Chapter 32: Wind, Wind, Ritsurin

[Chapter 32: Wind, Wind, Ritsurin]

"I think I remember something." Kazai said.

"Someone named Kai Togeraru has gone missing some time ago, and… She was Naka's old friend. E-Eh???? Weird, I don't think I've even known about her!"

"Didn't Kai die in some kind of death game?" Satora said.

"I've watched the entire game, and she escaped through a vent. I have no idea where she went, but the last time I saw her was on the road… How did I remember this? Wait… Wait… What's going on?" Kazai felt confused. She started searching the pages in her diary, one by one, and there was no page about Tadashi at all. Her mind started to scream, and she ran out of the mansion.

Suddenly, everything felt normal again.

"What just happened?" She said, while being unable to recall the memories that just appeared in her head.

"Kazai, you okay?" Satora asked.

"Yeah, I'm… Fi-"

The mansion suddenly collapsed. Everyone ran out of the mansion and all of them weren't hurt, except Katasu who was impaled by a wooden plank. "Haku… Heal me like you normally did!"

Haku went to Katasu and tried to heal them, but the wound couldn't be healed. Haku took the plank off their body, and healed again. It couldn't heal, so he patched up their wound to prevent it from bleeding.

"This place is dangerous... We should move on to Ritsurin already."

"Yeah, yeah. I know, Nora. Well, we already reobtained the crystal of Natoruyo that easily…"

"The difficulty of reobtaining Natoruyo's crystal might be a trick… Reobtaining Ritsurin's crystal might be ten times harder than this, or maybe a hundred times. Well, who knows for sure…" 

"Never thought of that, but with our strong team, I'm pretty sure we can do it!

Everyone got in the car. The time isn't even morning yet, but they went to Ritsurin anyway.

The way to Ritsurin is a long way to go, but the long trip will be worth it. 

Ritsurin is the city of Wind, protected by the spirit guardian, well, named Ritsurin. Duh.

The electric limousine is carrying the squad to Ritsurin, but it's always got to be a long way there, so meanwhile, Katasu still feels the pain from being impaled so hard, they cried while holding the part where they were impaled. They lay down on their bed, crying in pain. Outside their room, Luka and Sai are singing and dancing around. Their singing and their dances are perfectly synced, like their heart and soul are connected together. Kazai and Haku are just arguing about how annoying Kazai is, and Kazai's trying to defend herself. 

When people are sad, there's happiness somewhere and there's anger somewhere. Emotions are really something natural about humanity, but in this world, there are also emotionless people. Some don't show emotions much, some don't show emotions at all, and some don't have them at all… And some are really desperate to have them. This is more than just a basic world, this is a wonderful world. Wonderful in both its goods and bads.

The limousine finally reached Ritsurin. Satora parked the car near the restaurant; where Satora likes to park. It has tasty food, and it also has chairs for attacking people.

They all walk out of the car, and see a bunch of trees. Ritsurin is the city of wind, but it has a bunch of plants. Though, there's an island in Mokkato that is the city of nature. The Statue of Ritsurin can be seen from far away, but it's more difficult to see without the colorful crystal Ritsurin is holding.

Kazai checked the news, and there were no reports of any people finding the crystal of Ritsurin. "This is going to be harder than I thought. Yushiroooo??? Come here!!!"

Yushiro walked, being more shy than usual. "Yes?"

"You hungry or not?"

"A plant girl just cooked some noodles for me, so I'm not hungry.

"Go scout the alleyways for me, then. You have a powerful pantorium scythe, don't you? Kill all those people who have the crystal!!!"

"...You all beat me at that fight, how am I going to fight scary people using only my scythe? Shouldn't you go instead???"

"Come on, you at least cut one of my limbs. You're strong, and intimidating. You're a fucking reaper, man."

"Ehhh, whatever. Fuck it. I'm stealing the crystal and giving it to you." Yushiro said, then he walked away.

They all walked to the restaurant, eating their breakfast. Yushiro had a nice treat from Kinato, but the rest didn't. Kinato sat next to Luka, and ate happily. The three BFFs (Zach, Raki and Katasu) also sat together. 

Yushiro ran here with a sign of annoyance.

"What's the matter?" Kazai said.

"I've found no signs of the Ritsurin crystal. You should've let me explore at night instead of at dawn, dumbass." Yushiro said with an angry tone.

"Yeah, I'm a dumbass! Don't expect anything good from me!" She joked.

"Sigh… Do you know that Kasuri girl in the chat?"

"Wait, I think Suneru told me about her before, when I rescued Esche from the train dimension. Wait, that might actually be a Dimensional Gateway."

"Is she powerful?"

"I mean, she is. Just not tough. Her personality is a bit cold, though. I met her at Natoruyo, but she ran away."

"Why won't you just catch her and force her into our team???"

"Why won't you learn that the rest of the crystals haven't been reobtained? She might have been trying to get those back to the statue! This is not a linear RPG game, it's an open world one."

"Sigh…" Yushiro sat near Kazai, and took away her fried rice (that she hasn't even eaten yet) and ate it.

"Hey, that's mine!"

"Mine now. Your fault for not eating it."

"Yushiro, you're so annoying. Fine, fine, I'll give that fried rice to you. Pay me back tomorrow."

Yushiro slapped Kazai with his empty wallet. "No."

"Ehhh… Whatever. Kinato, you have the mysterious orb, right?"

[I think I have one, but I've already chosen my powers.] Kinato wrote. It was faster than how Kinato wrote on her note normally.

"What powers?"

[Heightened senses. The onomatopoeia thing was a power I already have since I was born.]

"Oh… And you?" She looked at Zach.

Zach replied with "I already chose a power. 2 powers, to be honest." His orb next to him was glowing blue. "An ability to manipulate broken items, and the ability to levitate."

"How did you get 2 powers?"

"...I have my own ways."

"Oh, well. Yushiro, do you have any magical items?"

"The scythe. Not like the Breath of Hades, though." Yushiro Yushi-replied to Kazai.

"What is the Breath of Hades?"

"That scythe that the Reiko guy has. Do you know him?"

"I don't know anyone named Reiko."

"The owner of that spaceship near the Naiko School."

"Oh, that. Infinity, Dawn, Autumn, Confine, those massive ships. I think Kinato, Sai and Luka know what they are, since they learn there. I'm sure Katasu, Raki, and Zach know too."

"I'm actually his lead mechanic. Well, I told Yushiro about it!" Zach said.

"Oh, that's cool."

The squad can see a faint green glow from someone's clothes outside the restaurant.. Yushiro threw the scythe at the person, but it didn't hit. It came back to his hand like a boomerang.

"Yushiro… Get a better aim, because yours is crap." Dettonotto patted Yushiro's shoulder. Yushiro seemed slightly irritated. He meant it in a sarcastic tone.

"I know." He replied in a cold tone.

Suddenly, the person who had the faint green glow in their clothes was shot. The Ritsurin crystal was spotted! But not for long, since another person in a similar outfit took it and ran away. A time bomb was dropped.

It's ticking, and ticking… What will they do with it?