| The Cyber Ascension | Arc 6 — "The Zenōnuke Clan and 2nd Heaven"
Chapter 57 : "The Bloodline of the Zenōnuke Clan"
The stone pathway leading to the Organization's hidden base echoed softly under Zenōnuke Eirien's calm footsteps. The air inside the mountain crevice was cold, humming with suppressed power. Kiyoshi walked beside him, grinning like an idiot as usual, hands tucked into his oversized cloak sleeves.
The moment the two stepped through the reinforced gateway, the atmosphere changed.
Everyone was already gathered.
A tall figure stood at the center, back facing them, his presence alone bending the air. His hair—icy blue, sharp, untamed—shifted like flickering flames. The Tenshoudhā radiating from him wasn't the usual violet.
It was deep crimson, streaked with sinister purple markings, as if the aura itself carried scars from battles fought beyond mortal limits.
Kanizake.
The one everyone in the room unconsciously straightened their backs for.
Kiyoshi waved casually.
Kiyoshi: "Yo! Kanizake! Mission done!"
Kanizake didn't even turn fully. His head tilted slightly, one eye shifting toward them.
Kanizake: "Good. Assemble. We have a new problem… someone thinks they can sabotage us from the shadows. They believe we are not allies of heaven."
His voice was calm. But the temperature in the hideout dropped like ice.
He began calling names.
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"Nimora."
From the left wall, an orange-haired young man stepped forward.
His hair was messy, his piercing blue eyes full of someone ready to fight for absolutely no reason.
He didn't smile. He didn't blink.
He just glared at the floor like it insulted him.
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"Kaniki."
A tall man with long silver hair appeared silently.
His face was stone. No emotion, no reaction — as if nothing in the world mattered.
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"Haruko Zei."
A purple-haired woman in her early 20s stepped out.
Disciplined posture. Sharp eyes.
Clearly the only sane one here.
She sighed the moment she saw Kiyoshi.
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"Nezine."
A yellow-haired guy with a deceptively serious expression walked over — but the playful glint in his eyes exposed him immediately.
A ticking chaos bomb.
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"Kiyoshi."
He waved like a clown, pink hair bouncing.
Kiyoshi's upper face looked cheerful as ever…
Lower half of his face hidden by that absurdly tall cloak collar.
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"Zenōnuke Eirien."
Eirien stepped forward without a word.
Composed, focused.
A true heir.
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"Z."
A breeze entered the hall—
then a figure.
Z strolled in with his trademark "I'm bored and in the mood to destroy something" energy.
Shoulder-length messy yellow hair, bright blue eyes, and Tenshoudhā eyes mismatched:
one normal, one Evolved — constantly spinning like a playful but deadly storm.
He smirked.
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Kanizake clasped his hands behind his back.
Kanizake: "Let's begin. Z—I'm sending you out. Villagers from neighboring clans are interfering with our plans. Deal with it. The rest of us will continue the meeting."
Z raised a hand as if he was about to ask a question—
Then instantly vanished with a whump of air.
Kiyoshi: "SERIOUSLY!? He didn't even hear the mission!"
Haruko covered her face.
Haruko: "He's going to miss the entire meeting again…"
Kanizake shrugged.
Kanizake: "Even when he's here… he doesn't listen."
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Meanwhile — Deep in the Forest
Z walked lazily through the woods, hands behind his head, humming.
Then—
He vanished again.
Z: "Shinurai."
Space folded, and he appeared standing atop a shimmering river, water rippling under invisible pressure.
He inhaled deeply and yelled:
Z: "YO!! ANYONE HERE!? COME OUT AND ENTERTAIN ME BEFORE I DIE OF BOREDOM!"
His voice echoed across the valley.
Branches cracked.
Five warriors of the Usuki Clan emerged, stepping onto the water with practiced calm.
The one in front—
Ryu—
pointed his katana at Z.
Ryu: "State your name! Tell us everything about your Zenōnuke Clan!"
Z blinked once.
Then smirked like a hyena.
Z: "Oh? Impatient AND loud? Nice combo."
Four more Usuki swordsmen drew their blades, circling him.
Ryu: "Surrender peacefully. You have no idea who you're dealing with.
We are the Usuki Clan— the mightiest clan of the Second Heaven!"
Z stared at him.
Then burst out laughing.
Full. Lungs. Out.
Unhinged.
His Evolved Tenshoudhā spun—one eye swirling like a crimson vortex, the other glowing with chaotic blue-purple light.
The water beneath his feet trembled.
Z: "You want to know why the Zenōnuke Clan is feared?
Why the very mention of our bloodline terrifies Heaven itself?"
He interlocked his fingers before his chest.
His aura expanded like a living beast.
Z: "Then watch carefully…
what Tenshoudhā can do in the hands of a TRUE heir."
Ryu's bravado shattered. His knees trembled.
Ryu: "Y-You monster!"
Z whispered:
Z: "Tenshuke."
The world exploded.
A massive gravitational shockwave burst outward —
The forest didn't bend or crack.
It ceased to exist.
Trees, stones, soil, and the Usuki warriors were all crushed outward and obliterated in a single overwhelming push.
The entire landscape was erased.
Nothing remained.
Nothing… except Z standing on an empty piece of water still trembling from his power.
Z rubbed his eyes.
Z: "Ahhhhh… that was boring. I'm sleepy."
He yawned.
Z: "Time to head back."
Shinurai.
He blinked out of existence with a soft ripple.
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End of Chapter