I stood on top a hill as I looked down upon the house before me.
It was a place that I had been to before. Someplace that held significant importance to my needs now.
Raiden Mei's home.
I wore a tight black shirt with baggy white pants as I activated my abilities.
Infinity
Epitaph
The eight handled wheel
Plus, I had the one half of Shamash that I took from Siegfried in my hands as I prepared to go in.
Before, I was hesitant on doing so. The reason for that was that I was worried that I wasn't strong enough. Worried that there was something that I couldn't handle, that could kill me immediately.
Then, my mind would go to worry about all sorts of future steps.
But after that day with Kiana, I realised something.
I wasn't just being careful anymore.
It was clear paranoia.
And it was hindering my actions.
Perhaps taking on a more passive stance was one way I could avoid my own emotional turmoil?
For that, I was thankful to Kiana.
There were some things that I, with my experiences in life already, could not see clearly. An outside perspective was honestly really.... enlightening.
Now however, I knew that I needed to take things into my own hands. Bronya wasn't an idiot, and getting information from her would be slow.
I didn't deny that she was still useful to keep around, but I need more... NOW.
And yes, I was wearing the Toji fit.
Sue me.
As I watched Raiden Ryoma's car return through the front gate, I knew that it was my time to move.
With that, I disappeared.
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Raiden Ryoma was a busy man.
He had to manage a multi-billion dollar business, take care of his daughter as a lone parent, all while being apart of an organisation named Anti-Entropy.
Tough stuff.
In spite of that, he managed. He did his duties well, tried his best to give his daughter a good childhood, all while helping to protect the world from the Honkai.
At this moment however, a crack appeared in his persona of a refined gentleman.
"Siegfried! What's going on here? Why is your daughter and a guy who looks like your son here?" He hissed through his phone.
"That stupid kid does not look like me!! He lacks my great looks!" came the reply.
"Yea? Probably cause he looks way better than you."
"..."
"Answer my question. We've been friends for a while. But if your daughter brought Schicksal's attention to my household..."
"I... honestly don't know... That kid just appeared next to my daughter and I don't know where he's from."
Ryoma frowned. "Can we get rid of him?"
A sigh came from the other side of the phone. "He beat me, y'know?"
Ryoma's eyes widened. "What?"
"He even took one of Shamash's guns from me. I'm afraid if I go back, he'll take the other."
Silence overtook Raiden Mei's father for a moment as he recollected his thoughts. "Then he should be from Otto then? Cocolia shouldn't be able to get someone this strong..."
"Thing was, he let me go that day even though he had me on the ropes too. He had some weird barrier that stopped me from hitting him."
"Doesn't Otto want to kill you?"
"Yup."
A sigh escaped Ryoma's lips as he approached the door of his office. "That complicates things."
"Right? And one more thing though."
"Hmm?"
"I've heard... of a third organisation out there... I don't have enough info yet, but could he be from there?"
"I understand. Well, we'll talk again later. I have some business to do." Ryoma said as he opened the door.
But then...
"Why don't you just keep talking now? Your conversation was really interesting."
At that voice, Ryoma's voice got caught in his throat.
In front of him, in his office, was a white haired man with beautiful blue eyes sitting at his desk, laid back on the chair as his feet were kicked up on the desk. An irritating smirk was present on his face, reminding him of a certain blond haired man.
The most eye-catching thing however, was that he was swinging around a gun-Shamash like it was a toy.
"You..." Ryoma squeezed out. "Gojo Satoru..."
"Ryoma? What's wrong? Are you ok? Is he confronting you?"
Ryoma remained silent, his eyes still staying on Gojo.
With the smirk still present on his face, Gojo asked, "Aren't you going to answer? It's quite rude of a man of your status to do this."
Ryoma sneered. "Are you going to silence me after you get the info then?"
"Ryoma? Ryoma? Damn it, I'm heading over now!!" Siegfried's frantic shouts were heard in the room despite the phone not being on speaker.
Hearing that, Gojo's smile became wider as he kicked his legs off the table. He held out his arms. "Great! The more the merrier."
Ryoma frowned. "Siegfried. Don't bother. You won't make it in time."
"Ryoma... you."
The dark purple haired man looked at Gojo with serious eyes. "I'll surrender. I don't care what you do to me, but please, don't hurt Mei."
Gojo blinked.
"When did I say I was going to hurt anyone?"
"? Aren't you here to torture us and extract all the information possible?"
"Well, I was planning on doing the second part, but I was thinking more of ask nicely than anything else."
"..."
"What the fuck is going there?!!"
"Hi, Siegfried!"
"Stupid brat! Your actions don't seem like you're planning on 'asking nicely. And give me back my gun!'"
"No can do. That's a spoil of war." Gojo said cheerfully.
"Siegfried is right though," Ryoma suddenly added. "Why wouldn't you just ask for a talk by walking in through the front door?"
Gojo tilted his head to the side as he got out of the chair. Then, he started making his way to Ryoma. That caused Ryoma's body to tense up once more.
When he finally stood in front of Ryoma, Gojo stood a few centimeters higher than him. He stared at him for a moment before he spoke.
"You wouldn't treat me seriously if I entered normally wouldn't you?"
"T-that..."
"The moment I acted a bit more friendly, the two of you immediately started treating me like some sort of kid again."
Ryoma gritted his teeth.
"So guys, please treat me a bit more seriously." Gojo laughed. "After all, you don't want Mei and Kiana knowing about this meeting right?
Along with all your offshore transfers, Ryoma?"
(A/N: How is the chapter? Please give powerstones and comment!!
A bit of third person for this chapter)