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Time to for the demon gauntlet

Time to die since Som doesn't make fair enemies

>>41775427
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The charging demons let out high-pitched screeches, likely disturbing most of your neighbors as they come barreling towards you down the hall. The creatures don't seem very strong, being rather scrawny in appearance, with rat-like faces and hands clutching swords.

Kasai quickly dispatches one of the demons with a torrent of flame, the creature falling back and letting out an ear-piercing scream as its comrades leap over it at your demon friend. Before the first one can reach Kasai, you punch it in the throat, knocking it onto its back and causing it to trip up one of the other demons. Kasai scorches the two on the floor, leaving you with three enemies.

Apparently a bit smarter than you might have thought, the remaining demons seem to have learned from the mistakes of their comrades, and halt in their charge, fanning out and approaching cautiously.

Kasai shoots a torrent of flame at one, who displays impressive reflexes and ducks out of the way.

You can feel that Balor has reached the building, and is approaching the stairs.

>A. Attack with everything you have

>B. Stay on the defensive

>C. Turn and run the second Bruce comes back

>D. Dialogue writein

>E. Spirit Gun

>F. Fire Fists

>G. Concentration Ring Spirit Gun

>H. Fireballs

>>41775427
Do you have to make this poll for every fucking thread?

>>41775681
>F. Fire Fists

>>41775681
>E. Spirit Gun

>>41775681
>>C. Turn and run the second Bruce comes back

>>41775682
>his shit waifu never wins

>maximum butthurt

>>41775681
>C. Turn and run the second Bruce comes back

Nope. GTFO breh

>>41775682
No

>>41775681
>C. Turn and run the second Bruce comes back

>>41775681
>B. Stay on the defensive
>C. Turn and run the second Bruce comes back

>>41775681
>C. Turn and run the second Bruce comes back
Prepare a two fire balls the instant Bruce comes back toss them at the enemy and have Kasai make a small explosion from them for a distortion effect. Nothing to serious that would cause a fire just enough to make them have to shut their eyes and back away for a few seconds.

>>41775681
>>C. Turn and run the second Bruce comes back

>Someone is gonna die tonight

>My bet is Kasai. She gonna pull a Chiaotzu on Balor.

>>41775712
You keep your guard up, ready to fight off any attacks as the remaining demons slowly inch closer.

Bruce comes running out of his apartment, followed by his parents, who at first seem somewhat irritated at their son for dragging them out of their apartment for this supposed nonsense. But the instant they get a look at you and the creature's you're fighting, they realize something is very wrong.

You tell everyone to run, and take off down the hall, the three remaining creatures following close behind. Kasai throws small jets of flame over her shoulder, keeping them from running you down. You sense Balor getting closer by the second, and rush even faster down the hall towards the stairs.

As your group begins to run down the steps, one of the creatures tackled Kasai from behind. The two roll down a flight of steps, with Kasai landing painfully on her face beneath the creature, who raises its sword to stab her between the shoulders.

>A. Kick it off of her

>B. Fight off the other two

>C. Spirit Gun

>D. Dialogue writein

>E. Something else

>>41775975
>>C. Spirit Gun
Here's hoping we can aim!

>>41775975
>>C. Spirit Gun

>>41775975
>C. Spirit Gun

>>41775975
>A. Kick it off of her

>>41775975
>>C. Spirit Gun

>>41775975
>A. Kick it off of her

>>41775975
>Fireball!

Kasai is immune to our fire, yes? If we set her and the demon aflame, she won't be harmed and maybe even get empowered by it.

Unless it will hurt her since its not her fire...

>>41776052
Yeah, she's a fire apparition

>>41776052

Five seconds might be too long of a time to stop the demon from skewering her.

>>41776052
This, since we can use both our hands against the enemy instead of focusing on one

>>41775975
>C. Spirit Gun
If anything Bruce should be able to push the others off of us in time

>>41776124
I get the feeling that would just result in doing both poorly enough that we may as well have done nothing.

>>41776113
Good point. Spirit Gun is our best choice then. Quick and effective.

Really should've gotten more fire training in...Maybe in battle, with adrenaline pumping through our body we'll be faster? I dunno. I just see Som laughing at us through the monitor...

>>41776005
You take aim at the creature atop Kasai, holding your pointer finger towards it and channeling your Spirit Energy into the tip.

With the creature right on top of your friend, you have to take care to aim well, and focus the blast in order to make it smaller and more precise.

"SPIRIT GUN!" you shout, firing a thin beam of light from your fingertip at the creature atop Kasai.

Your aim is true, and your blast hits the demon in the head, knocking it right off of Kasai and sending it sprawling onto the ground. It goes still, and Kasai quickly sits up.

"Look out!" Bruce shouts.

You spin, and hiss in pain as a sword leaves a shallow cut in your arm. You punch the demon away, but its friend leaps at you. Kasai blasts it out of the air, and it shrieks as it falls to the ground, writhing in agony.

The last demon begins to slowly back away, only to be set ablaze by Kasai as its comrade was.

You take a moment to check your arm. You're bleeding, but you don't seem to be seriously hurt. Your Spirit Energy might have protected you from the worst of it.

You have enough energy left for one more Spirit Gun, you'd better make it count.

You can feel Balor approaching. He's up the stairs, slowly coming down the hallway you and the others just came from.

