shadow Genesis ACT-9 part 2: arise from the void

HARK INSECTS

After what felt like six minutes minatori guides Kazumiya towards a big area of the station, her eyes catch a series of electronic lockers in the distance, a sense of familiarity washes over her as her steps become determined to reach the next area.

Near the lockers she notices an entrance into a small area next to the entrance are blue baskets stacked on each other.

After a moment she walks into the small area, within this space is a vending machine along with a few more baskets along with a few boxes, seemingly for industrial use.

Kazumiya's eyes wander around and she notices a door which led towards another room, perhaps for storage. However minatori grabs her attention, she gestures for Kazumiya to follow her up towards the series of stairs which leads towards a turn towards another set of stairs.

Behind the stairs a green door is shut with a no smoking sign, as they make their way up the stairs, they find themselves into another area which minatori felt familiar to.

Her eyes immediately are drawn towards the automatic sliding door which lead to outside, however she walks towards a white vending machine against a wall.

Minatori taps her card onto the scanner on the vending machine and she puts in two numbers into the vending machine. After a moment an energy drink falls into the bottom compartment.

She kneels down and reaches into the compartment on the bottom of the vending machine, she opens the bottom hatch door and reaches for the can, after she grabs it her hand retreats out from the compartment, the hatch door fall down into place.

After that she inputs taps her card on the card reader again, she then repeats the same process, but this time she presses two different numbers, a moment later a bottle of water falls down into the compartment below.

As she reaches into the compartment again she grabs the bottle of water out and hands it to Kazumiya which she takes it from her hand.

As she eyes it for a few moments she then grips the lid with her hand and twists it seemingly out of curiosity.

Minatori seems to break the silence with a curious expression. "Back down stairs, you said that guy was nothing but a fiend. What do you mean by that" she asked with her head tilted to the side.

Noticing her curiousness kazumiya looks up from the water bottle in her hands. "Humans that have been influenced by the graceless mother will become fiends, she promises false hope, after they walk down her path they'll become apart of her, corrupted and ungraceful fiends" Kazumiya explained.

Minatori pauses for a moment, concerned on what Kazumiya means.

"So does that mean you're a fiend?" Minatori asked.

Kazumiya's eyes sharpen slightly. "I will never become one of her toys, however unlike them. I'm able to suppress her influence" she snapped with a distasteful tone, she practically scoffs at minatori's question as if down playing her.

Despite this minatori just smirks playfully at kazumiya, seemingly to tease her or something.

"What is with your face, explain yourself" Kazumiya hisses at her, turning her head away before speaking up again.

"Or I shall destroy you" she murmurs, seemingly as a bluff.

To Kazumiya's surprise minatori ignores her, carelessly walking towards the exit of the station.

"You dare walk away" Kazumiya curses under her breath before following minatori to the outside into the cool night air...

Meanwhile in Beijing china, about five hours before the jade and others set off to Shinjuku. about 10 kilometres from the Great Wall of china, aertiryiax walks into a series of ruins, his gaze is drawn towards some rubble. as he walks near it he notices the final fragment of the sigil.