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* ATasteOfTheLash: TheDragon to the mastermind of the murder flogs Brandon during the torture scene. In chapter 7, it's revealed that [[spoiler:Dr. Bernard]] is the one who flogs Brandon, and he has a coiled whip strapped to his belt.



* WhipItGood: TheDragon to the mastermind of the murder flogs Brandon during the torture scene.
** In chapter 7, it's revealed that [[spoiler:Dr. Bernard]] is the one who flogs Brandon, and he has a coiled whip strapped to his belt.
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* SerialEscalation: In ''The Hellhound of Billion'', we have necrolyzed dogs and green-skinned giants. In its sequel ''Of Debt Bondage and Determination'', we have green-skinned giants with big claws and necrolyzed rats. In ''Twisted Death'', we have [[KnifeNut spine-shooting]] necrolyzed dogs... That's just the beginning.

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* SerialEscalation: In ''The Hellhound of Billion'', we have necrolyzed dogs and green-skinned giants. In its sequel ''Of Debt Bondage and Determination'', we have green-skinned giants with big claws and necrolyzed rats. In ''Twisted Death'', we have [[KnifeNut spine-shooting]] spine-shooting necrolyzed dogs... That's just the beginning.
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** Marcus' fate. [[spoiler:He's kidnapped, taxidermied and kept on Rafael's trophy room.]]

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** Marcus' fate. [[spoiler:He's kidnapped, taxidermied and kept on in Rafael's trophy room.]]


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* TeethFlying: A lot of them, usually when melee combat is involved.

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''FanFic/TwistedDeath'' is a ''VideoGame/{{Gungrave}}'' FanFic written by Legendary Biologist, part of the [[FanFic/BetrayMeNot Gungrave: Aftermath]] series. It was first published at ffnet on 29th December 2016 and is still ongoing. While it is a sequel to ''The Hellhound of Billion'', it can be viewed as a standalone story.

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''FanFic/TwistedDeath'' is a ''VideoGame/{{Gungrave}}'' FanFic written by Legendary Biologist, part of the [[FanFic/BetrayMeNot Gungrave: Aftermath]] series. It was first published at ffnet on 29th December 2016 and is still ongoing.was completed on 24th October 2018. While it is a sequel to ''The Hellhound of Billion'', it can be viewed as a standalone story.


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** Also Bartel. He's revived and only returns on the very last chapter for Wong's tournament, [[spoiler:and he's killed.]]


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** Marcus' fate. [[spoiler:He's kidnapped, taxidermied and kept on Rafael's trophy room.]]
* DeadlyGame: Brandon vs Bartel at the end. Wong has set it up to be a deathmatch for business sake.


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* EarAche: During the showdown in Gatou Underground Fighting Club, Brandon got his ear punched off.


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* KillItWithFire: A hulking treant? Brandon simply sets it on fire. To make sure that it's dead, he blows up a troop carrier on its face.


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* MultipurposeTongue: Nancy the pup gains this ability as a result of ingesting refined serum to save her life.


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* NotJustATournament: The small TournamentArc in general. It's just a scheme to lure Zach out, which doesn't work because Zach is extremely paranoid. Later on, with one participant killed off right after the registration, it's turned into a deathmatch between necrolyzers. The whole thing is rigged in Wong's favor: Brandon is allowed to win only because the civilians have been betting against him, so if he wins, Wong will get a lot of money.


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* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: How Nancy the pup earns her name. It's to honor Nancy, so that Brandon won't feel so bad about [[spoiler:killing off the poor girl even though it's actually a MercyKill.]]
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** Treants and giant ants anybody?


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* WorkoutFanservice: During a workout scene of ch22, Brandon's HeroicBuild is described in two paragraphs and even compared to Art/{{David}}.

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* BloodMagic: The regenerative power of necrolyzers and superiors are fueled by blood. Overlaps with CastFromHitPoints as necrolyzers and superiors will die if they run out of blood.



* BloodMagic: The regenerative power of necrolyzers and superiors are fueled by blood. Overlaps with CastFromHitPoints as necrolyzers and superiors will die if they run out of blood.


