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Episode 25

OP Song:

【Yumi Hara】 In the rain 【Corpse Party Blood Drive】 【Eng Lyrics】

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Resident Evil 4 Save Theme (Extended)

From the corner of his eye, Leon S. Kennedy was looking from the side of an old metal door that leads to another corridor while opening it to see if the close is clear.

It appeared to look clear enough. The only things that he'd noticed were the same old broken-down condition that the others were known for.

Leon gestures for Gilead Burgundy, Mitsuki Yamamoto, and Tsubasa Kazanari to follow him. And follow him they did as they venture once more into the silent hallways of this hellish dimension.

An earthquake was felt in tremors which made the group stop for a moment, concerned. A few seconds later, it was gone. Nothing happened so far. Although, that only meant that other people are getting dragged into this nightmare with every second that seems to have passed them by. Still no luck as to finding the Doctor and the JOATs of Team TARDIS as this place felt like one giant maze that the master of the place deliberately engineered to ensure that the pieces don't follow up just as planned.

After all, that would ruin her own personal fun, would it?

They walked ahead and they noticed something odd about these corridors. It appeared that there was red, pulsating flesh scattered throughout the floors in limited spaces from top to bottom. Naturally, it made most of them both curious and cautious. Mitsuki was rather disturbed at the sight of them.

"What's...this..." Mitsuki said, muttering softly as she was walking alongside the group while glancing at the grotesque scene.

"Not sure...But I've got a very good feeling that we shouldn't go anywhere near these places. Whatever anyone does, don't step on the obvious traps," Gilead spoke as he narrowed his eyes at the flesh.

"Duly noted," Leon spoke as he steadied his sidearm while Tsubasa was readying her sword in case of danger.

They walked through a few corridors and found something strange and surprising that was being shown from the wall.

How does one describe it?

It was a portal. It was showing something from the other side. Leon was shocked as he begins to look at the portal, seeing what appeared to be a younger version of himself, one without the beard and was still wearing his RPD police uniform, and a younger version of Claire Redfield as they were fighting t-Virus infected zombies, shooting them in the head before moving forward. It was as if they were seeing this live on camera.

"What the?" Mitsuki was confused. She looks back and forth between Leon and the younger Leon from the other side of the portal.

"That's me," Leon muttered softly, concerned. "This was me before everything, before all of it. And I can remember this as clear as day."

"Raccoon City," Gilead said grimly. "This is where it all started for you, isn't it?"

"Yeah," Leon nodded as he continued to watch with interest. "There's no way that I can forget something like this. But...how is this possible?"

And then suddenly...

The portal would slowly close, surprising everyone, leaving nothing but an old, green-stained wall that hasn't been cleaned in weeks. And there appeared to be sprayed words on the wall that appeared to be white chalk.

"The past is the past, the future is the future, beware lest you find things long dead or things that are a day to come. - Shinozaki Sachiko."

Leon read the passage on the wall with interest and scrutiny.

"What the? Sachiko? Isn't that the same vengeful ghost that is connected to all of this mess?" Leon asked Gilead, recalling what he had been debriefed since their encounter with each other.

"That's right, but..." Gilead narrowed his eyes for a bit. "Something tells me that this is a much different Shinozaki Sachiko. That and the trace of this presence on this writing feel oddly familiar. It was the same familiar presence that I felt when I had that vision before I decided to come here with a little help from the Marshal and the rest of my fellow members of the order."

"That vision that meant the end of the world...right?" Mitsuki was rather terrified of the concept, having been informed for some time about the current stakes that they were now experiencing.

"Right," Gilead nodded.

"Is it possible that there are two Sachikos running around here?" Leon asked.

"Maybe," Gilead was rather unsure but didn't dismiss the possibility. "Either way, to move things back on track, I can verify at least that what we just saw was your past, Leon, the past of your universe. Somehow, two different time zones were connecting each other, peering beyond the veil so to speak."

"Wait...what do you mean, Gilead-san?" Tsubasa asked.

"Well, considering that this place lies outside of time and space along with the fact that this dimension, being a cluster of countless dimensions, is getting a bit unstable and a bit too leaky for my liking, it wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility that we're gonna be viewing our own past and our own future via these conjured portals. So this wouldn't be the last time we're gonna see something like this," Gilead said grimly.

"KYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"...!"

Leon and Tsubasa were raising their respective weapons as everyone was now on high alert. They heard the voice of a girl and she was screaming from around the hallway. They turned left and spotted what appeared to be...

Two teenage girls. And Gilead recognized them just by his special sight.

