Just now the clone that was monitoring The Bureau of Magical Development said that there was a huge explosion in there. And if his guess is right, he might have come at the time Ultear had escaped from Brian.
And damn, was he right. Just now, his clone confirmed his guess as he saw a small child running away from the Bureau of Magical Development.
"Hey, Wakaba, try to keep up, we may have found something very troublesome," Akira said as he unfolded his wings of light and flew forward towards the location his clone gave him.
"Hey, Akira. Wait, damn you, kid, at least explain before you run away." Wakaba cursed as he also ran towards the direction Akira flew by.
Akira soared through the sky as fast as he could. He needed to save Ultear before she got caught by Brian. Although Akira didn't know how Ultear managed to escape in the original story, but Akira knew one thing.
And that is reality is far crueler than any fictional world. Who knows whether this is some butterfly effect created due to his existence and Ultear ultimately dies at the hands of Brian. So with this possibility, he didn't dare to gamble on Ultear's safety.
Akira flew for more than 15 minutes straight in the snowfield, where one could easily get lost. Thankfully he had a clone to give him the general direction.
As for Wakaba, he is also very lucky that Akira is like a lightbulb in the sky, allowing him not to get lost.
Thankfully none of them are beings like Zoro, who would get lost even if he was told to walk a straight line.
As the two of them rushed forward, they could slowly begin to see a huge dark smoke coming from the horizon.
Soon, they were close enough to see what truly happened. And Akira descended into a nearby cliff and waited for Wakaba to catch up.
" Holy shit, what in hell happened here?" Wakaba asked in shock as he looked at the burning building that would cause some explosions every few minutes.
"Well, although I don't know what really happened but we can't stay here like this. Come on, let's go and see for survivors. " Akira said as he frowned a little.
It is something he noticed when he came here, but isn't the destruction a bit too much for someone like Ultear to create?
You know, if one didn't know any better, they would think that this place is being attacked by a Major Dark Guild.
After all, although this place was said to be Brian's evil workshop, it was still a place that was under the Magic Council's jurisdiction. So that also meant that this building would have the best magic defense and offense systems.
And this protective system is in no way something a child like Ultear could handle. In fact, escaping through this laboratory is already pushing it.
Thinking for a bit, Akira decided to play it safe for now. Although he could probably run away if anything happened, the same couldn't be said for Ultear and Wakaba.
" Release: Kyōka Suigetsu, " Akira said as he released a huge amount of magic power into the air.
Different from Aizen's Kyōka Suigetsu, which needed one to witness the Zanpakuto's shikai first for the illusion to manifest, Akira's Kyōka Suigetsu operates on magic power.
In fact, what Akira is doing is basically like using his magic power to create a domain and conjure up the illusion inside this domain.
So, technically, the real name of this spell should be something like " Domain Expansion: Kyōka Suigetsu ".
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Pain
This is something Ultear is very familiar with. For the last few years this was something she had to constantly endure.
Last year, when she escaped this hellhole, she thought that she would finally be free and be able to be with her mother. But it was then she finally saw it. Her mother had abandoned her.
The pain of betrayal finally broke through her last hope. Soon, in a daze, she had unknowingly walked back towards this hellhole. It was then she understood. Her destiny is only being locked up in this place.
And after that day she no longer resisted. She no longer had hope for escape, as that is pointless. Even her own mother had given up on her, so where should she even go?
But her mind changed after she met that guy.
It was like any other day, those researchers were finished doing their numerous tests and left her room.
And she was, like, always just there, laid there on her bed with a blank look. Usually she would just fall asleep like this, and just when she was about to, a slightly sarcastic voice came to her ears.
" Oh my, those guys really did a number on you? Well, Miss Ultear, can you tell me what your thoughts are after being here for a long time? "
" Who are you? " Ultear didn't get scared much and asked in an indifferent tone. After all that has happened lately, her mental strength has grown very much.
" Me, I'm just your everyday talking slime, " said the voice as a small blue slime crawled out of the cracks in the wall.
" Huh, do slimes even talk? " Ultear asked, finally showing some curiosity for the first time in a long time.
"Well, duh, of course we can talk. We just never spoke in front of inferior creatures such as humans like you," the slime said in an arrogant tone that was asking for a beating.
"Why, you little—" Ultear spoke as she began to lift the small slime and began to squish the blue blob.
" Hey, watch it there. I'm not a pile of mud for you to create an Eiffel Tower out of me. " The slime complained, but Ultear completely ignored his words.
After a few minutes, she finally let go of the slime with a contented smile. She never expected squishing a slime would be this enjoyable.
"Arrgg, mark my words, human, I will have my revenge," the slime that looked like it had been violated said and slipped away like some third-rate villain.
As weeks passed by, the slime kept coming towards her room every day at the same time. And during these days she would always have her fill of squishy squishy.
And although the slime always objected to this, Ultear noticed that he would obediently stay still when she was ravaging him.
As time passed by, Ultear's mental state began to heal, and her face that lost all emotions began to show some colors again.
The slime also noticed this, and so he would always tell some stories about the outside world to her.
Although it wasn't much but these stories began to rekindle Ultear's desire to see the outside world.
But every time she remembered the betrayal her mother had done, this rekindled desire would extinguish again.
But one day everything changed,
The slime that would always sneak in when the researchers are out came in suddenly, and in one swift motion killed the two researchers with a water blade.
"Ultear, we need to get out of this place ASAP," the slime said with a serious expression as it looked at the clueless Ultear.
" What happened? " Ultear asked as she got down from the operating table.
" This whole place is going to explode in a few minutes. Before that, we need to get out of here," the slime said as he bounced on top of Ultear's head.
"Wait, what? How? Why?" This sudden news was too much for the little Ultear, making her flustered.
" No time for questions; you have to get out of here immediately. Trust me, I only want to save you from this suffering," the slime said, making Ultear hesitate for a moment before nodding in agreement.
" Good, now let me guide you. I know an escape path that was unnoticed by everyone, " the slime said as he began to guide the little Ultear.
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