Chapter 65: Unease ; Confusion ; Lie and Battle (1/2)
Once we get home, I open my laptop and look for another contract kill.
I do need to buy a house big enough to accommodate us after all.
However, while I'm surfing the web, I come across something that sends shivers down my spine.
”Mysterious beings spotted near Italia.”
Normally one would think of this as some random article or something, but that's definitely not the case here. I'm sure of it.
Looking at the pictures taken from afar, I recognize the place. It's the very same place I saw in one of my visions. The ruined buildings, the eerie vibe the place gives off, and most importantly the figures that are frozen mid-air.
I can tell, those are the very same individuals that the one in my vision held off while the other guy was working on the circle.
What's going on? Why are there pictures of those very moments on the internet?
With the uneasy feeling inside of me continuously growing, I grab my laptop and go to the living room where all the girls are at, then turn to Koneko who is curled up on the sofa.
”Koneko, I need to ask you something,” I say to her.
She gets up and looks me in the eye for a few seconds before nodding.
I create a small table and set the laptop down on it before asking,
”Do you know anything about this?”
Koneko curiously looks at the pictures displayed on the screen before nodding and saying,
”That's Italia.”
Even she is calling it Italia instead of Italy.
The uneasy feeling inside of me keeps on growing by the second. I need to ask her properly,
”When were these pictures taken? I don't want a specific date, I'm just asking if the events in the pictures happened recently or a while ago.”
She looks a little confused as she replies,
”The Heavenly War. It was fought by the gods. A long, long time ago. Now, Italia is frozen.”
What? Heavenly War? Gods? An extremely long time ago? But the pictures are high-quality ones, so they cannot be THAT old.
”What do you mean by 'Italia is frozen'?”, I press further.
She tilts her head to the side as she replies,
”Time is frozen? Don't know. Everyone is stopped.”
Frozen time? Wait... Janus? Are they all related?
While I'm thinking, I suddenly feel a dense killing intent. Raising my head to see where it's coming from, I see Yuno who has a look of anger on her face.
Her irises are both red and glowing. Everyone has instinctively gotten away from her due to the thickness of the killing intent she's emitting.
”WHY?!”, she suddenly exclaims as energy bursts from her, cracking the walls and other inanimate objects in the room.
This is really bad. I don't know what's going on with her, but there is something wrong. I need to get the others out of here.
Gift:
-Regeneration
-Absolute Evasion
”Everyone, get out of here now!”, I exclaim.
”My Angels, come over to where I am at urgently!”
[Understood.]
Fixing my focus back on Yuno, I notice that she's started to float up from the sofa and now there is a red glow coming from the center of her chest.
The others seem to have realized the severity of the situation as they all safely rush out of the apartment apart from Sora and Krul.
”Sora, go! This isn't a joke!”, knowing that she's but an ordinary human, I can't risk her life here.
Sora stares at me for a few seconds, meanwhile, the aura around Yuno begins to change, before she finally leaves.
”Krul?” I ask as I put my guard up against Yuno.
”I will help you out. Do you know what's wrong with her?”, she says.
”No idea at all. This is too abrupt,” I reply.
The next moment, Yuno raises her arm and shouts,
”Banishment!”
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The scenery has changed. Krul and I find ourselves in the familiar ruined world. Yuno is floating in front of us and her appearance has changed.
Her hair is now blood-red colored, her arms are covered in red runes, and most importantly, her clothes.
The normal clothes she wore have gone, and their place is what seems to be an old and ragged black dress. At the center of the dress is a symbol a little similar to the one that appeared on the hands of my Angels when I converted them.