Joseph was the type of person who seemed to be utterly fearless. The type of person who would explore a haunted house just for the heck of it or jump from a plane because life is short. However as fearless as he was, he couldn't keep himself from panicking when this shark-teeth girl named Mako directly talked to his system.
He immediately understood that she didn't just look dangerous, she was. But he couldn't do anything, because as soon as he gulped in fear, Mako grabbed his arm and pouted.
" Don't be afraid of Mako, Mako is a good girl !!!" She screamed at him, suddenly gripping his arm with such strength he felt like his limb was going to be ripped off. But he slightly relaxed when he saw that she was basically acting like a child, a strong child but a child nonetheless.
" I'm not afraid of Mako, I am just a little surprised." Said Joseph but Mako litterally pulled on his arm and dragged him to the floor.
" Don't lie to Mako !"
" Oh I wouldn't lie to Mako, Mako is a good girl after all."
Joseph had just said that to get her to let go, but was pleasantly surprised when she blushed and smiled genuinely. She was obviously very happy that he had said that.
" Well since Mako is a good girl, Joseph should buy her something to eat ! Mako is hungry and Mommy said Mako can't people but Mako don't know how to get other types of food."
' ...Oh God, she's serious ain't she ?' Thought Joseph, trying and failing to not show how much he was scared. She was just a little girl but to him she was a cute, insanely strong, Hannibal Lecter. But he relented and told her they would get some food
" Actually there is going to be a problem Mako. Firstly an adult walking alongside a child who is clearly not of his family is a bit suspiscious, atleast for japanese, and also you don't really look like other people." Said Joseph and that got him a huge pout from Mako who puffed her cheeks.
" Mako can look like other people you know ?!" She yelled before turning around, crouching and making some weird ' Munyu Munyuuu' sounds as she used her hands to wipe her face. She then faced Joseph and...
' Oh shit ! Is she some sort of magician or something like that ?!'
In the place of the creepy shark girl was now a cute girl who absolutely didn't have teeth that looked like they were made to shred things, things like humans per exemple. So after her little trick Mako smiled and followed Joseph who lead her to a family restaurant.
The whole thing wasn't actually weird, Mako ate normally, acted normally and nothing went wrong. Joseph came out of the restaurant satisfied, though Mako looked rather sad.
" What's wrong Mako ?"
Said girl lifted her head and teared up a little.
" Mommy said that Mako needed to come back home because Mako is doing a bad job and she is going to send someone else to replace me."
" Oh and who is Mommy ?" Asked Joseph, trying to get some info from the girl. But said girl suddenly froze, her face instantly went back to it's original state, her weird eye frantically moving around once more while the other one had rolled to the back of her head. Joseph was going to push her a bit to see what was wrong but she smiled and jumped in the air, HIGH.
" What....The....Hell ?" Joseph murmured as he couldn't see Mako anymore. He then saw a little paper drop in front of him, took it, opened it and...
" She, she....She is not a little girl ?!" Yelled Joseph, sounding like an actual pedophile while staring at the paper in shock. On it was written:" Mako likes you so Mako will tell you this. I ain't a goddamn child fucker !!!".
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( A few hours later )
Having finally reached Yukako's house after doing a bit of shopping to calm himself, Joseph huffed a sigh of relief.
" That was some crazy experience. Hope I never meet that...Thing, again."
[ You will meet her again, that I can assure you of Host.]
Joseph halted his step and clenched his teeth.
" So you are finally back you damn fucker ?! I nearly died of a heart attack you know !"
[ I am sorry, but the appearence of a ?¿?¿? caused a little bug. However you will be thrilled to know that I have bought the ability for you and that you know possess the Devil's tongue.]
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" Well ain't that fantastic ? And I think I have just the perfect occasion to use it." Said Joseph, smirking like a villain as he eyed the traditional japanese house in front of him. He could already see a few security guards patrolling around, but he didn't have to worry. He could get out of any trouble with Devil's eye, though he wanted to try Devil's Tongue.
And so Joseph made it to the front of the house and was immediately stopped by two guards.
" This is a private property sir, you cannot randomly enter. Did you have an appointment with a member of the Suhara's household ?" Asked the first guard who seemed a bit young while the other, older one, just looked.
" Well I don't have an appointment....But I am a friend of Yukako, you can make an exception for me right ?" Asked Joseph, and the guards could swear a black gas was coming out of his mouth, but they just nodded their heads dumbly.
" Yes of course, we can make an exception." Said the first guard as he side stepped. The second one looked a bit confused, but Joseph quickly walked inside.
' So the older was tougher and I couldn't 'convince' him as much as the other.' Thought Joseph as he admired the scenery of the garden and walked leisurely, as if he owned the place. Then, after reaching the house, he encountered a little chubby girl that froze as soon as she saw him.
