Chapter 136

Arc 14 - Absolute Wish - Part 19

After a long, very long day, late at night, Nazar entered his room and walked towards the bed.

Closing the door behind him, he glanced at another door near it which led to a bathroom and tried opening it, but it was locked. He wanted to wash his face, but it seems Laura was in the bathroom.

He breathed out a long sigh of relief as he lay down on his bed instead.

I missed my chance to find either of them. Not Solace nor Aarin. He thought to himself. And who is that man? Why is he such a big black hole to my power?

When he was looking at the other timelines alongside Emily, there was another man. A man wearing black robes looking like an evil character from a fantasy game.

He looked for him with his greatest power, but it was a failure.

He couldn’t find him.

And how are they using Laura? I don’t see anything wrong with her or that energy-- Hm, perhaps it’s remote? That would make sense since her energy can affect me.

He let out another heavy sigh.

If worse comes to worst, she will be safe either way. The Ultimate Nullification barrier will protect her. THAT I am sure of.

“Hey,” Laura opened the bathroom door, and asked with a toothbrush in her mouth, “do you wanna go in?”

“...Later. I was just gonna wash my face.”

“Oh yeah,” Laura took out the toothbrush from her mouth and sat at the edge of the bed. “I just noticed something weird. Why do you always just wash your face before you go to sleep? At least get a shower if you wanna be clean.”

She laughed a little before putting the toothbrush in her mouth.

“I don’t know, it's a habit… As for a shower, I like doing that in the morning. With cold water.”

She looked back at him with a frozen look in her eyes.

Nazar chuckled.

“Yepppppppp, cold is better. Or extremely hot… Like, 1 million degrees.”

“.............................”

“You know how people go to the beach to sit in the sun?”

She nodded.

“I do that too… but I go to the core of the sun and lie down in it.”

She stared at him blankly for a short while before looking away.

Laura stood up and went to the bathroom to wash her mouth only to come back after a few minutes.

“You are weird.”

“Thanks.”

She gestured with her hand and told him to move up a little in the bed. And so he did.

"Siiiighhhhh," breathing out a long sigh of relief, she lay on the bed next to him with a happy and fulfilled smile. "This bed is sooo soft. Where did you get it from?"

"I made it myself."

"Should have expected that," sounding almost disappointed.

She frowned as she slapped the bed with her hands.

"I forgot to get changed."

She usually wears skirts and blouse, but when she goes to sleep, she wears shorts and a sports bra. Today, she forgot to get changed.

It's not too late to do so, but she is too lazy to get back up.

"Hey, can you change my clothes please?"

"Sure."

He snapped his fingers and the clothes around her disappeared for a split second before it was replaced by her usual sleepwear.

"Thanks, sweetie."

She sat up and looked at her sleepwear.

"You seem to know it pretty well. I was expecting something wrong with it," she nodded her head, impressed.

"But of course," it would be odd for him to not know, so he held his chin high as he too sat up. "I know everything about you."

"Ah!" Seeing that, an idea came to her head. "What's my favourite food then?"

"Pizza."

"I guess that was too easy," she looked down as she thought about her next question. "What's my middle name?"

"You don't have one."

She groaned in annoyance a little. He was correct.

"What do I love the most?"

"Me, of course!"

With her eyes blinking quickly, she made a face that said, "Wow, look at all that confidence."

Rolling her eyes, she lied back in the bed.

"Not 100% wrong."

"Yes!" He clenched his right hand triumphantly.

"Alrighty… What's my favourite movie?"

"Rush Hour."

He got that right too, so she let out another small groan.

"... Favourite album?"

"Hm," he cupped his chin in his hand as he thought very deeply about it. "No Idea."

"Hah! I thought you knew…" her triumphant smile vanished slowly as she realised something. "Oh, you got the correct…"

"Who is the singer again?"

"Don Toliver. Oh, and it's not exactly an album, but a single. But that doesn't matter now."