>A. Run out of the apartment complex as fast as you can

>B. Retreat and blast the stairs with a Spirit Gun

>C. Retreat and blast the stairs with a Concentration Ring Spirit Gun

>D. Dialogue writein

>E. Something else

>>41776252
>>A. Run out of the apartment complex as fast as you can

Like having no stairs will stop him. HAH.

>>41776252
>>B. Retreat and blast the stairs with a Spirit Gun

Where the hell is the backup.

>>41776252
>A. Run out of the apartment complex as fast as you can
He's a demon. Fucker can probably fly. he's just fucking with us

>>41776252
>A. Run out of the apartment complex as fast as you can

>>41776252
>>A. Run out of the apartment complex as fast as you can

>>41776252
I doubt even with the concentration ring, at point-blank will even scratch this guy. Better blast the stairs right from under him. That'll slow him down for like..a millisecond.

>>41776252
>A. Run out of the apartment complex as fast as you can

>>41776252
>A. Run out of the apartment complex as fast as you can
>E. Something else
Start sensing for spiritual energy to get a better picture of the surrounding area

>>41776252
>A. Run out of the apartment complex as fast as our little bitch legs can take us

If we survive this, we're gonna hafta convince Koe into giving us some real demon king training.

>>41776430
>his training

>don't die

>>41776418
You run as fast as you can, the others staying close as you make it down the stairs. You try to feel Spiritual Energy around you as you rush. Balor's energy is the most noticeable, but you can sense dozens of other demons close by, and a fairly large power somewhere just outside of the complex.

You and the others keep running, making it through the doors to the building before and seeing a trio of demons rushing towards you. These three look just like the ones that attacked you in the stairwell, though they appear to be unarmed.

You and Kasai are able to fight them off easily enough, but you can feel that Balor has nearly reached the stairs. You start running, then fall to the ground as something hits you from behind.

You feel a weight on your back, and hear a cackling above you.

"Get off of him!" Bruce shouts, rushing towards you and pulling back his fist.

He throws a punch, and the weight leaves your back as your assailant lands beside you with a thud. You push yourself up and stomp on the creature's throat, looking to see another two creatures rushing towards you.


Kasai keeps them back with a torrent of flame, but they quickly spread out and begin to circle around you and your friends.

Balor has reached the stairs, and is beginning to descend.

>A. Attack one of the demons as hard as you can

>B. Prepare to defend yourself

>C. Spirit Gun

>D. Dialogue writein

>E. Turn and run as fast as you can, ask Kasai to keep them at bay with her fire

>F. Fireballs

>G. Something else

>>41776685
>F. Fireballs
Lets try some shit

>>41776685
>>F. Fireballs
>G. Something else
tell everyone else to leg it.

>>41776758
This

>>41776685
>A. Attack one of the demons as hard as you can

>>41776685
>>41776758
Backing this.

>>41776685
>A.

>>41776758
>>41776714
>>41776771
>>41776812
You goys remember that each fireball takes about five seconds to make, right?

>>41776828
I am 41776714 and I would like to retract or change my vote.

>>41776758
Seems like the only option available. Until retrospect turns around and kicks our head in.

>That large power is probably another one of Balor's men. Great.

>>41776685
>>A. Attack one of the demons as hard as you can

>>41776828
Can we transfer our fire energy into Kasai and give her a boost? Would it matter?

>>41776758
Do you wanna die?

>>41776685
>A. Attack one of the demons as hard as you can

>>41776860
Not if they keep dodging

>>41776685
>A. Attack one of the demons as hard as you can
We just need to make a path of escape

>>41776685
>A. Attack one of the demons as hard as you can
Have Kasai get ready to attack the second demon that is going to probably lunge at us from behind since we are leaving our guard open on purpose and high tail it.

>>41776685
It was nice knowing you Kasai. I guess this is where you make your big heroic sacrifice!

>B-but I don't want to sacrifice myself.

Too bad! John does not die at the end of this! You are my favorite but sometimes if you love something...you gotta let it explode.

>>41776685
Would fire punching them be quicker?

>>41776904
>tfw John doesn't die at the end of John dies at the end, but he does "die" many times throughout, yet he is still alive.

FUCK.

>>41776788
You rush towards the nearest demon, who jumps at you, howling with laughter at what it presumes will be an easy kill.

You sidestep the creature as it lands, and kick it in the back of the head as hard as you can, sending it to the ground where it goes limp. This display distracts the other creature long enough for Kasai to catch it off-guard and hit it with a jet of flame.

You start running again, feeling that Balor nearly down the stairs. You and the others make it outside of the apartment complex, and you look over your shoulder to see two large, armored demons running after you.

Before you can decide what to do, something shoots right past your face and strikes a demon between the eyes. The creature falls back to the ground and goes still. Someone lands behind you and charges at the remaining demon, drawing a dagger and slicing it across the creature's throat.

As the second demon falls, the man picks up the dagger he threw at the first, then turns and rushes towards your group. He looks about a year older than you, with short black hair, a brown jacket, and a pair of dark sunglasses covering his eyes.

You're pretty sure the cavalry has arrived.

"So, you're the guy Koe's so worried about losing?" he asks, catching up with your group. "Nice outfit, but if you're having so much trouble with weaklings like that, I don't see what Koe's so impressed with."

He suddenly pauses, turning back towards the apartment building. Looking back, you see a large figure emerge and slowly begin to approach you.

