Multiverse legend of Kurumi Tokisaki

Pov Kurumi

Personally , however , I have never seen the people from the spider syndicate in their official colors . I have only heard about them from Ash and Cooper . However , I have never seen the people of the spider syndicate , who were so openly as to their affiliation . Well being honest , not many people from the spider sydycat have I actually met or see.

However, when I have met some in the past they always wore civilian clothes and hid their tattoos, which are direct evidence of their association with the syndicate. However, the reason for their hiding was quite obvious . Vale is not their territory . They have no right to be in Vale . And they certainly have no right to operate here .

' And it is precisely because Vale is not their territory and they have no right to do anything here , they have never operated here openly but in secret . '

' They hid their affiliation and their activities , trying to gain a foothold in Vale to put down roots and start whatever they had in mind . But now for some reason , they are walking openly without fear of the consequences . And this is nothing more than a provocation on their part . '

I think , not quite understanding what all this is about . After all , even though their home is the Mistral , the Vale families would still find a way to make life difficult for them . In that case, why don't they do it anymore ? Wasn't the spider responsible for the whole situation with the sale of stolen dust . Which was sold to Grey , who used it to cause a big mess in Vale ?

Not really . The situation was quite complicated because it was not a spider , but one " former " member of the syndicate , who gathered some people for their own purposes and which claims to be related to them. And Grey and all that " one night war " .... This is only and exclusively his foult . In fact , there is no way to accuse the spider of this , because they will have no problem denying .

In the end , the spider was safe . While a war is always possible , one must remember the costs and logistics of such a conflict . And well , it would not pay off for anyone , because it would bring more losses than good .

' But what about the situation now ? Why are they acting so openly ? '

I thought , taking a deep breath . I did not understand the situation which stressed me . I did not know what purpose they had in following us . However , looking at the two people in front of me , the situation was not simple . Their weapons were obviously those treacherous weapons with mechnaic shifting .

These are not cheap weapons . I know because I myself wanted to buy one for Neo . Therefore I am sure that even for a large organization , giving them to random people is not an option . All the more paying attention to the fact that these are weapons often created for a specific person , to best suit his or her fighting style . So the two before me is certainly not someone at the bottom of the hierarchy . Surely these are people who deserve such weapons .

' Life force is time . And these two have a lot more of it than normal people . Although I don't see or feel it in a concrete way ..... However , I feel my shadows boiling with anticipation . My inner Kurumi , tells me that they have a lot of " time " . This is the first time I feel something like this . '

I think feeling a strange ecstasy sweep through my body . It's like when I was starving in the cold after a failed day of stealing . But now there was a warm meal in front of me . It was disturbing , especially since I could not control my smile or breathing .

' As I think about it I have never encountered enemies with an awakened aura . Not to mention fighting them . Well not in a life and death fight . I've only had sparring matches in our group .'

I think , calming myself down . After all , I had already decided anyway that the two people before me , would end up as my nourishment . But back to my train of thought , I am aware that sparring does not count as a life and death combat . Especially that I was then fighting with people that I had no intention of hurting . So I don't know how the fullness of my abilities will really deal with people with awakened aura .

' Therefore , I can not call myself experienced in fighting against aura . Nevertheless , there are a few things that I have learned from these ordinary sparring fights . And the most important is that the protection of the aura is not indestructible but certainly troublesome . Besides , when fighting people you can not forget about the sembelance . '

' Although having sembelance is common in the ranks of hunters , but looking at the general people with awakening aura , sembelance is quite rare . Despite this , its existence should not be forgotten . Although it may be rare , it does not mean that you can not encounter it . Therefore , I must be ready that the two people in front of the mena also have their sembelance ' .

I think aware that this fight will become much more dangerous because of it . Although it may seem that I am strong enough not to worry about it . It should be remembered that this is what every person who eventually dies says . And I want to live so I prefer to be more careful and plan what I do .

' Besides , although I am strong , that doesn't mean that Neo and Emerald are too . If something were to go wrong , I can't guarantee that I would save them both '

I think , focusing on the two people in front of me , who still did not make a move . We currently measured each other with our eyes as if assessing the threat we pose to each other .

