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Episode 27
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【Yumi Hara】 In the rain 【Corpse Party Blood Drive】 【Eng Lyrics】
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Doomsday · Murray Gold
They finally found yet another soul fragment.
After walking through various corridors, the Eighth Doctor and everyone else who was with him had reached a specific classroom that had been scouted by Dhruv Varma. The classroom itself was abandoned. Sets of broken glass were seen scattered from the nearby windows. There was a broken door to the left which lead to the storage area.
"Found another one," Dhruv Varma said, holding the soul fragment in his hand.
The soul fragment itself was contained in an old brown-greyish chest box around the left corner of the classroom. From top to down, the Eighth Doctor and the companions were scanning the entire room with their screwdrivers, and all they could find were traces of ectoplasm and Touma Kamijou finding the skeletal remains of at least two students, a young man and a young woman, lying down together.
Kamijou grimaced at the dead bodies especially as he noticed the hands that were held tightly together. Something from his gut told him that they were rather close. There was even a note that promised the following:
"I promise that I'll be with you even until the very end. See you in heaven."
And then came the next part:
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You fools! You can't get to Heaven once you die here!"
"Sachiko..." Kamijou muttered softly, immediately recognizing the handwriting of the deranged vengeful ghost.
"Okay, so now that we've found three, there are only twenty-one left remaining for us to find," Satoshi Mochida nodded with a grim expression.
"And I doubt that it would be easy to find all of them considering the unpredictable nature of this place," Conan Edogawa muttered softly, putting both hands in his pockets.
"Touma-san, what did you find in that room?" Ayumi Shinozaki asked her old friend.
"Two dead bodies, probably a couple from what I can observe, and Sachiko got to them in the end," Kamijou said. His expression was grim and his eyes were narrowed.
Ayumi gasped in shock along with Yuka Mochida and Yui Shishido.
"Are you sure, Touma-san?" Yui asked.
"I'm sure, considering that I saw her handwriting. I would never forget something like that," Kamijou nodded in confirmation.
"Nothing that we can do about them, unfortunately," Lelouch vi Britannia said softly with a grim expression. "For now, we need to keep moving and find the fragments."
"Right," the rest of the companions nodded.
But then...
"...!"
The companions noticed something off, each in their own way in accordance with their ability to perceive what is coming, sensitive to even the tiniest ripple due to the effect of being time travellers. It was quick and sharp. Like a warning was now ringing from their instincts. For Touma Kamijou, his Imagine-Sense, the one ability that allows him to perceive dangers of any known or unknown nature, would presently allow him to get a glimpse as it were of the recent future. And it was now telling him that they were about to be separated by a sudden dimensional quake that would last only a few seconds. Each companion and the Eighth Doctor would be separated into other dimensions. But what about the others?
"("No!")" Kamijou thought as he looked toward Satoshi Mochida, Yoshiki Kishinuma, Ayumi Shinozaki, Yuka Mochida, and Yui Shishido.
He turned to the Eighth Doctor who sensed just as much as he did base on his wide-eyed expression. Everything for the Eighth Doctor and the companions felt like slow motion to them. They had little time to waste as they begin to grab whoever they could by the time the seconds were up. It was the least that they could do and there was no more time for debating. Dhruv Varma also senses what is coming as he too widened his eyes.
There was no more time! They needed to act now!
The Eighth Doctor took the lead, rolling down immediately towards the location of Satoshi Mochida, Yuka Mochida, and Yoshiki Kishinuma while Dhruv Varma floats closed to them. At the same time, Touma Kamijou would quickly push all those who were near him to the Eighth Doctor such as Ayumi Shinozaki and Yui Shishido. All he had to do was mentally command the telepathic function of his gloves and nudged them straight to the Doctor. At the same time, Conan Edogawa would grab Aiko Niwa, the nearest person close to him.
"Woah!" Ayumi made a shocked expression as she felt pushed.
"Ah!" Yui made a shocked expression as she felt pushed.
In the next few seconds before the event...
"Godspeed everyone!" the Eighth Doctor spoke with a lace of worry and concern for his future companions, wishing them good tidings and care and hope that they would be alright, raising his sonic screwdriver that would produce a psychic field that would allow him to enraptures himself, the Kisaragi Academy survivors, and Dhruv Varma that would ensure that they would stay in a tight group.
And then...
The earthquake occurred that was making everything shift in an unnatural way as if it were a few cracks being suddenly created due to the unstable nature of the surrounding area. The Heavenly Host survivors did not have enough time to mutter a word as they could see each of the companions blinking out from their point of vision. And as for themselves, they were now being ejected to another dimension as well along with the Eighth Doctor and Dhruv Varma.
