Chapter 5: Paanch
- Well, if you already know why I came here, Here are the details.
A portal opened up beside him. He put his hand in there and took out a scroll.
He sat down on nothing and, he unrolled the scroll, revealing some text. It was just a some text written on there. From the camera angle, You can't make out the words on the scroll.
- As you can see, I will help your chosen one ascend, but She will have to come with me. Don't worry, I'm going to take care of her, while she's with me, and you can watch from your own safe haven.
He threw the scroll at nothing. The scroll was caught, by nothing. The scroll was unrolled further.
Unknown - There's no catch to this, right?
The sound seems to be trembling.
(Redacted)- Yes, There's no catch to it, no hidden text, no magic.
He spoke back in a relaxed manner.
A moment of silence followed.
Unknown - Can I add a condition?
(Redacted)- Sure.
He crossed his legs, still in a relaxed manner.
Unknown - Can you restore me to the peak of my power? The ascension of her to power is to maintain balance and to prevent disasters. With her taken away, My power will diminish, and disasters will happen.
He thought about it, while stroking his chin.
(Redacted)- I can restore you back to the peak of your power, but it will be too much for you to handle, but I'll try to make it happen.
Unknown - Thank you, sir.
He leaned forward, his right hand on his right knee, and left elbow on his left knee.
(Redacted)- That's it, right?
Unknown - Yes, sir.
(Redacted)- If that's it, sign it already. I have another place to go.
Unknown - Yes, Yes, sir.
The camera faced (Redacted), with the contract on the side. At the bottom left of the scroll, a pink light drew a symbol,
A heart with a diamond at the bottom attached. The diamond is curved, and it has a dot at the inner top of the diamond. The symbol resembles a female genitalia with a heart symbol attached at the top.
(Redacted)- Time for me to sign as well.
The scroll levitated back to him. A pen manifested in his right hand, got up from the chair, and signed the paper. Right after, He signed the paper. That paper was burned by Blue flame. Symbols came out and gone to their respective signers, and the symbols engraved themselves on both of them.
- That's done. I'll be going now.
A fracture appeared beside him. He waved goodbye to the voice and went through.
The sound of someone falling can be heard. Heavy breathing followed.
Unknown - Who was that? I felt like, I was suffocating under his presence. Why I, A god is trembling before a man?
Cut back to the room with Marian
A fracture appeared, beside where Marian entered.
(Redacted) came into the room, looked around, wiped the sweat off his forehead and went to unconscious Marian.
He lifted her in princess style. He pulled out a system window. The system window was connected by a thin white line to the fracture.
(Redacted)- Change to World - 3110224.
[Ding]
Then, the system window disappeared.
- I got to write an apology letter for taking Marian away. Just a simple one should be good enough.
He put down Marian (Again) on the bed.
She was a woman, that an anime veteran or known as weeb would call a waifu. Her body type is not his liking, but he can still appreciate her beauty. He liked the more realistic type of body, but her body can still be achieved by natural means, by some lucky genes and self-care.
[Beeeeep]
Publisher - sorry for the interruption, I just wanted to say, The girls in this novel or whatever they adapt this into, are real girls. You just have
He smugly smiled and gave the camera a side eye.
- to open a fracture, find the correct world, find the time when the 2 world 'barrier' weakens, activate the fracture and go in. Warning -
He raised his index finger.
- When going through a fracture, DO NOT LOOK INTO OTHER WORLDS!!!!! That will be it, you degenerates.
[Beeeeep]
Back to (Redacted)
- First, I have to change her clothes, first.
He put his hand over Marian, who is lying on the bed. A black, slimy substance came out from his shoulder and covered his left arm. Then, a droplet of the black, slimy substance dropped onto Marian.
It instantly covered her body. The office clothes dissolved into the slime. Afterward, The slime transformed itself into a white long dress.
He looked at the camera. He nodded at the camera, while giving a thumbs up.
He pulled up the system window again. Now, he pulled out a keyboard and started typing away.
The camera teleported to show what he was typing. In the corner, with a system window, "This is a translated version of this world's language".
