World: ??? - Crawling Back Up

I was currently clutching my head, as I felt my head burn with knowledge that wasn't there a minute ago, and it hurt like hell on earth, though it made sense, considering what he was doing.

When a contract gets completed, what typically happens is that all parties get what they were promised while getting something of theirs taken, though it doesn't have to be like that.

The contract could favor me or them entirely, in some cases the traded item just stays in the contract, as if it is its own form of storage, and with that I could have in the future just traded it to someone instead if I did not intend to use it on myself.

I did intend to use it on myself though, so in the future I was going to have to think on how to get my business going.

The easiest option would be trade between worlds…but he sure as hell ain't coming back to doom anytime soon, and travel to another universe is currently on a month cooldown.

Another option is to literally be a shady deal maker that goes from area to area in alleyways trying to make a deal with any random joe who is willing to make a deal.

Though that still left me with my nonexistent wares at the moment, so I either had to steal or sell something off of himself.

…Can he instead lend it out? Like, in exchange for half your lifespan you can half my sense of hearing in my left ear for a week.

That could work, just imagine a blind man, he sure as hell will be distrustful, but when I'm asking for life force that is already sketchy too, as life force isn't exactly something one can easily trade on command.

Okay, he got his potential wares, all he needed now a shady black coat to complete the look and-

I froze as I heard my stomach growl, and realized that I was hungry, and now that I noticed it actually pretty tired,….I must've been too stressed to actually notice it.

…and with that I went back to New York and went along in a shop lifting spree, though it mostly just me using my Mover Essence to transport to me a loaf of bread and a hooded back cloak I saw as I traveled by windows.

Though he were sure they would be eventually very confused and outraged as all hell when they discover lost products in what looked liked a flawless theft.

He felt a little guilty for it, but he wasn't exactly in a good position at the moment, money worthless, and he wasn't looking to starve himself if he tried to find work and go a few days at it.

Not at all trusting the japan night time, I didn't want to sleep in a random hill in the wilderness, who knows what the hell kind of creatures and monsters would find me as easy prey.

It was a little past noon here, so he will have to cover himself with the cloak to actually get comfortable amount of darkness to fall asleep in, so I just went ahead and teleported to a building roof and made myself comfortable.

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After getting a days rest, New York was setting into nighttime, and quickly teleport steal another loaf of bread in the market, after getting it sorted, he tried a new location, though this was also serving to test his power.

'Tokyo's alleyway' and felt myself move to a new location, an alleyway, it was daytime, which made sense considering I slept till late 10 in the afternoon in New York.

Putting my cloak on properly I went out to explore, immediately I could tell it was less modern, no sky scrapers, but there were still a lot of people out and about.

Putting my Japanese to use, I just went about listening in on any available gossip though I stopped a minute later when I realized it was too noisy to actually get anything and anything he could've heard was out of hear shot.

So I just wondered about,…until I noticed in one of the secluded areas a older aged man in his 50s sitting against a wall in an alley way.

…well showtime

I moved myself to the man, once out of crowd I casually walked to the man, him hearing my steps, the man faces me, or at least my general direction, both of his eyes were milky white, there was also a sake bottle on his right hand, only now at this angle did I notice.

"WhOo…goes there," the man slurred, I found it strange that the man would expected someone to be here considering all he heard was footsteps next to the Main Street.

Then again it wasn't like he was next to it anyway, we were currently a good 4 meters away.

I spoke calmly, "tell me, good sir, if you were given sight in one eye for a month in exchange for half of your remaining lifespan…would you take it?" I tried to make my voice smooth and gentle, as well as respectful.

Naturally the man narrowed his eyes, in deep thought, "you a swindler or something?, I was blind since the day I was born, how would you give me sight?" He sounded skeptical.

Understandable, I chuckled slightly as I answered, "no ole good sir, I am aware of how it sounds, but I am…of a special case, able to grant such things, besides even if I turned out to be a lier, surely you can easily find out if your sight arrives, besides the fact one cannot normally trade lifespan,".

The man thinks about it and sweat drips down his face, "or you some sort of kami?…or a d-demon?" He asked nervously.

I spread my arms, and silently created a contract, "does it matter? Be it one or the other, I don't plan to intervene with whatever plans you have for your sight, good sir,".

He sat there silently, gripping a necklace on his neck, and whispered, more than likely to himself, "it would be nice to know how Ai looks like…,". He considered it for a good few minutes, as I patiently waited, before he concluded, "I accept,".

And just like that I felt 25 years worth of lifespan enter the contract, and my right eye go blind as I lent it for a month, as I smiled, "excellent good sir, remember your lifespan as been taken, and the eyesight will only last a month, use it wisely and as often as you can,".

As teleported back to the first alleyway in Tokyo I been too.