The Lord of the Universe
Chapter 116, Underground
I ran towards where Keiko was. He kept being in the tent doing his weird exercises.
As I walked into the tent, I saw Keiko drifting through meditation alone. I greeted him with a certain purpose and disturbed him.
"Yo, Keiko." I said casually.
He opened his eyes and went down to the ground. He set his foot on the ground slowly and then looked at me with annoyed eyes.
"Are you trying to interfere with my training?" he said with a cynical tone,
"Eh?".
Why would he know?
"Why... can you tell?",
"Of course I know. Now, if you just want to interfere with my training then get the hell out of here" he said as he waved his hand,
"No, I didn't mean to bother you. Well a little tried to bother you but I have a very important purpose here.",
"If it's about Nakano I'd be very happy.",
"Well, it's more about Kurumi. Youknow? Twins—",
"Yes yes I know. Hufft.... You're sick of being a hero? even helping criminals.",
"I think it's more like we're bothering him. Look I have to tell you this.".
I told Keiko. Keiko listened to him well, and every line she started to feel guilty.
"That's it.." he said after I told him everything,
"I didn't know that behind Anna's happiness there was a torment.",
"Well.. We made a mistake and we have to fix it! The deadline is tomorrow!",
"Tomorrow? Isn't.. That's in your story that happened yesterday?",
"..... Uh?".
I forgot something, tomorrow what I mean is.... TODAY, ISN'T IT??!?!?!!
"HURRY UP! CAN YOU HELP US?!?!",
"Time?",
"I think Kurumi's going to disappear right at midnight tonight.",
"Midnight yes... Yes. I can. but.", but...",
"But...?".
Keiko took a short breath. Put a serious face and answer it seriously:
"We need Kurumi to do it. We can't do a ritual without someone we're going to. To unify his roots we need Kurumi herself because only he has his own roots.".
Damnit damnit! Why do I have to be at times like this?!
"If without Kurumi... can it be?" my tofu, my,
"Huh? Are you stupid? If we want to unite the roots we need someone who is half root, bring them together and touch. That way the whole root can be formed without the birth canal.",
"If by birth?",
"Kurumi who died and reincarnated. What else is it?".
I see, do I need to sacrifice.... Is that the only way..? No, there must be another way! Kurumi is not dead! There's still a chance! If Kurumi had died, I would have been told to choose... Kurumh or my baby..
"Alright, I'll find Kurumi!",
"Oi, are you serious? You don't even know where Nakano is and you want to find Kurumi? Are you kidding me?", though?",
"No, I'm not kidding. I'll really look for it and find it!".
I ran out of the tent intending to find Kurumi without any information about the place where they were. When I came out, I met Sei who was standing in front of the tent.
"Artoria!" call him.
I stopped in front of him.
"Thank God, I found you quickly!" he said,
"What's wrong?" my tofu, my,
"The fire...! Slowly reduce! Slowly disappear! The fire there could not find anything to burn anymore, which meant that most of the city had been born by fire!",
"This is both good and bad news. But we have a more important mission. Sei! Help me find Kurumi!",
"Eh? Where?", where?",
"I don't know.",
"HEY?!!!? We don't even know where Nakano is and you want to find Kurumi who's always changing positions?",
"Yes. I feel. I know the way to him... I feel.. she's somewhere we know.!", he said..!",
"But where?",
"Stop that. but my hunch says that... Kurumi... is at Nakano House!", she!",
".... But why?",
"...".
The worried Sei started to put on a face full of confidence and a burning spirit.
I was surprised by Sei's reply. I smiled cynically.
"But how? Without Nakano and Tohka, we can't teleport!",
"I know someone who can take us to our destination.. The ruler of this Universe... Uncle Inara!".
Me and Sei both nodded their heads at the same time. We ran to find uncle.
We ran here and there looking for him but did not meet. We kept looking for him but still didn't see him. Where's uncle? Don't-don't... did uncle also disappear?!
"Artoria...we've been looking for uncle everywhere...did uncle also be kidnapped by Kurumi?",
"Come away...".
Kurumi... What are you thinking?! Uncle wasn't involved with any of this, was he?!
"Let's find him in the palace." I said,
"Mhm.." replied Sei while nodding.
We ran into the palace. At the place where we entered many residents who were living there. We walked in a hurry in the crowd.
We saw the stairs and we climbed them. We walked in a long hallway with a door on the left. As we walked closer to the turn, we met Aunt Yo. We greet him too.
"Aunt Yo!" call me.
He looked at us with lonely eyes. I'm amazed by that.
"Auntie, what's wrong?" my tofu, my,
"My husband, I mean your uncle, was in the congregation of the Universe 3 days ago but still hasn't come home yet" he replied,
"Isn't it usually long?" ask Sei,
"Yes, but not all this time. 3 If something dangerous were to befall the whole universe.",
"Certain why? Wasn't there an incident of a monster that took Uncle Izayoi's life?" my tofu, my,
"Well. indeed... But somehow I felt an unpleasant feeling...",
"Well, we're also in for something serious. We hurt someone wrong and we want to help him out of the misery he is going through... Auntie, can auntie use the power of teleportation?",
"Well, it can but it can only take 2 people and again I can only use it once a day.. Teleportation magic is my greatest weakness magic.",
"Then it's good! I want my aunt to take us somewhere!",
"Eh? But you can't go home later...",
"Not what!",
"This is a serious matter! Please help us!" said Sei,
".... All right.. If you force...".
Me and Sei stood up straight in front of Aunt Yo while listening to her cast a spell.
"O dark forces, lend me your powers and move them to another dimension! tilemetaphora!".
We were teleported to Nakano's house, aka Sakamaki's. We both walked into his house quietly.
"Artoria.. Can you explain why you know Kurumi is here?" tanya Sei whispered,
"Hm. I don't know... You know what sword I mean?",
"Sword... Wynox's Red Moon?", though?",
"Absolutely. The only thing that could clear Kurumi or Anna's mind was thinking about Nakano.",
"That's it.", though...",
"Let's go in. We'll run out of time if we don't go fast!".
We hurriedly walked into the basement of the dangerous Weapon storage room. Wynox's weapons were in the past. Suddenly a voice appeared as we passed through Nakano's parents' room.
"What are you looking for?" ask that voice.
We were shocked and immediately glanced sideways deploying our weapons.
"Just relax, it's me, Mashiro. What do you want until you get here?" tanyakanya.
It was just Nakano's sister... I was surprised by him.
"We're in serious trouble. The story is long.. Better follow the words of both feet..".
He tilted his head while raising his left eyebrow.
"Well, if it all makes sense, I will follow your words.",
"Oh, where's aunt Usagi?" ask Sei,
"Mother? He's in the universe.. It's been 3 days that he didn't come home. Shouldn't you know? I mean there you met the ruler of the universe, didn't you?",
"Well, we know that." I replied, saying,
"More important than that, come with me and Sei to go underground.",
"All right" he answered.
We went past the iron stairs that led underground to where we were actually headed.
When we arrived, we opened the underground door and as I thought, Kurumi was there standing facing the sword with her body starting to see through. The time is running out.