Tale of Discovery

Floating in the air, I see the girl jumping off from the building and clumsily attempt to fly. She's obviously not used to flying...

Looking at Yuno who's on the building, I notice that her appearance has gotten even worse with red... numbers covering all of her body.

Well, I should probably ignore her and deal with the girl that's trying to fly while she's weak.

As a method of testing her, I send a Holy Slash at her, to which she surprisingly responds by cutting the air with her sword.

Immediately after she does so, I see a thin black line form that practically erases out the part of my slash that would've hurt her.

Interesting. Was that her ability or the blade's?

Using Location, I find out that she has no abilities at all, so it's the sword, huh...

I use Blink to appear right behind her, but she responds to my arrival inhumanly as she immediately slashes at where I appeared.

Not willing to take the chance of being slashed by a sword that's giving off such an eerie vibe, I attempt to use Vector Manipulation to cancel out its vectors.

However, it fails.

The moment I activated it, I felt like I lost connection with a part of myself and was unable to make use of the ability.

Having no other choice, I blink away from the spot.

"Let me deal with her," Krul suddenly says from below, "I'm more experienced in dealing with blades."

Nodding my head in acknowledgment, I use Gift to give her Flight and Regeneration.

"I've given you the ability to fly," I exclaim while flying toward Yuno, "Make sure you don't let yourself be cut by her blade as there is something abnormal about it."

"Understood," came her reply as she tries to make use of her Flight.

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I check out Yuno one last time and am not surprised to discover that she barely looks sane anymore.

There was something off about her ever since this all began. How do I put this, she was... unnatural. The way she acted and spoke was unlike her.

I reckoned that even if she were mad about something, she wouldn't act like that. This means that there is either something else going on or Yuno is a master in the acting arts.

Screw this...

Cutting the building in half, diagonally, forcing Yuno to float back into the air, I use Blink to appear right in front of her.

Before she reacts, I swiftly punch her abdomen.

However, before my punch lands, I feel some force pulling all of the veins in my hands from all sides.

Looking at it, I see the red numbers on Yuno's body appear on my hand.

{WARNING: Foreign force detected. Immediately rid off it!}

Not wasting a single moment, I cut off my arm and let it fall to the ground.

What the fuck was that?

That...

Is that the cause of all the mess right now or is this some Sigillum from Yuno?

I highly doubt that it's the latter, so I need to find a way to get rid of it as soon as possible.

For that, I need to somehow have some control over space... And the best method for me to do so is to create an artifact that has the ability.

Using Creation, I produce a sword - Caliburn.

As I can't let the situation escalate any further, I blink behind Yuno and use Caliburn and my enhanced perception combined with Clairvoyance to cut at her.

Where? Right at the point which I assume to be the "core" of the foreign force.

My actions result in a spatial cut appearing all around the "core".

Then, to finish what I started, I use Destruction to the max in order to "break" the foreign force and somehow push it into the spatial cuts.

Thankfully it works out, however, the red numbers are still visible all over her body. I need some way to expel the remainder of the energy...

Hey, I can grab her soul and place it into a new body if I destroy her current one, right?

{Affirmative. However, Father doing that may not be as easy it seems.}

I'm well aware of that, but I can't think of any other possible solution.

For obvious reasons, Hypnotism and Indoctrination don't seem to have any effect on her.

Looking towards where Krul and the girl are at, I see Krul leaving a red-after glow as she moves at extreme speeds and fights the girl who's somehow able to keep up with her speed, with her sword, that is.

From the looks of it, Krul seems to have the upper hand as I assume she's using her years of experience in battle to adapt to the girl's style and footwork.

Deciding that it's about time I've put an end to this mess, I channel Destruction through my whole body.

{WARNING: MIN-}

Before AI could finish her warning, her voice suddenly fades off as I find myself to have seemingly increased in size.

This feeling... It's as if everything before me will die with the wave of a hand. Ah, focus, focus... can't lose focus...

Pulling my arm back, I prepare to throw the strongest punch I've ever thrown.

As the energy gathers up within my fist, Yuno seems to realize what's going on as she abruptly turns around and throws a punch at me.

In response, I throw my own punch with enough force that the fabric of space and possibly time seems to tear apart.

A thin line has appeared from where my fist is at and has extended sideways, revealing an endless void.

Putting that aside, my fist connects with hers as an inordinate amount of energies collide with each other.

In a split-second, all the buildings and whatever is around us breaks down, while Krul and the girl are thrown back due to the shockwave caused by the phenomena.

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I open my eyes and find myself in the real world, back in the apartment which is now a complete mess.

Raising my body, I find an unconscious Yuno on the ground, and beside her are Krul and the girl.

"We somehow did it," I say.

"Yeah," Krul follows.

I observe the girl that came with us and notice nothing other than confusion on her rigid complexion. Her actions seem to indicate that she has no idea what's going on and why she is here.

That might just be the case...

Whatever, for now, I better focus on Yuno who's beginning to wake up.

Opening her eyes, she raises her naked body and begins to look around, confused. Noticing me, she mutters,

"Victor?"

Hm... I see.

"Yuno, you just attempted to kill me," I bluntly state.

Her eyes widen as she shoots up to her feet and says,

"I would never!"

Blinking from where I am and appearing right in front of her, I sternly say,

"Oh, you did. Not only that, but you also screamed something about Infi being sealed, so nothing can stop you."

My words seem to make her suffer a lot as she shakes her head and says anxiously,

"No, that's impossible! Infi has been sealed for a long time, and... and-"

Seeing her about to mentally break down, I stop her from uttering another word by suddenly hugging her. It's the best method to do so, as I doubt simply telling her to shut up will be helpful.

I wait for her to calm down as I rub her smooth back, before saying,

"Yuno, I need you to tell me what's going on, alright."

Towards the end of my sentence, I moved my head beside hers and practically whispered the words into her ear before nibbling on her earlobe lightly.

If I'm not mistaken, that foreign force seemed to make one reveal their inner desires. So, if I am to get any information from her, I need to make use of this opportunity handed to me.