Chapter 284 - Rebirth (1/2)
[Erasure of unnecessary memories complete… Man, this really is a pain]
**** opened his eyes, it was dark around him
”Where… is this?”
**** felt lost, as a lamb separated from its pack, or like a newly hatched bioengineered soldier not yet given glorious purpose by its masters
”Wait… What's a bioengineered soldier..? More importantly, who am I?”
[Are you awake yet sunshine?]
**** paused before he mumbled
”Doctor always told me to ignore the voices… But I take it you're real?”
[I am the realest shit around dawg]
”...”
[Okaaay… Let's just ignore that, sorry I am a little jittery… This is the first time I have successfully managed to, well… Bring a soul through the fabric of time and space and all that]
”So is that what I am..? A soul?”
[Nope~ you have a body alright so you're… Wait… What are you?]
”That's what I am asking you, dude”
[Wait a moment… I'll contact my senior, one moment]
**** felt the presence of the strange voice leave him, by now his eyes hand managed to adjust to the light or rather the lack of light, he was in a small enclosed space bound by some sort of white fabric
”...A land of strange rituals and savage cruelty… Was it? Why can I remember that and not my name..? These are not necessary memories at all...”
As **** mumbled he tried to move his body but found that the white bindings despite their apparent age were quite hard to break out of but after struggling for a few hours he eventually managed to free his hand and bring it up to his face and take a look at it
'Five fingers… Nails on each finger… And I don't have blue skin… I can work with this'
**** studied his hand, the sight felt vaguely familiar, using his newly freed hand **** worked on freeing the rest of his body from the white bindings, as he did the strange voice returned
[See, this one right here]
***** was about to speak up when he suddenly heard another strange voice
[This… is quite the surprise… Is this why you assigned so much of yourself to this?]
[Nah, I only noticed after I successfully managed to bring a soul over the threshold]
[What kind of idiot doesn't check what kind of vessel it is before he… Nevermind, Don't answer that question, I already know]
[Ehehe~]
[That was not a compliment]
”Erm…”
A few seconds passed before the second strange voice spoke up again
[Oh right, you are still here… What to do about you..?]
[You are not going to destroy it right?]
[I don't see why not?]
[Noooo~ Please senior! I have spent the past 5.643 years trying to find a somewhat compatible soul for this dang thing and now you want to destroy it!? Over my dead body!]
**** felt the temperature of the small enclosed space lower a few degrees before he suddenly realized that they were talking about destroying him
”Erm… Can I ask something?”
[What?]
The second voice asked, clearly annoyed
”I have no idea what to call you two… Do you have names?”
The second voice answered now even more annoyed
[Of course, we have names, I am Light]
[I am Party~]
”I see… Well If I had a name I would give it to you now… But I simply can't seem to remember”
[That's normal, after all, I deleted your unnecessary memories~]
”That you did…”
**** put his focus back on attempting to break free from the bindings, after struggling a bit more he managed to free his other arm
'Now then… Let's see if I am strong enough'
**** pushed against the top of the enclosed space with all his might and then ever so slowly the roof lifted up before he pushed it to the side finally freeing himself from the sarcophagus as the lid fell heavily on the floor **** rose from the sarcophagus and looked around
”Yep… This is a burial chamber alright…'
**** looked around for a bit before he removed the rest of the mummy wrappings from his body then he stepped out of the sarcophagus and fumbled around in the dark for a bit before he reached a wall and followed it, after a while, he realized that he was in a totally enclosed room with no door in sight
”Well, shit…”
[Erhem]
”Oh, Light what is it?”
[We have deceived to let you live, you may rejoice]
”...Thank you”