The Sinful Life of The Emperor

Akshobhya's eyes jerked open, his face filled with a look of utter disbelief.      

Due to the sudden changes, his connection with the cubic crystals broke. This made him cough up a mouthful of blood.     

"Akshobhya?!" Kurtis couldn't believe what he was seeing. The great Akshobhya was sweating and coughing up blood!?     

"What just happened?" Akshobhya thought of the sudden changes in the world of blue.     

Just a minute ago, within a span of a few seconds, Zed's consciousness was forcefully pulled back. When Akshobhya tried to bring him back, he realized the power of Zed consciousness has exploded multifold!     

Even as he tried to contemplate the changes, the next instant, he was no longer able to track the source of Zed. This resulted in a backlash and his consciousness returned back to his body.     

"Hang on! Back then I discovered a new life that was connected to the kid!" Akshobhya thought of the events that took place before his confrontation with Zed.     

He has sensed the existence of Hope due to the faint connection she had with the source of Zed's parents.     

"That new life has no bloodline connection with the kid, yet it seemed the kid was the father! Their psyche carried a familiar source! Perhaps... whatever transformation this kid has been going on, it has transformed his bloodline source! Then it should resemble that new life... the child waiting to be born!!"     

"I remembered the bloodline source of the child, so I should be able to track that kid!" Akshobhya further contemplated with a smirk.     

"Not to mention I still have the trace of his consciousness!"     

Akshobhya wasn't worried about the increase in Zed's powers. Till now, he hasn't even used five percent of his powers!     

He was revered as Psychic Hunter. Even among those with psychic powers, his power was unrivaled.     

"Furthermore I have my trump card!" Akshobhya looked at the blood cubes and then at the crystal platform upon which he was sitting.     

"I have to discover the secret of that kid!"     

Akshobhya's heart was full of ambitions. He ignored Kurtis and closed his eyes.     

The satellite in Earth's orbit once again activated...     

------     

Delta City.     

Kiba floated high in the sky. There were no clothes on his body, and all the injuries his other form suffered due to the explosion disappeared completely.     

"Oh?" Kiba gazed down and noticed Felicity speeding on the bike.     

Her eyes were on the road so she didn't notice the disappearance of the column of fire after confirming he was alive.     

Even if she noticed him, she wouldn't be able to see him since he was far too high in the sky. From the ground, he would look like a point object.     

"I'm so sorry for making you worried," Kiba muttered in his heart, "I will make up for this."     

Rays of white light surrounded him and he disappeared.     

----     

Section I, Dream Rise House.     

Kiba teleported inside the lab.     

[[Sir, I am glad you are fine.]]     

"Claudia, thank you," Kiba took a set of clothes from a humanoid droid. "You truly know me best."     

[[....]]     

"Please contact Felicity so that she stops worrying about me," Kiba said with a small sigh. "In the meantime, also find information about that Psychic Hunter."     

[[Sir, I will advise against a confrontation for now.]]     

"?"     

[[Your innate ability warned you of a life and death crisis, even though your instincts know the full extent of your hidden powers. So far, what you faced didn't even come close to a danger given your willpower.]]     

"Claudia, it doesn't matter," Kiba's eyes flashed with coldness. "If the situation turned worse then I would go all out. I can definitely kill that man."     

[[You are not in the right frame of mind to decide things. Your anger and aggression are far beyond your normal self. As such, I can't allow you to take any action.]]     

"You think I will be happy after being nearly put in a vegetative state?" Kiba was annoyed by her words.     

[[Obviously not, sir. But the lab sensors have detected an unusual level of chemical and hormonal changes in your body.]]     

"What are you talking about?" A frown appeared on his face.     

[[The changes denote that your instincts are still active after helping you transform into your current form. You know it better than me the danger your instincts carry when you are in your current form.]]     

"Don't tell me!?" Kiba's eyes narrowed as realization struck him.     

The very next second, he teleported to the end of the lab where a large glass compartment was placed.     

The compartment was a freezer where ten syringes filled with green serum were stored.     

He quickly opened the compartment and took out one of the syringes. Without any hesitation, he injected the serum into his neck.     

"They found the best time to influence me!"     

[[The hormones and chemical activities have been restored to normal levels.]] Claudia read out the new sensor report.     

A higher form of life would have disregard for a lower form of life. This would be due to a sense of supremacy in one own's instincts.     

It was similar to how humans felt while killing ants or insects. They won't feel a tinge of guilt or sadness while taking the life of a lower power being.     

Similarly, from the perspective of Kiba's powers, humans (mutants or not) were nothing but ants.     

The humans have their powers derived from Divine Particles and his power source was Cosmic Spark.     