>A. Run for the woods outside of town and pray everyone can make it

>B. Find a building to hide in

>C. Tell someone to get the others to safety while you lead Balor somewhere else

>D. Dialogue writein

>E. Something else

>>41776966
We need to find some Soy Sauce. Maybe that'll get us up to B-rank.

>>41777043
>E. Something else
Pick up one of them swords

>>41777043
>C. Tell someone to get the others to safety while you lead Balor somewhere else
Is it even possible to get away? i'm getting Terminator/Freddy vibes off of Balor

>>41777043
>D. "It's my charming personality. Whoever you are. THANK YOU! Now then. Think that dagger can take out big guy's eye?"

>C "Everyone move! He's after me but he won't stop until all of us are dead. That eye of his gives him some level of clairvoyancy. I just hope his depth perception is terrible."

...Solar flare guys? Some sort of bright blinding fire thing?

>>41777043
>C. Tell someone to get the others to safety while you lead Balor somewhere else

Yusuke senpai!?

>>41777043
>>C. Tell someone to get the others to safety while you lead Balor somewhere else

>>41777043
>C. Tell someone to get the others to safety while you lead Balor somewhere else
Bruce get the others to safety new guy Kasai let's distract him!

>>41777043
>>A. Run for the woods outside of town and pray everyone can make it

>>41777043
>>C. Tell someone to get the others to safety while you lead Balor somewhere else
Bruce.

>>41777100
You shout for the others to run for it while you lead Balor elsewhere.

"Not a chance," the newcomer tells you. "Koe told me to keep you from getting yourself killed. If Balor catches you, you're dead. I'll go with you and make sure you don't bite it for now."

"Hold on," your father protests. "I'm not going to leave my son to be chased down by some monster."

The newcomer laughs. "Hey, if you want to try and fight Balor, go ahead, but you're going to die, and will probably just get your son killed, too."

"Come on," Bruce tells your father, grabbing him by the arm and taking off.

The others follow, until only you and the newcomer remain.

Balor is getting closer, so the two of you take off as fast as you can. Over the next few blocks, you're ambushed by three separate groups of demons, which you and your new ally easily dispatch (though he does most of the work). Balor continues to follow, not speeding up or slowing down, but very slowly gaining ground on the two of you.

You need to find a way to lose him.

>A. Head for a nearby building and try to shake him

>B. Run for the woods

>C. Something else

>D. Dialogue writein

>>41777442
>>A. Head for a nearby building and try to shake him
shoot some finger blasts to keep him focused on us.

>>41777442
>B. Run for the woods

>>41777442
>A. Head for a nearby building and try to shake him
An abandon one

>>41777469
You do remember we have one more for the day right?

>>41777442
>>B. Run for the woods
We lose the option to drop a building on him, but let's face it, that wouldn't have worked anyway.

>>41777442
>A. Head for a nearby building and try to shake him
Rather not get ambushed in the woods by demons that would have the advantage in the trees

>>41777442
Can we charge up a fire ball while running or do we have to stay immobile?

Also. We know this area better than Balor, we should take advantage of that.

Any holy places near by? A church, a mosque, a bhuddist temple? Anything that can weaken a demon by just being on the land?

>>41777442
>A. Head for a nearby building and try to shake him

>>41777597
Think we can, but might take a bit longer since we aren't standing still

>>41777469
You need to shake him somehow, and turn towards a nearby building. You know this area well enough to know what to look for, and head for a nearby department store.

As you rush towards the building, you focus fire into your hands, manipulating it with your spirit energy until you have two fire balls. You turn and throw them towards Balor, not waiting to see the results as you and your new companion run inside.

With your current attire, people give you some space, allowing you to rush across the store and towards the back. There's an emergency exit which you and your companion run right through, coming to a different street. You can feel Balor still following, and are beginning to feel just a little bit tired.

>A. Run to the woods

>B. Run home

>C. Ask Koe to sense Kasai to pick you and your friend up

>D. Dialogue writein

>E. Something else

>>41777860
>>C. Ask Koe to sense Kasai to pick you and your friend up

>>41777860
>>A. Run to the woods
Burn it all down.

>>41777860
>D. Dialogue writein
"So any ideas uh.. didn't get your name"
>A. Run to the woods

>>41777860
>A. Run to the woods

>>41777860
>D "Yo. Mystery Guy. Got any ideas besides running away? We can't take this guy on in a head to head fight and unless you got a bomb in that cool jacket of yours, he's just going to keep casually strolling up to us until we're exhausted."

I'm amazed at how zero fucks Balor is giving. The guy is acting like the terminator, just casually walking towards us.

>>41778008

Twist: Balor hates his job. He just phones it in and puts on a slow & sadistic act to make everyone thing he just has a certain "style" of doing something.

>This guy runs too fast.
>My feet are cold.
>I wish I were at home.

>>41778008
The Terminator meets Hal 9000.

>>41778008
Because he knows there's nowhere you can hide, and no matter how fast you run, he'll catch you eventually.

>>41778052
I guess we should phone the Koe's while we're running, see if they know how to shield us from that clairvoyance of his.

>>41778094
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcH-3d-BZn4
We need something opposite of this

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>>41778120
Pocket Sand!

>>41778265
Too bad the demon poison won't do much, even if we spray it in his eye.

>>41777915
"So, any ideas..uh...." you say to your companion as the two of you rush down the street. "I didn't get your name."

"My name is Aalgan," he tells you, flinching at the sound of something crashing in the distance. "And all we can do is run!"

"Enough," you hear Koe say.

