"... No, that bastard's still alive."
"Huh?"
Quickly realizing his mistake, he attempts to create a cover for it.
"Uh, no it's just... How can I put this… It's my intuition?" He cringed, he knew just when to kick himself in the mouth.
The white-haired brawler exits the enhanced-bloodedge state, and his hair turns brown with the transformations departure. He continues talking.
"...Hahaha... Anyway, I feel that he's still alive."
"That's...that's really suspicious."
"R-really?" He stutters, slightly embarrassed at the mediocre cover-up he developed. "... Well, you know, don't worry about it… It seems like the "Azure" I'm looking for isn't in this world…" He lets out a sigh.
"It also looks like… My role here is finished." That's right, Naoto Kurogane's time in this world was over, but it was just starting in a new one.
Ragna the Bloodedge, nephew of Naoto Kurogane technically, looked at Naoto with a look of relief.
"...I see, thanks for the help." His voice was gruff and almost tired- he couldn't blame him for being worn out from all the world has thrown at him.
"No need for thanks, I think this was a fight for my… No, for the sake of 'our world'." His voice was calm, and also relieved at the fact that this was over- for him at least.
A blonde-haired man with green eyes and garbed in blue decided to question the bloodedge.
" 'Our world'? ...Who exactly are you?" And yet another question that Jin Kisaragi wanted an answer to.
"Sorry, it really hard to explain it...Even I don't fully understand." He just fought what appeared to be an older version of a Hazama from his world, apparently, died in this 'current' world, and happened to be damaging another man's existence? Yeah, there were a lot of things he couldn't wrap his head around- ah wait, how could he forget? He had a request to make to his fellow bloodedge.
"Oh, right. Ragna. Instead of thanks, there's something I want to request." His mind wandered to Kiiro Hikagami, Dimensional Boundary Contact Prime Field, Es No.7- a Murakumo Unit.
"... Hm? What is it?" His tone remained the same, curiosity edging at it.
"... There were some girls wearing those Murakumo Units, right? I want you to be as kind as possible to them." His modified jacket clung to his frame.
"Personally, I don't wanna see them go through any more pain." It truly was what he wanted, they had gone through so much suffering- he could only imagine the pain.
"...I'll... do my best." Ragna was almost surprised, but then he remembered that he was talking to what felt like a mirror.
"Thanks." He cracked a grin.
Jin watched from the sidelines, curiosity still etching out at who this man was...and the feeling he gave off.
"Naoto!" Rachel's voice was sudden, Ragna rarely heard her speak in such a tone- but it wasn't Rachel, was it? Or was it both of…'them'?
"... Thank you."
Naoto felt who it was, he heard it loud and clear...Raquel Alucard.
Naoto's grin widened. "Jeez, you really put me through the ringer, princess."
His thoughts cleared and his will hardened now more than ever he went to return to his world, the world he saved.
The Azure wasn't found.
Possibility was not protected.
His world was not protected.
….Oh.
What exactly had gone wrong?
What did he do wrong?
Naoto Kurogane had a million questions, the first being why the hell he was staring up at a shattered moon?