"Right," he too lied down.

"Okay, my turn," she rolled to her side and faced him. "Ask away."

"My favourite food?"

"Chicken wings," she snorted. "Sooo easy."

"My favourite superhero?"

"..."

She thought about it and thought about it.

"Batman?"

He glanced at her, almost offended.

"Batman? Out of everyone, Batman?" He sighed. "I mean, I do read his stuff but definitely not my No.1 guy, you know?"

"Welllllllll…. I am not completely wrong, right?"

He sucked in his lips as he thought.

"...You get a pass this once."

"Yes!"

“Hey, wanna go for a ride?”

“Hmm.”

She thought about it for a second before sitting on top of him, “Sure.”

He was confused by her action.

“We haven’t had sex since I have come here,” she spoke with a seductive smile.

“Oh,” he realised. “You meant that.”

He shook his head.

“Sorry, not today. Can we do it tomorrow?”

“Are you okay?”

Without any hesitation, he nodded his head.

“Oh, alright. But what did you mean?”

“No, I meant like a car ride.”

“Oh...”

Her seductive smile was replaced by an embarrassed one.

“So, that’s what you meant,” she spoke stiffly as she averted her gaze. “S-so, do you have a licence?”

“...No.”

“Ha?” placing her hands on his shoulder, she leaned forward, with a serious look in her eyes. “That’s illegal, you know? And do you want me to die or something?”

Nazar shrugged.

“I do a lot of things that are illegal.”

For some odd reason, he seemed proud of it.

“You are helpless...” she exhaled deeply.

Her hand slid across his chest and immediately, he let out a painful groan.

Seeing the painful expression on his face, Laura tilted her head quizzically.

"Hm?"

Playfully, she touched that part of his chest again.

“Hrk!”

“Wait, you are actually feeling this? The pain, I mean.”

He nodded painfully.

“That’s… Shouldn’t you be happy now?”

“I am not a masochist,” he frowned.

“Is that so?”

She unbuttoned his shirt to see if there was a wound.

To her surprise, there was a big hole in his chest.

“Oh shit!” her eyes widened in surprise.

She could see his heart but it was not beating.

“Yeah...”

“Your heart, why is it not beating?”

“It doesn’t need to, so I stopped it. I am sustaining my body on energy at the moment.”

“Why not heal it?”

“I can’t.”

She did not understand. How was this possible?

In the original timeline, she has seen him regenerate every organ of inside him being blown up to pieces in seconds. But why can’t he regenerate this?

“Is that so…?”

She touched the hole again slowly and he felt pain again.

“So, how are you going to fix this?”

“I don’t know...”

He knew of one way that would work absolutely. All he had to do was destroy his existence and recreate it.

But for now, he had no intention of doing that.

“I guess I should wait and see what happens?”

Curiously, Laura stared at the hole.

“Can I put my finger in it?”

For a second, he stared at her blankly before laughing.

“Sure. But why?”

“Nevermind, I am just kidding.”

He wasn’t sure whether to be disappointed or relieved. On one hand, he wanted to see how it would feel having a finger enter a hole in his chest but on the other hand, he did not want to feel pain.

“When I was young, I would always rush to my mom to kiss the wound to make it better. Silly, but it felt reassuring.

“Hmmm.”

“But apparently, it’s not just something silly. There was a theory I read last year for one of my assignments which said it really does help with wounds, although minor.”

“The mouth heals much faster compared to other body parts if the same wounds were applied to it,” he added.

Laura nodded, agreeing.

"Someone theorised that its possible saliva could play a little role in that too."

“That's interesting. I know that the face has a richer supply of blood, so that is the main reason. But saliva... I never experimented with that.”

“You should experiment with that.”

He nodded, "Alright."

“So, do you want me to kiss your wound for you?”

“I don’t see a reason why I would hate it, haha.”

"If it doesn't work, not my fault."

