"GHK!" I am slammed to a light dust wall as I sigh, exhausted while I face Penny
"You have survived 5 minutes of continuous physical attacks! You're quite athletic Mattie!" She tells me as I bring a gun to my mouth and kill myself
"Is that truly necessary?" Ceil asks me as I finished resetting
"I've accepted it before that it's faster and easier... at one point of my childhood, you could guess that I had tried to see what my capabilities were." I say as Ceil pulls out the file that I've put out of my capabilities
"It's interesting how even on this world we are unable to see what your unknown matter is made of... how it can recreate an element for the sheer need of your recovery." I hear her say
Penny continuous to throw punches that I try to evade or parry, even redirecting the strength of it but still get punched on the nose since she isn't human.
"I didn't expect that they'd be able to anyway..." I was so stuck in thought that Penny's punch hit my chest, and I feel my ribs break as I'm sent to the wall again
I sigh having to reset and motion Penny that we take a break as Fro enters the room and play tag with her then I walk over to Ciel
"The one who actually taught me about how my decapitated limb would heal under any element was actually just an IBM..." I say sitting down as I remember the memory
"You said you haven't met any other Ajin but the friend of yours that then presumed your incident." Ceil looks at me
"I never met...them? They sounded experienced...even cut my head off and complimented that I was interesting, It was a struggle having to burry my heads whenever I didn't get any of his teachings right." I picture the memory of the IBM with a flat triangular head that stood taller than Fro
"And it didn't bother you?" Ceil asks me as I lean to my hand
"I think I was at the age where I thought anything that happened to me told by anyone was normal. Like if a child is told to be an idiot and then they take that word into their beliefs as they grow older..."
"I just thought that if I die, it'll be painless, but if I stay alive I'll just suffer..." I say and then take out the notes I gave them about me
"Ah...you can add that if my limb were to be detached and I head straight to battle and die, my body would be pulled to that separated limb like a rope if it was stuck." I say as I watch her type while sweating
"And how did you exactly discover that..?" Ceil asks me as I shrug
"Just by chance...Fro cut my leg one time and then killed me, the IBM and me both discovered something new but I was more learning about whenever Fro would throw a tantrum she'd kill me, then the IBM just told me to do the thing again to show them...so that was interesting." I say as we both watch Fro playing tag with Penny
"How did Fro stop becoming so violent?" She asks me as I shrug
"Not really sure not that I know why...all I know is that she took as who I was when I was a child maybe somewhere when i was 4 or 5? I believe that was when I started having violent reactions according to my mother..." I say drinking on the one provided for me
"...If you do not mind me asking, Not that it is important for the data you have provided us...but why did your mother still continued the operation on you even until you had arrive here?" Ceil asks and I look up
"Maybe to secure my future? Who knows...but outside our Family like my father who is a Politician at the US, he'd need to have alot of money especially on that country that has horrible Healthcare..." I say then I remember one incident
"A Father's friend of mine...Kei, the one that recently discovered hes an Ajin, actually got in trouble for being caught purchasing on the Black Market...it is unrelated but he started calling his father stupid that day then would never talk about him..." I say going on a tangent
"His Father was a Surgeon...and he was present than my father ever was...but the way he cared to that dying person till the end even sacrificing his relationship to his family...it was heroic to me..." I say remembering the time I understood my own meaning of another person's life as I didn't want to leave his funeral,
"At times I'd have Eriko visit her father whenever we could...that's how much of an influence his father had on me...So as time went on, as an Ajin I knew that I'd never die...It was my parents operated on me anyway...if it was the Government then it would be a huge problem." I say then I enter back on the training room but stop
"Are we sure that Penny and I are allowed to go full of our abilities when we're in here? Isn't this a floating ship?" I ask Ceil who nodded
"Yes, the General had this specifically updated for both of your training...I believe he is talking to them as of now." She says and I think back wondering why did they also have me call Ruby to the Headmasters office on my way out
"Alright...Okay Penny, if you're ready we can start again." I tell her as I've recharged my gun for resets
"I am combat ready!" She tells me
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MAKI'S POV
"I do not know where Mattie is..." I say as I sit beside Eriko facing two men that had kidnapped her while I was called here since they said that they are interested on building a place for Ajins with me
"What do we do Sato? You said you knew that girl had potential..." The guy that I've come to know who is Tanaka the 2nd man in Japan documented to be an Ajin
"Yes...she is quite the fellow when she was young, it was as if I had a Grandkid myself..." Sato laughs as I hold Eriko's hand
These two are Ajins and they are having us here to look for answers
"Yuck..." I look at Eriko
"I'm so disgusted with my brother being an Ajin but big sister Mattie? This has gotta be a joke with her missing...I mean- she disappeared after she got hit right?" Eriko continues as I sigh
"Well, that is also true...but the investigations all said that her mother had been taking advantage of her being one...I can vouch for it since I've seen it myself." Sato says and I look at him
"And you didn't help her? Why hadn't you taken Mattie out from her Parent's if you already knew?!" I stand asking him as he frowns
"Because I would have placed her under more danger...it would be suspicious for her to be kidnapped all of a sudden when her father is a Politician in the US especially...but now that she is really really gone, I'll have to trust in her...I've trained her myself ofcourse." I raise a brow listening to what this man is saying
"Anyway before we get into further tangents, I could talk about that kid all day! It's sad that we never really met personally." I'm even more confused of what this old man is saying
"Anyway, what kind of person is Nagai Kei? Just so we can be ready for him..." He says as
"He was always a fast learner, that anything taught to him, he'd suck it right up and on top of anything...other than the adults putting him on such a high pedestal he's...to put it in a word, a Scum." Eriko says as we all got quiet
"Even though he is your brother, why go around talking shit about him?" Tanaka asks Eriko
"Why not?" She replied and I sigh
"Eriko...Nagai really does care about you and others, he just has a different way in doing so..." I tell her but she only looks down even more frustrated
"That is all what we can provide about Kei...so if you have no other questions for us, can I please have Eriko back to the hospital? She's really unwell..." I plead to them as Sato nodded
"We'll take her to the hospital as soon as we finish talking to you" Tanaka says as I watch him take Eriko on his vehicle
Whatever they wanted to talk to me about must be important considering im just a human.
