3rd pov:
The hallways were covered with blood from all the agents's death.
Scaramouche walked past them, not paying them a single moment of respect, not even minding them bleeding out in front of him.
If he stopped for a moment, he could possibly save a few lives but he didn't care.
He walked into a certain room where Dottore stood.
"The hell happened here?..." Scaramouche asked confused as he looked at the dead agents.
One had an arm cut of and had died from blood loss. Another one had his throat sliced and one had a stab wound at the back of his head.
Dottore sighed as he knew the truth would only get Scaramouche even more pissed off.
"I had caught a vessel for an experiment. It seems I underestimated her." He said simply and walked around the room, looking at the mess.
Scaramouche crossed his arms. "You and about thirty agents were owned by a single mortal?" He chuckled and looked at the mess Y/n had caused, not yet knowing it was her.
Dottore sighed. "To my defense she wasn't a mortal." He said and rubbed the bridge of his nose.
Scaramouche studied the room. The broken container which had broken ice and glass surrounding it. Then he recalled Y/n having a cryo vision. If Dottore had captured an immortal, like Y/n was. He pieced everything together.
Did he really lock Y/n up in here?
Scaramouche glared at Dottore, only feeling his anger build up. "Did you lock Y/n up in here?" He asked.
Dottore only turned his head towards him and then away again. Scaramouche had gotten his answer.
His fists clenched. "Last warning Dottore..." he started.
"If you want to continue your plan with me, you will follow my conditions." Scaramouche spoke warningly.
Dottore then smiled and turned towards him.
"Now now Scaramouche, you can't blame me can you? I was way to interested. I must say I didn't expect her to slaughter an entire building of my agents." He said.
"She what? She killed them all?" Scaramouche asked with slightly widen eyes.
Dottore smirked. "Didn't expect that did you? It seems she's not the girl you remember." he said and walked out of the door, leaving Scaramouche to himself.
He looked around the room. Y/n had caused all these damages.
He looked down to the floor. It was almost as if he couldn't believe she was back. He had been alone for all these years and now she suddenly appeared again, like she appeared that day when they first met. It gave him a sense of Deja Vu.
A tinge of brief pain hit him in the chest as he recalled how he threatened to kill her if he saw her again.
It wasn't true. He would never kill her.
He was happy to see her even. However, he had hoped those words would cause her to stay away.
Because he feared how she would be mixed up in his new life.
As a harbinger, death followed him everywhere. Then she gave him the gnosis, the thing he wanted so badly. The thing that belonged to him.
And he felt as if she was truly there to save him again like she did all those years ago.
He didn't want to admit it, but he felt certain feeling come back when he saw her in the factory, looking for him.
"I wanted to keep you away from all this..." Scaramouche spoke to himself as if Y/n was there.
"But if Dottore has taken an interest to you, you're already involved in this mess now." He said.
He sighed. "Stay safe Y/n, if you are where I think you are, we'll most likely meet again. I'd just wish we weren't on opposite sides."
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Y/n pov:
Sumeru was completely unknown to me. I reincarnated into the game before Sumeru was released.
Standing here now... it's quite beautiful.
I walked between huge glowing mushrooms. The sky was black, with stars and constellations decorating it.
My clothes were slightly bloodied, I had managed to wash some of it away. My new weapons, the dual blades, were strapped horizontally on my lower back.
I'd been walking for an hour.
At times like these, being alone isn't all that bad. Sometimes.
I walked in silence, with only the sound of animals around me. Sumeru was so lively.
I didn't know where I was walking, but it didn't matter, I'd end up somewhere eventually.
As I reached the end of the forest, I saw wooden buildings. They were high up and constructed on the cliff side with bridges everywhere, connecting everything.
I walked into the small village, and a few people were walking around, doing their daily activities.
I, unlike them, knew there had been mass murder somewhere. I, unlike them, was not a simple mortal. They would eventually die of age, I would live forever. It was weird to think about.
And the fact that none of them knew a demigoddess was right here among them.
I walked through the village and out on the other side, towards another forest.
As I walked I heard some sort of roaring. I walked towards it, hoping to find a cute creature to guide me to the city.
And there it was. A big cat, a tiger.
