Editing BlazBlue:Calamity Trigger Part 1 Chapter 5 (section)

===Part 4===

...Immediately after Ragna fell into the cauldron with Nu, pierced by the giant sword, Jin jumped into the cauldron after them.

"Well, well... I guess it didn't work out." 

The sound of leather shoes hitting the floor echoed in the large room deep beneath Kagutsuchi.

A thin man in a black suit stepped out from the shadows, with a hat pulled low over his eyes and one hand in his pocket.

Captain Hazama of the Novus Orbis Librarium’s Intelligence Department.

However, his name, rank, and title had all become meaningless.

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"Hmph," Hazama snorted, feigning a sigh as he looked down at the figure sprawled on the cold floor. A young girl, her body pierced by eight swords, lay there, her clothes, arms, face, and hair stained crimson.

He chuckled, his shoulders twitching slightly. Loosening his black tie with a tug of his fingers, he nonchalantly stepped on the girl’s corpse.

“You’re useless, as always. Just trash, absolute trash. You’re good for nothing but dying horribly. Aren’t you?” He addressed the unresponsive girl with a feigned look of exasperation, repeatedly stomping on her face. Her cheeks were still soft, and each stomp distorted her lifeless features into an uglier grimace.

Keeping his foot on her head, Hazama took out a communicator from his jacket and placed it to his ear. After a three-second wait, a voice answered.

‘Looks like it failed again.’

“Yep, just as you thought. All three of them fell into the cauldron a moment ago.”

‘How much longer until the end?’

“Hmm, probably a few more minutes. Or maybe not, I don’t know.”

‘I see.’

“So, it’s back to square one. Again. For a hundred years. It’s such a long story. I wonder when I can finally escape this half-baked fusion and get it back.” Hazama muttered, grimacing as he pressed a finger to his temple and mimicked a headache. 

He knew his complaints wouldn’t solve anything, but it was just a casual remark. However, the reply from the other end of the communicator was unexpected.

‘Well, who knows? ...Ask God.’

“Huh?” Hazama opened his mouth in confusion. Then, he started laughing, clutching his stomach. “Hahaha, God? You’re talking about God, huh? What a joke! I can’t believe I’m hearing that!” 

With loud, mocking laughter, Hazama shook his shoulders, kicking away the corpse at his feet as if it were trash. 

“Heeheehee... Oh, my stomach hurts... I think I’m going to puke. Well, this was a complete shit show, but at least I got to hear your divine words. It was worth a hundred years of my life.” The other end of the line was silent. He probably didn't feel the need to respond.

Suddenly, the ground shook. The ceiling of the underground chamber began to crumble. Soon, this underground chamber would collapse, followed by this branch, then Kagutsuchi, and finally, the world.

No, perhaps ‘collapse’ wasn’t the right word. Hazama corrected himself internally with a twisted smile. This wasn’t a collapse; it was the end. The end of the world.

Once certain conditions were met, the system that managed this world would declare an end to the current world and start the world over from a certain point.

The conditions were, simply put, the fall of Ragna the Bloodedge and the original body into the cauldron. And what would be born from that would restart the world.

“It seems like it’s about time,” he said, his voice returning to its usual nonchalant tone, a far cry from his earlier crazed laughter. 

‘It’s starting on our end too.’

“Damn, you guys have it easy.” Hazama’s face contorted into a strange expression, his tone changing. But the next moment, he was back to his usual enigmatic smile.

“Well, well, don’t complain too much, Terumi.” The other personality within Hazama, the one he called Terumi, seemed to groan in response. But only Hazama could hear it.

“Well then, Technical Colonel, until next time…” With those words, Hazama cut the communication.

The ceiling’s collapse grew more intense. It wouldn’t be long before the end was complete.

Tossing the communicator aside, Hazama looked up.

Amidst the falling debris of the ceiling, he spotted a small figure on top of the giant cauldron. It was a familiar face. Dressed in a black dress with golden hair, the figure looked down with a disdainful expression. It was Rachel Alucard, the crimson vampire.

Hazama met her gaze with a provocative look, his lips curled into a deep sneer.

Rachel, with her indifferent expression, and Hazama, with his serpentine smile.

The collapsing ceiling swallowed both figures whole…

And so, the world ended once more.


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