Somewhere back in the Twelfth Doctor's TARDIS...
Castiel was closely examining the anatomical body of the Yuuya Kizami from an alternate dead-end timeline that shouldn't have existed. His expression was grim as he interiorly realized immediately that something was off about him.
"You're right, Doctor, something is definitely wrong with this person," Castiel was turning around, looking at both the Twelfth Doctor, who has both arms crossed, and Reimu Hakurei who was showing a narrowed, concerned expression. "As you say, this person shouldn't even exist, the normal flow of time shouldn't be allowed for this person to exist, and yet here he is. My guess is that the temporal instability of this dimension is making unnatural fluctuations that allow abnormal paradoxes such as this to come into contact with the mainline timeline. Whether if it is large or small may depend on just how much of a factor this plays out."
"In this case, the safest place for him right now is in my TARDIS. We cannot let a paradox like him run loose out there. Otherwise, it would set off a lot of things that could potentially go wrong in this dimension," the Twelfth Doctor remarked.
"You mean worse than the different types of ghosts, monsters, demons, and plenty of other unmentionables out there," Reimu spoke with concern.
"Oh way worse," the Twelfth Doctor said. "My past self being here when he shouldn't is one major example which further proves the hypothesis that just about anyone from the past or the future could be sent here against their will."
Beep. Beep. Beep.
"Hm?" the Twelfth Doctor drew out his sonic screwdriver and made a narrowed expression. "Speaking of my past self, he appears to be trying to contact me right now."
"Wait what?!" the Twelfth Doctor exclaimed in shock, followed by worry. Reimu Hakurei and Castiel who were right beside him would show a level of anxiety.
"Yes...it's quite unfortunate really," the Eighth Doctor said with a hesitant and grimacing tone, speaking from the monitor of the console. Gathering around him would be Dhruv Varma and the Kisaragi Academy survivors who were sharing the same level of worry and concern.
"Have you tried to contact any of them?" the Twelfth Doctor asked.
"I've tried but the signals are being jammed as a result of the transdimensional quake that we have just recently been brushed against. And even besides that, I fear that we've all been clearly separated from one another as I could tell from the glimpses that I could see through all of this haze," the Eighth Doctor replied.
"Meaning they could be anywhere...and that's not a good thing, not in this dimension," the Twelfth Doctor grimly said.
"...!"
Touma Kamijou felt rather disoriented after landing on the floor. A few moments later, he was simply getting back up and shaking whatever dust was on his clothing. Then he noticed something off. He was now alone in a darkened corridor. And his sense of smell can just smell the rotting stench that spoke of corpses. To accommodate for the darkness, he would mentally switch on the lenses of his mask would now allow for the night vision function to be activated.
So far, there was nothing here. The doors and windows appeared to be barred with wooden planks. He looked to the side and sees a skeletal corpse hanging on the ceiling and still wearing a school uniform, with a rope tied loose on the neck. There was no flesh remaining except dust and bones. If it was any other person, they'd probably scream out of fright or just make a dash for it. But Touma Kamijou was not like that. There was no fear within his heart, only a resolve that increases the more he sees corpses like this.
He uses the lenses of his mask to examine the hanging body that was just a few meters away. It appeared that there were already broken bones that speak of the penetration of a sharp object, meaning that these remains might have already been killed before hanging out like this. But that wasn't what concerned him. What concerned him was that there was an ID found on the remains. He read it.
Kisaragi Academy
Satoshi Mochida
Age: 17
Now, that wouldn't have made any sense. This corpse didn't make any sense considering that he had just seen Satoshi alive and well. Satoshi had been with him all the way to the time when they and everyone else were unfortunately separated. He knew that Satoshi was probably with the Eighth Doctor as he last saw him, Yuka Mochida, the other Kisaragi Academy survivors, and Dhruv Varma all gathered together. He could be reassured of that at least. But this corpse seemed to be speaking of the impossible and the improbable.
Before he draws out any conclusions, he begins to take his sonic screwdriver and scan the body for whatever trace it can find. After scanning it, it seemed to confirm his suspicions at least that this is the same Satoshi Mochida that he knew with the same biodata match. But then, that could have meant that he had ended up in either a "past" timeline or in an impossible "future" timeline. Knowing how time works around these parts by now, Kamijou could either choose one or the other or both.
