For the next two days,danzai was subjected to repeated torture and training with only little time to relax. by now, danzai's body was full of scars and wounds but he wore a grin no matter what. the twin had gotten sick and tired of continuously receiving the same answer over and over so he resulted to a different means of getting information out of him
The day came when they were to go to nayuta to face the fireflies in the grave and everyone was up early preparing for the showdown. danzai was also up early after receiving a dose of torture from the twin. by now, the somewhat fancy room he was in was now a dump,the floor of his seat was a puddle of blood and his fancy clothes were gone but one thing remained, his will
"had enough already?, if you had spoken from the beginning this wouldn't have happened "
"what do i say now,...you wouldn't believe me"
"we'll continue this after the battle"
he turns and leaves,abandoning danzai in the cold room to relieve his pains and sulk. while danzai waited in silence,a thought came to his mind
didn't x say that matthew's group aren't the real deal, then that should mean...
"hey... it's a trap!"
his voice echoed through the room till it got outside. from the looks of it, danzai was the only person left in the building and if they weren't informed, they could all die.
as danzai checked around for ways to escape, x appeared in the room with a sour look on his face
"what have you been doing...i told you to train that body. small torture like that shouldn't hurt one bit"
"shut up"
x walked around the room observing it's structure while danzai struggled to release himself from bondage.
"what sort of old structure do you sleep in... it looks like it might collapse any minute"
"forget about that and help me out here..."
"why would i..."
danzai stopped asking when he realized that he wouldn't help him
"never mind that first, why did i come here...is what you should be asking"
"oh right... i never thought of that"
the moment danzai regained his composure, he was no longer in the room were he was caged, but in a void space were they floated. x crossed his legs while floating while danzai struggled to maintain balance.
"you still have a long way to go... my only request is make sure that you don't die on me"
danzai managed to gain balance but quickly faltered,while x laughed coldly savoring every minute of danzai's weakness
"go straight to the point, why did you bring me here"
"two reasons... the first one is to see how far you had gone with your training and the second is , to watch you die...slowly from the inside after witnessing the massacre"
"huh..."
danzai didn't understand what he meant by that but x wanted to see him become depressed after seeing his friends killed from the battle at nayuta.
"please release me, i've to go and inform them that mathew's group are fake, the real ones are more deadly"
"they should know that... hopefully"
x couldn't hold his laughter inside and let it all out, angering danzai the more until it was too much for him to handle. with the anger swelling inside him,he raised his head and grinned,trying to calm down the best he could until he was back to normal
"why do i accumulate so much anger in a short time"
"two things... first is because you're in my realm where emotions can be amplified and two,because you can't face the truth that you're a human."
"what"
"to make matters worse,you were accused of killing the embodiment of luck when luck itself has barely been on your side."
"..."
" I'll help you... on one condition..."
" I'll tell you where the embodiment of luck is"
danzai was shocked. since he had been imprisoned, he taught the idea of an embodiment of luck was false since he barely had any luck to begin with. after being accused of killing one,he finds out that it was real but couldn't wrap his head around why anyone would accuse him of killing it and why
"what's the condition..."
***
at kyoto's embodiment branch
guards and embodiments alike are seen lying lifeless on the ground, citizens around the area were made to evacuate the surrounding and police officers and embodiments from other branches stood guard outside waiting for the culprit to surface. from the looks of it, the people lying outside are all well and okay except for the fact that they were knocked unconscious. while they waited, El walked out from the building with dan and david behind him. seeing the crowd outside, he turned and squatted in front of them assuring them of their safety.
seeing his back turned, the police released a parade of bullets at him but they merely grazed him bouncing off his skin in the process. in the meantime, he focused on assuring the children of their safety.
"go back into the building"
"promise me you won't kill anyone"
"i won't. i didn't kill these other guys remember..."
seeing that bullets do him no harm, they decided to shoot a grenade which he caught without turning back. despite that, it exploded in his hand but he shielded the kids from danger while he got no injury
***
danzai reasoned the condition x gave him
"do you agree..."
"I'll think about it... for now i need to go to nayuta"
"what nayuta?"
x scoffed
"forget about going there... they will be here any second"
before x finished his statement, jack broke through the building and landed in danzai's room fatally injured
"oh no..."