Chapter 1: The Hero

Here I am, basically in a more fucked up than ever version of Resident evil, running through a crowd of zombies, trying to save a stranger.

“Mitsuha, look out!”(Yuki)

Yuki yells out to me as her spells wear out, giving me the cue to start moving faster. I use the shovel, knocking the zombies on the knees and legs, immobilizing them.

Things went pretty well with this plan until I get grabbed by one of them.

One of the zombies suddenly grab me by the shoulder and sinks his teeth into my shoulder, making me drop the shovel.

“ARGH! YOU piece of shit!”(Mitsuha)

I struggle for a moment to get the monster undead monster off, for his teeth have already jabbed quite deep into the flesh of my left shoulder. To no avail, he continues to bite deeper into my shoulder.  Running out of option, I choose to use the forward roll from Aikido to release myself; Grabbing the zombie’s head, I then drop forward, knee first then over the shoulder, still gripping the zombie’s head and doing a full roll, using the inertia to get his teeth off my shoulder and leaving him flying forward at his friends, knocking them down and create for me an easier path to follow.

Grabbing Yuki’s shovel, I continue onward, warding the undead to the sides with it and Use several “Irimi Tenkan”, “Hidari Tenkan” moves to make the zombies fall over each other and finishing some that are crawling on the ground with the sharp edge.

After ploughing my way through the herd of undead corpses and suffering a few bites, I finally meet the stranger that was crying out for help. Despite being surrounded by many zombies from all sides including the fact that his armour was too thick, heavy and hard to move around in, he has still managed to stay alive till now.

“HYAH!”(Stranger)

He yells, thrusting his broadsword towards the undead in front of him, from there, grabbing the throat of one of them, throwing them towards each other and plummeting them on the ground to finish them off with a stomp or a stab of his sword.

“Hold on, I’m coming!”(Mitsuha)

I yell out, announcing my presence toward the struggling stranger and rushes towards him, with my weapon ready in hand.

“KYAA!” (Mitsuha)

I charge towards the zombies, using the Kenjutsu techniques I had learnt before as well as Aikido unarmed combat to shove them down and either separate them for an easier takedown or cripple them enough to pass by them.

After a short amount of time fending them off, I finally get to the guy’s side and assist him.

“Thank you for your assistance, I thought I was done for.”(Yuki)

Eh? A girl? Getting closer, I finally realize that the stranger is not a man but a woman, her techniques were quite impressive for her to hold out this long. And so as comrades, we fight back to back, covering each other’s sides.

“Listen, Hah(panting rapidly)…my friend is putting on an undead dispersing spell up there, it’s why the undead hasn’t overwhelmed us yet. We’ll need to meet her up on that hill, so run, don’t fight, they’ll chase us as soon as her mana is depleted.”(Mitsuha)

“Sounds good nobleman, I’ll follow you.”(Stranger)

“I’ll take point, you cover my back…and don’t fight, rush through them.”(Mitsuha)

With that said, I then rush through the zombies, using “Irimi Tenkan” and “Hidari Tenkan” from Aikido to dodge their grasps and pushing them together. Whenever one of the zombies lunges at me, I dodge to either side using the dominant hand in that side, grabbing the zombie’s wrist and shoulder and either spin him around and let go for the inertia to launch him forward to his friend, or I can use that side’s dominant leg to trip him down. Following my plan of using martial arts and dodging the zombies rather than engaging them, we pass through the vast cemetery with ease with exception of me getting bites on my body from having no armour.

“Up ahead! Move!”(Mitsuha)

“I see it!”(stranger)

“Come on run faster!” (Yuki)

We sprint hastily toward an old shack on top of the hill with Yuki standing beside it, waving her hand and rushing us to sprint faster.

However, just only a klick away from the safe haven, the stranger falls down, injuring her knee.

“GYA! My knee…”(Stranger)

“Hold on I’m coming”(Mitsuha)

The zombies then close in around her, falling on themselves and try to bit through her armoured plates.

KENG

KCHINK

“NO! GET OFF!”(Stranger)

The sound of her pleas combine with the growls and moan of the zombies fills the air, creating a pretty dreary atmosphere resembles to somewhat of a horror survival game.

So like any game hero character, I run at the piling zombies to rescue her. With the shovel in hand, I then get in the “seigan” posture for the “Bo suburi”- the basic posture of readying your weapon in Kenjutsu, plus a shovel is too hard to hold properly like a katana- in three counts, I charge at the zombies. Using the shovel, I go for three consecutive strikes on the corpse pile continuously while fending myself from the surrounding ones.

