???

Ah...

Such a wonderful fight...

And it looks like he has gotten infected...

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I see...

================================== 01:06 PM, RHODES ISLAND MEDICAL ROOM

(Author Pov)

Dr. Kal'tsit!" Ansel barged into her office

"Hmm?"

"We're back from the mission, and you might want to take a look at this.." The girl said panicking

"Show me."

"Y-Yes..!"

Ansel then showed her a picture of an infected, but with a worse condition than your average infected

After a few events, Reserve Team A4 got back home with a few scratches, only leaving one person lying on the emergency medical bed, it was none other than (Y/N), why? His Oripathy was spreading fast, every second, his arm would get covered by Originium little by little, it was already near his neck, and he would occasionally growl in pain

5 Minutes later

"His heartbeat is getting slower!" One of the medic operators said

"What's the situation?" Kal'tsit said seriously

"Dr. Kal'tsit." A Sarkaz medic said sternly

"Kal'tsit san! His condition is getting worse!" Another Sarkaz Medic said

"Shit..." Kal'tsit mumbled, "Then we should try to slow it down."

"Prepare for emergency procedures."

(Y/N Pov)

My head...

My head hurts...

Ow...

My arm.. I can't feel my arm...

What happened..?

Fuck..!

Not now...

Don't give up now...

"Urgh..!"

"Are you okay..!? Hold still, your arm is still badly damaged!" A girl said to me, I tried to look but it was all blurry

"Who.. Who are you...?" I muttered, "Where.. Where am I..?"

"Calm down, we're trying to help you." Another girl said, I couldn't really see their face, I can hardly make out what they look like, so I sighed and closed my eyes again.

It smelt like disinfectants here, I don't know why, but it feels.. familiar. Like I've been in this place in my early life... Too bad I couldn't remember it.

"Am I hurt anywhere..? And why can't I feel my right arm..?" I tried to move my arm, it felt like I was moving under a rock, and my insides are still burning, fuck...!

"Half of your right arm is already turning into crystals, please don't move too much..!"

"Crystallized? Heh... You're funny..." I said with a grin, "I'm fine, see..?" As I held my right arm up

"W-Wait! We haven't administered... The.."

The crystals were now dissipating into black dust, it started floating around my right arm, slowly moving like a wind

"Mmm... That's cool..."

The dust then spiraled into my right palm, I closed my palm and after a few seconds, it slowly took shape into a... Crystal, the size of a coin

"H-Here... Sorry for t-that.." I tried to hand out the crystal back to them and blacked out as soon as I said that, falling back into the warm pillow under my head, I could hear commotions barely, it was all distorted and muffled

Slowly, darkness began to fill my mind, pulling me deeper into the abyss.

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Where am I?

I opened my eyes, it was pitch black, and it smelled like... Salt..? No, this smells like seawater.

I was sitting on the area, cold water everywhere, quickly standing up, I looked around the area

"What the fuck..?" I said to no one, "Did I die..? Is this where people die go to?"

I walked around the pitch-black area, making a splash sound every time I make a step, this place felt... Damp. And I swear I can sense something emitting an intense aura, who might be doing it? My God, I feel like I'm gonna puke.

I kept looking around, trying to find an exit, my head is so dizzy, what the fuck is this place...

"URGH!" I shouted as I stomped the ground in anger, "CAN'T YOU JUST GIVE ME A BREAK?!"

Tap

Tap

Tap

Tap

Tap

Tap

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Huh?

There's a girl here.



Where did she come from?

"Hey, you okay?" I asked her, she had white hair and was wearing some sort of hat, and a weird dress, oh man that's a big sword... She was giving off an intense aura. I think she doesn't like me.

My lungs felt damp and moist, what is this feeling? I don't like this. I want to get out of here. It feels like I'm facing off against someone out of my league.

!

Suddenly, my instincts flared up, quickly blocking her big sword with my powers from striking my neck, lifting my hands up for a chain bursting out of the ground to block her slash

CTANK!

THE FUCK?! IT'S SO HEAVY?!

"Urgh! W-What the fuck is your problem!" I yelled while pushing her sword back, she's strong!

"Who... Are you..?" She asked with a calm tone, how is she this strong and calm?! Fuck! This girl is crazy!

"I should be asking! WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?!" I was angry, I mean. Why did I get attacked for no reason?

"My name.. Doesn't matter." She said preparing to attack, why was I getting attacked?!

"Wait! I am not your enemy!"

Too quick for me, she slashed off my left arm, holy shit! My arm! My fucking arm!

"Argh!"

"This is where we part ways."

Part ways..? No! I am not dying again! What did I do?! I did nothing wrong! I'm not dying now?! Please don't!

My thoughts were cut off as she slashed my torso, splitting me in half

"AAAARGH!!" I yelled in pain, it hurts! It hurts so much! Fuck!

Blood was flowing through my lower torso, is this how I'm gonna die..? To some girl? She's so strong... Way too strong... I was.. Outmatched.

My vision was getting darker, and most of my body felt numb, I struggled and struggled to move my fingers, but none of them would move, aaah... I guess this is it...

Ignoring the pain, I closed my eyes.

Isn't that great? I woke up in a bright room filled with random people and now I'm here. Does God hate me that much?

Argh...

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(Kal'tsit Pov)

For the longest time I've been here... I've never seen someone who could do that, an infected to be specific.

"Is he dead?" I asked Shining



"No, he just passed out, heartbeat is stabilizing and no abnormalities whatsoever." She said whilst checking

And that crystal... How did he do that? Turning his own Oripathy into separate objects... This is new.