As fast as, he pulled out the system, he finished the letter.
- Let's go quickly.
A letter manifested in his hand, hastily put it down on the table. He kneeled down beside the bed and put his hand on Marian's stomach. A golden line appeared on his left arm. On his left crimson left hand, A heart formed. The symbol sunk through his hand and was absorbed into Marian.
Marian was lifted by golden tendrils, that slowly covered her whole.
(Redacted) left arm glowed even brighter. He was absorbing Marian through his arm. At his heart area, It was glowing pink and red at the same time. Both the powers are fighting in his heart.
After a while, The heart stopped glowing and, it seems to be stabilized now.
[Blurgh]
He vomited a bit of blood.
(Redacted)- That fucking hurts. Well,
He stood up, wiping blood from his mouth. He tapped the heart on his chest. The black substance came out again and transformed the clothes into a simple pure white T-shirt and blue pants.
- Let's go.
He went through the fracture.
Cut to the hotel room from chapter 1
The hotel room was the same as before. (Redacted) came out. He got out of the hotel room into the hallway, rapidly went down the stairs and checked out from the hotel.
He manifested a pair of black glove, made of cloth. The gloves were worn by him. In an instant, the glove connected with the exoskeleton, giving it a half mechanical, half cloth look. His exoskeleton also grew a bit in size.
He exited the hotel. He was met with a pretty lively neighbor(u)rhood. The neighbor(u)rhood would remind you of a rural Japanese town. The time is of a late morning and early afternoon.
There are not many people around, but You can see some people walking around, riding bicycles and scooters. There are some businessmen and women here and there.
Some are a bit different tho, They are carrying weapons around, some Guns, Some swords, Some of them are even with animals with a bit of strange appearance. A few of them are even skating on swords.
If you look at them closely, They all are wearing exoskeleton like (Redacted), but they are a little bigger than (Redacted).
(Redacted) stretched his body in the sidewalk.
- Let's go find a group. There's a café around here.
He walked down the street sidewalk, passing by some houses, some home stores, and arrived at the café, not long after.
He entered the café, and were met with some curious people. There's not much in the café, but one table caught his eyes.
[Whoosh]
Time slowed. Everyone is gone. The furniture are now empty. The people on the street, bicycles, motorbikes, all gone. The scene gives off a liminal feeling.
The camera showed a white cat tail, swinging sideways from one of the chairs. Next, a pair of white pointy cat ears on a head that does not belong to a human's.
Close up shot at (Redacted)'s mouth
His mouth moved.
The screen was replaced with a white background. In the middle of it, The Japanese words of "cat" was displayed.
In the bottom corner, "First" in Japanese word are displayed. Under it, "Chapter 1" in English was displayed.
[Poof]
It all went back to normal. The people, The vehicles, are all back.
He walked to the table.
(Redacted)- Can I join you guys?
He asked them casually, while waving at them.
A table had a boy and a girl, who might be in their mid 20s and a man who is definitely in his 40s.
All of them were wearing an exoskeleton, which are visible through their clothes. Theirs are a bit bigger than (Redacted)'s, but The difference is not visible.
The boy, who's wearing a Gra(e)y set of polo shirt and jeans, answered back.
Boy - Yeah, you can join us.
He answered back with a smile.
His two cheeks were seems to be gripped by 2 black, thin tendrils. His hair was black. On the right side of his jeans, There's a small detachable pocket containing 3 small grenade like tubes. He's also wearing an earpiece, which others are also wearing.
His face was of a very handsome boy. This boy might be the main character.
Girl - Oi, There's 4 people already.
The girl interrupted. The girl was wearing a black crop top, black shorts, with a belt as well. The belt contained injectors on the side, on the other side, some sort of explosives as well.
A deep voice was heard.
Man - Take him in. We can manage another one. The usual party sizes are 5, anyway. The other one hasn't arrived yet, anyway.
The girl seems to be annoyed.
Boy - You can join us now.
(Redacted)- Thanks for letting me join. I haven't been able to find a group.
He sat at one of the free chairs.