After entering the so-called Sukeki village, Shu was guided towards the back of the village, towards what seemed to be a black square, a square the size of a house, it had nothing special to it. It was just a perfectly shaped black metal looking square
"What the hell?"
Exclaimed Shu while looking at the square with disbelief, he had just walked past a gigantic town, a cool looking one at that, so all Shu wanted to do was look around the place but instead, he was taken to a cube?
"Hey, what is this? this looks completely uninteresting compared to the village"
Shu questioned a bit irritated at this little thing, it wasn't a huge cube either so what were they doing there? was the only thing that kept circulating through his head
"It's not just a cube if that's what you're thinking, anyway, give me a second"
Ayami replied while walking over to the cube as she would then proceed to lay her right hand against it
"Hey mom, can you open? it's me, Ayami, I brought a wanderer to be interrogated, he didn't seem like a bad person, but I feel like we should make sure that he is a wanderer, so we came here to ask you to interrogate him"
Ayami explained in a soft and kind voice as a door was then formed in front of the cube opening itself up, giving them access to the gloomy-looking cube
"Come on let's go"
Ayami ordered while tugging on Shu's hand, who was too caught up with the fact that a perfectly shaped cube just formed a door in front of itself
"Woah!, what is this!?, is this common down here?"
Shu questioned, quite excited about this interesting thing, but before he could continue to admire it, he was pulled inside by Ayami's hand, as the men that followed her stood outside, beginning to guard the cube.
After entering the cube, it became dark, Shu couldn't see anything, and neither could Ayami, until a blinding light shone upon the two, blinding Shu for a few seconds while Ayami simply waited for what was going to happen next
And as if it was an act of God, they were transferred to the inside of a traditional-style Japanese house, and in that house a woman was sitting on what seemed to be a throne. The woman had on a dress that embraced her beautiful figure tightly making her big breasts more noticeable than they would normally be, the dress was dark and long, reaching the ends of her feet, her hair was of the same color, short and smooth, it reached the end of her neck right above her shoulders. Her eyes had no pupils, not even an iris, they were simply violet, a pale lavender violet, a bright shining violet. And right behind her were two men, one with his eyes closed and hands clasped together as if he was praying, and another other with his hands behind his back with a serious expression on his eyes, both of them looked alike, the only difference was that the one with his hands clasped had a scar on his forehead.
The woman was smoking from a wooden pipe, staring at Shu with an expression of curiosity
"You have a beautiful and strong aura"
Said the woman while pointing at Shu with her pipe, smiling slightly as Shu turned to look at Ayami
"You've brought quite the decent Young-Man, Ayami"
Complimented the woman while Ayami simply bowed before her
"Thank you mother"
Ayami replied with a smile while closing her eyes as Shu simply ignored the woman, looking around the place, it seemed to have a lot of precious-looking items, but what caught his interest was that of a Katana. The katana was quite peculiar, he has seen Katanas before but this one was weird, the blade seemed to be made out of some sort of green rock-like material, it seemed sharp, too sharp, not only that but it was spewing a very ominous aura.
"Pst—pst, Shu!, what are you doing? you're in front of the village chief, bow down already!"
Ayami whispered while pulling Shu's arm as the woman simply chuckled looking at Shu with a small smile
"It seems you have taken an interest in Totsuka no Tsurugi, it's the sword of the god of storms, Susanoo, it gives off a scary aura doesn't it?"
Said the woman as Ayami and Shu turn to look at her
"Totsuka no Tsurugi?. That's hard to say"
The woman chuckled while covering her mouth with her hand, before closing her eyes as she sighed
"Yes, it is hard to say"
Said the woman while smiling at Shu who turned his attention back to the sword
"My name's Himura Shu!"
Yelled the boy while turning his head back to the woman, who opened her eyes slowly, looking at Shu with a serious expression
"And I'd like to stay in this village please!"
He yelled before placing his arms beside his hips while bowing his upper body down as the woman stared at him.