''Speak''
'Thought'
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"I refuse."
The skeleton lady seems to be taken it back by a bit of bit before her hand regrow back before she looks at me.
"You refuse my offer?" She said, her voice seeming to lose all of the amusement from before, and now, all I can hear is a monotone voice.
"You expect me to kneel and make a deal without any questions? I have no problem working for someone as long as it benefits me, but working for you seem to be a dumb thing to do.
You want me to kill all life in the universe, for what? So that you can satisfy your urge of killing? Or is it because you have some higher goal that you don't want to tell me?
If you are indeed a true personification of death, why do you need my help? For me, it doesn't matter. If anything, you ask for help and making a deal seems to show that you are nothing but those weaklings I found on the street.
You have the power to kill everything because you are dead itself, and you refuse it because there are some stupid rules that you cannot break? Don't make me laugh!! You are death itself!!
Who cares if there are rules out there that prevent you from doing what you want!? If the result of breaking those rules is your death, so what? As long as you die doing what you want, that all its matters!!"
My Rashomon flared up from behind before launching itself toward the skeleton lady, and just as I expected, my Rashomon stopped and redirected to somewhere else.
"Do you know about the thing that I hated the most in the world, no in the universe? I hate weakling, those people who always scream for help, without even trying to solve their problem themself.
But do you know what I hated more than weakling? I hated those who have power, decide not to use it, and still ask for help from the other people, those are the type of people that I hated the most, and you woman fit that description perfectly."
And before I knew it, my throat was grabbed by the skeleton lady before she lifted me into the air with no problem at all.
I tried to activate my Rashomon again, but my Rashomon did not come out this time, causing my eyes to widen.
"You has no power here. The only reason I let you activate your power before is that I want you to, but now it's different. In this dimension, this Realm of Death, my realm, a mere mortal like you, have no power here.
Without any movement, I can kill you with ease, and I do not need to make an effort to kill you. I decide to make a deal with you because you are one of the mortal beings in the universe that have to bring forth my goal.
And yet here you are, refusing my offer to gain the power that you always wanted. Why? Is it because of your pride? Is it because of your ideal of how you view people?
But you know what, it doesn't matter, you might have the most potential out there in the universe, but you are certainly will not be the last. I have waited for aeons for someone like you, so what's wrong with me waiting for another aeon?"
Is this it? Am I going to die just like this? Being killed by none other than the personification of death itself? I guess that is not a bad way to go... right?
No, hell no, like hell I'm going to die like this?!
Just who the hell do you think I am?!
Even if you are a personification of death itself, I will not give up my life and will fight to the bitter end; if I'm going to die, I will make sure as hell that you will remember me for eternity!!
She said I couldn't activate my Rashomon because I'm in her realm? I know that I cannot escape from here, considering who is standing in front of me and how powerful she is; if that is the case, I'm going to destroy it.
You decided that I have no power here!? You said I am powerless!? Do you think I care!? As long as I am alive, I will make sure you remember me to the very end!!
Rashomon is my power. No, Rashomon is not only my power... Rashomon is ME!! AND THE ONLY PERSON THAT CAN CONTROL ME IS ME!!
I'M GOING TO EAT IT ALL!!
I'M GOING TO DESTROY IT ALL!!
I'M GOING TO CONSUME IT ALL!!
Rashomon roared out with its gashing teeth, coming out from every part of my cloth and flying toward the skeleton lady, whose body seemed to be tense seeing how I was able to activate my Rashomon, but she seemed not to be fazed.
She used her other hand, making a swiping motion, not even batch an eye on Rashomon. Still, to her absolute surprise, Rashomon did not stop and could take a bite on her free hand, which she seemed to be quite shocked considering how her skeleton jaw appeared to be open up a little bit.
But in the end, it was not enough. Casually moving her hand, Rashomon got destroyed and disappeared into the thing air, while also her hand seemed to grow back before looking back at me.
"As expected, you and you will power seem to defy all reason. Instead of giving up in the face of death itself, you decide to fight back and try even to kill death itself.
Not to mention your power, that Rashomon of yours, it does remind me of him, and its potential is truly remarkable. To be able to define my laws in my realm in a matter of a few seconds, it's truly a shame that I have to kill you now."
But before she can do anything to me, something appears behind the skeleton lady.
A person... No, there is no way whatever thing appears behind that skeleton lady is a human.
Appearing behind the skeleton lady, a humanoid-like being that seems to be made out of pure energy, no, the pure void itself that appears to be very similar to my Rashomon. It's also wearing what seems to be tatter purple cloth all along its body, with a purple hood covering its head.
What stands out the most is its eyes, which seem to be glowing blue and staring at me right into my very soul itself.
The hand of this reach out grab on hold to the skeleton lady before its voice rings out.
"I can't let you kill him yet, ''sister''."