Rescue Mission; Operation: "Retrieve Deku" [Pt. 2]

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Cardinal:

"Greetings, Yuuki Konno - My name is Cardinal

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"Greetings, Yuuki Konno - My name is Cardinal. I'm an Administrator as you see."

"C-Cardinal? So... you're also a administrator?" Yuuki questioned

"Yes, indeed I am. And don't worry, I'm not here to kidnapped you or anything. I'm actually on the good side as you see right now, you and your other friends are in a deep trouble right now." Cardinal said as she peacefully gives Yuuki a cup of tea to warm up

"Oh! Y-You know what's going on?" Yuuki said as she grabs the tea cup

"Yes - As your friend... well, your boyfriend Dekarusu Sumisu, A.K.A "Deku" got the "Curse Mark" from the "other" administrator; Quinella. And now, he's gone rouge and being escorted to Quinella's whereabouts right now." Cardinal said

"H-How'd you know all of this, Miss Cardinal?" Yuuki was calmly surprised as she drinks her tea.

"Hmhm... I saw everything actually. It all starts on the day with Deku and the girl; Alice were just talking and hanging out together... then get ambushed twice with Raios and Humbert and then with Quinella. It was hard for them to survive against Quinella's unknown powers and they managed to survive... of course with Deku tries to save Alice but turn out he got bitten by that evil demon." Cardinal said as Yuuki knows that she's telling the truth.

"That's exactly what happened to them." Yuuki said

"Indeed - But - With Deku was able to survive, more than surviving the Curse Mark... he was able to understand that power as it consumed him and he became more powerful than he was before. He was able to single handily keep his friends safe and almost killed Raios and Humbert. But of course, it was slowly but surely getting worse as you and your friends witnessed everything up until now, right?" Cardinal said

"Yes... that's right."

"And I never thought I'd see this coming." Cardinal said as Yuuki ask her something

"Um? Miss Cardinal?"

"Yes, Yuuki?"

"Um... how'd you know what was going to happen? And how did you and Quinella know each other? And how are we able to use Sword Skills IRL? What's even happening in this world?" Yuuki asks Cardinal many questions

"Those are really good and important questions... but I can say is this - The world is changing." Cardinal said as she answered one of Yuuki's questions

"The world is changing?!" Yuuki said in the questionable tone

"Yes... Quinella somehow used a "System Command" to corrupt the "Underworld" to the "Real World" somehow... it's now combined into one now." Cardinal said as Yuuki thought of something in her mind

~("The "Underworld?")
"What's the "Underworld"?!" Yuuki asked

"Well - The "Underworld" is the mysterious virtual world. The world Quinella "created" - For this reason, a virtual world, codenamed «Underworld», was created using the free kernel version of the Cardinal System, The Seed, and then transferred into the STL mainframe via the Mnemonic Visuals feature of the STL. Underworld is set in a past era, when science and philosophy were just being discovered, but instead of recreating a past era, limited terrain and certain customs were introduced so that the inhabitants of the world would form their own society."

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