“Hya! One two three! Geidan…Again!”(Mitsuha)

Over time, the number of zombies surrounding the poor helpless girl decreases. After a while, I’m then able to pull her out of the meat pile.

“Common! We gotta run! Your armour is thick but it won’t hold against these zombies for long! MOVE!”(Mitsuha)

I then wrap her arm over my shoulder and hand in hand ram through the door with her. After getting through the door. When we have safely crossed through the doorway, I violently kick the door back in and lock it tight.

“Phew…that was heart-wrenching. Are you alright?”(Mitsuha)

“Well, thanks to you stranger I was able to keep my head…”(Stranger)

She then unstraps her helmet to reveal a long luscious vermillion hair tied into a long ponytail, pinned with a golden short kanzashi like the ornament. Her looks are somewhat comprised of both of an Asian beauty in her youth, a European maiden in her prime, and she seems to be around my age. In other words, she looks like a romance heroine flown out from an anime or eroge of some sort.

“My name is Emily V…Vermont, holy knight of Emestria, First class expedition knights corp…”(Emily)

What was that stuttering just now? Well, she stuttered from telling me her surname. The sudden change in her tone when pronouncing the letter V, so Vermont isn’t her real name. I’m not gonna bother much about that since we’re still not entirely in the clear as many of the zombies are still gathered around the building.  

“Mitsuha Akizuki, son of Houjou Akizuki, student, a pleasure to meet your acquaintance…” (Mitsuha)

“A student? What is a scholar doing out here in these dangerous ruins? Furthermore, your clothing is strange, could it be that you’re a spy?!  You must have followed me on my righteous quest!”(Emily)

With that, she turns her sword on me.

“Wait wait wait!”(Mitsuha)

“Why should I wait for you evil fiend? Kwangchow spies are basically snaked with twisted tongues, I wait so that you’re able to twist me with your words?”(Emily)

“Whoa whoa whoa, if I were a spy, why should I save you? Furthermore, would it be easier to just capture your and torture you for Intel?”(Mitsuha)

“Intel? Well anyway, I don’t trust you!”(Emily)

She then pushes her sword closer to my face in a hostile way. To which I reply with a Kenjutsu disarm technique. Dashing to one side, I hit one of her arms to sway away from the sword then immediately push her down to her back.

“HgnH!”(Emily)

“Yeah I’m a spy, now I gotta kill you…”(Mitsuha)

With her sword in my hand, I give out an antagonist smirk and threaten her.

“IYAAH! NO!! YOU Low down scoundrel, let me go.”(Emily)

After telling the joke, I let the sword go and put my foot on her stomach.

“Listen, I’m not a spy nor I want to be here anyway. Trust me or not it’s your call. But I’m not going to die in a zombie-infested cemetery.”(Mitsuha)

I then lift my foot from her stomach and as a commanding gesture, I try to give her a hand.

“Hmph!”(Emily)

And as expected, she shrugs it off and stand up by herself and with a superior stature to add more salt to the wound.

“Rude!”(Emily)

“You turn your sword on me first.”(MItsuha) 

“Hmph, what a brute, I wonder if this is how you usually treat your women."(Emily)

“Kacrg!”(Mitsuha)

Somehow that comment hurts way more than the bites I received.

“Anyhow, we should try to find a way out of here. If the undead breaks through, we’re gonna be in huge trouble.”(Mitsuha)

“Well you’re the one who led us in here, I figured that you would know the way out.”(Emily)

“I’ll try to look around, just rest, I’m sure that you have been through quite a lot.”(Mitsuha)

First is to find Yuki she couldn’t just disappear into thin air…could she? Well, she did mention that she needs to rest from time to time, maybe using all her mana might have sent her into her rest.

With that in mind, I should leave her to rest to look around the room. From an overall perspective, this seems to resemble a receptionist at a pharmacy or a bank. The benches, the meshed counter surely gives me the idea that this isn’t a part of this world. The room consists of three benches, a counter with a meshed screen. Walking around the counter, I then spot a metal box with English engravings.

“Emergency security supplies. Do not open unless of emergency”

“That’s weird. Why is this thing here?”(Mitsuha)

“Did you find any loot?”(Emily)

“I found this, the lock looks corroded enough to break with a something blunt.”(Mitsuha)

I then reach for my shovel and with a single knock, I break open the lock, revealing the contents inside.