Judging by Aalgan's face, he's heard it too. He stops in his tracks and looks around. And, looking back, you see that Balor has done the same.

You feel a chill run down your spine, your hair standing up, your blood running cold, and your legs shaking. The sky seems to dim, and the temperature around you plummets.

Everything goes silent, and then you hear footsteps. They echo all around you, increasing their volume step by step. You see nobody, but everything looks darker and darker, until your vision is engulfed by blackness.

Slowly, your sight returns, and you look over your shoulder to see someone standing behind you, positioning himself between you and Balor.

He wears a black suit, and has a very strange looking head, made up of what appears to be a goat skull, complete with curled horns.

"You..." Balor's voice rumbles.

"Cease this chase immediately, Balor," Koe demands sternly. "Persist on your current path and you will find yourself running headlong into oblivion."

Balor's gaze shifts towards you, his eye beginning to glow red.

"I SAID ENOUGH!" Koe yells, holding out his hand towards Balor.

The massive demon is thrown off of his feet and sent flying backwards, crashing to the ground hard.

"Think carefully before you try that again," Koe warns as Balor picks himself up.

"My Lord will hear of this," Balor promises.

"I know," Koe replies.

"I will have that boy!" Balor vows. "And my Lord will have your head."

"Perhaps," Koe replies. "But not today."

Balor growls. "No. Not today."

The massive demon turns and begins to walk away.

>A. Ask Koe why he's letting him go

>B. Thank Koe for the help

>C. Say nothing

>D. Dialogue writein

>>41778358
>>B. Thank Koe for the help

also holy shit lets not double cross this guy.

>>41778358
>B. Thank Koe for the help

>>41778358
>D. Hug Koe. Hug him tightly.

Koe is love, Koe is life.

>>41778358
>B. Thank Koe for the help

And some of you fucks wanted to betray him

>>41778358
>B. Thank Koe for the help
Oh shit, our boss is the best boss!

>>41778358
>>C. Say nothing

>Balor the B level demon has a lord

>Someone who Koe admits may have his head

>Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

>>41778358
>>B. Thank Koe for the help
Koe is boss as fuck.

>>41778358
>D. Dialogue writein
"Is my dad safe?"

I'm just waiting for the reveal on which person died during our time apart.

>Hey John, yeah your Dad is dead. Sorry bro. He jumped in front of a sword and saved Kasai's life though. He died painfully and slowly too.

>>41778451
hey shut the fuck up man, don't give Dralo ideas.

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>>41778451
>He jumped in front of a sword and saved Kasai's life though.

>>41778451
I kind of want this to happen.

Then we can become Spirit Batman.

>>41778508
Batman is 8 ways of bullshit.

>>41778508
I thought we were Ghost Rider?

>>41778508
but Batman sucks

>>41778530
Ghost Rider lost his dad to a demon. Well indirectly but you get the idea.

>>41778530
We did, now we are grounded Ghost rider since we have a shit load of explaining to do to our dad and Bruce's parents

>>41778358
>>A. Ask Koe why he's letting him go

>>41778560
I hope we do get to talk to them about this. None of that mind-wipe bullshit.

>>41778451

>Good news, though! His spirit was still intact after the beating he endured, and he's no worse for the wear! He can also manifest in the physical world as a spirit that only you can see and hear, and we're assigning him as your new partner!

>>41778382
"Thank you," you tell Koe as Balor disappears in the distance.

"You are welcome," Koe tells you softly. "Though, I wish I had not needed to intervene."

"Sorry, boss," Aalgan says, putting his daggers away. "I guess I got here too late."

"There was little you could do," Koe assures him. "I am pleased that you have both survived this experience."

He looks at you. "And, before you ask, yes, your family and friends are safe, though they had a few close calls during their escape. Balor's remaining demons have fled the town, and Balor himself is departing."

"He's still gonna come after our friend here," Aalgan points out.

"Of course, but my interference has given him pause," Koe replies. "He will be far more cautious before making another move to take the Detective's life. And, when he does, he will not act so overtly."

>A. Ask what you're supposed to do when Balor comes back

>B. Ask Koe if he can give you any personal training

>C. Ask if you can go see the others

>D. Dialogue writein

>E. Ask if your friend Lucy is okay

>F. Ask how Balor knew you betrayed him

>G. Something else

>>41778680
>A. Ask what you're supposed to do when Balor comes back

>>41778680
>A. Ask what you're supposed to do when Balor comes back
>B. Ask Koe if he can give you any personal training
>F. Ask how Balor knew you betrayed him

>>41778680
>>A. Ask what you're supposed to do when Balor comes back
>B. Ask Koe if he can give you any personal training
>E. Ask if your friend Lucy is okay

>>41778680
>G. Balor mentioned a Lord. A lord that you seemed to be familiar with. What aren't you telling me Koe?

>>41778680
>>F. Ask how Balor knew you betrayed him

>>41778680
>D. Dialogue writein
"So what should I do if Balor decides to come back after me? Can't you give me any personal training so I at least have a chance against him if he comes back. Let alone how the hell was he able to find out I betrayed him? "

>>41778742
Probably the lord that sent Balor to the meeting location that we already knew about that Koe already told us he was familiar with.

>>41778680
>>A. Ask what you're supposed to do when Balor comes back
>F. Ask how Balor knew you betrayed him

For as much a fault of our it is that Balor knew, I cannot help but put some of the blame on Koe and Koenma for even taking our call when we were clearly out in the open and we simply assumed we were far enough away if either of them knew just what Balor was capable of.

