Grand Fate: El Muerto
Jikanese
Gaki still closed Eiji's eyes and his eyes tightly, he only heard the voice of the person standing in front of him. "I've been waiting for you for a very long time, sit down, there's something I need to talk to you about" said the Mysterious Man, "grandfather?" Eiji looked curious at the familiar voice, "sit down, sit down, open your eyes, I'm not your enemy" the man said softly, as if a positive aura was enveloping Gaki's heart, he took off his hand and slowly opened his eyes.
The man was well-built, very unreflective of a grandfather's body shape, his hair was already white and short, his height was about 180 cm, he smiled at Gaki. "Can you believe us?" Gaki asked the man about his eyes, his eyes were greenish with clockwork inside, just like Eiji's, "it was grandfather, we have to believe it," Eiji slightly persuaded Gaki, Gaki replied with a sigh, he removed the protective membrane that was originally used.
Gaki and Eiji were sitting in the living room chair, and the person was sitting in front of him, they were only limited to a table. "So Eiji has already met you, yes," the person smiled slightly, he looked sad, tears slowly dripping from his eyes, Gaki and Eiji were filled with confusion. "Let me introduce myself, my name is Shinichi Jikan, the family head of the Jikan family, as you can see, Eiji is my successor," the man wiped his tears, Eiji and Gaki feel sorry for the person, but he holds back his actions.
"Everything was pre-determined, always being preached from the beginning, but we never realized it" the person named Shinichi looked even more sad, "Eiji, you are part of a very powerful clan, and you are the strongest among them, but you also carry a strong curse," Shinichi looked at Eiji. Gaki and Eiji were excited by Shinichi's words, "what do you really want to tell us?," Gaki asked in astonishment, "stop the bases, get into the headlines."
"A few years ago, little Eiji lost both his parents, a few months ago, my wife, Omori, or grandmother from Eiji, had an accident and died, he said, I kicked Eiji out of this house on the grounds that he was an unlucky bearer, and that it would kill the people closest to him, and I was afraid that the curse would come my way," that person rubbed his back-flowing tears, "i feel guilty for telling such a lie to him," Shinichi smiled again.
"We are the Jikan clan, a clan that has the power of time, such as slowing down, speeding up, looking at the past or the future, even passing through, dismissing, or repeating time, but not everyone masters it. Our eyes, green and clockwise, are a sign that our strength has fully risen, but not only do we have an advantage, we have a terrible curse, every time, there would be a person who could control all of the techniques without any difficulty, but he had a major curse that caused him to not have to have the closest person, which was to cut off one's life time, and that person was Eiji," she came back crying.
"All the deaths that have occurred have been determined from the beginning, we as a time clan receive death freely, instead we are happy when the curse appears, because our clan will rise again, he said, but this year it wasn't like that," Shinichi's face now turned serious, his eyes looking at Gaki sharply, "the technique I can use is to look at the long-term future, I've used it with all my strength," Shinichi paused for a moment.
"it will appear when people gather, a piercing spear, time will repeat itself again to the first point, weeping and screams will be crowded, seven-branched fire will silence a hope," Shinichi sighed, "a thousand-year-old king will rise and remove his seal, a part of the world will be on the verge of destruction, but the knight will never stop."
"My forecast stopped there," Shinichi sighed, "what does it mean?," Gaki was more confused than what Shinichi said, "you, are his knights," Shinichi said blatantly, "you, you, that will save the world, and Eiji, your meeting with this child is something absolute, there is nothing more to refuse, this is the destiny of the two of you," Shinichi looks increasingly serious, "I don't understand what Grandfather said," Eiji looked panicked and confused, "as I said in the beginning, everything was determined from the beginning, it was all set, everything was recorded in the sacred books even before this world existed."
Gaki and Eiji processed the sentence that Shinichi said, "we......, getting into the destiny prophecy?," Eiji was still confused, "how can I trust you?," Gaki stared intently at Shinichi, "regarding trust and the lack of return to yourself, however you will run, fate will always catch you," Shinichi smiled slightly, "what about the curse of cutting age?," Eiji looked worried at Gaki, "it's something absolute, you can't avoid it."
