Everything aside, that wasn't the main problem either.
The main problem was...
I was actually lost.
I didn't notice from which direction they brought me here so i couldn't find my way back and even if i knew the exact address, it wasn't going to be helpful since i was aware of the fact that the city inside the zone changed it's form and shapes randomly.
“Sigh...i don't know how to ask help from Delord either because i made him angry after what i told him when he introduced himself...”
(Flashback to thirty minutes ago.)
[YOU CAN CALL ME DELORD AKA THE LAST EMPEROR OF DE-ZONE.]
“...”
[...?!]
“Pft...Hahahaha.”
[WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING AT?!]
“Nothing just...you really called yourself an emperor?!”
[YES. WHAT ABOUT IT?!]
“Emperor in what aespect exactly?!”
[HEY. YOU RUDE HUMAN. YOU MUST BOW DOWN BEFORE ME AND THIS IS YOUR ANSWER?!]
“Well...isn't it crazy if someone sees me bowing down in front of nothing?! I mean i'm the only one that sees the great emperor of Dezone behind some invisible manitor.”
[NOW YOU'RE GOING AS FAR AS MOCKING ME?!]
“How dare i? I'm only curious about this Dezone that you just mentioned.”
[...]
“Hey. Mr. Delord?!”
[ERROR: 404 NOT FOUND.]
“Hey what the hell??!!”
(End of the flashback.)
So this is what happened.
What kind of emperor acts like this?! I should call him 'little princess' instead.
Now i need to wait here until the rain stops or starve to death.
[beep.]
Huh?! The manitor appeared again?!
[YOU SAID DEATH?!]
“...Did i?!”
[YOU JUST SAID YOU'RE GONNA STARVE TO DEATH.]
“No i didn't.”
What a nosy emperor...it's annoying it can read my thoughts.
[NOW YOU USE 'IT' INSTEAD OF 'HIM'?!]
“Who cares?! You can't even help me anyway.”
[WHO SAID I CAN'T?! I JUST DON'T WANT TO.]
“Right. So i'll just die here and no one beside me will ever find out there existed an emperor called Delord.”
[SO YOU'LL DIE IF I DON'T HELP YOU OUT?!]
“of course. Humans need water and food to survive.”
[OKAY THEN. ONLY BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GET MY BODY KILLED I'LL HELP YOU.]
What does he mean by 'My body'???!!!
[SO ASK ME. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO??]
“Get me out of here and take me to where Arima and my friends are.”
[JUST SAY. DE-ZONE: LEVEL: 01 MAP.]
“Dezone: level: 01 map.”
After saying that, a big map of the city showed up in the manitor that showcased everything inside the zone including zoners, non-zoners, outcasts and even monsters.
I could see who's who and where they go.
It was way better than online maps that existed in our world.
Just who the hell is Delord?
Above the map, there was a smaller note of the city's name and it wasn't called 'Tokyo' as i expected.
'De-zone' was the name that i heard from Delord as well.
“Your majesty.”
[FINALLY YOU'RE SHOWING SOME RESPECT.]
Yes, otherwise you wouldn't help me out. Tch.
“What's De-zone?!”
[IT'S THE EMPIRE YOU'RE TRAPPED IN.]
“What do you mean? Empire?!”
[IT'S A KEY WORD AND IT STANDS FOR 'DEMON'S EMPIRE ZONE'.]
“Huh?! The demon's empire?! I thought stories about demons only exist in fantasies and fairytales.”
[THAT'S HOW THE HUMANS FROM THOSE YEARS REWROTE THE HISTORY.]
To be honest, It all sounds like a big lie...
[IT'S NOT A LIE.]
I have no personal space in my mind anymore huh...
[HAHAHA YES YOU DON'T.]
I can't waste my time here talking to this manitor...
But what am i supposed to do with this map?! If i find them, Delord teleports me there just like Rokoro, right?!
[NO, I WON'T.]
“Huh? Why not?!”
[BECAUSE YOU'RE ONLY AT LEVEL 01.]
“What do you mean?! You're acting as if this is some game.”
[TO BE ABLE TO USE MY FULL POTENTIAL, YOU HAVE TO UPGRADE YOURSELF.]
Upgrade...but how...?!
I suddenly remembered Arima's digital box.
