SHIN SEKAI: SPARK OF THE NEW WORLD

The path to life

Uzo's most memorable moment took place in his childhood when his power first manifested.

 there was a time of the year when all the children in the village were brought before the prophets and asked various questions mostly their names and if they had any special ability. he remembered when his turn came to answer those questions.

  "what is your name?" the prophet asked calmly

  "Uzo'ndu" he replied. as soon as he uttered his own name, everything stopped for a moment and within that moment he saw multiple instances of his death within the next few days, all of which he could not understand and somehow knew how knew what to do to prevent it. The first step was to lie when he was asked the next question.

  "Do you have any special abilities?"

  "No"

  "Do you feel energy flowing through you?"

  "What's energy?"

  "Do you feel tingly in any part of your body?"

  "Yes, in my stomach, when I get hungry"

  "Don't joke with me kid"

  "You seem to be the one joking with me"

And the prophet just lost his patience and laid his hand on Uzo, saying "I'll find out myself". And Uzo instinctively tensed up his muscles and stopped all energy flow.

  The prophet felt nothing and Uzo Walked away as inconspicuously as possible. He got home and tried out his newly found ability and kept using it till the current day. Every time he activated it he got information he couldn't piece together and a lot of seemingly unrelated instructions like endurance training, martial arts, and herbal medicine. There were times when he was given instructions on how to farm which led to him becoming an excellent farmer but the most consistent instruction was the one that constantly told him to hide and supress his aura. He doubted his power a lot, and he wasn't wrong to do so because the only proof he had that it was working was the fact that he was still alive. But he activated it constantly and he learning things that he thought he didn't need, then he got the letter of prophecy.

  Immediately after getting the letter he ran home and yelled at the top of his voice "UZO'NDU" and saw the future. It was a simple accident of food poisoning but what wasn't simple was how it happened. Ada, his elder sister had just prepared a simple dish of Yam and palm oil which was a common dish in the village for lunch, and all that was left was a sprinkle of salt. the problem was that what she sprinkled wasn't salt but the bigger problem was how what ever it was got there. Uzo immediately expanded his vision caught sight of a cloaked man walking away from house while everything transpired. he increased his concentration and then discovered the whole truth and knew exactly what to do which led the conversation between him and Nicholas. 

  "you do not know the power of the order" Nicholas said in laughter 

  "My comrades will be here anytime and when they come, every trace of your meager existence will be wiped off the surface of this world" he said in full confidence to which Uzo replied with "well I can clearly see that happening to you but not me. It seems you've forgotten what I said before. you can't kill me, no one can"

  "It doesn't matter what your ability is" Nicholas yelled "In the face of the order you are nothing but a fle...."  

  His speech was interrupted by a large explosion from right behind Uzo, and he looked up and saw a fleet of spaceships approaching. and at the top of his voice he yelled "BEHOLD, the glory of the Order" before getting blown up by shots that were intended to kill Uzo. 

  Uzo on the other hand immediately took off and began running at top speed. at first he wasn't running any faster than the average athlete, but the fact that he remained untouched throughout the chase was astonishing. then as soon as he got close enough to see his village he immediately accelerated beyond human capability and got far ahead of the fleet. he ran into the village screaming "if you want to live, don't even think about packing. just run, run into the forest"

  "but the forest is said to be an evil forest" an elderly man replied "It was said so by the prophets. If we go there we don't know if we will survive or not. besides, I'm very sure you are the reason for the coming calamity. if we offer you up, our lives will be spared and even made better"

  "and where did you get that idea?" Uzo asked, and the men replied "it is written in the letter of prophecy"

  everyone present was in favour of the elder's suggestion and they immediately tried to capture Uzo but there was no one fast or agile enough to lay a hand on him. he ran home and briefly explained the situation to his family and they immediately ran out, leaving everything behind.

  Uzo and his family lived closer to forests than any villager but it was still a long way from there. they had covered a little distance when they started hearing the sounds of explosions getting closer and louder. his mother and sister shook in fear and lost all hope of making it out alive but Uzo was quite the optimist. he brought out two black beads and gave them to his family and told them to hold on the beads and not let go. as soon they held the beads, they were both covered with force fields but Ada was worried about her younger brother. 

  "but what about you?" she asked as she let go of her bead and held Uzo "I don't want to lose you" she sobbed. but Uzo Smiled and said to her "Call out my name"

  "Uzo'ndu" she replied

  "and what does it mean?" Uzo asked 

  "the path to life" she answered 

  Then Uzo held her hand and said to her "you and mother should run as fast as you can to the forest, that is the only way to ensure my survival. I understand that what I'm saying is making no sense to you but If you run to the forest now I'll be waiting for you at the entrance."

  "If you don't go now, we'll meet the same fate as the rest of the village" he said pointing to the huge ball of flames that sat upon where the village once was and with sadness and great deal of worry they bid him goodbye and made their way into the forest.

  Not long after that, the fleet arrived with every of their cannon pointing at Uzo. then he smiled and said

 "LET THE END OF ORDER BEGIN"