But he can't stop at this point. He needed to keep moving. If he as much as tried to move the hanging corpse, he may trigger an unnecessary trap that could wake up a few of the nasty locals. He was all alone this time and without the Eighth Doctor and his fellow companions with him, fighting may prove difficult depending on what he's up against. The only thing that he could do was offer a prayer of silence for the departed. And so he did, putting the screwdriver back into his pocket and softly placing both hands together as if in prayer before walking forward, careful to not disturb the hanging corpse.
And he continued walking. He didn't need a flashlight as he had his trusty mask to keep track of the darkness.
He kept walking through this dark corridor with not a hint of light in the area until he spotted a corridor that was much more bright by turning right. However...
"Grrrrrr..."
It would appear that he wasn't alone. There were three students that appeared to be in a zombified state. He can sense the Darkening that was running from them, corrupting them and making them into this. What would be worse is that these students would suddenly turn their necks towards him, showing their feral animal-like expressions and roaring furiously. And they were charging headfast towards him.
But Kamijou didn't become afraid and ran. He narrowed his eyes as he begins to slowly walk towards the charging students. A few steps later...
"GAAAH!"
Kamijou's swift dodges and movements made him as fluid as an eel as he simply made side steps before raising his right hand that he place on all of their vulnerable spots in a quickened pace succession. One by one, they were on the ground in the next second just as Kamijou continued to walk forward and raise his screwdriver to immediately teleport them straight to the TARDIS. At least three victims were safe from this terrible nightmare, he thought.
He continued walking on his own, passing through several dark corridors were all he could find there were blood stains, discarded organs, broken equipment, and others. He eventually manages to reach a nearby doorway that leads outside. However...
He needed to hide. Fast!
His Imagine-Sense was kicking in as he races towards a nearby corner that was just nearby the door. After hiding, he took a glance from one of the holes in the wall and spotted what appeared to be a horde of zombies that were just gathered just a few meters away. Naturally, he needed to let these monsters pass in order to not alert a single one of them.
And he waited for a few minutes. As he waited, he was simply checking the circular shield that he materializes from his left arm in order to inspect it. By the time the road would be clear of the horde, having walked several meters away, Kamijou took his chance to take his leave and walk outside. He took the opposite direction and headed south.
He continued to walk undeterred but the surrounding area was covered in fog. Tall trees were the only things visible. He needed to listen to his Imagine-Sense which warns him of possible dangers. In fact, it was because of this skill that allowed him to avoid at least several traps. Sometimes, he hides. In other times, when there was no other choice, he would engage the enemy, preferably by stealth, and in those cases, those were individuals afflicted by the Darkening. He couldn't allow them to remain that way and so, he made sure to use his Imagine Breaker on them.
By the time he reaches what appeared to be a town that was covered in fog, he had already managed to save at least fifteen students afflicted by the Darkening and sent them back to the TARDIS.
He checked his screwdriver in order to navigate and try to find the soul fragments. They weren't there. He'd figure as much. Still, he needed to keep moving.
Eventually, a few clicks away, he spotted an abandoned motel. He walks towards it. Little by little, he notices a few voices that were speaking from a few meters away, probably inside one of the rooms. Many were female. However, it was odd because...
"...!"
What happened next was rather swift. But Kamijou didn't sense any danger to himself. In spite of the fact that there was a gun and a sword pointed at him, the former on the head and the latter on the neck. If Kamijou can guess, the broken-down cars were used for cover.
"Don't move!" the adult man with the gun said quickly before he immediately realized his mistake. "Wait, what?!"
Kamijou immediately recognizes the adult man with the gun and the young woman with blue hair with the sword.
"Leon-sensei?! Tsubasa-san?! he said.
"Ah! Touma-kun!" Tsubasa Kazanari immediately lowers her sword and made a happy, relieved smile. Immediately after, she embraces him, the latter accepting it in kind.
"Touma..." Leon gave a relieved sigh as he lowered his gun. Afterward, he smiled. "It's good to see you again, kid, more or less anyway."
"Feelings mutual...but what are you doing here, sensei?" Kamijou asked.
"He got dragged here by accident," a young man, American by face, with brown hair and blue eyes, wearing a Japanese gakuran uniform, smiled at Kamijou and was walking towards him. "Hey there, TouMan, been a while."
"Gilead? You're here too?" Kamijou showed a concerned expression, recognizing the young man whose name was Gilead Burgundy.
"Yeah, Marshall Butcher sent me here as part of a mission related to this dimension," Gilead's hands were in his pockets, sporting a grim expression.
"Wait, mission? How much does the Covenant know about the situation?" Kamijou asked just as Tsubasa was stepping back a few meters in order to give Kamijou some space.
