Shizu wakes up quickly and soon starts to panic. Anin and Sterfen notice and quickly approach. Anin gets close to him and asks:— Shizu? What happened?...
Suddenly, an explosion echoes in the distance. Shizu looks out the window and becomes terrified, quickly gets up and leaves the inn. He slips and almost falls to the ground, but keeps running toward the smoke in the distance. Anin and Sterfen were right behind him. Several ferals were running in opposite directions, afraid of what had happened. Sterfen shouts to Shizu, who was running nonstop:— Shizu! I'll go ahead together with Anin!— Right! Look at the rooftops for a man with a cape!
Anin and Sterfen jump onto the rooftops of the houses and run at full speed. Shizu runs, almost reaching the place of destruction, and asks himself:— "I really went back in time... that means that man is extremely dangerous... what am I going to do now?... damn it..."
After running so much, Shizu reaches the place of destruction, where the dust and smoke were spreading quickly. Shizu covers his face and asks:— Did you find any suspect?!
Anin appears and, with a quick movement, she dissipates all the dust from the place and answers:— No, we didn't find anything.
Shizu looks at Sterfen and immediately orders:— Sterfen, use your light ability and analyze the area so we can know if Detrin is around here.
Sterfen hesitates, but soon concentrates and starts to emanate his golden aura, searching for Detrin through the area. Then, he answers:— I didn't find any traces of him here. It's very likely that he managed to escape alive.
Anin looks at Shizu, who had his hand on his chin, thinking about something, and asks:— Do you have something in mind, Shizu?
Shizu looks at Sterfen and speaks openly:— All of this was done by a world assassin. He's a strange man who uses chains to kill people from a distance. The three of us are no match for him, but we need to find Detrin. We'll have to come up with a plan to kill him as fast as possible before the worst happens and—
— Shizu!
Anin calls his attention, and he immediately goes silent. She approaches him, takes the boy's hand and places it on her cheek, and then says:— You're shaking... calm down a bit...
Shizu looks at Anin and immediately remembers what happened in the previous timeline, where she had lost her head. He quickly removes his hand from Anin's face and takes a step back. She gets startled and also steps back. Shizu looks at her and apologizes. Sterfen watches with a serious face and says nothing. Shizu walks a little and then gives his answer:— Let's split up, but I need to say something first...
Anin and Sterfen look at him and ask with doubt:— Say what?...— Say what?...
Shizu looks at the ground and then, with a face of fear, answers:— If I say that I know where the assassin is, would you believe me?...
Anin and Sterfen look at Shizu, but only Anin answers:— Of course! I believe in you! You do too, right Sterfen?
Sterfen looks at Shizu for a moment and then answers:— Yes, of course I trust Shizu!
Shizu quickly becomes calmer for thinking that his companions are trusting him, then he begins to explain:— Since you really trust me, I'll explain: the man who attacked Sterfen is a world assassin. He is something like top 19 in a ranking. I don't really know how to explain it, but he is extremely strong. He is after all of us, and especially me. The reason? I don't know. But he attacked Detrin to affect us somehow. So I have a plan.
— A plan?
Sterfen asks with doubt. Shizu looks at him, points his finger and answers:— Exactly, I have a plan. Since we can't defeat him in a normal way, first we will ambush him! That way he won't have time to do anything!
Anin looks at the ground and starts to analyze the facts and asks:— But how will we catch him by surprise?
Shizu looks at her and answers calmly:— Remember when I said I knew where he was? Exactly that, I know where he is! With that, me and Sterfen will go there. After he is focused on fighting Sterfen and me, you will attack by surprise. That's my plan. It may seem quite flawed, but most of the time it works.
Anin starts to think a bit better while observing all the destruction around her and then answers:— If there really is no other way, I think we'll do that. Let's execute your plan!
Shizu starts walking toward the path and calls Sterfen:— Let's go this way, Sterfen. We'll draw his attention and Anin will go on the other side. Let's do our best, okay?
Shizu turns his back and starts walking. Sterfen looks into the distance, and his wrist begins to glow with a golden aura. He looks at his hand and then looks again at Shizu, going along with him.
Shizu and Sterfen start walking through the alleys of the city, in absolute silence. Shizu walks suspiciously, looking at every rooftop around him, and then asks:— Sterfen, I didn't really ask this well, but where are you from? Like... where were you born?
Sterfen stops walking and doesn't answer. Instead, he asks:— Shizu...
Shizu stops after hearing Sterfen's call and answers:— You can speak.
Suddenly, Phaul warns Shizu abruptly:— "Hey kid, I think you better run right now, you hear me? You're going to die in 5 seconds..."
Shizu, confused, asks Phaul while looking around:— "What? What are you talking about?! Is the chain assassin here?!"
Phaul stays silent. Shizu looks at the rooftops, afraid of the worst. Sterfen calls again:— Shizu... you...
Shizu keeps focused observing the rooftops while speaking:— That can't be! Sterfen, the chain man is going to attack us at any moment! Stay alert!
But then, Sterfen asks a question:— Shizu... how do you know exactly the classification of a world assassin? And how do you know exactly where he will be?...
Two questions that make Shizu stop, that make him freeze on the spot. He slowly turns toward Sterfen with unimaginable fear, and starts to stutter:— I... I... I...
He breathes with difficulty and gives the answer that Sterfen didn't want to hear:— I don't know...
A blur darkens everything, as if something had passed through Shizu's vision. His vision starts to fade, and suddenly he sees everything upside down. He doesn't understand, but after a brief moment, he understands.
He sees his own body standing in front of him... without a head.
Sterfen is right behind, with a sword in his hands, with his wrist glowing in a golden tone.
Shizu understands... but he can't speak.
Sterfen has just decapitated Shizu in a single instant.
Then Sterfen looks at Shizu's head on the ground and speaks with a voice of disgust:— You damn murderer...