It had a similar message if i'm not mistaken.
'To unlock this player you have to gain at least 10 zone gems' it said...
[A single gem zone equels to 5 levels inside this system and to unlock the magical gems, you have to defeat a monster with a higher rank than level: 05.]
What?! Where's Delord?! He suddenly started to type instead of speaking?!
[To answer this question you have to unlock level: 25 or more.]
Level 25? Relax i only asked a normal question...!
When i was arguing with the system suddenly Arima, Asuka, Rokoro and Toma emerged in an unfamiliar place inside the map with a new name tagging along with them.
'Iwata Ray'
Who the hell is that?! I didn't know they had someone like that in their team...
But why do i feel like i heard it somewhere else...
Did Egawa Isao mention someone like that?!
In the middle of curiousity about that name, i suddenly came into a realization.
And that realization was, Rounin's name wasn't in the map at all.
I thought maybe i was right from the start and his real name might've never been Rounin to begin with but did Arima also know about this?!
“Hey, please show me Rounin's whereabouts.”
[To unlock this ability you have to get at Level: 06 or higher at least.]
Urgh...what's going on really!!!
I couldn't maintain my optimism anymore and started to overthink about the outcome. What if they all get killed by the person that plays as Rounin's subtitute there!
And why was i so worried for the people that i know only for a few days. Not to mention that they actually used me as a decoy too just because they thought i'm immortal or something...!
Maybe they brainwashed me huh...
Let's get there first then i'll decide what i'm going to do about it all.
“System, how can i get there then? If teleportion is not an option, are there any other options?!”
[Yes. Only teleportion is locked at your level.]
“So there are more options!!!”
[Yes.]
That's great, i thought i had no other choices.
“Then what is the other option?”
[You can walk there.]
“...”
Tch...i knew i shouldn't have trusted this freak.
I didn't have any other choices but to actually walk and follow the shining turquoise colored thread that the map showed me to their place.
***
When Egawa Isao and his companions in the car were getting far from the tunnel, a notification sound was heard from Isao's phone.
Isao opened it and immaditually yelled “Hey, go back.”
One of the guards that was driving the car looked confused so he asked Isao about his sudden change of mind.
“Why?! What's the matter Mr. Egawa?!”
“Mr. Iwata just sent a message that says be careful not to kill Arima's subtitute.”
Minami Yuji calmly claimed, “That guy's dead by now, what's the point of going back now?”
“Hey you idiot, cancel the magic that you performed on him immaditually.” Isao ordered with a nervous tone.
“Fine but you're wasting your time by going back there.”
The girl that was sitting back beside Minami Yuji tilted her head and looked outside, with an indifferent fecial expression added “Why did he message you now?!”
“I guess he messaged me earlier but i didn't have anthena to recieve it faster.”
“Ugh, it's because of the raining. Who's that guy by the way?!”
“I don't know, i don't think he's that important anyway.”
The girl smirked in response of what Isao said and agreed. “You're right, he just probably got interested in him because he was as fearless as to play as Arima's decoy.”
They arrived inside the tunnel but no matter how much they drived, their car was almost getting at the ending point of the tunnel but there was not a single trace of the boy they were searching for.
They got out of the car to take a better look around.
Everyone started to search in different directions to find even the smallest traces to use in order to track down Taio's current location with Yoshino Hana's mana power.
Yoshino Hana was the girl that Egawa Isao trusted the most in his team, the girl that he brought to the exchanging area and the one that was sitting beside Taio all the time in the car.
She was so beautiful with a weird and upredictable sense of fashion.
What?! Where's Delord?! He suddenly started to type instead of speaking?!
[To answer this question you have to unlock level: 25 or more.]
Level 25? Relax i only asked a normal question...!
When i was arguing with the system suddenly Arima, Asuka, Rokoro and Toma emerged in an unfamiliar place inside the map with a new name tagging along with them.
'Iwata Ray'
Who the hell is that?! I didn't know they had someone like that in their team...
But why do i feel like i heard it somewhere else...
Did Egawa Isao mention someone like that?!
In the middle of curiousity about that name, i suddenly came into a realization.
And that realization was, Rounin's name wasn't in the map at all.
I thought maybe i was right from the start and his real name might've never been Rounin to begin with but did Arima also know about this?!