>>41778680
>A. Ask what you're supposed to do when Balor comes back
>B. Ask Koe if he can give you any personal training
>E. Ask if your friend Lucy is okay
>F. Ask how Balor knew you betrayed him

>>41778680
>G Bug Aalgan about his cool daggers.

How is his name pronounced anyway?

>>41778884
All-gun

>>41778884

I'd guess it'd be something like "Ale-gahn", since it has two A's in the first part of his name.

>>41778901
>All-Gun

Welp. I think we know what our second spirit gun technique should be called.

>>41778680
>F. Ask how Balor knew you betrayed him

>>41778680
>>A. Ask what you're supposed to do when Balor comes back

>>41778858
"What am I supposed to do when Balor comes back?" you ask.

"When that time comes, you will hopefully be powerful enough to face him," Koe answers.

"Well, can you give me any sort of training to make me strong enough to face him when he comes back?" you ask. "And how the hell did he even know I betrayed him?"

"It seems his eye gives him clairvoyance, allowing him to view events occurring great distances away," Koe answers. "As far as training, that is something you and I need to discuss, but not here. I must leave at once. My presence here is sure to have drawn attention, and I don't wish to engage those who will come in battle."

Your vision is engulfed by blackness once more, and you find yourself in the room from your dreams, accompanied by Aalgan and Koe.

Koe turns and ascends to his throne, taking a seat and gesturing for you to do the same.

>A. Ask where the others are

>B. Ask if Lucy is okay

>C. Ask about training

>D. Dialogue writein

>E. Something else

Aalgan brought up a good point.

>Why does Koe care so much about us?

I doubt he's our demonic ancestor like Raizen is to Yusuke. He probably knows something about us that we have no clue about and is waiting to bring that out.

Or just sees us as a really flexible pawn.

>>41778991
>C. Ask about training

>>41778991
>A. Ask where the others are

>>41778991
>C. "I need more than just training. I need a team. Kasai has already shown me that working on my own in this world is a fast track to my death. My human allies are not strong enough, my spirit allies are still in training and your contacts are too busy doing their own thing. Not only do I need to become stronger physically, I need to gain strength in numbers."

>>41778991
>>C. Ask about training
>E. Something else
be respectful and do as he says and take a seat.

>>41778991
>D. Dialogue writein
"So everyone is safe I'm guessing. So we can talk about the training, but first things first. Thanks for the help back there Aalgan, you seem to be quick with those daggers of yours. And Koe, Balor seemed to know about you, especially his lord, whats with that?"

>>41778991
>>C. Ask about training

>>41778991
>>C. Ask about training

>>41779001
Probably reincarnation bussiness. Might have a bit of spirit power similar to someone he knew back in the day when he was king of the demon world.

>>41778991
>A. Ask where the others are
>B. Ask if Lucy is okay
>C. Ask about training
You realize if we don't ask, she won't be.

>>41779171
>Lucy is comfortably snoozing at home, blissfully unaware of all the demon business.

>>41779171
She's fine, remember she went out of town with her parents. Bolar has no idea about her except for Bruce, his parents, and our dad.

>>41779211
And Kasai, who is probably going to crash in our house or go demon it up in the woods near by for awhile to make sure Bolar doesn't come back.

>>41779211
I will put nothing past clairvoyance bullshit when it comes to Somnius. Out of town is just a convenient excuse for Balor to kidnap her so he can lure us somewhere.

>>41779240
Then don't mention her name, simple as that. He can't reach our dreams, but the bastard can listen to us from a distance in the real world.

Kara and Laurence are probably being attacked by an assassin now. I hope this Laurence guy can become one of our teachers soon too. Unless he's a dick.

>>41779022
"So, can we talk about training?" you ask, taking a seat.

"Of course," Koe answers. "Now, you asked me for personal training, something that I am reluctant to give you."

"Don't worry, he says that to everybody," Aalgan tells you.

"With good reason," Koe explains. "My training regiment is a tad extreme, and quite intensive. There's a very real chance you could be killed, or maimed. No matter how you do, you will not make it through my training without a great deal of suffering, and I do not wish for any animosity to form between us due to me making you suffer through training."

He leans back, feeding himself a grape. "I want our partnership to last, my friend. To that end, I wish for it to be one based on mutual respect and trust. I do not wish for negative feelings to brew between us, and cause potential division at a time when unity is necessary. I can train you, and, if you survive, you will grow much stronger. In fact, when six months have passed, you may stand a small chance of defeating Balor. But you must prepare for suffering, and prepare to put your life on the line on a daily basis."

"Isn't that kind of his job?" Aalgan asks.

"True, but this is for the pure sake of strength," Koe answers. "In the past, our friend here has put himself in harm's way to protect others. Those are very different motivations and situations. I want to make sure he understands what he's getting into before I agree to train him."

>A. You want him to train you, and you'll do whatever it takes

>B. On second thought, you'll continue your training with Kasai, and running missions for Koe

>C. You need time to think about it

>D. Dialogue writein

>>41779376
>>A. You want him to train you, and you'll do whatever it takes

>>41779376
>A. You want him to train you, and you'll do whatever it takes

>>41779376
>A. You want him to train you, and you'll do whatever it takes

So Koe is our gravity chamber, and Balor is our Frieza?

>>41779376
>C. You need time to think about it

>>41779376
>D What about those psychics you mentioned? Now I'm all for training from Hell but if you don't feel I'm up for it, I'll trust your word.

