575 Deal or no deal?

Reima sighs, "Well, here I go again... Wait here, let's see if I can do something about this..." he mutters as he reenters the room, again.

However, as soon as he enters his Observation Haki flares, the child jumps out from behind the flower nearest to the door and attempts to stab him. His brows furrow at this as even if he let the knife hit him it would probably break against his skin... He telekinetically lifts the child by their neck, Darth Vader style and brings them face to face.

Reima gives them a harsh glare as he speaks, "Look, the only reason I haven't literally torn you apart yet is that my friend thinks something is off, but if you continue my hands might slip." he says gravely.

They giggle and stab to stab at his face, he growls and snaps their neck.

*Warp*

He's teleported back with the others yet again...

Reima "Do you guys remember anything?" he asks.

Priscilla "Remember anything? Not... What are you talking about?"

...

He sighs, feels like some kind of time loop. Even when he kills the kid it does literally nothing. "Wait here." he says for the third time.

This time when he enters the child is standing in the open, their arms spread wide as if they wish to give him a hug...

Reima approaches, "Finally want to talk?" he asks.

Their red eyes stare back at him, beckoning him closer. When he's in arms-length they attempt to hug him, while he doesn't trust them this might be a way to solve this issue? However, as soon as their arms wrap around his waist they retrieve a dagger from their sleeve and try to stab him in the back.

Reima shakes his head in exasperation as the knife scrapes against his Witcher gear, not even penetrating it. He grips the top of the child's head and crushes it in his grip, causing skull fragments and brain matter to splatter everywhere.

He looks down at the corpse, wondering if this was it?

*Warp*

...

Reima cracks his knuckles and walks inside the room again, giving a "Wait here" to his group as he does so.

He scans the room with Observation Haki and locates the child, casting hundreds of Crystal Soul Spears that shoot quickly towards them. However a surprising phenomenon happens, the child easily dodges every single one, as if they'd practised against this move constantly, completely mastering it.

Once the attack is done they giggle and rush him, yet again. He stamps on the floor causing the ground to explode with dark red fire, it envelopes the room and incinerates the child.

*Warp*

*Warp*

*Warp*

Reima looks at Priscilla, "Just fucking wait here." he says as he marches into the room again.

*Warp*

*Warp*

*Warp*

This continues for who knows how long, entering the room and butchering the child in a new way, after the 50th time Reima starts getting creative in the way he executed them. But every time they'd always teleport him back and regenerate, taking his friend's memories with them.

After the 60th time Reima attempts to use the Dark Hand on them, deciding that maybe devouring their soul would accomplish something?

The child floats towards him yet again, their expression never changing from the creepy smile as his hand is covered in a black and red misty substance.

Reima "I promise, this will hurt you more than it'll hurt me." he snarks as he plunges his hand into their chest. Gripping something peculiar... This sensation wasn't the same as all the other times he had used the Dark Hand, the soul of his victim was usually relatively small, but this? This reminded him of the Lord Souls...

He dragged it out of their chest and was finally able to get a look at it... Weird, it looks like a red heart... Not like the ones beating inside your body, but like the ones you get in Haribo sweet packs.

Just as Reima is about to devour it, the phenomenon happens again.

*Warp*

...

He looks at his hand that was gripping their soul, the sensation still fresh in his memory. "Wait here." he says, feeling like a broken record. As he enters the room again, repeating his attempt with the Dark Hand. Only this time attempting to devour their soul as quickly as possible.

*Warp*

This is getting ridiculous, at this rate he'd be stuck here forever, or at least until he leaves this child alone. However, he's never been a forgiving person and for trying to kill himself and his friends he'll get revenge on that smarmy faced cunt.

*Warp*

*Warp*

*Warp*

Reima glares down at the smiling child, "I can continue forever like this, only problem is... Can you?"

They giggle and leap at him again, only to be bisected by his Occult Black Knight Straight Sword.

*Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp**Warp*

Reima "Wait." he states as he enters the room again.

*Warp*

Reima walks to a nearby wall and bangs his head against it.

Priscilla "Reima!? What's wrong?"

Reima glances at her and smiles, "It's nothing... Don't worry about it, I'm taking a small break."

Priscilla "A break?"

Reima nods, "Yeah. A break."

*Warp*

Reima sits on the floor in the room surrounded by glowing blue Wish Flowers, "Youknow, I never thought I could get bored of killing stuff... But you've made it happen." he says with a sigh towards the child approaching him.

Reima "How many times have I gotta decapitate, flay, burn, stab... Even freeze you to death for you to stop this shit?"

They giggle as he recites some of the ways he'd dismembered them.

Reima shakes his head, lifts his hand, and uses telekinesis to force the child to sit opposite him. He retrieves some chocolate and tosses it at them as he floats some marshmallows over a fire and eats them. The child gives him a curious look and almost immediately devours the chocolate.

Reima "Let's cut a deal? You can't kill me, and I, apparently, can't kill you. How about we part ways and go on about our business?"

They shake their head, refusing his offer.

Reima frowns, "Then, I'll spice up the offer. I'll give you one free strike anywhere on my body, if I survive you piss off and go elsewhere... Deal?"

The child giggles and nods, standing up with their knife drawn and approaching him. They walk around and bring the knife back, brutally stabbing it into the back of his neck.

*Chink!*

The knife snaps cleanly.