Chapter 11 : Consequence (2)

The doctors planned to release me the day after. I haven't been paying attention to anything really except for the doctors who check me who are surprised. Jeanne didn't come to check on me today, as she expected to meet me after work. It's currently Noon and I'm in the process of changing my bandages. I have no idea why they would do that as I expected my body to be perfectly fine at this point.

*SLAM*

"There you are Senpai!"

I heard an obnoxious voice… Oooh I'm going to hate this won't I?

"S-s-senpai! Pardon us!"

Shiho and Ann somehow came into my room. How did you even know I'm here?

"Shiho, Ann… How did you know?"

"You're the talk of the school silly!"

"Yeah, imagine our surprise when Alice-senpai bragged how cool you were!"

Alice again… Ugh… one of these days…

"What exactly did she say?"

"Oh, she said you rushed towards the traffic when you saw two damsels in trouble, grabbed them both by the waist, and then jumped on top of the speeding car, but sadly the car lost control and you somehow landed on top of it!"

"That's an exaggeration… I just shoved them out of the way and got hit myself…"

"Really?"

"Yeah…"

"But then again senpai, it's good that you're not ISEKAI-d, right Shiho?"

"!? … Y-y-yeah!"

[Huh. shame they didn't know that their senpai have already isekai-d ONCE. a second isekai will be funny!]

Shut it Moriarty!

"So… Did you bring me any gifts?"

I was hoping for fruits and whatnot… I miss the sweet taste of apples. And I hope it really kept the doctors away… I can see from their eyes that they wanted to dissect me.

[You're a fool you know that…]

Losers have no right to complain!

[...]

"Y-y-yes… we brought pears!"

WHY NOT APPLES!? AREN'T APPLE LIKE A LOCAL DELICACY!?

"But then again thank you for visiting me… Wait… It's 12:00… Did you use me as an excuse to skip school?"

Both of them avoided my gaze like a plague…

"Oh yeah senpai did you know that Shiho's wearing a black bra today!"

"HEY! ANN! WHAT GIVES!"

"Hey, listen, if we're chased out of the hospital it's going to be really bad for us, especially for you, you need to explain to your parents why you're not at school at this hour! Especially with you know who…"

I know who… Sigh… Did I make some sort of change that made them despise Kamoshida…

"Anyhow senpai! Be grateful that there's two beautiful girls peeling fruits for you!"

*nods nods* Shiho nodded twice at Ann's explanation.

Yeah right. Bringing me nothing but trouble.

[Says the one that planted the flags in the first place.]

Right….

===

The evening came, Ann and Shiho left the hospital, saying that Ann had a photoshoot. I just nodded and thanked them again… Silence fills the room again. Which is nice.

Say, Moriarty.

[Yeah.]

I noticed that you're a heroic spirit, of all things, and now my persona… Tell me, What is it that you truly desire…?

[... I wanted to be– HEY DID YOU JUST TRY TO INFLUENCE ME!?]

Tch. Worth a try…

[Heh. it's a good effort though… If my skill didn't activate at that moment, I may have blurted everything out.]

So… you have a skill that influences your mental defenses… Good to know.

"LIAM!"

Oh no…

"What are you by the window?"

"Nope… Definitely not running away from you Alice… I'm just… admiring the view! Yeah~!"

"Really, then let me join!"

And the next thing I knew, I was tackled, I lost my balance and we're both free falling… from the 14th floor I screamed as I hugged Alice tightly…

[You fool!]

HELP ME A BIT MORIARTY!

[Tch… I would love to see you fall to your death but the contract forces me to save you…]

Tsundere.

[F*** Y***!]

Proves my point! As a familiar cloak materializes on my back, I feel that my descending speed is slowing down… but the problem now is… There's a lot of people walking back and forth!

Wait a moment, doesn't this feel familiar… I instinctively divebomb down, and then spread out my cape to glide back up! Like a certain dark knight in his game franchise… I doubt physics works like this, but I'm not complaining.

[It doesn't… I just used mana to increase the area of the cape so you can glide upwards. And then used more mana to propel us… well you guys to be exact.]

{Woohoo! We're flying!}

Oh yeah I forget that a certain someone also had access to my mind…

[... backdoor access mind you.]

Even worse. Anyway, since we're flying anyways… can I borrow your multi-ruler… pretty please…

[You just wanted to act like that detectie in the bat costume didn't you?]

I will not confirm nor deny that!

[...]

"..."

[Fine, but I'll get to use your body.]

You're into this too aren't you, you freaking tsundere. But you know what, I'm a benevolent man, thus you may use this body to glide around like the dark knight.

[...]

===

And so, instead of gliding around like a certain billionaire detective, we instead get to swing from building to building like a certain spider themed hero.

And after a few laps… we ended up climbing back into our room…

"You're the best Liam!"

"Yeah, Liam, be a dear, and tell me why is there a video about a man with a cape grappling from building to building?"

I feel my ass in danger… I blame you Moriarty.

[I'm innocent.]

And so, my ass is spanked… Mayhaps I finally need a real doctor to give me a checkup.

"I don't blame you Liam, but you need to learn to access purgatory, if you want to have fun like that!"

"Purgatory?"

