The childhood friend always lose

A young man can be seen looking at three girls having fun while he was alone. He is Rex Crozzo, the youngest son of the current generation of the Crozzo family. Kiana's Childhood friend and an illusionist.

He was used to masking himself and his emotions for a long time now. It even helped him survive the Nagazora zombie apocalypse until he regrouped with Kiana, Mei, and Bronya. He has an older brother figure in the headquarters branch and he was quite worried once he got word of what happened to him. 

Right now, he was dressed in the male version of St. Freya's uniform.  Well, one that he modified. It was a buttoned trench coat which is a dark shade of gray, his tie is black and he wears a dark purple-grey dress shirt. He finished it all with black pants and combat boots. 

He just came back from a mission in Hong Kong and New Zealand. 

"I'm back." He called out as he entered the dorm building only to be ignored. Sighing, he went inside and went to his room. Once he was in, he removed his coat and passed out on the ground, his body started to change revealing he was covered in bandages and his shirt was in rags. 

"Rex," Theresa called out as she entered the room before running to his side and sighing in relief, he was alive. Just passed out. "Honestly." 

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"Where am I?" Rex asked while looking around it was a different place. A lab of some sort. There was a man dressed in a white lab coat with black hair looking at a glass tube with something inside. 

"After this, today will be your birthday." The man said with a smile.

Looking closely, Rex's eyes widened. The one in the tube was a child. One barely around the age of four years old. The child was a young boy with black hair and features similar to the man in the lab coat. Looking at him, it was a man around the age of 20 who looked older than he should be, bags under his dark eyes. 

"You are my son, no matter what anyone says. You might be made in unconventional ways but you carry my genes and I will pass on to you my memes. You and your descendants will be our hope. One day, I will forget everything or lose myself, but." He whispered with a smile.

It filled Rex's heart with warmth and happiness as he looked at the man like he was looking at a father and son. 

"That's right, I have decided. from this day on, your name will be Polaris Cruz. Wait for a bit more, my boy." He said with a smile,

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With Reinhardt

The lesbian simp of the Crozzo family sighed as he got back from another batch of rejections from Kallen and Sakura. What is wrong with his life. Dressed in a combat uniform for Schicksal Knights, the young man sighed as he loosened his tie before humming as a familiar cup of his favorite liquid was pushed towards him. 

"here." In front of him is the pink-haired Apocalypse, Elysia Apocalypse nicknamed miss pink elf. She is an S-rank Valkyrie working for Schicksal who is often partnered up with him most of the time. 

"Thanks, Ely." He said as he took a sip of the liquid. It was warm and bitter yet it tasted great. Hearing his thanks the pink elf's blue eyes brightened up. 

"Rein~ Are you busy?" She asked while playing with a strand of pink hair. 

"Depends." 

"Well, you see~ I have an extra ticket to the premiere of Zootopia." She said with a smile, holding up a pair of tickets in front of him. Wait... is she wearing a maid uniform?

"What's with the maid uniform? It suits you, but why are you wearing one, now?" The eldest Crozzo asked as he looked at the 24-year-old in front of him. Hearing this, the pink-haired apocalypse smiled and did a twirl, purposely raising her skirt for him to get a glimpse.

"Well, Rita asked for my help and I accepted." She said with a smile while hopping beside him and sitting down near him, hugging his arm and resting her head on his shoulder. "Wanna come with me?"

"Well... I won't promise anything but I'll try to get there." He said. Wel spending time with Elysia is always a plus. She knows how o make life more fun. "Besides, I still owe you a favor for teaching Rex to use a bow." 

"Nope, that wasn't a favor." She denied. She enjoyed spending time with his younger brother. Well, it was actually his younger cousin but they were just so close. "Besides, this is a date." She said. Oh, she planned this alright. 

"A date?!" 

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Somewhere

Reve shivered in fear before throwing Bianka at Rita and kicking an immortal blade Valkyrie away. Man, it seems like the universe is warning him.

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"Master! Miss Elysia!" Yae Rin greeted with a smile, dressed in a female officer uniform. 

"Rin!" Elysia greeted with a smile while Rin froze at the sight. She was gonna need the bunker. Especially when the women started fighting. 

"Hey, Rin." Now, you might be wondering why Sakura will let her beloved sister in the care of a womanizer (in her words) like Reinhardt. It's because she trusts him 100% despite being annoyed at his advances. Hell, she is even fine with taking a bath with him knowing he won't do anything to her. And that he will go to hell and back just to keep Rin safe. 