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* ChunkyUpdraft: When Brandon transforms into a necrolyzer-superior hybrid.


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** [[spoiler:Nancy as well.]]


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* MakeMeWannaShout: [[spoiler:After watching William's sacrifice,]] Brandon just loses it and roars. The roar is described to be as loud and bestial as the roar of the literal Cerberus, and it blows away both Zach's drill claw attack and a warehouse.


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* SuperSerum: The necrolyzation serum in general. It's necessary to turn one into a necrolyzer. Later on, there is the refined serum, which is used to heal wounds instantly (as long as they aren't caused by anti-necrolyze bullets) and transform a human into superior and a necrolyzer into a necrolyzer-superior hybrid.
* SuperSpit: Sulphur's acid spit.

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* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler:Bernard.]] He sees how William tries to stop Brandon from attacking him, making him realize that William's love is genuine. [[KilledMidSentence As he tries to confirm it, Brandon beheads him.]]
* HybridMonster: The necrolyzer-superior hybrid. Should a necrolyzer take a huge dose of refined serum for a few days straight and be in a deep emotional turmoil, it will transform.



* MercyKill: Brandon kills [[spoiler:Nina]] to end her pain.

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* MercyKill: Brandon kills [[spoiler:Nina]] to end her pain. As for [[spoiler:Nancy's]] case, it's to prevent her from being pit against another necrolyzer in an arena.



* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Zach's werewolf comes from a dying wolf that consumes his newest concoction. No full moon needed.



** Brandon enters this once again as he fights the giant werewolf, thinking that doing so will buy him enough time to figure out how to kill [[spoiler:Zach.]] He also knows that this action will put [[spoiler:Zach]] in a dilemma as him joining Brandon into the WombLevel may end up in a bloody duel and killing the werewolf from the inside. This time, though, the werewolf's stomach is filled with gastric juice.

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** Brandon enters this once again as he fights the giant werewolf, thinking that doing so will buy him enough time to figure out how to kill [[spoiler:Zach.]] He also knows that this action will put [[spoiler:Zach]] in a dilemma as him joining Brandon into the WombLevel may end up in a bloody duel and killing the werewolf from the inside. This time, though, the werewolf's stomach is filled with gastric juice.juice.
* WoundThatWillNotHeal: Downplayed. Anti-necrolyze bullets leave wounds that take much longer to heal, but if not taken care of properly, they won't heal at all.
** However, necrolyzer-superior hybrid can regenerate those wounds without a fuss.
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* ArtificialZombie: Necrolyzation revolves around this. Any living creatures can be turned into a zombie through science.


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* BloodMagic: The regenerative power of necrolyzers and superiors are fueled by blood. Overlaps with CastFromHitPoints as necrolyzers and superiors will die if they run out of blood.
* BrainsAndBrawn: Sulphur and the werewolf. Sulphur is a smart little acid-spewing dog who leads Brandon into an ambush that shakes him a little, while the werewolf is a big bipedal beast who only knows to smash its way through everything.


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* DeadlyUpgrade: The necrolyzer-superior hybrid form. Not only it turns one into a {{Sadist}}, it also drains one's blood real quick and may cause death. [[spoiler:Brandon runs out of blood by the end of the fight and almost dies of it.]]
* DepletedPhlebotinumShells: The anti-necrolyze and anti-superior rounds, although the latter is only mentioned.


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* DumbMuscle: The werewolf. It's big and strong, but it just lacks the brains in a fight. Brandon takes advantage of this.


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** Not all necrolyzers can regenerate. Because emotional state is linked to the system, only necrolyzers that are not artificially brainwashed can regenerate.


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* RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain: One of the few ways to subdue necrolyzers and even superiors. In superiors' case, their regeneration is fueled by blood and it requires more to regenerate brain. So decapitation can deplete their blood supply faster and kill them.
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** The former title of chapter 20 is ''The Day of Fate'', the translation of ''Unmei no Hi'', an OST from Anime/DragonBallZ that plays during Gohan's first transformation to [[=SSJ2=]]. [[UnstoppableRage Guess]] [[TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening what]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown happens.]]
*** The FinishingMove is a one-handed KamehameHadoken that sounds very much like [[=SSJ2=]] Gohan's Father-Son Kamehameha.

