The battlefield had already become a graveyard of shattered stone and torn earth.
Dust drifted through the air like grey fog, covering the ground with a dull haze. Pieces of broken armor, shattered weapons, and cracked concrete scattered across the ruined land.
In the middle of that devastation stood two figures.
Leaf.
And Python.
Python's fists crashed forward again.
The sound of the strike tore through the air like a cannon blast.
Leaf twisted his body at the last second and barely avoided the punch. The ground behind him exploded as Python's fist smashed into the stone floor, leaving a crater large enough to swallow a car.
Leaf slid across the broken surface, his shoes scraping against the rubble as he strugstruggled to regain hisnce.
Another punch came immediately.
Leaf ducked.
Wind rushed past his head as Python's fist cut through the air with brutal force.
"Why are you punching like an idan idiot? idiot?oStop! "Leaf!"!" shouted while jumping backward to create distance.
Python slowly raised his head.
His eyes were burning.
Not just with anger.
But with something much deeper.
"I will stop," Python said in a cold voice, "when my fist is crushed into your face."
Leaf blinked.
"What?"
"Y"Youard me."
There was no humor in Python's voice.
Only fury.
But this wasn't ordinary anger.
This anger had roots.
Deep ones.
Python had grown up in silence.
No friends.
No family.
No warmth.
Ne who asked if he was okay.
No one who noticed the pain he ca,rried.
The world had given him nothing except loneliness.
So he ailt ,a smile.
A fake one.
A mask strong enough to hide the wounds inside him.
But when he heard the"Delta,"Delta, that mask shattered.
And everything he had buried inside himself began to erupt.
Far away from the battlefield, standing on a raised cliff overlooking the destruction, a tall figure watched silently.
C-Beta Chief Adolf D. Beta.
Behind him stood dozens of soldiers in heavy armor.
Missile launchers.
Energy rifles.
Combat drones.
Yet none of them moved.
They were waiting.
Adolf crossed his arms while observing the fight between Leaf and Python.
"Let them exhaust each other," he muttered.
His cold eyes gleamed.
"When they're finished… we eliminate both of them."
Back on the battlefield, Leaf jumped backward again as Python rushed toward him like a raging beast.
Another punch flew.
Leaf barely avoided it.
Then suddenly—
Inside his mind, a familiar voice spoke.
"Hey, idiot. Use the powers I taught you."
Leaf blinked in confusion.
"Oh… right."
He scratched his head while dodging another punch.
"I forgot about my powers."
Python stopped mid-attack and stared at him.
"Are you insane?" he asked slowly.
"Why are you talking to yourself?"
Leaf waved his hand.
"I'm not talking to myself! I'm talking to—"
"If you tell him about me," the voice interrupted calmly, "I will go through your personal memories."
Leaf froze.
"You wouldn't."
""Okay,
"Okay okay! I won't say anything!"
"Good."
"Now jump."
"What do you—"
Python's punch hit him before he could finish speaking.
BOOOOOOM!
Leaf flew backward like a missile and smashed into a cracked stone wall.
The impact sent dust exploding into the air.
Pieces of rock collapsed around him.
Python stepped forward and raised his head toward the sky.
"I HATE YOU DELTAS!!!"
His scream echoed across the battlefield.
But that scream was more than rage.
It was pain.
Years of silent suffering bursting out all at once.
Leaf slowly pushed himself out of the rubble.
Blood ran from the corner of his mouth.
He wiped it away and sighed.
"Alright… that actually hurt."
Wind began gathering around his hand.
The air twisted and compressed as invisible pressure formed sharp currents around his arm.
"Air S oul Power…"
Leaf raised hi.rward.
"Fifty Percent Strike."
Compressed blades of air formed around his arm like spinning knives.
With a powerful swing, he released them.
The wind blades shot across the battlefield like invisible bullets.
Trees were sliced apart.
Broken vehicles were ripped in half.
The blades rushed tthe python.ython.
Python smiled.
"So you know Soul Powers too?"
He lifted his fist and slammed it into the ground.
"Then take mine."
The earth trembled.
"Earth Soul Power — Earthquake."
CRACK.
The ground split open violently.
Huge fractures spread across the battlefield like lightning tearing through the land.
Stone pillars erupted upward.
The earth shook so violently that pieces of debris bounced into the air.
Leaf reacted qui ckly.
Wind surged beneath his feet.
He lifted himself into the sky using compressed air, narrowly escaping the destruction below.
While floating above the battlefield, he shouted inside his mind.
"HEY DARKNESS!"
"Yes?"
"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME HE HAS SOU L POWERS TOO?!"
There was a pause.
"…Sorry."
"I forgot."
Leaf clench teeth.teeth.
"Shut up, Darkness!"
Below him, Python looked up.
His breathing was heavy.
His eyes were still burning.
But behind that aHe wasr…
Was a boy who had never experienced peace.
Every strike Leaf landed carried something beyond physical strengtPython,Python it felt like waves crashing into him.
Not waves of water.
Waves of emotion.
An ocean of pain.
An ocean of loneliness.
He wanted to cry.
He wanted to scream.
But the tears refused to come.
"Useeyesr Eynightmare,"mare," Darkness whispered.
Leaf shook his head.
"I can't."
"What do you mean?"
"I already used it today."
"It works only once."
