"…Then why?"
"Because you will not change. It was always so. You were the most solid. That's why…"
Bill coughed, blood splattering out from his mouth. Dohyuk did not stop him from speaking.
"Everyone followed you. We never doubted you. We trusted your direction to be our answer."
Dohyuk listened carefully to each word.
"You might not remember, but we were desperate. Casita isn't like anyone else. He is not bound by the system. His power is not just infinitely strong. He is… infinite."
"But we succeeded."
"The process it took… is a hell to walk again."
Bill looked at Dohyuk.
"Yes… but you will get there eventually. And just like last time, you won't do it alone. You will have people following you… and maybe it's only me who couldn't resist out of those nine."
There was no telling however, that it would end up same this time around. Casita had turned the game upside down. There was possibility of a third, or even fourth game.
"But even then…"
"You will not give up." Bill answered instead. "Even you start over and over again... I know you will never give up. That is the you that I know."
There was the possibility of a third, a fourth and maybe even more. And every time it reset, there was chance for the world to be more harsh. Maybe every one of the Phenomenal Nine would start to become corrupt except Dohyuk.
Even then, he will not give up.
That's why Bill was saying it will be easier to give up. It wasn't based off logic. It was out of sadness. Sympathy toward a friend. Dohyuk recognized this from Bill's eyes.
"You don't need to do that."
"…"
His voice was now dying out. He even had to repeat himself as he couldn't voice it out.
"Corruption… even when corrupted… I trust that there is a difference. I was a monster just until while ago, but I was different. You… I trust that you will be different even when you are corrupt."
"No, I don't think so."
Dohyuk spoke hesitantly. "Even if it's different… corruption is corruption. There's a chance that I will become more of a monster than anyone else."
"…I see." Bill then spoke sadly, "You have not changed a bit."
"…I think I was just a bit more lucky than you."
"No. Even if you were in my position, you would not have ended up like me."
Before Dohyuk could say no, Bill raised his hand. And on the twisted hand, Dohyuk felt energy being focused onto the hand.
"What… did you do?"
"I set them free. If I die… you will kill those people that I placed my metal in"
His men that he controlled. Bill had set them free from his reign with his last remaining power.
"If you can… lead them. They are used to succumb to a strong man. They will be of help. And…"
Bill then turned toward the city.
"…Bring the boy here."
"Boy?"
Was there a boy inside the city that Bill knew about? Bill knew that Dohyuk had a method to utilize his dying body to the fullest.
"I cannot help you, and you have no way to save me. But you have a method to kill me in the best way possible."
"….!"
That's when Dohyuk realized.
The boy.
He didn't know how Bill knew him, but there was one boy whom Bill was speaking of.
"Call him, Dohyuk."
And with that, Bill placed his hand over his heart.
"My heart. I will give my first Nature to you."
Chapter end
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