Reggie Star/Synopsis

## Synopsis

### Culling Game Arc

Reggie partook in the Culling Game after being revived in the present day. Operating out of Shinjuku he aimed to build up a team of sorcerers, using Remi lure potential allies to his base in an apartment building and killing those he considered too weak. One of these unsuspecting targets was Megumi Fushiguro who was offered a chance to join Reggie after displaying his Divine Dog technique. During negotiations the two try to bluff each other with lies and misdirection. The conversation leads to Reggie and Megumi discussing Kenjaku and the purpose of his game. Reggie believed that the strong players in the different colonies were killing the weak competitors too quickly considering how the Culling Game's rules were designed to account for a lengthy contest. It was his belief that Kenjaku would reveal the game's true purpose and introduce a major change to the game when only the strong were left alive. Reggie's plan to build a team of strong allies and stockpile points was his attempt to prepare for whatever this revelation is. Megumi refused to join and a fight broke out.

Chizuru Hari ambushed Megumi but is quickly thrown aside while Reggie stabs Divine Dog: Totality with several knives. Protecting Remi from Iori Hazenoki's explosions left Megumi injured but the sudden announcement a new rule has been added convince him to fight more aggressively and kill Haru. Chasing Megumi to street level resulted in Reggia and Hazenoki being accosted by comedian-turned-sorcerer Fumihiko Takaba who allied with Megumi. Megumi's attempt to avoid further conflict fails after Reggie refuses. Takada fought Iori while Reggie battled Megumi with their differing summoning skills. After realising the boy cycled through his Shikigami to let them recover from damage Reggie chased Megumi into a gymnasium believing his Divine Dog was too damaged for use.

Reggie proves his deceptive nature after claiming neither he nor Megumi could use any big attacks, only to summon two trucks to crush Megumi. Despite a successful string of attacks Reggie underestimated his opponent's skill and is quickly caught in Megumi's domain expansion. Reggie attempted to protect himself with Hollow Wicker Basket but failed to account for Chimera Shadow Garden expanding Megumi's other abilities tremendously and suffers a brutal beating from the boy's clones, shikigami and shadow abilities as a result. With the situation being much worse than he expected a domain to be, Reggie realised that Megumi's ability to store objects inside his shadow is limited by the weight he is able to carry. By expanding his shadow into a domain, Megumi had added everything in the gymnasium to the total mass he was forced to carry. To exploit this Reggie flooded the Shadow Garden with water in addition to summoning cars using Contractual Re-Creation, this dramatically increased the weight bearing down on Megumi and pined him to the floor. Despite being forced to focus his cursed energy into strengthening his legsto avoid being crushed under the pressure. Grinning, Megumi turns the tables by dropping Max Elephant onto Reggie. While Megumi was able to strengthen his body with Cursed Energy to avoid immediate damage, catching the Elephant broke Reggie's leg bones and placed him at a disadvantage in this sudden life-or-death endurance match turning the battle into an endurance test. Reggie is eventually crushed and forced into the water-like depths of Megumi's shadow. He escaped by using a car to reach the surface and unleashed his biggest attack: dropping a house on Megumi to either crush him directly or with the weight inside his domain.

Megumi countered by dispelling his domain and the house crashed through the gymnasium floor, sending both fighters tumbling into the underground pool beneath the gym where Megumi grabs Reggie underwater. Realising he can't escape the boy's grip without reducing the crushing weight still left in his shadow; Reggie dispelled his summoned objects still inside Megumi's shadow and broke free to avoid drowning. The fight became a fist fight where Reggie was convinced Megumi would risk leaving himself open to summon a shikigami and waited for the perfect time to strike. He is struck down by a sneak attack from the Divine Dog: Totality, an attack Reggie failed to account for after an entire battle of tricks and deception caused him to forget the creature he assumed was too damaged to fight. As he died, Reggie transfered his 41 points to Megumi under the belief it would make the game more interesting. His dying request was for Megumi to be fate's plaything and to die like a fool.