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The Truth of The Abyss

Chapter 13, The Hell’s doorway: Firefly

Chapter 13, The Hell’s doorway: Firefly

Aug 13, 2025

The sun rose, and Dr. Snow brought a wheelchair to One. He twitches his eyes and sighs. Dr. Snow chuckles and pats the wheelchair. She suggests using a wheelchair since it’s faster for transportation. As they approach the hangar, Kyuuzaki waves while he is peeking outside the door of their plane. Kyuuzaki jumps down and meets them both.


“I feel useless.” One looks at Kyuuzaki and Dr. Snow.


“No, but you look funny.” Kyuuzaki points out the wheelchair.


“I'll beat the shit out of you once I recover.” 


Kyuuzaki laughs while Dr. Snow hands over One to Kyuuzaki. Kyuuzaki nods, and he starts pushing the wheelchair behind the plane. As the hatch of the plane starts to open, he looks at her one last time.

“Thank you, Doctor Reina Snow for helping us. I'll visit you again in the near future.” 


“No problem!” Dr. Snow waves goodbye and she smiles as One and Kyuuzaki wave back. After a couple ofminutes of preparation One is now at the co-pilot seat and Kyuuzaki is now the pilot. One gives the directions on where the Island vrontí is, and takes a nap.

After five hours, Kyuuzaki taps One’s shoulder and he looks around then yawns. He points out that a ground is opening and he turns the plane around.


“I can see the ground opening!” 


Before Kyuuzaki makes a reckless decision, One stops him and holds his forearms. “No, it's not. Go around the mountain. That landing place is a bait. Go inside the tunnel.” While One points where to go and Kyuuzaki raises his eyebrows.


“It's for random people who want to take the shards or important research and all those shenanigans. If you go there they will not hesitate to fire. If you go around to a secret entrance, they will know that it’s us. Besides, I already gave my doctor a heads up.”


“Damn. I wasn't expecting that.” Kyuuzaki turns around at the mountain.


“It is the same concept for yours as well. Since I was there when we arrived.”


Kyuzaki and One arrive at the underground Hangar, and a violet-haired woman with green eyes in a laboratory coat stands firm and waits for them.


“She's here.” One waves nervously, but she rolls her eyes.

Kyuuzaki unbuckles One from the seat, and he guides him to his wheelchair. Then he opens the hatch and a woman is standing outside of it. The door stops and the violet-haired woman walks toward One aggressively. Kyuuzaki cuts her off to introduce himself.

“Hello!” Kyuuzaki reaches out his hand to the Doctor. The doctor is aborted, and she snaps back a little then she reaches her hand out.


“Hello my name is Doctor Felicia Hyacinth! What is your name? I believe you are about to drop off Agent One?” Dr. Hyacinth smiles.


“My name is Agent Kyuzaki, and yes I am about to drop him off. It's my pleasure to meet you, Dr Hyacinth.


“No worries, I'll take care of him. Nice to meet you too!” As the wind blows from behind while Kyuuzaki hands One to the doctor. 

“Help me from this doctor Kyuuzaki!” The doctor smacks his head for being reckless again. Kyuuzaki walks to the plane and presses the button, and looks at him with pity.

“Sorry buddy.” Kyuuzaki smirks and waves goodbye at him.

“NOOO!!!” One screams in agony while the doctor pushes him to their base.



Kyuuzaki flies to the main base and he meets the General to talk about what he is about to do next while reporting on what happened to him and One. “So General Alcaeus, I have a suggestion you can send spies to the Crescent Moon Island to see what the kid is up to or if he is still there.”

“Good idea. I'll send them soon.”

“Anyways, I'll take a short vacation for now, so just call me if you need me on something important.” Kyuuzaki walks toward the door and looks back.

General Alcaeus nods and waves at him. “Farewell, Kyuuzaki.”



General Alcaeus dials the number of Agent “Z” while he rummages on Hikaru’s files. “Hello Mr Z, I have a mission for you. Are you available at the moment?” A gust of wind blast through the phone and someone answers back.

“Hello General Alcaeus? A mission? I’m currently in the middle of a mission right now! Ask my partner. He is on Planet Shimo, and he should be available!” While the wind continues to blow as he speaks.

“Alright I apologize for disturbing you, Farewell.” 

“Alright bye.” Agent Z hangs up the phone while he descends into a mountain.

General Alcaeus calls agent G and he picks up. “Hello General, did something happen?”

