Chapter 9 - First Impressions

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First Impressions

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Looking at the people gathered in his 'Mansion', Dio smiled happily. Truly, he was overjoyed that he won't be alone anymore. He can finally share his secret and impart them with his cultured knowledge—

"Hey." The blonde-haired girl opened her mouth. "Where the hell is this?" She asked, pointing her rifle at Dio's frozen face. Glancing at the glowing rifle aimed at his forehead, his sweat dropped.

'...Huh? Wait, what? Did I do something to you?' With a stiff smile, Dio calmly explained. "As the obnoxious female voice inside your head explained, we are in the 'SkyWorld'."

"SkyWorld?" The blonde loli glanced around the room. She could see the expensive decorations littered across the place, even the chair they were sitting on were covered in gems. "Did you make this place?" She asked with her big blue eyes boring holes into his.

"First off," The world stopped. In a split second, Dio ordered for his stand to grab the gun. Another split second later, Dio perfectly somersaulted from the second floor and sat on the main seat of the table, a rifle in his hand. "No weapons on the table." With a crafty glint in his eyes, he beamed at them. 'Heh, I carefully placed you around near 5 meters away from me. Now, witness the absolute power of Za Warudo!'

"?!?" Alarmed, Tanya grabbed the operation orb on her neck and jumped off the table. Enchanting her body with offensive and defensive formulas, she pulled her Mauser C96 from her pocket and trailed it at Dio's smug face. Glaring at him, "Give me my weapon back, monster." She spat.

Although Tanya had a serious look on her face, she was actually quite startled. The man with blonde hair was standing a few meters away from her, and the next second her rifle was stolen from her hands. She couldn't tell what magic he used, but it was definitely way above hers.

She wasn't the only one shocked. Everyone who was watching their banter was surprised too. From the moment the little girl pointed a gun at the handsome man's face, they were too absorbed in their own thoughts that they didn't expect it to escalate this much.

Of course, the culprit of it all, Diomichi Diovich, was shocked as well. He was only trying to assert his dominance by stealing the little girl's weapon, he didn't expect her to be so aggressive and pull out another gun at him. 'Is that a Mauser?' Dio thought idly while thinking of ways to steal her gun again.

Katarina Claes looked around fearfully, as a girl who hasn't seen a firearm before, much less been in a fight, she was stunned. She only remembered a floating white screen saying it will give her cheats to avoid her doom flags, she didn't expect to be put in danger the moment she accepted.

Still, looking at the cute little girl holding a gun, and the handsome Dio looking composed(Even though he was shitting himself), she decided to do something about it. "Everyone stop!" She yelled while standing from her seat.

"Can we please all calm down..." Before she could finish her words, A man with spiky pale blue hair and a similarly colored beard decided to fan the flames. "Oh? Are you guys going to kill each other~? Want me to be the referee~?" He said jokingly before standing above the table.

Stretching his limbs, Ban smiled. He pointed his hand at Dio, before activating his snatch ability. 'I was getting bored sitting in a dungeon, this should be fun~.' Since Dio made sure that he could be 5 meters away from them to activate his stand, there wasn't much of a distance between him and Ban.

Ban's hands shone pink before he stretched it out towards the rifle on Dio's hands. Dio's smile turned strained. 'Did my master plan fail? We were supposed to introduce ourselves and eat pizza later. This isn't how I expected it to be.' Manifesting The World beside him, The World grabbed Ban's hand, making the latter's grin falter.

"Huh? You can stop my hand?" He was surprised. Usually, his snatch ability could go through obstacles freely. It was the first time someone blocked it. "Now this exciting," Using his superior speed, he snatched the rifle in Dio's hand and raised it in the air. "Now, let the battle begin! Whoever lasts the longest can have this thing!"

Bang!

Smiling foolishly, a bullet hole appeared on his forehead. With his body falling from the table, Tanya casually grabbed the rifle and aimed it at Dio. With an innocent smile on her face, she asked cutely, "Where were we? Can you please tell me where I am now?"

"..." Dio, Katarina, Shinobu, Killua.

'Huh?' Dio's smile vanished. He looked around carefully and saw that it wasn't his imagination. 'Did that little girl... just killed him?' Chills ran down his spine before Banda-kun's exploding head resurfaced in his mind.

Feeling his heart rate increasing, he stared at the little girl pointing a gun at his head.

