章 23: Intermission: The Old Ones, Origin of the Five

"Where to begin" Susan muttered glancing at Masaru who was sitting in front of her, ever since she had been saved by him once she felt indebted but never would she expected him to question her in regards to the Old Ones. This was simply too shocking.

'While other supernaturals chose to ignore our pleas despite knowing what we say is the truth, only he took me so seriously' She thought while taking a sip of her tea, her eyes already been disabled for as long as she remembers and each day she would hear the whispers of the spirits all saying one thing.

[The old ones will come]

"Start from the beginning" Masaru said while clasping his hands together while looking at the blind woman seriously, "Even if you speak in broken parts, it's fine. We can put them together as we discuss this, since I want to know everything you know"

"Very well" Susan said as she nodded, "The old ones, we are not certain where it came from. Or even how many years ago humanity last fought against them and somehow managed to win, the only clue we have was that five special children with unimaginable powers led the humans to face against the old ones"

"And they won" Susan placed her cup of tea on the table, "We the Nexus has been around for a long time, passing on knowledge of the old ones that will return in the future to prepare. For the safety of humanity"

Her hands gripped the cup tighter, "Yet we can't broadcast the knowledge we have, just as we the Nexus stand to protect the safety of Humanity. There is a group of humans who gave in to the temptations the Old Ones offered them, and became their agents. Even now we face off against them unseen by everyone who simply glance over it as Terrorist attacks, or simple crimes"

"So that is why the Nexus consist of high status individuals that can influence countries or even the world huh?" Masaru said with an amused face, he was not surprised that they would do such things. Just that he did not expect them to be fighting for so long without the supernaturals becoming involved. 'It appears the Gods are really hiding something huh?'

"We can only endure, even if we know that the two gates holding the old ones back are in the greater malling and in America, Peru." Susan sighed,

"Two gates?" Masaru asked,

"Yes, it's magical gates that was sealed to prevent the old ones from entering our world. We can do nothing to help strengthening the seal, or anything towards it at all. We are but ordinary humans who bear the burdens far greater than we can handle. Thus we can only place our hopes in finding the five children" Susan said while biting her lips, even she felt ashamed to utter such words.

Just who would feel good to hear, that the world depends on children to survive? And that was the reality of the situation.

"These five children" Masaru said while leaning backwards, "Are they some sort of guardians?"

"Sort of" Susan said vaguely, while smiling wryly "It's more appropriate to call them gatekeepers, and the single line our ancestors left us was, in order to beat the old ones. The five must meet no matter what"

"What happens when they meet?" Masaru asked,

"This is something not mentioned at all, would their power increase? Would they create a miracle?" Susan spoke while her face appear to be glancing at the far distance beyond Masaru, despite being blind.

"Our only clue and hope, rest on the fact that they must meet" Susan said with certainty.

"Have you find any clues towards these five children?" Masaru asked,

"Not at the moment" Susan answered with a wry smile, "You should know for us humans, there is many children with special abilities being born. But what is the criteria for a child to qualify as a Gatekeeper?"

"It should be a power comparable to the gods" She said, although it was only her hypothesis.

"Humans with powers comparable to gods?" Masaru asked with a surprised look,

"It might not necessary mean as powerful as a god, but the technical uses of it could touch the borders of Godhood" Susan explained her hypothesis.

"Do you know who is leading the agents of the old ones amongst humans?" Masaru asked,

"No" Susan said while shaking her head, "We have been investigating for a long time, and yet we have not find a single trace. The only thing we have, is a feeling of a large looming shadow behind each agent."

"What about the dimension pocket I found you within? If I did not have a feeling to investigate that old woman's house you might have died in there" Masaru said,

"That is the byproduct of the old one's magic, we are not certain how it works or how it is given to the agents. But we did managed to see the process once" Susan said while picking up her cup of tea to take another sip to wet her lips and throat.

"It's to give up their humanity, and unleash whatever was inside them" Susan said while her body was shaking, "The monster, that was living within their bodies would then create the dimension pocket to live inside until it's body adapts to the Earth"

"That's good news then" Masaru said with a sigh of relief, "That means, even the Old ones would need time to adapt"

"That's wrong" Susan shook her head,

"Huh?"

"The creatures need time to adapt because the current world is not influenced by the leader of the old ones" Susan explained, "Once he enters this world, this world would immediately show signs of change. And any creature from their dimension would be able to walk the earth freely"

"That is why we are in such a tense situation" Susan said while lowering her head, "Only by gathering the five children do we have a chance to reverse our fate. Or we are doomed to die, regardless of race"