The girl in front of you, hiding behind a dumpster, is your childhood friend, who you thought has died for a long time ago.

But she's here.

"Anik... You're alive?" - You come near to her, but it's strange, she's a zombie, how could she speak?

"Who are you... Why do you know my name??" - She asks.

"... You don't remember me? It's me! Y/n! Anik!"

"... Y/n..... Y/n...... Y/n? Wait... Is that really you?"

"Of course... Oh my god... What happened to you?" - You hug her.

"No... Let go of me..." - She push you away. "Y/n... Get out of here... While you can..."

"Anik... What happened?"

"... As you see here... I am a zombie..."

"... What happened with you... Where have you been in all these years?"

"... Y/n... I was died... Back there... In New York... And... I got turned... Into a filthy zombie...."

"No you're not..." - You said to her.

"I don't know why... But i still have conscious... Doesn't like others... And they don't attack me..."

And Durandal is standing outside the alley, you notice her as well.

"Y/n? Is there anything wrong inside?"
- Durandal asks you.

"Ah, Leader, it- 'Wait a fucking minute... Why do i have to tell her? She works for that bastard as well... If i'm tell her about Anik... She'll ended up being killed by Durandal...' Ah... It's nothing..."

"You sure? Because i heard you talking to someone."

"..."

"Is there anything wrong? Is there anything behind that dumpster?"

"..."

She keep coming closer, in order to find out if there is anything.

"... Stop." - You stands up, and grab your blade as well.

"What are you doing?" - She asks.

"... Just... Don't go inside."

Durandal, she notice you have some changed.

"... Y/n... Don't tell me... You... Remembered all of it?"

"Tch." - You quickly grab Anik, and jumps on a building. And quickly run away from there.

But is it possible? Durandal and Rita, is the strongest duo of Schicksal, and they led some members of the Immortal Blades as well.

And it is possible to escape from here, a small town inside a middle of nowhere, mountains everywhere. And there is only 3 trucks.

"Damn it... If only i have remember it from earlier... I shouldn't let them come with me..." - You said, then looks to where they keep the trucks.

There are about 6 people are guarding there.

With your power, you can easily take them down, but we are talking about the Immortal Blades, the most Elite team of Schicksal, and if one of them escape, they'll alert Durandal and Rita, along with the others members of Immortal Blades, that will be a shit.

You won't even have enough time to start the engine.

And besides, a storm is coming, and you have to protect Anik, whatever it takes.

"Y/n, can we talk?" - Durandal's voice behind you.

You turns back immediately, and get Anik behind you, and sees Durandal is already on the surface of the building where you are standing right now.

"What can we talk about? You guys- no, your master killed my beloved ones, he took everything away from me, if we done talking, will you guys leave me and her alone?" - You said.

"He did alot of bad things... I also know it." - She said, while pointing the lance to the floor, it appears that Durandal doesn't have intention to fight with you.

"So why still you follow him? With your power, i sure you can take his head easily."

"... Because he is someone humanity can't lose, i follow him is because... I believed he will defeat Honkai at someday, and humanity will victory." - Durandal said.

"... When that moment comes... There will be nothing left for humanity. If he keeps thing goes up."

"Yes, but humanity can't lose someone like him."

"You're right... So, Durandal... You're just buying some time for Rita sneaking around me, right? And the others as well." - You said, you have realized from earlier, when Durandal comes up, Rita starting to sneak behind you, and the others members of Immortal Blades are surrounding you as well.

"Y/n, i don't want to fight with you."

"Why? Because pity? Or mercy? Oh please... Get out of my way to Otto, and i'll end his madness, and release humanity from him."

"... In case if that is true, i'll have to fight you, Y/n." - Rita comes up, you look at her as well.

"... I see... All of you..." - You see there are about 13 members in Immortal Blades have completely surrounded you down below. "Haven't watch me as your friend... Or even your family from the beginning... You only see me as a killing machine, you guys talk with me is not because something pity, is just because you don't want me to escape... I'd watch you as my friends... But you're not." - You said, then takes out another blade.

"Y/n, put the blades down. And go back with us."

"No... First... It's Johnny... And then Joseph... Now, the only one i must protect..." - You look to Anik. "... It's only Anik. Even thought if this world will become my enemy... I'll protect her by all cost."

"... Then i guess we have no other choice." - Rita said, then she dash to you with the Artemis Knight behind her.

"Get out my way." - You said, then swing both blades against their attacks.

In the past one year, you've training using both sword at the same time, and it appears you have talent in it, and having some advantage in speed.

So Rita doesn't catch up to your movement, and she steps back a little bit.

