The Reincarnation Room
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In the open air filled with the ruins of the building, the atmosphere of silence still faithfully accompanied the darkness of the night.

Before long, black shadows gradually began to appear one by one approaching these ruins. The shadow is Little Aragami, Ogretail.

"Groooaar …"

"Groooaar …"

They roared in low tones while foraging around the ruins. 

As they search for food, they manage to find the 3 bodies of Vajra who were killed by Dyaus Pita (Heavenly Father) before. 

Not only that, they also found pieces of Dyaus Pita's (Heavenly Father) lower jaw lying around and still emitting an aura of gloom.

For a Little Aragami like Ogretail, a piece of meat from the Aragami Deusphage was precious. They can grow stronger by eating Aragami meat that is stronger than them.

Quickly, a group of Ogretail instantly swarmed over that lower jaw piece. The sound of the bite of a savage beast echoed in the ruins.

In an empty building not far from the place, Alisa saw the action of a group of Ogretail while breathing a sigh of relief.

"At least, this place will be safe for a while. Hopefully the meat will be enough for them." muttered Alisa. He then looked towards Ryan who was still unconscious. Ryan's face looked like he was in pain. He kept sweating on his forehead.

The injuries Ryan sustained were not as serious as imagined. In addition to the considerable torn wound on the abdomen, the other wound was only a minor one. 

The bleeding that occurred in the torn wound had also long since stopped. So, logically, Ryan shouldn't have put on a face of pain when unconscious as he is now.

But in reality, Ryan seemed to be in a lot of pain. Alisa, who is usually cold and indifferent, is unceasingly worried about Ryan's condition.

"What's going on with you, Ryan? Why aren't you awake yet?"

Alisa's eyes were then fixed on the back of Ryan's right hand. Equally, a mysterious tattoo appears on the back of his hand. These tattoos are very difficult to see without keen observation.

"When this tattoo glowed, Ryan's body was suddenly enveloped in white flames. His power immediately soared drastically, until Dyaus Pita (Heavenly Father) was frightened and chose to run."

"It's so weird ... was this Ryan's source of power all along?"

Stigma has a side effect that is quite fatal, which weighs on the body of the user. Not only the physical body is burdened, but also the soul. Therefore, Ryan was immediately unconscious due to the burden he felt.

Of course Alisa doesn't know about any of this. He only knows that Ryan's condition is very serious and most likely will not wake up anytime soon.

"Until Ryan wakes up, I'll protect him! I'm not leaving you, just like what you did to me …" 

Alisa recalls Ryan's actions protecting her from Dyaus Pita (Heavenly Father). Despite being scarred, Ryan stood in front of him without fear.

"She also said that I was cute .." Alisa's cheeks flushed in light of all this. 

He then took out a handkerchief from his pocket, then wet it with water from the drinking bottle he was carrying. With that wet handkerchief, Alisa washed all the sweat on Ryan's forehead while cleaning the blood on his body.

Even so, Ryan's breathing still remains heavy and irregular, making his mouth dry.

Seeing this, Alisa gives Ryan a drink from her bottle. The water always flows out of Ryan's mouth. 

Unwilling to give up, Alisa put a mouthful of water into her mouth. He then lifted Ryan's back and brought his red lips closer to Ryan's mouth.

Alisa's lips stuck gently in Ryan's mouth. Soon after, Alisa let out the water in her mouth slowly.

In this way, Ryan was finally able to drink the water Alisa gave him.

Alisa was so happy about this. He then gave Ryan a few drinks in the same way. Without him noticing, Alisa was enjoying this moment very much.

~***~

While Alisa is taking care of Ryan, Ryan's consciousness is now in a very strange place.

"Where is this?" Ryan tried to look around him, but what was seen was only a vast expanse of sea. 

Only, this sea is different from the sea in general. If in general, the sea has a beautiful blue color, in contrast to the sea that Ryan stepped on. The sea is black and very dark. The sea was so calm, there was no wind and no waves

Standing on the black sea, Ryan tried to walk forward slowly. A ripple circle appeared under his feet as he stepped.

Cepluks

This circle continued to spread in all directions quickly. Suddenly, the surface of the water within this circle of ripples turned into a gigantic mirror.

“This ..” Ryan was quite surprised by what he saw. In the mirror, there is a picture of an old man wearing a pocong cloth. All around him, there were many people who lifted up the man's body and moved it to the coffin of the corpse.

“Papa ..” Looking at the scene on the black sea mirror, Ryan felt empty.

“What happened? Why don't I feel anything? And I loved my father so much, even then, I cried for a few days. Why am I not feeling sad at all? As if, I was used to seeing death ..” 

After saying that, Ryan finally came to his senses. “So so, this is all because of Mystic Eye of Death Perception! It is only fitting that I feel free and happy when slaughtering all my opponents.”

“And now, slowly my feelings about death become more and more blurred! If this continues, over time, I will turn into a cold-blooded killer!”

“I don't want to turn into that! I still want to enjoy my second life!”

Ryan's trying to figure a way out of this. But after a few hours of thinking, he still did not find the answer.

"Well, I'll think about it again. Most importantly, where am I? How do I get out of here?"

Ryan then went back to the front. 

Cepluks

In an instant, the image that was under Ryan turned into a scene where his head was slashed by a thud.

"Hmm?" Ryan walked forward. At each step, the image under his feet would change. Starting from the scene where he first killed Kabane, to the scene when he killed Roy.

Seeing all these scenes, Ryan finally understood where he was now.

"This is my soul. And everything in this black sea is a death tape. The more I accumulate death, the more I become accustomed to death."

"If I didn't have the Mystic Eye of Death Perception, maybe this death tape wouldn't be this much. The ones recorded are probably just some of the most devastating deaths of my life."

"But, when I get these eyes, then my soul will join the Mystic Eye of Death Perception, thus making my soul become corrupted and continuously recording every death I see."

After understanding all of this, Ryan slowly sank into this black sea. At once, Ryan's body in the real world began to open his eyes.