>>41779376
>>D. Dialogue writein
Can our friend bruce get trained by Aalgan while we train with you?

>>41779376
>A. You want him to train you, and you'll do whatever it takes
"Plus it would help with my training with Kasai go even more smoother when I finish your training if it is as tough as you make it sound."

>>41779459
Seconding this, Bruce gets his own teacher.

>>41779462
Or we'll be dead/horribly maimed so it won't be our problem anymore! Yaaay!

>>41779459
Aalgon isn't gonna like that.

Though Bruce with daggers/Mahou Poison could be a good support party member.

>>41779376
>>B. On second thought, you'll continue your training with Kasai, and running missions for Koe
Maybe it's just me, but whenever I hear stuff like this I just think "That sounds like a bad idea. Let's not do that."

>>41779376
>>A. You want him to train you, and you'll do whatever it takes
Need strength to protect people in the first place.

>>41779459
Add this as well into the conversation. Bruce needs a real teacher while we are gone for six months.

>>41779519
Its like Som is telling us directly 'Okay. I'll give you the option, but its not going to work out for you very well if you do.'

>>41779391
>>41779397
>>41779416
>>41779462
>>41779519
>>41779522
How did I know you guys were gonna make this choice?

>>41779459
Good idea

>>41779608
Because you know we can't help push the button. Not to mention most of us want to have a bigger chance to kill Balor when the time arrives, even if that chance is small.

>>41779608
So far it feels like our options are "Continue about our job, waiting for Satan to jump out of a closet and skull-fuck us" or "Get thrown into hell and fight our way out so we have a chance to maybe survive into the future... And if we die trying? Well, we probably would have died anyway."

>>41779376
>>D. Dialogue writein
"I think a more specialised regimen might turn out better - train to exploit his weaknesses or nullify his strengths. Maybe something psychic-based?"

>>41779608
Because we can't resist the training montage from Hell.

To be fair, I'm against it and I hope we won't end up as some poor pile of broken bones and beaten flesh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6_hF9W02VI
Basically x10 worse I'm guessing

>>41779391
>>41779459
"I want you to train me," you tell Koe. "I'll do whatever it takes."

Koe gives a resigned sigh. "Very well. If nothing else, I admire your resolve."

"Can my friend Bruce be trained by Aalgan while I'm trained by you?" you ask.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Aalgan says, turning on you. "When did I volunteer for babysitting?"

"I believe there is merit to our friend's suggestion," Koe tells him. "Bruce's Spiritual prowess is sorely lacking at the moment, but he does possess some potential. Our friend has brought small glimmers of it out during training. With your skill, I believe you can make him a worthy fighter."

"I think it's a waste of time," Aalgan protests.

"We need every potential weapon we can scrounge together," Koe tells him. "Bruce has the potential to aid us in the coming fight, if there is even the slightest bit of advantage to be gained from training him, I do not want to see it wasted. You will train Bruce, and within in six months, I want you to help him become about as strong as our friend is right now."

"Fine," Aalgan answers. "I'll do it."

"As for you," Koe continues, looking towards you. "Our training will commence soon. But, for now, rest. You've just survived a harrowing experience, and have done quite well, in my opinion. So, recover, settle any affairs with your loved ones, and prepare to give everything."

>A. Ask to leave

>B. Something else

>>41779799
>>A. Ask to leave
respectfully.

>>41779799
>A. Ask to leave

>>41779799
>A. Ask to leave

>>41779799
>A. Ask to leave

>>41779799
"What's the plan for when all of this is finally over?"

>>41779799
>>A. Ask to leave

>>41779799
>A. Ask to leave
Wonder if Kasai will be mad

>>41779799
>>A. Ask to leave

>>41779799
>>B. Something else
Ask if there's any way we could counter his specialties, like some sort of invisibility.

Type advantage, people.
We know who we're fighting long enough in advance to do something with the information.

>>41779868
She could train Lucy while we're gone! Everybody getting gainz!

>>41779887
Lucy isn't Spiritually Aware

>>41779868
Probably give us show us an advance technique that she would want us to master by the end of the 6 months of hellish training

Should we actually be upfront about getting gains with our friends and family or should we say we're going into hiding/be nondescript to (hopefully) trick Balor into underestimating our power during the next encounter, potentially allowing us to seize that small chance and kill him?

>>41779799
>ASK TO LEAVE

>>41779898
I doubt Kara would let her near her so that option is out too...

>>41779964
Interesting thought.

>>41779964
Hide it no matter what hide it. Don't say anything, just say that Bruce and us were helping our friend Kasai shoot a movie and all that happened was specially effects.

>>41779997
>Where were the cameras son?
>Uh...that big guy's eye WAS the camera. Yeah. And the finale is me ripping that eye out of his head and having the audience see that their point of view was the bad guy the entire time! My art style is one half Shyamalan, one half Bay. A twist with explosions!

>>41780040
My vote goes for this when the time comes

>>41780058
That or we could say it was a Video-Game Review show.

>I'm your host. That Ghost Reviewer. I haunt it, so you don't have too.

>>41779810
"Alright, then can I go?" you ask respectfully.

"Of course," Koe tells you.

Your vision is consumed by blackness again, and you find yourself once more transported across who knows how great of a distance.

You're in the forest outside of town, your suit gone, surrounded by your friends and your father.

"Dude, you're okay!" Bruce says in relief.