"Of course."

She leaned forward once more as she slowly tucked strands of hair behind her ear. Laura also slowly shut her eyes.

Pouting her red lips forward, he averted his gaze.

That’s kind of… hot, he thought.

Her lips touched his chest.

Electric tingling ran throughout his body.

Her lips strode across his left chest slowly as it reached closer to the hole.

“!!”

The closer her lips became, the wider his eyes opened.

“What...”

Laura’s lips were no longer touching his skin since she raised her head a little.

She breathed in and out before putting her lips on the hole and kissing it.

As slight saliva fell from her mouth and touched the wound, energy sizzled within it.

Hearing the odd crackling sound, she opened her eyes abruptly.

“!!”

With her eyes wide open, she saw a bright white light originating from the hole in his chest. It looked like a small ball of energy.

“Wh-what--” in fear and surprise, she could not make out her question.

Laura looked at Nazar’s face, which seemed as if he was in a little pain.

“This… hng...”

He groaned while the light brightened.

The ball of energy expanded and exploded into an even brighter light.

Laura raised her hands to cover her eyes, “Gah!”

Nazar stared at the light carefully.

He could see the light rebuilding his very existence.

The hole in his existence was stitched up.

The soul which was destroyed by Arael was forming itself again.

The hole in his physical body was being rebuilt as tissues and muscles formed.

The heart which was not beating started to beat.

“Oh…” he understood what happened here.

The Nameless One is Nazar’s creator, he could manipulate his physical, mental and astral state at will.

In the original timeline, when Nazar faced the assassins from Jabalot Empire, they placed nanites within his body which destroyed him from within continuously. The only way he survived that was because the Nameless One’s avatar healed him and removed the nanites. He did not want his greatest weapon to fall to his death this quickly. He had needs for him back then.

The same energies reside within Laura, which has been mutated.

So, when it reacted to the wound, it healed him immediately.

So, not only can she heal me emotionally, but physically too… I should have realised that a few years ago - weeks for them.

When Lucifer poisoned Nazar, he was in intense pain, which would lessen when he was in Laura’s range. At first, he thought that was the extent of this energy, but clearly, he was wrong.

It all makes sense.

He scoffed happily as he sat up.

Laura slid from his stomach and onto his thighs.

As her body moved without her will, she opened her eyes and saw the close up of Nazar’s happy face and excited face.

“Thank you,” he showed his gratitude with a sincere smile.

“For...”

She trailed off as she looked at his chest, which was healed now.

“Did I do that?”

“Yes,” he nodded.

Surprise and excitement danced on her face.

“Oh wow,” she chuckled. “Does that make me a superhuman?”

“In a way.”

“You said it's not harmful to me in any way, right?”

“No, not at all.”

“Yess,” she squealed excitedly.

He was conflicted about the energy within her. It is by no means harmful to her, in fact, it's anything but harmful to her. But he is worried there might be some negative side effects in the future.

He wondered, should he get rid of it?

However, he quickly dismissed that idea.

If she asked for it, then he would get rid of it. But she doesn’t want it gone, so it’s not his place to remove it. It's not his body to control, after all.

I should keep an eye on her for the rest of her life so nothing bad happens.

“If it ever does get harmful, I will fix it immediately.”

“So, you will be stalking me for the rest of my life?” she teased.

He laughed.

“If that’s what it takes, sure, why not?”

“Creepy.”

“Thanks.”

She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him on the lips.

After a long kiss, he said, “So, you want to go for the ride?”

“Which one?”

“...”

Laura laughed at his blank stare.

“Just kidding. Sure.”

She unwrapped her arms.

“Let me change-- Actually, do your thing.”

“Alright, what kind of clothes do you want?”

“Anything you want. Let me see your choice.”

Around her, a black strappy dress appeared.

“Mm,” she stood up. Looking at the dress which reached up to her knees, she examined it. “Not bad. Oh, and you changed my underwear too."

