Chapter 50 Just Another Friendly Conversation

"this world will be so much fun. I Can't Wait To Experience Everything It Has." Sine said looking genuinely excited, unlike before when it felt forced. I turn my attention back to Blood Stalk as they swayed the underwear in their left hand around absentmindedly.

"I think this underwear is fine for now but we should get a different one as soon as possible." I said since I didn't want them walking around butt naked but still not whatever that thing did to get this.

"I... don't know what this does." She said innocently which made me want to face palm. How do they not know how to put on a single piece of clothes? Whoever her guardians were, they did a horrible job teaching her anything. Unless she didn't have any to begin with. That could be the reason she knows so little. Maybe its was a Tarzan situation? But she can read and speak among other thing, so someone must have taught her at least a little. Very little.

"Its like, they cover your body to keep warm. Like pants." I said trying to explain it calmly while hiding my frustration. 

"What... are pants?" She said with a low voice matching my tone.

"Ok, I should have seen that one coming." I said realizing I walked into that. "Just, put your legs through the holes." I said giving up on the example. It still feels really weird speaking out of the same mouth, like a leg going numb right before a sudden run. Whatever that "devil did to their body, I hope it isn't permanent.

"Do you need some help?" I asked hesitantly since this is a little uncomfortable for me to do. I hoped they would be to prideful and do it themselves but they nodded our head instead, which made me regret opening our mouth.

I grab back the colorful underwear and try to move our legs through the holes. This is so much harder since I'm trying to not look at what I'm doing or to touch their skin for obvious reasons. It felt like trying to put on a dipper with how awkward we moved around. After I pulled it up as high as it could go before releasing my grip.

"Please remember how to do this because I never want to do that again." I said thinking about how that could be a big problem 

"I... got it." She said with confidence which made me smile a little. 

"ALRIGHT! lets a go." Sine said with explosive energy. 

We started walking as Sine took the lead, swaying their arms back and forth in a hypnotic way. " i don't know about any doctors near by. BUT I DO KNOW A PLACE WE COULD EAT AT." The demon said as we turned left on a corner.

"There's know way you know of any place. You said you were trapped until today." I said finally getting a chance to call out this devils inconsistent nonsense.

"NOT PHYSICALY. But I Was Always Looking Around Whenever I Could Using My Only Worth Wile Possession. it was only for moments but I could see a few signs that there were food in certain buildings. " Sine said while turning to face us. It then started to walk backwards as it continued talking. " While You Two Were Buzzy Being Unconscious And Dragged Away To Jail. i was watching from the shadow and one thing i witnessed was a building brining with evi- I MEAN FOOD!" The devil said trying to cover up something. "LIKE THE SMELL OF BURNING OILS. overflow of organic trash. And Many People Going In And Out Can Only Mean They're Running A Restaurant." The devil said explaining its evidence like it was some kind of advertisement.

"So, you smelled something burning and saw some garbage outside next to people going into a random building and just guessed its a restaurant." I said summing up everything Sine spouted. The second I said 'guessed' it looked away like it was embarrassed. "You also haven't said where it is if it even exists." I said since most of that is probably made up but we don't know any place to eat besides the skyscraper. so as long as we keep walking, well eventually fine someplace to lay low either way.

"OF CORSE IT EXISTS. We Just Have To Walk Around A Little. there's no problem." The demon said looking a little bit nervous as it talked. We take left at another corner and see piles of trash littered along the pavement.

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"We also don't have money to pay even if we find this restaurant. Now that I'm thinking about it, how can we even afford a doctor with no money. " I said lamenting the lack of funds we have. I looked down on our arms, seeing burses and open wounds still bleeding.

"We Don't Need No Stinking Doctors Since That Can Take Care Of Everything For Us." The demon said while pointing to the gun with its tail.

I looked at it with complicated feelings. I know there are Rider powers in this thing that might be able to heal Blood Stalks body, but like any medicine, it can also hurt her if I overuse it which I have already done it once. I click on the gear and the screen popes up. I then moved to the page with diagnostics on it. The image is different now. Instead of the Blood Stalk suit, a human body is now center stage. I taped on the left hand and a mini game popped up, there was a needle and thread in the corner and a big red spot on the palm with red cartoonish droplets falling from it. It was like one of these mobile surgery games where you needed to stich up a piece of skin. I clicked on the thread and started to sew up the palm

Blood Stalk started to rub of some of the dried blood and the wound was closed. "Cool. This thing works on your body as well." I said in amazement and wonder as the palm healed so fast that now only a small scab remained. I looked at the gun again and start to think about what this means. This isn't something from any Kamen Rider show. There was never a power that looked even remotely like this. So why does it have this function? Also, can I do this with anybody?

"I just thought of a way to make do make money. If I can heal other people like this, than I could make a fortune off playing games. Everybody wins." I said finally having a solution. This gun is the best.

"GREAT PLAN. What Happens If You Can't Heal Others. i think demolition is way easier and more fun than sitting in front of hurt people all day?" Sine said in a sarcastic tone. I hate to admit it but that is a good back up plan.

"Your half right, I guess. Still, well need money if we plan on saying here for a few days. At least until we achieved all our goals." I said since we can't hunt our own food inside the city. Blood Stalks goal was to hunt monsters here for some reason and we could normally eat them afterwards so there wasn't a problem, but these ones seemed to rot away in a mater of minutes unlike normal animals so eating them is impossible. if my brother is trapped in the dungeon down there so I don't want to leave the city and risk getting lost again. 

There's also the first problem which is my body missing and the mystery behind this Kamen Rider System. There are so many things to keep track of and its driving me crazy.

