It was a day like any other. Ras worked as a Color Fixer, and Kali also worked as a Fixer.
My wife, now retired from being a Fixer, was cooking and waiting at home for our return.
And as usual, while working as a Fixer, Kali was leaning against a wall, smoking a cigarette—something her father had told her not to do as it was bad for her health—when
a woman approached her. The one who approached Kali at that time was a woman named 'Carmen', who would later become Kali's friend, someone Kali would come to want to protect.
- .....What.. are you..
Kali, smoking, was wary of the researcher-looking person approaching her, but the woman who introduced herself as 'Carmen' made a proposal to Kali.
The proposal was: 'Everyone in the Nest or the Backstreets has sickness in their hearts! My goal is to heal that!' It was a proposal to work together on developing a cure to heal the sickness of the human heart together, so no one would be in pain anymore.
Listening to this,
Kali found a person worthy of her convictions and found the third thing in this world she must protect.
Upon hearing this news, Ras almost grabbed the back of his neck in frustration, but seeing the determined look on Kali's face, he gave his permission.
After that, Kali began to become a legend like her father.
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To become strong like the father she admired, to protect what must be protected, Kali trained in the (Sutra) her father taught her. One day, while handling the [Prototype Extraction Equipment E.G.O. Mimicry] extracted from the laboratory, she later awakened to a second Blooming E.G.O.
The frightening thing was that her ability to wield this E.G.O's power felt as natural as her own body. Wherever she worked, blood was splattered here and there, making it look as if a red mist had settled around her.
The Hana Association rated this highly and bestowed upon Kali the title of [The Red Mist], making her a [Color].
Kali was successful, but the other research results were disastrous, and the progress was not good.
Due to psychological pressure, Carmen eventually committed suicide in a bathtub. Seeing this, Kali almost broke, but Kali and her comrades absolutely refused to let go of Carmen's will, even without her.
Afterwards, the comrades continued the research, but as they repeatedly crossed the line between good and evil in their experiments, the Head of the City—A Corp's Arbiter, Garion, and C Corp's executioners, the Claws—were dispatched to the laboratory..
And that day, for the first time, Kali used the item her father had given her to call for his help.
Ras, having returned home, was shocked by his daughter's distress signal and hurriedly set off for the laboratory where Kali was with his wife.
In their efforts to carry on Carmen's will, Kali and her comrades had conducted research that crossed the line, resulting in the Head being dispatched to the laboratory. Currently, she was dealing with Distortions that had escaped the isolation rooms..
- Hah... Hah....
- HELLO???
- I'm fine, Partner.
Kali, dealing with the Distortions, told her partner Mimicry, who asked if she was 'okay', that she was fine, and was quickly slaughtering and taking down the Distortions that had escaped the isolation rooms.
And at that moment, someone appeared behind Kali.
- Click!!
An executioner Claw appeared and tried to attack Kali. Fortunately, Kali parried the attack with her insane reflexes, but there were two Claws. While Kali was struggling,
Ras and Areis were hurriedly heading towards the laboratory where Kali was.
Meanwhile, Kali fought and took down the executioners until her parents arrived.
After somehow defeating the Claws, Kali stood her ground before an Arbiter named Garion, but....
The Arbiter was an opponent Kali couldn't handle, no, she wasn't.
In an instant, she lost her right arm and right eye. Arbiter Garion, assuming she couldn't fight anymore with such injuries, approached Kali, curious about what expression she would make at the end. The moment he approached, Kali squeezed out her strength and screamed.
- Father!!!!!!
The moment Kali suddenly called for her parent, Garion felt a question, but sensing something powerful approaching this place, he immediately remembered who [The Red Mist] could call father. He tried to leave quickly, but
- Kwaaaaang!!!!!!!!!
The Black Mad Dog Ras, Kali's father, a Color among Colors, known as the strongest among the strongest, a supreme being without equal in this world, had already arrived at the scene with a roar to save his (daughter) Kali.
- Was it you.... The one who hurt.... my daughter!!!!
Ras silently drove his sword into the ground and asked Garion as if saying 'Was it you?!!!!'. Feeling ominousness, bloodlust, and a killing intent so tangible it felt like death itself had materialized, Garion immediately launched a pillar at Ras, but.....
- Tukukwaaaang!!!!!!!
A tremendous roar and the pillar were shattered by a single punch from Ras filled with power. Seeing this, Garion was surprised, but he had no time to be surprised as an extreme sword strike aimed for his neck, seeming to tear and slash him apart.
