Hunter Academy: Revenge of the Weakest

Chapter 754: Chapter 172.2 - Otherself



"And yet... he only sees you. Never me."

The weight of her words hit Maya like a blow to the chest. She stumbled backward, her hands clutching at the ground as the crimson aura intensified around her. It wasn't just anger radiating from her other self-it was pain, deep and unrelenting, the kind of ache that Maya herself had tried to bury for so long.

"Do you know how angering it is?!" the other Maya shouted, her voice echoing like a thunderclap in the void. The crimson veins beneath them flared, the air crackling with energy. "To exist in the shadows, to be ignored, forgotten, while you bask in his attention, his trust? You get to be seen, and heard, while I'm left to rot in the dark!"

Maya's chest tightened as she struggled to breathe against the overwhelming tide of emotion crashing over her. The other's words struck at a vulnerability she hadn't fully acknowledged, a truth she had been too afraid to face. She had always felt a pull toward Astron, a connection she couldn't explain, but she had never thought about what it meant for this part of her-this darker, more instinctual side that craved recognition, even from him.

"You don't understand," Maya said, her voice trembling as she forced herself to speak. "This isn't about him. This is about us. If we-"

"Liar!" the other interrupted, her voice a venomous snarl. She lunged forward, grabbing Maya by the collar and lifting her effortlessly off the ground. Her grip was ice-cold, unrelenting, and her crimson eyes bore into Maya's with unbridled fury. "You think you can pretend he doesn't matter? You think you can hide behind your lies of strength and self-reliance, but I know the truth. You need him."

Maya gasped, her hands clawing at the other's grip, but there was no escape. The raw emotion pouring from her other self was like a tidal wave, drowning her in feelings she had tried so hard to suppress. Anger, envy, longing-they all mixed into a toxic storm that threatened to