It was rolling around on the grass with another tiger nearby.
I smiled at their cuteness and walked closer. They perked up at the sound of me and jumped up
I stopped in my tracks as I saw they were hostile.
I raised my hands in surrender. "Hello there." I said, hoping dearly these creatures could understand me like the Inazuma animals could.
Their perked ears and narrowed eyes disappeared as they looked towards me, calmly.
"I just wondered if you could guide me to the city, I'm kind of lost." I asked gently, not moving further towards them.
They walked a little closer to me and started sniffing the air around me, trying to sense for danger. When they didn't find any danger in me, they purred.
I let my hands fall to my sides and walked towards them. They didn't react badly and just seemed like huge kittens. It scratched one behind its ear while the other rubbed its neck on me,
I swear Yin and Yang, I didn't replace you!
"Is that a yes?" I asked with a smile. One of them started sprinting a direction and then stopped, waiting for me.
The other one pushed me forwards, making me walk after the other. And so I followed them.
As I walked with them, we passed plenty of other animals, who didn't act hostile towards me at all.
It included alligators, beasts and more tigers.
After lots of walking, finally we came to the end of the forest.
I looked out from the trees, and saw the biggest tree I've yet seen, it was holding a whole city.
I gasped at its beauty.
"Thank you for the help." I thanked the two tigers, giving them each a few scratches behind their ears and walked out of the trees.
I walked along the path and onto the bridge, looking at the city in awe.
"Woah..." I spoke as I walked over the bridge.
As I walked past the gates a man immediately stopped me, as if his only job was to stop people who entered the city.
"Hello there traveler!" He greeted me.
I'm going to be completely honest... I've interacted more with animals than people these past days.
I cleared my throat. "Hello." I greeted. Don't treat him like an animal. Don't treat him like an animals. He's not an animal. He's a human.
I reminded myself.
"Welcome to Sumeru, it appears to me that it's your first time visiting." He spoke. A guard next to him, probably to make the wimp of a man feel more superior.
"Yes. It is." I answered simply.
"Then you must receive an Akasha terminal! Perhaps you've heard of it before!" He introduced the device, as if it was the most beloved thing in the entire city. Maybe it was...
"A what now?" I asked. He smiled, probably happy to tell me what it is.
"A device made by our beloved Greater Lord Rukkhadevata. As long as you are within Sumeru's borders, you may use an Akasha terminal to connect directly to the Akasha and access any knowledge you need!" He explained.
"That's absurd..." I spoke. Even in Japan we didn't have this kind of thing. A device that connects to your mind, that's sounds like trouble if I've ever heard of it.
"No thank you, I won't need one." I said and was about to walk past them when the guard stopped me.
"I apologize miss, but it's also a security measure, you must have one to stay in the city." He said.
The wimp spoke again, "Yes, those are the rules." He said.
I sighed. "Alright..." he placed an Akasha Terminal in my hand. I placed the leaf looking device on my ear like he had his.
I'll just not use it.
"And then speak these words, 'May the mighty god bless us with their voice of wisdom.'" He said.
You've got to be kidding me...
I sighed. "May the mighty god bless us with their voice of wisdom..." I said. The Akasha activated and suddenly, everything just turned green.
I could see information about the people before me.
My heart raised, could they see information about me as well? I didn't want that. Not at all.
"Alright I'll go now." I excused myself quickly and walked away from them, into the city.
Having this thing on my head, felt weird. And it felt like a bad thing. Such a thing as infinite knowledge must come with a price, it's too good to be true.
I walked past stalls, people and lots of things. I co to walk up the tree, wanting to reach the top.
I got a good view of Sumeru from up here.
As I walked, I noticed a pair of big emerald eyes watching me from behind a plant. I met her eyes and we stared at each other from a moment.
I couldn't explain it but... she didn't feel human. She felt powerful, as if I was in the presence of a deity. Her eyes widened as she realized I was looking back at her.
"Who are you?" She asked me with a small voice.
I looked around me to see if she was talking to me or someone else. Then I answered. "My name is Y/n." I said truthfully. I didn't know why, but I felt like she was the only person in this whole city who could understand me. Although I didn't even know her name yet.
"Hello Y/n, my name is Nahida."