“Oooo~ What strange devices.”(Emily)

Inside the box was a few light sticks, a utility knife, a rechargeable pin on flashlight and…handgun. It’s not bizarre that weapons sometimes present in emergency boxes, but those that do tends to be in banks, police stations, military offices and private security corporations.

“What is that device you’re holding in your hand?” (Emily)

“It’s a handgun, an m92f to be exact. Hmm…”(Mitsuha)

“That looks like one of the steam pipes that Soujin soldiers’ use.”(Emily)

So there are guns here as well…at least steam guns or flintlock.

*

“Are you well rested? We’ll need to get moving if we want to not risk our lives waiting for the horde to clear off.”(Mitsuha)

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“Well, where should we go?” (Emily)

I load the m9, cock the gun and say.

“Through there... And take these… These are light sticks, you break them and shake violently to make it lights up.”(Mitsuha)

Her eyes shine brightly as I demonstrate how the light sticks work as if they were magic.

“Uwa… For the record, I still don’t trust you though.”(Emily)

“Hey just take the stick.”(Mitsuha)

“Alright, alright, you don’t have to rush. Geez”(Emily)

I then tell Emily to take point on the left of the door, and with a heavy kick, I swing the door open. On the other side of the door is a long corridor littered with doors. On the wall, several posters and flyers can be seen.

“Terrorist took over Seoul.”

“We want you to join the UN peacekeeper force.”

“Weapons are not permitted at this point.”

Etc.

This seems to be a recruitment centre before getting transported here. Seems to be my timeline too, these news articles I’ve read before about on the 20th of November I think. Maybe I can find some more information in these rooms.

Walking a few more steps I then find the Master Sergeant office.

“Hey, Emily, I need to check something…You keep watch.”(Mitsuha) 

“But…” (Emily)

“Just stand and hold the door open, I won’t be long.”(MItsuha)

I then break two of the light sticks; I throw one into the halls and the other into the room. With haste, I then look in every drawer, ever file cabinets and bags that are in that room.

Most of them were corroded with yellow moulds as well as losing their ink. After a while, I was able to find a few English documents that were good enough to read. Most of them were mainly enlistment names, serial numbers and dates of enlistment. Huh? My name is in here…

Junior Private Mitsuha Akizuki, 23rd Intelligence division. Next to my name is a key with a tag “Computer office.” Well, I can try using some of the computers to try and look for more information.

“Hey, Emily! Let’s go, I got what I needed!”(MItsuha)

 I got no response. Feeling suspicious, I call out to her again.

“EMILY! WHERE ARE YOU?”(Mitsuha)

Once more, I yell out to her. Feeling uneasy, I turn on the flashlight, illuminating the corridors as well as breaking a few more of the light sticks to create a trail to guide me through the darkness. I search each and every single room there is.

This floor has a total of twelve rooms including the Master sergeant office, about 5 of them had collapsed for quite a long time. So trying to access them was much of a hassle, but my effort wasn’t all for nothing. At the end of my search, I was able to find a few clues that suggest where Emily had gone.

Trails of her clothing, as well as the echoing clanks of heavy armour I heard from the air vents, suggest that she’s still in the building. Readying my weapons, the m92f, the shovel and the flashlight(it’s also weighted at the back for the extra application of combating attackers), I then make my way down to the sub level b1 floor.

***

“Emily? If you hear me then yell out so I can find you!”(Mitsuha)

I carefully walk down the stairs, yelling for Emily to call for me. Arriving at the entrance of the floor, an ominous feeling courses through my body. My fight or flight instinct goes complete haywire on proceeding or backing up and wait till the sun’s up.

“Come on, hold it together…What’s done has been done, there is nothing you could have done…”(Strange voice)

People? Could it be that someone has been taking refuge here for a long time?

“It wasn’t our fault, we did what we need to do…”(strange voice)

I ready the m9, checking once more while waltzing down the dark hallway.

“LET ME GO!”(Yuki)

Is that Yuki?

With haste, I then rush to the echoing location.

“Freeze!”(Mitsuha)

I aim the m92f at the humanoid figures at the end of the hallway.

“Trespasser!”(Humanoid figures)

“Must exterminate…exterminate for the safety of the civilians.”(Continuous chants from them)

Three of them, wearing blue and grey armour with the UN insignia, –they seem to be soldiers from the UN peacekeeping force, rush at me, weapon in hand and try to cut me.