[ Host this is bad. Did you ever hear someone say things like ' Only children speak the truth' or ' Only Children can see angels.' Well this is partially true. A Human Child can see a lot more things than an adult, and this one seemed to have caught up on your evil aura.]
' Evil aura ? Why do I even have an evil aura ? I am not a demon'
[ Yes but the abilities that you have give you this aura. They basically make you a demon in terms of how one would feel you. You smell and feel like a demon.]
' Oh crap !' Joseph sweared and reached for the girl's mouth as she was about to scream. She looked even more terrified, but Joseph's eyes glowed red and she calmed down. Or rather she became too calm, Joseph having used his eyes to terrify her to the point her whole body shut down.
" Huh, who are you and what are you doing with young miss ?" Asked a guard passing by as Joseph groaned.
' Great another fucker.'
" I am a friend of Yukako so It's normal that I am here." Said Joseph, smiling widely while the guard just nodded and walked away. This seemed to be it for the girl who promptly passed out.
' Ugh, I may have gone too far. I feel kinda guilty now. I don't really enjoy hurting people and it's worth with children...Fuck.' Thought Joseph while looking at the girl with some pity in his eyes. He just laid her against a wall and left her, deciding that going to Yukako was more important.
He then entered the house and procceeded to search it completely, without finding a single person. He found that rather weird so he searched once more and heard some voices coming from a door that lead to the basement. He opened the door, entered the basement and immediately recalled the words of the system.
' So that's the type of consequences that my actions could have on her mind.'
[ Scary isn't it. You changed this perfectly fine woman into...This ]
" LET ME SEE HIM !!! I NEED TOOOO!" Screamed Yukako as she tried to punch someone in the face. Said person whom Joseph assumed was her father since he kinda looked like her and was the only person in the room besides her dodged and yelled back.
" I don't even know who you are talking about !"
Joseph sweat dropped and just decided to intervene before she killed the man.
" Now now Yukako, don't be so aggressive. You will get to see Hideo soon" Said Joseph, hoping that she was actually asking to see said person. Yukako perked up as she heard him, looked in his direction, and chaos ensued.
'Oh hell noooo !!!' Screamed Joseph in his mind as blood flowed from Yukako's nose, ears and mouth, her eyes rolling to the back of her head as she dropped to the ground. Her father looked horrified and quite surprised given that he had no idea who the newcomer was. Joseph then acted quickly and got to the father's face, his eyes flashing red as the man fainted when he locked his eyes with Joseph's.
The panicked 19 old young man looked at Yukako and saw that her body was convulsing.
" Seriously it can go this far, damn."
[ Indeed. Adding a completely new profile inside someone's mind can be dangerous as their brain could see this profile as something dangerous and try to destroy it, hurting itself in the process and as such hurting Yukako....Badly.]
" Yeah I noticed. Now, how to deal with this situation. Yukako most likely won't remember what happened but the dad will. What will I do...Hmmm." Joseph said as he put his fingers on his mouth and thought.
" It would work if I entered Yukako's mind to get used to the feeling once more and do the same to her father's mind to be able to alter his memory if only a bit, right ?"
[ Ding ! Host has found a way to use mind control without possessing said ability: 10 000 points were given to the host by ?¿?¿?]
" 10 000 ?!!!! Hohoho, I can already tell I am going to like the new ability I'll buy with this much." Exclaimed Joseph while entering Yukako's mind and immediately regretting it. The whole 'place' was a mess. His profile was everywhere and it was giving a whole creepy vibe to the place. But Joseph did his best at ignoring it and spent some time getting used to the feeling, until Koichi's thread appeared and he tied it to his own. He then entered the man mind and changed his memory of the evrnt. Though he found out that he couldn't change it too much, most likely because he wasn't granting a wish and as such wasn't given all that much power. Fortunately Joseph could simply erase his presence from the man's memory, he also tried to make the man think that the whole mess with Yukako hadn't happened but was actually thrown off the man's mind.
[ It seems that this man's mind is a bit too strong for you Host.]
' Well doesn't matter, he still won't remember me.' Thought Joseph with a shit-eating grin on his face.
He then procceeded to immediately open the shop like he was some drug acting getting his fill and madly browsed through the ability while sitting on Koichi since the floor was kinda cold.
" Hmmm this one is good but I ain't a fighter so meh...This one could be useful bit it's too situational...Oh this one is perfect !"
[ Flash Steps bought.
[ This ability allows the user to temporarily become insanely fast. It can be used to dodge better, attack better or even just travel long distances fast. Though it can takes some time to get used to the speed.]
" Aahhh.....Perfection." Sighed Joseph in pleasure as he lifted himself and exited the basement. He quickly got outside and saw that a small crowd of guards had assembled around the little girl so he went in the opposite direction and came face to face with a very amused girl.
" Mako ?!"