This prophecy shocked Gaki and Eiji greatly, at first they came here only to visit Eiji's grandfather, but now they were astonished by a prophecy that was actually quite complex. "You guys seem to be too confused, let me take you to the image of the prophecy," Shinichi stood up and raised both his hands, the room was filled with green light, the startled Gaki and Eiji immediately spontaneously stood up, they are in a dimension between existence and non-existence, Shinichi shows the prophetic image he previously saw.
The living room turned into a white studio space, relief images sprung up and surrounded them. "This is my strength, see the future," Shinichi chuckled. The relief showed a picture of a person half-bodies covered in flames, and beside him was a person standing beside him, in another relief showing a person being pierced by several spears, which was the result of a stroke, and around him there were people crying and screaming. "This is all...., will happen?," Gaki looks distrustful, when this is all in front of him, Shinichi does not answer, he lets Gaki find his own answer.
The entire reliefs had already been seen by Gaki and Eiji, they were still inside that white space, "do you still not believe it?," Shinichi put his hands together, "there is no solid evidence of this, there is no solid proof of this, you could have imagined it," replied Gaki, "son, the future will not be proven if it has not been lived," Shinichi smiled, Gaki growled a little, "why do you look unacceptable, brother?, your goal is to be the strongest," Eiji had a little faith in the prophecy, but he himself was still worried about the belief, "i.e., had a bad feeling about this,"
"Grandfather, if I have the curse of cutting off age, what about you?, you said you kicked me out to meet brother," Eiji grew increasingly confused, "about it," Eiji was immediately shocked, he stepped back slowly, "all you see this is someone's ability to call back a dead soul, thus helping me to tell you this message," Shinichi smiled faintly, "my time seems to be running out."
The white room just disappeared, Gaki and Eiji went back to the living room, Shinichi sat on the chair crying, "Eiji, I'm sorry if I was too rude, that time," Shinichi just tried to smile at Eiji, slowly fading away, and the clean and fragrant room showed its true form.
When Shinichi goes missing completely, Eiji and Gaki are in complete disbelief, the entire house changes completely, the fragrance of the flowers turns into a foul smell, the sofa chair is destroyed, and the dishes are laid on the floor, and the, Gaki smelled a disgusting scent from the second floor, and when they boarded him, there was the corpse of Shinichi who had hanged himself, he rotted there for days. Eiji fell limp, he could not believe what he was going through today, prophecy, future, destiny, determination, he was shrouded in confusion and deep curiosity.
Gaki and Eiji burn Shinichi's body with Gaki's fire, and pay their last respects. Gaki and Eijipun leave the house, Eiji is hugged by Gaki because he is traumatized, this is the first time Eiji saw a corpse directly, and the corpse is his grandfather, and the body is his grandfather, which he met a few minutes ago. Else with Gaki, he actually has a question against the person who can summon a dead soul. "The old man didn't explain everything in detail, he just explained the basics and didn't tell it as completely and clearly as possible, we have to think many times to find the answer," Gaki protested, "already, you know, let his soul go quietly, "Eiji said.
They return home after a long time there, Eiji releases his tiredness by sleeping, while Gaki goes to the academy to meet Shin, he will take the last main meeting before the final exam. Gaki left as usual, using a taxi, when he arrived at the academy, the meeting had yet to begin, but Shin and the others were already there waiting for the last person who had just arrived, Gaki.
Gaki immediately sat on one of the chairs, Shin and the others also tidied up and positioned themselves, "hopefully all prepare, the meeting will start," Han said. All sitting neatly and quietly, Shin was preparing his laptop for a presentation, after the preparations were done, Shin started his presentation. "It seems I haven't told you the topic this time, which we will discuss, oh yes, before that I want to tell you, Mr. Yamamoto Kusagi will not be present at the festival later because of an obstruction, no, let's put that aside and get back to the main topic, "a title is clearly emblazoned in the reflection of the projector, "our topic this time is the killers, or what we know is La Muerto," as soon as the meeting room became quiet, Han immediately put his gaze on Gaki, according to him, this was Gaki's advice to discuss this.