“I say once more! FREEZE OR I’LL SHOOT!”(MItsuha)

As one is able to pin me down and stab me in the shoulder with his knife. As he about to land his finishing blow, I push down the safety and shove the gun on his visor.

BANG

I shoot one shot through the head of the soldier. The gunshot echoes loudly through the dark corridor, giving me ringing eardrums for a few minutes.

The shot goes through the soldier’s head, propelling his helmet backwards, revealing a torn and withered face.

Ah! It fucking hurts…But I should leave the knife in, no use bleeding to death.

“ARGH!...hughn…we…will protect the civilians...”

Seeing their brother falling down, the other two lunges themselves at me. With a quick dash, I make it to one of the open room and decide barricade myself in it. After pushing the file cabinet over and stopping the soldiers, let me go and stumble down on the floor… hah…hah…mgf

“I…damnit…”(Mitsuha)

And with that, I pass out, soaked in the red blood bleeding from my wound.

“Well, that was lack lusting…”(Strange voice)

I wake up to a brightly lit room.

“Where is the glasses wearing devil that terrorized Iriyama middle school, suppressing the school’s degenerate delinquents, holders of the highest scores available in the Yamanashi Province and the Devil swordsman that challenged death?”(Strange voice)

“Huh?”(Mitsuha)

I look around the room, trying to find the source of the voice.

“Excuse me, who are you and where am I?”(Mitsuha)

“Who am I? Who am-? That’s a question I’ve been asking myself for quite a long time… Alas, I found my answer when my creations address me. Well, behold, the one and only god, Adam. The one who sent you there.”(Adam)

Appearing behind a curtain of thick smoke was a small little girl, dressed in a what seems to be a bathrobe, decorated with a small lily flower headband, and emitting a godly aura overlaying her tardy looks.

“God?!”(Mitsuha)

“YUP!”(Adam)

Upon moving closer, I notice that she was only half my size, in otaku term, a loli…

“Wut? I never thought god to be a girl or even this small…Are you really a god?”(Mitsuha)

I raise my eyebrow, questioning the legitimacy of this "loli god".

Feeling offended, this loli lunges herself at me and continuously hit me with her soft and harmless punches.

“What?! How dare you! Despite my looks, I’m a bonafide and truthful god you know!”(Adam)

“Alright, alright…so may I ask why I’m here?”(Mitsuha)

“You died.”(Adam)

“Really?!”(mitsuha)

“Yeah really, you died of blood loss.”(Adam)

She then pulls out a small piece of glass and shows it to me.

“Here…That was a real bummer too. I thought you would be able to fend them off like when you protected your sisters and childhood friend from the rival yakuza.”(Adam)

In the piece of glass lays a small boy, surrounded by a river of blood with a handgun laid beside him. Game over I guess, what’s best right now is to either ascend to heaven or hell, I’m quite ready for any of them, to be honest as for the sins I’ve committed.

“So where am I going?”(mitsuha)

“You’ll be going through the air vents and will reach an atrium down the elevator shaft of course.”(Adam)

“What do you mean? Isn’t this where I’m being judged whether I’m suitable for hell or heaven?”(Mitsuha)

She lashes out at my question, trying once more to hurt me with her overly adorable punches and kicks

“NO! What’s up with humans, whenever I send them here to meet me they always think that I’m gonna either send them to heaven or hell…”(Mitsuha)

“Then where am I going? Back to my bleeding corpse riddled with bite wounds.”(Mitsuha)

 “Bingo! For that, I’m giving you a prize.”

Pulling out of her pocket a small wrapped present, she then presents it to me. I open up the present to shining light with a game like a soundtrack of gaining a special item or some sort.

Angel HUD version 3.0, welcome Mitsuha Akizuki.

 “It’s a map, more so a HUD like in your video games things really. Including with it are some abilities that will help you later but I won’t spend much time in explaining them cuz I’m lazy…”(Adam)

“I’m thankful for this but why would a HUD do me any good going back?”(Mitsuha)

“I can contact you with it, and give you guidance.”(Adam)

“I’m thankful for the HUD and everything, but why are you helping me? And furthermore what is the place that I was in?”(Mitsuha)

“Oh yeah, I guess your memory hasn’t recovered from the transportation.”

She then creates a table out of thin air, underlined by a tatami mat and instruct me to sit down.

“You were killed, but seeing that you have the potential of being a hero, I then send you into a soulless teleported body of another version of you into this world.”(Adam)

“I see, may I ask what or who killed me?”(Mitsuha)

“It was your father,…”(Adam)

She stutters for a moment and continues.

