Manipulation - Emergence - Inner Conflict - Nothingness

"Now what?"

After a while, Tenshi looked around the gray world. Still, she saw nothing noteworthy and kept waiting

But suddenly, her eyes dilated and her pupils slightly dimmed, as if becoming dead and emotions disappearing

[You're alone...]

"..."

[You know what that means?]

"..."

[No one wants you]

"..."

Tenshi's eyes began to tremble as a disembodied voice was whispering on her ears

A faint figure is also hovering around her. The figure looks almost like Tenshi, in fact, it is her, but her appearance is so faint that her appearance couldn't be described so well

Though, there are two to three distinct features that could be made out of her. She has a very sinister smile, dark and dead swirling eyes, and a very long wavy transparent hair that's double her height

The rest of her body almost couldn't be seen, except when she moves and a faint outline of her body can be very slightly seen

On the other hand, there is a very faint transparent ring, the Clear Ring, on her back with four invisible floating discs revolving around her

"That's... Wrong"

[You want proof? Look]

The figure waved her transparent non-existent hand in the air and a space resembling a screen appeared in front of Tenshi

[Remember the birthday party you prepared for him? They're all having fun! Talking to each other, laughing together, eating together... What they don't realize is that you're gone. They don't even notice that you're gone and they don't care if you're gone]

"..."

[You don't have a place there]

"..."

[You were only taken because of convenience]

"..."

[He only fell for you because you manipulated him!]

"..."

Tenshi's eyes became more dead by the second. The [Bounded Ring of Totality of Fate] on her left ring finger began to release white light and pulsate faintly

[Do you want to come back?]

"M..."

[You want to? Even though you know that you won't have a place there anymore?]

"..."

[It's better if you stay here...]

"..."

[Stay here forever]

"..."

[You are an artificial being after all. You're a fake personality that came out of the Totality Catalyst... You have no place in this universe!]

"..."

[So, stay here...]

"..."

[...and suffer!!]

The figure disappeared around Tenshi and blended into the gray world, but at the same time, a faint warping of space around Tenshi started to occur

Her body subconsciously began to float upwards, but her body is surprisingly resisting it, even though her mind looks like it has been broken

"...shi!"

"..."

"..e...shi!!"

A faint deep double voice that sounds like it was coming from an air tunnel was echoing in the gray world

[...]

"Tenshi!!!"

[Shit, she's early, huh?]

The invisible energy around Tenshi began to dissipate and the figure returned behind Tenshi, several meters away. The screen also disappeared

*TEAR*

It was then that a tear emerged in the gray world. The tear is blacker than black, more pitch black than darkness, almost like void. The tear is like an eyesore of a stain a white canvas, but this time, it's gray

The tear widened, until it became an elongated hole. A void hand came out of the hole with it's outline emitting white light, like the light being trapped in the event horizon of a back hole

Eventually, a figure came out, a figure that's completely black as a void, but with it's outline being white. Long void hair and pointy ears. Her eyes are entirely whitewashed, like it's an opening of a gate through heaven

This is also the first time that she has shown the Void Ring behind her. Though, there are no discs floating around her as the Voided Prayers. She also has her halo that's glowing with a bright white light

This is Amatsuka Zentai, the personality of the Void Catalyst and the Totality Catalyst itself. In other words, the true personality of Tenshi, derived from her when she was just the Collective Totality

"I've finally found you, Tenshi!"

"..."

"Tenshi? What happened to you?"

Amatsuka held Tenshi's cheeks and lightly shook her. Deep down within her, she's excited to finally physically see Tenshi face to face

"I've come to bring you back, this place is very strange. We have to leave immediately"

"There's no point..."

"Hm?"

"They don't need me at all... They're happy without me..."

"...?"

Amatsuka sensed that Tenshi is very much off. She is a very happy person and she rarely gets depressed, according to her memories

She then looked around the gray world to search for clues while hugging Tenshi

"What is this place? There absolutely nothing here... But it's different from Philip's World of Absolute Nothingness..."

Her nose then twitched

"Fluxewright... It's so abundant here... Is this a World of Fluxewright? No... It's not quite..."

Amatsuka kept looking around until her laid on an empty spot

"..."

Her eyes narrowed, as if she could see something from nothing

[Ha?]

The figure was startled as she subconsciously moved backwards. Amatsuka's aura started to grow and spread around the gray world. The once gray area became slightly darker as specks of dust, like ground pepper, scattered like wildfire

*KRZZT*

Before Amatsuka could do anything, dark green lightning, almost the color of dark moss or patina, similar to the oxidation color of the Statue of Liberty, crackled in the gray world

The dark green lightning surged across the empty space until a single slit of what looks like a tear appeared. The tear opened from its center and formed a diamond shape hole, almost like a portal

The green hole then shrunk into itself and transformed into what looks like Tenshi. Her entire body looks like a crystal that still resembles Tenshi's appearance with each joints and corners of her body has edges formed, almost like a crystalline as her body is also almost transparent with line branching inside the crystals, like fishbones or tree branches

He has a dark green crystalline ring behind her, as well as a crystalline halo above her head. There is just one disc, that's ever changing, that's floating around her. The disc changes like a tesseract

This is Timeline Angel Tenshi, the one who emerged in Tenshi's body, after Philip visited the Alternate Timeline of the Zombie Apocalypse, from absorbing the Timeline Catalyst via Soul Link

Her emergence was cut short because Amatsuka force her transformation, causing Timeline Angel Tenshi to disappear. Amatsuka then warned Philip and Tenshi to avoid the Timeline Angel transformation for unknown reasons

Now, Timeline Angel Tenshi is practically free and both of them are facing each other now

[...]

