The Chairman vs the Nine Circles, Part 2

The Chairman then peers down, seeing two hands manifest themselves around the Chairman's neck, bubbling with pale-blue Cursed Power. The Chairman then turns and peers over his shoulder, seeing Limbo standing behind him, his arms bubbling with pale-blue Cursed Power, which he keeps binded around the Chairman's neck. The Chairman flails his legs as he claws at Limbo's hands which does seldom much to free him.

"Lust's demon horde was merely a distraction to keep you occupied so you don't notice me disappear," Limbo explains. "Now…I'll strangle you to death."

"So you…can turn invisible…?" The Chairman weakly turns out.

"I have no reason to confirm nor deny that statement," Limbo replies. "Especially since you'll be dead in approximately another five minutes or so."

"Do you think…" the Chairman weakly croaks out again. "THAT A MEAK ATTACK LIKE THIS CAN KILL ME?!"

The Chairman drops his hands away from clawing at Limbo's arms. Instead, the Chairman pulls his bookmark out of his notebook, flips through the pages of his notebook, then stops on a specific page and slides his bookmark into it, as the Chairman closes his notebook.

"The Notebook…Air Manipulation…" the Chairman weakly croaks out.

A gust of air then flies towards the Chairman, who opens his mouth up wide and inhales. The gust of air flies into the Chairman's mouth, then down his throat and into his lungs, finally allowing the Chairman to breathe.

Using the newfound surge of strength that came from his first fresh breath in minutes, a burst of wind then explodes from the Chairman's body, spiraling into a tornado and sending Limbo flying away, who then turns invisible mid-flight.

When the tornado around the Chairman dissipates, there the Chairman stands, holding his notebook open with a cocky smirk.

"I thought that you three were some of the rulers of Hell?" The Chairman smugly asks.

But when the Chairman notices that he can only see one of the previously mentioned three demons; Lust…the Chairman's eyes widen.

"Where…where did Limbo and Gluttony go?!" The Chairman cries as he frantically spins around, desperately searching for the two demons. Meanwhile, Lust cackles.

"Cursed Power Sensing!" The Chairman shouts as platinum Cursed Power begins bubbling around the Chairman's eyes. The Chairman then continues searching for Limbo and Gluttony, but when the Chairman catches wind of the two demons at last, his eyes widen, for it's too late…

Limbo and Gluttony are already standing before the Chairman.

Limbo and Gluttony then reappear directly before the Chairman, too close for the Chairman to have a chance to find a useful page in his notebook in order to counter Limbo and Gluttony. "So you can turn others invisible, eh? Not just yourself?" The Chairman asks with a nervous smirk, having already accepted defeat.

Bottomless Abyss: Gluttonous Meal Time!" Gluttony cackles as he opens his mouth up wide. And then…

CHOMP!

Gluttony bites clean through the Chairman's right in a rush of blood, causing the Chairman to scream in pain as Gluttony swallows and eats the Chairman's arm.

As the Chairman drops to the ground on one knee, Gluttony lets out a small burp.

"Ugh, I hate man-meat!" Gluttony explains. "Too tough! Not as tender as human women…"

"Shit…" the Chairman groans. "Ah…fuck!"

"My Bottomless Abyss allows me to transport anything I eat into my unlimited stomach dimension once I bite it!" Gluttony explains. "Sooo...when I bit your arm, the part I chomped was transported into my bottomless stomach!"

The Chairman doesn't reply. Instead, the Chairman pulls his bookmark out of his notebook, flips through the pages of his notebook, then stops on a specific page and slides his bookmark into it, as the Chairman closes his notebook.

"Wave," the Chairman weakly grunts as he brings his left hand to his right arm, which is missing everything below the elbow. The Chairman then emits a small mint- green Wave of Cursed Power, which sinks into his handless-arm, closing up the wound and stopping the bleeding.

"I can't think of a Cursed Ability at the moment that can restore full limbs," the Chairman greens to himself. "I'll have to finish this fight with one arm…"

"What do you plan to do now, Mr Chairman?" Lust smugly asks.

"Having one arm in this fight will surely be a disadvantage," the Chairman replies. "Too bad it was my dominant arm, as well. But oh well-"

"I have plenty of ways to kill you lot, arms or no arms."

***

Owen Solomon, Slayer Atama, and the current Chairman of the International Pro Slayer Organization, Cursed Ability: The Notebook.

