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Chapter 23 - Chapter 23: Gullible

Recap: Hori dislocated Thomas's shoulder.

Hori gently placed her hand on his shoulder and dislocated his joints.

Narrator: She affected the Glenohumeral joint by separating the humerus (upper arm bone) from his scapula (shoulder blade)

Narrator: A PERMANENT INJURY.

Thomas: arqhgagghaahhahaa dkdsshfdddhddhdhesjiuqiajaajaaaaaaaaaaaaaayaayayayayhehrhrhahaahwhhqahaggahshssh!!!! #!#;!$$!$!;$$;$!!!!!

He cried in pain rolling on the floor.

Tadashi: haha, this is getting interesting.

He was enjoying the show, the Sabbath exams are quite hyped by members of SHO, so it's satisfying to see some action, think of it like a "yearly hunger games"

"that girl sure is strong"

a tall woman with slim eyes said approaching Tadashi.

she wore a cloak with purple and black lining, and had dark green circular glasses, and of course the golden cross worn around the neck of all priests.

Tadashi:.... wuwei?!

he asked in confusion.

Tadashi: girl I thought you were dead!!!

Wuwei: hahaha (sarcastic laugh)

I traveled to see my parents.

she brought a chair and sat close to tadashi.

Tadashi: you mean in China?

he asked pressing his tablet.

Wuwei: yes china, anyways what's up with this girl.

she asked pointing at the huge television, referring to hori, she saw how she effortlessly dislocated Thomas's shoulder.

Tadashi: yeah there's no info on her, normally after registration for participation in the SABBATH EXAMS, participants often go to the site to add more detail about themselves.

Tadashi: not like it's necessary,it just gives SHO an insight on who you are.

wuwei: so her's was blank?

she questioned resting tadashi's shoulder.

Tadashi: honey, I'm married okay?

he removed her head.

Tadashi: and it's not just her, the first guy to finish the first trial, Haruki Maru, there wasn't any info on him either.

Wuwei: seems the strongest are the most mysterious....

Tadashi: seems that way....

back to Hori versus Thomas!!!

Thomas: you son of a bitch!! I'll definitely kill you!!!!

Despite his cursing, the pain didn't stop, hori had shifted his **** disconnecting it from his chest, a PERMANENT injury.

Hori: please don't make me kill you, hand over my rod!

Thomas: u...ugh...!f.... f..fine...!!!

he used his left hand to reach into his pocket and brought out hori's red rod, it was now half it's length from the beginning of the trial.

Hori: thank you so much! now I can finally pass this trial-

Thomas threw the rod off the pillar.

Wuwei: ah! that's just mean...!

Tadashi: it's the girls fault, she should have just beaten him to death and took back her rod....

Tadashi: okay, let's get ready to announce her disqualification, the rods are light so it might take a while till it touches the ground.

Wuwei:... that's too bad...I would have loved to mentor her, she seems strong....oh well....

she took a sip from tadashi's drink.

Tadashi: wuwei! I'm married!!

he warned her, knowing she purposely drank from his drink for an indirect kiss.

Thomas: hah!!! you really thought I was gonna give it to you?! after fucking up my shoulder??!!!! you wish!! hahahah!!! what kinda loser fails the first trial!!! such a pussy!!!!

man up you little shit!!!!!

Hori:....

she stood there in silence and despair, "Thomas had promised to return the rod, but he didn't... why...? ...isn't that just mean???"

she thought while standing awaiting her disqualification while Thomas laughed in mockery.

Thomas: haha!! now your gonna be disqualified-

Hori jumped off the pillar, chasing after her red rod.

Wuwei: *pffshh!!*

she choked on her drink from what hori just did!!

Tadashi pressed a red button on the desk to activate the announcer speaker.

Announcer: contestant inori-San!!! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?!!?

Meadow was already at the finish pillar,it was red in color, she handed over her red rod to a hataki on standby.

Meadow: (I heard the announcer just now, what's hori doing?)

she thought before proceeding to follow the hataki leading participants to the lodge.