Python suddenly jumped toward him.
His strongest punch shot forward.
But just before the fist reached Leaf—
The air hardened.
Python's fist stopped inches away from Leaf's face.
Leaf's eyes narrowed.
"Not this time."
The atmosphere around Python's arm solidified like steel.
Then a powerful wind current lifted him off the ground.
"You rely only on strength," Leaf said calmly.
"But strength without control destroys itself."
Leaf attacked.
One punch.
Then another.
Then dozens.
Fast.
Precise.
Controlled.
Python was driven back until he crashed into the ground again.
Dust rose around him.
Silence filled the battlefield.
"Do you understand now?" Leaf asked quietly.
Suddenly—
The sky roared.
Missiles shot across the battlefield like streaks of fire.
Leaf reacted instantly.
The air hardened around the projectiles.
CRUNCH.
All the missilescrushed inrushed midAdolf D.dolf D Beta stepped forward with his army.
"Capture them!"
Soldiers surrounded the battlefield.
Python stared at Leaf.
"Why?" he asked.
"I tried to kill you."
Leaf didn't look away.
"Because I know what that pain feels like."
He stepped closer.
"I know what loneliness looks like."
The army advanced.
Adolf shouted angrily.
"Bring them to me alive!"
Leaf stepped in front of Python.
"We don't destroy people who are drowning."
"We save them."
Something changed inside Python.
For the first time—
Leaf didn't look like an enemy.
He looked like someone who understood him.
The army attacked.
Leaf used powairwaves waves to throw soldiers backward.
Once.
Twice.
Three times he held the line.
But his energy began fading.
On the fourth wave, he collapsed.
Soldiers grabbed him.
A soldier raised a katana abovhead. neck.
"Leaf!" Darkness shouted.
The blade began to fall.
"STOP!!!"
The ground shook.
Python stood.
His eyes were calm now.
Before attacking, he quickly carried Leaf to a safe place.
Then he turned toward the army.
The earth trembled beneath his feet.
Stone pillars erupted everywhere.
The battlefield became chaos.
Python stepped forward slowly.
"You wanted to crush us."
The earth rose behind him like a wall.
"Now face me."
Soldiers screamed as the ground shattered.
Python crushed enemies with brutal strength.
Meanwhile inside Leaf's mind—
Darkness spoke again.
"That's enough."
"Your body cannot handle more."
"Switch with me."
The control changed.
Darkness took over Leaf's body.
Leaf watched from inside his own "Now
"…Now my turn," Darkness said c almly.
He looked across the battlefield.
"Hmmm."
"This situation is interesting."
"Let's begin."
Using Leaf's powers with perfect control, Darkness created razor-sharp wind currents.
Air blades sliced through the battlefield.
Together, Python and Darkness fought like a storm.
Earth.
Wind.
Chaos.
Python finally saw Adolf stan,ding far away.
His anger returned.
"ADOLF!!"
"TAKE MY PUNHe jumpedjumped forward like a missile.
But suddenly—
Light exploded across the battlefield.
Everything fThe wind.
Wind stopped moving.
Dust floated silently in the air.
Two figures appeared within the li,ght.
Da'sess's, expression changed instantly.
Without hesitation he returned control to Leaf.
"What happened?" Leaf asked.
"I know who they are," Darkness said.
"Who?"
"The God of Light… Lightness."
"…and his successor."
Leaf looked toward the glowing figures.
One of them stepped forward.
"…Moon."
Moon smiled and waved.
"Hi Leaf."
"How are you?"
Python landed beside him.
"Hey Ampersand… who is this Leaf guy?"
Leaf sighed.
"It's my real name."
Python bli"That"…That name is boring."
"Shut up."
"Focus on the battlefield."
Python grinned.
"Alright, brother."
Behind Moon stood another boy.
The same age as Leaf.
But something about him felt strange.
Unnatural.
"Who are you?" Leaf asked.
"I am—"
The moment Leaf heard the name—
His body froze.
Darkness looked deeper into the boy's mind.
And there—
Sitting silently—
Was the God of Llightnesshtness himself.
Watching.
Aware.
Awaredarknessrkness existed inside Leaf.
Darkness spoke urgently.
"Leaf."
"Run."
Leaf didn't hesitate.
A violent storm of wind and dust exploded across the battlefield.
Visibility vanished.
Leaf grabbed Python.
"Let's go!"
They shot into the sky using compressed air.
Python shouted angrily.
"WHY ARE WE RUNNING LIKE COWARDS?!"
Leaf kept moving.
"Trust me!"
Behind them, the battlefield grew quiet.
Adolf lay unconscious on the ground.
Moon looked at the mysterious boy.
"Should we chase them?"
The boy shook his head.
"No."
"Why?"
"Because if we chase him…"
"…Darkness will trap us."
He looked toward the sky.
"Am I right, Lightness?"
A calm voice echoed in his mind.
"Yes."
"We secure the battlefield first."
They picked up Adolf.
Adolf groa ned.
"Please… take me somesafe."safe…"
Moon looked down at him.
"Shut up."
"You idiot."
Later.
Deep in a quiet forest.
Leaf and Python rested beneath tall trees.
The wind moved gently through the leaves.
Python finally spoke.
"Who were those people?"
"Do you know them?"
Leaf looked toward the sky.
"Yes."
"And I will tell you."