"OH OH! I know! It's the dimension which parallels ours. It's like the metaverse, but instead of the human subconscious, Purgatory contains us supernatural beings! Anything that happens there will not interfere with the real world!"

Alice answered instead… but..

"… How come Alice knew about this but didn't tell me before!?"

" Because I thought you knew it was silly and did it for the fun of it!"

[No, no, she got a point!]

Hey, don't take her side!

"So… Will you teach me how to go into purgatory?"

"Nope! That's Rodin's job."

"Then…"

"I still haven't forget how you spent one million angel halos on a damn mech young man!"

"MOMMY!"

===

And so my ass got whooped once again… I was supposed to go back today… but the ass whopping make me think otherwise, hence It's decided that I'll spend another day at the hospital not to arouse suspicion. Yeah…

[But think about it for once, You got hit by a moving vehicle, breaking your ribs are supposed to be the minimum… and those injuries tend to be a month-long recovery.]

So… then we'll have free time for 3 days?

"Yeah about that… Little nephew…"

HOLY SHIT WHY IS THERE A BLACK MAN IN FRONT OF ME… oh it's rodin!

"Why didn't you come in from the door?"

"Why go through the door when you can just teleport?"

"Touche…"

"So, little red told me that you've been a naughty boy. And I'm here to teach you and that… twin of yours a trick or two…"

"Wait… what about not arousing suspicion and …"

"Yeah that's what these seals are for! Imagine; forgetting magic, but amplified!"

"... Can I… I dunno, just not and sleep on my ass the whole month?"

"Yeah… nope! Remember this?"

I saw the contract and I paled.

"Good. Let's go! To Laguna this time."

Laguna is the home of the paradiso spawns.

"Why are we going there?"

"You've learnt smithing have you not, now it's time I hammer some… combat skills into you…"

[Good luck…]

I can see his shit eating smirk.

"Oh yeah, your little twin's going to look over the bar for us, yeah?"

[I've got it! big guy.]

"Of course you do– Really? You want to use the window to get away from me?"

Shit I was caught..

[You're dumb you know that?]

Shut it…

"Let's not hold up anymore now kiddo."

I feel something sucking me in… it's a portal… Can't nope out of this now can I …

"Nope, now let's go"

===

A sea of clouds… that's what I'm seeing right now. We're high above the sky. No I don't think it's in the sky as there are a lot of floating ruins and whatnot.

".. Uncle rodin."

"Yeah?"

"I can't fly."

"So?"

"I'M FALLING YOU BALD BAST—--"

"Oh yeah… it's the same rule, you die, I revive you, finish the level yeah?"

BULLSHITTTTTT

*Splat*

*You died*

*Reviving….*

My body was rebuilt from my corpse… I stood up, covered in blood… I seem to be in a floating… pillar of some sort…

Anyway… he didn't give me any weapons, how am I supposed to—-

*Screech*

A humanoid metallic monstrosity locks its sight at me… they carry some sort of spears, with chicken legs, and a chicken wing… with no feathers… it's disgusting… and a beak in place of a mouth…

"Yeah… you look horrible."

*screech screech*

"I don't speak paradiso, but you should at least tell me that you're a chicken!"

*SCREECH!*

It seems that we didn't understand each other… SO I JUST FLIPPED THE BIRD! Get it? No? Ok…

As soon as I flipped the bird, it flew up, and dived down towards me!

SHIT!

I managed to dodge with a roll to my side. Another strike came, as it's spear, aiming at my lower half, came swinging down diagonally, I rolled myself away from the chicken.

"You know what? Let's do this! MORIARTY!"

… my clothes changed. It became… WHY AM I ON MY BARTENDING OUTFIT!? But it looked nice, the black vest and pants were changed into a golden colored one, it matches my hair really nicely. AND WHY AM I HOLDING A COCKTAIL SHAKER?

As I was screaming inside my mind, a spear thrust aimed at my head caught me off guard, I manage to bend myself back, dodging it.

"You bastard!"

I grabbed the extended spear, Pulled it towards me, but the chicken extended it's leg at me, attempting to tear off my face. My other hand that's holding my shaker, I slammed it towards the beak

*pang* *scratch*

It scratched my face, as I managed to also injure it's face. It staggered a bit, but it's enough for me to disarm the chicken, and drive the spear into its side.

*SCREEECH*

*poof*

And then it melted… dropping a … halo? Really? One Halo… and then a note suddenly falls from… somewhere on top of me.

"Dear nephew,

You need to acquire 1,200,000 halos, before I'll bring you back. Sincerely your favorite uncle.

PS. your twin is doing way better than you. And didn't require much in terms of maintenance, and good work with the contact, Uncle's proud."

… This is how much I spent right? You just want me to pay it back didn't you?

*SCREECH*

"OH SHUT UP WILL Y—"

The sky darkens, I look back, only to see… A FREAKING PEEP OF FLYING CHICKENS! HEY CAN I AT LEAST GET A GOOD OST FOR THIS?

I suddenly remembered that I have a phone. So I opened my music app, but… there's no signal…

*sigh*

"YOU KNOW WHAT F**** IT, COME HERE YOU C*** SUCKING BASTARDS!"

And like a tsunami, the whole damn village descended towards me.