"Only that shit would probably hit the fan if we don't stop whatever it is that's making this dimension drag any unsuspecting travellers. I've had a vision, some end-of-the-world type of scenario where I saw Tokyo just covered with fire and crawling with undead and other nasties, we're talking about reaching AK-Class variety at the minimum. Some vengeful ghost seemed to be at the center of it all," Gilead explained.
"Sachiko..." Kamijou muttered softly, narrowing his eyes.
"Yeah, her. How much do you exactly know about her, Touma?" Gilead asked.
"More than most...considering that she's family," Kamijou smiled sadly.
"Wait what?!" Gilead asked in shock while Leon and Tsubasa made the same expressions.
"What do you mean by that, Touma?!" Leon asked.
"Well, it's a very long story that started a very long time ago when I was eleven doing Round Robin," Kamijou glances at the young women that were exiting the door as they heard a loud noise, looking at him with concern. He recognized most of them on sight as those associated with either of the two following friends: Hikigaya Hachiman and Kyousuke Kousaka. One of them had medium short wavy grayish brown hair and was wearing a Byakudan Senior High School female uniform. He would recognize her to be Mitsuki Yamamoto, a woman who was friends with the recently rescued Emi Urabe and Tohko Kirisaki. While he was relieved to find their friend alive and well, he glances at Gilead with a grimaced expression due to one little tidbit.
"Oh, you have got to be kidding me..." Kamijou said softly.
"Yeah...that's also a very long story," Gilead made an empathetic expression that was directed towards two old friends that are currently not here.
"Do they...Do they know about what Hachiman-san and Kyousuke-san have been up to all these years?" Kamijou asked, referring to the girls aside from Mitsuki.
"In parts...but not all of them, those guys would kill me if they weren't the ones to eventually tell what they've been up to," Gilead made an exasperated smile.
"Guess that just makes this more complicated," Kamijou said. "How exactly did you find them?"
"Well, Yukino-kun and Yui-kun were being chased by Leatherface of all people before we took him down," Leon explained.
"And well, we found Kyousuke's younger sister and their two friends right at this very motel," Gilead explained.
"Wait, Leatherface?!" Kamijou was concerned.
"Don't worry about him, TouMan, he...well, fell down like a humpty dumpty," Gilead made a slight joke.
"Before I shot him in the head at least," Leon said.
"Which made him fall down to his own chainsaw and died a terrible death...You already guess what happened from there," Gilead said.
"Ouch...Okay, so Leatherface is here, then that would mean that there are slashers running loose in Heavenly Host," Kamijou said.
"Oh that's a given considering I just shot Myers before Leatherface," Leon said.
"Myers? Michael Myers?" Kamijou sighed heavily. "Any other slasher that you all encountered."
"Fortunately it's just those two," Gilead smiled. "Tell you what, we should all probably do a little debriefing and compare notes, that way we can know what we're up against and work accordingly," Gilead said.
"That's honestly a good strategy and I'll tell you everything that I've learned so far," Kamijou nodded.
"By the way, Touma-kun, where are the Doctor and the others?" Tsubasa asked, looking around for any sign of them.
"Yeah, Touma, where are they? Aren't they suppose to be with you?" Leon asked, concerned.
"We all got separated during a dimensional quake. And that would be the first thing that I should explain to you guys," Kamijou said.
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ED Song:
【ARTERY VEIN】Confutatis no Inori (Full Version)【CP Blood Covered】【Eng Lyrics】
Incarnation(s)/Regeneration(s) of the Doctor:
The Twelfth Doctor - A: Peter Capaldi
The Eighth Doctor - A: Paul McGann
12 Core Characters:
Castiel - A: Misha Collins
Main Companion Protagonists:
Touma Kamijou - VA: Atsushi Abe
Shinichi Kudo/Conan Edogawa/Night Baron - VA: Minami Takayama
Kyon - VA: Tomokazu Sugita
Sota Mizushino/Kamen Rider Decade - VA: Daiki Yamashita
Lelouch vi Britannia/Zero - VA: Jun Fukuyama
The Nine Characters:
Satoshi Mochida - VA: Hiro Shimono
Yuka Mochida - VA: Eri Kitamura
Yoshiki Kishinuma - VA: Yūichi Nakamura
Ayumi Shinozaki - VA: Asami Imai
Yui Shishido - VA: Miyuki Sawashiro
Author Notes:
Mission Objectives:
Number of Soul Fragments of Seiji Shinozaki Collected: 3/24