Lucifer let out a light chuckle towards Gogeta’s demeanor, placing his hand over his mouth. “New member of your group giving you trouble, I presume?”
“No, Gogeta is one of the solicitors, unfortunately. A real airhead.” Spina tried to hold back his laughter after Panich slapped him on the head. “So, Lucifer, what is this request you speak of?”
“Yes, I’m confident that after I finished stating my request, you Breakers will be interested in taking this task.” Lucifer said. “You can even include your new members as well.”
“Wait, they aren’t actually new membe-“
“I traveled here from a faraway city called Reality Town.” Lucifer started his story. “I, myself, is rather a exquisite traveler of this strange new world, traveling to tons of different cities that herald around here. I must say, the way how people operated is such a sight; very pleasing to my eyes.” He paused for a moment, digging something out of his pocket. Revealing a coin, he flipped it towards Spina.
Catching it, Spina stared at the coin. “What is this?” His eyes widened, seeing the one side with an image of a person and the name “Nanashi” displayed on the back. “Is this a Vortex Coin?”
“I’m assumed that you Breakers, the legendary ones that fought Doom, are aware of these coins?” Lucifer asked. “The Vortex Coins. Such a strange object. They cannot be destroyed at all, no matter how powerful someone can be. One thing that I became aware when I enter this world… death is impossible here. No one can truly die—if someone succumbed to their injuries, their bodies would explode and leave behind a Vortex Coin. I guess this can be considered “death”, but these are temporary. They will eventually respawn, depending on how strong they are, how much energy they have and if they genuinely want to return. Or often time, they feel that might not ever come back and considered to stay in this state until they change their minds.”
Spina raised a brow, remembering that the Zenta Coin he still has hidden in his room. “So, it takes them a while to respawn if they have a lot of energy and if they actually want to return? What’s the normal respawn rate?”
“For some people, they’ll respawn instantly. For others, it could be days, months, years, centuries. Maybe eons? Time isn’t much of an issue here since it’s all over the place here—but had it been a place where time makes sense… that is a dreading wait.” Lucifer chuckled a bit.
“I presume this involves in that request, right?” Spina asked, thinking about the length of time. He returned the coin back to Lucifer.
“You see, when I was staying in Reality Town, there were rumors of a person that was going around and causing people to turn into Vortex Coins. So much, that the person is referred as the Coin Hunter. They hunt down people of their target, turned them into coins and used them for collection purposes. Unfortunately, one my disciple decided to go out there and find them Hunter themselves. This coin is the result of that. Luckily for me, I was nearby and managed to collect it before the Coin Hunter took it, but they managed to run away before I could do anything.”
“Coin Hunter…? Collecting the coins of the fallen? Wouldn’t they just respawn after a certain amount of time?” Spina asked.
“That’s another thing I want to address…” Lucifer said. “The Vortex Coins are more than just comatose-like state. They still release massive amount of powers… My theory is that the Coin Hunter isn’t just collecting them for trophies—they’re using the coins to use their abilities with a strange device or ability. When that happened… they cannot respawn during that state. But it just a theory…” Lucifer rubbed his chin. “With that said and done, my request… I want you to put a stop of this Coin Hunter. I heard rumors that they’re currently in Reality City.”
Spina narrowed his eyes. “And why would we do that? That sounds like their problem, rather than ours.”
Lucifer smile. “Two things. One, if the Breakers themselves would come out and end something like the Coin Hunter—it would avoid people to join together and formed a “police force” to handle this type of stuff, which draws more people to do the same to you. If you were to go out there and put a stop to them—you will continue to showcase your brute strength, and no one would dare do this. Secondly.” Lucifer’s eyes narrowed. “I heard rumors that this Coin Hunter just so happen to target the Breakers, specifically, the one called… Vegetto.”
