I'm Walking Here!!

I woke up suddenly, woken up by the abrupt ending of my dream, in which I had been assaulted by a sentient jar of peanut butter, that had thrown me into a vat of acid. I looked around, and from what I could tell, I was in a van. I attempted to move, but my arms and legs were bound by ropes.

I looked to my left, noticing the body of Oiran, and adjacent to me was Siken, who was also unconscious. Both of them were tied up as well. I look around, and the one thing wrong besides, y'know- being in an unknown van, was the absence of Shinimaru. 

My focus was broken as I hear a sudden shuffling from Siken's direction. I look over, and notice Siken messing with something behind his back. I whisper over at Siken.  "Siken! Over here!" Siken doesn't even look in my direction . " I know." He says. " I saw that you woke up, and pretended to be asleep so I wouldn't have to talk to you."

" Ouch dude. Ouch." Siken continued fidgeting behind his back. " So where are we?" I ask." Siken continues to avoid eye contact. " After you bested Zenmetsu, you passed out. Both Oiran and I were to tired to walk back, and eventually, some guard-looking guys came, and scooped us up." I hear a sharp  snap noise, and Siken spreads his arms out, no longer being bound by rope; and in his left hand, was a shard of glass. He had probably been sawing away at that for a while. Once he finished with his hands, he started cutting away at his foot ropes.

As he finished undoing his bindings, Siken walked over to me, proceeding to unbind my ropes, and now that his hands were free, it took just over a minute to do. I held out my clenched fist, gesturing to it. Siken spat on me. I sighed. " Thought I could be a fist bump guy..." Siken turned away, sawing at Oirans ropes. " While I do this, take out the driver up front" I nod, and summon my electric katana. I raise it up, and shove it through the wall separating the drivers seat from the trunk.

I hear a scream from up front, so I guess we know that the truck isn't driving itself. I guess thats good to know. I carve a doorway-sized hole in the wall, and quickly stab the driver in the heart. I throw his body to the side, and take over at the wheel, and what I see in the front window- is a city. We were in a city. Rain was pouring profusely, heavy storm clouds looming over the cyberpunk city. The city was so vast, that it seemed to go on forever.

I stare in awe at the landscape, as Siken steps through the doorway, and is met by the scene.  "Holy shit." He said. " This- this is Neo City." I look back at Siken, and ask, " What do we do from here- and did you get the slice from Zenmetsu?" Siken digs in his pocket, and pulls out a glowing slice of bread the color of gold, brandishing it. "When Shinimaru and I fought Zenmetsu, everything was going well. We had the upper hand even- until that girl came."

" Girl?" I ask.

" Yeah. She entered the room through what looked like a rift in space. This of course disoriented us. I tried to attack...but Shinimaru didn't move. It seemed as if they knew each other. She walked over to Shinimaru, and whispered something in his ear, and his face went dark. He locked hands with her, and they disappeared." I thought about this for a minute, before gasping.

" What is it?"

" Dunno. Just thought I should gasp."

I hear Oirans voice from the back. " Don't gasp. You sound like an idiot."  Siken hushed her, before saying, "I don't have a clear idea about where Shinimaru is, but it's likely that that girl was on of the Devil Lords' Lieutenants. And if that is true, she was most likely in cohorts with the people who took us here." He gestured to the dead body in the passengers seat. 

" So my thoughts are, that if we're being taken here, so is Shinimaru." I nod, and ask, " So where do we start looking?" My head swivels around, looking for anything suspicious. Siken also looks around, before pointing to something. It was in the center of the city, and I couldn't really make out the full shape, but it looked huge- and resembled a...bird?

" Wh- why the huge bird?" I ask. Siken shrugs. " I mean, usually huge birds aren't common, so it might be important." I shrug, and step on the gas. The car sputters before stopping in its tracks. " Its out of gas." I snarl. Shinimaru opens his door, and steps outside. " Guess we're going on foot." I go back to the trunk, and get Oiran, before stepping outside. I look out at the masses of people in the crowds. The city was very diverse. A woman with white hair, purple lips and a blue tongue, and completely dead white skin, a man with elvish ears- and a woman with fangs that protrude from under her lip, feathered wings, scaly claws, and a reptilian tail. 

Just like Zenmetsu.

Oiran catches me staring at this girl, and kicks me in the balls. " STOP STARING AT WOMEN!" I grimace. " But- she looks just like Zenmetsu." Oiran glares. " Oh so now you're a racist? He was a part of a race called Gleighcixya." I stare at the author. " Have fun writing that ten times. Gleighcixya, Gleighcixya, Gleighcixya, Gleighcixya, Gleighcixya, Gleighcixya, Gleighcixya, Gleighcixya, Gleighcixya, Gleighcixya." 

We keep walking in the direction of the bird for about an hour, but eventually, we all decide to take a brake. We eventually find a bar to stay at for a while, and we take a set at a booth. The only reason we chose this bar specifically, was because all the rest of them were being raided by grifters, so we settled on this one. The pub that we entered was rather bland. A few booths and tables scattered around, a pool table in the corner, and a bar up front. A waitress walked up to us, asking for our orders. I look at the menu, and all of the drinks looked like they would give me syphilis, so I just ordered a glass of water.

Everyone else also seemed repulsed by these drinks, and ordered water as well. The waitress spat at us. " P*ssys..." She walked away, heading back to the counter. As I continue to look around, amidst the crowd of different species, one man stood out.

He wore a white mask with holes in it forming a smiley face, sleek, slim silver armor under a black and green jacket, and techwear pants, as well as what I can only describe as the isekai equivalent of green and black Jordans, and a top hat. He was sitting alone in a corner-

" Why're you staring at that guy?" Oiran yelled over at me. S**t. I didn't notice that I had been staring at him this entire time. I flinched at the sudden speech, before waving her off.

