I was at the old man's house, i meant... Kuruma Tora. He's apparently an exorcist. But due to some reasons he can't exorcise my devil named Akuma. That devil told me that he revived me to become his vessel which is unbelievable, though that said he was in the form of a talking gun. So, this supernatural things keep happening to me.
I couldn't return to the military. I can't yet. I have a feeling that this situation is messier than I think it is.
Kuzumi: What's with this end of the world thing?
Toru: Perhaps i should tell you the legend.
Akuma: It's a legend that you'll see in your own eyes.
Tora: The legend of the chosen one started when the underworld was created.
Akuma: This old man seems to know a lot.
Tora: I did lots of researching my whole life. I learned a lot about this legend ages ago and told the story to my students. I believed it as a legend as well. But ever since that underworld being came to our temple. I became convinced that this legend is true. My son was foolish. He wasn't a talented exorcise so he asked for power from the underworld being. Now they are the puppets of the underworld in earth.
Kuzumi: I see. No one gets stronger fast. Although he was obsessed of becoming powerful.
Tora: It might be my fault it turned out like that. Because i was always scolding him for his lack of talent. I trained him but he was just not fit for the job.
Kuzumi: Maybe that thing got him more obsessed.
Tora: Yeah, but now he's cross the point of no return while deceiving my students.
Kuzumi: Akuma might be able to take him down don't you think?
Akuma: I can but not in your current state. I'll have to train you and get you stronger before the chosen one was found.
Kuzumi: Chosen one? The legend? What do you mean?
Toru: Well let me tell the legend first. The underworld was created by a exorcist.
Kuzumi: For real?!
Tora: Yeah, the legend said that he used a forbidden technique, due to some reasons. First is he was bored exorcising the weak evil spirits. He was talented. He was a Shikigami user. His Shikigami was powerful. Then one day he said he wanted to become a God. So he decided to merge with his Shikigami. The Shikigami refused, because that's forbidden in their contract. In the end he defeated his own Shikigami and merged with it. After that he became powerful. Killed humans and made them his minions. Then he created a deal with hell. The underworld and hell became allies that tries to destroy heaven. But they never succeeded. That's when the underworld blamed the hell and Lucifer. The underworld betrayed hell and started another war. He was called the Dark Lord. Years passed and he found a way to pass his throne and the next dark lord will be powerful than him. If he can merge with next dark lord it will sure stack up dark power and destroy both heaven and hell. The thing is, they needed a vessel for the next successor. Which is a human, a pregnant one. One day in earth they opened the underworld gates and left someone on earth to guard it. They were killing people and finding the chosen one. The dark lord casted a powerful spell in earth and every dark lord does it if it's time to dethrone. Every century, someone has to be killed by the dark forces. The chosen one will carry the child of the dark lord and when she gives birth she'll die, the child she gives birth to will be the next dark lord. They'll merge the child with the dark lord. It has been done for centuries and now is the time. The final, if the hell comes on earth, it must mean that the next dark lord is powerful enough to destroy hell and heaven. Surely the heaven will stop underworld too. If underworld succeeds the world will be destroyed.
Akuma: Well that's the glimpse of it.
Kuzumi: How is that a glimpse? I understood it but there are some things that i can't understand. In short the underworld will come on earth just like this devils? And merge with a baby? Then the dark lord will become a baby again?!
Tora: The underworld minions will come to this world and find the chosen one to sacrifice her. When the child is born, the dark lord will merge with it whether it's a boy or a girl. Then their growth will be faster than anyone. For us humans i think one day in there will be like 18 years in human world.
Kuzumi: What's this power anyway?!
Akuma: I'll explain now. There are devils that are sent here. We are tasked to kill the dark lord and obtain a human vessel. If we can kill the dark lord before the chosen one gives birth, then we win. Of course right now the chosen one might have been chosen already. But we will investigate it along the way. Anyway, you'll need to kill people as well, though i chose you because you're used to it.
Kuzumi: True, i am a soldier after all.
Akuma: You can't go back to your old life until the dark lord is defeated. After we defeat the dark lord, we'll send you back here and do what you want until we destroy earth. We'll remove your memories of the war.
Kuzumi: In short we'll be the ones who will postpone the destruction of earth.
Akuma: Well, we have to face some angel along the way, because they want heaven to be the one who takes out that dark lord. It won't matter because you'll not remember a thing about us.
Kuzumi: So all we have to do is to train and go to this underworld yeah?
Akuma: We'll have to find the others. We need more devils to open the gates and finding the gatekeeper is tricky. Lord Satan ordered us to kill the gatekeeper.
Tora: I might have some information for that, although this breaks the rule of not siding with evil but i already retired so i guess it's just a sin i'll have to carry.
Akuma: Spill it old man.
Tora: The man named Ginrai i mentioned. He's one of the gatekeepers.
Akuma: So there are more i see. It's a pain damn it!
Kuzumi: Beats me, i'll have to return to the camp immediately.
Akuma: You can't, because you are going on training with me and i will not allow you to see anyone you know right now.
Kuzumi: That's not fair!
Tora: Sadly you're in no situation to refuse young one.
Kuzumi: Damn, my life is at stake here, fine let's just end this.
Akuma: Time to teach you how to use me.
Kuzumi: Why do you even need a vessel?
Akuma: I have no evil power. Because my ability is to erase any supernatural powers.
Kuzumi: I see, so no one can kill you.
Akuma: They can once i am exhausted. Endurance is my power. If your body can't keep up with my skills you'll die.
Kuzumi: Then just revive me again.
Akuma: You'll never get stronger if i did that. We'll need to kill people for souls that can make me stronger and closer to my full strength like what i was in hell.
Kuzumi: We'll have to kill innocent humans?
Akuma: I'll let you decide who will we kill.
Tora: No choice then, i'll let you live in this mountain. In exchange you'll save my son.
Kuzumi: I'll learn it and save your son old man. Fine i'll take this mission, not that i have a choice.
Tora: I guess i shall help you train.
Akuma: Just don't die old man.
Tora: I'm stronger than i look like devil.
Just like that our training started. It was one thing after another.
Right now in the present time while walking, I told them the legend that the old man told me about. But i didn't tell them all that happened. Every happening is connected up to this day. I didn't tell them about losing our memories as well.