Kiba was a higher form of life than others which made his instincts feel others were vermins who needed to be exterminated.     

Just like how humans couldn't handle the presence of insects in their homes, Kiba's instincts made him feel there should be no humanoid insects in this world.     

There was no concept of good or evil involved in this urge. It was something natural just like other primal instincts every living creature was born with.     

Even Agatha has this urge of extermination but she avoided it so far by rarely using her powers. Kiba, on the other hand, used his strong willpower to suppress his urge.     

For worst-case scenarios, he has prepared serums which could help him neutralize the effects of his instincts. This made sure that he wouldn't carry out a genocide.     

The psychic attack by Akshobhya and the events that followed gave his instincts a chance to take over. They subtly started influencing him by taking advantage of his anger against Akshobhya.     

If he gave in to the anger, it was impossible to determine what he would do after facing Akshobhya.     

"Dammit!" Kiba took a deep breath, "I can't let that bastard live otherwise I would turn insane!"     

[[We are not aware of the identity of the attacker or his reasons. If it was someone from the government, our home would have been surrounded by now.]]     

"You are right!" Kiba replied as he injected another serum to clear his mind. "I can't believe I didn't think of something so obvious!"     

[[Your instincts stopped you from thinking logically so that you would give in to them.]]     

".........."     

[[If you hadn't seen Lady Felicity after transforming, perhaps you wouldn't have come to the lab. Her presence made you rational since you felt guilty for making her worry. This guilt brought you here so that you could command me to inform her.]]     

"Yeah---Argh!" Kiba felt a sudden headache, "That asshole has started again."     

Kiba and Zed had different DNA and gene structure, heat signature, physical features, aura, etc. Only one feature remained the same: consciousness.     

If his consciousness was modified or evolved then he wouldn't be him. He will become a completely new person both in body and soul.     

This made his consciousness his weakness since it was still the same as his Zed form. While the presence of power Cosmic made his consciousness stronger than before, his psychic strength wasn't strong enough to resist someone of Akshobhya's caliber.     

"Kid, your consciousness is powerful than before!" Akshobhya's voice sounded inside his mind, "But don't think you can resist me forever!"     

"Get lost!" Kiba snapped his teeth and temporarily blocked him out.     

[[Sir.]]     

"He is either using a satellite or signal towers to attack me," Kiba said while looking at the ceiling. "I felt his psychic attack in the form of electronic signals."     

[[What? The lab interior should block out outside signals. Unless the signals were generated from technology as advanced as ours.]]     

"Open Section IV," Kiba's eyes turned firm, "Let him know there are places he should never try to barge in."     

[[Opening that section would be dangerous since we haven't made enough preparations.]] Claudia warned.     

"Do you have a better way without me using my full powers?" Kiba asked.     

If the psychic attacker was nearby, he could have attacked him in the current form. But given the attacker was at an unknown place, using a satellite or signal tower, he won't be able to land a counterattack now.     

This was mainly due to him not having any experience facing a powerful psychic like Akshobhya. The only other way to win was by going all out.     

But there were far too many eyes in the city and he didn't wish to attract attention for the time being.     

This was why he temporarily wanted to block out Akshobhya by using Section IV while he found another method to counterattack.     

[[Opening Section IV.]]     

Zzzzz     

The entire electricity from the underground floors started surging towards Section I, II, and III. Even the electricity from the villa cut off and started flowing towards these sections.     

This electricity transformed into a high-density white force field, covering the entire lab and the other two sections.     

CREEK~     

The door to section IV started opening up, while the red force field protecting the door faded.     

When Agatha visited the lab a few weeks ago, she believed the red force field existed to prevent any intrusion to section IV but in reality, it existed to protect the outer world.     

Powerful violet energy waves emerged from the small opening of the door.     

RUMBLE~~     

The violet waves smashed into the force field covering the corridor walls. Some of the waves crashed in the other sections.     

"Argh!" Kiba's head started numbing. "That cocksucker just doesn't know when to stop."     

He waved his hand and a golden force field surrounded him. The force field stopped the energy waves from Section IV as he resisted the psychic intrusion.     

"Kid, you truly surprise me!" Akshobhya's voice ringed inside his mind. "Your bloodline source is completely different from before!"     

"Damn!" The intensity of Kiba's headache increased further.     

"How could you make such a transformation?!" Akshobhya asked with deep curiosity, "I will find out after I turn your brain into a vegetable!"     

"Dream on!" Kiba glanced at the door of Section IV which was 1/4th opened, "Just one more minute!"     

"I will find your secret after dissecting you!" Akshobhya continued in a menacing tone, "Then there is that child of yours waiting to arrive in this world!"     

"What?!" Kiba's breathing turned ragged.     

Does he know about Hope?!