November 11th 2018 - 11th day of culling games
A group of soldiers in a helicopter is hunting a sorcerer, until they come across towering skyscrapers and other buildings. The Sorcerer jumped into one of the skyscrapers as an explosion appeared below her feet jumping 20 meters in one go, but she suddenly got hit while escaping into a skyscraper.
"Tango down! I repeat Tango down!"
The captain ordered the helicopter to move into the building, The Pilot wanted to say they can't stay far away from the Battalion.
"I know what you want to say but these magicians are tough nuts. This is an easy target. You have seen others tanking even high-calibre bullets. Don't worry, we will just get this girl and return as soon as possible. Just land on the building. As long as we complete the mission. Everything is worth it"
Listening to the Captain's explanation, the pilot obeyed.
He landed the helicopter on one of the skyscrapers that the Sorcerer escaped into.
"Oh, it even conveniently has a helipad"
One of the soldiers said while preparing his rifle.
The Squad got down and soon used every piece of technology they had and finally found traces of the Sorcerer.
They hurried down the skyscraper, not noticing the pilot and the helicopter slowly surrounded by fat Black tentacles covering his mouth and top floor, the pilot looked at them like he wanted to scream and warn them but he blacked out.
Somewhere on the 5th floor.
"Hehe~, I'm waiting for you~"
The soldiers who just stormed into a room saw a tall woman who had removed her cloak in purple hair. She spoke English with them.
The soldiers became alert and were about to shoot. But at that moment, they saw something even crazier.
The lady in front of them ripped her arm and threw it at them.
The arm exploded mid-air creating an explosion.
Those who are at the front died, while those at the back hit the wall and fell.
A look of horror appeared when they saw the girl's arm regenerated.
"Hehe~, do you like my firework-huh? A space-time type cursed spirit?"
The surviving soldiers heard the woman stop mid-sentence and say something even crazier.
Her eyes shifted focus to somewhere, seeing this as a chance, they immediately shot her in the head, She fell back but there was no blood.
"Damn, she can tank these bullets too. At least she's unconscious"
One of the soldiers murmured and the other went to the sorceress to tranquilize her immediately.
But at that time, he screamed until his throat ran dry as Giant Black tentacles appeared and surrounded the room.
That's the last thing the soldiers remembered before they fell unconscious.
Lucy emerged from one of the tentacles with her back attached to them.
"You have talent in acting"
"Ugh, do you have to use tentacles of all transformations. " Estella asked in disgust.
"You just don't know how versatile these tentacles are. They are even softer like a pillow and sleep on them but hard enough to attack. Besides, this is an extremely efficient design. I can bypass the 3-meter limit of my shapeshifting abilities with the tentacles. Even hair and nails work but I like this one"
Estella knowing it's difficult to argue with herself asked "How should we manage from here?"
"Well, just take care of these Plan B resources. I will arrange everything"
Lucy teleported to a remote island in the Pacific Ocean.
First, she went and created a barrier that blocks out all technology and with other concealment rules.
Then, Estella walked out of the Door.
"So, I have to guard them here until Plan A succeeds?"
"Yes, if Plan A succeeds that is. I have a feeling it will be quite different but the culling game is a perfect setup for the ascension Ritual. So, my instinct might just be due to paranoia. Still, better safe than sorry. If Plan A fails, we will use them, if it succeeds we'll see"
With that, she transformed the soldiers and pilot into Puppets and brought the helicopter to the island as well.
December 30th 2018 - Present
The soldiers who hunted Estella woke up feeling dizzy. They saw a clear blue ocean as far as their eye can see.
"We're alive? Where are we?"
The captain and the pilot woke up too.
The pilot immediately ran towards the Captain and screamed
"Captain, let's run away! I saw a giant monste-"
But his words stuck in his throat as he saw the clear ocean as far as his eyes could see.
The captain remained calm despite the mysterious situation.
"Hah~, The power of Magic. No wonder our government gave us the medals before we even finished the mission. The monster you are talking about, does it look like a mass of black tentacles?"
"positive"
The captain's eyes landed on a tall woman with purple hair. She looked like a mix of Japanese and another ethnicity.
"This lass said something about a space-time cursed spirit before we knocked her out. We are already in a different space coordinate. We might be in a different period too. We might be in the future or past"
The captain checked his devices and they all had different dates than he remembered.
"Luckily, it seems we just moved to five days in the future. Pilot, you are the only one who doesn't have any injuries. We are injured at the time of the attack, if we don't receive any medical attention, we might die. It doesn't matter even if the fuel is insufficient, just fly as long as you can until we can go to our nearest settlement"
They tranquilized Estella before they started their journey back to their home.