One was a young woman with an average height and slim build. She has large, piercing blue eyes, fair skin, long black hair that spills over her shoulders and down to her waist, and an ahoge that lays flat atop her head. Adorning her hair are two red ribbons just above each shoulder. The other young woman was one with fair skin, light orange hair that is almost always seen with a loose side bun, and peach-reddish eyes. They appeared to be wearing their Sobu High School uniforms that were a bit disheveled as if they had been running away from something that appears to be still chasing right behind them.

The first young woman was Yukino Yukinoshita and the second woman was Yui Yuigahama.

The girls noticed the group who were staring at them in surprise. To their relief and thought, they're not alone and they finally found a few people ever since they've ended up in this nightmare.

"Help! Please, you have to help us!" Yuigahama asked in a begging desperate tone. She and Yukinoshita were making their way toward them.

Gilead noticed something as his eyes widened, making out the sound of a chainsaw. He was detecting the presence of another slasher and this slasher was coming this way at full speed. From around the corner, he spotted a very tall, overweight man with peach skin, brown eyes, and dark hair. He wore a disheveled dark blue suit with a white shirt underneath, a tie, and a pale woman's face with makeup and curly brown hair as a mask.

"Oh you've got to be kidding me," Gilead muttered in annoyance.

"Leatherface?!" Leon and Tsubasa both said, surprised.

The aforementioned Leatherface turn towards their direction, his trusty chainsaw in hand, raised forward as he begins to charge. A few meters away, Leon did not hesitate to shoot the cannibalistic serial killer down on the head, the hallowed bullet penetrated the skull from front to back, making Leatherface drop to the ground with the still active chainsaw that managed to thoroughly rip him apart...

Slowly...

Bloody...

Painful...

And it terrified the two girls who were just being chased by them, embracing each other and trembling. Tsubasa and Mitsuki weren't really doing much better as they felt just feeling a bit sick due to all of that blood and guts spilling across the floor in an unnatural way. Leon and Gilead could only look at the scene with a cold blank stare.

If there is an application of karma if one were to believe in such a concept, then this is quite a painful way to go, and considering the nature of Heavenly Host wherein a person still experiences their pain after their death, then it is quite the double punishment with a hint of black comedic irony.

Thankfully, this didn't seem to last as the grinding noise managed to stop, with the dead body of Leatherface still on the floor.

"..."

Everyone was quiet for a few moments. Yukinoshita and Yuigahama were still trembling, shocked by the realistic traumatic scene that had just happened right in front of them. Mitsuki was simply putting her right hand into her mouth, feeling a bit sick at the gruesome sight.

"Gilead," Leon said, lowering his sidearm and aiming at the dead body. Tsubasa, while still a bit sick to the stomach, steels herself rather quickly as she raises her katana in defense.

"Right," Gilead nodded. He raised his right hand which was now sporting bright white circles with Scripture inscriptions, saying. "Sit lux crucis Christi consecrationem polluitur. Ad te, Domine, speravi in custodiendo ab omni malo. ("May the light of the Cross of Christ consecrate this defiled body. To you, O Lord, do I trust in keeping it away from all evil.")"

At that moment, Leatherface's corpse would incinerate into ashes. Even his soul is not spared and is now about to be sentenced to the judgment that is due for souls who have passed on. This managed to surprise Yukinoshita and Yuigahama who looked at Gilead, still terrified about the recent ordeal.

Gilead breathes in and out, dispersing the white circles from his hand and lowering it. He turns towards the two girls who were looking at him, asking. "Yukinoshita-san, Yuigahama-san, are you both alright?"

"...Eh...?"

Both of the girls were confused.

How did this person, a foreigner judging by appearance, probably American, know both of their names?

"Okay, so you can speak, that's a good thing. And as to how I know the both of you because I can tell from your faces, plus I can tell from your soul signatures that you come from the same world as I do and...well...have you both met a guy named Hikigaya Hachiman?"

"...Eh? Hikki? You know Hikki?" Yuigahama asked.

"Well...shit..." Gilead glances at Leon who along with Tsubasa was listening, recognizing Hikigaya's name.

It was...

Well...

it was an explanation at the very least.

At least, that is what Yukino Yukinoshita had thought.

A summarized explanation if one will which dealt with some kind of powerful vengeful ghost, a cluster of dimensions forming into this one twisted dimension, and other concepts straight out of something that you can find from a pseudo-science fiction perspective with an additional horror and slasher flavor to add the cherry on top. Oh, and there was also the fact that they are experiencing what could be considered the end of the world as they know it if they don't find a way to stop this, along with the basic knowledge of a concept called the Multiverse.