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** The former title of chapter 20 is ''The Day of Fate'', the translation of ''Unmei no Hi'', an OST from Anime/DragonBallZ that plays during Gohan's first transformation to [[=SSJ2=]].[=SSJ2=]. [[UnstoppableRage Guess]] [[TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening what]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown happens.]]
*** The FinishingMove is a one-handed KamehameHadoken that sounds very much like [[=SSJ2=]] [=SSJ2=] Gohan's Father-Son Kamehameha.



** Brandon enters this once again as he fights the giant werewolf, thinking that doing so will buy him enough time to figure out how to kill [[spoiler:Zach.]] He also knows that this action will put [[spoiler:Zach]] in a dilemma as him joining Brandon into the WombLevel may end up in a bloody duel and killing the werewolf from the inside.

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** Brandon enters this once again as he fights the giant werewolf, thinking that doing so will buy him enough time to figure out how to kill [[spoiler:Zach.]] He also knows that this action will put [[spoiler:Zach]] in a dilemma as him joining Brandon into the WombLevel may end up in a bloody duel and killing the werewolf from the inside. This time, though, the werewolf's stomach is filled with gastric juice.
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** The title of chapter 20 is ''The Day of Fate'', the translation of ''Unmei no Hi'', an OST from Anime/DragonBallZ that plays during Gohan's first transformation to SSJ2. [[UnstoppableRage Guess]] [[TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening what]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown happens.]]
*** The FinishingMove is a one-handed KamehameHadoken that sounds very much like SSJ2 Gohan's Father-Son Kamehameha.

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** The former title of chapter 20 is ''The Day of Fate'', the translation of ''Unmei no Hi'', an OST from Anime/DragonBallZ that plays during Gohan's first transformation to SSJ2.[[=SSJ2=]]. [[UnstoppableRage Guess]] [[TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening what]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown happens.]]
*** The FinishingMove is a one-handed KamehameHadoken that sounds very much like SSJ2 [[=SSJ2=]] Gohan's Father-Son Kamehameha.
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** The title of chapter 20 is ''The Day of Fate'', the translation of ''Unmei no Hi'', an OST from Anime/DragonBallZ that plays during Gohan's first transformation to SSJ2. [[UnstoppableRage Guess]]] [[TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening what]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown happens.]]

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** The title of chapter 20 is ''The Day of Fate'', the translation of ''Unmei no Hi'', an OST from Anime/DragonBallZ that plays during Gohan's first transformation to SSJ2. [[UnstoppableRage Guess]]] Guess]] [[TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening what]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown happens.]]
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** The title of chapter 20 is ''The Day of Fate'', the translation of ''Unmei no Hi'', an OST from Anime/DragonBallZ that plays during Gohan's first transformation to SSJ2. [[UnstoppableRage Guess]]] [{TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening what]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown happens.]]

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** The title of chapter 20 is ''The Day of Fate'', the translation of ''Unmei no Hi'', an OST from Anime/DragonBallZ that plays during Gohan's first transformation to SSJ2. [[UnstoppableRage Guess]]] [{TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening [[TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening what]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown happens.]]
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* BattleAura: Brandon has crimson aura after transforming into a necrolyzer-superior hybrid.


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** [[spoiler:''William'']] is killed and necrolyzed. [[spoiler:And later eaten by a giant werewolf, though it's revealed in chapter 18 that he's still alive.]]

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** [[spoiler:''William'']] is killed and necrolyzed. [[spoiler:And later eaten by a giant werewolf, though it's revealed in chapter 18 that he's still alive. And he dies in chapter 20 to protect Brandon.]]