"Master! Look!" She said showing him the qualification of her being an A-rank Valkyrie at her age. 

"A-rank? Good job." He said, rubbing Rin's head fondly. 

"Well, keep it up and in a few years you will be an S-Ranker like your sis or be a general-class like your Teacher," Elysia said with a smile. 

"Now, now. Don't force her like that." Reinhardt said as he took a sip of his coffee. 

"Oh! Sorry, I have to go!" Elysia said as she saw the clock.  Standing up, she smiled and kissed him near his lips. "Don't forget we have a date on the weekends." She said with a smile before looking at Rin. "Make sure he picks some good clothes, Rin." She said with a smile as she hopped away. 

"Master?" She left a red-faced Reinhardt in her wake. 'Oh no.' She thought as she can sense the war coming. 

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With Reve, the middle Crozzo child was shirtless with a towel around his shoulder. He had just finished training with the Immortal blades and he was resting. 

"Master Reve, Protein Shake?" Rita offered to him with a smile. 

"Thanks." The young man said as he took the container and drank it, missing the way how Rita's eyes trailed his scarred body. 

"Would you like to join miss Durandal and I for dinner later?" The young maid asked the 20-year-old Crozzo. 

"Sorry, I have a date later." He said, missing the way how the container cracked on the maid's hands. 

"A date?" She asked calmly. 

"Well, not really. But me and the boys have Warhammer 40k session later." 

"I see." Rita said as she loosened her grip on the poor container. 

"Yeah, and then we will be going on a bar run." He said with a shrug. He has a ridiculously high amount of alcohol tolerance. 

"Very well." 

"Oh yeah, here." He said as he pulled out a box from his box, oblivious to the crowd of immortal blades valkyries hiding in the corner. It was a simple box, with a card. "Since I won't be here for your birthday, I'll give you this." He said with a small smile. 

The maid was surprised. Gently setting the container down, she opened the box to reveal... A camera. 

"Well, since you always loved making sure everything is perfect, I thought why shouldn't I just gift you something you can store those moments." He said nonchalantly, "Well, advanced Happy birthday, Rita. Thank you for helping me all these years and for more years to come." 

A beautiful sincere smile appeared on the maid's face, her hair covering her face to hide a massive blush on her face. Putting on a jacket he smiled at her. 

"How about we go hang out? Just the two of us on our day off?" He asked. 

"I would like that very much." 

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With Rex. 

Rex blinked. Where the hell was he now. He did not recognize this place. 

Sighing as he took his Soulium scythe, he looked around and froze as he saw a girl, around the same age as Bronya, with black hair turning blue at the tips. 

"A girl?" He asked as he looked at her. 

Blue eyes met dark and before he knew it, she was already hiding behind a pillar.

"S-stay away!" She said weakly. Is he that scary? "W-wait. you... You're Rex Crozzo!" She said and now he was confused. Who is this girl and how did she know him? 

"Yes, I'm Rex," He said, removing his hood and bandages around his face. 

"Ahhh, Bronya-Onee-Chan told me about you." She said as she got out of hiding. 

"Wait... How do you... Are you Seele?!" He asked making her nod.

"DA! I'm, Seele, Seele Vollerei! Nice to meet you!" She said with a smile.

"Where are we?" He asked as he noticed the cube-like amalgamation. 

"The sea of quanta." She replied. Noticing something, Rex moved and carried Seele in one hand before cutting down something that resembled a Honkai beast. He did not notice her red face as he pulled her close. Dark eyes turned to red.

"Cover your eyes." He whispered to her ear while using his scythe to pin the beast down, vines covered the beast, crushing it to death.

Reality around him distorted as lotus flowers and vines surrounded him like a shield, red eyes glowing ominously. 

From the tears of reality, eldritch horrors erupted and tore apart his foes only for everything to turn back to normal. With a drop of sweat on his face. 

"You can open your eyes now," He told Seele who nodded and looked at the beautiful lotus flowers surrounding them. Seele smiled at him and was about to ask something before he disappeared. 

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Rex woke up in the clinic with a groan. What the hell? 

Sitting up, he noticed a sleeping Bronya by his side and that it was around 4 in the morning. "at least someone looked after me." He said while gently covering the younger girl with the blanket and raised his arm as a flower formed on it. Illusions, the power he inherited from his Stigma. Useful in situations such as making sure people won' die if they got their hearts destroyed by creating illusionary organs capable of temporarily replacing them until they got transplants. 

"Seele, I wonder where she is."