"We heard about your interest in making sure we have a good life ahead of us Demi-Humans...What exactly are your plans?" Sato asks me and I look down
What exactly was my plan?
"My plan...is to bring light of what Ajin's are than an economic goldmine...that..."I grip my fists
"That was what they described my friend...their own daughter...While I grew along side her, never once did I feel that she was any different...Maybe Kei was like that...or maybe you Mister Tanaka..or you Mister Sato...I know that the government lies about this, that is what the type of country Japan is..." I say and I can't help but sweat but see him smile like he is touched by my words
I'm not stupid, it is true that you're the one that trained Mathilde...
"I can respect your aim Miss Araki...but that simply wont cut it with ours..." He tells me as he frowns but I kept a high guard
"You wouldn't understand if you have not died once...or a million times that brought us to what we plan to do..." He tells me with a straight face as he places a hand to my shoulder
"We plan to actually...use terrorism on our part...But even with your support as the Human Pacifist, wouldn't you make such a great narrative?" I freeze when he tells me that
Terrorism...but just the two of them?!
Nagai would never join them but-
No...there is the possibility that there are more...
But more importantly....
"Mister Sato...Why exactly are you telling me this..? Are you not worried that I will speak to the public about this?" I look at this man in the eye wanting an answer out of him
"Hm? Isn't it obvious? I want you to do something that will make me want to kill you so that Mattie will appear from wherever she's hiding." He points at me and I look at him
"Mister Sato...if I may ask..." I say as I look at Tanaka and then back at him and relaxes myself to give him a smile
"Have you played...volleyball with Mattie? Or any game at all..." I ask him as he thinks about it then shakes his head
"She's not one rescue someone who doesn't improve themselves...sure she'll care for me her friend but...she won't really care much to Join you, or even Nagai..." I look at them and sit up straight
"Mattie is the type to become the backbone of any team and make sure we dont lose our composure..." I think I may have worsen his want for Mattie
"Be it as you want, even if you kill me here...Mattie will never join your causes or fight you..." He smiles to himself
"In another words, she will be a challenge." He nods and I sweat as he pats me in the shoulder
"Do your best okay? Make a signal if Mattie ever appea-" I've had enough of this old man
"Mathilde. Only her friends calls her Mattie." I glare at him
"You're in this tight spot and you'd still protect her, you know you can die here right?" Tanaka asks me
And if they were to kill me I'd have no choice but to reveal my powers to the world.
That is how much I'd defend Mattie...
"Are you an Ajin?" He asks me and I shake my head
"If I did then I'd see how Mattie threw me to the side of the road that day...right? There is something that Humans can't see?" I ask them and they looked surprised
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I sweat having to sit in an ambulance with Eriko in a bad condition.
They luckily let us go, but as for me.
What exactly does Sato want me to do to want him to kill me?
Like speech hate on Ajins?
Even though, Terrorism isn't the answer to fix things. If he plans to cause a War then that would just make people even across the world hate Ajins.
If he did know about Mattie just when she was a kid then he would have done something there.
Why now?
Is it because the Media are going crazy about them?
I can't paint my own picture and have to wait things play out.
That Jerk Geezer! Tried to play the you dont know her that well card on me!?
Screw him because I can do the same!
"...it's going to be alright Eriko...You're brother and Mattie are going to be alright..." I say as she she turns away from me
I know she confused of alot of things, at one point we both agreed that Kei was a piece of shit.
Eriko hasn't had much of a chance to see his brother on a different light like what Mattie sees him as,
Kei and Mattie thinks the same way at times hence they are named the genius duo on our schoolyear,
Maybe becoming an Ajin makes you smarter...
I look at my hands and sigh to myself as I lean back,
Kei you better not join them.
And Mattie, atleast show yourself to me just once...