Adjo crouched over the corpse of a Trinitario enforcer, his **gold-veined fingers** buried in the man's bullet wound.
*"Show me,"* he hissed.
The blood **boiled against his skin**, flooding his mind with:
*The Trinitario's Last Memory**: A warehouse where Dante Rivera **sliced open a pregnant woman** to drain her *"innocent aura"* into a glass vial.
*The Hidden Truth**: That vial now **contained 17 seconds of Adjo's true name**, stolen during the memory purge.
**The Taste of Power**: Copper, gunpowder, and beneath it—**scorpion venom**. *His* venom.
**Side Effect**: For **7 minutes**, Adjo's **cleft lip sealed itself**—the first physical proof his seals were cracking.
Grandma Ama found him **chewing the dead man's thumb bone**.
*"You're remembering through their blood now?"* She sighed. *"Child, even hyenas don't fall this low."*
Adjo spat out a **blackened molar**. *"Hyenas don't win wars."*
The Goddess of Reincarnation materialized as a **10-foot Ashanti widow**, her mourning cloth woven from:
- **Stillborn umbilical cords**
- **Pages of burned Bibles**
- **Adjo's stolen memories** (flashing like broken film reels)
*"The Eternal True God thinks he's clever,"* she sneered. *"But he forgot—you're *my* debtor."*
She **unspooled her own hair**, revealing:
- **First Strand**: Dante Rivera's **true identity** (General Kwame's soul in a patched-up corpse)
- **Second Strand**: The Eternal True God's **weakness** (his power is borrowed from **future worshippers**)
- **Third Strand**: A **vision of Adjo at 15**, standing over Dante's **still-beating heart**
**Price for Intel**:
- Adjo's **next kill** must be a *"sinless soul"* (she craves their purity)
- **His voice** for 24 hours (she stuffs his larynx with **ghost peppers**)
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Dante had hidden the **last piece of Adjo's name** inside:
- **A 6-year-old girl** (pastor's daughter)
- **Her veins pumped full of holy water**
- **Her eyes sewn shut with silver thread** (to block astral detection)
**Adjo's Dilemma**:
- Killing her **breaks the Goddess's sinless rule**
- Leaving her alive lets Dante **keep his advantage**
**Solution**:
He **vomits concentrated venom** into her ear—**melting the holy water** but leaving her alive.
The girl wakes up **speaking ancient Twi** (Adjo's subconscious memories leaking)
Dante **screams in Queens** as 30% of his stolen power **dissipates**
The Goddess **applauds from the shadows**: *"Clever scorpion."*
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The Second Seal Shatters**
**Solar Plexus Unlocked – 65% Power Restored**
During a street fight with Dante's **demon-possessed lieutenants**, Adjo:
- **Takes a machete to the gut** (where the Solar Plexus seal glows)
- **Laughs as the blade dissolves** in his golden blood
- **Unleashes his first full venom blast**:
**"Osebo's Breath"**
- A **15-foot cone of liquid agony**
- Melts concrete, **vaporizes 3 Latin Kings**
- Leaves Dante's **left arm a skeletal claw**
**Aftermath**:
- Adjo collapses for **7 hours** (1 minute of godhood = 1 day lifespan lost)
- The Eternal True God **temporarily severs Dante's soul-link** as punishment
- Grandma Ama **burns sage over Adjo's body**, whispering: *"Two seals left, child. Then we storm heaven."*
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Adjo claws his way from unconsciousness to find:
- The pastor's girl **drawing Adinkra symbols on his walls**
- His **voice returned**, but deeper—**echoing with the Goddess's harmonics**
- A **vision of his father** gasping as the overdose hits, whispering: *"The scorpion... always... strikes twice."*
**Last Line**:
Adjo licks his lips, **tasting the memory of his own name**.
*"I am Adjo the Unbroken. And I'm coming for *all* my power
Memory Recovery Mechanics**: Blood, venom, and pain as recall triggers
Goddess's True Role**: She *wants* Adjo to break the Eternal True God's rules
Power Scaling**: Each unsealing has **cosmic consequences**