Your dad steps forward and hugs you tight, not saying a word, but just holding you.

"How did you escape?" Kasai asks, sounding amazed.

>A. Koe helped you

>B. You got lucky

>C. You can't say

>D. Dialogue writein

>>41780154
>A. Koe helped you

>>41780154
>A. Koe helped you

>>41780154
>A. Koe helped you

>>41780154
>B. You got lucky

>>41780154
>D. "A friend saved me. Next time though, we won't get so lucky. Which is why...I need to go away for a while." Pain expression on our face as we look at Dad. "I'm sorry I kept this all a secret from you. I thought I was protecting you, keeping you safe. Now I just know that what you don't know can kill you. Bruce...and this goes double for your folks. I'm sorry I got you involved in this but I can't get you out even if I wanted too. Which is why you will be receiving a new master while I'm gone."

>>41780154
>>A. Koe helped you
Our boss is a boss.

>>41780154
>A. Koe helped you
"Let's just say our boss is the best boss ever"

>>41780237
Ill back this.

>>41780237
Backing

>>41780237
backin'

>>41780154
>A. Koe helped you

>>41780196
>>41780237
"Koe helped me," you answer. "But we won't be so lucky next time."

Your expression turns pained. "That's why I need to go away for a while."

"What? You're leaving?" Bruce asks.

You nod, sighing as you look at your father. "I'm sorry I kept this from you, I thought it would keep you safe, but I guess what you don't know can kill you."

"I-I understand why you didn't tell me," your dad replies. "I just...now I need to know what's happening."

You give your father the long and short of what's been happening, and see him growing more confused and frightened by the second. Once that's done, you look towards Bruce.

"Bruce...and this goes double for your folks, I'm sorry I got you involved in this," you say sincerely. "But I can't get you out now. Bruce, you're a part of this now, so, while I'm gone, you're going to be trained by someone else."

"Who?" he asks.

"That would be me," Aalgan answers, stepping out of the bushes. "And believe me, I'm not thrilled about it, either."

Things have changed. Your father knows about your double life, and your friend now has to endure training to make sure associating with you doesn't get him killed. And, to top things off, you're leaving home to go train for more than five months with a demon lord who has promised that it will be a living hell.

You can handle it, though.

Right?

>To be continued

That's it for this chapter, you guys. I hope everyone had fun, because it was a blast to write.

>The next update will be next Sunday at the earliest, follow me @qmdralo to see when new threads are up

I'll stay here and chat/answer questions for a while

>>41780591
so, how're we doing with the ladies?

>>41780591
So are you surprised no one died?

How will this training compare with Yusuke's training with Genkai?

>>41780591
Is Kasai going to give us something advance to work on while we are training with Koe?

>>41780630
Kaya still considers you a friend and is still somewhat defensive of you

Kara still dislikes you intensely

Kasai likes you, and is developing a sort of loyalty to you

Lucy is very worried about your double life, and will be sad when you're gone for months.

>>41780639
Yes, I was expecting to kill someone off tonight.

>>41780662
She may come visit and train you from time to time.

>>41780652
Similar ideas.

>>41780690
Bolar's opinion on us?

How about after finding out we work for Koe?

>>41780690
Is Bruce going to become an expert knife thrower when we see him again?

>>41780690
Is there anyway we can make Lucy more involved in the plot without her becoming a damsel in distress?

>>41780690
So was Kara surprised when we didn't actually go with the deal to kill her and probably worried about her safety?

>>41780690
how many other people has the big man trained and lost good people to. either through death or loss of loyalty.

>>41780715
He's very angry at your attempt to double-cross him, and furious at Koe's interference. Now that Koe has shown himself, Balor sees you not as a mere pest, but a potential threat that will need to be eradicated quickly and violently.

>>41780739
Probably not.

>>41780763
Potentially, though you may risk killing her

>>41780764
Surprised? No, maybe a bit disappointed

>>41780789
A few.

>>41780815
So what attire does John usually wear on a day to day basis?

Inb4 koe trained the big bad once upon a time

kara is ridiculously tsun. In an ideal world, she would get banged pretty hard by the mc.

>>41780815
when we make it through this how happy with big man be when he sees that we made it through and aren't pissed at him. And don't imply me anything, you know what we are capable of.

also the fuck were the parents thinking, quick write up please.

>>41780858
Shorts or sweatpants and a t-shirt

>>41780872
Keep dreaming, buddy, keep dreaming.

>>41780874
He will be very impressed and quite glad that you talked him into training you.

Well, you know your father nearly had a heart attack when he first saw you. He basically remained in a constant state of terror and confusion, while Bruce's parents were pretty much just in terror.

>>41780916
How grounded is bruce for associating with dangerous people

What, uh...what cup sizes are the girls?
and what does kara like to wear?

>>41780916
>Kasai likes you, and is developing a sort of loyalty to you

So Kasai is becoming somewhat similar to Itsuki. John's not going to develop ex spirit detective cancer is he?

>>41780962
Once he explains things, his parents will cool off.

Not answering that second one

Kara doesn't really have a preference, so long as it isn't overly girly.

>>41780991
No.

So what is Koe's preferred fighting style/weapon?

>>41781032
Will we have any options to alter the course of the training (maybe to focus on anti-cyclops techniques, HINT HINT)?

>>41781110
You'll see.

>>41781147
Koe is calling the shots, maggot.