Thomas:... what the fuck??! what an idiot!!!!!!!!!

he started laughing uncontrollably!!!! while crawling to the edge of the pillar to see if Hori ACTUALLY jumped... she did...

Thomas: does he think he can he can get it before it touches the ground?!!???

Note: Thomas refers to Hori as a boy because of her appearance, she has extremely short and slightly spiky dark blue hair, HORI IS A GIRL.

Announcer: contestant inori-San,I repeat! WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK ARE YOU DOING?!!

Wuwei: shouldn't we get her out?!

Tadashi:...we can't do that, it's her decision... besides interaction of priests with participants is forbidden...!

Wuwei: but aren't you a bishop?! you supposed to be some special exception right?!

the room was getting rowdy as

Hori was falling from the 300 freaking meters high pillar in pursuit of her rod.

Hori: (from fathers home schooling,I was quite good at physics!)

Hori: (since the rod looked as small as a candle,I should have more weight than it, thus fall faster than it!)

Hori sighted the rod!

Hori: there it is!!!!

she stretched her hand while still falling in the air!!!! heavy breeze swept through her face making it difficult to see!!! but she still some how managed!!!!

*catch!* 

Hori: got it!

*Doommm!!!!* her body landed on the floor, after falling with speeds of 200 MILES PER HOUR.

Tadashi:... sigh... what an idiot.

he pressed the red button activating the announcer speaker.

Announcer:... contestant Hori Inori, elimina-

Tadashi was interrupted at the sight he saw on the screen.

Tadashi:.... what in the....

Wuwei:no way! the pillar she was standing on was at least **** I constructed them so I should know!!

Thomas stood up and was about to jump to the next pillar.

Thomas: time to get going, if I pass this one and get to the next trial, I'll be sure to kill more people....!

Thomas: I think I saw a pregnant woman! it'll be nice to rip through her belly, and the unborn child will simply be a bonus!

he was salivating saying such twisted lines.

Thomas: ah shit, I'm hard...

he started adjusting his pants, getting aroused by the thought of murder is truly that of a crazy person.

Thomas:... wait have they announced that boys elimination? I think the announcer was about to say it.

Wuwei: this is just unrealistic! no normal homosapien can survive that fall...!

Priests in the lounge were shocked, shouting could be heard through out the entire room!!

Hori was still alive! Using her hands to support her body as if doing a push up.

She held the rod with her teeth desperately preventing it from touching the floor.

Her body created a crater where she landed, showing she made contact with the floor, BUT THE ROD DID NOT.

Tadashi:... if this child passes the further trials... I've got dibs!

Tadashi said with excitement! he never expected such a crazy participant!

Narrator: what hori did was some fast and clever thinking, first she quickly held her red rod with her teeth after catching it in the air.

Narrator: as soon as her body was about to touch the ground, hori punched the ground with tremendous force, hoping it would reduce impact with her body.

Narrator: it worked, as previously explained, hori's hands gain the properties of natural diamond when inflicting harm on an entity.

Narrator: meaning that they would be hard enough to punch the floor without her hands shattering, although the size of the crater would depend on how much strength hori applied.

Hori slowly stood up as her body made cracking sounds, her spinal cord was damaged, along with her left femur.

Narrator: although it significantly reduced the force of impact, her body still suffered tremendous damage.

Announcer:....ehmm... contestant inori-san, would you like to use the Bribery System? you are in no condition to continue this trial...!

Hori waved to the sky signaling "NO" her lungs were damaged so talking especially shouting out loud would be painful.

Hori:*breathe*

Hori:(who knew that would work? I'm so lucky to have learned physics!)

She thought cleaning the blood from her mouth.

Hori:(now...)

She faced up the 300 meters high pillar STARING AT THOMAS.

Thomas: what the?

He flinched as if feeling hori's gaze from such a large distance....