"As we know, our friend Taki was hit by an accident, and it refers us to the notion that the mastermind of the accident was a person from La Muerto, who was the one from the city, when Gaki fought Romero, it was clear that they would not remain silent" Shin sighed, "interruption, we never told you about the fight, how did you know?," Gaki raised his hand, "I almost forgot to tell you, but you guys should have known, I put up the sunflower as my third eye, and also as a tool to hold my consciousness at that time," Shin replied, "all right, back to the main topic."
"We've got help from the police for guarding, but that doesn't mean the guard division will be disbanded, as we know, Voxx isn't just a nerd group that hates fighting, the power we have is beyond the police, therefore, even though we have help, and we are not a guard division, we are all responsible for everything that happens at the festival, whatever happens, since we are the main committee," Shin sighed, "i want you to be prepared for everything that is going to happen," Shin changed the presentation page, instead, the page shows the value of all the members of Voxx besides Eden in the Grim exam in the last semester, all eight of them have Soul Point above ten thousand, even Gaki reached eighty thousand in one attack, he said, Shin could hold up to five hundred thousand energy, Han could make a protector holding a Grim of one hundred thousand strength, and the value of those eight people was A plus, without the slightest flaw.
Shin smiled at the others, "because of that too, I want to pass this on to you guys," Shin turned off the laptop and the projector, "Voxx is the name of our group, we should have used the name Student Executive Organization, but we used Voxx, I want us to have another call for our festival later, which I have actually determined," Shin sighed, I said, Gaki and the others looked enthusiastic at what Shin would mention, "we'll call this festival 'Kitsune Operation, ' don't tell anyone about this," "what is the tacky call we use?," asked the curious Mizu, "when there is something dangerous, look at the middle of the stadium, if there is a picture of Kitsune, then there is a danger, but if not, stay alert."
Shin closed the meeting that did not last that long, he dispersed the others. Gaki rushes home, where he finds Eiji still asleep, Gaki decides to go to the minimarket while waiting for the night time. As usual, Gaki ordered a cup of coffee while reading the latest article, today was a tiring day for him, since the morning he messed with a prophecy that concerned him, he said, he was a little proud because he was called a knight, but he realized there would be a great responsibility on him tomorrow, and in the afternoon, Shin who stated that all must be aware of all threats and dangers when the festival later.
At the other table, there were several adults playing Shogi, apart from two people competing, there were two others who were drinking liquor, he said, Gaki was glimpsed several times by the two drunkards. The four people sounded very noisy and disturbing, Gaki was trying to calm down to feel uncomfortable with them, after a few minutes passed, Gaki's coffee was exhausted, he decided to go home. Gaki stood up and walked back home, he walked slowly while stilling his mind, but from behind the four people were seen following Gaki.
After a long walk, Gaki is a little more at home, but suddenly his shoulders are held by one of the adults, since the beginning they really follow Gaki. "Hello young man, you look very special, where is your house?," said one of the parents who held Gaki's shoulder, "play with us for a while, I'll pay a handsome man like you dearly," the other parents begin to express their opinion, "come on," one of them holding Gaki's chest.
As the four strange adults leave, Gaki pulls Eiji and runs to the house. Gaki locked the door of the house tightly, worried that something might happen. "I want to move away from Japan," Gaki looks a little scared, although this isn't the first time he's met a parent who treats other people like stuff, Eiji, who knew that Gaki was just laughing, "but, why did you look for me?" asked Eiji, "because when I woke up, you weren't home, I also used Grim to see where you were going, in the middle of the road I found you being hugged by the four adults," Eiji again laughed, "enough, I'm sick of people like that," Gaki walked to the bathroom.