“Not necessarily but I want you to eliminate a certain individual and they are residing on my planet Xera.” The general looks at a wall with a cold stare.


“Send me the files and give me a couple of days to prepare because I’m not near the beacon or my plane right now.” General Alcaeus sends the files and his phone pings.

“Thank you Sir, I'll sign off now and I will call you once I've prepared.” Agent G hangs up and General Alcaeus sighs. 

General  Alcaeus taps a button under his desk and everything inside the room flips into a soundproof room. The door locks shut and the room lights up on a green hue. General Alcaeus calls someone, and the room lights up.


The general locked the door, and he called “The puppeteer.”

“Hello Alcaeus, what is the reason why you called me today?”A holographic image from the wall starts to formulate, and A man from the holographic screen speaks. His eyes are covered with a metallic blindfold, and he is wearing a helmet full of wires.


“I'm here to report everything,” Alcaeus reports the mission while the machine around the man's helmet hisses.


Kyuuzaki flies to a random city, the rain pours down endlessly. He sets the plane in autopilot and opens the hatch. He grabs a dark blue hoodie and a raincoat. Then he drops off at the hatch and descends down to the city. He lands on top of a building and sends his plane somewhere else.


He looked around the city, and his current goal is different. He starts going inside the bar and the training grounds. He spreads a rumor that the crescent island and the island surrounding it have a mystical beast, and there might be wealth there. The rumors that spread became more exaggerated, and this spread like wildfire.


Kyuuzaki calls back his plane, and Kyuuzaki bolts to the building wall. He runs upwards and lands on top of the building. He jumps up again and grabs hold of the flying plane and opens the hatch. Then he enters it swiftly.


He flies away from the city, and he flies to another city, and he lands in a forest. He stops by a gift shop and buys a small golden hourglass using cash. He requests the gift shop owner to wrap it for him, and it will cost extra. He accepts the offer, and after receiving the parcel, he drops a huge tip.


He blitzes through the city and sharply turns on each block. The vaults on the mechanical pipes, steampunk structure buildings. He lands on a dark corner of the city, and he knocks on a metallic door with One long knock with a pause, and three rapid knocks. The metallic door opens and the voice of a woman speaks.


“Thank you, Mr. Bennu.” A soft spoken voice speaks.


“Please don't call me by that name anymore. Also, my current mission is done, and it's time for the final act.” Kyuuzaki left the place, and the woman smiled while she grabbed the gift.


Kyuuzaki flies to a popular island for hunters and tourists. He books a cabin and stays there for a couple of hours. When midnight comes, he leaves the room to steal a small plane. He flies straight to Crescent Island and lands near a beach. He climbs into a mountain and looks around.

“Now where is Hikaru?”


“A familiar presence arrives?” Yami tries to trace where it is, and Hikaru wakes up.


“What happened, and what do you mean?” Hikaru gets up from a makeshift leaf bed.


“I'm not sure, but it's moving extremely fast… be careful!” Hikaru wakes up Krista, and she hops on his shoulder.


“It's interesting that this being is not showing any hostility. It seems to be that they have stopped moving, but it's weird.” Yami continues to trace where the presence is located. Meanwhile, Hikaru starts to set up a trap, and he lifts up a bonfire.


While Kyuuzaki looks around the island, he notices smoke coming out of a forest. 


“Interesting, there was no smoke coming out earlier until I arrived here. It's an obvious trap, but who am I to judge?” Kyuuzaki free-falls on the mountain and lands on the ground with a small explosion. “I don't know if you are smart or brave, but thank you for making this easy for me!” 


Kyuuzaki blitzes through the forest; He vaults, jumps across a river, and uses the branches like monkey bars. He lands on a rock and stretches his hands, and he resumes running again.


“Hikaru, do you want to switch? It's approaching us rapidly, and it seems to have seen the smoke.”


“No, not yet, but if something happens let's switch immediately.” Hikaru holds on to a makeshift branch spear and he jumps to the trees. As he tells Krista to hide on a bush and looks around.


After a couple minutes Kyuuzaki arrives where Hikaru was, and he looks around the makeshift traps. He chuckles and looks around trying to find him.


“It’s him? Why is he here?” Hikaru tightens his grip at the makeshift spear.


“VH… I mean Hikaru. I know you are here to show yourself. I’m not here to fight you.”


