While soldiers and workers cleaned inside the mansion, Hakai walked over to a covered body and picked up into his arms. Tears flowed down his face while walking outside into the backyard. He kept making his way into the vast woods, untouched and unfollowed. He cried his heart out while reaching a stone by the river. Memories began flooding his head. Amaterasu's gentle smile appeared in his vision, sitting atop a rock. Hakai now stood in front of that same rock with her corpse. "We're here at our favorite spot, Ama." Hakai's streamed into the cover as clouds began forming. Distant thunder and lighting engulfed the world. The universe cried for its fallen creator.
***
"Please, look after yourself," Ray gently sent off Hakai with new clothes he previously used to wear.
"Will do. Take care of Ama-Chan in my place." Then, he said, jumping into the vortex bridge that connected this dimension to the other side.
Wham!
He disappeared and reappeared in the human realm. In front of the brunt holy shrine of lady Amaterasu, he stood staring as the people watched it in its new state.
"What a shame."
"I wonder who caused it."
A couple of people commented about the scenery.
"I need to find a safe spot tonight. The holy shield needs time to reconstruct around the shrine again." Hakai said to himself as he took off into the crowd. "Maybe Hachiman's shrine?" He asked himself as he recalled. "Tch, but I don't wanna deal with his annoying attitude." He spat on the ground as he placed his hands into his pockets. "Ah, these pants and hoodie bring so many memories back!" He recalled as he walked and looked up to the sky. "I wonder how that human girl is doing." He said as he caught himself off guard. Then, blushing, he heard a signal transmit.
"Lord Hakai, I have brought great news." Tennyo greeted him with an excited tone.
"Wow, Tennyo-Chan, what is it?" He shouted with excitement pouring from his sparkly eyes.
"So the Heavenly Gods have seen your efforts and decided to reward you diligently." She said, beaming with excitement, which caused the excited Hakai to glow more.
"Hmm, hmm, what, what?" He said while holding his hands under his chin.
"A Sacred Weapon!" She said to the overly excited Hakai.
"Wait, wait. A Sacred Weapon?" He asked Tennyo with a different attitude from before.
"Yes, yes. Here is some cash reward as well, bye-bye, Hakai God." Tennyo hastily ended the signal before receiving any whines.
"Tennyo-Chan, Tennyo-Chan!" He screamed into the sky.
Swoosh!
A long katana-like sword came down from the sky.
Clink!
It landed beside him, sheathed, yet he made a big fuss out of it. "I-I almost died." He said in a defense position. Then, while still postured in such a position, a sack of gold coins that looked somewhat empty appeared in front of him. "Huh?" He uttered as he reached out to grab it. "How much did they give me this time?" He asked himself with an unimpressed facial expression. "Wait, no way! A human bank card?" He asked himself as he jumped in excitement. "I wonder how much it has. I wonder how much it has." He picked up the fallen Katana and danced his way to a nearby bank.
{Card Declined. Please try again.}
"What do you mean?" He asked the automated teller machine. While people strolled by staring at the automated teller machine going off in such manners, he kept inserting the card and trying to get it to work. "I-I don't get it at all!" He screamed while holding his head in frustration. His arms hung loose beside him as he gave up on another try. "At least send a 'how to use manual' that would help." he huffed out a big breath in defeat. "Oh, check the sack, check the sack." He said while digging it out of his back pocket. "Oh, I feel something!" He shouted as he opened and shook the bag violently into his palm.
"A note card?" He said to himself as he placed the bag away and looked at this fascinating gold note card. "Sidenote?" He read as the handwriting matched that of Tennyo. "You can use the card at any human bank through the ATM." He slowly read to himself. "ATM? What's that? He asked himself as he looked around. He noticed a small plate on the automated teller machine that read, "ATM." He finally realized. "Oh, oh, it's you, see!" He showed the note to the atm. He then went back to the notecard as he received no reply. "This card is now the new payment method installed through the kingdom of High Heavens," Tennyo informed Hakai through her little side note. "This is your only way of receiving cash benefits, and if you lose it, Hakai God, you're left on your own." She left a negligible threat to the usual dense Hakai.
"Aha, aha." He laughed very nervously. "That felt like a threat." He said to himself as his left eye twitched with fear.
"Nothing about how to use this thing?" He asked himself as he turned the notecard around.
"Lord Hakai, please refer not to insert the card the wrong way. I have dented an arrow for you to insert the card in the correct position." Tennyo explained to Hakai with the note. He quickly raised the card to his face and noticed the decent-sized arrow that showed him the correct way. "Ohh!" He screamed as he finally saw it. He lowered the card and kept reading. "Please, don't just smash the keys. Refer to use gentleness on the machines while typing in your PIN." He read that section with a confused expression. "PIN?" He murmured as he went back to reading. "Sidenote, a PIN is a personal password to use this card." Tennyo seemed to think ten steps ahead. "Ohh!" He screamed with realization again. "Your PIN is 7777. I believe you know how to read from here on out. To get cash, click the button that reads 'Get Cash.' To use the card anywhere in the markets, you must make a name for yourself and become seen. Still, until then, Bye-bye" She left a quick note completing her explanation.
"Uhh, I can only get cash from this?" He asked himself as he tried to use the machine. "7777." He slowly read to himself while typing the numbers.
{Select the language you would like to use?}
The machine displayed a small question with multiple language boxes. For example, "Japanese-" Hakai clicked the following option carefully.
{Welcome, Hakai God. What can I assist with today?}
The machine displayed a small greeting note. "It knows my name?" He asked as his eyes sparkled.
"What knows your name?" A mysterious person asked behind his back.
"Ekk!" Terror overtook Hakai's face.