Chaos and Order - A Multiverse Fanfic

Kai walked out of the inn, donning his sailor's attire and lowering the hat.

Eyes followed him everywhere but kept away from him at the same time. Kai had already put up a front for others, doing everything that he had said he would do.

By acting ruthlessly, he had shown his murderous side, letting others know he was a crazy man who didn't even put Abnormality Limiter in his eyes.

And then, by bringing Estrella to the inn, he had shown his lecherous and charming side, proclaiming that he was up to no good.

So, at this time, when Kai walked toward the docks, almost none followed him.

Walking slowly and taking many turns, Kai approached the dock where HMS Interceptor and HMS Dauntless were anchored.

From what Kai had learned through Meg, Contestants usually stayed off from these ships as much as they could, for there was no benefit in just gawking at them.

Only by boarding the ship as a crew member, or attacking it as a member of a pirate crew, there was some meaning to it.

Kai, too, had no desire for these ships.

At least not now, with his little strength and busy schedule.

Yet, there was something in the ship's direction that he desired the most. Or, it would be better to say, someone.

At the dock, two marines were stationed permanently, and this was the time for changing of shifts.

From behind a tree, Kai eyed four marines.

After a few minutes, two of those marines marched off, heading in the fort's direction. These two were also characters of the original storyline, and quite major at that.

Mullroy and Murtogg!

These two were the same marines who, according to the original storyline, had come in contact with Jack Sparrow.

Not only that, there was an instance in the storyline, just after Jack had saved Swann from drowning when the marine Murtogg also held all of Jack Sparrow's effects — his saber, pistol, hat, and compass.

Kai was exactly aiming for that instance on the third day's morning.

Like Phase 1, Phase 2 too demanded a replacement. But in Phase 2, it was Kai's turn to replace the Character, and this time, the target… must die.

There was just a teeny-tiny problem.

Unlike Phase 1, where Estrella had no protection, Kai almost knew, with certainty, that a Contestant was watching over these two Characters.

This wasn't a Random World where Kai had reincarnated with the Main Mission revolving around a major Character.

Even though he had taken care of Jack Sparrow, Will Turner, Barbossa, and other major Characters' potential protection, there were still too many Side Characters who shared no particular interaction with Elizabeth Swann in the foreseeable future.

And thus, they didn't come under the purview of Kai's Side Mission.

For him to kill Murtogg meant Kai would need to go through a Contestant, who might have the power to fight and subdue even him.

A chill ran down his spine as Kai thought about that, his bloodlust rising to the brim, spilling out just by a touch.

Yet he controlled himself.

This wasn't the time to act on his thoughts.

For now, he just wanted to grasp the timing of these Side Characters' shifts.

When the two characters had left, Kai approached the dock. He looked at the sea, expanding through the narrow entrance of the harbor into the vaster sea beyond.

Then, with a splash, Kai jumped into the sea.

Sea water drenched his clothes, his hair, and his hat, bringing a familiar taste to his mouth, and better than Estrella's soft lips.

When the rumbles of thunder didn't reach his ears, the corners of his mouth arched up.

"What are you smiling for?"

…

Kai's eyes widened to an unprecedented degree.

This question had come to him too suddenly as if the entire world had voiced it out.

Then, something happened that made his pupils go even wider.

Crack!

A cracking noise echoed around him, and Kai saw a layer of mirror-like shards propping up, covering a ground of 200 meters around him.

Its speed was so great that just as Kai saw it, it had already finished forming a spherical cage, confining him within it.

Kai wasn't unfamiliar with this cage, as he had faced it before.

Unlike then, he now knew its origins and name — a power from the Marvel Random World.

Mirror Dimension!

"Speak," the voice returned. "I saw you looking at Murtogg and Mullroy. State your purpose, and I might just let you go. We both are from Chaos, after all."

The voice sounded mechanical, with a touch of feminine in it, and it was coming from the skies.

Kai knew he had miscalculated.

He had thought that the Protector would never leave the Characters' side.

Who knew just because he had looked at them, this Contestant would mark him and confine him into the Mirror Dimension?

Slowly, Kai lifted his head and looked at the source of the fatal threat that was making his back sweat.

It was a Contestant, with red and silver armor, and hovering midair, fire coming out from the armor's palms and soles like a massive jet propulsion.

Iron Man Armor - Mark V!

Kai let out a breath as he recalled the name.

The Contestant with Mark V Iron Man suit hovered a hundred feet over the dock, eying Kai from behind the slits into its helmet.

Kai felt as if a boulder was pressing onto his chest, the sheer quality and quantity of Mana suffocating him with every passing moment.

He had expected the Protectors would be this powerful, but, even then, he seemed to have underestimated them.

State your purpose, the Protector had demanded.

Kai scoffed.

A bolt of white lightning answered in his place.

The moment One-half of the Power Sword appeared in his hands, Kai's lips opened and closed, activating the Skill Armor of Justice.

Mana vanished from his Stats, and the silver-colored Coridite armor covered his right arm, shoulder, chest, and waist, armoring him under the Energy Field.

The Protector said nothing and continued to hover midair as if watching a mummer's farce.

The hat on Kai's head lifted with a gust of wind and flew away, showcasing his short white hair.

The sea foamed under Kai's feet, waves constantly barraging his legs. However, when the waves returned this time, they met the tips of two swords, their blades covered in slitted eyes.

Fangs!

"Are you sure you want to do this, Red?" the Protector asked, obviously recognizing Kai from the Wanted poster displayed all across the Port Royal. "A Bounty of 13,00,000 Berries is indeed great. But… is it enough?"

Kai said nothing.

With every next action, his eyes became more murderous and his heart became calmer, readying himself to erupt with the most powerful strike of his life at any moment.

Yet, the display of taking out swords and armor was truly nothing but a mummer's farce.

Kai wanted to hide his hidden actions behind the flamboyant display of power.

This battle… was bound to be one of the scariest, and there was no avoiding it.

Phase 2 — Replace Murtogg, the marine, with Kai — had just been forced to begin.

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