Luckily, they are near the US and quickly reached the country.
The FBI and Pentagon received to their surprise. Where they learnt except for them, every other army personnel who set foot in Japan died. After giving statements to them, the surviving soldiers are promoted.
Estella is transferred to a base, where they begin human experimentation.
***
Early morning, the current president of the United States woke up, feeling quite different but he didn't think much about it.
He ate breakfast but the feeling of holding a fork and spoon felt different. Like he's holding them with gloves on. But he didn't think much of it. After all, compared to the good news he received early morning, everything else is just a fleeting thought.
'The green energy and possibly the power of magic itself '
As he finished his breakfast and started walking to the Oval Office.
One of the secretaries followed him and told him today's schedule.
"Mr. President, the head of the Pentagon, FBI, the head of the Department of defence, and finally the head of the National Institute of Health are currently in the meeting room. It's the first priority today, as for the rest..."
The president didn't hear about the rest of the schedule feeling a little absent-minded.
'After all, nothing is more important than the resource we gathered this time'
He stepped into the meeting hall guarded by tight security.
The head of the Pentagon congratulated.
"Although this cost us a lot, you succeeded in the end, Mr. President. Your decision will lead US into a prosperous era in the future."
The head of NIH spoke "We started our experiments with my lead, I have to say just her body is a treasure trove. Her muscles are 3 times denser than normal humans, her bones are super dense.."
*Cough*
Hearing the cough from the Head of the defense department, the head of NiH
paused.
"My apologies, I got carried away, they are not important. Anyway, I recruited top neurologists and other best-experienced doctors. This 'cursed energy' is true treasure, I heard the test subject can even regenerate lost limbs. I'm curious to see that in action"
'Great! Then can you find ways to prolong life and cure incurable diseases?'
The president thought he said that, but he heard other words from his own mouth.
"Oh, didn't you ask the test subject to regenerate before you?"
He wanted to scream but then, he suddenly lost control over his body. Like he can feel the body, but no actions he wants to do are done by the body. It's like it has its own will.
It's like..
'I'm possessed'
He felt the horror of the sorcery for the first time.
No one noticed that the top-most powerful person in the world is possessed by another entity.
The Department of Defence head intervened this time.
"Mr. President, if it's another... Sorcerer. We could have tried asking nicely or forcing them to participate in experiments."
The head of the Pentagon continued
"But according to the testimony, this test subject can turn her limbs into bombs and she can even regenerate. She's a walking suicide bomber with infinite lives. We must not let such a power have free will, especially with what we have done. She's forced into an induced coma until we can control her completely."
The head of the FBI said "We know this is ethically wrong but, for our country. We have to sacrifice some morals and ethics"
Lucy who is currently possessing the President's body sighed. She knew something like this would happen. She didn't mind it that much but, she still has a connection to Estella. So, she didn't want to feel any of it.
"I understand the necessity. Then, is it possible to replace nuclear technology or other bombardment technology with that test subject?"
The head of the Pentagon said "That's far too advanced. But, according to the head of NIH, it's not entirely impossible. We just need time. "
"Good, then squeeze out all the value she has to offer. I want to see the combination of technology and this 'cursed energy'. Doesn't matter the field, as long as technology is developed"
That meeting concluded. Human experiments continued on Estella.
In 2 years, the technology has developed to harness Estella's ability but not in the way Lucy expected.
'Seriously, they just found a way to activate the brain. Hence, activating the cursed technique, and then splitting her parts to make them into bombs but they could not detonate them yet? That's the best they could come up with? How disappointing~'
The current president's mind has already eroded. He couldn't take the horror and soon went crazy. Lucy had to kill his mind and make him into a vegetable and then control his body.
After all, it's one thing to take over one's body. But, it's entirely another thing to take over the identity. To keep up the acting, Lucy had to have sex with the president's wife and take care of his children.
All the while, the actual president saw and felt everything but couldn't do anything. His mind can't take a mental toll.
To keep his sanity, Lucy cracked up jokes with him saying 'Hey, you are not the only one suffering. I'm a straight woman yet I had to fuck another woman to keep up appearances. Aren't I suffering too?'
But this only felt like the devil's whisper mocking him.
'he has a bad sense of humor' Lucy thought seeing the mentally suffering president in her thoughts.
Finally, she put him at peace by 'influencing'. So, mentally he turned into a vegetable too. He's not dead but not exactly alive either.
'No, I will not kill innocent people. I just helped him not to suffer anymore. Besides, this is your punishment for conducting human experiments on me'
Although, Estella is a different entity. They still share the same origin, she can feel Estella through the connection. So, she didn't like it very much.