Shadow

September 17 - 6:30 am

'Shadow', an exact copy of Kanaru made from Dark Matter was currently in Kanaru's room.

'Shadow' took a train from district 10 to district 7 and once there he took an automated bus to get to this place.

He was dressed in an elegant white suit.

He was reflecting on his current situation.

'It feels uncomfortable to be Hikari Kanaru and to be someone else at the same time. I knew that I'd have an existential crisis problem when I brought awareness to my clones. This is different from the time I created clones to fight Accelerator, at that time we all had the same purpose to defeat him.'

'The ability -Mental-Out- is at level 4 so he has preventive measures in case of betrayal, but that won't be necessary. I know what I've to do… I must reach level 5 with the ability -Fantasy World- so that that way I can reach level 6 more quickly.'

'-Fantasy World- is an ability that didn't follow logic, the original Hikari Kanaru must have been aware of it and that is why he has not shared all of his calculations with me. Well, because of that I feel like a normal human being.'

Suddenly 'Shadow' remembered something and he closed his eyes.

In his mind appeared 3 screens constantly transmitting images.

The first screen showed Misaki sleeping.

The second screen showed a windowless building in District 7. 'Shadow' knew that the nanobots came from that place. He always watched that place because he could not enter or see what is inside that building with any of his abilities.

The third screen showed Tsuchimikado Motoharu dressed in his school sportswear having breakfast in a room next to a beautiful young woman with black hair pulled back in a ponytail.

She wore a short white T-shirt that showed her belly button and jeans with an unorthodox design. She was also holding a long sword.

'That room has a similar design to mine and that young woman… is that a nodachi? 'Shadow' mused as he looked at that screen.

Then he opened his eyes and he looked at his right arm.

He knew that the original Hikari Kanaru had lost his right arm due to a certain connection they had. 'Shadow' found it strange that he hadn't used -Recovery- to regenerate his arm. Even though 'Shadow' could see his arm, hours ago he felt an emptiness sensation in his right arm, but now he didn't feel that right now

That meant that Hikari Kanaru had regained his original arm not too long ago, but for some reason that new sensation on his arm was different.

It had been hours since 'Shadow' saw Kanaru.

"Did he get what he wanted?" 'Shadow' murmured.

6:37 am.

When 'Shadow' noted the time, he got up from the couch.

Immediately afterwards his body took the form of a white substance.

Little by little the white substance took the form of Kanaru, but now he was wearing his school sports clothes.

After a while he left the room in the direction of the school.

'Today is going to be a long day.'