He shrugged.

"Thanks."

“Let’s go,” they both rushed down and left from the front door.

In front of the house, there was a large free green area with flowers and small trees, so they strolled leisurely while holding hands and enjoying their dimly lit surrounding.

“What kind of car do you like?”

“A Lambo.”

“Right... and colour?”

“Hmm,” she thought about it for a moment with a happy smile. “Red.”

“You got it.”

Soon, they reached the large door and went outside.

Once outside, Laura saw a red Lamborghini parked on the road in front of the house.

“WHAT?!” shocked, she looked at him. “No way!”

“I just made it. It's like your regular Lambo but I changed the engine and some stuff… To keep it short, it can move faster than the speed of sound.”

She didn’t care about that and ignored it.

“Do you want to drive?”

“Hell yes!”

He handed her the keys and they entered the car.

Laura gripped the steering wheel tightly and inhaled deeply.

“Here we gooo,” she shouted as the car started to move. "This is going to be fun."

As the car slowly moved through the streets, Nazar tapped the screen next to the steering wheel and played music.

“What’s that?”

“Eurobeat, but more specifically, Initial D soundtrack.”

“I don’t know what that is, but I LOVE IT! It sounds pretty good.”

“Oh, that’s great," he smiled in a relieved manner. He was worried she would not like it.

“Also, is there a fan in this car? It’s getting too hot here. I don’t want to sweat.”

“I don’t see what’s wrong with that, sweat is erotic.”

She wanted to stop the car and stare at him blankly for a good few minutes and then ask, “What the fuck?” but she decided against it.

“...Weird fetish.”

“Says you who gets turned on by glowing eyes,” he fought back with a thin smile as his red eyes flared. “Do you want me to make my eyes glow brighter?”

“...”

She did not reply and decided to change the subject with a heavy sigh.

“Alright, alright, leaving that aside, where do you want to go? Wanna watch a movie?”

“Hm, sure.”

"Are they even open? And what movies are even playing now?"

"If you book out the whole theatre, you can watch whatever you want."

"You really going to book the whole thing?"

He looked at her with a proud smile, "Of course."

She scoffed.

“I am going to say this once, we are never watching superhero movies. They suck.”

He kissed her on the cheek.

“See, this is why I love you! We both hate the same thing.”

Laura scoffed.

“You are the best!”

“Hmph. Of course.”

She sped up the car.

“I thought you would love those.”

“Nah,” he clicked his tongue and spoke with a weary face. “They aren’t true to the source material at all. And they ruin the source material for me. I will never like them.”

“Good. Let’s go and watch something funny.”

"Not Rush Hour, too."

Laura groaned.

"Fine. Any suggestion?"

"Eddie suggested a 90s film called..." he paused for a moment to remember the name of the film Eddie had told him to watch years ago. "I think it was called Undercover Brother."

"Ah, that one," Laura clicked her fingers and smiled a knowing smile. "It's a pretty funny film."

"So, do you want to watch that?"

"Sure, I haven't watched it in a long time."

“And then we can go and eat.”

Nazar operated on the screen in the car and found the location for the cinema and found the direction for it so Laura could follow it. He might have lived here, but she was new to this city.

“Do you want to go to a fine dining place or fast food? Or one of those family restaurants?”

“Anything but fine dining, to be honest. Does it even sate anyone’s hunger?” she complained. “It’s sooo little. What are we? Children?”

“That’s why I never go there,” he agreed with her with a nod. "Plus they don't even have chicken wings. How dare they not have the best food?"

“Anywhere else we should go?”

“Hmm, if we stay late enough, I know the perfect place where you can see an amazing sunrise.”

Laura found it surprising that Nazar knew a place like this. But she was also impressed.

“Alright, let’s do this!”

And so, a long night began for them, but they enjoyed it.

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In a faraway universe, Rewind punched a planet before running through it, screaming in agony.

