Super God: Building the Foundation, One SCP at a Time
Chapter 14

Super God: The Foundation, Starting with Fabricating SCPs

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As soon as Dr. Kuroto finished speaking, the door behind SCP-343, "God," opened in the video. To everyone's astonishment, a doctor in a white lab coat entered the room, holding an envelope.

He smiled and walked toward SCP-343 with the envelope in hand.

When the viewers saw the envelope, they froze. Then a bold thought flashed through their minds.

Could it be...

Was this so-called interaction experiment between SCP-096, Shy Guy, and SCP-343, "God," going to make SCP-343 look at a photograph of SCP-096 and trigger a battle between the two anomalies? If so, they could only say...

The so-called SCP Foundation had some nerve!

Just as the viewers began to guess the truth, the doctor in the white coat took a photograph of SCP-096 out of the envelope!

And held it up to SCP-343.

The moment SCP-343 saw the photograph, his kindly smile froze. Unprecedented fury took its place.

He berated the doctor. "Doctor, what you've done is dangerous!"

"You have succeeded in angering me."

"Are you prepared to face the wrath of God?"

Seeing this, the viewers knew the doctor was probably doomed. After all, angering a bizarre anomaly was bad enough.

Even angering a god in the ordinary sense rarely ended well.

But the doctor's answer filled the viewers with respect. "I joined the SCP Foundation when I was young. Through the trust placed in me, I rose from an ordinary researcher to the head of a facility."

"I put thoughts of life and death behind me long ago."

"When I joined the Foundation, I swore to devote my limited life to the great cause of eliminating SCP anomalies!"

"If it means destroying even one anomaly, what does it matter if SCP- corrodes me?"

The doctor paused, then declared at the top of his lungs, "We secure, we contain, we protect!"

"We are the SCP Foundation!"

As the doctor made his declaration, Dr. Kuroto joined in from the livestream, his voice almost fanatical. "We secure, we contain, we protect!"

"We are the SCP Foundation!"

The viewers listened to the two doctors' voices ring out in unison and sat stunned.

They were all people who stood at the pinnacle of their respective worlds.

They had seen deception, brothers turn against brothers, and allies slaughter one another. They had long since stopped believing in so-called "faith." But they never imagined...

That even the Foundation's leaders could still hold true to their original ideals.

No wonder the SCP Foundation had managed to contain so many bizarre anomalies on its own. Beyond its technological advantages, perhaps it was this pure conviction that made it possible.

[Sengoku: The doctor is worthy of respect!]

[Orochimaru: Agreed! I think it was foolish of him to deliver the photograph himself. But that's exactly why I admire him.]

[Big Mom: If that Caesar had half the doctor's dedication, my giant experiments would have succeeded long ago!]

[Sakazuki: What? You're conducting experiments like that? Damn you!]

[Vegapunk: An admirable researcher!]

[...]

Just as the viewers were certain the doctor would die, an utterly harrowing wail suddenly came from the video.

"Waaaaah..."

The crying was agonizing, filled with bitter resentment and a malice that chilled the blood.

As SCP-096's wails rang through the livestream, the dense flood of comments vanished in an instant. Everyone had involuntarily...

Frozen in place, with neither the time nor the presence of mind to post!

In Demon Castle, Morgana's hands went still. For some reason, that harrowing cry had filled her with fear!

Damn it! I'm the queen of demons!

Morgana shuddered despite herself and muttered in disbelief, A crying sound actually made me...

Afraid!

What an embarrassment to demons.

What Morgana didn't know was that she was far from alone. Holy Kesha, Death God Karl, Pan Zhen of Liyang Star, and the others at the pinnacle of the Super God universe...

All felt an inexplicable fear at that cry.

It wasn't fear in the usual sense.

It was the instinctive reaction of prey hearing a natural predator's roar. If even they felt afraid, how could the viewers from other, less advanced worlds fare any better?

Yet alongside their fear, everyone grew more eager to see what would happen next.

Then, to their astonishment...

The entire image began to shake. Booms rang out, one after another, drawing steadily closer.

It was as though something terrifying had broken free of its restraints and was hurtling toward them, smashing through everything in its path.

As the impacts grew more frequent, the fury on SCP-343's face deepened. In his eyes...