Banda-kun and his head overlapped. An image of his head exploding appeared on his mind, scaring him shitless. Closing his fists tightly, he conjured for his stand to block his body.

Killua, who was busy minding his own business, decided to intervene. He didn't know why or how he suddenly teleported here, but there is one thing he knows. 'That girl... she's dangerous.' Sharpening his nails, he stealthily moved away from his chair.

Shinobu, who was watching things escalate quietly, grabbed the scabbard of her sword. With a harmless smile on her face, she turned her head to Tanya. 'This girl...' Her eyes sharpened before she too stood up from her seat.

As the only one who still doesn't understand what was happening, Katarina became scared. 'W-What is happening?!' She was tricked! Before she could stop her doom flags, she was going to die here! Panicking, she took a deep breath and decided to pretend to be a statue.

Dio, who was the only one left sitting, lowered his head. Currently, his mind is in another place. Inside his mind, he could see the vision of his brain. From the veins connecting each lobe, from the tissues protecting his brain, and the blood pumping from his neck. He focused on the chemicals affecting his brain.

[Serotonin Induction]

His beating heart came to a halt. Even his breathing stopped along with his heart. The only thing that he could hear was his brain pumping chemicals to stabilize his mood.

[Serotonin Induction 80%: Absolute Tranquility]

His fear and surprise faded. Slowly, blue colors spread around his body. They touched his heart, along with his lungs, down to his feet. Eventually, all the colors were painted with a deep blue haze.

Reason overcame him, with his mind now arranged, he could calmly make a decision, even in the face of death. Opening his mouth, he whispered. "Administrator's Privilege--"

"Keuk! Kehaahahahaha!" A laugh under the table brought his attention under the table. Looking below, he could see the bullet that was embedded on Ban's head dropped to the ground. Wiping the blood on his forehead, Ban grinned at them. "That was fun!" With an ecstatic smile on his face, he licked his slips and stared at the gun in Tanya's hand. "What is that? Can I see it for a bit~?" He asked while his hand glowed pink.

A tense atmosphere filled the room.

With Tanya aiming her rifle at Ban and a Mauser at Dio. Shinobu slowly unsheathing her butterfly sword and Killua peering at Tanya's neck from the shadows. While Ban was eyeing Tanya's rifle, Katarina finally had enough and hid under the table.

In the midst of it all, Dio had a strange look on his face as he stared at them. 'Can I calm this atmosphere using pizza?' As the world turned gray, Dio launched himself using The World and appeared in front of Tanya. Grabbing her head, he smashed it onto the ground, not before breaking both of her weapons.

Just in time to stop the time again when Ban's fingers were about to reach her. Grasping Ban's hand, Dio directly broke it without a second thought and ordered The World to fold him in a pretzel.

In the eyes of Shinobu and Killua, they all saw Dio disappearing from his seat and teleporting in front of Tanya, then vanishing soon after, with Tanya's head planted on the ground, and Ban's limbs folded in and out.

Looking at Dio's disinterested gaze, they heard him ask. "Do you guys want pizza?" His tone was his usual cold and refreshing voice, as if what he did wasn't a big deal. He dusted his clothes for a bit before peeking under the table. "You can come out now."

Katarina's head popped out under the table. Looking around cautiously, she asked the blonde man staring at her. "Is it over?" Dio nodded his head. "You want pizza?" He asked again.

The girl's eyes sparkled before she forcefully shook her head. "Mm! But, more importantly, are they alright?" She pointed at Tanya who was moaning in pain, and Ban who's trying to break free from his limbs.

Dio stared at the two before saying. "Pizza and cola."

"Okay!" Instantly, Katarina ignored the duo and exclaimed happily like a little girl. She hasn't eaten any of her previous world's food ever since she reincarnated as Katarina Claes. After remembering her past life, she has been craving eating junk food for years.

Shinobu stared at the duo, unsure of how to react. In the end, she sheathed her sword and decided to ask.

"What is a pizza?" She asked with a beautiful smile on her face.

Dio and Katarina stared at her. They looked at each other's expressions before nodding to themselves.

""It's Heaven.""

While they were talking about the effects and benefits of the legendary dish, Killua looked at them with a blank stare.

'What am I doing here?'

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Kinda looks messy. Should I write in character perspectives?