“You remember that your stepmother and sisters went into hiding right?”(Adam)

“Yes…I just don’t remember who or what.”(Mitsuha)

“It was from your father. Your sister was berated by your family heads and your stepmother was your childhood friend, forced to be the concubine of your father. You cared for both of them so with the help of your elder sister, you four left the Akizuki manor and went into hiding. Your father was furious about this so he sent agents all over Japan to try and find you four. You four were having dinner when his men infiltrated your home and subdued you and the girls. He planned to kill them in front of you, but you requested a duel with the term of sparing your sisters and the friend. He accepted and you two fought, but you lost. The man didn’t keep his promise either so he killed the girls. Feeling pity for you four, I decided to transport you here. Phew… that was a long story, I need some tea.”(Adam)

“Wait so my sisters and Yukino are here as well? Where are they?”(Mitsuha)

After finishing her tea, she continues.

“I don’t know…”(Adam)

My eyes in an anime manner turn into two dots, I’m quite speechless from both how she expresses herself saying that as well as how nonchalant she is.

“It’s true, I don’t know where they are, but I have a hunch that they’re in one of the many kingdoms scattered in Emestria.”(Adam)

“Anything else I need to know before getting back in?”(Mitsuha)

“Oh and Yuki is betraying you. She has her reasons but still, she is tricking you into a trap.”(Adam)

“So do I follow her voice? Because last time I did, I almost got skinned alive by those UN guards.”(Mitsuha)

“Follow your hunch or the thing you call Hyde, it’s something that manifests from your soul. Don’t trust it too much, it’ll try to hurt those around you so beware of that.”(mitsuha)

I have a psychological problem, another personality that I call Hyde. It’s my sadistic side, for many times, Hyde has taken over me and so I had hurt innocent others, those who don’t involve and onlookers.

“And hey why are you helping me? And furthermore what happened at this UN base?”(Mitsuha)

“Well you know, greed, mutiny, insubordination and disputes. And this is a test, I’m giving you power. And you know what those means…”(Adam)

“With great power, comes with great possibility?”(mitsuha)

“Bingo, but no prize this time cuz you’re too OP…”(Adam)

With another sip of tea, she then says.

“At the end of the test, you’ll have to make a choice. I won’t help you with it, but I’ll decide if you’re worthy or not.”(Adam)

“Worthy of what?”(Mitsuha)

“You’ll know when the time comes…”(Adam)

Finishing her sentence, a darkness then surrounds me, following with a brightly lighted room.

“Hey wake up!”(Strange voice)

Another strange voice? Am I beginning to lose my mind?

“No you’re not, I’m Hyde, a manifest of your self-conscious.”(Hyde)

It introduces itself and presents itself. In front of me, there is then a chibi-looking character wearing similar clothing as mine but differs in a part of having demon horns, wings and a pointy tail.

“I’m the thing that has always made the hard choices that you haven’t been able to do.”

Yeah as if, you went berserk last time when I was defending a friend. You ended up breaking two other people jaws.

“They were…collateral…”(MItsuha)

You’re the pet guide I get in my HUD right now so…

“WHO ARE YOU CALLING A PET? I’LL KILL YOU!”(Hyde)

Yeesh, I didn’t remember to be this hostile when I was back home.

Without further ado, I then decide to find an exit out of the room. The front door can’t be used anymore since there are too many UN guards to take care of unless I have an mp5 which I have practised with the police lackeys that were in Akizuki’s Yakuza clan.

“Hey, building like these are equipped with air vents, we can use them to get out of the room without bothering them.”(hyde)

But go where we don’t have a clue where they lead. Plus the Beretta is low on ammo, we won’t be able to fight them head-on if we need to.

“Jeez, I wonder who’s the one possessing all the intelligence in you.”(hyde)

It gives out a sarcastic remark.

“The god or whatever the fuck that was told us to go to the Atrium on the lowest level of this complex didn’t it?”(Hyde)

Yea, so?

“Each floor of a very important complex tends to have what?”(Hyde)

A security room!

“Bingo, give this boy a prize come on. Look, the plan is that we use the vents to get to a security room and break open the armoury to get some ammo or some sort of a new weapon.”(hyde)

Thanks for the tip.

“I wonder who had the smarts that won you the first place in everything.”(Hyde) 

You?