Everyone wants great power but those who have great power, regret it.

Imbued with cosmic energies, Rewind can only get faster and faster, with no hint of slowing down.

He cannot even sit down to eat. He hasn't eaten anything for a long time.

This is the curse of his power.

That curse ended when he died.

When he finally found solace.

But an ancient god came, bringing him back for the sole reason of using him as a tool.

He agreed. He agreed only because she would grant him his wish.

A powerless life.

A life without these accursed powers. Or perhaps weaken him.

He will take anything at this point.

Hey, Nazar, you are quite powerful, no? So, can can you fix my condition?

……………..

I will pay you.

I appreciate the thought, but no. I cannot fix your condition.

Is… Is that so?

But if I could, I would need one trillion units - which should be hard earned and not from your job as an assassin. So… Maybe work 15 hours a day and you will earn enough in the next century..

…………………….

It will be funny to see you work, haha.

That was a lie.

He lied to him.

They were friends, yet he lied to him.

I am not expecting someone’s sympathy or help, you just DID NOT HAVE TO LIE TO ME.

Sure, Rewind wanted to use him for his own good, but at the same time, he really considered him a friend. So, he did not want Nazar to lie to him.

Right now, he was doing his best to slow down, but that speed kept on increasing instead.

Be the hero and I will be a villain. Our rivalry will be cool, don’t you think?

Nah, I can’t be either. Neither a hero nor a villain.

Why is that?

Heroes sucks. Villains are boring.

Oh, so it’s not because you are too powerful?

Of course not. I am very weak. I am slower than you.

Another lie.

Rewind remembered every lie Nazar told him.

If he had been truthful, would anything have changed between the two of them?

Of course NOT!

But he lied to him over and over again.

He hated that more than anything.

Was it because Nazar did not like his power?

Or was it because he looked down on Rewind, not considering him worthy of knowing his secret?

If Reaper does, why couldn’t he? Was it too much to ask for?

Why did you have to lie to me?!

Just a moment ago, Weq lied to him too. He lied to him about not having Solace’s schematics.

He can tell when someone is lying.

No one can lie before him.

People lie for two reasons. Out of fear. And the other reason is, they look down on people. It wasn’t fear I felt from him, but superiority.

Without his control, his speed increased even further.

He was at the end of the multiverse.

There was no more space to run.

A new universe would come into creation any second.

However, he doesn’t have a second.

In a second, he can go back to the first universe and run all the way back here.

Why do you want to die?

Because life is boring and I think I might have too much power.

Might?

Mm-hmm, might. I don’t know, sometimes I think I am too powerful and other times, too weak.

Is… Is that so?

Either way, the reason I want to die is because everything is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo boring.

He remembered another lie of Nazar.

His answer at that time was satisfactory enough for everyone.

But Rewind can see the energies within him.

It’s not “might be too powerful”, it’s “too powerful”. There is no might in it. He can tell exactly how powerful he was.

He had seen an angel, and her power was like a firefly compared to the sun which was Nazar’s.

I hate you… I HATE YOU! I HATE ALL OF YOUUUUUUUUUU!

Rewind understood why Nazar wanted to die, he understood it better than most.

But he just wanted Nazar to be truthful with him.

"Truth..."

Was Rewind truthful to Nazar? Did he tell him everything?

No, he did not tell him everything. He hid things.

But when Nazar asked him, he would always answer honestly.

So, why couldn't you do the same?

He was at the end of the multiverse. There was nothing here.

So, he decided to do something.

He stood at the centre of an explosion which was going to birth a universe.

He waited for a second, which felt like an eternity to him.

All around him, an explosion of millions of forms of energy engulfed him.

He did his best to reduce his powers so he will die by this explosion.

And he did.

That explosion broke him apart on a molecular level and sent those into million different directions.

He was dead.

Rewind died once again.

That was the end of the man known as Rewind. For the second time.