A misconception

"I do not want to speak with a fake, I want the real Ash to be here"

I heard my father said in a serious tone which was unusual. I got curious so I checked up on him and found him talking with a man with familiar appearance. He has a dirty blonde hair, red eyes, and quite short. But his appearance is shockingly sinilar to Yang's and his brother, in fact, it is so similar that it is scary. Minus the fact this guy is always skiling compared to those two

Is this one of their secret siblings? But I got curious to what my dad meant by "I do not want to speak with a fake"

And who is Ash? Does this mean they have more siblings?

"[:I may only be a clone, but I think like him. And what we say here will be sent to him:]"

He said pointing at his head

"I don't care, I will only speak to him"

"[:unfortunately, that would be impossible since he is currently trapped in his brother's intersection:]"

"I see, so Jared really did something stupid"

He said in a gloomy voice. Jared? So this Ash guy is their brother?

"alright then, will the plan proceed?"

"[:his return is nigh, we already found the corpse.:]"

"and then finally, this debate over a septillion years will come to an end"

There was silent, but dad was biting his lip like he has some regret.

"[:do not worry, this massacre that will come is not your fault. This is his, all because of his curiosity:]"

"But I gave him that question! I myself may have extinguished an entire omniverse without any guilt just because I got pissed, but. At this scale? It is simply disgusting!"

My das screamed and he closed his mouth with his hand as he was about to vomit.

The stranger lost his innocent smile and stared at my dad point black with those eyes. Those eyes are the most terrifying thing I ever saw. Innocent, cheerful, but at the same time hiding something sinister that no one should ever uncover.

":Are you going to stop me? If so just ask me to stop all of this. You don't have to be afraid of me, I may have slaughtered countless stacks of infinity stacked on infinities of civilizations. But, you are my friend, and I will cherish you. So just ask and I will stop all of this.:"

There was silence after the stranger's words.

"…. If he didn't… betray us, will you also stop if he asked you?"

": I already knew that he will betray us, but I still tried to prevent it by treating him as a real friend despite already knowing what will happen.I do not wish to be the king, he was supposed to be the king. He accepted it. And since he was my friend, I will also do what he asked, that until his unforgivable betrayal. Just ask, if you can't handle the guilt, just ask and I will stop.:"

My dad grabbed his own head and screamed uncontrollably. It was as if he doesn't know what to do. Then he started tearing up, that was odd, I never saw dad cry. Is it this hard for him to choose to stop a massacre or to know?

"I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO! I CAN'T! MY HUMANITY, MY MORALS DOES NOT WANT THIS MASSACRE AND POSSIBLE TORTURE TO HAPPEN. But-"

he stared at his hand

"I waited septillion years for this- this curiosity that lasted for this long should've been satisfied a long time ago….."

My dad stared at the stranger straight at his eyes without any fear, then a smile appeared at his face.

"I can't beat you"

"[:oh? can you be specific of your plan? You do know I cant read minds at this point right?:]"

The strangers smile came back, I felt relaxed with his smile unlike before.

"Kill me"

huh?

the strangers smile immediately dropped

":I see, but I refuse, I have a better idea.-:"

no- no, dad! I called for Yang to come here immediately. The stranger walked towards my dad with a now sadistic smile

":I will rid you off your morals on this topic:"

"pls stop with the sadistic smile, it won't fool me. But, alright"

in an instant my dad fell to the floor and kneeled on one leg to support his body. His hand supporting his head

And just after my dad fell to the floor, a bright beam of light appeared to attack the stranger who just stopped it with a barrier on on his side without even facing it. Then Yang appeared in front of him to attack with a rapier but the stranger just stopped his attack with a barrier again.

":lets have a deal, as you can see, I am having problems with your sister-:"

He said with a smile. Then he noticed me- he turned his head to stare at my eyes head on. I felt chills down my spine.

"F-FINE! I WILL DO IT!"

The stranger's face turned into pure confusion the moment Yang said that. Then Yang disappeared.

"[:That was unexpected- but this was the best outcome even tho I didn't plan for this. Oh well:]"

He turned his head to me and gave me an innocent smile while closing his eyes. All while my dad was just there with a dumbfounded look to how Yang just teleported away without a fight.

"[:And that is why you don't overthink!:]"

He faced my dad, and handed him a hand to help him stand up to which my dad accepted.

"[:Well, gotta go, see ya!:]"

he turned around, waved his hand to say goodbye and disappeared without a trace. He just disappeared without any flashing or space being ripped or curved. He just disappeared in an instant