Who is it?

Shizuku was being carried by Naotora as the ghost man was running at a speed that surpassed most cars.

The wind blasting at her face was annoying but her thoughts were currently elsewhere.

as she was getting closer to her home, the sound of destruction, roars, screams, and gunfire was echoing about, the world that she struggled to keep was crumbling down, quite literally in this sense!

As the world was already changing into the kind that was deadly for regular humans, The kind where the possibility of their extinction would come about if they fail to secure a suitable location for themselves soon.

But as this was happening, something within Shizuku throbbed almost painfully to get her attention, yet the girl assumed that it was just her overusing the spiritual energy to give her loyal warrior his current body.

She feared for her parents, her younger sister, and her younger cousin that came to visit the fear of losing them would leave a lasting scar on her psyche should she lose them... again?

That was an odd thought that came about as her mind wandered into these weird yet vivid thoughts that she used to peg as uncontrollable imaginations that seemed so real at times.

But the loud screeching of metal being ripped asunder pulled her back to see something that made her turn pale!

Her home was destroyed.

Blood and gore caked the debris of what was left of it.

Naotora sensing the change within her yelled out to her to hopefully awaken her from this but the side effects of using spiritual energy tend to make such practitioners depressed and worst of all suicidal!

"Lady Shizuku, please control yourself! plea-"

His words were cut off as what she saw next was A few limbs stuck out from the debris of her destroyed home, one with a familiar strap on the wrist the very same one her dear sister wore.

Before her emotions that Shizuku tried to control...

Finally slipped from her hands.

the girl's cry of remorse and pain echoed out as did her powers that she barely understood, blasts of spiritual waves pushed everything within 10 meters of her away...

Including Naotora that was calling out to her to calm down.

Tears dripped from her eyes, sadness taking hold of her heart even more so with the combined effects of overusing her powers her face twisted with several emotions just suddenly bundled together!

Her wails continued, calling forth monsters nearby to attack her and Naotora that was preparing to knock her out and run as he tried to call out to her before everything suddenly froze as if everything had stopped in time.

the birds halfway flapping its wings in the air, more monsters falling out from the ruptures in the sky even some of her tears that were about to land on the ground floated, everything had stopped moving other than a strange mono-eye spider that simply stared at her with curiosity.

Then as she was about to ignore the strange creature and continue her wallowing in sorrow a strange scratchy voice asked her.

"Tell me, child, do you want to see your family that badly?"

The question itself felt strange as if an old man was trying to help a child but the image of someone dear to her dying thanks to her heightened emotions this made her unconsciously reply...

"Yes! I do, I truly do!"

She was already preparing to do anything as the toll of seeing the dead and spirits every day from the age of six was more than taxing on her mind with her family the only thing that kept her...

Sane.

Yet, a tired sigh echoed out before the voice gained a chiding tone!

"Then why are you trying to kill yourself!? HUH!?"

The sudden change made the girl blurt out in surprise.

"eh?"

She was waiting for something else like I can help you or what will you give in return you know the typical devil's deal kind of thing hell she prepared herself for such things!

But certainly not for some strange voice to suddenly scold her!

Like what the hell?

but the voice continued before she can defend herself.

"why would you kill yourself if they are still alive fighting to stay alive? Ya Damned BRAT!"

She was stoked from the chiding and the words it had told her.

they were still alive?

But her sister was-

The voice cut her off again

"it isn't her! just another unfortunate child that was harmed by the new arrivals. but"

the first part made her skeptical yet hopeful so she calmed down somewhat, however, the word 'but' made her uneasy.

At least she was feeling a lot better now after the effects of earlier dissipated making her frown at the stupidity from before, as she waited this time more calmly for the voice to finish.

"If you stay as you are and where you are they will die soon, so i will ask this again..."

A Man wearing well-tailored clothes, with a hakama and sandals, two short swords on his hip, long black hair tied in a ponytail, with looks that seemed distorted making her unable to see what he really looked like leaving only the thin lips and sharp chin discernable, with hundreds of vertical eyes on his body and surrounding were peering into her soul took shape in front of her before the scratchy voice became dignified and deep as his words same as before yet with a different meaning was spoken.

"Tell me, child, do you want to see your family that badly?"

This time with a firm tone as her tears had stopped and standing bravely in front of a creature that seemed bigger than anything that she had ever seen judging from the strange pressure he gave off Shizuku replied.

"YES!"

The sound of vigorous flesh moving was heard as the fang-filled mouth of this creature was exposed as it 'smiled?' at her before it said this.

"good, the first favor has been set, Dear descendant of Seimei, I will ensure that you meet those that wish to see."

Upon hearing those words, she received another strange memory of sealing a very large Spider-like creature that promised three favors for helping it receive some peace, before, everything started moving again.

While Naotora was frozen earlier while trying to call out to her, the Ghost man was now shaking in fear from the sudden appearance of the strange man with a distorted face that exuded such a dreadful Aura, the very same Aura that he had felt from his Mistress whenever her emotions peaked.

The loyal man readied himself to defend her with his soul if needed he drew his weapon then prepared to attack before the strange man lifted his finger towards him as a red beam formed at the tip before everything turned bright red in front of his eyes as the cold words followed intermixed with a panicked girl's voice.

"Cero!"

"wa-wait tha-"

The sound of a loud explosion reverberated within the city!