A moment of silence spreads on the air, and Kyuuzaki continues to wait. The rustle of the leaves of the trees and the wind begin to die down. A rustle from the trees behind him begins to flutter as Hikaru reveals himself behind him and he points his spear to his face.


“I don’t go by “VH” anymore, and call me “Hikaru” from now on.” Kyuuzaki turns around trying to dodge the spear.


“So who am I talking to right now, is it the actual Hikaru or the other one?”

“You are talking the actual Hikaru now.” Hikaru continues to point the spear and backs off a little.

“Alright Hikaru Nice to meet you again I suppose.” He bows at him and smiles.


“Why are you here and what do you want from me?”


“Do you want to spar?”

Hikaru & Yami are both confused about his question.


“I'm here to test you, and I'll only use my left hand. If you managed to hit my face I'll give you some information. Of course it’s not my name.” He chuckles and he jumps back. Hikaru  twitches his eyes because Kyuuzaki is going to hold back.


“Fine then.” Hikaru drops off the spear, and he raises his fist at him. Kyuuzaki pulls out a steam bun and holds it with his right hand as Hikaru runs toward him then he throws random punches and kicks. Kyuuzaki back slaps him towards a tree and shakes his hand off. He makes sure he doesn't fly off this time and shakes his head.

I should have guessed that he barely have any fighting skills at all. He may have raw strength but goddamn he is so bad at fighting. God damn you Dr. Ryuse… Hikaru runs toward him again and Kyuuzaki is ready to slap him once more. Hikaru dodges the slap, and kicks his arms. Kyuuzaki immediately grabs his feet and slams him to the ground.


“Not bad.” Kyuuzaki doesn’t let go of his feet and tosses him to another tree again. Kyuuzaki takes a bite of the steam bun and looks at him nonchalantly.

Hikaru raises from the bush and rushes towards him again. “Are you struggling because you aren’t fighting an animal?”

“I’m not struggling! And there is no way you are here to spar! Why are you really here?!”


Kyuuzaki smiles and he kicks him away. “I know you want to keep going so let's dance.”


Kyuuzaki ignores his question and it makes Hikaru angry. “You didn't answer my question!”


Kyuuzaki and Hikaru continue their sparring and He is adapting drastically. Hours pass by and Hikaru finally slows down. Kyuuzaki slaps him so hard that he knocks him out.


“You need to rest.”

Kyuuzaki pulls out his small notepad and writes a training routine for him. He writes it in a different style so no one will know that It’s his writing. He jumps up to a tree and holds the notebook. He looks up at the night sky, and he falls asleep.


Agent G arrives at the planet Xera and he flies to the nearest city. He tells the general that he is on the planet. “It's been a while since I've been here.”


Kyuuzaki wakes up and someone is calling him, and he answers. “Scorched wings, The phantom has arrived at the nest.” A male voice speaks on his phone. Kyuuzaki loses his drowsiness and he quickly assesses the situation.


“Alright copy.” He drops the call and immediately goes to look for Hikaru. He goes back and sees that he is roasting a fish on a stick.

“Look who decided to show up.”


“How are you laid back when you know your enemy is here?”


“I sense no malice from you and I saw you earlier. I don't want to tag your face since you're at a disadvantage.” Hikaru continues to roast fish.


“Disadvantage huh? Well the world isn't sunshine and rainbows. You won't know who will be the enemy until they betray you at the last second. So don't trust anyone just because they don't look dangerous.” Kyuuzaki sits down in front of him and he looks at the fire.


“Thanks for the advice old man” Hikaru says, looking at him.


“I'm not even old… I’m in my late twenties…” Hikaru hands him a roasted fish, and Kyuuzaki takes it.


“Well, anyways, I'm running out of time here, and here's a notebook that can help you.” Kyuuzaki gives the small notebook to him.


“Thanks.”


“Oh I was joking that you have to hit my face for you to gain info that I know. I was just testing your current state.” Hikaru glares at him.


“As for the information that I know…. Someone might hunt you down in a few days or less.” Kyuuzaki shrugs.


“Thanks for the warning?” Hikaru looks confused.


“Farewell, kid, you might see me sooner than you might have expected, and from here on out, see me as your enemy.” Kyuuzaki waves goodbye.

“Why are you helping me?” Hikaru points the roasted fish at him.

“Yes.” Kyuuzaki walks away while eating the roasted fish, and his shadows slowly fade as he continues to walk to the forest.


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