Where am i? Oh yeah i died. Is this hell? If not i should be able to meet Hanawa on the other side.
I died so it's over. I'm on the other side of life.
I noticed that my eyes are opening.
Wait what? What happened? What the hell happened to me? Didn't i burned to death?
"Yeah you did but i saved you."
Now i'm seeing things, but how is that gun talking and reading my mind? Is it what they call hallucination?
"Shut up and find yourself some clothes. I'm not interested in a guy's body."
What's going on here? Who are you?
"I'll explain later. Just get out of here before someone sees you naked."
Oh yeah my clothes burned. I tried to find clothes and impressively found some at a nearby house.
"Are you a robber?"
An old man saw me.
Kuzumi: Of course not. I'm just investigating this clothes.
The old man gave me a plain look.
Kuzumi: Please lend me some clothes.
"Sure. You could've just asked kid."
Kuzumi: Sorry old man.
"This clothes are my favorite go wear them, don't you dare damage it!"
Kuzumi: Sure... why are you even lending me your favorite clothes!
I entered the house and wore his clothes. It was empty. He was living alone? He's tough. Luckily no woman saw me like this.
Kuzumi: Thanks old man.
"No need to thank me, by the way why are here? Why do you have guns? Are you here to kill me?"
Kuzumi: No old man. I'm just a guy passing buy. I bought this for self defense at the forest.
"I see. You're bad at lying aren't you? Youngsters don't understand how to open up to elders anymore this days."
Kuzumi: You saw through me i see.
"You must be involved at the terrorists who were massacred."
Kuzumi: They were massacred?
"I was interviewed by some soldiers in here and ask me if i saw a girl with long red hair here but i said no not a thing."
Kuzumi: That girl massacred the terrorists?
"I don't think that's true. They might have some kind of misunderstanding. But that's what the soldiers who survived the war said to them."
Kuzumi: Sorry, old man i don't have time for this.
"Where are you going?"
Kuzumi: At the military. I'm the Captain of sharpshooter squad 3.
"I heard they said he was missing and still haven't found until now."
Kuzumi: It's true i died but i somehow came here alive and naked.
"So you're saying your clothes burned and you manage to survive?"
Kuzumi: Something like that. But i saw that girl running and burned me. How can i survive that burn?
"So, they've come huh."
Kuzumi: What do you mean old man?
"It's either they've come or you're just crazy."
Kuzumi: I'm not. Although it sounds crazy but it's true.
"The thing is i believe you. If i can just communicate to your partner."
Kuzumi: Partner?
"You found out , i see."
Tora: Oh sorry for the late introduction, my name is Kuruma Tora. Former head of the Kuruma Exorcists.
Kuzumi: So you're an expert in spiritual things?
Tora: I exorcise bad spirits using techniques. Well to be precise you're now possessed by a devil. I didn't think that it's actually true but now that i've seen it in my eyes.
Kuzumi: What do you mean?
Tora: Someone from the underworld called Ginrai told me that devils will come to earth eventually and destroy this land, my family owe him a lot. So, my son and daughter in law agreed to join forces with him with some deal but i didn't agree to it. So i left our temple and lived here alone for years.
Kuzumi: What exactly is going on?
The gun starts to talk.
"To be precise he can't exorcise me. Because i'm too powerful. But this man knows a lot about the underworld. Which makes this quick it's to bother some to explain."
Tora: Young one...
Kuzumi: It's Harima Kuzumi old man.
Tora: Then Young Kuzumi, now that you made contact with a devil, you can't go back to your old life now.
Kuzumi: Why? Just exorcise this devil! I've got lots of pain in the neck things to do you know?!
Tora: He's too strong to be exorcise. Only ritual can kill him. But it will only happens if he doesn't resists.
"Old man is right, no one can kill me."
Kuzumi: Hey gun, can you talk to this old man?
"Of course, he's powerful enough to hear me."
Tora: What's your name devil and how many are you here in earth?
Kuzumi: How are you so calm and drinking tea while a devil, your immortal enemy is about to appear?
Tora: Because i don't think he has time to fight me nor i have the strength to fight back.
Kuzumi: That's true...
Akuma: For starters my name is Akuma. A devil sent here by hell to kill the dark lord Zargon. I revived this guy to become my vessel. Though we didn't merge yet. Because he has yet to decide if he wants to become my vessel.
Kuzumi: What if i refuse?
Akuma: Then you'll die again.
That's not good. I've got no choice here. But dying isn't bad at all.
Tora: Dying isn't bad at all i see. Well that's true but you can't escape the past. Do you really want to die?
Kuzumi: How did you read my mind?! Besides I want to because i have no reason to live anymore.
Tora: Youngsters are so dramatic. Living is hard but if you lose your reason for living then find another one. That is if you have a will to live.
I remembered my promise to Hanawa. I'll live until i deliver her message to Walter.
Kuzumi: I agree to be your vessel. If that will help me accomplish my reason to live then sure.
Akuma: This will be a blast.
Kuzumi: But how did you revive me?
Akuma: I shot you the bullet of life. As long as i have that ability i will never die, unless i ran out of powers that is.
Kuzumi: This guy is a real deal supernatural being.
Tora: I can't stop you from killing people and killing me. But i'm sure the angels will bring you divine punishment.
Kuzumi: What exactly is the point of being a vessel?
Tora: The legend of the chosen one.
Akuma: You're making it sound like it's a big deal, well it actually is.
Kuzumi: What is the legend?
Tora: They said the if this events occurred it is sure that the world will end.
Those words stick to my mind. I didn't know wars are happening all over the place. The world ending? What's going on?
~To be continued~