Chapter 167 - Here We Are

The night sky was bright as the spears were falling. It was beautiful to look at as these spears were akin to meteor showers but because most people did not know what these were. They were afraid, anxious, and curious.

They knew which one was meteor showers and which one was not! Although the spears were far, not enough for the human eyes could perceive, human instinct said otherwise.

Those at home and had telescopes used it out of curiosity and were shocked by the findings. They then posted it on the net and it went viral faster than the speed of light.

It spread to every social media app like wildfire.

Due to these posts, cops were instantly deployed as they vacated the citizens in case of something awful that might happen. It was better to play safe than sorry, right?

Cops' sirens could be heard from every corner of the city. Panic and tense surrounded the city. Everyone wore a worried look on their faces.

Just what is going on? Why are there spears coming from the sky? Is it a secret new war weapon a country secretly develops? They have different phrasing but the purpose was the same.

"Everyone, please calm down and don't jostle! Follow our orders and everything will be fine!" A cop shouted with a megaphone in front of his mouth.

Hearing his words, the citizens followed but as they were clueless, their anxiousness increased every second.

The cops did not explain what was going on too, what you would expect?

Finally, unable to hold the urge anymore, a man wearing an old robe covered with dust asked, "What is going on? How is it possible for spears to fall from the sky? An attack from another country? Are they declaring war on us?"

His question was like sparks on a stack of dry straw. Quickly spread.

Many people followed suit as they asked questions which lead to conspiracy theories and nonsense talks. This further made things worse as they became more anxious and terrified than before.

"Enough! Stop your nonsense talks and conspiracy theories! If you have the time to talk then hurry your ass off so we could get this done with!" The officer was infuriated.

"You're not answering our questions! Does that mean what we're saying is true?"

The officer shook his head, "We also did not know. Our upper echelons are still looking for the answer. They are as clueless as you people."

Shortly thereafter, a person shouted as they pointed upward.

"Look!"

What they saw were blue dots in the sky. It looked like stars but especially bright blue. In the next moment, many dots appeared as their numbers rapidly increased.

A few moments later, as the blades hit the light spear. The latter exploded like fireworks before turning to particles of light.

Seeing this, everyone was delighted and cheered. Some heaved a sigh of relief.

In the sky, Narukami observed the falling spears with his arms crossed and eyes slightly narrowed. He was wondering how long this would stop.

He could maintain this for ten minutes but far more than that. He had to back away and go find another way so as to save the entire population.

This means, what he should do now was to: "I need to stop this as fast as I can."

With that in mind, Narukami turned his head at Rick but the latter was nowhere to be seen even though Ryu, Asahi, and Jim were still around!

Narukami frowned.

A trap? Narukami silently pondered. There was no one guarding his friends! Therefore, the chance of it being a trap was exceedingly high.

To begin with, Narukami wanted to stop Rick so that these annoying sharp tip weapons vanished, not save the three. For that, he already had a plan in mind.

Should he execute the plan now, something like the three got kidnapped again might happen again. Henceforth, he had to cut it from its roots!

The man and Rick did this because of someone's order and so, dealing with them were useless.

Narukami opened his palm and a blue magic circle formed on top of it. Narukami aimed it at the ground and a dagger shot out, it traversed in the air with the speed of eight times beyond the speed of sound.

Upon closer look, there was a tiny black orb the size of single sand.

Within seconds, it hit the ground and the impact greatly damaged the abandoned port. The abandoned storehouse crumbled at rapid speed and the ground formed a five meters deep crater.

The ground greatly trembled and if scaled, it reached 7.6 Richter magnitude! Buildings five kilometers from here felt the shake and maybe they thought this was a genuine earthquake as they hurriedly left the buildings.

Oblivious of this. No, to be precise. He was aware of the above but chose to ignore it. Narukami walked out of the deep crater as his figure was covered in thick dust as it rose to the air.

Ryu was trembling all over his body. Before all of that happened, he saw a dagger coming at a terrifying speed and thought not much about it.

Now, however, he vowed to himself he would not take easy a falling dagger anymore! Especially so if it was coming from Narukami!

I've said this many times but I'll say it again. This guy's strength is nuts! Ryu thought to himself as he continued, is he even a human?!

"Narukami, you!!" Suddenly, Narukami heard Ryu's words and he was confused. He was sure Ryu was weak to speak a word yet he had the energy to be infuriated.

A few moments later, he then realized it was from the spiritual transmission and Ryu did it subconsciously, which was strange.

Different from normal speaking, you have to be more focused to use spiritual transmission and for a person who was as weak as Ryu, something he ordinarily did was extremely hard.

"Sorry, I didn't do it on purpose. Anyway, where is Rick?" Narukami asked out loud as he approached Ryu's side.

Coming out of the thick dust. Ryu finally could see Narukami as he was getting closer to him.

Ryu turned his head down to the ditch Narukami made to trap the man. Ryu nudged his chin forward as if pointing the way.

Narukami slightly frowned as he crouched with his hands touching the ground and spread out his spiritual energy to detect the ditch.

Indeed, just like Ryu said. There was Rick and the man and they seemed… chatting? Narukami almost doubted what he was seeing.

In the narrow ditch, there was a floating tiny table with two cups of tea and the man and Rick were sitting opposite! They once in a while take a sip and continue talking.

What's with this situation? Narukami's eyelids twitched as dark strokes appeared on his face.

Sensing someone used spiritual energy on them, Rick went upward as he left the ditch.

"Yo," said Rick as he lightly lifted his right hand and greeted Narukami with a smile. His voice was casual as if talking to a friend.

". . ." Narukami. He did not say a thing in response.

"What's wrong? Are you giving up now? It's too late though. Those things will keep shooting until no life is detected. I cannot stop it even if I die."

"What did you just say?" Narukami asked as his voice was deep.

"Again, like I said, it's impossible to stop those falling spears until no life is detected. As soon as New York is destroyed, it will go and look for the next target.

"So and so until all life on Earth perished. Of course, this can be avoided if you stop whatever you're doing and leave the world of mysticism forever."

"I don't get one thing. Why do this far to get me to quit from the world of mysticism?" Narukami asked.

"Because you're threatening everyone on Earth. More than those spears. At least once they annihilate a city, no life exists anymore and they die easily.

"In the upcoming events, the world would become more chaotic and the source is you."

"Why?"

"If I said I'm from the future, would you believe me?" Rick pondered.

"Of course not," replied Narukami quickly. Things regarding time traveling were beyond what Narukami comprehended. In his past lives, everything about time was sacred, rare, complicated to learn, and incredibly dangerous. Any arts, spells, techniques about time were akin to Astatine.

"Right?! But whether you believe me or not. I'll not let you live, Narukami Shinra. You're a person that must be killed no matter what!" His last words were deep and cold. At the same time, it was filled with hatred and intense anger.

Narukami found it odd why Rick wanted to go as far as that.

"I genuinely want to kill you but that person said it is not the time. He said killing you now might lead to a butterfly effect in the future. Something worse than your existence, to be precise."

"I have no reason harming the Earth," said Narukami after careful thought. He was not the type to go on a killing spree without reason.

"You will," said Rick.

Narukami squeezed his chin as he fell in thought and it was quite long. Then, five minutes later:" I'll say my decision if you let me meet your boss."

"Boss? He's not my boss! I'm his partner! We do our respective mission!" After that, Rick fell silent for a brief moment.

"....Fine, I'll let you meet him."