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* BackForTheDead: Double subverted in William's case. After chapter 12, there's no clue about William's whereabouts. Then he appears briefly in chapter 15, in which [[spoiler:Zach's werewolf eats him.]] He doesn't appear again until chapter 18, in which Brandon rescues him, and in chapter 20, [[spoiler:William dies for real.]]
** Played straight in Christina's, Nina's, and Nancy's case. [[spoiler:They die as soon as they return as necrolyzers, which are more than ten chapters away from their first disappearance.]]


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* HealingFactor: Necrolyzers can regenerate wounds but not lost limbs. Superiors can regenerate lost limbs and even lost heads. Necrolyzer-superior hybrids are the same as superiors. The regeneration system is powered by blood.
** Because necrolyzers (and their SuperMode) can't produce their own blood, they have blood-saving system to stop their body from draining their blood for regeneration.


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** The title of chapter 20 is ''The Day of Fate'', the translation of ''Unmei no Hi'', an OST from Anime/DragonBallZ that plays during Gohan's first transformation to SSJ2. [[UnstoppableRage Guess]]] [{TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening what]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown happens.]]
* SuperMode: The necrolyzer-superior hybrid.


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* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: [[spoiler:William's act of [[TakingTheBullet protecting Brandon from Zach's drill claw attack]] kills him. This pushes Brandon over the edge as it reminds him of all his failures in protecting his loved ones, and hence his transformation into the theoretical necrolyzer-superior hybrid.]]


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* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: The necrolyzer-superior hybrid form turns the naturally gentle and loving Brandon into a {{Sadist}}. The sadism itself is also contradictory to Brandon's combat strategy, in which he always tries to kill his foe as quick as possible when he isn't protecting anyone.

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''FanFic/TwistedDeath'' is a ''VideoGame/{{Gungrave}}'' FanFic written by Legendary Biologist, part of the [[FanFic/BetrayMeNot Gungrave: Aftermath]] series. It was first published at ffnet on 29th December 2016 and is still ongoing.

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''FanFic/TwistedDeath'' is a ''VideoGame/{{Gungrave}}'' FanFic written by Legendary Biologist, part of the [[FanFic/BetrayMeNot Gungrave: Aftermath]] series. It was first published at ffnet on 29th December 2016 and is still ongoing.
ongoing. While it is a sequel to ''The Hellhound of Billion'', it can be viewed as a standalone story.



* AxCrazy: Rafael is known to slaughter many adults and turn them into ornaments and sell them for money. Or simply put them on a display, such as the taxidermied Marcus.



* FauxAffablyEvil: Rafael. When Elizabeth demands where Bruce is, Rafael politely says that he's inside the bag Rafael is holding, before pouring out the contents: Bruce's severed head and favorite meat cleaver. Poor Brandon is there to see it!



* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: The story can be summed up as: "A zombie protagonist is fighting against [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}}]] monster and his legion of undead, in addition to a paranoiac [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}]] lookalike who has an acid-spitting dog and a giant werewolf as his pets."

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* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: The story can be summed up as: "A zombie protagonist is fighting against [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}}]] monster FrankensteinsMonster and his legion of undead, in addition to a paranoiac [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}]] ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} lookalike who has an acid-spitting dog and a giant werewolf as his pets."



* WhipItGood: The unknown (and possibly) TheDragon to the mastermind flogs Brandon during the torture scene.

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** [[spoiler:''William'']] is killed and necrolyzed.

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** [[spoiler:''William'']] is killed and necrolyzed. [[spoiler:And later eaten by a giant werewolf, though it's revealed in chapter 18 that he's still alive.]]



** Brandon, Mika, and Nancy read Creator/CarlBarks ''The Queen of the Wild Dog Pack'' on chapter 6.

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** Brandon, Mika, and Nancy read Creator/CarlBarks ''The Queen of the Wild Dog Pack'' by Creator/CarlBarks on chapter 6.6.
** Mika tells a summary of ''Super Snooper Strikes Again'' by Creator/DonRosa on chapter 16.
** The title of chapter 18 is ''Loyal Dogs Attack'', a reference to a Unite Attack by Kinnison and Shiro in VideoGame/SuikodenII.