“Hey, please show me Rounin's whereabouts.”
[To unlock this ability you have to get at Level: 06 or higher at least.]
Urgh...what's going on really!!!
I couldn't maintain my optimism anymore and started to overthink about the outcome. What if they all get killed by the person that plays as Rounin's subtitute there!
And why was i so worried for the people that i know only for a few days. Not to mention that they actually used me as a decoy too just because they thought i'm immortal or something...!
Maybe they brainwashed me huh...
Let's get there first then i'll decide what i'm going to do about it all.
“System, how can i get there then? If teleportion is not an option, are there any other options?!”
[Yes. Only teleportion is locked at your level.]
“So there are more options!!!”
[Yes.]
That's great, i thought i had no other choices.
“Then what is the other option?”
[You can walk there.]
“...”
Tch...i knew i shouldn't have trusted this freak.
I didn't have any other choices but to actually walk and follow the shining turquoise colored thread that the map showed me to their place.
***
When Egawa Isao and his companions in the car were getting far from the tunnel, a notification sound was heard from Isao's phone.
Isao opened it and immaditually yelled “Hey, go back.”
One of the guards that was driving the car looked confused so he asked Isao about his sudden change of mind.
“Why?! What's the matter Mr. Egawa?!”
“Mr. Iwata just sent a message that says be careful not to kill Arima's subtitute.”
Minami Yuji calmly claimed, “That guy's dead by now, what's the point of going back now?”
“Hey you idiot, cancel the magic that you performed on him immaditually.” Isao ordered with a nervous tone.
“Fine but you're wasting your time by going back there.”
The girl that was sitting back beside Minami Yuji tilted her head and looked outside, with an indifferent fecial expression added “Why did he message you now?!”
“I guess he messaged me earlier but i didn't have anthena to recieve it faster.”
“Ugh, it's because of the raining. Who's that guy by the way?!”
“I don't know, i don't think he's that important anyway.”
The girl smirked in response of what Isao said and agreed. “You're right, he just probably got interested in him because he was as fearless as to play as Arima's decoy.”
They arrived inside the tunnel but no matter how much they drived, their car was almost getting at the ending point of the tunnel but there was not a single trace of the boy they were searching for.
They got out of the car to take a better look around.
Everyone started to search in different directions to find even the smallest traces to use in order to track down Taio's current location with Yoshino Hana's mana power.
Yoshino Hana was the girl that Egawa Isao trusted the most in his team, the girl that he brought to the exchanging area and the one that was sitting beside Taio all the time in the car.
She was so beautiful with a weird and upredictable sense of fashion.
Her main power was to track down a person's current location by using any trace from them.
Yuji that was searching the other direction of the tunnel came across the a drapped black wig that seemed like it was the same one that Taio was wearing.
“Hey, i found something.”
The wig was all wet and ruined but it'd still give them the same result.
Isao looked all lighted up, laughed loudly and covered half of his face with his right hand.
“Hahaha so he's alive huh?! I don't know what kind of tricks he used but it seems like as soon as you broke the magic he ran away.”
Yuji but didn't look as satisfied as Isao and rather showed concern.
“No, he didn't run away after i undone the magic on him, he broke the magic himself...!”
Hana went towards Yuji, grabbed the wig and threw it on the ground to start the process by activating her mana.
“I don't know if you've became weak or not Minami Yuji but if it happens to be otherwise then that boy's super dangerous....because you know damn well that, we don't want two kings in one kingdom.”
Yuji that was searching the other direction of the tunnel came across the a drapped black wig that seemed like it was the same one that Taio was wearing.
“Hey, i found something.”
The wig was all wet and ruined but it'd still give them the same result.
Isao looked all lighted up, laughed loudly and covered half of his face with his right hand.
“Hahaha so he's alive huh?! I don't know what kind of tricks he used but it seems like as soon as you broke the magic he ran away.”
Yuji but didn't look as satisfied as Isao and rather showed concern.
“No, he didn't run away after i undone the magic on him, he broke the magic himself...!”
Hana went towards Yuji, grabbed the wig and threw it on the ground to start the process by activating her mana.
“I don't know if you've became weak or not Minami Yuji but if it happens to be otherwise then that boy's super dangerous....because you know damn well that, we don't want two kings in one kingdom.”
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