him warped. The sky dimmed. The mountains trembled. A low growl escaped Paulo's throat as his body convulsed.
His pupils dilated. His aura exploded outward in a wave of black and green energy.
Then, A jagged black horn erupted from his forehead, crackling with cosmic lightning.
A single, massive black wing tore from his back, unfurling like a shadow made flesh.
Feathers shimmered with starlight and poison. His hoodie ripped slightly, unable to contain the transformation.
Momoi staggered back. "No… that's—"
"Tengu," Tetsuya whispered, eyes wide. "He's activating his hybrid side."
Momoi then frozen as her eyes widen, she muttered, "You mean the side that the boss told us about."
Paulo's voice echoed, deeper now, layered with something inhuman. "You pushed me. Now you will see what I really am."
He vanished from Paulo's view in a blur, faster than lightning.
Reappearing behind Tetsuya, he unleashed a Cosmic Slash fused with Lightning Slash Barrage, his wing slicing through the air like a guillotine.
Tetsuya blocked with his Lightning Armor, but the impact sent him flying into a mountain, which promptly collapsed.
Momoi summoned a wall of blades, but Paulo soared above it, his wing casting a shadow that drained the light from the sky.
"You copied our moves," Momoi shouted. "But this, this is something else, something in human!"
Paulo hovered midair, horn glowing, wing flared. "This is my birthright. The power of the Tengu. The fury of the cosmos. And you are nothing but stepping stones."
Paulo then yelled, "Once a person has fused with the Tengu mask numerous times, their body starts to get Tengu DNA in it, guess I am one of the lucky ones!!!" as he gazed in the pond to get a reflection of his new form.
He held up his hand. With a flare, the Cosmic Eye And the desert started to crumble.
Then Momoi and Tetsuya discovered that the Paulo, the Cosmic King's vessel, was too strong for them and their fight is ending soon.