While waiting for Gaki to take a bath, Eiji goes to the kitchen and makes ramen, thinking about the prophecy he got this morning, just like Gaki, he does not feel himself to be special, the prophecy actually gave him a feeling of burden of responsibility which he thought was great. After Gaki finishes the bath, as they used to do dinner, Gaki greedily finishes his ramen, he has some questions to ask Eiji.
After Eiji had finished eating, Gaki was ready to give his question. "Eiji, what do you know about the prophecy," when Eiji was a little surprised, he almost spewed out the water he just drank, "premonition?, what do you mean that grandfather said this morning?, I don't know anything about it, grandfather is a person of secrecy," Eiji answered slowly, he remembered the curse he had, "you don't have to think about the curse you brought, you don't have to think about it, I won't die that easily," Gaki smiled sweetly at Eiji, "i hope so too," Eiji's eyes looked teary, "so, your full name is Eiji Jikan, right?," Gaki sighed, Eiji did not answer him, "i've heard the name of that clan, a clan full of conflict, even I heard there was a rebel from that clan in these few years," Gaki held out his hand, "rebel?, it seems like I heard about it three years ago," Gaki looked curious as to what Eiji was trying to say.
"Three years ago, one of my cousins, Kenzo Jikan, he had the ability to change time, as for example, when today is Sunday, he can turn it to Saturday, it was one of the forbidden and greatest abilities in the entire clan," Eiji tried to recall the incident, "as I recall, he used to run away from home because he was forbidden to leave the house, because of his dangerous powers, but he ran away from home when all was off guard, no one knew where he was going, not even his parents went looking for him, and until I met my brother, no one knew where he was going, they're not back yet."
Gaki tried to digest the events expressed by Eiji, "i'm afraid that such a great power will fall into the wrong hands, you imagine when the power of time rewinds, we will return to the stone age," Gaki slightly melted down the atmosphere, "just calm down, that retreats only time-," Eiji halted his remark, "ice age," Gaki and Eiji had the same guess. Gaki and Eiji immediately thought out loud, they were indeed only joking, but it had instead become an additional burden of mind for them.
As the night wore on, Gaki and Eiji took a break, preparing for tomorrow, the first day of the Year-End Examination simultaneously across Japan. Gaki sleeps more nights than Eiji, as he passes some lessons due to hospitalization, while Eiji goes to bed without taking long.
Night time went on, and now that it was 04:00, Gaki was up, he was sitting in the living room staring at his laptop screen, he was chasing a lot of missed lessons. Eiji was still asleep in his bed, after quite understanding his lesson, Gaki went to the kitchen and cooked ramen, he wanted to replace Eiji for once.
At 5am, Eiji had just woken up, he was sitting on his bed rubbing his eyes, Gaki had finished cooking ramen to bring his pancakes to the living room, "let's go Eiji, we have breakfast," take Gaki to Eiji who is still half conscious. Eiji walked slowly into the living room, he still looked very sleepy, "let's get excited, today is the time for the test," Gaki smiled at Eiji and stroked his head, "alright," Eiji yawned.
Eiji was very sleepy, he did not enjoy the ramen made by Gaki, even he did not realize that he was eating ramen made by Gaki, "hey, how does it feel?," asked Gaki to Eiji, "uh," Eiji slowly realized, if from the beginning he was eating, "you seem to be very tired," Gaki chuckled. Eiji stood up and went to wash his face, he slightly refreshed his face. "It's rare for my brother to take my place in cooking, even this seems like the first time, since the beginning I'm here only I'm the chef," Eiji chuckled, "alright, now give me the value of my ramen," "I'm judging it eight out of seven."
The morning was still dark, but a ray of light shone between the two humans mentioned in the fate, they would make a great change in the future.
After all the preparations were done, Gaki left for the academy, he walked while repeating the new lesson he had memorized. That day many students who look stressed and desperate, some also look excited, because this is a test that is held simultaneously throughout Tokyo, even in several other cities.
The singing of the national song 'Kimigayo' was also lit in school buildings, it is only natural that Japan has quality Human Resources, because all they have in mind is work, and struggle.