No pressure or anything...

To be quite frank, considering the fact that they live in a world where superheroes are practically an almost everyday occurrence, Night Baron being a prime example, it's not really surprising for them. But that didn't mean that they weren't shaken by what they had just experienced.

Now, Yukino Yukinoshita didn't even know how to respond to this explanation which made her, and her friend Yui Yuigahama, rather concerned. They both simply listened as they were now a part of a group of people consisting of individuals, all of whom with the exception of Mitsuki Yamamoto, knew of an old friend with a loner-type personality and fishy eyes, Hachiman Hikigaya.

They were currently walking at an abandoned corridor.

",,,So, um...Gilead-san?" Yukinoshita tried to speak, glancing hesitantly at the American teenager.

"Yes?" Gilead said.

"I was just wondering...is there any way for us to contact Hikigaya-kun from your phone? My phone can't seem to make contact with him in this place," Yukinoshita explained.

"IF only it were that simple I'm afraid," Gilead muttered sadly. "I wouldn't really bother doing that, Yukinoshita-san. The nature of this dimension more or less doesn't allow any form of outside communication which is one of the main reasons as to why this place hasn't been discovered for a long time. So my cellphone wouldn't exactly work either. And I knew this right from the very start before I deliberately sent myself here. I took a risk, but being a Knight of the Covenant requires one to be more than aware of the risks."

"...I see," Yukinoshita spoke sadly.

The option to contact Hikgaya was out of the equation for now.

"Ne, Yamamoto-san," Yukinoshita looked at Mitsuki who was walking beside her. "You said that you did the Sachiko Ever After Charm with your classmates, correct?"

"Yes," Mitsuki confirmed while carrying a concerned expression. "But...you said that you two didn't end up the same way, right?"

"Th-That's right," Yuigahama confirmed. "We were just hanging out in our clubroom and the next minute, we just...find ourselves here. It was rather quick, a blink and you missed it, really."

"Kind of like how I got here," Leon muttered softly, concerned. "I feel like this isn't a coincidence either."

"That charm has completely exacerbated the situation. The more it is used, the more it unintentionally drags people who didn't even use it, meaning anyone could end up here against their will," Gilead explained grimly.

As they were walking, Leon made a shush sound by raising his right index finger, denoting that now was the time to be quiet, to which everyone complied. He gestured to wat for a minute while he scouted ahead.

He walked towards the door, breathing in and out before making his exit, looking in both directions with his gun raised.

It was clear at least.

Leon gestured for them to follow him, reassuring them that the area is cleared.

They all begin to find themselves outside the clear sidewalk and begin to walk down the hill. There were few forest trees everywhere you look and scattered vehicles that were abandoned to rust.

For the rest of the trip, it was one silent walk into the night. The half-blood moon shines down on them, showing the unnatural reflection that serves as a reminder of the very place that they were now walking through. Trekking through the abandoned roads, Yukinoshita and Yuigahama were very quiet and disturbed, looking at all of their surroundings with interest.

"It feels like we're in a video game or something, Yukinon," Yuigahama said.

"I noticed that..." Yukinoshita said.

The entire landscape felt desolate and the roads were somewhat covered with tall grasses. It really felt like they stepped into a post-apocalyptic world that would be depicted in the fictional medium, particularly in the gaming industry.

Barren wastelands. Decrepit and abandoned towns. Desolate landscapes ravaged by time and trauma. Recognizable landmarks that are slowly but surely reclaimed by nature after the demise of humanity. Video games have consistently embraced the post-apocalyptic setting since modern times. It invites excitement, apprehension, and a deep curiosity, and plays on the thought-provoking hypothetical, the 'what if?'. And when these post-apocalyptic environments and landscapes are incredibly detailed, they can result in great efficacy and power.

But the sobering thing is that this wasn't a video game. This was real. And this would apply to their world if whatever is happening here is not stopped.

The entire group were hiding somewhere in the bushes, taking cover from afar, maintaining a distance of about several meters.

Whatever for?

Well...

"Grrrr..."

That was why.

There were multiple decomposed corpses all gathered in one horde that was passing by from their side.

Zombies. Actual zombies.

It made both Yukinoshita and Yuigahama rather terrified. A slasher-like figure with a chainsaw was bad enough but a zombie horde! This was going a little bit too far! At least, that was their common thoughts on the matter.

But they couldn't say anything.

They weren't stupid.

They knew that if they as much as made a sound, it was over.

