Chapter 31 - Thirty one

jiyuu started moving towards the direction in which his team members had gone, He knew retreating was the better option as he didn't know how strong the next opponent would be.

But something more concerning was happening inside him, his heart started to beat faster and faster, there was an intense battle of ideology and thoughts going on inside him.

Jiyuu ones resolved to make his heart merciless, so that nothing would stop him or concern him from achieving his objective to get revenge and to bring his loved ones back. But he was after all someone from the modern world. Human heart was unfathomable, it was more complicated than the darkest secrets of the universe..... He had always considered his goals to be the only and ultimate objective. He didn't care which path he took .... but now he started doubting himself, ... he could, kill the people that tries to threaten his loved ones without any mercy ....

But the killing that just happened. He didn't even know the reason why these ninjas were attacking him and his comrades ... He had no doubt that he had to kill the enemy to protect his comrades..... but what affected him more was what he saw in the eyes of Haia and Rei in their last moments. The emotions expressed by their eyes were different, he didn't realize it then ...

There were all kinds of emotion in those eyes as they got closer to death, pain, hatred, anger..... But their was a hidden emotion which was unnoticeable. With the help of the system's scanning he could observe even the minute details of something..... Still he couldn't recognize what it was, but for some reason he knew it was important and his chaotic state of mind had something to do with it.... As he indulged more and more into these thoughts he understood what it was.

It was a relief that he saw in those eyes at the end. Not hatred, not reluctance or acceptance of fate but a feeling of relief as if they have been freed in the end. As he recognized it he stopped moving .... not just his body but his mind also came to a halt.

jiyuu [ my real enemy is not, the shinobi's from other villages or someone like Danzo.... The real enemy is this accursed world, it is like a berserk machine that even absorbs innocent bystanders into its cycle of hatred .... it breeds more and more hatred. My parents, my village, my loved ones, all have been victims of this ... And it will also consume me if i let it.... I will probably end up becoming a genocidal maniac trying to achieve my goals or just someone selfish and apathetic to everything ... even if i try to avoid it or run away, this world might pull me back into it .... The first hokage realized it and tried to do something about it but failed, but the person who completely understood it was probably Jiraya. But jiraya probably realized he couldn't fight the whole battle alone so he wrote novels to influence others to join his battle and he trained disciples and tried to impart his faith along with training to them, which ultimately led to Naruto taking on his faith and transforming the whole world with the help of his comrades.... What should i do .... am I supposed to take the path naruto took.... no, I am not naruto, I don't even know whether i would be able to convince one person properly like naruto, And I will never forgive some piece of shits.... Then what is the answer]

Jiyuu closed his eyes, he stopped all his other senses. He just remained still only blankness and emptiness occupying his mind.... he just wanted to stop all these thoughts and try to come back to reality and deal with what was important at the moment.

But for some reason a scene appeared in his mind.... It was that of a person, he couldn't see the face clearly but the other features were quite visible, a white cape fluttering in the wind, a plain yellow one-piece jumpsuit with a short zipper at the collar, a black belt with round golden buckle at the center, red gloves and red boots. And the most prominent feature his bald head.....

The person just stood there, but he gave of an aura that was unfathomable, as still as a mountain as calm as water, it appeared like it didn't matter what came in his way he didn't care, whether it would be a calamity or the whole world, he just didn't care because .... he was strong.... too strong.....

The strength didn't just come from his body but from his very existence, jiyuu further saw the bald guy fighting many opponents, monsters and what not.... but the baldy just remained apathetic towards these battles as if they were some small matters happening in his life... It didn't matter how powerful his opponents were only one punch was needed.

he lived the way he wanted, did regular things as any other ordinary person.... It didn't matter what the whole world said or did.... he just did what he wanted to.... because he was too strong.... powerful enough to take on the whole world by himself.

After seeing all these scenes jiyuu's aura also started changing, the aura emitted by the Ancient demon blood and marrow also started transforming as if influenced by the aura of the bald guy...

Earlier jiyuu wanted to achieve strength and power to revive his loved ones , but now the wish to attain power didn't just come from that single goal, but from something more than that.... for some reason he wanted to feel that relief or freedom, that Haia and Rei felt, without killing himself...

{ Beep... Host's body has met the initial conditions, to start the One Punch Man initiative... }