Allison: "I think he should've killed him."
(Allison said.)
Jen: "Agreed."
(Jen said, crossing her arms.)
Rose: "How could you say that?"
(Rose asked.)
Rose: "You're superheroes too."
Gwen: "True."
(Gwen said.)
Gwen: "But as Americans, our morals tend to be different from yours."
Ben: "We don't personally like killing ourselves, but we look at our jobs like our country's soldiers."
(Ben said.)
Ben: "You don't think about right or wrong. You just do what you have to. And if that means you have to kill someone's life to save several others, then so be it."
Marinette: "They're not necessarily wrong."
(Marinette admitted.)
Marinette: "All of this could've been avoided had Yao Lin just done the deed."
Master Fu: "Yao Lin did indeed swear his revenge. But he knew that his former master was still too powerful for him to have a chance to defeat him, even at his advanced age. So, he withdrew himself into the mountains, where he spent the next 20 years, studying and perfecting his magical abilities. In there, he also realized that if he wanted to prove to Yao Lin that he could change the world, by ruling with the help of a miraculous, he would need to get his hands on one of them, and that would never happen, so long as Yao Lin had the Book of Prophecies and the miraculouses in his possession. So, he decided that he would create his own miraculous, to prove he was right. But to do that, he would need to find a spirit animal and contain it. Using his powers, he managed to track one, right there in China... the spirit animal of the Moth. It took him quite a while to capture it and confine it in a miraculous that he himself had created for the purpose, but he did it. Still, every miraculous are inhabited by a kwami, who is essentially the personification of the spirit animal, which powers up the miraculous. But, a kwami can be hurt, and is essentially good, plus, Lee Zhou also realized that having a kwami telling him what he had to do, would be troublesome nonsense. So, he decided to fuse the essence of the miraculous, to himself, and thus, not needing a kwami to power-up the miraculous. With that, he became the very first Hawk Moth."
Becky: "He may be one of the most dangerous people ever to threaten the planet when he's awake, but we've dealt with intergalactic threats that were just as vicious, if not more so."
(Becky said, remembering Vilgax and Ghostfreak in particular.)
Master Fu: "Still, when Hawk Moth started to spread his terror on the world, by claiming to be the new ruler of that region, the spirit animals in the miraculouses felt the evil he represented and promptly wrote the names of the holders of all the miraculouses that had not been activated, which were then handed out by Yao Lin. A fierce battle against Hawk Moth began, and things went from bad to worse, because as time went by, Hawk Moth began to manifest his true powers. He was able to pierce into people's hearts and use the bad feelings and emotions that laid inside of them, to control them as his puppets, as well as giving them abilities to its liking. On top of that, he was also able to create tiny black butterflies, which he named Akuma butterflies that could either infect people to do his bidding, or to create a large army of scouts, who could take on the form that Hawk Moth desired. All of the Miraculous holders fought for weeks in a row against his army, and it seemed like he would be unstoppable. In the end, Yao Lin had to intervene and fight his former apprentice himself. And, what a battle it was... After many hours, the battle was over, and Hawk Moth was dead... yes, Yao Lin was forced to kill his former apprentice, in order to stop him."
(After showing the visitors the illustrations of the story, they sighed.)
Gwen: "We were right after all, weren't we?"
(Gwen asked.)
Master Fu: "That is correct. Seeing no other solution, Yao Lin killed his former apprentice to stop his threat... or so he thought."
Ben: "Then what we're dealing with isn't the Hawk Moth from that long ago."
(Ben asked.)
Master Fu: "While, it is true that Yao Lin had killed Hawk Moth. But the truth was, he had destroyed his body, but his evil spirit lived on, fused with the Moth miraculous. Upon retrieving it, Yao Lin sensed its evil magic and he knew that that particular miraculous was too dangerous for anyone to use. He tried to destroy it, but it proved to be indestructible. Still, knowing that if someone would ever get his hands on it, the world would once more be in mortal danger. Locking it in a box protected by several charms and spells, Yao Lin made everything in his power to make sure that the Moth miraculous would never see the light of day again. Years later, after Yao Lin finally passed away, the holder of the Turtle miraculous became the new guardian of the Miraculouses and the Book of Prophecies, thus inheriting the task of also keeping the Moth miraculous under lock and key."
Becky: "But things don't always work out after a few centuries, do they?"
(Becky asked with a raised eyebrow.)
Master Fu: "No they do not. Turns out, the evil spirit of Lee Zhou, aka. Hawk Moth that was now trapped inside the Moth miraculous grew stronger, while inside the box it was in. It took it several centuries to do it, but, its negative energy attracted a man with a heart filled with evil. The man attacked the sanctuary where the Moth miraculous was kept and managed to steal it. The charms and incantations that Yao Lin had put on the box had weakened with time, as the Moth miraculous absorbed its energy, so it was easy for this man to open the box and claim the Moth miraculous for himself. When that happened, the spirit of Hawk Moth took control of that man's body and mind, and thus, Hawk Moth was reborn. But this new Hawk Moth was far less powerful, because the evil that was inside his heart was far different from the one that inhabited Lee Zhou's heart when he became Hawk Moth. Being weaker, did not mean he was not responsible for many evil things that happened. But, Hawk Moth's spirit knew that if he wanted to rule the world, he would need to be at his full power, and to do that, he would have to find someone who's hatred heart matched his own. To accomplish this goal, he created a cult, composed by men and women who he had given numerous powers, in exchange for unrequited loyalty. This cult would search for the one that would become the ultimate vessel for their master."
(Master Fu explained.)
Allison: "There have been numerous Hawk Moths just as there were numerous Miraculous heroes."
(Allison said.)
Adrien: "Correct. Our predecessors have fought against him for generations."
(Adrien said.)
Marinette: "Joan of Arc."
(Marinette surmised.)
Mylene: "Robin Hood."
(Mylene said, rolling her eyes.)
Nino: "King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table."
(Nino said.)
Nino: "Many famous heroes from ancient times were actually Miraculous heroes."
Master Fu: "Eventually, Hawk Moth's cult found perfect vessel for Hawk Moth to be reborn, in 18th century Germany. The man himself was a German war baron who had an affinity for all kinds of sordid things, and who was also a psychopath with a taste for blood."
(Ben and Jen nodded in confirmation.)
Jen: "Remind you of a certain squid face?"
(Jen whispered as Ben nodded.)
Marinette: "And to make matters worse, he's already restarted his cult with three lieutenants."
(Marinette said.)
Adrien: "Reptile, a gangster lizard man who is nimble, sneaky and will gut you like a fish if he gets the chance."
(Adrien said.)
Alya: "Madame Romani, a wicked gypsy who can use all kinds of illusions and has powerful magical abilities."
(Alya said.)
Ivan: "And Brutus, a powerful war general who is extremely strong and can use all kinds of bladed weapons at his disposal."
(Ivan said, remembering the nightmare he had with him not so long ago.)
Chloe: "As you can imagine, we've had our work cut out for us."
(Chloe said with a shudder.)
[To Be Continued...]