"Can you scan his Oripathy levels?"



"Y-Yes..." Nightingale said sheepishly

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"N-No signs of internal O-Oripathy...?" Nightingale stuttered

"That's impossible. There's no way it would be gone just like that..." Shining now was surprised by the results

No Oripathy detected... What happened..? Did he remove Oripathy from his own body..? No, this isn't normal.

"Dr. Kal'tsit, he's waking up." Shining warned

?!

"Argh... N-Not now..." He said whilst holding his left arm

Suddenly, he jolted up from bed while breathing heavily, Gavial was startled by this



"H-Hey..! Calm down, you're fine!" Gavial now tried calming him down, which surprisingly worked.

"Hah... Huff... Urh..." He gasped between breaths, "I-I'm not dead..?" He was panicking and looking around

"Who.. Who are you guys?!" He pointed towards us

"Calm down." I pushed his hand back down, "you were brought back here."

"Brought back..? Who..?" He said confused, "You mean those weird animal-eared people..?"

"I guess you could say it like that."

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"You guys have one too?" He said disappointed, "What the hell is happening..."

Hm... So I guess it's true... I might need her to interrogate this boy, don't want to take any more risks before the mission.

"Are you okay? You just turned that crystallized hand back to normal! It was crazy!" Gavial was amazed by him

"My hand..?"

(Y/N Pov)

Crystallized..? What is this girl on about... Oh wait... I'm still alive? How..? But I was cut off a few moments ago...

"Hey! Answer me!" The green-haired girl slapped my hand

"Woah!" He got startled, "Sorry, What were you saying?"

"I said, how did you do that?!"

"Do what..? Ah, sorry... What's your name?"

"Gavial. Let me handle this." A stern voice said, appearing behind Gavial

"Ah... Sorry, Kal'tsit.."

Kal'tsit..? Who's that?



"Sorry about that, can you walk?" She asked me while crossing her arms

Uwaaah.... Everyone has weird animal ears... And she looks scary!

"Y-Yes... I think I can walk just fine..."

"Good." She said, "I need you to follow me somewhere."

Gavial then cuts in, "Wait! We haven't examined him-"

"I'll do it myself." Kal'tsit cuts her off, "Now, follow me." She said strictly

"Y-Yes ma'am!" I stuttered before getting up and following her

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Why was everyone quiet?

"Ah, Uhm... Why are you all looking at me?" I said confused, it's kind of cold here...

The blonde-haired girl was blushing, besides her was another scary girl... They both have horns... She seemed upset with me..?

"You should look down and wear some clothes." Kal'tsit said whilst looking away

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Ah.

I'm only wearing my underwear.

Oh, I'm so skinny...

"You... Despicable..." The girl holding a sword said, gripping it harder

"S-SORRY! PLEASE DONT KILL ME!"

Time skip

Right now, I was sitting nervously in Kal'tsits office, she said she wanted to ask a few questions from me, but the atmosphere isn't helping... It's so intense!

"So." She put her mug down before continuing, "You don't remember anything that happened before?"

"No..?"

She sighed heavily while rubbing her forehead, "I guess you aren't lying... And who is this Dr. Money?"

"I.. I don't know..." I said nervously, "You already knew that I was mostly locked in a cell, I haven't seen or heard his voice before.. But all I know is that he wanted to take my organs, fucking freak."

"Language." Kal'tsit warned me

"S-Sorry..."

She hummed for a second before writing down, "So, what do you want to do now?"

Huh?

"What... Do I want to do now..?"

She nodded, "If you have a family out there, we could provide you with supplies for a few days to go back to them-"

"I don't have one." I cut her off

"Ah, sorry... I didn't know.." She said apologetically

"It's fine... I just.. Never met them, in my whole life... For as long as I can remember, was in that cell." I slumped back down to her desk, laying my head on my arm

She wrote down for a bit before talking, "Hm... Next one... Is it true you could cast arts attacks?"

"Ah? Now that you mention it, what are arts attacks?" I asked, maybe I can get to know more about this 'arts' thing

"Arts come in various forms, since you are infected, you could use arts attack, no?" She questioned me

"Hmm... I did use some kind of powers... I think it was some kind of.. Chains..?"

"Mhm..." She nodded before writing it down, I'm not sure for what... reports? Maybe.

"Oh yeah, what are they?" I asked her about the 'Arts Attacks' thing

"Arts Attacks are abilities to manipulate and transform the energies of the Originium crystal into attacks, they vary between people from healing and destructive powers, most infected can use this 'Arts Attacks', including you." She explained while crossing her arms

"Ah, okay... I'm sorry for troubling you..."

"It's fine." she waved her hands, "Also, I have one more question for you."

"What is it?"

"Would you like to join Rhodes Island?"

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"Rhodes Island? Sure, Where is that?" I asked confused

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"We are in Rhodes Island, (Y/N)." She said sternly

"Ah, it's not an actual Island..? Sorry..." I rubbed my head, She giggled at my response, Woah... That smile is so sweet...

"Hm. Then, please your information here." She slides a piece of paper and a pen to me

I took the pen and wrote down everything it told me to

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"Here, sorry if some of them are blank, I don't know what to write..." I handed the paper back to her

"It's fine." She took the paper and examined it, "Then, Welcome to Rhodes Island, (Y/N) (L/N)."

End ================================== Author note

Yayyyyyy it's finally done! I really needed to prepare for my competition! And ples wish me luck to get mostima.... I need her.....