Chapter 2: Everything was planned
While theoretically thinking, a boy with a hat similar to my age spoke.
"sighed, I wish there was at least some decent woman here without their husband. I thought it was time for my body to grow up by having a romantic relationship with them," he said while leisurely drinking alcohol and crying at the same time next to my side.
His clothes were at least decent, no, it's rather average compared to everyone here. Anyone who sees him would mistakenly think of him as a commoner.
But... Is it really a good thing to drink alcohol at his age?
"I think it was because you are a pervert. No, that isn't the question, since when did you come here?" I said to him seriously.
He had a serious expression at first after hearing me but that changed quickly. "yo, Lux." he waved his hand to me. "surely it has been a while since we'd met. Anyways, your joke is not gonna work on me"
He called my name. I dont know why but it felt strange calling my first name. Was it because no one had done it in the past other than the two people who were close to me inside the laboratory? Whatever is, I still felt relieved hearing my name from the people very close to me.
"Same goes for you. How does it feel to get slapped by a woman?" I said upon noticing the swelling handprint branded on his face.
"Are you making fun of me? oh well, it sure does feel a little bit livelier. As long as a woman touches me, it doesn't matter what they gonna do to me. I will accept them with my body." he said proudly. His imagination is going somewhere.
Yeah, he really is a pervert. How did I manage to get close to him anyway? I think it was him who did. He just keeps talking about this random stuff and perverted stuff from 10 years ago until now.
"is that so, so what are you gonna do now, Urahara?" I muttered his name with a serious tone.
The tone I used wasn't something ordinary, it was rather a tone that should be used in a serious matter.
It was a little bit too sudden, even I was speechless from what I said.
"..."
His mood altered. The expression that seem to give a lot of cheerful moments, disappeared instantly right after hearing what I said seriously.
It has to be a serious moment. I dont doubt that.
While this conversation is getting deeper with each word we said, I noticed a girl nearby. It was Mika. She looks gorgeous with those outfits and high heels sandals... And the direction where she's going... Is she perhaps planning to go to the toilet?
"...I don't know why but... Ice, wall, ant, naughty girl, t**s, toys, fan service, I want a woman with big ****, Grab them using my hand, happy, till the end of my life, yay that's all." Urahara shouted these words proudly with all his might.
Then added before looking in my direction. "how's that? Huh?"
"..."
Urahara's face was puzzled after looking at an empty seat. "where did he go?" he questioned himself.
Only then did he realize something.
"hey. I think you are that guy earlier." said the woman with an irritated face along with a group of women on her back.
Urahara probably has not realized it yet but just by looking at the atmosphere they're giving, it was extremely difficult to not be able to read the situation.
Urahara had sweat covering his whole face. "eh, eh, eh... Wait! Ahhhhhhkkkkk!!!" a scream never heard before yet easy to ignore, engulfed the whole room.
Standing on the balcony side of the mansion, I breathed deeply. "phew, it's a good thing that I managed to escape there somehow. I knew he's gonna pull out something like." I muttered in relief after remembering what he said 10 years ago.
-I'm gonna take all the women in the world and have my seed implanted inside their belies.
That is what he said. It was also due to this reason that I predicted his next action after talking for a few seconds with him.
Now thinking back, that scene was full of riddles. Not only did he solve some problems, but he also managed to make an awkward impression on others. I would say it was a 100/10 deception.
While thinking about this, memories of the past ran over my mind, they were precious yet meaningless at the same time.
'Anyways, I have to sort some things out.' I walked closer to the concrete balcony railing and saw the vast view of the city appearing in front of my eye pupils.
It was impressive, I've never thought lights coming from the city could make such an overwhelming view.
"is what most people would usually say" I tried my best to hold my mouth to prevent muttering a word. However, At this point, I knew it would be meaningless. My mood changed into something else different from what I usually have.
Saying things differently from my perspective is not my way of handling my perspective. Everything that appears to my eyes will inevitably receive my own opinion and thoughts, whether it is bad or not. Everything receives different treatment. From me, and people other than me.
So in that regard, this whole scene unfolding right under my eyes is nothing sort of impressive. Everything is the result of hard work and plans. That's why every result should be normalized. There's no need to feel impressive if everything we did was planned.
Aside from the lights covering the towns which could be seen from here, I saw countless people working hard to achieve their goals and plans.
The sun is gone and the night had begun a few hours ago but, I've never seen tiredness in their eyes. The body and mind are full of determination even though it will someday lead to sacrifices people are working so hard to get what they want. However, what about those people who were fighting out there behind that wall?
As I think deeper, I stared at the empire walls, behind those walls are people who were sacrificing themselves fighting against monsters who had begun a massive invasion against humanity. The biggest threat to humanity.
According to my information gained from the laboratory, ever since the creation of the world, people from ancient times were already fighting against these creatures.
