"M-My leg?!" As Rio just realized it, his left leg was cut off by Meryna. That led to Rio screaming in agony as he fell down. Second passes, a liter of blood flowing on the floor indicating it's from Rio.
"Wait, I'm mean to cut off both of his legs... Oh well."
With tears in Rio's eyes, he opened his eyes and saw Meryna who was standing right beside him, looking down on him. Meryna, as she was looking down at Rio, she started smiling eerily. Smile that's so creepy that it can send shivers down to one's spine.
But that smile didn't have any effect on Rio, the eyes that showed wrath toward Meryna, it was the only light in Rio's eyes left.
"You MONSTER... Just because you can't die, that doesn't mean you can look down on it... Just what is Death in your mind huh?!" Hearing Rio's question, Meryna tilts her head as she's thinking. And then she spoke...
"No idea... I have no idea what Death is~ To be true, apparently, I already died once according to Ten. I have no recollection of my memory whatsoever, doesn't mean I care any about it. But then, Ten told me to forget the past and find myself..."
Meryna grips on her dagger as she stabs on Rio's other leg.
"Hey hey, what did he mean by that huh~? What should I do to find myself huh~?! HEY, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW TO FIND ME HUH?!!~ HEY, TELL ME!!!"
Some time has passed, and Meryna also just realized what she has done. Everybody who's watching from Spectator's Room also has witnessed 18 seconds of that's what they might call, a nightmare...
"Ara? When did I do this?" When Meryna takes a good look at it, Rio's lips have been sewing off, and that's not all of it. Meryna's eyes were locked to the lost limbs which has been apart from its owner. To be exact, Rio lost all four of his limbs at that moment.
As Meryna looked at her hand, there was a lot of blood... Some are on her hands down to her dagger. The rest are... splattered into the distance. Which are towards the floor and wall in the distance, and also on all over Meryna's body.
"Dear, what's gotten into me, I wonder... Did 'Riene' cause all of this?" Meryna stares deep down at Rio's pupil, he's still alive with the tears in his eyes. Soon, Rio's eyes were about to fade. But...
"You look like me when I have my limbs cut off, Fufu- Oh, that reminds me. You're actually experiencing what you called 'Pain' right? My bad for being insensitive~"
As Meryna finished her words, she lifted his hand and then pierced her finger on Rio's forehead.
"Mind Of The Pink Puppet~" About 5 seconds after, Rio can feel the pain fading away. Along with any sensation of his whole body. Right now, Rio can't feel anything, he's not even able to lift his finger. But he's still conscious despite what happened to him a minute ago.
"Now you won't feel any pain, right? Let us go for a walk then~" Meryna then used her thread to bind Rio right on his neck. Rio was supposed to die from the loss of blood, but Mind Of The Pink Puppet prevented his blood from coming out. Meryna dragged Rio with her, leaving a trail of blood. Rio on the other hand, except his consciousness, everything on him has been controlled, like a puppet.
...
*Cough!**Cough!*
Surviving from the collapsed building, Ryuma, gets out from the pile of rubble as he coughs the dust off that's coming into his throat. Ryuma looked to his left, Kiyo had already gotten out from the pile of rubble way before him. As Ryuma was about to speak to Kiyo...
"Kiyo-"
"Shh!..." Kiyo shut Ryuma's mouth with his hand as he dragged him away from the place. Until they both were inside the closed space inside the small collapsed building, that's where Kiyo stopped. Ryuma asked about his behavior, and then Kiyo answered...
"One of them already knew we were here. And currently, we're being followed by them!"
"Wait, how do you know that?" Ask Ryuma as he's peeking at the corner.
"Flow Of The Wind, It's the technique I just came up with. Using the technique, I've got to sense any movable object or life forms. And in this instant, the one who's followed us is stopping behind that debris."
Kiyo is pointing at the debris which is from the way they just came from. As Ryuma heard that, his eyes went sharp as he was about to run to that very debris.
"Are you sure he's behind that debris, Kiyo?"
"Yeah, I'm sure of it- Wait, are you planning on rushing him?!"
"No, the other way around, I don't have to rush him." At that moment, Kiyo realized that Ryuma had been charging the Fingshot. Soon to be Red Bullet.
"Red Bullet, I will destroy everything that's inside its direction!" Ryuma aims at the rubble, and then he shoots. The Red Bullet made its way to the debris Kiyo was telling him, and then the bullet made contact with the debris.
*BOOM!*
"I'm sure whoever is hiding behind that debris got caught up in the explosion. But there's no confirmation he's still survived or not." The explosion from the Red Bullet filled the area covered with smoke, as the smoke faded away, Ryuma couldn't believe what he had just seen.
"What?... That pile of debris didn't move an inch?..." Said Ryuma with a confused expression.
"No, Ryuma. The debris indeed is moving from its original spot. But... How do I describe it... The debris was floating in the air..."
"Floating? What did you mean-" Ryuma just realized as he took a good look at it. The pile of debris and concrete was indeed floating as Kiyo described it. Which is a weird phenomenon that has been happening right before his eyes.
"Wait, I see him!" Kiyo, with a keen eye, was able to see through the gap of the floating debris.
"He's there! I'm sure of it!"
...
"Oh no, What do I do... They have found me!" On the other side of the debris, is Alex who's following the two since they both survived the collapsed building. In panic mode, Alex points to the sniper rifle which he's been carrying behind his back.
Mosin-Nagant, which is the type of sniper rifle Alex carries. With it, he aims the scope to the Ryuma who's exposed from inside the collapsed building. Ryuma was aware of the gun Alex was aiming at himself. Which is the instinct he got from his fight with Zoey. Alex then pulled the trigger...
*BANG!*
Ryuma takes cover behind the wall as he's aware of Alex's gun. As the shot was fired, Ryuma decided to take this opportunity to rush Alex to a close combat.
"Ryuma wait, something isn't right-"
"No, this is the only chance we can get close to him as he's staggered from recoil-"
But, Ryuma wasn't aware of what's gonna happen to him at that moment. Before he realized it, the bullet had already pierced his chest.