Corpse Disorder

> *''I do not stand with humanity, I stand with Graves that happens to stand against Disorders... A truly unfortunate fate for the best of you'.'*
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The **Corpse Disorder** is the Disorder of Corpses and is manifested from the increasing number of dead bodies. It plays a crucial role in Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 of the story and acts as an overarching titular protagonist of the *Hitman Runnerman Novel* series.

## Appearance

### Near-exorcised State

When the Disorder was first discovered, it was in a weakened and in a near exorcised state. Its eyes were cut off and stitched together and its hands were twisted and mangled due to the long-lasting chains. Its neck was entangled by countless chains and its legs were teared and bruised,

## Personality

Upon finding the rotting Corpse Disorder, Graves immediately reacted by keeping distance from the creature. On learning that there was a human outside of the Garrison's family visiting it, the disorder smiled in menacing joy. He begged for food or to be let out of it's chains but Graves stayed on his side, observing the miserable disorder.

As the disorder watched Graves die near him, it saw to cease an opportunity and gave him the chance to make a pact with itself, showing the creature's instinctive drive for power. Fearing death, Graves agreed to the pact to save himself simultaneously saving the Corpse Disorder's life as well. While the disorder made the contract for selfish purposes, it is important to note that it could have put a more unfair bargain on the table but chose not to do so, showing some form of empathy for Graves.

As the Corpse Disorder learnt more about Graves, it has shown to help him time and time again. Even going as far as to tell Graves that it is ready to die with him during battle with the Mercy Disorder if that is what he truly wants. The Corpse Disorder admits that it had been wanting to use Graves for its own survival but soon subdues to Graves for saving its life. It still maintains loyalty to Graves after Iris force separates them by rampaging through her disorders.

In its fully summoned form, the Corpse Disorder is berserk as commented on by Iris and is largely unstable in its behavior. It refuses to speak when fully unleashed and actively shows aggressive resistance to the sunlight. It is also shown to be so strongly infatuated with Graves as it manifested an axe from the remains of its massacre. When Iris remarks on the Corpse Disorder's lost tale and comes to the conclusion that it is weaker now because it is fighting for mankind, it takes a second to think to itself and responds by saying it is not fighting for humanity but it is fighting for Graves that happens to be against disorders.

It almost immediately had recognized Cynthia from Graves' memories and chose to protect her in its rabid state, doubling down on the disorder's loyalty to Graves first than its own kind.

## Abilities

### Physical Abilities

* **Exceptional Endurance**: As noted by Scythe, the Disorder of Corpses was and is known for its brutal longevity in battle. It is proven further during its battle against Iris and her Disorders when it is able to survive dangerous degrees of fire, bladed attacks, consecutive range based hits and hand-to-hand combat with multiple opponents at once, all with no sustained injury. In total, it managed to kill Iris and her disorders a total of nineteen times before getting struck.
* **Exceptional Strength**: The Corpse Disorder's strength at its awakened form was remarked as ''terrifying'' by Iris herself. Its first launch at Iris' disorders was so deadly, a recorded civilian kill count of one-hundred-seven was measured, all through collateral damage of the disorder's attack. Its rabid barrage of attacks was so strong it broke through multiple of the disorders' defenses, ripping their bodies to scattered shreds. It's tendrils showcased immense strength, when its opponents were paralyzed just due to sheer overpower. It managed to kill Iris nineteen times before it got struck with the Chrono Disorder's ritual technique, which it ended up surviving with critical injuries.
* **Exceptional Speed**: As said by even the Chrono Disorder, that can witness the world slower than it actually is moving, it could not see the Corpse Disorder's barrage. This impressive feat was built more on when none of the Disorders were able to see it kill all of them ''on one spot''.
* **Exceptional Recovery Time**: The Corpse Disorder's recovery time and healing factor were so quick that Iris missed it in just a blink of the eye. It is demonstrated further when the Nail Disorder's attacked seemed like it was not phasing it but in reality, the Corpse Disorder was just regenerating that fast.

### Disordered Abilities

* **Death Inducement**: The Corpse Disorder's most feared ability is its power to kill a creature in one hit. Its vision gives it the capability to determine when and where to deliver the deathblow, this is accompanied with the tiny eyes across its body. Due to this hit-kill ability, it is feared among disorders and hunters alike. Its eyes can paralyze its enemies with just the sheer power of fear and its body lets off an odor that ''smells like death'' as commented by the Fire Disorder. An aspect that is present in its fully summoned form is that it is capable of intense paralysis that leaves its victims immobile leaving their sure-kill spot open. This ability was greatly mismatched against Iris during their confrontation as she and her disorders ended up dying a counted of nineteen times. Along with the Corpse Disorder's unworldly speed, they could not react on time before dying in an instant.
	+ **Severe Death Vision**: The Disorder of Corpses has several tiny eyes scattered across its body, this allows it to enter a state of complete focus as it can see where and when to hit each and every living thing in its vicinity. While in this zone, the Corpse Disorder is said to reign supreme which is why Iris' plan involved cutting off majority of its eyes in the first place.
	+ **Comatose Paralysis Inducement**: A point that separates itself from Graves is that it has the ability to send its enemies in a state of intense panic and make them give up consciousness from the dread of death, leaving them paralyzed in a senseless state. This is used to the Corpse Disorder's advantage as it uses its hit-kill attack on its opponents before they can regain apprehension.
* **Corpse Transfiguration**: The Corpse Disorder has the ability to assemble and reshape corpses into anything it desires. It was showed to rip off a corpse's head and crush it into sharpened flesh-bone bullets to fire against Iris' disorders. It later transfigured some of the dead bodies belonging to the people in its rampage into an axe, emphasizing that it picked up on how to use one through Graves. It also turned the fresh intestines of the deceased into spears to snipe at the disorders.
	+ **Axe Manifestation**: As mentioned, the Corpse Disorder can use dead bodies around it to create an axe made of flesh and bones. It utilizes the axe in the same fashion Graves does, heavily implying that its proficiency in the weapon comes from the hitman himself.
* **Corpse Body Accumulation**: The Corpse Disorder has the ability to utilize remaining carcasses in its vicinity to use as skin and complete its fully summoned form. During this state, the Corpse Disorder reeks of rotten corpses and is covered with remains that act as bodily armor. Its body has the capability to create hard tendrils from its skin which are used to immobilize opponents or pull them closer to it. These tendrils are sharpened and are incredibly tough like the disorder's body is, providing it strength in capturing its enemies from a distance. Its skin is almost impossible to break through as noted by the Nail Disorder and its body is supposedly weightless which is emphasized from its unnatural speed and reflexes. Moreover, the disorder's voice is an echo of all the corpses talking, making it a horrific sound to hear during combat. It is also heavily implied that the Corpse Disorder puppets the accumulated corpses, letting it use their voices and bodies for its own purpose.

* **Immortality**: Due to its nature as a disorder, death is not possible when it comes to them and they can only be exorcised back into the cluster. While exorcism is a painful process for many disorders, it is not the same as death because they can continue to escape the cluster time and time again. On account of this, disorders are immortal and can never actually die.

### Pacts and Contracts

* **Graves Runnerman**: To date, Graves has made four known pacts with the Disorder of Corpses. The first pact was made under the condition that the Disorder would provide Graves with enough strength to massacre the Garrison's farmland in return for all their bodies as a feast. The second pact was made under the condition that the Disorder would save Graves from death in exchange for living in his spine and axe, granting him the strength of the Corpse Disorder. The third and fourth pacts were redos of the second pact after Iris separated the contract twice.