Chapter 65 - 62: The End If The Training Period, Going Back Home (II) (1/2)
All of the golden spots on Nao's fur suddenly started to radiate brightly in the sky, causing him to turn into a miniature sun! More time passed and the radiating light shone bright enough that King Kai and Miya couldn't look at the giant ape in the sky any longer. Both of them turned their heads away and closed their eyes. The two then tried to sense any changes in Nao's Ki and what they sensed surprised them greatly, Nao's Ki started to condense itself as the golden light continued to shine!
Nao's body turned on autopilot mode and he couldn't stop his Ki from condensing. The situation turned for the worse and he started to feel his whole body burn intensely, as if his body was being slowly dipped into a blazing fire. The itchy feeling he had soon turned to that of being bitten by countless fire ants. Countless beads of sweat appeared on Nao's large body, and he tried to endure the massive amount of pain he suddenly started to receive, but he couldn't hold onto it, and let out a giant ear-piercing scream.
”AHHHHHHHHHHH!”
Being in the body of a Great Ape, this scream soon became a giant roar. It was so loud that King Kai and Miya had to place both hands over their ears. King Kai wanted to ask Miya what was currently happening to Nao but Miya paid no attention to him, as she was currently in a state of worry, as she shared minds with Nao. She could sense what was going on inside Nao's body and she could only grit her teeth together. If she tried to provide assistance, she knew she would just get in the way.
Before the two could pull their act together, they felt a massive amount of Ki swirl high in the sky. Before long crystal-white Ki started to form in Nao's mouth. Great Apes had the ability to form giant Ki beams in their mouth, which could then be shot out to attack someone. His mouth soon became pure white and he soon shot out a giant white Ki beam, which pierced through the golden clouds. As it shot out, frozen ice crystals started to form around the beam. Thankfully the golden clouds were endless, so even with a fully charged Ki beam, it soon dissipated after travelling for several thousand kilometers.
Nao constantly heard a flurry of Rebirth notifications sound in his mind but he could care less about that, as he tried to focus on what was currently changing inside his body. After launching the giant Ki beam, his complete internal structure start to deform and shrink. The Ki kept condensing as well, and the denser it got, another change started to occur in the atmosphere. His sixty foot figure started to slowly shrink down, however, as if the heavens were angry, the whole area started to shake.
Once Nao's body shrunk about thirty feet, the quakes started to turn more violent. The golden light that shone brightly dimmed a bit, allowing Miya and King Kai to open their eyes again. Once their view landed on Nao, they became shocked, as the once sixty foot figure had shrunk down to half its size. However they couldn't make out his figure as all they saw was a giant golden sphere high up in the sky that encompassed his body. This golden sphere appeared after Nao launched his giant Ki blast, and remnant smoke could be seen coming out the right side of it.
They could only watch on helplessly, and they soon saw the golden sphere start shrinking even more. This caused the quakes to further intensify, and both Miya and King Kai were knocked off balance, stumbling down onto their knees. Miya in particular kept on watching in silence, but she grasped onto her chest, as she could sense how much pain Nao was currently experiencing.
These quakes didn't go unnoticed by the other residences in the Other World either. Despite being separated by a million kilometers thanks to Snake Way, the demon Ogres under King Yemma's control started to panic as they felt the ground suddenly start to shake, and they couldn't pinpoint the source of it.
Year 733 Early November Earth's Check-In-Station.
Earth's Check-In-Station can be described in a literal sense, where departing souls of the deceased lined up, awaiting to be judged by the king of the demon Ogres, King Yemma, as to whether they passed on to Heaven or Hell. Snake Way connected this area all the way to King Kai's planet through it's large snake body carved out of marbled stone. However, it's appearance was vastly different than what King Kai's planet looked like. It's appearance was akin to that of a feudal lord's Palace that came straight out of Edo-period Japan.
Surrounded by towering red and white walls, a sole building stood connected to it, which was the entrance. Green tiled roofing coupled with marble white wall, the entrance had a big WELCOME sign. If one had a close look at the WELCOME sign, one could see a space between the L and C, so it actually spelled out WEL COME. Sticking out of the building entrance had a long green pathway with red lining down each side which seemed to extend out onward infinitely.
Along this infinite green pathway stood small pale blue clouds neatly standing in line, that puffed out smoke every now and then, and a tiny smoke tail could sticking out on each cloud. Once the Earth Check-In-Station started to shake, the clouds started to panic as they waited in line, as they were not expecting this situation to occur at all. If one listened closely, they could start hearing voices of worry, some even tried to flee thanks to the ongoing disturbance.
However, with some sounds of cracking wh.i.p.s, the panicked clouds suddenly stopped, and soon heard the Ogres watching over these souls yell at them.
”Get back in line, or you'll get sent straight to Hell!”
Being threatened, the souls had no choice but to return back into their original positions, and the few that attempted to flee were snagged by the Ogres. They then proceeded to open use a magical technique to open a space within the golden clouds, and dropped them straight into Hell. While the Ogres were stronger than these souls, they too found it hard to keep their work in check as the ground continued to shake. However, maintaining order of the souls was of upmost importance in the Ogres' line of work.
Meanwhile, as the Ogres outside tried to maintain order, further chaos could be seen inside of King Yemma's Palace, which was a three-story tall green-tiled Pagoda. A towering red Ogre with a large build could be seen in the center of an office-like building, sitting at a giant wooden desk that towered over the other smaller red and blue Ogres. This ogre was over one hundred feet tall, and he could be seen wearing a purple suit. A purple cap situated on top of his head, where two white Ogre horns protruded out from the sides of the cap.
Thanks to the Earth's Check-In-Station constantly shaking, his desk rocked back and forth, and so did the chair he was sitting on. The desk was rather plain but it had stacks and stacks of paper piled up, with a large of it collapsed onto the ground. A large coffee mug stood collapsed onto its side on the left side of the table, with leftover coffee spilling out onto several doc.u.ments that were just stamped with King Yemma's logo. Seeing his now ruined doc.u.ments, King Yemma's current red face turned a deeper shade and couldn't contain his anger any longer.
”What is causing all this racket! The line is already backed up as it is, I can't concentrate with my work like this. Mez, go call that old hag over pronto!”
Mez, a red Ogre who was in charge of Hell alongside Goz, a blue Ogre, approached King Yemma's desk, which was two to three times taller than him, and he stood ten feet tall. He almost tripped over himself thanks to the constant quaking but he was able to make it over.
”S-s-sir, are you sure you want to call her over at this time? She can be very stingy!”
”No need, you dumb ogre. I just arrived back here after giving another earful to that perverted brother of mine. I do not know what is causing these earthquakes, I didn't even know this place COULD have them. You better be thankful I took my time in coming here, I could be raking in some more cash back on Earth!”
All of a sudden, a small figure showed up at the entrance leading to King Yemma's office. The souls that were lined up panicked a bit but she moved too quickly and didn't bother with them. She could be seen sitting on a teal colored orb which constantly hovered in place. She was no taller than two to three feet and she wore a large black witches hat that had one red stripe on her head. She appeared very wrinkled and had purple hair going down the sides of her face. This was none other than Fortuneteller Baba.