DATENSHI

Mephistopheles

"I'm so glad I'm alive" sighed Akari

"Akari, have a good day darling"

"Thank you Dad"

Her father had improved, he no longer drank, he got a job as a commodity driver, and she had an interview after school for a coffee shop.

"Good morning Akari!" said Itsuki in an over-excited tone.

"Good morning," she replied with a smile.

"How are you today Akari"

"I can't wait to finish class," she said excitedly

"But I thought you were an excellent student," he said.

"No, no, no! You didn't understand me, I have a job interview today and I just really hope they hire me."

"A cutie like you can't be missed". Itsuki exclaimed with a smile.

"Are you flirting with me again, Senpai?" She said in an outraged tone.

"Come on Akari, come out with me at least once, am I that ugly?"

"Not that you're an ugly senpai, I just had a lot of things and there my life went on"

"You know what, if they hire me, I'll go out with you Senpai".

"I will pray that they hire you every passing second of my life". Itsuki folded his arms and began to pray, she took to the right, and he took the left corridor.

"Goodbye Senpai".

"I hope they hire Akari, I hope they hire Akari, I hope the hi- Goodbye Akari"

They waved, and he turned again and folded his arms as he walked to his class.
The hours passed and Akari had gone to the cafe for her interview, listened to her favorite song on the headphones, and arrived at the bus stop where she had to wait for the bus.

She felt a pat on the shoulder. "I'm sorry, girl, can you tell me what time it is".

Akari turned and saw a tall, strong man with a gray beard, a black fedora and a suit, and a monocle.

"AAAAA". She screamed

"Who are you!!! I don't even know you"

"I'm sorry, I didn't think I'd scare you so much, I just wanted to ask about the time".

"Oh, I'm so sorry, you just scared me," Akari replied

"Haha you are very restless my girl"

"That's right, I'm just worried because I'm going to an interview for my first job, I hope they like me".

"Don't worry about the interview, and by the way, will you tell me what time it is?" He said to the stranger and began to laugh

"Oh yes, I completely forgot, it's 4:56," Akari replied flushed

"Ah, a very bad number," the unknown gentleman thought

"Why do you think so, sir?"

"Because 1+5=6 and so you get 666, the number of the devil."
Akari shivered, she began to breathe heavily

"I feel weak." She said with her last breath and fell to the ground.

"What happened? I think I fainted, ahh the interview, I have to hurry!"

"I don't think you have a place to go anymore" She heard a familiar voice, turned around and saw Cain

"What happened," she asked in a trembling voice.

"Looks like you met Mephistopheles, Akari, I guess you're marked with bad luck"

"In other words, you're dead for the second time."

"But how so" she started crying

"We had a deal, right?" She asked him through tears

"My part of the arrangement was met, Akari."

"I don't believe you, you made him kill me!"

"Haha, me? I wouldn't look at this bastard with my own eyes, let alone work with him"

"Plus, I would break the pact if I asked him to kill you".

"Then why did you do it, I can't believe it's bad luck."

"It's a bit, look. Mephistopheles is a gatherer of runners' souls, and when someone comes to life, it is normal to come and take it at a certain time or the man will remain immortal, because the revived soul is a soul with an erased end, as if writing the beginning of the book, but not finishing it. That's why someone needs to regulate the life expectancy ."
" And yet the normally revived soul lives 15-47 years, and it only took him 1 day to kill you."

"Why did this happen then!" She asked nervously

"Akari, I'm sorry."

"What do you mean?" Akari asked him

"That means you had cancer in your lifetime, and shortly after your death, you were going to die like that anyway."
"But once you were revived once and he had to turn off your body or you would become a zombie with a decaying body and a living soul."

"No! Can not be". She fell to her knees crushed

"Why everything had to end, I was on the brink of misery, on the tip of the hair of hope, and yet I gathered strength and continued to live... Why did you have to take everything from me, Cain!"
"I cannot predict death, it is beyond my ability." Cain replied calmly

"Now you must fulfill your part of the arrangement, Akari."

"What do you want me to do?" She asked

"You will serve me now." He said with a cunning smile.