Chapter 6: Princess
The streets were eerily deserted as Shido wandered forward, the echoes of his footsteps bouncing off the silent buildings around him. He pulled out his phone, a small frown forming as he tracked Kotori's location.
According to the GPS, she was exactly where she said she'd be, the family restaurant. Or rather, more precisely, 15,000 meters above the sky.
Fraxinus, the ship where Kotori was stationed, was invisible to the naked eye, floating far above. A wry smile tugged at his lips as he considered the absurdity of her position.
After a moment of hesitation, he decided to use the Sharingan.
While the Sharingan was known for detecting chakra flow, in his case, it allowed him to perceive reiryoku and maryoku, the spiritual energy that was so abundant in this world.
"Sharingan!" he whispered, the word cutting through the stillness of the air. His pupils shifted, deep crimson bleeding into his irises, and three tomoe materialized around his pupils.
Lifting his gaze, he scanned the area above the restaurant and immediately found her. Kotori's silhouette was unmistakable, outlined by the faint glow of reiryoku coursing through her. Yet, something seemed off. Her energy was so faint, almost ethereal, like a candle struggling against a gale.
He frowned in realization, this was the aftermath of him, or rather, the original Shido from the anime, sealing her power in the past.
But what followed shocked him to the core.
Beside Kotori was an immeasurable source of reiryoku, a density of energy so overwhelming it left him briefly stunned.
His lips parted in disbelief as he tried to process the sheer enormity of it. What baffled him even more was that the reiryoku wasn't just an aura surrounding Kotori, it was coming from someone else entirely. And as the sensation washed over him, he felt an unexplainable pull, as though something from this person or rather, something tied to her was attracting him. His heart skipped a beat as the realization hit him.