Bab 96: Chapter 96: Unlocked a New Function
I walked down the narrow hallway of the S.T. Anne, my footsteps soft against the crimson carpet.
Then, the voiceโFriday's voiceโechoed in my mind, sudden and crisp. "๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ป๐ฐ๐ฏ."
I didn't flinch, didn't slow my pace. Friday always had a way of appearing out of nowhere, pulling me into conversations as if I had summoned her.
I smirked, my tone casual, almost lazy, as I answered her mentally, "๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ?"
"๐'๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐บ,"she replied, her voice flat, no hint of apology. Typical.
I glanced at the passing doors, feeling the weight of her words sink in. Basic member. World Horizon. The thought tugged at the back of my mind, but I didn't have time to dwell on it before she spoke again.
"๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐น ๐๐ฐ๐ฌรฉ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฆ'๐ท๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ: ๐๐ฐ๐ฌรฉ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ฌรฉ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง."
I stopped. "๐๐ข๐ช๐ต, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐๐ด๐บ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ค ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ?" My voice was even, but inside, my mind raced. The possibilities of having access to such power...
"๐ ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฅ," Friday confirmed.
A slow smile tugged at my lips. "๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ."
I leaned against the wall, arms crossed, mind buzzing.
"๐๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ป๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ?"I asked, curious.
"๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ป๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ,"she answered smoothly, "๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต."
That piqued my interest. Multiverse. It was the first time she had mentioned that.
"๐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ,"I said, letting the exhaustion creep into my voice. "๐๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ช๐ง ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ?"
"๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ," Friday said, "๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆโฆ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ."
I huffed a laugh, closing my eyes. Of course. Of course, they'd have a rule like that. "๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ, ๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต?"
"๐๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด,"she replied. "๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต."
Special. I felt the word hang in the air, heavy with meaning. I'd heard it before. But now, it seemed more like a promise than just a title.
"๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ?"I asked, my voice sharp, cutting through the haze of my thoughts. "๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ?"
"๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ด ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ," Friday explained. "๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฆ'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ, ๐ธ๐ฆ'๐ญ๐ญ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ: ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ."
My eyes snapped open, heart pounding in my chest. "๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ?"
"๐ ๐ฆ๐ด," Friday's voice dripped with satisfaction. "๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ดโ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ."
I dumbfounded. The possibilities stretched before me like an endless horizon. New moves. Moves that no one had ever seen. The competitive advantage I could haveโฆ It was almost too much.
"๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ,"Friday added, her tone already fading. "๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต. ๐๐ข๐บ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด? ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต."
I clenched my fists, feeling the rush of excitement coursing through me, only to be met with the sudden silence. I groaned.
"๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐บ? ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐บโ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฏ, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ."
I rubbed my face, forcing myself to calm down. Friday always dropped these bombs and disappeared. It was infuriating, but that was just her. I couldn't let it distract me. Not now.
I walked over to the window. The sea was calm, the stars reflecting off the water. Somewhere out there were trainers who had no idea what I had just unlocked. What was coming.
I grinned, the tension easing from my shoulders as I stared into the horizon.
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