Thomas was sitting on the pillar he pushed hori from,it would seem that the dislocation hori inflicted on him was making it difficult to jump to the next pillar which was quite far away.

Thomas: ahhh this hurts so bad...!

He cursed rubbing his dislocated shoulder.

Hori was walking towards the base of pillar she fell from.

Her footsteps hazy as her bones were broken.

Tadashi: (what's she gonna do? Her time is almost up)

Hori squatted on the ground.

*Dark frame*

Tadashi: no way!

Wuwei: you've got to be kidding me!

Hori jumped 20 meters high!

Tadashi: okay! Not bad!!

She then quickly stuck her hand in the pillar before falling back down.

The total height of the pillar is 300 meters, hori's jump covered 20, left with 280 meters to climb back.

With the rod still in her mouth, she saw it's size was now half of a candle.

Tadashi: c'mon, you can do this!

Wuwei: no she can't! There's only 3 minutes left!!

Ignoring the pain from her broken bones, hori BEGAN TO CLIMB.

Hori:( I can do this!)

She dug her hands into the pillar and pulled her self up higher and higher!

Narrator: since hori is thinking of damaging the pillar, her hands get dense, allowing her to effortlessly claw through concrete.

Narrator: think of it like natural climbing gear.

Narrator: however, her time is almost up.....

Hori:(one and two and one and two!)

Hori:(please,let me make it! Haruki is waiting for me!)

She nearly cried, her body was aching as pieces of her broken bones tore through her face.

It is to be expected, hori was climbing the pillar at 67.1 miles per hour which is the average high way speed limit.

Tadashi: so fast! this is incredible for a human civilian!!

Priests in the room were cheering for Hori!

Hori: (I can do this!!!)

Her pace increased!

About 30 seconds passed and Thomas began hearing a sound.

*Crunch!* *Crunch!* Like an axe digging stone.

Thomas: what the....?

He peeped at the edge of the pillar, making sure not to fall.

Thomas:....is that?

He saw a black figure covered in blood approaching the top of the pillar at incredible speed.

Thomas:....no...it can't be... right?

He leaned in further to get a better look.

Using both hands, one at a time, Hori was clawing her way to the top.

Most of her bones have already torn through her skin.

Her Sabbath exams jersey was torn, dirty, and covered in blood but she still kept climbing.

Hori:(it hurts!! It's like I'm going to die!!)

She cursed almost reaching the top.

She was very close to the top when her and Thomas locked eyes, hori's gaze made him shudder.

He quickly turned and attempted to jump to the next pillar, but was too scared to concentrate

Hori:(almost there!!!!)

The pain UNBEARABLE, but her rage towards Thomas UNDERSTANDABLE.

Thomas: c'mon just jump you wimp-

*Tap* hori tapped his shoulder.

She had finally reached the top under with a total time of 1 minute.

Narrator: Taking her initial jump into account, hori had climbed 280 meters under 1 minute.

Narrator: such a feat would require a speed of

Narrator: hmph! as expected from our MC!

Hori was holding Thomas's second shoulder firmly, preventing him from moving, funny enough, she didn't think of inflicting harm,if not his second shoulder would be crushed.

She simply just held it.... firmly.

Thomas:...p... please forgive me.... please, I'm sorry!!

Hori:....did you say something about a pregnant woman?

She asked innocently, blood dripping from her mouth as she spoke, her lungs were damaged so talking out loud hurt but she still spoke.

Thomas:p... pregnant woman?

Thomas:(shit! he must be talking about what I said I'll do in the next trial!)

Thomas:(but how did he hear me?! he already touched the floor! the distance was too much!!!)

Note: Hori is a girl.

Hori: answer me.

Her grip strengthened on his shoulder, her fingers sinking inside his flesh like bread, as blood sloooowwwly gushed out.

Thomas: owww!!!ahhshh!!! Fuck!!!

Thomas: I...I didn't say anything about a pregnant woman okay??!? Please I'm sorry for pushing you!!!

Hori:.... you didn't push me, I jumped on my own accord.

