Capítulo 26: Kotomi’s World
Kotori Miku and Feng Ye have to go through a few security checks before they had arrived at a lobby area where Akeno was waiting for them.
"Hello Feng-kun and Kotori-san, are you ready?" Akeno walks up and asks.
"Yes, let's go." Kotori answers.
Akeno leads them both through a corridor which is filled with monitoring devices, staff, and security. The environment is clean, sterile, and similar to a hospital's atmosphere. The group enters a conference room which has a one way mirror installed.
Looking through the mirror, Feng Ye can see a dimly lit room which seems to be very sterile and spacious. The room has a single king size bed in the middle with a female strapped down to it. This female should be Kotori Kotomi as the resemblance of her appearance actually can be easily associated with Kotori Miku.
Kotori Kotomi is currently in a medicated sleep as she is in a straightjacket as well.
Akeno explains, "That is Kotori-san's sister, Kotomi Miku."
She sighs as she continues. "She is still quite unstable, thus, spends most of the time in medicated sleep. We will be watching here, but if there are any issues, we will be ready to respond and get you out."
Akeno then indicates to a nearby mechanical door which is the entrance to the room which Kotori Kotomi is in.
"You can enter through there. Good luck." Akeno pats on Feng Ye's shoulder.
"Feng-kun, you can do it." Kotori prays silently in her heart.
Akeno heads over to the control panel for the lights in Kotori Kotomi's room and turns up the lights. The lights change the room from the previously dimly lit room to a brighter one. Kotori Kotomi had no response to such a change.
Feng Ye nods and makes his way to enter the room. Based on his observations, the room is extremely clean. He notices that besides the one way mirror and entrance which occupies a wall and is adjacent to the centre bed, there is another door on the opposite wall. This door may probably lead to the staff who are monitoring Kotori Kotomi's condition in order to inject a new batch of medication to prolong her medicated sleep.
He walks up to Kotori Kotomi and takes a look at Kotori's sister. Her appearance seems to be a bit malnourished. If she eats healthily again, Feng Ye doesn't doubt that she will be a beauty. Kotori Kotomi also has purple hair with similar facial features as Kotori Miku. As she is the elder sister, she is more developed than Kotoi Miku around the chest area. She also looks around the age of 23-25.
Feng Ye concentrates and uses Spiritual Awareness to enter into Kotori Kotomi's world.
Within the mind, it shows an individual's will, emotions, and essentially a reflection of their thoughts. Just like whe Feng Ye initially had entered the mind of the rank E esper which wsa filled with gloominess.
At this time, Feng Ye found himself in a space consisting of two entirely different environments. There seemed to be a brightly lit area which seemed to emit happiness and similar positive emotions on one side. However, on the other side, there seemed to be a cloudy, foggy area which seemed to be of monotone color. It felt as though he was in a world which only consisted of black, white, grey. An environment where one is devoid of emotion.
At the centre where these two different types of environments meet, Kotori Kotomi's figure can be seen lying down as though she is struggling on which side to go to. It seemed as though more than half of her figure is on the side that is devoid of emotion. It also can be observed that the cloudy, foggy environment is expanding and slowly pulling her in away from the lit area which is filled with vibes happiness.
Feng Ye approaches her and yells in a loud voice.
"Kotori Kotomi!"
Her eyes slowly open. Her eyes seem to be somewhat cloudy as well as though she is also devoid of emotion. "Who are you? What do you want?"
"I am your sister's friend! I'm here to help you!" Feng Ye replies.
"Sister…." A trace of light faintly flashes within her eyes, however, it quickly then returns to its cloudy state.
It seems as though she is still numb. Her mind is slow and she is slowly being pulled into permanently being unstable. Feng Ye's thoughts process quickly on what to do.
He thinks to himself, "Perhaps, the vibration ability may work in a space such as this?"
He emits a frequency. It seemed to work. "Great, let's try first awakening her then calming her down."
