10:12 AM, On The Coast, Ōta Ward, Neo-Tokyo, Japan.
Shiro stood there, holding a hand over his eye and a sword in the other hand. Shiro stood there, breathing heavily. Mateo started walking toward Shiro. Shiro started to slowly walk toward Mateo. They got closer and closer until they hit each other in the stomach with their blades. Mateo flew left into a building while Shiro flew right, into another building. Shiro lay against a ton of rubble, breathing heavily.
"I think I might just lay here…" Shiro thought to himself, taking the hand off his eye, letting it bleed out. He then heard rubble from the building across the street crumble onto the ground, meaning Mateo had already recovered. Shiro sighed, as a black fuzzy cloud, formed over his cut eye. Shiro stood up, walking out of the rubble back onto the street. Mateo grinned seeing Shiro still alive. Mateo had cuts on his stomach and a single cut over his eyebrow, spilling blood over his eye.
"Where'd you get that one…?" Shiro asked. Mateo chuckled,
"Cut it myself, wanted to make it even…" Mateo said. Shiro grits his teeth,
"Stop talking like we're on two different levels of strength…" Shiro said. Mateo chuckled,
"Fine, I just enjoy my fights-" Mateo said. Shiro then appeared next to Mateo, preparing to cut his arm off. Mateo's eyes widened in shock as Shiro's blade hit his wrist. Mateo then vanished, reappearing 10 feet back. His right arm had steam radiating off of it. Mateo breathed heavily, grunting a few times.
"Hurts… Doesn't it…" Shiro said. Mateo grinned eerily.
"Yeah… Hurts like hell…" Mateo said. Shiro ran toward Mateo, and another sword appeared in Shiro's empty hand. The armor formed by dark clouds around Shiro's body began to fade slowly, starting from his feet. Shiro landed a blow on one of Mateo's blades, separating the edge of the handle from the chain. Mateo grunted, dropping the separated dagger.
"What the hell are you doing… You had the perfect opportunity to stab me but you chopped my… blade…" Mateo said, realizing what Shiro was doing. Mateo grinned, grabbing Shiro's leg and throwing him into the wall of the building. He walked to Shiro getting himself up from the ground. He grabbed Shiro's head, slamming it into the wall repeatedly until Shiro's dark clouded armor faded. Mateo then looked at Shiro's bloody face, dropping it. Mateo then grabbed the Chain, absorbing its material, making his skin match the toughness of the chain.
"Once I kill you here… I'm going to go help out Nico… Their plan is going to plan so far…" Mateo said. Shiro raised a brow,
"Their plan…?" Shiro thought to himself.
"… Is this something bigger than we thought…?" Shiro internalized. Shiro then vanished, appearing outside of the building on the street. Mateo sighed, turning around.
"C'mon Shiro... We both know you can't last any long-" Mateo said. Suddenly, Mateo was in a void created by what looked like Shiro's dark clouds. Mateo had a frustrated grin on his face.
"You fully evolved your Shiki..." Mateo said. Shiro nodded, as blood began to spill out of the ends of his mouth. Shiro grinned, as a cloak made out of the dark clouds formed around his body.
"Fully Evolved Shiki is a technique used by a highly experienced user at Shiki who has mastered control of it. This allows the user to make a realm with a room of a 50-meter radius. In this room, the user can use their Shiki at its maximum potential but unfortunately results in the user's death." Said The Narrator.
"So you have every intent on killing me... Well... I'll return the favor..." Mateo said. The two ran toward each other, clashing their blades. On the outside, it looked like the two were covered by a white glowing dome. On the inside, the two would be clashing swords. The two jumped back, breathing heavily. Both of them both bleeding from their mouths.
"Shiro... You know using fully evolved Shiki will result in your death..." Mateo said. Shiro grinned,
"Yeah, that's why I plan on ending this soon..." Shiro said. Mateo grinned,
"Good... Cause I plan on the same thing..." Mateo said.
"... I'm going to kill you... Then that brat, Yuki Homura..." Mateo said. Shiro chuckled,
"Too bad... I'm not going to let you do that..." Shiro said. Mateo smirked,
"... That's unfortunate... You know why...?" Mateo asked. Shiro raised a brow,
"Yeah... Why is that...?" Shiro asked. Mateo chuckled,
"I remembered..." Mateo said, hesitating.
"..." Shiro stood there in silence, anticipating an attack.
"... I'm not allowed to kill him..." Mateo said. Shiro chuckled,
"Goro give you those damn orders or something...?" Shiro asked. Mateo shook his head,
"Nah... Someone much higher up than him..." Mateo said. Shiro raised a brow,
"Adiona's dead and most of the 8-World Saints are dead or are missing in action..." Shiro said. Mateo sighed,
"Since you're just going to die... I'll let you in on it..." Mateo said.
11:40 AM, On The Coast, Ōta Ward, Neo-Tokyo, Japan.
Yuki would run over toward the Shiki realm fade. As the realm fully faded, Yuki saw Shiro and Mateo standing there. Mateo looked over at Yuki smirking.
"I guess I didn't need to go search for the Prey..." Mateo said. Shiro looked back at Yuki, smiling. Shiro mouthed something and smiled. Yuki's eyes widened.
11:34 AM, On The Coast, Ōta Ward, Neo-Tokyo, Japan.
"That can't be... That's impossible... He's dead..." Shiro said. Mateo sighed,
"God it's like you've gone deaf in one ear..." Mateo said. Mateo stood there silently staring at Shiro for a second.
"Thinking about it now, you probably already have..." Mateo said. Shiro sighed,
"Well, let me kill you and stop that plan from going forward..." Shiro said. Mateo sighed,
"I don't know if you realized but I definitely have..." Mateo said. Shiro smirked,
"And what's that...?" Shiro asked.
"... All I am is a cog in the machine... My whole goal is to kill you so the plan moves forward... And that's already been done... So if I die here... Nothing changes and my death for you was all for nothing..." Mateo said. Shiro looked shocked.
"... So... In a sense..." Shiro said. Mateo grinned,
"... This was all for nothing..." Mateo said. Tears of blood began to spill from Shiro's eyes,
"This was your plan from the beginning... To get me to use F.E.S[1]..." Shiro realized. Mateo had a face of no emotion.
"Yup... That was it..." Mateo said.
"... The Whole Time..." Shiro said.
[1] Abbreviation for Fully Evolved Shiki.