"oh right...."
Danzai turned to leave but bumps into a group of people dressed in white. A man from there stops danzai and directs him to go inside without saying a word
"Sir?..."
"Didn't you hear him?"
Another man spoke out from the group.
"Go inside... We'll determine whether you're an embodiment or not "
sakamoto and the girl seemed to know them and bows in respect as they walk into the building without saying another word while danzai and ai stare at them in confusion
"who are those guys...."
"embodiments..."
huh...but they didnt reincarnate
apperently those men where embodiments who were exiled to earth before the final war and because of that they were exempted from the ones who died. after much consideration, they all decided to enter with into the school
***
the insides of the school was as big as a city with its enviroment well developed and advanced with technology to match. they were directed by some humans to go to the changing room and prepare for the entrance ceremony that was supposed to be the next day.sakamoto escotred them to the building then goes to another place.as the four of them entered, all eyes became fixated on them.
"hello...." danzai started
despite danzai's greeting everyone ignores but continues to stares at them. a boy walks forward to meet him
"hey what embodiment are you?"
"i don't know..."
the boy bursts out in laughter after hearing those words. he said nothing else but turned back to his locker
"danzai... come here"Ai called his attention
danzai didn't seem to care about what had just happened, he only set his sights on becoming an embodiment. After changing into the uniform he walked out of the building and strolled around the school exploring new places. he stumbled upon the boy and his gang while passing an alley he behaved like he hadn't seen anybody and tried to walk past them.
"hey..."
"..."
danzai's silence angered the boy and he mad a move on him but he was stopped by one of the exiled men
"seriously rin?"
"teacher...."
"don't call me teacher, we're equals"
"fine...."
rin turns to face danzai
"we'll meet tomorrow,make sure not to die before then"
danzai walks away without uttering a word to rin
embodiments
***
LATER THAT NIGHT
danzai continued to walk around until he got to a place that looks like a lab with guards watching the place. he spots the exiles coming and hides himself behind the garden just as their leader(his name is jack) turns that way. danzai reasons the possibility of them spotting him and decides to stay put. meanwhile jack looked in his direction and smiled. doing nothing more, he and the other walk in to the building with danzai's gaze following them. After making sure they were inside, he stands up to leave but runs into jack who said nothing but stared at him
"uh..."
"what are you doing here?"
"i was walking around and i came here and got curious"
jack paused for a while before answering
"you weren't lying... let's go "
his request startled him
"where?"
"inside..."
saying that, he walked back into the building and danzai followed behind him anxious of what lies behind those walls
there was nothing
"huh..."
danzai was utterly shocked and slightly annoyed to see that a place heavily guarded like this has nothing inside.
"why is is empty... is what you are thinking right? well that's the thing, this place is meant to be empty..... for now"
"why?"
"it's going to be used to seal an embodiment killer very soon"
"they'll be arriving in the billions arc"
the billions arc...
THE NEXT DAY
humans and embodiments gather at the hall of the school waiting for the arrival of the officials of the school.The new entries are waiting behind the hall while danzai is still in his room barely dressed for the ceremony. he rushed out of his room and runs straight to the hall where the program was taking place although he could hear what was being said all the way from where he was close to the end of the city. he decided to take a shorter route to the place and accidentally bumps into rin and his gang and falls
"oh sorry..."
rin glares at him with a smirk on his face
"let me help you"
Rin stretches his hand to raise danzai which danzai complies with but rin wasn't planning to help danzai. as soon as danzai grabbed his hands,he punched his gut making danzai to cough out
"stupid.... did you really think I'll help you?"
danzai said nothing else but stands up on his own them proceeds to exit the scene when rin stops him
"where do you think you're going?"
"what is it to you?"
"rin..." one of the boys calla out to him
"lets go the ceremony will start soon"
meanwhile, the program had started in the hall with jack giving the opening speech
"welcome embodiments, it is a pleasure to receive you in this planet after the dreadful war.as you all might know, this country is set to welcome the vast number of you all who might have reincarnated on earth. With the number of people here amounting up to 500 thousand,we strongly believe that not all of you here are embodiments. Most here are humans enhanced with newly achieved abilities. That's why we'll conduct a series of test to select the true embodiments"
'What'
Murmurs were heard through the crowd
'so you basically called us here to say that'
"You're free to leave if you don't like the condition"
Rin and the others listened in on the speech as they waited for rin to decide on the next move.
"Um.... Rin what do we do"
Rin remained silent for a while, he seemed to be focused on something but after moment of silence,he snapped out of it
"H–huh..."
"What happened to you rin?"
There's evil coming
The moment danzai heard those words,he rose up to his feet and looked at rin who wasn't focused on him but was looking tensed
Right... He said something about it too
"The leader said something about it too"
Rin turned
"Jack?"
From the hall they hear a crucial announcement
"The first task is going to be the billions arc"