1 Week Later
IOEA HQ, Delhi
Inside a room full of people, it seemed as if an important meeting was going on. Everyone had a grave expression on their faces. At this moment, the man sitting at the end of the long table, who looked like the head of the meeting, spoke, "So, you are saying that our radar has failed to pick up any kind of energy for more than a week?"
Standing not far away was Ayushman from the Information Department. He said calmly, "Yes, sir! For some reason, that never before seen kind of energy signs have suddenly disappeared for more than a week. And from what I have found, many foreigners have started to rent out houses in the region of Indirapuram and around it. And everyone here knows why this is happening."
The head person said, "Hmmm…And what about the Soul Heaven Sect? I have got some reports saying that they are up to something recently."
"Ah yes, sir. We did get some insider information. And even the [Soul Grandmaster] Pratham warned us that there is a very weak demonic presence present in the air these days. There shouldn't have been a problem if that presence could be felt just at a particular place, because many soul power users might be summoning the demons to make a contract with them. But what he has told us is that this whole presence can be felt all over Delhi and many parts of Uttar Pradesh. This presence is more like the Demonic Realm than a particular demon."
"Demonic Realm? Don't tell me..." The head paused for a second, "I want all the research teams to focus on the Soul Heaven Sect and its associate sects such as Soul Temple and The Divine Soul Hall. These 3 sects are mysterious and have branches all over the world. No one knows where their main sects are. Ayushman, I want all the information about every single branch in India and I want to know what they are up to. And also inform about this incident to the other countries too. Ask if they have found anything unusual in the air recently."
"Understood, Sir."
With that, Ayushman went out of the room, leaving the atmosphere inside the room even heavier. All of them knew that what [Soul Grandmaster] told couldn't be wrong. If what he said was right, then there is going to be big trouble for India and maybe for the world too.
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Saksham's Home
"So, finally my EP bar is full again. Now, I can make some Shadow Clones." Saksham grinned
After a wait of 1 week, Saksham finally has his EP bar full. He couldn't wait to summon some Shadow Clones now. He said, "Create 5 Shadow Clones. Specifications are: Invisible to naked eyes, can walk through the wall, negligible presence, share memory and vision with me, and blend with darkness and other's shadows."
"Are you sure you want to use 10 EP to create low-level Shadow Clones?"
Saksham hesitated when he read "Low-level", but then he pressed [Yes] and sat down on his bed. Although he wanted to ask that what did the system meant by "low-level", but as he didn't have much EP left, and the Shadow clones he was summoning were going to have everything that he wanted, he didn't care much about it. Soon, he felt as if there were something in his head.
He blinked a few times and suddenly he saw himself from 5 different angles, as well as saw the wall in front of him with his own 2 eyes. Saksham felt nauseous as he closed his eyes. But he still saw himself from 5 different angles. Saksham unconsciously said, "Argh! Stop!"
And suddenly, Saksham realized that he could no longer see himself from 5 different angles. He breathed in few times to calm down and realized that those 5 visions might be from his 5 Shadow Clones. As he said that they were invisible to naked eyes, so he couldn't see them too. He thought and said, "Show yourselves."
As soon as Saksham said that, he saw 5 bodies appear in his room magically out of thin air. The bodies had no face or hair. Their whole body was dark with hands and feet like humans. Saksham looked at them for a moment and said, "From today, I am going to call you Shadow #1. You are Shadow #2, and you are Shadow #3, Shadow #4, and Shadow #5."
With this said, the 5 Shadow Clones nodded at the same time. Seeing this, Saksham was surprised. So, these Shadow clones had a low-intelligence too? He said, "Turn invisible."
And all 5 Shadow Clones disappeared. Saksham said, "Shadow #1, go to the roof and show me what's happening outside."
After just a second, Saksham saw something more in his head. He closed his eyes and found that he could see the outside from his roof. It felt like he was there himself. Even the vision was so clear that he thought that he was watching a 4K T.V. Saksham said, "Stop. Come back Shadow #1."
Saksham looked in the air in a daze, wondering how he should use these Shadow Clones. For this week, he could get only 5 shadow clones, but next week he could 5 more. But Saksham was suddenly hesitant if he should make more. Creating just 5 Shadow Clones cost him 10 EP. 10 EP is a lot in critical moments. So, he didn't know if he should make more now, or not. After thinking for a while, Saksham threw this thought at the back of his head for now.
Now that he can get a little vision around him, he should start making his force too. And he knew just where he could start with.