Durandal hasn't move yet, and you notice it. You turn back to Durandal, facing with her.

"What's wrong? You feel pity for me?"

"..."

"Fight me, Durandal. I am a threat to all of you."

"..."

"... I feel gross... And disgusting... When believed you guys are my friends... You have lied to me.... All the times..."

"Y/n..."

"Durandal, it's time... To choose an option." - You said, then quickly bring Anik get away from there, jumping to another roof, getting closer to the trucks.

"Everyone, follow him!" - Rita commands the other members of the Immortal Blades. "Do not let him get away!"

Then she turns to Durandal.

"Durandal-sama!"

"... I'm sorry, Y/n." - She said, then she starts to move.

Back to you, you are fighting with the members guarding the trucks, and there is more are coming.

Your intention is not get away from here. As long as you can protect Anik is behind you, you still can think other way around.

"If you are not going to let me leave... I will take all of you down." - You just knocked down 6 members, who was guarding the trucks.

But suddenly, something's flying at you, you quickly dodge it.

It's Durandal's lance, and it's flying back to her.

"I seems you have make a choice." - You said, and take something from a truck.

"Y/n, i will stop you right here."

"You think you can? Last time... I was able to kill you, i didn't because you are innocent, you don't know what is Otto's true intention. So i didn't kill you, but this time, i'll kill all of you for sure." - You said, then look back to Anik. "Anik, get in the truck, if in 1 minutes... I don't come back, just run away from here, to somewhere else safer."

"Y/n.... What... Are you... Going... To do?"

"Just go in the truck, quick." - All the members of Immortal Blades are in front of you now.

"Y/n, it is still not too late..." - Rita said.

"Oh, you're changing now? You just want to kill me just a sec ago, now you're trying to comfort me?"

"..."

"I have swore, never forgive Otto, and none shall stand before me to that." - You said.

"Then you let us have no more choice!" - Durandal charges fowards, as well as the others.

But you took out something in your right pocket, and throw it to them.

It's a flash grenade, you cover your eyes, waiting it for explode.

After hearing the explode, you quickly charges towards them, while they still blinding, and slice them.

But only Durandal was able to cover her eyes, she attacks you using the spear, and kicks you hard.

But you swing both blades, and she stops it by her lance, and knocked all of them out, then she stabs you. In the chest.

"Argh..." - You cough out blood, but once again, you took advantage from it, and hold her lance, then quickly takes out something from your left pocket. It's a grenade, you pull out the trigger, and hold it. "If i am not gonna make it... You won't be able too, Durandal."

She have no choice, but to kicks you away from there, and takes the grenade from your hand, and throw it away.

But 1 second right after she throw it away, the grenade exploded, she suffer some damages from it.

But you also have a hole in your chest, it's not that deep, about 10 centimeters deep.

You stands up, while cover your wound by hand, then leaning on the wall of a house near there, slowly going to the truck.

"Wait... Y/n..." - Durandal tries to speak, and she's bleeding as well.

"Sorry... Durandal... For saying those... But i have to keep moving..." - You said.

"... Why... Why don't you kill all of us?" - She's saying this, because the other's wound you made to Immortal Blades are minor, only enough to knocked them out, doesn't deal fatal damage on them.

"... This is the path i chosen... I won't regret it..." - You cough out blood once again, and keep going to the truck.

Anik sees you are going to the truck, she runs out, and comes to you slowly, then leading you in the truck.

"Thanks.... Anik.... Thank you...." - You said, while breathing heavily. You tries to get to the driver's seat.

But Anik stops you.

"Why..."

"Let... Me... Drive..."

".... Okay, then... I'm counting on you... Anik." - You said, then close the door on the truck, and takes out bandages from a bag on the truck.

And Anik slowly drive the truck goes away from the town.

"Where should... We go?" - She asks you, she's tries her best in going slowest to avoiding causing accident.

"Here..." - You give her a map, you already marked a area on it. "Go to there... Now, i can't handle this wound by myself... Maybe they can..."

"Okay..."

You feel tired, so you lie down, and fall in sleep. While the blood is slowly coming out, from your wound.

End of Chapter 4

Cute :3

YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!

She got it, bros.

#fuckOtto

Her cooking skill is too good, even Gordon won't screaming at her.

Lemme laid for you...

She's kinda.... Sweet :3

Warning, spoilers below, do not come down if you doesn't want spoilers.

Anyways, it's spoilers for PHO

Are you sure?

It's not too late yet.

Okay, here's the spoiler :

Once again, #fuckOtto

But the second one looks familiar to me... Where have i seen it before?

Ah yes.
*giorno's piano playing in the background*