Walking one step at a time, hesitating before the uncertainty of that truth revealed before his eyes, Adan was outlined to enter the portal while he was observed by an incredulous Lucero who reflected in her eyes a feeling of deep rage towards him. Just before taking the step into that vortex, the higher entity exclaimed: "I expect great things from you, servant Loa, but before you leave I must tell you one more thing"
Before the sentence was finished being pronounced, in a fit of anger Lucero threw Adam into the vortex without even caring about disobeying his superior. He falling into that dizzying spiral void, while his astral body was dissolved in the flow of life along with his consciousness waiting to reach his destination.
Little by little the sensations were entering his consciousness, feeling something cold and wet that enveloped his entire body. Slowly opening his eyes, he gazed at the ceiling of a room while the sight of him gave an appearance of movement. The lack of oxygen immediately warned him that he was submerged in what appeared to be a bathtub, while in a frenzy of despair he struggled to make his body react to sit up.
Suddenly his spine straightened, freeing him from that deadly embrace of the waters as he coughed spitting the water lodged in his lungs. Trying to move his legs without success, at the same time that with his arms he propelled himself out of the bathtub, projecting himself against the floor.
Pain ran through his face as all the sensations in his bodily nerves came to their senses. A heartrending scream made the bathroom rumble as she writhed on the surface in a fetal position. Her head spun as a series of images bombarded her brain like a roller coaster of mixed emotions, noticing a single voice that said to her: "Get up, servant Loa"
Holding on to the toilet seat, she pried herself up to strengthen her knees in order to sit up and, feeling the wall, she approached the sink. It was there that when looking in the mirror, she went from lethargy to shock: "What the hell is this damn joke?"
Adam's eyes watched in disbelief at what the mirror reflected for him. A delicate face and long hair that covered his shoulders and fell to his waist, slanted eyes in which you could see a bruise that ran from the eyebrow to the left cheekbone.
A chest that revealed a pair of small breasts and directing his gaze to the lower part of his waist, he could not help but let out a horrified cry of surprise: "Damn you superior entity, I am a woman"
"Is this what you mean by one more thing? You fucking bitch!" - Adam exclaimed as he tried to digest that disconcerting surprise. By the time he came to, his mind began to rationalize what he was observing in that bathroom.
Inside him, what seemed like a fierce struggle to survive had arisen, the bathtub curtain was shattered and thrown on the floor. Looking back at himself in the mirror, he could see that there were bruise marks from hanging on his neck. And once more observing the lower part of him, he could see threads of blood coming out of his pubis, accompanied by a stabbing pain that made him bend as his nerves reconnected. There was no doubt, the body of that poor girl had been the victim of rape and she was strangled to death.
"This place is not safe, with the noises that I made and those that this young woman must have made before she died, it is more than certain that the police are on their way. I don't have a single memory, I don't know what it was called. If I have to pretend that I am she could not do it "
Opening the bathroom door, he was able to contemplate the room that seemed to be the bedroom; a night lamp thrown on the floor flickering, glimpsed the messy room. Walking through the mess, he set out to find a towel and some clothes to cover himself.
Near a coat rack he found a high school uniform and a student briefcase near it. When he opened it, he was able to verify the identity of who in life was known as Yamaguchi Yukino. A senior high school student. Adam's rage made him bite his lip when he saw that such a young girl was brutally tainted and destroyed as she was, that feeling ran through his mind until he reached the memories of her daughter Judith of hers.
"Thank you for the opportunity to live in this body, I promise you that at least in retribution I will avenge your death Yukino" - exclaimed with tears the one who could identify with that bitter feeling of losing everything.
"Open the door, we are the police. We receive reports of disturbances in this department."
"Damn, I lost a lot of time" - The worst scenario was present at that moment, while the knocking on the door became more insistent and louder. He started walking into the hall and taking a breath he turned the knob to open it wide.
"Miss, are you okay?" - A conciliatory and friendly tone was heard in the officer's voice as he looked at Yukino's battered face. Who without being able to pronounce a single intelligible word made gestures to invite them to pass to observe.
A slight headache shook his new body, giving way to a series of old memories that allowed him to at least write kanji to communicate. For which he took a pen that was in his pocket, writing down in the notebook the following message: "I am a victim of rape, please help me"
The policeman showing his horror tried to comfort Yukino, but since it was Adam, he did not have a single memory of that event. Therefore, any attempt to clearly answer the report was unsuccessful. When he had to give his name to the officer, the atmosphere became tense and cloudy, that compassionate look turned a reflection of contempt and disgust that could not be described only with words.
"You should be dead, you gaijin trash! We have nothing to do here." - While leaving the place one of the police observed a photo that was on one of the tables in the room. Holding her only to spit spitefully on her, slamming the door on her way out.