Monday is the exam time for History, Economics, Social, Grimoire and Mathematics subjects. The five lessons were not really a difficult lesson for Gaki, who always ranked second in class, Gaki could have taken the position of one, but he thought Shin needed it more.
At seven o'clock in the morning, Gaki was already sitting quietly in his chair, the supervising teacher who was Master Bo, the teacher who was known to be the most grumpy, and because the supervisor was allowed to use Grim, he said, Master Bo who has the ability of 'Eagle's Eye' is a disaster for all students.
The first lesson to be tested was History, a Grim penetration tool activated throughout the school to avoid cheating on the students, and only the teachers brought anti-penetration tools so they could still use the Grim. The working time is one and a half hours, and if multiplied by five subjects then the result is seven and a half hours, and in each lesson will be held a break for fifteen minutes, the result will be, so the length of the exam today is eight hours and forty-five minutes, starting at seven in the morning, and ending at three in the afternoon, or longer.
The atmosphere of the classroom was very quiet, Master Bo just sat in his chair, several times he glanced at the students who were focusing on taking the exam, there was no commotion in the slightest, they all moved very orderly, they were all very well organized, although in the morning there were a lot of stress, dizziness, and others, but they did not show such things during the exam. No one tried to cheat, because it was stupid, violated the norms of honesty, and also included suicide if the supervisor was Master Bo.
Just past forty-five minutes, Shin had already stood up and collected his answer paper, the other students had glanced at him with shocked expressions, because this matter was difficult, and there were sixty questions, but they quickly returned to their respective questions. Gaki kept trying to calm down, he had been training to make the atmosphere calm around him, he closed his eyes slowly, and cooling his heart, Gaki was working on his test slowly, like all the answers immediately crossed his mind, he answered as he had learned.
The wide-open blue laurtan, the beautiful waves, the wind that blows slowly through Gaki's body, it is an illusion that is very calming, erasing all other thoughts, and just focus on one point, the exam. Gaki completely closed his eyes, but his hand moved to all the answer choices appropriately, Master Bo from afar was also paying attention to him, he was one of the teachers who knew very well of Gaki's nature, he was the first person to discover Gaki's dream.
There were only fifteen minutes left, nearly eighty percent of the students had already finished their exams, Gaki was still in his subconscious state, and he had only reached number forty, even though all the answers crossed his mind, still the noise sometimes bothered him, even his calmness broke when Master Bo who was walking among the students nudged him on purpose, Gaki was immediately startled and stood up, Master Bo and the other disciples could only hold back their laughter.
When there were only five minutes left, there were the last three people who had still not collected, including Gaki, Master Bo just sat in his chair while waiting for the three of them, he said, Gaki who just reached number fifty-two began not to calm down, his sweat poured out, this matter was indeed not too difficult for him, but still, a test must have difficulty in it. When Gaki became the last person who had yet to collect his exam papers, Master Bo was silent and stood beside him.
A minute before the Great Bell was sounded, Gaki was already at the tip of the horn of his calm, although he was known as a very calm person, he knew Master Bo would pull the paper right away when the bell rang, and it wasn't a cool end to the test in the first hour. Gaki was already at the last number, asking about the location of the tomb of the king of Egypt, Tutankhamun, Gaki who knew the answer immediately blackened the answer and gave the paper to Master Bo, who knew the answer, just a few seconds after, the Great Bell sounded.
"You're doing your best, I thought you'd get this over with sooner, but calmness is the real key" Master Bo smiled at Gaki, he patted her on the shoulder, Gaki set his already messy breathing, and he said, sweat covered his body. Master Bo walked out of the classroom to put down the exam paper, Shin who had returned from the academy cafeteria came towards Gaki, "don't tell me that you've just finished," Shin was astonished, "yes, of course," Gaki laughed at himself, "when you usually finish with me," "I want to try to focus on being calm, not being first, but failing still isn't funny, right."
The first day of the exam, Gaki released himself from all the burdens that were on him, his bad thoughts could be eliminated, although only temporarily, the results of his training while in the hospital was not a waste, but the fate that awaits him will soon come, and will keep everything in the dark.