Feng Ye concentrates on emitting a loud, high pitch sound wave. At this time, Kotori Kotomi's eyebrows crease sa he figure stands up from her previous lying down position.
"Are you here to disturb me?" Her pupils seem to have restored some color from her previous cloudy vision. The entire space seemed to suddenly have a huge pressure pushing downwards. Feng Ye felt as though the gravity around him had increased 10 times.
"It seems like she can freely manipulate and use abilities even in her mind. I can't hold back then." He concludes.
"It's time to wake up.." Feng Ye replies to her question and immediately emits a sonic wave towards her which seemed have caused her to be a bit disoriented. Following this attack, Feng Ye dashes towards her despite the heavy amount of gravity upon him.
He completes an upper cut while Kotori Kotomi is disoriented and immediately falls to the floor of the space as he gasps for breath. While he lies on the floor, he emits another frequency of 528 Hz which is meant to calm her mind. Following Feng Ye's uppercut, Kotori Kotomi lies next to Feng Ye.
The calming frequency seemed to work as her breath seemed to become more tranquil while the gravity experienced seem to return to normal.
"Kotori Kotomi, are you finally awake?" Feng Ye inquires gently as he lies a half metre away from her.
"Yes...can you tell me your name?" She replies.
"I am Feng Ye, your sister's roommate…I am here to help bring you back." He replies.
"I see.. Thank you." She sighs. "I have been in this unstable state for so long. So much should have changed….I may have lost myself if not for you."
She pauses for a moment. "Wait a minute, how are you her roommate?!"
Feng Ye smiles bitterly, "Long story, you can go ask her yourself when you awaken. I will take my leave now. Best wishes on recovery."
Kotori Kotomi gives a weak smile. "Yes, I'll see you on the other sides soon."
At this time, Feng Ye exists from her mind's world. He can be found collapsed on the ground in reality and panting for breath. Akeno and Kotori Miku have rushed in and are supporting him.
"Everything is alright." Feng Ye states.
Both Kotori Miku and Akeno let out a sigh of relief.
"We saw you enter and take a look at my sister. Then, you immediately stiffened and collapsed on the ground." Kotori explains,
Feng Ye is startled sa the comments to Shira in his mind. "Kotori's sister can even cause his body in real life to collapse even when they were exchanging in her mind.. Truly formidable."
Shira nods. "Yea, it is best to be careful. She should be high ranked and really formidable. I would recommend trying to get her as your ally through your relations with her sister. Always good to have a super strong backer in addition to the student council president."
"You are right." Feng Ye nods.
At this time, the door across from the door that Feng Ye entered from and had suspected was for the staff, a doctor dressed in a white lab coat rushes in. "Kotori Kotomi's mental state seems to be stable! She will be waking up soon, but we will need to do some medical check ups first."
Akeno and Kotori Miku nod and give a smile. "Alright, we'll wait. Thanks for your hard work." Akeno replies to the doctor.
Akeno, Kotori Miku, and Feng Ye exit and arrive at a cafeteria/lounge area specifically for the staff working on these lower levels.
"Unexpectedly, you succeeded." Akeno looked at Feng Ye rather surprised, "You are way more formidable than I expected." At this time, she also hands over an id card to him.
"This is your new identity card. I just need you to take a picture with your original appearance later to add to our database. After doing so, you can wander freely with your original appearance if you like. The status I have given you is a rank D esper enrolled in the Aven Institute of Technology. If you expose more ability than a rank D in your original form, we can always upgrade the rank to better suit your ability. However, for now, rank D is the limit I can provide."
Feng Ye nods. "That's fine. Thanks. Rank D is more than enough."
Naturally, Feng Ye isn't a fool. Why expose himself by being ranked higher. He had learned from before. Being ranked one for the secondary education already made him noted. If he was placed higher than rank D, it would be a disaster. He would be stared at even more.
This id also allows him to freely wander through all esper only areas as well as parts of the Aven Institute of Technology which is a very good additional pleasant surprise.