"This young lady was raped and won't you fucking pigs?" - Angered at his thoughts, Adan could not believe that situation. For him the Japanese police were in a high standard of cultural reference. He couldn't believe the agents' attitude, much less the use of the term gaijin.
Adam knew that the term gaijin is often used in a derogatory way by some conservatives, but he could not understand that in a police officer. When taking the photograph that the agent spat out a few moments ago, he saw a couple holding a baby. The one who appeared to be the father was an Anglo-Saxon-looking man and the mother, a completely Japanese woman who even wore a yukata at what looked like a festival in summer.
"This does not seem to be a hate crime, there is something else in the background. If I remain here it is certain that the murderer is involved with the police, I must escape or I will die" - Taking a bag from the closet, he kept a change of clothes from the closet. A little over 10,000 yen that he had in his wallet and a cell phone that had a pink rabbit holster on it.
As she took the cell phone, the memory of his past life came to her mind, that message that arrived just before the explosion ended with his old body, making him fall to his knees due to the excruciating pain. Just as they had mentioned before falling through the portal, as long as he maintained control of their memories, he could bring out the power of him as Loa. But unaware of his abilities, it was completely useless to be one or not.
Taking a breath and keeping his composure, he headed for the stairs walking with difficulty due to the pain in his private parts. A slight trickle of blood left a path where he passed, experiencing for the first time the derision of the glances of some women who whispered as he passed them.
It seems that they were all complete strangers outside Yukino, Adam could understand it if it was his previous body but it was something surprising that being Yukino's body the people of the building acted with total indifference. Definitely something sinister was hidden in the details of that night.
There was no time for questions, the first thing he needed was to go to a hospital to treat his injuries. But he barely took a few steps outside the building, three men caught up with him and led him to an adjoining alley, while they covered his mouth and beat his stomach trying to get the air out of him so that he would not scream for help.
His body toppled amidst the dirt and stagnant water of a passing rain, he struggled to get up without success. Giving rise to a chorus of mocking laughter that he was untimely silenced when the figure of a young man of no more than 15 years of age appeared.
"So are you still alive, dirty sow with impure blood !? I thought I had left you dead in the bathtub when your eyes were finally closed. Actually look at the gift you left on my face, you fucking whore" - Adam He was able to see with Yukino's eyes the marks of his nails that had left his face marked, which caused that at that moment that subject gave him a kick that burst several ribs, piercing a lung. It was then that the memories of him began to settle one by one and with each part, the bitterness made him not be able to bear it anymore, breaking down in tears in a disconsolate way.
"You raped me!" - That phrase was no longer being said by Adam by himself, the reminiscence of Yukino's memories took for a moment control of the fragile mind of the newly created Loa. That even without being able to make use of his powers in full freedom, he began to feel inside his body as the broken ribs joined and the perforated lung was slowly repaired.
"You know, ignorance would have been the best. If we did not know many things we would have been happy as a good family. But I am no longer ignorant of the situation, little pig, your mother was a whore who plunged the clan into disgrace by escaping with that damn English The grandfather had planned to kill them all for such disobedience, but over the years the old man became soft and heard his daughter's whore who begged him to forgive her granddaughter. "
"Damn superior astral being, what cheap drama mess did you get me into?" - Adam thought within himself as he regained control of that battered body. Looking for an opportunity to escape from that place at any cost, even if it meant going down the sewer.
A kick landed squarely on the skull of Yukino's body, causing Adam to tumble onto his back in convulsions. The force had fractured her skull and the bleeding was beginning to end her life.
"Is this how it will all end?" - Adam slightly exclaimed, he writhed in the middle of a pool of blood while the subjects watched in the midst of mockery as that delicate body shuddered to the point of death.
"Hiro, something is not right. We better get out of here. This bitch will not survive this. But I don't like something in the environment" - One of the thugs had revealed the name of Yukino's killer, although for Adam that was it was irrelevant now that he was about to die permanently.
Disgusted by the interruption, Hiro took the bully's opinion of him into account and gave the order to leave the place. Not without first approaching Yukino's face and whispering in her ear the following: "At least you can die after having experienced what a man's pleasure is, you damn bitch"
Tears welled up as he gasped for breath to try to utter an insult at least before he was completely extinguished, but the words couldn't get out of his mouth. Just giving way to the screeching sound of the car tires where the cowardly thugs were fleeing.
As his eyelids were overcome by exhaustion and consciousness left him, Adan could see a gentle, fragile-looking figure walking down the alley holding what looked like a stuffed rabbit.
"You are a useless piece of garbage, having to come here is torture." That voice was familiar, but despite his efforts to stay aware of it, his eyes closed completely.