Good Night...

"Let me... Tell you what we have to do now...." I continued. "The Glitch, as we know, is our enemy. My vision showed us the prophecy. And it showed me the world erupting... All the people dying because of him. It just takes a second and boom! An eruption of dark energy ruins the world..."

"That is the prophecy. Now... How do we save humanity? We have to destroy the Glitch or lead him to destruction. The prophecy showed me a woman calling his name. Tsujii Tameoshi. I saw the Blue Lotus too. And that's it... Finding his real location and finding his real identity is left for us..."

The whole group listened. The only one absent was Niyoko.

"Any ideas?" I asked from the group.

"Well... You were the great founder of magic, Yogi sensei. So... We cannot believe that you're lying. We will go in whatever path you choose...." Hime-chan said, avoiding all the others.

She always does that; making decisions for others.

Well... It was settled. I looked at every one of those faces around me and none of them had an expression of disagreement.

"Well then, is it decided?"

"I agree..." one of them said.

"We agree..."

"We're going to..." I thought for a bit. Killing him wasn't our main target. We weren't murderers. We just wanted to save the world. So...

"....save the world."

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[ Tsujii Tameoshi ]

Oki-san dropped me off at the building from a bike. We landed on Earth in a ship but decided to take a bike to get into the town because the perimeter was filled with Rings.

"Remember... Give us a call tomorrow by 6 pm. We can fix a schedule for your job with us. Another thing... Tameoshi-kun, you're a hero, not a villain."

And that was it. He dropped me off and sayonara... He left me at the doorstep of the building.

Well... That was one hell of a day. Getting attacked by an overpowered boy with magical powers and after that... Making a pact to be a part-time Reaper with terrorists.

I walked up to the door of my apartment and stood there. I told Akira that I was coming late today and said that I was hanging out in the club playing pool. Yet... She wouldn't have believed that.

"Open..." I said to the door. The door slid open.

Akira had already passed out on the couch and I guess she must've put Mitsu to sleep.

I looked at the clock hanging on the wall.

[ 00: 57 ]

Past midnight. That was another tiring day. "Huh..."

I went to pick up Akira and took her to the bed. She didn't wake up. She was too tired. Well... Tomorrow she'll get me for this.

I was tired too. After placing Akira on the bed, I went to hit off the lights and suddenly, the door opened wide.

"Uhh... Who's there?"

My heart started to beat. Had the boy found me? Did the Rings come? Maybe it's another terrorist!

"Papa...."

That was a relieving voice. It was my daughter. I saw the shadow of a short figure walking in through the doorway. She stood in front of me and stared at me.

"Why were you late?" She asked me. I smiled and knelt in front of her.

"Darling... Why are you awake? Why didn't you go to sleep?"

She wiped her sleepy eyes from the sleeves of her pink shirt. "You kiss me before I go to sleep... Why didn't you kiss me today, Papa?"

I was speechless. It was a promise I made to her when she was just two. And ever since then, I haven't missed a single day... Until today.

I hugged her and took her up to my arms. "Papa's sorry, Mitsu-chan... It was a very... Bad day for Papa. Now... Let's get you to bed."

"Papa... I missed you."

"I missed you too, princess."

I carried my daughter to her room and placed her on the bed. She fell onto the bed and rolled away. Some manga scattered across her bed.

"Papa... Why did you come late today?"

I covered her from the blanket and sat in the bed next to her. I always said everything to my daughter, but this is something that had never happened to me.

"I... I had another bad day, Mitsu-chan. I got hired as a part-time Reaper," I told her. Haha... I chuckled. She probably didn't even know what Reaper meant.

"What does Reaper mean Papa?"

Hmm... Reaper. What does it mean? What was the meaning of that organization? I asked myself.

The answer came to me.

"Reaper... Well. Reaper means death. The guardian of death. The ones who escorts you to death...."

Wasn't that the meaning? Why did they choose to name their organization "Reapers?"

Suddenly, she hugged me tightly, wrapping her arms around my waist. "Death is not good, Papa!" She said.

I sighed. I just wanted to be there for my family. I couldn't take a step back and ruin it now. If the Reaper's words were correct, it was too unsafe for me to go to the police or anything related to the Government to find a cure for the Glitch.

From all that I know, non of the humans had turned into mutants, except the Animangi who was allowed by the law after the wild spread.

I patted Mitsu on her head and hugged her tightly. "I just don't want to lose you," I whispered. The words just came out of my mouth.

I just don't want to lose you...

"You're not going to... Papa."

The heartwarming hug was lovely. She stood up on the bed and then she was tall enough to be face to face with me. She pulled my face towards her and kissed me on the cheek.

"Aww... Mitsu!" I couldn't help but laugh.

"Hehe..." she chuckled in the most cutest way. "I love you, Papa..."

"I love you too..."

Then... I put her to sleep and went out of the room. I sat on the couch in the living room and kept thinking.

I needed to hire a new apartment, finish my work and then go to the Grave at 6 pm. Wow... Harsh days. Harsh life.

Bit by bit... It felt like I was nearing something. Yet, I didn't know the secret of my fear. I just knew... That it was coming.

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