'My individuality and my Salan ability?' I pondered for hours, trying to find similarities. 'If I had to describe myself, I would say that I'm someone who likes knowledge and information. I'm selfish and don't care about others' needs and feelings. I like for things to go my way and have an outcome I wish for. My Salan ability simply affects gravity, what is there to find similarities about? '
***
Hours after Tsuki left, I started to see Mana particles again. The amount wasn't high enough to make it go into my core and fill it up. I meditated again until the sun's light filled the room.
'Only a few hours until someone comes in, I need to make a plan. First, I get escorted out to go to the toilet, then, I fill up my core without raising suspicion, I get back my clothes and my swords, and at the end, I make my Mana go into the entire building and make earth's gravitational pull stronger to make it collapse. Tsuki, I don't know if this plan involves you, I can only hope you stand somewhere you should be.'
'The problem is, I don't know what kind of place this is.. A government facility or a small city near the bridge that leads to Central Superio. Do they have weapons or other stronger Bearers? I'll face the odds because I think that fortune favors the brave.'
Not long after I planned my escape as good as I could, the door opened revealing the guy whose hand I cut off and Tsuki who stood behind him.
The guy looked angry, he wanted to pay me back for what I did. He opened his mouth to speak but I didn't give him the chance "Good timing, I need to go to the toilet. Make it happen and I might tell you a thing or two about the swords."
Tsuki looked at the blonde guy and waited for his call. He was clearly superior in rank.
"Tsuki, free him from the chair and bring him to the toilet. Use the emerald before you do." He ordered.
Tsuki nodded and held the emerald in front of me without making it touch my forehead. We looked each other deep into the eyes. Her eyes were the same color as her hair, they were mesmerizing, almost hypnotic.
I changed my expression making the blonde guy think I lost my Mana again.
Tsuki put me in handcuffs and started to walk me out of the torture chamber. We walked trough the door and up a set off stairs. 'We are in a hospital near the Central Superio bridge!' I realized.
Tsuki looked around and when only the blonde guy was around, she turned around and smacked the emerald on his forehead. He lost all the Mana in his core in an instant and fell down. Tsuki proceeded to kick him in the head a few times to knock him out. I used this opportunity to make his Mana flow into my core. A third of my core was filled, enough to use Mana reinforcement on my body.
We dragged him into an empty room. "We don't have much time, I'll get you your equipment, you stay here and fill your core. My Salan ability is intuition, it helps with decisions and warns me when I'm in danger. That's the reason I'm helping you, because my Salan ability tells me to. So trust me and my decisions." She explained and went back out.
I immediately went to snap the blonde guy's neck. "This is the third person I have killed." I mumbled to myself, feeling less guilty. Normally his Mana would go out of his core and scatter into the environment, but when there was no Mana, no one could feel that he died.
I sat down and meditated, trying to gather as much Mana into my core as I could.
Tsuki rushed through the door and gave me my clothes and my swords. By the time she came back, 3 quarters of my core was filled.
I put on my clothes and my swords "Where now?" I asked.
"We need to distract them, I feel like you have a way to accomplish that." She said.
I grinned and placed my hand on the wall. I concentrated on the Mana and saw a 3D map of the building in my head. I shot my Mana through my hand and into the walls of the building. "I need to use up all my Mana to make a quarter of this hospital collapse. Is that enough?" I asked.
"Plenty." She said.
I grinned and made a quarter of the hospital vibrate violently. I activated my ability and the area that vibrated collapsed in on itself burying tens of people.
I collected a bit of Mana again while I heard yelling from outside the door.
"Jump through the window and run straight without using Mana." Tsuki said.
"What about armed guards on the roof or outside on patrol?" I asked.
"Just do what I tell you, and trust me." She said.
I didn't like the way she gave me orders but she was my best bet. Once I made it back to Central Superio I would interrogate her.
I broke the window with a simple tap of my Mana reinforced finger and we both jumped out. I saw the the big lake and the bridge. We were on top of a hill and ran straight down. I could see guards left and right but they didn't seem to notice us. We managed to run into an area filled with trees.
"We have to fight the guards at the bridge now. Don't worry, I have a feeling you'll make it quick." She said, setting me up to fight.
The time spent, thinking of ways to use my Salan ability paid out. One way to use it, was by making me 'lighter'. I used my ability, jumped 20 meters into the air and started falling down on the 2 guards. I then threw my chipped Shoto at the guard who was standing a few meters next to the one I was falling on, and activated my ability. Mana reached the place under him in an instant and made my Shoto gravitate towards it perfectly. The guard's neck was lined up with the gravity point. The Shoto went straight into his neck, cutting his throat and killing him. Before the other guard noticed my Mana, I landed on top of him, shoving my Katana into his right shoulder and making it go through his body. I let go of the Katana's handle and used both hands to break the guards neck.
*Crack*
The sound of bones cracking gave me more confidence in my abilities. I had assassinated 2 people perfectly without hurting myself and worsening already existing injuries.
I picked up both blades and cleaned them with the clothes of the guards.
Tsuki came to me and we started to run, with Mana reinforcing our legs.
"The bridge is 41 kilometers long and it takes us 2 hours and 23 minutes to run across it." She informed me.
"Are you mad at me for killing your comrades?" I asked her, 10 minutes after we started running across the bridge.
"You had no choice did you? I wish I could have helped you back then. My Salan ability screamed at me to help you. A situation I never faced. This was the only time I didn't follow what I felt. I made you go through torture, I'm sorry, please forgive me." She said with an ashamed face.
"You're way too honest, Tsuki " I said and shook my head "So I take that as a 'no'."
She smiled and and her eyes grew large a few seconds later. I expected her to give bad news.
"I didn't introduce myself properly. My name is Tsuki Shizukana and my parents were originally from Japan. Can you tell me your name?"
"Niam Henka, half Japanese half Lebanese. More information later." I answered.