9. Welcome back

" We could ! We got out ! "

" Yeah. It was difficult. "

At the moment, Sakamoto and Takeshi were standing in the alley and catching their breath. This fight was very difficult.

As soon as they left the castle, the space around them distorted and they returned to the alley from where they started.

" Phew, what's next? Akira is still unconscious, and Morgana is missing. "

" I have no idea. Now, I want to drink, smoke a whole pack of cigarettes and think. "

" What do you mean ? What about the academy ? What should I do with Akira ? Hey ! Where are you going ?! "

" Not my problem ! Bye, bye ! "

Sakamoto watched Takeshi's figure slowly disappear into the crowd of passers-by.

" Heck! Bastard! What should I do?! I can 't take him to the academy in this state ! "

He looked at Akira, who was still shaking a little from the pain. But to his surprise, there were no wounds or burns on him. They disappeared.

" AAAAAAH ! All right! I'll just wait. I'll wait...Takeshi ! Bastard ! I 'll remember that for you ! "

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( A little more. Just a little bit. A couple of blocks and I'll be there. )

Takeshi was moving in the alley, along the wall. His strength was leaving him. My legs were giving way and the broken leg was making itself felt.

( A little more. The main thing is not to lose consciousness. As soon as I get there, I can, but not now. Too dangerous. )

He slowly walked out of the alley and the long - awaited sign " Clinic of Takemi " appeared before his eyes

He stumbled to the threshold. Leaning against the wall, he began to knock furiously.

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Tae Takemi, a doctor who ran a small clinic in Yongyong Jaya. She calmly went about her business until someone started furiously banging on her door.

She went to the door and when she opened it, she was presented with a terrible view.

Takeshi Yasuda. He was standing at her door, all pale, sweat dripping from him in a stream and he was shaking violently.

His leg was shaking strangely, there was a little blood on his face and he was breathing heavily.

" Yo, Takemi. "

" What happened to you ?! Did you fight again ?! "

" You know....when you're worried.....you're so cute. "

These were his last words when the strength left his body and he began to fall.

" Takeshi ! "

She quickly grabbed him and started dragging him to the clinic.

" Again ! You 're in this state again ! "

She put him on the couch, undressed him and began to examine him quickly.

" Breathing is heavy, severe cramps in the body, as well as severe sweating and..... "

She gently touched his leg and at the same moment he cried out a little in pain.

" Something with the bone. A fracture is possible or it is cracked. He has a fever too. How did he even get to me in this state ? "

She looked at his pain-distorted face. Her stomach clenched.

" When will you stop crippling yourself ? You're always like this, don't you realize that it's not just you that's hurting ? "

She stroked his face and an unusual tenderness appeared in her eyes.

" Well, I can't delay. "

She took out medicine, syringes, various medical things. She looked at him and filled the syringe with painkillers.

" This will ease your pain a little. "

She quickly injected him with painkillers and began to help him.

" Be patient a little. It will hurt, but then it will be easy for you. "

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At the same time, Takeshi, or his consciousness, also found himself in impenetrable darkness again.

" So here I am again. What is it this time, you glowing freak ?! "

But there was no answer to his words. The darkness remained in silence.

" Oh? So this time we 're going to play silent ? "

.......

" Are you.....offended? "

........

" Oh, really? Are you five years old? Come out already, we need to talk about all the shit that happened. "

This time, the darkness parted and a figure from the bright light appeared.

" Oh , appeared "

[ 𝐀𝐬𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ]

" So.....what the fuck ?! What was that place ? Why the hell was I there?! And what the fuck is going on here anyway ?! "

[ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭. ]

" Okay, then what the fuck did I forget there? "

[ 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝. 𝐀 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬. ]

" What's going on anyway ? Where did this world come from ? Why don 't people know anything about it ? "

[ 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐩, 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐩, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡. ]

" Wait, so there's someone who manages everything from behind the scenes? Is this the so-called Shepherd ? "

[.....𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐩. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞. ]

The figure of light began to move away from Takeshi.

" Stop ! We didn 't finish ! Stop ! "

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" Stop ! "

Takeshi stood up abruptly.

" Heck ! That bastard ! Well, never mind, we'll talk again "

" Oh, I think you should postpone your conversation. "

The voice came from behind Takeshi. He knew that voice and knew that he was in trouble.

He slowly turned around and saw Tae standing in the doorway with a smile on her face. That's just behind that smile, there was a demon hiding.

" Tae...let's talk it over "

" Oh, yes, we'll talk. our conversation will be veeeeeeeery long. "

Her words sent shivers down the back of his neck. She slowly began to move towards him and an Asura formed behind her.

( I got it. I'm finished. )