Otaku City: New World Rising (Destiny Ark)

Busan's Stone

The bright flashing lights around the car had finally stopped. Hisoka jumps out first, only to quickly vomit from all of the nausea. The rest of the group follow him (Minus the vomiting). "Did we make it?" Narumi asked. The whole group examines the area around them, they realise that they're inside a car park. Dylan is standing near an opening on the side of the car park. "Guys..." he says excitingly "We made it".

{Busan, South Korea}

{Streets of Busan}
The group are walking through the crowded streets of Busan. Lots of bright lights and big screens displaying foods, trending music, products and many more. "This place hurts my eyes" Narumi says, "Agreed" Dylan replies "Still, it's a miracle that we were able to get here. While they were walking, Steph suddenly makes a remark "FUCK". The entire group turns around to look at Steph, "What is it?" Dylan asks. Steph covers her face from the embarrassment of the situation "Well..." she begins to explain "None of us know how to speak Korean... do we?". The entire group look towards each other and then realise their problem. In unison, they all simultaneously chant "FUCK". "What does fuck mean?" Ely asks Steph, "Nothing that you need to know Ely". All the students at Shiva Learning Institutes have been around the world, but never really bothered to learn the other language because their ShivaNanos mostly did the work for translations. Only a small while back, the whole group smashed all of their ShivaNanos, this left them with a problem. "Hehe, that's fine" Narumi says with a worried look on her face "Surely the people around here have ShivaNanos that they can use to communicate with us... right?". Dylan sighs "Sadly that's very unlikely" he says "Some countries like here in South Korea can't afford the technology needed for ShivaNanos, the most that they can afford is their own ITS in Seoul. Maybe some rich people have ShivaNano implants, but it's unlikely we'll find someone with that much money around here". "So what do we do?" Hisoka asks "Do we just go around asking people if they can speak Japanese?". Dylan thinks for a while "No" he says bluntly "That'll waste time and effort. We should head for a nearby information centre". Some time passes, the group obliviously walk around. Finally, the one thing they were looking for has finally arrived in front of them, an information centre. "You guys wait out here" Dylan says "Me and Steph will go in and ask questions". The two confidently walk in, "Do you have any idea what you're doing" Steph asks. Dylan turns his eyes towards her with a smile on his face "Not a single clue".

Dylan and Steph walks up towards the information desk. "안녕" the man at the desk says "뭘 원해?". Dylan goes white "Uhhh, Hi" he says "Do you know anyone who speaks Japanese?. The man looks puzzled "죄송합니다. 뭐라고 했어요?", "Shit, Steph what do I do?" Dylan asks panickingly. "Don't look at me!" Steph replies. "오, 당신은 일본인입니다.  죄송합니다, 당신의 언어를 구사하지 못합니다" The man then leans back to speak to one of the co-workers behind him "이봐 박, 일본어 할 줄 아는 사람있어?" "흠, 아마도 양재.  스시 식당에서 일하는 사람" "맞아 맞아". The man then turns to Steph "실례합니다, 전화 좀 빌려 주 시겠어요" he says while pointing at Steph's phone. "You want my phone?" She asks "Erm okay". Steph hands the man her phone and he begins typing something in, it's an address. "여기있어" he says while handing the phone back "이 주소로 가십시오.  당신을 도울 수있는 사람을 만나게됩니다". "I think he wants us to go to this address" Dylan says. "Yeah, no shit" Steph mutters. "Thank you very much" Steph says while waving. "잘 가" the man replies.

The address was a 22 minute walk away from where the information centre was. On top of that, it was on top of a very steep hill. The group were thinking the same thing, whatever this address was, it had better been worth the walk. In time the group had finally made it to the address, what was it that they found at this long waited final destination? It was a Sushi Restaurant. The entire group suddenly feel a small piece of their soul become utterly crushed. "Excuse me for a moment" Dylan says "I need to go punch those guys at the information centre". Before Dylan leaves, Steph grabs him by the collar "Hang on a second" she says in an irritated voice "Maybe they know someone here who can speak Japanese". The whole group thought it was worth a shot and decide to enter the Sushi Restaurant. The restaurant looked relatively empty, besides the one man that was working inside. "어서 오십시오" the man says "나는 당신에게 무엇을 얻을 수 있습니다?". Steph walks upfront to the counter "Hi, do you know how to speak Japanese?". The man smiles "Yes I do" he says "Are you guys visitors from Japan?". The rest of the group gives a sigh of relief, "Yeah... something like that" Narumi replies "It's kinda hard though when you don't speak the language". The man laughs "Well that's understandable. Uh, don't you guys have those ShivaNanos that can translate any language". The group goes silent "We're some of the minority who can't really afford to buy such expensive technology like that" Dylan quickly says. "Oh okay" the man replies "It's nice to meet you. My name is Sim Jung Satoru". "Satoru..." Ely says "Isn't that a Japanese name?", "Ely!" Steph says "Don't be rude". Satoru laughs "My mother is Japanese and I was raised for most of my childhood in Japan" he says "So... can I help you with anything? Would you like to order some food?". "Oh no, that's fine" Steph says, suddenly the sound of a stomach rumbling is heard. The entire group turns around to see Ely "Hehe" she says "Maybe I'm a little hungry...". Steph turns back to Satoru "On second thought, we'll get a plate of Nagiri", a second stomach rumbling can be heard from Steph "...Or maybe a platter". Satoru laughs "Coming right up".