A stream of thoughts woke me up but my senses were still not working.
"We're dangerous, that's why we shouldn't leave this place carelessly," the old guy said while cleaning a bardiche soaked in blood.
"But aren't we the same as them? Why can't we live with the other Senshins?" the boy, maybe around six or a bit older, asked. Then I realized it was Mitsuo when he was younger.
"Because not all of them can understand our existence, our reason for living."
"Why?"
"You're too young to understand everything, little runt," the guy said. "But who knows? You might find someone who can understand us. Now let's go. Time to work."
The memory suddenly vanished and my senses were gradually coming back. I remembered what happened before I lost consciousness and the pain returned together with my senses. It felt like my organs were burning and my limbs were being teared off. I can't open my eyes and my voice won't come out.
"Are you awake?"
I was in the midst of losing myself to pain and panic but when I heard that familiar voice, I felt a sense of security and comfort.
Sinubukan kong buksan ang mga mata ko pero nakaramdam ako ng hapdi at wala rin akong lakas para gumalaw. I managed to squint and saw his nape.
"Don't move. You'll just hurt yourself," Mitsuo said and I realized that he was carrying me on his back.
My body felt sore even if I only stayed in the Black Dimension for a few seconds.
'You look fine,' I asked using my inner voice since I can't talk.
"Do I?" he replied with a chuckle.
Ang naaalala ko, nagawa niyang makapasok sa Black Dimension, pero hindi ko alam kung paano.
'How . . .' My inner voice faltered. Even my mind was exhausted after exposure to that place.
"You should just rest. Your body won't function normally until several hours," he said.
Nagawa ko namang idilat ang mga mata ko makalipas ang ilang minuto at nakaramdam ako bigla ng takot.
'Where are we?'
It was already dark and it looked like we're inside a forest, but I'm sure this isn't the one I'm familiar with. The trees looked eerie and the wind sounded like whispers.
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"In the lair of my next target."
Pagkasabi niya no'n ay parang lalong lumamig ang paligid. Halos wala akong makita dahil sa dilim at sa malalaking puno. Rinig na rinig din ang bawat paghakbang niya dahil sa katahimikan.
Bigla naman akong napaisip sa sinabi niya at sa mga nangyari bago ako mawalan ng malay. Sir Kyo said that he's chasing convicted Erityians and humdrums alone but I really don't understand the whole situation about his clan and the so-called Executioners.