“Maybe…”(Hyde)

Following his plan, I then use one of the chairs, stacking them near the air conditioner and with the combat knife in hand, I carefully unscrew the screws holding frames.

WHAM!

The rusted frames give way, break down as I unscrew the first screw, startling me and making me fall on my ass.

“You have extremely high reactive perception, but even getting startled by the smallest of things you know that?”(Hyde)

Shut up…

“Whatever, we should get going, the longer we wait, the harder it gonna get to save Emily a Yuki.”(Hyde)

I then squeeze myself through the vents, which are smaller than I thought. I’m pretty petite and small for boys my age, but I still have problems sliding through these.

“Yeah, my bad for miscalculating the size of the vents.”

Idiot…

“Who are you calling an idiot?! I’LL KILL YOU!!”(Hyde)

Yeah, good luck getting a knife and stabbing yourself.

I crawl for a few more minutes before an unlucky incident happens. The mesh overlaying the vents give way and so I fall through the ceiling down ass first.

AHHH!

*Thump*

That hurts, but hey at least fell down a hallway with a map. I couldn’t believe my luck as the place I fell down was the receptionist counters of the floor. Let’s see, security room, turn left then go straight.

“Well, that was easy…”(Hyde)

Yeah…too easy…

“Please don’t jinx it by saying some cliché movie lines, we’ll fucking die at this point.”(Hyde)

It is truly fishy don’t you think? We saw a large mob of those undead soldiers crawling the entire corridor, plus I fell down and made quite a lot of noise from the impact.

Suddenly, a voice calls out to me over the speakers.

“Hello…Hello? Hi there, hello traveler…I’m sorry to scare you with my sentries. I’m Collin the undead magician, I’m sorry for taking your friends, they were trespassers; However, you have my word that they’re safe. I’m going to release one and ask her to come to you. Since she’s a Lich, she’ll be able to move easier to you.”(Speaker)

This sounds fishy to a large extent…

“You’re right, it might be a trap. It’s better to stick with the plan. Get to the security Office, get some ammo and a few weapons…”

You’re right…

I then set off to the balcony overlooking the atrium, turning tight and go straight once to try and identify the Security Office. And the map was right, I was able to find a room with a security label on it. Though the door was shut quite tightly. Kicking it down would cause a lot of sounds, so I carefully examine the door to find that the hinges are rusty enough to be cracked open with a bit of force.

HNGH!

CRANG!

The door swings open, revealing a ransacked room filled with piles of paper files and untidy packs of security clothing. Grabbing several molle bags, I then fill them up with the packs of clothing, lithered 9mm rounds, fn p90 ammo, three PDW P90s and 2 mp5sfa.

“You missed something…”(Hyde)

What?

“The two cabinets on your left…”(Hyde)

Using the combat knife, I break through the rusted lock and open it up to reveal two pairs of Kevlar armours, protective gears and clip-on flashlights. Moving on to the cabinet adjacent to the armour locker, an h&k m203 is present.

“Good! This is quite a good haul. The mp5 I think we’ve been able to work within the past and we did get a small course on PDWs during UN support training.”(hyde)

Hoping that I’m not too rusty with the gun.

“Hey, you’re the son of a yakuza mob boss, you’ll be fine.”

Yeah, fuck you…

“Oh right, I forgot that we hated father…”(Hyde)

I didn’t hate father Hyde, I just didn’t approve of his methods and I respected him still to this day.

“HOW THE FUCK ARE YOU NOT HATING THAT PIECE OF SHIT?! He took everything away from us…he took our love… he took our life and he took their life…”(Hyde)

He who does evil hates the light…

“And will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed…I don’t see how this relates to the question.”(Hyde)

Whilst I’m about to answer, a familiar echoing voice calls out to me.

“Mitsuha! Mitsuha! Where are you?!”(Yuki)

As I’m about to answer, Hyde takes control of me and says.

“LISTEN! DON’T YOU REMEMBER?! Kami-Sama said that she was playing a trick on us or rather she might still be doing that, and that might not even be the real Yuki”(Hyde)

No, I do remember, I’ll just be careful about acknowledging what she has to say. Plus if things go awry, I’ll let you take the wheel.

“I hope you know what you’re doing…”(Hyde)

He gives me back control with an uneasy look on his chibi character-which I feel kinda hard to take seriously.

I then walk outside, strolling around with the bags of ammo, weapons and equipment, I then make my way to the echoing voice. Despite having my doubts and suspicions of being led to a trap, I follow the echoes.