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* BandageMummy: Brandon wakes up bandaged from head to toe, after being tortured by those involved the serial killing case. And he still puts up a serious fight.

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* BandageMummy: Brandon wakes ends up bandaged from head to toe, as one twice. The first is after being getting tortured by those involved TheDragon of the serial killing case. And he still puts up mastermind, and later after defeating TheDragon [[spoiler:and earning a serious fight.beatdown from Zach.]]



** As if that's not enough, Nancy was later knocked unconscious and kidnapped during the tower basement raid [[spoiler:and turned into a necrolyzer. And even worse, unlike Nina who was accompanied by her mother before earning a MercyKill from Brandon, Nancy wandered alone at the outskirt of Billion. With the tournament for undead going on, Bartel tricked her into following him just so that he could enter her in the tourney for money. Although Brandon ends her life as soon as he discovers this, it's still so horrible that it's hard to not view Nancy's own father as a true monster.]]



** [[spoiler:Zach doesn't hold back as he gives Brandon a beatdown in chapter 13. Knowing the wounds created by anti-necrolyze bullets hurt, Zach deliberately stabs Brandon there with his claws and slowly pulls them out and thrusts them in again as if he's sawing through something.]]



* KnightOfCerebus: Downplayed in Rafael's case because the universe of this fanfic is already dark enough. Rafael has a reputation of trafficking hundreds of children and making ornaments out of their parents' corpses (and selling them). The kicker? He taxidermies Marcus, Brandon's guardian, for killing one of his goons and ruining his plan of trafficking Brandon and puts him on display in his trophy room. Yeesh.



* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: The story can be summed up as: "A zombie protagonist is fighting against [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}}]] monster and his legion of undead, in addition to a paranoiac [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}]] lookalike who has an acid-spitting dog and a giant werewolf as his pets."



** Later on, we have necrolyzed cats, crows, and rats.

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** Later on, we have necrolyzed cats, crows, and rats.rats...and a giant werewolf. Oh, and a very smart acid-spitting dog too.



* WombLevel: Brandon is eaten by a giant hellhound in the lab and has to tear his way out. Due to the dog being a necrolyzed being, its stomach lacks gastric juice, which eases Brandon's attempt to escape.

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* WombLevel: Brandon is eaten by a giant hellhound in the lab and has to tear his way out. Due to the dog being a necrolyzed being, its stomach lacks gastric juice, which eases Brandon's attempt to escape.escape.
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->"It's a good thing, right? It brings people back to life."
-->---'''William Rutherford, talking about necrolyzation at the age of 7'''

''FanFic/TwistedDeath'' is a ''VideoGame/{{Gungrave}}'' FanFic written by Legendary Biologist, part of the [[FanFic/BetrayMeNot Gungrave: Aftermath]] series. It was first published at ffnet on 29th December 2016 and is still ongoing.

Dr. William Rutherford worked as Brandon "Beyond the Grave" Heat's caretaker after Dr. Tokioka's death. It was a job that made William a respectable person in Millennion organization since Brandon was the organization's top, yet handicapped enforcer.

One year later, William's brother Dr. Bernard Rutherford died in a car crash. People said that they saw a necrolyzed dog before the crash, but Brandon believed it was more than that. With more members of Rutherford family dying, Brandon thought another organization was involved.

For his caretaker's sake and Millennion's safety, Brandon decided to investigate the case.

Illustrations are drawn by S0rahana.

!!Tropes found in the work (beware of unmarked spoilers for both the anime and the fanfic):