But why exactly were they hiding when they have people like Leon Scott Kennedy, a war veteran when it comes to biohazard dilemmas throughout his world and acting as a type of consultant for it, Tsubasa Kazanari, a young woman who had experienced more action by dealing with a dangerous alien threat called the Noise which turns people to dust upon contact, and Gilead Solomon Burgundy, a young man who had experienced the worst of humanity and the supernatural itself as part of his job description.

Well, the answer is simple.

They do not want to draw any attention to themselves.

The bridge was more than enough.

As much as it is possible, they'd rather not attract the girl dyed in red if they can help it. So far, she appeared to be ignoring them or may be unaware of them thanks to Gilead's casted perception field filtration that allowed them to remain ignored by most of the important players here. It was an advantage that he would definitely exploit if they were to survive this nightmare altogether.

And so, they waited for an hour from their perspective.

After the coast is clear, they kept moving.

"Hm? Wait a minute," Gilead said, stopping his walk while looking at somewhere nearby which was an abandoned motel.

"What is it?" Leon asked, stopping his walk. The rest of the group also stopped.

Gilead sense something. There were three life signs just nearby and he can listen in on them with his sense of hearing. After discerning the voices, Gilead made an annoyed expression, pinching his eyes out while breathing in exasperation.

"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. And I don't want to know what the number three is before we get ousted in the proverbial dump," he muttered. He looked at Yukinoshita and Yuigahama. "Ladies, I think you two are gonna want to see and hear this for yourselves."

They begin to walk nearby one of the front doors of the first floor and begin to hear a sound of concern.

"...you sure that you can't contact anyone?" one female voice said from the other side.

"I'm trying too, but the damn cellphone wouldn't work at all!" another female voice was heard from the other side.

"Oh my...this is rather quite troublesome..." the last female voice said from the other side. It was a worried tone.

"Wait a minute," Yukinoshita muttered softly, narrowing her piercing eyes. "I recognized those voices."

At this point, she begins to knock at the door. Only...

"Waaah!"

At the first knock of the door, it suddenly collapsed right in front of them, surprising everybody, and revealing three occupants that got scared out of their wits.

The first was a young woman with long hair dyed light brown and blue eyes. She has a small tiger-like tooth that can be often seen when she opens her mouth. Her back-length hair forms two fringes that curl towards her face and has two fringes that point outwards, with two long locks hanging loose on each side of her face. She prefers to let her hair untied but uses two pink hair clips to secure the fringes of hair on her forehead. The rest reaches her waist.

The second was a young woman with long straight black hair neatly cut at the forehead in a hime-style, white skin, wearing reddish-colored contacts, and a birthmark under her left eye.

The third was a young woman who was incredibly tall and whose appearance was like a supermodel, carrying the aura of a noble ojou-sama who carries her position well. Her eyes appeared to be greyish-green.

Kirino Kousaka, Ruri Gokou, and Saori Makashima.

Both Yukinoshita and Yuigahama were widening their eyes, surprised at the familiar faces. The same can be said for the three aforementioned girls who were more or less giving the same expressions.

How exactly are they familiar with one another?

In actuality, these girls have known each other since their very first meeting during summer vacation when they and many others were tasked with helping out on an elementary school camping trip somewhere in Chiba Mura Park. And when they mentioned "many others", it meant a lot of people decided to attend this simple event that got turned into one of the most interesting and weirdest events in their lives. Yukinoshita and Yuigahama recalled being a lot more surprised by how many people Hachiman Hikigaya had known who had come to this event and decided to help out. Hikigaya didn't really seem like the type to socialize with other people due to his serious no-nonsense personality and thought that he was a loner at heart.

Well, Hachiman Hikigaya was a loner at heart by technicality, but the main problem is that the others won't let that happen any time soon.

"...Kirino-san?" Yukinoshita said, surprised.

"...Yukino-san?" Kirino said, surprised.

"("Oh...boy...things just got a lot more complicated...")" Gilead winced a bit in thought.

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ED Song:

【ARTERY VEIN】Confutatis no Inori (Full Version)【CP Blood Covered】【Eng Lyrics】

New Characters:

Yukino Yukinoshita - VA: Saori Hayami

Yui Yuigahama - VA: Nao Tōyama

Kirino Kousaka - VA: Ayana Taketatsu

Ruri Gokou/Kuroneko - VA: Kana Hanazawa

Saori Makashima - VA: Hitomi Nabatame

Leatherface (Texas Chainsaw Massacre) - A: Gunnar Hansen