He tried to block it somehow using pillars and shockwaves, but
- Allslayer!!!! Open your eyes and kill every single enemy before you right now!!!!!!!!!!!
Suddenly, Ras shouted at the weapon he was holding and swung it even more fiercely. With a crimson energy, the moment the pillars and shockwaves touched the sword, they were helplessly sliced apart as if being hunted by something, failing to block anything.
He almost took the attack head-on, but fortunately, a Claw appeared,
moving Garion back, thinking they had escaped the attack range, but...
- Kwachachachajang!!!!!
Suddenly, the sword cracked and shattered. Fragments maintaining the sword's form flew endlessly towards Garion and the Claws, extending the range. Seeing this, the Claws and the Arbiter hurriedly tried to escape the range, but the sword fragments continuously pursued them.
Garion used fairies, shockwaves, and pillars multiple times, but not a single one dealt even 1 point of damage to Ras. Garion and the Claws remembered the First Mad Dog Incident, when the Head had to bow its head to overwhelming terror and power...
In the past, the Head, seeing the bizarrely immense power possessed by Ras after he became a Color, expressed concern that an individual possessing such overwhelming power could cause chaos in the City. They designated Ras as an impurity of the City and tried to eliminate him from the shadows, knowingly or unknowingly.
But Ras refused his designation as a City impurity and confronted the Head head-on. They tried to gain the upper hand by targeting Areis as a hostage, but the result of such a cowardly act was... the Head's overwhelming defeat. The Head thoroughly hid the fact that they had been miserably defeated by Ras, concealing that the Head had bowed to a mere individual.
It became a secret known only to those in the know. The Head called this incident the 'First Mad Dog Incident' and forbade any mention of it in the City, but the nightmare of that day was about to be recreated.
- Speak up, you fucking head bastards!!!! Who hurt my daughter!!!!!!!!!!!!
With a single 'Whoosh' of his sword swing, the entire surrounding area was blown away. With a single shout, blood flowed from every hole in the Claws and the Arbiter. Simultaneously, their vision spun, and the tangible anger and killing intent emanating from Ras's body dug into the Arbiter and Claws, imprinting the terror of that day and pressing down on their entire bodies.
Due to that overwhelming force, some Claws vomited a mouthful of blood with the sensation of their internal organs being shaken.
Soon after, with another swing of the sword, the surrounding area became a plain suitable for fighting. And so, Ras confronted the Head head-on once again.
And all of this was being watched by Kali and her mother Areis, who was treating Kali to keep her from dying.
- Bang!!!!!!! Tukwakwagwang!!!!!
Ras declared war on the Head's Arbiter and Claws and charged at them.
As Ras charged, Garion continuously launched fairies, pillars, and shockwaves at Ras, but...
- Swish!!!! Swish!!!!!! Chajajak!!!!!
Not a single one damaged Ras. Even if they did, severed body parts regenerated in 0.1 seconds. No one could block the greatsword {Allslayer - ALEPH} being swung madly at supersonic speeds.
Even if they approached.... no one could break through or block the countless slashes of the defensive wall formed by the martial art [Slaying Savage Blade]. They could only run away, avoiding the approaching mass of calamity....
Trying to find a weakness, they tried to approach or take Areis hostage, but Kali, having already recovered, protected her mother and stopped the Claws.
Because of this, Garion was looking for a way to break the situation when a B Corp Gaze Office Fixer joined, saying he would find Ras's weakness using his eyes that could observe the City, but...
- Uwaaaaahk!!!!!!
The Gaze Office Fixer screamed as if he had seen something he shouldn't have and disappeared. While they couldn't grasp the situation, 5 Claws died in an instant. When Garion came to his senses,
he asked the Gaze Office Fixer what the hell was going on, but there was no response....
At that moment, as a blade was pressed against Garion's neck, the Gaze Office Fixer....
- You... saw me?!?!?!?!
He had seen, through the privilege granted to Ras, an extremely small part of [The God of All Great Losses]—an existence that even consumes [Great Old Ones] and [Outer Gods], things humans shouldn't see or understand, like snacks, chewing, swallowing, and making them vanish....
As a result, numerous things vanished from the Gaze Office Fixer's memory. As he was losing himself and parts of his memory were disappearing, the memory of seeing [The Great One] also vanished. Coming to his senses and noticing the gaps in his memory,
he hurriedly turned his gaze to where Arbiter Garion and the executioner Claws were fighting, but the situation was still the worst...