There even flashed a trace of icy killing intent.

Everyone thought SCP-343 was about to kill the doctor, but he merely said, "Doctor, you will regret this!"

Then he abruptly vanished from the room, leaving the doctor standing alone.

The doctor watched SCP-343 disappear and sighed. He took a hood bearing the SCP Foundation's emblem from his pocket.

He put it on with practiced ease, then left the room and vanished down a dark corridor whose destination was unknown.

Once the doctor had gone, the livestream changed. The futuristic room gave way to a ruin of broken walls and debris.

On closer inspection, the wreckage was not made of ordinary bricks or tiles, or even reinforced concrete!

It was an unknown silvery-white metal.

The viewers had no idea what the metal was, but they were certain that its strength and other properties...

Far surpassed those of Gluttonous armor.

By rights, a metal like this would be priceless to any faction and used to forge weapons. Yet the SCP Foundation had been extravagant enough to build an entire facility from it.

They certainly had resources to burn!

But that wasn't the point. The point was that even a facility like this had been reduced, in the blink of an eye, by the battle between SCP-343 and SCP-096, Shy Guy...

To this sorry state.

It was unbelievable!

In the video, everyone could clearly see SCP-343 standing amid the ruins, his foot pinning down a twisted, shadowy figure.

That figure was SCP-096, Shy Guy.

SCP-096 let out one harrowing wail after another. His disproportionately long arms and legs...

Thrashed constantly as he tried to escape SCP-343's foot.

But no matter how hard he struggled, he could not break free.

As he struggled, SCP-096 slowly raised his somewhat gaunt head and stared straight into the camera.

The viewers froze at the sight. Then a chill ran through them all.

None of them had imagined...

That SCP-096's face would suddenly appear on the livestream, exposed to every viewer.

Did this...

Mean that everyone watching had now been added to SCP-096's list of targets?

Was the goddamn SCP Foundation planning to use SCP-096 to purge the entire Super God universe?

Damn it!

Goddamn them!

"They've gone mad! The SCP Foundation has completely lost its mind!"

On the Juxia, General Ducao's face turned deathly pale as he roared, "What are they trying to do?"

"Slaughter the entire universe?"

SCP-096's defining trait was that he relentlessly hunted anyone who saw his face, no matter how they saw it, until one of them was dead.

In other words, everyone watching the livestream was now his target!

Lunatics!

The SCP Foundation was a pack of lunatics.

Veins bulged on Ducao's forehead. "Activate the highest-level emergency protocol immediately!"

"All combat personnel, go to battle stations!"

And it wasn't just Ducao. Holy Kesha in the Angel Nebula, Morgana in Demon Castle, Death God Karl of the Underworld Civilization, and every viewer in the livestream...

Reacted much the same way.

They condemned the SCP Foundation for its madness while rushing to prepare for battle.

All to face the hunt SCP-096 was certain to begin!

Just then, the video abruptly froze, and Dr. Kuroto's slightly hoarse voice rang out at the perfect moment.

"Everyone, don't worry!"

"The doctor obtained authorization to have this footage processed."

"The face you're seeing isn't SCP-096's real face."

"It won't trigger a hunt!"

Dr. Kuroto paused, then continued, "The doctor has conducted this experiment 129,400 times..."

"You can rest easy!"

Only after hearing Dr. Kuroto's words did the viewers breathe a sigh of relief.

[Ash: That scared me to death! I haven't won a championship yet. I don't want to die!]

[Misty: You'll never win a championship, even if you live to a hundred!]

[Sasuke Uchiha: There really is terror between life and death. It even awakened my Sharingan. Brother, just you wait! Your days are numbered!]

[Orochimaru: The Sharingan? Not bad!]

[Tatsumaki: It's just one SCP-096. Look how scared you all are.]

[Empress: No one can resist falling for me, and SCP-096 is no exception. If he dares come here, I'll turn him to stone!]

[Sugar: Can he be turned into a toy?]

[ay-5: Sugar, stop bragging!]

[...]

Just as the viewers relaxed at Dr. Kuroto's reassurance, SCP-096, Shy Guy, pinned beneath SCP-343's foot in the video...

Let out a deafening wail. His limbs suddenly surged with force, and he broke free of SCP-343's restraint.

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