" It- it was nothing."

Eventually our drinks came, we finished our drinks, and we left.

As we left, I looked over at the booth that the masked man was sitting at, and it was empty. I was confused by this- I had never seen him leave...Wait. Why should I care? Yeah...I'm cool. I look over to Siken and Oiran. " I'm cool right?" Oiran and Siken smacked me in unison.

As we walked outside, it was still raining, but I paid no mind to this, and we all continue towards the bird- and that's when we heard the noise.

About half a kilometer away, a beast burst through a building. It was scaly, its hard plating plastered with a midnight black color. Its tongue was bright red as it roared. It had to be at least three hundred feet tall. 

I looked around frantically , but nobody seemed bothered by this, as if it was a normal occurance, and wasn't worth their time to worry about.

I look over to Oiran and Siken, and they both looked equally concerned. I was about to activate Erotic Eminence, a man walked out of the alley next to me. It was the masked man.

He walked out of the alley, and turned in the direction of the beast, and sighed. "Scientists can't even control their own experiments..." He muttered. He reached into his pocket, pulling out a deck of cards, and pulled one out from the stack.

He held the card up to his face, observing it, throwing it shuriken-style away from him.  "Eight of spades." The card erupted into bright light as he ran to catch up with it. The card morphed and changed, before turning into a bright blue sword. 

He caught up with the sword, grabbing it, before pressing a button on his shoes...and rockets erupted from the soles. He flew towards the beast at insane speed- it took only six seconds for him to reach the beast, before bringing his sword down upon the beast, beheading it. 

Its massive head fell to the ground, causing the whole city to shudder. Blood rained down from the beast, staining the streets red. The man tossed his sword into the air, and it turned back into a card as the man placed it back into the deck.

All of us stood in awe at this display of power displayed by this man. The masked man pressed the buttons on his shoes once again, raising into the sky- and he also seemed to be heading towards to bird structure. 

I ran for a while, before remembering...I could fly. I turn to the others. " You guys wait here. I'll fly there." Oiran responded. " I can make my sock hovercraft as well." 

" I can-" Siken was cut off by the scream of electricity of my wings sprouting from my back. I took off, and Oiran launched into the air behind me. Since I was so far away, I couldn't quite make out what he was saying. All I could hear was something about gay chipmunks.

I blasted off through the sky, closely tailed by Oiran, doing her best to keep up with my explosive diarrhea- explosive speed. I said explosive speed. 

It wasn't long before the entire figure of the bird was in view. It's full height was insanely overpowering. It stood at a height of at least three hundred feet tall, towering over even the tallest of buildings. It was a mechanical bird, resembling a hawk, and was the color of silver; however what little shine it had left was quickly being overtaken by rust. 

Around it was a barbed wire cage, but it didn't even reach up to the bird's torso. A cluster of people surrounded this bird as well, seeming to admire it.

I hold up my fist, signaling Oiran to stop, seeing as we had reached our destination. I looked around, and sure enough, the Masked man was hovering above the bird-

His head whipped around, the masked man now facing me.

He retained this eye contact for about five seconds, before he dove down, and disappeared into the bird through a hatch. I look back at Oiran, and she nods to me, and I nod back. I assumed that this meant that we were going to the bird, but she hovered down into the crowd and kicked a toddler.

I had no inclination to go and get her, so I headed in alone. I circled around the bird until I found a small hatch in the neck, and I dove in. The interior was exactly what I expected: Winding bronze pipes spewing out thick mist, creating a foggy haze. 

Up ahead, light pierced through the darkness in two bright beams. I squinted my eyes, and in one of these beams stood a figure. I took off, flying through the air, weaving and dodging through the pipes and beams. Eventually, I made it within a few meters of the light, and what I saw was a large control deck with a control panel laying on it- and operating this control panel...was the masked man.

He stood in front of the panel, frantically poking and typing away at the desk. I quietly land on the deck, before picking up a rock, and throwing it at the masked man. Without even turning around however, the stranger caught the rock, and dropped it to the ground. 

" Without even seeing you, I can tell that you get zero b**ches." I sniffle. " Well..you- you're a poopy...you're a poopy head." The man turned around, his smiling mask facing directly at me.

" What the hell are you doing here? Who are you?"

" I'm Okoramo, and I'm here to find a slice of the sacred loaf of Animereconanimakstanbriggothegoatchadladpirates." I look around. " I now see that it's not here."

The man seemed to freeze after I named the sacred loaf."

" You don't understand. That slice is being guarded by one of the lieutenants of the Devil Lord..." He looked around, as if to check if someone was watching. "...Frivia." 

I laugh fancily. " Well...I've already taken down a lieutenant."

" Which one?"

" Zenmetsu."

The man burst into laughter. " DUDE!! You're stupider than you look!!" My face darkens.

"wut."

" He's the laughing stock of the Devil Lords' lieutenants!  I could beat Zenmetsu MYSELF!"

I fall to my knees. It took literally all of my power to beat Zenmetsu- and he's the weakest lieutenant?! I quickly snap out of my gloom, and mutter, " I guess a have to train..."

The man looks back at me. " you said that you were trying to get the slice though, right?" I nod.

"Well, in order to do that, you have to take down Frivia, which is what I'm trying to do, and it's the reason I'm here right now. Even though Zenmetsu is weak, he's not easy to beat- so do you want to join me in taking down Frivia?"

"Sure man, but I don't even know your name."

"Gin. Gin Rumi.