' They followed us practically from the moment we left the club . However, why did they do it ? And how ? Neo's illusion was working. So they couldn't see us . '

' As for why they are following us . Is it possible that they know what happened in the building ? They must have because why would they follow us ? But again how , my clones watched the building and they found no one monitoring it around . Does that mean they were inside ? Or they must have had a way to monitor the situation inside the building . '

I think , using this time to try to figure it out . I even felt that it could have been a trap planned by the spider to deal with the assassins or Xiong people . So they had no purpose in lurking exactly on us . If anything , they were expecting Xiong to attack the club . After all , they must have known that Xiong were hunting Grey , so they used him as a trap .

' So they are either people sent as Grey's bodyguards or an ambush force on Xiong . Even so , there are only two of them , but that could mean that they are strong enough to be sure that the two will be enough or that was not their goal '

I think , knowing that these are most likely answers , nevertheless , it is still conjecture . Too many things are understated and many things are stretched .

" Those two on the two sides of the girl in black are not real . One is on the roof the other is hiding in the building ."

Said the woman suddenly , looking around the alley .

' Fuck '

And that was my only thought on getting uncovered us . A surprise attack is always the best card , even more so when the enemy has no way to expect it . But even though it somehow uncovered us , they still can not yet grasp how Neo illusions work . This still provides us with some maneuverability . Besides, there is also Emerald with her Sembelance .

' Also , she didn't say anything about my clones , which means she either didn't detect them or just didn't mention that she detected them . But it is best to assume that she does not know about them yet . '

I think , trying to find some maneuverability in this situation .

" Put away your weapon .... We are here to talk "

Said the guy pulling the hammer off his back , which showed that this conversation was not meant to be all that friendly and we had no way to refuse . His words also openly gave the sense that he had no intention of playing with us .

" Two big adults follow a little lady like me into a scary dark alley ... I feel that my purity is threatened by a brute like you .... I Feel I have to defend myself "

I said , with well faked fear and sarcastic attitude . Nevertheless , tears gathered in my mismatched eyes and the performance itself , despite my tone , seemed authentic enough to make anyone unfamiliar with the situation side with me . However , nor the men or women ware fazed by it . He was like a wall and she just snorted.

" Good . Since you want to talk , can I ask you first , why do you two chase such a small and harmless girl to such a place during the night ? "

I asked while continuing to play innocent . Although I knew there was no great purpose in it , their poorly concealed annoyance was enough for me to continued my fun .

" Your game will not work . We know what happened . You are responsible for what happened at the club . You killed Grey . You will not lie to us . His life force disappeared suddenly . Then the three unknown and strange life force that had been close to him for a long time quickly left the building . And in the meantime when the three life forces were withdrawing , many other life forces in the building began to fade away and the aging began to be heard . Following these three life forces we found you "

Said the woman revealing something important to me already . This explained a lot as well as gave some other questions .

' So that means they have a way to sense the life force . If that's the case then that's why they followed us despite Neo's illusion and our complicated escape route . '

I think , putting together a fairly logical sequence of events . So Grey's life force fades and the others start to fade right after . Also , a gunfight breaks out in the building causing chaos . And in the meantime , the three unknown life force , which were close to the dead man , took advantage of this to leave the building quickly and start retreating .

' Well if I were them I would follow us too . We are simply too suspicious in such a situation . '

I think annoyed that the escape failed because of such an unforeseen event . Despite this , the woman has given me a lot of information , which is rather stupid of her . But this is what I need right now .... information . The more I know about them the better . The fact that they recognize the life force of the people in the building , means that they have been observing the building for a long time .

' So they were there for observation . And most likely they were watching Grey . But that doesn't account for how they see the life force ? '

I think , a little more informed although still confused .

" What do you want ? I don't have the time to talk to you ? "

I asked , finally abandoning my perfect acting . As for why I decided to have this conversation . Well the answer , of course , is my desire to know the situation and to understand how exactly we were followed to prevent similar situations in the future . But the only way to collect them was our opponents .

' Surely they won't tell their own secrets . But it is worth a try . '

I think , nevertheless taking a chance .

" But before we talk , I have one more question . How did you discover that my colleagues are not here with me ? Of course I know that you have a way to sense the life force . However, I have not seen any device for this ."

I asked simply , with a nice smile hidden by the shadowy mask covering the lower part of my face . Although I knew that the answer was related to detecting the life force . That said , I did not see any device when the woman stated this which already gave me an idea . Nevertheless I asked , not expecting an answer .