Gomek Topklaw

Gomek is the older half of the Topklaw Brothers. Both him and his brother Cassius get on top of the Big Al in an effort to kill Asuka for the sake of raising their ranks.

## Background

Gomek and his brother Cassius were both born in Sila, where they made a repuation as assassins. At some point, they participated in an event that made them famous. However, they managed to erase their tracks with nobody recognizing them.

## Personality

Gomek is a professional assassin despite his confidence and arrogance. He doesn't believe in underestimating his opponents and prefers to see the big picture rather than mess around in a fight. Contrary to Cassius, who prefers to take jobs for the sake of entertainment, Gomek is someone ambitious who wants to improve his rank among the Monroe Syndicate.

## Appearance

Gomek is a huge crocodile with green scales all over his body. His scales are a lighter yellow in the front of his body and the palms of his hands. He has yellow eyes with slit pupils. His facial scales point backwards, which made him look like he has a spiky hair. Likewise, he has some scales running down his chin, which makes him look like he has a beard.

Gomek's size easily makes him part of a megafauna, as he easily dwarfs Rose and Asuka with his size. He is very muscular, which is noticeble even when he is dressed formally. He has sharp black claws at the tips of his fingers, digitigrade feet, and a long tail. He wears a red business suit with a white shirt underneath it. He also complements his clothes with black pants that end at his ankles

## Powers, Skills, and Abilities

As an assassin of the Monroe Syndicate, Gomek is a dangerous foe. His large size, ability to make explosions, and years of experience makes him a dangerous fighter who gives Asuka her first real fight in the comic.

### Powers

* Explosion Generation: Through unknown means, Gomek is capable of releasing explosions from the palms of his hands. He can also release them from his feet and his tail for surprise attacks.
* Enhanced Strenght: As a result of his size, Gomek is very strong. This allows him to defeat the security staff at the Big Al without using his explosions. Furthermore, a single palm strike to the chin is enough to stun Cassius in one blow.
* Enhanced Durability: As a result of his scales, Gomek possesses an incredible ability to withstand damage. This allows him to resist all of Asuka's attacks, forcing her to use one of his own explosions against him to defeat him.

### Skills

* Master Fighter: Gomek is an incredible fighter as his fighting style uses open palm thrusts that are enhanced with his mysterious ability to create explosions. He also supplements his attacks with kicks and tail strikes, giving Asuka trouble to defeat him. His martial arts skills allowed him to keep up with Asuka despite her agility and use of sword play. According to Cassius, he was never able to defeat Gomek in a spar before until they sparred on the Big Al, and even then Gomek is still considered the best fighter of the two despite Cassius' victory.

### Abilities

* Prehensile Tail: Gomek is shown to use his tail as another extra limb. This allows him to pull up a surprise attack on Asuka.

## History

### Infiltrating The Big Al

Gomek made his first entrance when he sneaks up at the Big Al and defeats a random passenger inside his cabin. As security goes to confront the passenger for a noise complaint, Gomek comes out of the cabin and knocks them out with help from Cassius. With the security guards knocked out, Gomek and Cassius spar against each other.

Gomek explains to Cassius that he intends to defeat Asuka to increase their ranks in the Monroe Syndicate. Though Cassius dismisses the capture of Asuka, he ultimately agrees when Gomek states that he will get to fight against Ray and Summer, the two Meta Officers who defeated Roulette and Brigade. Cassius ultimately wins the spar, but he still believes that he is not on Gomek's level despite his victory. With nothing better to do until tomorrow, the two brothers keep sparring, intending to fulfill their mission on the next day.

### Fighting Asuka

The following day, Gomek tracks Asuka and Rose, who are following Eric Sagmuz to find out about their mission. Gomez pretends to work for Eric and tells the two that he will take them to a conference room. However, Rose asks for a quick stop to the restroom to change clothes. Gomek agrees and then leads them to a cargo car, where he attempts to assassinate Asuka with an explosion from his palm.

However, Asuka reveals that she knew that he was an assassin because Rose suspected of him. Gomek fights against Asuka with him having the upper hand with his explosions. Gomek manages to knock Asuka into some luggage. Assuming that he won, Gomek prepares to kill Rose, only for Asuka to return to the fight. Ultimately, Asuka wins the fight by redirecting his hand so that he can blast himself in the face, knocking him out with his own power. Shortly after being knocked unconscious, Asuka restrained him to prevent him from escaping.

## Trivia

* Gomek is the first character in the series to hurt Asuka.
* Despite his immense respect for Asuka as a worthy foe, Gomek commits the mistake of calling Asuka a raccoon, much to her fury. This continues the running gag of people mislabeling Asuka as an animal other than a tanuki, her actual species.