She released his shoulder.

Hori casually removed Thomas's own red rod from his pocket,he was to powerless to do anything. She threw it off the pillar to the ground as Thomas did to her.

Announcer: contestant Gabriel Thomas has been disqualified.

Hori: that is the only revenge I will be having.

Thomas sat on the floor after hearing his disqualification, his body trembling from hori's presence.

Thomas:T.. thank you for forgiving me!

He shamelessly bowed to hori's feet like a pig.

Hori: raise your head.

Thomas:... huh...

He slowly obeyed, shivering from imagining what hori was about to do.

She leaned in whispering to his ear.

Hori: if you harm Shuntaro san in any way ....

She placed her hand on his dislocated shoulder.

Hori: I will turn you inside out with my own FUCKING hands.

Thomas sat there in fear almost pissing him self.

Hori: your answer?

She dug her fingers in his dislocated shoulder.

Thomas: u...understood....!

He mustered courage to answer,he didn't even know when he replied .

Thomas was simply numb with fear.

Hori walked to the edge of the pillar after saying those words.

Thomas sat there in despair, knowing hori was fully capable of keeping that promise.

He had already witnessed hori's strength first hand in their fight, he was nothing to her.

Hori: *breathe*

She took a running stance while holding her red rod in her right hand, it was now the size of a quarter candle.

Hori:....(I can do this)

She jumped from the pillar to the next!

Tadashi: c'mon girl only one more minute left...!

Hori was constantly jumping from pillar to pillar as if weighing nothing.

Her body had understood the situation, she was almost out of time.

Hori:(I still have hope!)

She thought looking at the pillar in her right hand, it was small but still there.

Wuwei: please let her make it!

40 more seconds!

Hori:(oh no! I still can't see the finishing pillar!)

She was about to cry,

Hori:(if only Thomas hadn't caused such a setback, surely i should have finished by now)

She thought still jumping from pillar to pillar.

Nearly slipping on one almost falling to the ground again!

Hori:(that was close! I have to concentrate!)

20 more seconds left.

Hori: I see it!

She finally sighted the finishing pillar!!!

It was a pillar much more shorter than the one she was currently standing on.

Hori: (of course it's short, so contestants wouldn't see it easily!)

Hori: okay!

She leaned in on the pillar she was now on.

Hori: I'm about to pass out from pain.

Her bones had torn through most of her organs, and the exhaustion from climbing 280 meters in a short time was finally kicking in.

10 seconds left.

Hori: I'm putting everything I have into this jump!

Narrator: hori is determined! But also 100 percent sure she would pass out any moment from now.

Narrator: meaning, if she misses or trips.

Narrator: her unconscious body would fall to its death.

3 seconds left.

*Boom!* Hori jumped from her current pillar to the finishing one which was red in color.

She immediately passed out after jumping.

Whilst in the air, her grip on her red rod was loosening.

But her unconscious body quickly held it tightly.

1 second left!

*Thud*her body landed on the finishing pillar.

Her red rod then reduced to nothing.

Her eyes closed and her heart beat slow, Hori's body was not moving.

There was a brief silence in the lounge where Tadashi Shiba was.

He was about to press the announcer button to signal hori's disqualification since she appeared dead.

*Tap* Wuwei held his hand before he could press the button.

A female hataki quickly rushed to hori's aid.

She quickly removed hori's jersey and tried pumping her chest.

She was about to give her CPR but felt hori's breath on her lips.

Hataki: she's alive.... she's alive!!!

She yelled waving at the sky!

Tadashi: yeeeessssss!!!!!!

Wuwei: fuck yeah!!!

"All right!!!" All the priests in the lounge yelled in unison!!!!

They were clapping their hands together for such an astonishing young girl.

Tadashi quickly pressed the announcer button.

Announcer: contestant Hori Inori has passed the first trial!!!!!!

The hataki carried hori on her back, they were suddenly teleported from the large landscape where the first trial took place.

Narrator: one trial down, six more to go.

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