A Misunderstood Mentor

It was white.

White on one side per.

Something visible, everything was white.

"... What is this place?

Sure, I must have broken in between you two to stop the battle between Black Alice and Ciro.

"That's right. And I was swallowed up by power."

Black and white.

All the power poured on me.

"... Am I dead?

I remember Rick's soul disappearing into the white world.

Is this the same world that I saw then?

"Not Dead Yet, Kana"

Suddenly, I heard Shilo's voice from behind and looked back.

In the bright white world, at some point, white tables and white chairs opposite each other appear.

Siro was sitting in one of those chairs looking at this one.

"This is a small world, yo."

"Narrow room?"

'Yeah, because Takumi was gone as it was. The eagle took me, Da.'

"Did you bring him? Bye, Alice. Ha! What happened to the black Alice!?

Without answering the question, Shilo pointed on the table.

Something that hasn't happened before is placed on a white table.

White and black.

There is a random line of white and black stones on a green plate surface (Banmen) with square mass eyes.

"What's this?

"It's a game called Othello, yo. Well, it wasn't in this world, Noka. '

"Is that what this has to do with Alice? Not if you're playing such a game now..."

Shilo pinches the two fingers and places them on Othello's plate, spreading them between his fingers.

At the same time, the white foot changed to a green plate surface with mass eyes.

"Huh!! This!?

That wasn't just a plate.

I can see the terrain there I've seen.

It's a map of the world.

No way, this plate is on!

'That's right. This plate is the world itself, Dayo, Takumi.'

At my feet, the world I lived in was spreading.

Barbarian Zone, Northern North Country.

Divine Nodi, Eastern East Ground.

Magic Kingdom, Western Westland.

Machinery City, South City.

And the biggest country we live in, the General State, the Central Center World.

"Let's expand. Alice is here. '

As Shilo releases two more fingers, the plate surface at his feet expands to see Mount Bolt, where I live.

I was getting closer and closer to it, and I could see the cave that Nurhachi had renovated for me.

There are five null bees in a sphere of light in the meadow a little further from it.

And...

Black Alice and Ciro, I was there in between.

"... what's going on? Is that me?

I'm not the only one. There's Shiro too. So, what the hell are we doing here?

"Only the soul exists, Dayo. Kana, whom the Demon King said was a spirit (astral) body. Well, eagles have been here ever since the beginning, sir. '

Speaking of which, this is what Shiro said when he spoke of his weaknesses himself.

"There are no eyes, noses or ears in the eagle's body. Everything in this figure is a false (dummy) ornament da"

"So, maybe Shilo hasn't seen anything?

Asked so, Shilo stood his index finger and stretched his arm straight up toward heaven.

"I'm looking from the far top, Dayo."

Is this the world that lies far above it?

In a world that spreads at my feet, I am caught in two forces: Ciro and Black Alice.

It doesn't move like time stopped, but if you look closely, it's really slight, but slowly, little by little, its power was looming on me.

"Since then, it hasn't been a second since 0 commas. But in one second, with 0 commas, Takumi's flesh will disappear, Kana. '

"There's nothing you can do?

'Oh, right. You didn't know this was gonna happen, did you, Noka? Why did you come in between, Noka?

I don't know.

One of them was going to disappear, and when I realized it, I was already in between.

"Strange Being Da. Again, takumi is neither white nor black. Where the hell are you from, Noka? '

When Ciro's index finger and thumb made a circle, a new white stone appeared there.

Place it on a plate with white and black stones lined up.

Black stones sandwiched between the original white stone and the new white stone all turned into white stones.

"This is the contest, Dayo, Takumi. I've been playing in this world my whole life, Da."

The white stone knocked down the black stone and made it white?

Does this stone on the board mean all the people who live in this world?

"All this time, alone? In here?

'There was another one before, but I think I'm tired of it, Da. Now I'm in Alice, Kana.'

I can't imagine who Ciro is.

Finally, I'm convinced.

No matter how strong Alice is, she can't win.

Shiloh was creating everything in this world.

"We used to play together all the time. Humans and Demons, Braves and Demons, Justice and Evil, Creation and Destruction, Weasels Enjoyed the Game Da '

The other one who's gone.

Perhaps he was...

'That's right. I was suddenly gone from here one day, yo. Linden Lindbergh made a hole in here with space magic. And I found Takumi at an early age'

That's right. The memory I was losing.

Absolute end (shu-en), reminds me of the existence of black things.

'I never came back, yo. I was tired of the things that eagles create, Kana. I found a new toy and I'm interested in you, Da. "

"Is that me?

'That's right. And I'm intervening with Alice'

After all, is it because of Soytz that Alice went black?

"What can I do! How can I put Alice back together!?

"I can't do this to eagles. The power of eagles and arrows is opposite poles. Even if you can erase Alice, you can't go back. '

Stupid, has Alice always been that way?

Doesn't that mean the end of the world?

'I said Darrow the first time I saw him. Alice will destroy this world. I still don't think that's going to happen Noka,... Noka, Noka, Noka, Noka, Noka, Noka, Noka, Noka, Noka, Noka, Noka, Noka, Noka, Noka, Noka, Noka, Noka'

Yes, I still believe in Alice.

There must be some way to undo it.

"I'm not giving up. I'll definitely try to get Alice back."

'No, Takumi, it's Yiga to be intent, you know, Noka?

Shiro points to the plate surface at his feet.

Black Alice and Shiro, I was caught in the running (Honryu) of two powers.

It's already coming down to the critical point of pouring.

"Ko, can you handle this? Ciro."

'... if I help Takumi, the eagle will be unable to move for the time being, Kana. No one will be able to stop Alice. Still good, Noka?

I snort loudly, without getting lost.

"I'll definitely stop Alice"

At that moment, everything stained white and I couldn't see anything.