Timeline Angel Tenshi just turned her head towards Amatsuka and Tenshi

"..."

Amatsuka glared at her as she's powering up energy

[It would be unwise to fight in this moment in time, wouldn't you think]

Timeline Angel Tenshi spoke and she sounded like her voice was shimmering, almost as if two crystals are being grinded together, different from Amatsuka's voice where is sounds like she's in a well with a dual voice

"I don't know. Do you?!"

Timeline Angel Tenshi and Amatsuka exchanged harsh indirect words

It was then that Amatsuka blitzed and disappeared from her position and instantly appeared in front of Timeline Angel Tenshi with her right hand smashing on her chest as her three main fingers are half closed

Timeline Angel Tenshi wasn't fazed and she just received the full brunt of the attack

"You need to disappear and never comeback!"

[...]

Timeline Angel Tenshi didn't respond and Amatsuka followed with a left hook, only to be deflected by T.A. Tenshi with a single motion of her left arm

Amatsuka's form broke and T.A. took this chance to hover backwards

"Come back here!"

Amatsuka didn't let T.A. Tenshi get away from her and she aimed her right palm at her

"Supervoid!"

A collosal film of pitch darkness emerged from her back like a cloak and expanded towards T.A. Tenshi in all directions. The cloak overwhelmed the gray world that it almost warped space

[Past to Future]

T.A. Tenshi snapped her left fingers and a spark and glitter of blue-green crystalline popped from the snap

[Timeline 8497563489]

As soon as she snapped her fingers, she pointed her finger towards the pitch black cloak and a dark green line emerged from the tip of her finger

The line then branched off into several more line until hundreds of line emerged. The lines penetrated through the pitch black cloak and halted the expansion of the cloak

[Present to Past]

She then made a gesture of her left hand as she twisted her wrist in a circle, followed by the revolution of her finger

[Timeline 1]

The expansion of the cloak then reversed, like it's rewinding and went back into Amatsuka. Her attack was easily cancelled

"..."

Amatsuka wasn't surprised, as if she already expected this outcome

"Ultravoid..."

[Halt!]

T.A. Tenshi put her hands up, as if she's surrendering, before Amatsuka could unleash her next attack

"..."

Amatsuka stopped and tried to at least listen to T.A. Tenshi first

[I do not want a fight. I came here for a purpose...]

"..."

[I am conscious of my ability and power. I know that you must leash me because it would be beneficial for this weak universe... I swear to myself that I wouldn't do anything that will harm both of us]

"How would I trust your word?!"

[This world, this realm... It's out of the ordinary. It is also abnormal that we are currently separated from the main body. It's as if we are in Tenshi's own realm of mind, much like Philip's World of Imagination]

[...]

"What are you getting at?"

[Well, that's only an if... We are currently in the Realm of Nothingness. A realm that was opened after Tenshi absorbed the Absolute Nothingness Catalyst]

"Ha? How'd you know that??!"

[I'm a Timeline Angel, remember?]

"..."

[Now, to fix this...]

T.A. Tenshi abruptly turned her head towards the invisible figure. Her crystalline eyes shone in a ripple

[!!!]

The figure was startled and she subconsciously aimed her invisible right hand towards Timeline Angel Tenshi

In this moment, Amatsuka flicked her left hand towards T.A. Tenshi and a quiet explosion with no shockwaves occured

"..."

During this opening, T.A. Tenshi disappeared and instantly appeared behind the invisible figure. She immediately grabbed the air and clutched it

[Ack-!]

The invisible figure let out a sound, as if she was choking, as T.A. Tenshi was clutching her neck

[This should be another personality... Angel of Nothingness Tenshi]

[--!]

Due to pain, the invisible figure began to slightly show itself. Although she's still faintly transparent, her whole body could now be described

She wasn't wearing anything at all. But fortunately, everything is covered, or more accurately, nothing is there. There are no distinct features across her body, except for her hair and fingers that seem to pulsate on faint light

Her eyes are also different as it's shining with silver light. She also has a decently long eyelashes that glitter when she moves

She looks beautiful, but closer to the creepier side because she has no other facial features except her eyes

"Angel of Nothingness?? So, Tenshi accidentally absorbed the Nothingness Catalyst when Philip took her to his World of Absolute Nothingness!"

[Seems so... That's why we are currently here in the Realm of Nothingness]

"If that's the case, then that means the system is deeming this event as something impactful?"

[There's no mistaking it... That's why the original Tenshi is being placed in a test]

"She passed the first test. What test is she undergoing now?"

[Perhaps the scenario of what this Angel of Nothingness placed on her?]

"Loneliness, unacceptance, and distrust?"

Amatsuka turned her head at Tenshi as her eyes are remaining dead. The ring on her finger pulses faintly

Amatsuka also looked at the inverted ring on her left ring finger. Her white eyes flickered from seeing it

[We could only wait patiently and let Tenshi confront this test]

"Alright..."

Amatsuka let go of Tenshi and hovered near her. T.A. Tenshi kept a firm hold of Angel of Nothingness Tenshi's neck. Angel of Nothingness Tenshi tried to escape, but she couldn't budge at all

Meanwhile, Tenshi's body kept hovering in the gray world, the ⟨⟨ Realm of Nothingness ⟩⟩. Her Holy Angel form was undone earlier and she's currently an ordinary human Tenshi

"..."