The Chairman's Cursed Ability is a small notebook constructed out of his Cursed Power. The notebook itself is a self-updating tool that keeps tabs on what every Pro Slayer under the Chairman's jurisdiction is up to, missions. locations, etc, as well as keeping info on each Pro Slayer, such as their name, codename, appearance, and Cursed Ability, every minute detail even down to height and age.

But that's not the true function of the Chairman's notebook.

The true ability of The Notebook…is that it allows the Chairman to use the Cursed Ability of anyone who swears allegiance to him, which is represented by The Notebook, so long as the Chairman's notebook is opened up to the page with said Pro Slayer, unless the Chairman uses his bookmark.

It may seem like an odd and not-to-useful Cursed Ability, as the Chairman -rather than mastering one ability- has to constantly train and learn to wield each Cursed Ability. But that's what makes the Chairman so strong. Not just his versatility, but the Chairman's ability to master any Cursed Ability at his disposal, even wielding some Cursed Abilities better than their original owners. As well as being skilled at every Cursed Power Technique, wish is necessary for the Chairman's Cursed Ability.

The Chairman also doesn't steal the Cursed Abilities of others, think of it more as …borrowing. The Pro Slayers can still use their Cursed Ability freely with no restriction even if the Chairman is currently using it. On top of that, having their Cursed Ability stored in the Chairman's notebook comes with no restrictions or downsides at all. Most Pro Slayers can't even tell when the Chairman is using their Cursed Ability.

Out of the few Pro Slayers who know of Owen Solomon's Cursed Ability, all of them believe that it's a weird one. Solomon's Cursed Ability requires that is the Chairman of the International Pro Slayer Organization, or at the very least, head of one of the Slayer Organization's many divisions, as Solomon's The Notebook allows him to use the Cursed Abilities of only those who swear allegiance to him. But in a world where people either make their own Cursed Abilities or are born with one, why would Solomon design a Cursed Ability such as The Notebook, which has such lofty requirements. Why would he create an ability that couldn't be used until he were in a position of power in the Slayer Organization, which you need a Cursed Ability to get into anyway?

The truth behind Solomon's Cursed Ability is that the instant he was born, the current Chairman at the time -Odin Shannon, Slayer Mezame- unlocked Solomon's access to his own Cursed Power using Mezame's Curse Awakening. And then, when little Solomon was old enough to walk and to talk, he was taught the very basics of Cursed Power; Cursed Power Techniques. A few years after that, Solomon was forced into creating his Cursed Ability, The Notebook.

The Notebook also doesn't work on the dead, as the dead can't swear their allegiance to the Chairman. Pro Slayers who also quit or betray the Chairman are then automatically removed from the Chairman's notebook as well, due to them no longer swearing their allegiance to the Chairman.

Of course, Mezame anticipated this drawback when creating Solomon's Cursed Ability, but The Notebook needed some sort of limitation, as it would drain too much Cursed Power if Solomon was able to use any Cursed Ability. On top of that, The Notebook is a handy tool that helps Solomon keep tabs on all of the Cursed Abilities that he currently has at his disposal, without needing to expend too much memory.

You see, Owen Solomon was groomed into becoming the next Chairman of the Slayer Organization from the moment he was born. Solomon was groomed to become the greatest Chairman that the Slayer Organization would ever come to know, as well as the strongest. And Slayer Mezame was the one who orchestrated Solomon's development.

Solomon spent his childhood locked up inside a mansion that was owned by Mezame. Solomon was forced into not only learning Cursed Power but also various forms of combat, history that only a select few were taught, math, sciences, various languages, the whole works, in hopes of not only creating a powerful Chairman but also a knowledgeable one.

And due to the Second Human-Demon World War that humanity is currently in the midst of, the strongest and brightest Chairman couldn't have come at a better time. 

Though there were some faults in Solomon's uprising. As he was stowed away in some fancy mansion, he hardly saw the outside world and was unable to connect with other people, hence his lack of morals and overall people skills. That as well as Solomon was never even taught basic morals, only logic and critical thinking. "Follow your mind, not your heart," is what Mezame always said to Solomon. Owen didn't even grow up knowing his parents. Heck, no one knows Solomon's parents, only Mezame. It is suspected that Mezame adopted Solomon, not that he ever acted or tried to act like a father figure towards Owen, again, stunting his emotional development.