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"your really bad at remembering the fun stuff. We Already Have Cash On Hand." The devil said jumping behind us and trying to grab another thing from our back. We 

"Stop that!" I yelled at it while grabbing one of its hands while turning around. The gun now swinging on the thumb.

"WHAT?" The demon said while tilting its head." after all the hardships we've go through. There's No Real Reason To Put Up Boundaries Now." The demon said as it walked forward pushing us back. It raised its other hand reaching for our neck but Blood Stalk grabs their them first.

"I know your trying to prove your point, but I really hate it when you do stuff like that out of nowhere." I said fearing what this thing wants to do next.

"WHY'S THAT? You Do It All The Time. in fact you were just doing it now if memory serves me right." Sine said in a mocking tone.

"I know your right about that, But I'm trying to help her." I said trying to argue with this thing.

"THATS RICH COIMG FROM YOU PARACITE. Your Hole Existence Right Now Is To Benefit From No Names Suffering. i know for a fact you would do the same stuff if you could get away with it. Want To Know Why I Know? IT'S BECAUSE I'M ABLE TO." Sine said with a passionate tone that made my spine shiver. I thought back to when this monster showed up and introduced itself as our inner devil. "the more they fight and suffer the more it benefits all of us, so cut it with the pretentious nonsense." Sine said with a bit more venom in it's tone.

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"IT'S ALL THE SAME WITH US. Were All Trying To Help Each Other With Suffering. so why are you being so difficult on the fun stuff?" The devil said with confusion. Its eyes glowing brighter with each word. "And You No Name. why are you going along with everything without a word? IF YOU SAID THE RIGHT WORDS WE COULD HUNT AS MANY MONSTERS AS WE'D LIKE." The demon said focusing on our left eye as it talked. It must be trying to get her to make a deal but I can't say its wrong. I knew a lot of what this thing said was true, even if I didn't like it. I did do everything it said while denying it the same. This thing said it was apart of us, which means it knows exactly what to say to hurt me. It knows exactly what I'm afraid to think about.

We went silent for what felt like an eternity until the silence was broken by a soft voice. "Just... doesn't feel right." She said with little emotion in her voice but I could feel our body shake while they said it. "All... that stuff... doesn't matter."

I don't know if they are saying that because its the truth or if they are just trying to have my back, but I feel relieved that they didn't hate me.

"You Really Surprise Me No Name. didn't take you for the loyal type." Sine said with little care.

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"Their Name is Blood Stalk, and maybe you should show a little empathy?" I said throwing the same words back at it. It started squinting its big red eyes like it was unimpressed with my refusal. After a few moments it stopped walking and sighed.

"PFFF HAHA FINE FINE. The Point I Was Going To Make Was That You Got Coins Back There So Money Isn't A Problem. the trouble is getting there inconspicuously. YOU BOYS HAVE NO SHIRT AND NO SHOES WHICH MEANS NO SURVICE." Sine said raising their hands in surrender before waving off our grip with ease. I could feel our mouth turn into a soft smile when it said 'Boys' before it went back to a more neutral state. 

"Your not wearing anything." I grumbled at the devil while the devil looked down at its own body.

"i'm an exception." It said with a smug face. I guess it doesn't matter since there's nothing there so I let it go." OH WOW. Daylight Is Almost Gone. better hurry before you freeze to death." Sine said while moving to the right. They walked away liked this hole thing was nothing to them. I don't know what this demons angle is with us, one minute their trying to guilt me with the thing's I've done. The next its talking about food and the cold. It made that very clear that its on its own side. But I don't really get the feeling that its trying to kill us. Hurt us sure, but if its like a devil from ReVice than it would die along with us.

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We started to follow it again as we continued down this labyrinth of back alleys. "Hey Blood Stalk, thanks for that." I said feeling better about everything. They just grunted as if to agree with me while turning another corner. A few homeless looking people were lined up sleeping agents a graffitied wall.

"what did you mean when you said it didn't feel right?" I asked since I couldn't figure out what they meant. They, no she didn't say much but I could feel a lot of emotion in those words than what they lead on and I wanted to understand them a bit more.

"When... I kill a monster... my mind feels... normal. When... I think about killing monsters... I feel normal." She said with a soft tone. I could feel the corners of our mouth move up as they talked. Like they were happy thinking about killing which was a little disturbing, but I couldn't help but be drawn in even more.

"What... Sine was saying... it didn't feel normal. It... felt wrong to me. So... I didn't like it. I... don't care why. What... I care about... is this feeling. So... " She said stopping at the end. I was speechless. I couldn't believe how many words they said or how to interpret that. I can't help but smile as they open up to me a little bit more. 

The demon started to pull its mask down a little as its snake like tong waved through the air before putting it's mask back up. "THERE'S SOMETHING ON FIRE CLOSE BY. It Smells Familiar. i think were getting close." Sine said with a excited but uncertain look. The devil jumped over us again and started to run like its life depended on it. It continued jumping as it ran faster.

"Wait up!" I yelled since I didn't want that monster running around on its own doing who knows what. We start to run after it trying to follow behind this devil who suddenly who's running, jumping over trash laying in the path. Our legs get tangled in some news paper as we tried to keep up.

"Where did that devil go?" I said in frustration. This thing is finding so many ways to cause us problems for us.

"IS THIS WHAT THEY CALL INSTANT KARMA? i can't talk if you crush my I hear a crash my- ach." I heard to the right of us and run over to see Sine pined to the wall with someone's foot over their neck. I'm half tempted to let this play out because of the irony until I look at who was the one pinning that devil. My barrowed eye widens realizing the gravity of how bad this is.

"Allen..."