* AHandfulForAnEye: Brandon does this twice to a necrolyzer who attacks him after he wakes up during the journey back. First, with a handful of dirt. Second, by spitting blood at the necrolyzer's eyes. It works.
* AnyoneCanDie: Almost every chapter has a character dying, be it off-screen (mentioned) or on screen, in the present or in the past.
** [[spoiler:''William'']] is killed and necrolyzed.
* ATasteOfTheLash: Brandon gets this twice. First is when Brandon is captured, he's tortured this way by TheDragon of the enemies. The second time is when Brandon storms the enemy's base.
* BandageMummy: Brandon wakes up bandaged from head to toe, after being tortured by those involved the serial killing case. And he still puts up a serious fight.
* BigDamnHeroes: Brandon. Once he spots a necrolyzer throwing Nancy into the air and waiting for her to fall with a mighty splat, he leaps over the necrolyzer and catches Nancy with his only arm.
** Subverted in Whitney's case. While Brandon really wants to attack the necrolyzers who strangle Whitney to death, he decides not to attack. After all, Whitney serves to bait those necrolyzers out so that Brandon can (secretly) follow them and learn more about them.
** Marcus. He saves Brandon from being captured by Rafael's goon.
* BlindAndTheBeast: The necrolyzed Bernard saves a lot of people before his FaceHeelTurn, but everybody either runs away or chases him off because he looks awful. The exception is a blind hobo, but when he introduces Bernard to his friends, it's implied that Bernard is shunned again.
* BloodierAndGorier: Even worse than Hellhound since Brandon gets a big freaking axe to replace his lost guns. A swing of it splatters blood across the surroundings.
* BreakTheCutie: Both Nancy and Nina, but especially Nancy since Nina is killed early. The two kids lose their father, then their mother shortly after. The worst thing? Nancy watches how Nina die in an assault by the necrolyzers, along with Nick, one of the basement guards who has decided to bring them out to look for their necrolyzed father, Bernard. In addition, during the assault, Nancy sustains a broken clavicle when the necrolyzers throw the car at a street lamp. As if that isn't enough, the necrolyzer rips the car door off, picks her up, and hurls her into the air, leaving her to splatter on the concrete. After Brandon saves and releases her so that he can use his gun, the hellhounds immediately chase her. [[BigDamnHeroes Good thing that there's Brandon.]]
** [[spoiler:Nina is turned into a necrolyzer and has to undergo the pain of decomposition.]]
** Poor little Brandon...
* CarFu: The driver necrolyzer uses their van to run over Brandon, reopening his wounds.
* ChestBurster: Happens whenever a giant hellhound swallows Brandon as a whole. Brandon rips his way out of its stomach during the first encounter with this species. Later, he tears its throat open and forces his way out.
* ColdBloodedTorture: It appears that Brandon, aside from being flogged, is left as a chew toy for the hellhounds. Also, the culprit constantly has him sedated just so that he won't know who's torturing him.
* CreatingLifeIsBad: The main drive behind the story. When William was young, he learned the existence of necrolyzation illicitly from Bernard. When his father died during Mad Dog Ladd's raid, William wished to learn necrolyzation so that he could bring loved ones back to life. However, his mother immediately warned him that giving life to the dead isn't as simple as it seems. It proves to be true. [[spoiler:William necrolyzes Bernard and plans to take care of him when Bernard rises. However, because he hasn't known how the expired serum works, a miscalculation results in Bernard being left alone to survive in Billion. Because Bernard looks so horrible, everybody shuns him except a blind hobo (who is implied to eventually shun him after introducing Bernard to his friends). Angered, Bernard starts to murder and necrolyze every single people in William's family, including William himself.]]
* DarkerAndEdgier: Arguably darker and more violent than Hellhound. It breaks the characters [[BreakTheCutie (especially children)]] in the worst way possible. Especially chapter 4, in which Brandon is nearly captured and sold off by Rafael's goon.
** Brandon's little sister is killed by Rafael's men...by ramming Elizabeth's belly with a steel beam.
** Brandon's father is decapitated by Rafael, and his head is shown to little Brandon. Holy crap.
* DownerBeginning: The very first scene is Bernard's funeral.
* DrawAggro: In chapter 7, Brandon saves a scientist from being eaten by a giant hellhound by whistling at the dog and [[BringIt waggling a finger at it]]. It works.