>>41781032
Has kara ever held someone's hand? How about kissed someone, on the cheek or otherwise?
How redfaced embarrassed would she be doing those things?

>>41781186
I don't get why you're fixated on this bitchy girl we've barely seen

>>41781171
Not even a suggestion for him to ignore and come up with later?

>>41781211
Tsunderes are my weakness, anon
If its any consolation, kaya is actually my favorite girl.

>>41781255
There's no dere to speak of. Only tsun

>>41781186
Her parents.

>>41781218
I guess you could try that.

>>41781320
Parents never count, there's no place for incest here som

>>41781368
You know what I mean

>>41781320
So is Kara going to be a bit below us in strength or about the same after the 6 months training?

>>41781392
You know what i meant, too!

>>41781393
Probably a bit below you, though not by too much

>>41781419
Man, if she doesn't go through some similar training-hell she must be some psychic savant.

>>41781451
>QM fiat

Yeah, totally some genetic freak.

Hell, she'll only actually be training for a week.

In four months she'd match Koe no problem!

>>41781474
Would she unlock golden Kaya mode?

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>>41781498
Only if someone hits her waifu?

>>41781520
Unless she's gay it's her husbando

>>41781451
Depends how well you do in your training, she's also had a bout a month head start on you.

Wait does Lucy still not know what we do?

>>41781596
We showed her the fire of her love for us

>>41781596
We told her. Not that it makes he relevant right now...

We also missed her big tournament....

>>41781474
>Only the MC can train hard
>It's impossible for any other characters to keep up
>Our companions will inevitably fall behind and we'll have to fight without them or just replace them

Can you not quest anymore? The quality of quests on /tg/ is low enough as is, we don't need you making everything worse.

>>41781596
She knows. She worries

>>41781750
So do any of the three kings of the demon world know about Koe and his ex spirit detective?

>>41781748
>pretty much -the- devil is training us, in a way that is apparently very likely to kill us on a daily basis

No, unless Kara is suddenly doing suicide runs across the globe while simultaneously fighting demons and practicing psychic powers without stopping even long enough to get a drink at a water fountain, I don't see it being reasonable that she is going to get that strong.

Am I saying she can't?

No. She can, obviously, but it makes little sense that she gets growth near equal to ours if she isn't putting in the same effort.

Plus, it was a joke.

You take the fun away.

You took my fun away and made me like this.

Is this what you wanted, you faggot?

>>41781855
Yes. I don't see why you assume she isn't putting in equal effort. Maybe she doesn't even need to, and Koe's training is only so hard because he's a shitty teacher, while Lawrence has a Spirit World coaching license and trained the last Spirit Detective gold medalist at the latest Spirit World Spirit Olympics. You never know.

>>41781841
Raizen is dead, there's only one king now.

>>41781938
Elvis?
Prince?
Michael Jackson?

>>41781917
I don't know.

But I also won't assume she is training anywhere near as hard or efficiently as us.

Based on the facts that I have, our training is going to be more intensive, and more effective.

So based on the facts that I have, she may not, or may. I assume the worst, because bullshit and SOM.

Fuck you SOM.

I love you

>>41781988
I love you too.

>>41781967
What's his face, Raizen's old buddy

>>41781917

And Kara doesn't have an amalgamation of voices in her head telling her she needs to constantly train.

>>41781967
Enki. He won the whole tournament for the title.

>>41781988
>Based on the facts that I have, our training is going to be more intensive, and more effective.
The only facts you have are that our training could be deadly, and the name of her teacher is Lawrence.

Oh, and Balor was worried about her finishing her training.

So all you have is that we're training hard. Not efficiently, not her training less hard or less efficiently, and something that points to her working very hard and having a great teacher, if Balor didn't want her to finish up.

In conclusion, you talk like a fag and your shit's all retarded.

>>41782047
No, but she does have muh trauma, which is just as good. Also I'm convinced her teacher is better than ours.

>>41781997
Although that was for only a three year time period. Koe could very well just enter the tournament again and try his hand at being a true king again.

>>41782061
Your argument is based on hearsay, thus you have no solid basis for your -assumptions-.

This makes you a fucking moron.

Nice try, jackass!

>>41782096
If mine is based on hearsay, yours is based on your own fantasies, which have no connection to reality. At least mine have some basis, you double retard.

>>41782086
True

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>>41782096
>>41782136

>>41782136
>confirmed Koe's training is Hell-mode

>your argument is "m-m-maybe s-she's got s-specialness and a super-t-trainer!"

>No facts, no nothing

Try harder.

>>41782236
>Kaya confirmed for getting strong enough to make Balor nervous

>your argument is "w-well Koe said his t-training was r-really hard!"

>No facts, no nothing

I can do it too faggot.

>>41782320
>nervous

Yes, a human getting anywhere up to lower C class would likely concern even powerful demons.

Use your fucking brain.

Also, it's Kara. Just saiyan.

Don't worry, everyone can see you're just arguing when you're in over your head. Now let me go to sleep. Some of us have actual jobs.

>>41782398
And some of us aren't retarded and don't have to run from an argument they're losing.

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>>41782457
>"I-I won, right guis?!"

Yeah, whatever you say, pal.

Maybe your parents will charge you rent and that'll get you out of the basement.

Goodnight, ya fucking faggot.

>>41782519
Night retard. Hopefully you'll get smarter with some sleep, but I doubt it.

You guys fight harder then John does. Bravo.

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>>41782593

>>41782698
Hey there baby.