And these creatures are brainless creatures whose sole purpose is to destroy and kill people in their surroundings. Their abilities and strength are far incomparable and superior when compared to normal people. In addition, by the time they reach the strongest form of their power, they evolve into another or superior species far stronger than they were, and when that happens, they only get stronger and stronger. As such, the people from the past always suffered huge casualties against these monsters because of a lack of equipment and strength to fight them.
However, through constant fighting and experience in the battle, in order to defeat them, humanity started developing abilities using mana that is scattered all over the world or perhaps the abilities that are given to them directly by the gods.
People who can use mana and directly utilize them freely of their own will are called sigma. Sigma people are the awakened people who can use mana freely like it's their own body. They can exploit it to greatly enhance their strength, firepower, ability power, weapons, and other stuff that can be brought out in the war against monsters. And because of the appearance of mana to humanity, the lack of strength and equipment quickly diminished as their strength became equal to or even higher than that of the monsters. As a result, with now humanity being able to stand up on their own knees, time was given to them and that resulted in the creation of new equipment.
This story between other races or what we called monsters with humans is quite a cataclysm. However, this story is not interesting based on my understanding, what interests me is the creation of gods and these monsters we called.
It's so interesting in so many ways. I will surely learn more about them before I fade into dust...
While wandering inside my thoughts, a woman I'm certainly familiar with called me.
"I finally found you."
Mika said, in a tone seems a bit mentally and physically tired.
Upon turning and seeing her, I'd questioned her in a low and composed voice. "why did you come here? Judging your expression, perhaps, a serious offense?"
Mika quickly lifted her head in bewilderment upon hearing my illogical questions. Her face confronted mine.
"what do you-"
She seems more stupefied than I thought as she tried her best to hide everything as she could. However...
"What I mean is did something happen, perhaps?"
Hearing that, her expression came back to light. "Oh, no. I mean, hurry come with me. Someone died in the hallway!" Mika, unable to hold back anymore, screamed in a voice not too loud. Her body starts trembling.
"What?" my expression broadens from her sudden statement. To clarify the situation, I once again questioned her to make sure I heard that right. "what do you mean someone died in the hallway?"
"There's no need for an explanation so come with me" Mika grabbed my hand and forcefully dragged me into the crime scene.
A few minutes later we arrived at the crime scene and saw the body of a woman laying down on the floor lifeless.
As I saw the body of the woman, I stood there in confusion. There was no blood in her body nor any traces of her being inflicted by a wound severe enough to kill her. However, just by looking at her state the woman in front of me is clearly dead. Meaning to say, the cause may not be because of severe bleeding from the wound but something related to poisoning.
From beside me, I can see Mika drowning in tears, saying some things connected to the whole situation before she went to me.
"I- I just want to go to the toilet but before I could... She... She was dead..." Mika cried. Her voice is stumbling.
I'd looked at her with a bit of sympathy.
Is this the reason why she reached out to me first?
For Mika, this whole situation is clearly something new to her and for that reason, I understood why she went up to me first before anyone else. (his first friend). From the laboratory, we studied how people die but if we compare knowledge to a real-life situation, the difference is entirely different.
With that being the case, I took a few couple of steps making myself a little bit too close to the corpse.
After getting close to her, I checked her pulse and scanned the surroundings.
Let's see. Usually, the knights guarding this place would've come to take the body, however. Up until now, no one has come to take care of the body yet. Therefore, it can be easily said that no one has found out what happened here and only the two of us had known the situation before them.
But... Judging from the surroundings and state of the body, it's safe to assume that the perpetrator hadn't gone anywhere currently. This means that the murderer may be lurking nearby or might be spying right now to see our reaction.
"Lux, what do you think will happen from now on?" while trembling, Mika spoke behind me not knowing what to do.
"..."
To be honest, I've never seen someone capable of doing this without being noticed by anyone so I won't be surprised if the murderer is one of the people from the laboratory. But this isn't the reason why I should ignore this, I should take care of the situation somehow.
I turned towards Mika. "what do you mean about what will happen from now on?"
"huh? I mean, this situation is-"
"it's not our fault and no one here is supposed to be blamed. As such, we got nothing to do here nor do we have to take responsibility for what had occurred. All we can do is to report the details to higher-ups."
When I told Mika this, her expression turned solemn. Was it pity? Sympathy? Or...
"...I understand. This situation is really not something we can handle. Let us go and report this to the knights." after sorting some things, Mika agreed with me with a light nod.
As expected, even though the situation seems unnatural, Mika saw a clear vision of what was happening with just a little bit of consideration.
This is the power of the 10th.
With a nod coming from me as well, we reported the entire case, explained everything related to the case, and went back to the party as if nothing happened as per the knight's instruction.
There were a few minor problems during the explanation but we ended up making it out without getting suspected. After all, it was natural for the knights to suspect us because we were the only ones present there.
Afterward, the party ended smoothly and went to our assigned room.
I and Mika did not mutter a word about it so we separated the moment the party ended.
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