Chapter 22 - Flashback 1 (1/2)

(Flashback - 3 Years Ago)

Hikaru woke up in that same fog covered room, where he met with the disembodied voice a few weeks ago. He sat there, and he seems to be annoyed at himself.

”Tch, I knew that was a bad idea and I just had to go and try to defeat those two black knights! When I saw the reward, I just couldn't help myself! That was 80,000 souls!” he muttered under his breath.

”So Thou has come back, ” the same disembodied voice said with no surprise in his tone.

He didn't bother to raise his head because he knew there is no point in doing that. He did not beat around the bush and said, ”Yes, I'm back and I have more questions for you this time.”

That's right! His death wasn't an accident because of his greed, instead, he decided that he should at least try and battle those black knights and if he dies, he could go back to this place and ask the questions he didn't asked last time.

”Hmm, what are thou's question for I?” The disembodied voice seems interested.

”First, who is the olden god I'm going to seal back in the Shinobi World?” Hikaru asked with his eyes all serious.

”That would be Chaortos, Mother Of Darkness. She isn't particularly strong but the number of her minions are massive, even I don't know how many her minions are. She also has the ability to suck the darkness around a world and with that, she could increase the numbers of her minions. Please, thou should be careful when facing her. For she was known to be quite a cunning woman back in the golden age of the olden gods, but, not only that. I couldn't say this to thee back when we first met but all Olden Gods have the magic powers to kill thou... permanently, ” the disembodied voice gravely answered his question.

Hikaru's eyes widened and his pupils dilated at that last sentence. For once, he felt fear for his life. Then, suddenly, he came to a terrifying conclusion. If the olden gods were sealed, then doesn't that mean that someone had sealed them in the past. Then that means...

His eyes were shadowed by his hair as he said, ”How many...”

”Hmm?”

”How many had sealed the olden gods in the past?!” He yelled at the disembodied voice.

The entire place was silent for a moment before he heard a chuckle coming from the disembodied voice.