For his future development, this id is crucial for when he needs to discard his current status to handle other matters such as seeking for the individual who had "killed" Akimichi.
Kotori Miku gives Feng Ye a hug. "Thank you so much!"
Tears of happiness can be seen on her eyes.
"No problem, it was part of the transaction. I'm glad to help your sister. Also, I'll be under your care from now on. Please make sure no one harms my weak self."
"Yes!" Kotori Miku gives a smile.
"Anyways, let's go get some late night snacks from the cafeteria here. In a bit, we should be able to see Kotori Kotomi." Akeno smiles and interjects.
The group then head over to obtain some quick food.
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Capítulo 27: Agreement
The trio finish up eating and begin to visit Kotori Kotomi. She had been relocated to another location as she had been determined to be stable. The three head into the elevator and travel to the upper levels closer to the surface. Led by Akeno, Feng Ye and Kotori Miku arrive at a floor which seems to be a resting area for employees. They enter a suite as indicated by Akeno.
The doors slide open, and Kotori Kotomi can be seen taking a seat on the sofa staring at the ceiling as though she had been in a state of reflection.
(A/N: Kotori Miku will be referred as Miku. Kotori Kotomi will be referred as Kotomi.)
"Hey Kotomi, how was your checkup?" Miku enthusiastically asks.
"It was fine. My physical state is weakened, but they have deemed me suitable to have freedom to stroll around. I would need to undergo some occasional check ups though for this month in order to ensure that my recovery is on track." Kotomi replies.
Feng Ye thinks to himself. "Wow, her vitality must be insane for an esper…. Or it would be that she was properly taken care of during her stay… but it must be former..judging from her intense mental strength and ability."
Akeno indicates to a nearby coffee table in close proximity to the sofa. "Let's discuss."
Akeno continues, "So, Kotori Kotomi, would you be willing to join the Student Enforcer Team? I'm pretty sure you now understand the darker side of the city now.."
Without hesitation Kotomi replies, "I am willing. I also thank you for taking care of Miku in my absence. Any procedures I need to go through?"
Akeno smiles, "Not at all, I have the jurisdiction to appoint individuals as well directly as the student council president. Though, your status and identity will need to be hidden to not alarm the enemy."
Feng Ye sits there in a daze. "So, should I be not a part of this conversation?"
"This discussion also concerns you. So there's no problem. Naturally, what is said in this room stays in this room, am I right?" Akeno replies while her eyes change. Her pupils, then changes to a silver colour. Feng Ye felt as though his entire being was being analyzed on a microscope. He felt as though all his secrets were out in the open to be looked upon. Akeno's aura becomes intense and the atmosphere seems to be constrained.
"Yes." Feng Ye nods. As his words fall, the boundless pressure is received and everything is back as it had been as though what had occurred a moment ago did not occur. Akeno's pupils revert back to her normal color. "Good."
Kotori Miku breaks the silence, "So Akeno, how is the situation between the student council and board of directors?"
Akeno sighs. "There's a lot of tension." She turns to Feng Ye, "You probably didn't know, but Akimichi's incident is related with the board of directors. They probably turned a blind eye to it and allowed it to occur, thus, are responsible for it as well. Just a heads up to be cautious."
Feng Ye stiffens after hearing this. Naturally, as an outcomer to this world, he needs to be critical of all information. Thus, he nods and doesn't show a change of expression.
Akeno, Miku, and Kotomi see this and think to themselves that Feng Ye truly isn't simple. Normally, after hearing such news, at Feng Ye's age most would be hot-blooded and immediately want to revenge. However, Feng Ye hasn't shown any change in expression, thus, demonstrating his difference from the majority.
"Could you tell me the reasoning?" He inquiries.
"The market for the drug, Synapt, is actually known as one of the board of directors' streams of income to help fund their research. It is obviously not known to the public, however, from our investigations we have some evidence. However, strictly speaking, we do not have the resources and influence yet to reveal such information as it will just be suppressed and censored out. Once you grow stronger, we can tell you more information, however, for now, more information will just put you in harm's way." Akeno replies.
