When the hunt begins again- chapter 60
The rain fell heavier now — not as droplets, but as a storm's judgment. Lightning veined across the obsidian skies of San Juan, striking the polished chrome towers, turning the whole city into a mirror of chaos.
Down below, at the shattered base of the Rainbow Bridge, three forces of nature faced each other — Moro Kim Jama, his eyes blazing with azure fury; Kiro, the Lion of the Agency, radiating golden power; and the ghost of all hunters — The Wolf Hunter.
Steam hissed between them. The wind carried fragments of their energy, twisting the raindrops into spirals of light. The entire city seemed to hold its breath.
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The Arrival of the Beast
Moro clenched his fists, stepping in front of Kaya and Herbet. The rain slid down his face, tracing the sharp edges of determination in his expression.
His voice cut through the storm, low and dangerous.
"Who are you?"
The metallic figure tilted his head slightly, red lenses flickering beneath his mask.
"Designation: Wolf Hunter. Sub-program: 'Silent Executioner.' Mission objective: Terminate target Moro Kim Jama. Cleanse all interference."
Kiro's eyes widened slightly. "So it's true… they woke him up."
Moro turned sharply. "You know this thing?"
Kiro nodded grimly, his aura rippling. "He's not just a weapon. He's the Agency's ultimate ghost soldier — part machine, part soul. He was built from the DNA of the greatest predator the Agency ever captured… a man who hunted gods. And they gave him something worse — the Wolf's Aura."
Lightning struck again, as if responding to those words.
The Wolf Hunter slowly lifted his arm. The rifle attached to it glowed red, runes spiraling along its surface.
"Target confirmed."
Then, with a single click, the world exploded.
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The First Exchange
Moro moved instantly, his Ultra Fusion activating in a burst of cerulean light. He dashed forward, punching the ground — the energy shockwave split the terrain, shattering the stone and flinging debris skyward.
The Hunter responded without effort. He sidestepped, blurred — blinked through space — appearing behind Moro, driving a mechanical knee into his back.
The impact cracked the air.
Kiro intervened, golden trails of aura sparking from his blade. "LION'S SWEEP!"
He swung downward with blinding precision — the blade roaring like a beast — and the Hunter caught it with one arm. The sheer pressure of the clash sent a wave of light surging outward, blowing Kaya and Herbet backward.
Kiro gritted his teeth. "He's faster than I remember."
"Adapting," the Hunter murmured, his voice glitching through layers of metal. "Reading your rhythms… cataloguing your energy."
"Try reading this!" Moro yelled, charging back in. His fists burned blue, energy pulsing through his veins. He slammed into the Hunter, launching him into a nearby tower. The explosion rocked the skyline, metal raining like silver dust.
Moro panted heavily. "We've got him!"
But Kiro didn't move. He sensed it — a growing vibration under the rain.
Then he saw it.
A lupine symbol appeared beneath the rubble — glowing red, bleeding across the ground like spreading fire.
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The Wolf Aura
The Hunter rose from the smoke. His mask's eyes flared crimson, and the world darkened. The rain stopped midair — droplets suspended, frozen in time.
"Activating: Wolf Aura — Full Resonance Mode."
The sky howled.
A monstrous surge of red-black energy erupted from him, forming the spectral silhouette of a colossal wolf that stretched to the heavens. Its fangs tore through lightning itself, its claws carved marks into reality.
Kaya gasped. "What—what is that!?"
Herbet stumbled back, shielding his face from the storm of red plasma. "This… this is no human energy. It's primal!"
Kiro's aura clashed with the wave instinctively, golden light fighting back the blood-red shadows. "So they really gave him the Wolf Aura… they gave him the power of the ancient predator!"
Moro's eyes widened. "You mean—"
"The first being who defied gods," Kiro said through clenched teeth. "The one whose howl was said to silence suns. They resurrected his essence and fused it with a machine."
The Wolf Hunter raised his clawed hand — and the spectral wolf moved with him, howling loud enough to shake San Juan's foundations.
Then he moved.
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The Battle of Kings
The Hunter lunged, vanishing mid-leap, reappearing before Moro in a burst of afterimages. He slashed once — energy fangs ripped the ground apart. Moro barely crossed his arms, blocking with a fusion shield, but the force flung him across several blocks.
Kiro roared and struck from above, his aura forming the Lion's Mane, golden blades of light descending like comets. They collided midair, their attacks ripping through the skyline. The clash illuminated the whole Rainbow District in a storm of gold and red.
"Your pride is admirable," the Hunter's distorted voice echoed. "But the wolf hunts alone."
Kiro smirked, blood dripping from his lip. "Then today, the lion bites back."
He darted forward, matching the Hunter's speed, their movements invisible to the human eye. Moro returned, his aura bursting brighter than before.
"ULTRA FUSION: RAGING BURST!"
Blue flames wrapped around his body, forming wings of plasma. He collided with the Hunter, each punch distorting air, each blow echoing like thunder.
For a moment, three forces clashed — blue, gold, and red — the Lion, the Wolf, and the Phoenix of Fusion.
The ground cracked. The air screamed. The city shook.
From afar, people in San Juan's neon streets looked up in terror, seeing streaks of light tearing across the sky — gods waging war above them.
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The Turning Tide
Moro landed, panting. "He's adapting too fast. My attacks aren't landing."
Kiro gritted his teeth. "He's reading us in real-time… his body stores our patterns."
The Hunter raised a hand to his chest, pressing a glowing sigil. "Now, you fight yourselves."
Suddenly, copies emerged from his aura — red phantoms of Moro and Kiro, their forms flickering like corrupted data.
Moro's eyes widened. "He cloned our movements!"
"Exactly," Kiro replied. "He's becoming both hunter and prey."
"Then we go beyond limits," Moro said, voice steadying. "You with me?"
Kiro glanced at him, a faint grin forming. "For now, boy. For now."
They both roared.
Moro unleashed his Ultra Fusion Overclock, his aura expanding beyond his skin — energy circuits forming ancient sigils around him. Kiro activated his Lion's Wrath, golden storms swirling with divine intensity.
The spectral wolf lunged again, but this time, the lion met it — golden fangs clashing against red.
Moro shot upward, energy bursting from his hands. He charged his entire body into a comet of blue fire.
"FINAL STRIKE—ULTRA FUSION IMPACT!"
He collided with the Hunter's chest — the explosion swallowing the entire bridge district.
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Aftermath: The Unholy Howl
Silence.
Smoke and mist blanketed everything. The rain resumed, soft and mournful.
Moro lay on the ground, gasping. His armor flickered, energy dying out. Kiro stood a few meters away, holding his blade in the ground, shoulders heaving.
Then — a sound.
Crack… crack… crack.
The red light returned.
The Wolf Hunter rose slowly from the crater, his mask broken, revealing a single human eye glowing with hatred. The spectral wolf hovered behind him, growling lowly, half-torn but alive.
"Unfinished hunt…" he muttered, voice glitching with rage. "You two… will not see dawn."
He lifted his weapon, the Wolf Aura burning anew — but this time, Kiro stepped forward, golden eyes blazing.
"Over my dead body."
The Hunter smirked beneath the mask. "That can be arranged."
They lunged again, the final impact splitting the clouds, lightning spiraling around them. The bridge shattered into fragments of light.
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In the shadows of the city, Scaro watched through a live hologram feed, his lips curling into a sinister smile.
"Perfect… the experiment is going just as planned. Let them destroy each other."
Meanwhile, deep in the alleys of San Juan, unknown to all — a pair of glowing red eyes watched from the rooftops.
The whisper of a wolf echoed softly.
The Hunt had only begun.
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