* HappilyAdopted: Subverted. After saving Brandon from Rafael's goon, Marcus takes care of Brandon for a few weeks. Realizing that Rafael will be after him soon, he decides to leave Brandon in the orphanage so that the boy is safe and sound. Little Brandon is too young to understand why, though.
* IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Marcus leaves Brandon in the orphanage because he doesn't want the little boy to be killed by Rafael when he seeks revenge. [[FridgeBrilliance This parallels Brandon's act of leaving Maria in the anime, in which Brandon has grown old enough to understand why Marcus abandons him.]]
* LodgedBladeRecycling: Before getting devoured, Brandon takes a blade to his stomach. He later uses it to carve his way out of [[WombLevel the dog's stomach]].
* KillTheCutie: Poor Nina... To some degree, Brandon's unborn little sister.
** [[spoiler:Nina is later revealed to have been turned into a necrolyzer. Being a child, she can't endure the pain of decomposition and is constantly screaming due to coldness and suffocation. Although it breaks his heart, Brandon decides to kill her to end her pain.]]
* MamaBear: [[PregnantBadass Elizabeth.]] When Rafael's goon picks Brandon up and is ready to leave, she throws Bruce's meat cleaver at the goon and mangles his face, despite having just suffered a traumatic miscarriage due to the goons' assault.
* MercyKill: Brandon kills [[spoiler:Nina]] to end her pain.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After Mika is seriously injured in chapter 8, Brandon just loses it. His motive of reaching William [[spoiler:and Bernard]] is getting more of a bloody revenge than a heroic reason.
** [[spoiler:Bernard himself. His motive of murdering and necrolyzing his whole family is all because of William leaving him to survive in Billion alone with such a disfigured body.]]
* SerialEscalation: In ''The Hellhound of Billion'', we have necrolyzed dogs and green-skinned giants. In its sequel ''Of Debt Bondage and Determination'', we have green-skinned giants with big claws and necrolyzed rats. In ''Twisted Death'', we have [[KnifeNut spine-shooting]] necrolyzed dogs... That's just the beginning.
** In chapter 7, we have a colossal spine-shooting necrolyzed dog.
** Later on, we have necrolyzed cats, crows, and rats.
* SerialKillingsSpecificTarget: Everybody related to Dr. William Rutherford is going down. Bernard, William's brother, dies at the beginning of the story due to a hellhound surprising him and causing him to crash his car. After that, Bernard's wife, Christina, is killed by hellhounds and taken away by necrolyzers. Then, their daughter, Nina, is killed and taken away by the necrolyzers. Lastly, Bernard's mother, Whitney, is killed by necrolyzers and taken away as she tries to lure them out for Brandon.
* SherlockScan: Christina's murder leaves only a puddle of blood with footprints from both hellhounds and shoes (probably belonging to necrolyzers or humans). This baffles Millennion agents, but Brandon is able to deduce something from that. The culprit must've taken Christina's corpse away, but it isn't the hellhound's doings judging from the lack of TrailOfBlood, which result from a murder victim being dragged away. How could Brandon come into that conclusion? Hellhounds carry things with their jaws, which will result in the victim being dragged away.
* ShoutOut:
** Nancy and the guardsmen watch WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry ''Pet Peeve''.
** Brandon, Mika, and Nancy read Creator/CarlBarks ''The Queen of the Wild Dog Pack'' on chapter 6.
* TrailOfBreadCrumbs: Brandon's backup plan to figure out where the necrolyzers are coming from. As the necrolyzers drag him away with a van, knowing that the tranquilizer is kicking in, Brandon leaves a trail of rocks so that Millennion agents can at least, know where they're bringing him to, although the trail isn't optimal because Brandon passes out soon.
* WhatADrag: Chapter 3 ends with this. Brandon has planned to let himself dragged (secretly) by the necrolyzers' vehicle so that he can learn where their base is at and presumably their leader and the mastermind behind the serial killing.
* WhipItGood: The unknown (and possibly) TheDragon to the mastermind flogs Brandon during the torture scene.
** In chapter 7, it's revealed that [[spoiler:Dr. Bernard]] is the one who flogs Brandon, and he has a coiled whip strapped to his belt.
* WombLevel: Brandon is eaten by a giant hellhound in the lab and has to tear his way out. Due to the dog being a necrolyzed being, its stomach lacks gastric juice, which eases Brandon's attempt to escape.

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