"Alright." Feng Yen nods.
Miku looks at her elder sister, "Kotomi, would you be willing to help us in the training now that you seem to be on your way to full health? Your gravity manipulation would allow some serious progress."
Kotori Kotomi nods, "Alright. We can do so tomorrow. I'll be staying here for the rest of tonight, then I'll move to the complex and rent a room for the duration of your training. Afterwards, I'll be getting a suite within the student council's headquarters." She turns towards Akeno, "I was just wondering if you know which domains the board of directors' influence is the weakest?"
Akeno's expression becomes serious. "In the past few months, they have been monitoring our activities more blatantly. There have been numerous cases in which espers try to submerge into our organization in order to be able to report to them. From what we have gathered, their central influence is based within the city. The secondary education institutes are of less interest to them as they expect results rather than potential from those who haven't awakened. They have been eyeing covetously at us and the Aven Institute of Technology for awhile in regards to toppling over the power balance."
Akeno turns to Feng Ye. "So, in other words, Feng Ye as long as you don't blatantly expose yourself, you should be fine. Secondary education is merely an afterthought for the board of directors, thus, it is actually the safest due to their uninterest. If you want to help or mix in this turbid water, you need to be formidable enough. We can naturally help you grow as well. However, in return, once you have enough influence and ability, we would prefer that you side with us."
Feng Ye sits in silence. Clearly, Akeno was trying to win him over. As she had stated, what lies ahead between this struggle of power lies potentially a bloody road. Her offer actually is more advantageous to him at this time. He, honestly, doesn't have much to offer be it ability or influence.
Akeno sits back and allows Feng Ye some time to think while turning back to Kotomi. "The main struggle is at the Aven Institute of Technology. It is a pot of gruel. A mix of espers from different influences are all staring closely at each other. The city and academy isn't as safe as it was due to the greed and desire of expansion from the board of directors' influence. Although, from an external point of view, the city seems to be strict in regards to the entry of exterior influences, unfortunately, with enough benefits, such rules can be overlooked."
Miku and Kotomi nod.
Feng Ye consults in his mind Shira while Akeno converses with the sisters. "Just a quick question, do you think there are other ways to gather enough natural energy besides taking up energy from those defeated or from energy rich locations?"
Shira nods, "Before it wasn't possible, but with the discovery of your new abilities it should be. You probably are worried about accidentally cutting short your friend's potential in practice?"
"Yes, that did kind of worry me… so I assume it would be a combination of spiritual awareness and vibration??"
Shira nods again, " You are correct. You could use spiritual awareness to be able to determine the amount and density of spiritual energy. With your vibration ability, you can collect it. This would require a lot of effort at this time until you can grasp your ability at a molecular level in which you can also be able to perhaps control and use such natural energy. This also surprisingly would allow for you to retain your abilities when we part ways. I would recommend focusing on the development of this vibration ability. A lot of potential. As for your concern of hurting a friendly ally's potential, you don't have to worry as it is a manual process. Naturally, I can distinguish between who is a friend or not or you can just tell me beforehand. Also, this offer from Akeno seems to be winning you over. I would recommend getting this backer. Always good to have a big tree to rely on and they seem to have a favourable impression on you due to your merits today."
"Alright." He nods to Shira.
At this time, Akeno finished discussing with Miku and Kotomi. Feng Ye faces Akeno and replies, "I accept. I'll be under your care."
Akeno, Miku, and Kotomi smile. Kotori Miku jokingly stretches out her hand as though inviting a handshake. "Welcome underling~."
Feng Ye grins and grasps her hand and gives a firm handshake.
Akeno, watching from the side, comments. "Excellent. Looking forward to see what heights you can develop to."
Looking at the time, it seems pretty late. Thus, Akeno leads Kotori Miku and Feng Ye out. After exiting and returning back to ground floor, Miku leads Feng Ye back to the complex to rest while Akeno returns to her student council office to finish up her work.
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