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"Let me explain what my eyes just witnessed." Mirii folded her arms, while looking down the golden statue. "I experienced an over the top interpretation of my own persona, with the intention of making me realize how perfection destroyed my common sense."
She rose her head a bit.
"Am I right?"
You are not.
Mirii bended down, as her teeth gritted and her irises shrunk.
"Nngghh! Wh-what?!"
That other Mirii represents your own idea of perfection: a person full of selfishness, who's consumed by the infinite need of money.
"False! Completely false!" Her right foot stomped the floor, while her fists clenched. "Perfection doesn't lead any person towards the wrong directions! In fact, it's intended to be used as a tool of education rather than an infinite reward system!"
Who are you getting angry at?
"No one." Her hands fell on her hips. "I don't have emotions…" Her irises moved to the right. "Just small bursts of excessive energy."
You are getting angry at yourself, Mirii. You realized the wrong things
"Be quiet!" Her right hand moved from left to right. "I had enough of your words! Perfection is the road I deserve to pass through and no ridiculous scenes are capable of damaging such truth. Now, I request your cooperation for letting me met with the Master of this Shrine."
… even after all the proofs I showed… you still don't understand? I tried to help for nothing…
Mirii lowers her head, closing her eyes.
"Or if you are unable to cooperate, then I simply order to unseal the Shoji." She rose back her head, opening her eyes. "Otherwise, I'm forced to utilize my superior intellect to overcome this obstacle."
There is another way to reach the Master… however, it's the hardest method a mortal can choose.
"Whenever it's a difficult approach to take would be a judgment communicated by my part." Mirii's right foot steps forward. "Announce this task at once!"
Very well. The Master is located at the last Shoji on the left, once you'll exit this room. Inside his room however, you'll find a mental challenge: complete it and you'll meet him.
"Hmm…" Mirii folds her arms, while lowering her head and closing her eyes. "Is there another detail you wish to reveal?"
Yes: once you accept a challenge, you are forced to complete it.
"To be more specific?" She rose her head, opening her eyes.
I can't be specific, Mirii… I already told you the only information I can tell.
"Hmpf. Hypocrisy at its finest." She shakes her head. "You pretend to know everything concerning my personal life, yet you refuse to exchange crucial information which would help me take the best decisions?"
Mirii, it's you that decided to follow the evil ways. All you had to do was to give up your Perfection convictions in order to help Hun… and you completely rejected my help. As I said, the second method is the hardest choice a mortal can take. You have to face all the consequences, without having the powers to oppose.
"Bah…" Mirii turned her back. "Your words are no use for my goals. I'm done with your arrogance. I wish to leave this room."
Silence fell down, as the girl's eyes were on the Shoji. She nodded.
"In any case…" She sighed loud. "Thank you for the information."
She walked over the Shoji, sliding it to the left. In front of her eyes, the two young twins: both were frowning a lot.
"We heard everything Mirii." Eri's wrists were on her hips.
"You'll never reach the Master." Emi's wrists were on her hips.
Mirii rose her head slightly.
"You aren't aware that Hun must utilize those baths in order to save his own life…?" She slightly squeezes her eyes.
"But you can't go to the Master!" Emi opened her arms. "You need an invitation!"
"Also, who you were talking to…?" Eri folded her arms. "Is there a ghost in that room?"
"Ghosts are nothing more than intangible creatures coming from fairy tales." Mirii rose her head slightly. "It's considered a rather simple task putting microphones around the room…"
"You are bashing the Shrine yet again?!" Emi puffed her cheeks, stretching down her arms. "There is no way you are going to utilize the baths! You'll go straight under the rain!"
"Yes, let's go talk about this with Chie." Eri's irises moved to the left, while keeping her frown. "I had enough of her"
Fffssssssssssssssssssssss…
The twins kept coughing loudly, inside a massive cloud of smoke. Rapidly, Mirii jumped out of it as she sprinted right in front of a Shoji: as her hand touched the fine wood, she slides the door over her right.
"STOP!" Eri jumped out from the cloud. "GUARDS! EVERYONE! CAPTURE THAT GIRL!"
Mirii closed back the Shoji, dashing inside the darkness. Her steps were echoing throughout the room, producing a metal sound.
"The floor feels metallic… where am I?"
The steps rhythm was slower.
"I'm walking for a while now… is this an endless room?!"
Yoooooooohhhh…
A deep male voice echoed. Mirii gasped, as her head twists around seeing the darkness. A biwa-generated notes invaded the air, followed by a high pitched shinobue.
Yoooooooohhhh…
Kakko sounds joined the concert too, sometimes accompanied by a small gong.
"WH-WHAT MADNESS ARE YOU?! SHOW YOURSELF!"
Yoooooooohhhh…
Her eyes looked down, seeing her hands gradually popping out from the darkness: they were appearing in an orange. Her tentacles, her yukata… they had the same tones as her own hands.
"Those effects… I never seen such phenomenon!" She looks left and right, around herself.
Oooooooohhh…
Her head turned to the left: a purpled toned Inkling woman wearing a kimono was playing the shinobue. On her left, an Inkling man under a yellow tone appeared: he was playing the biwa. Twisting her head to the right, an old Inkling man playing the kakko was under a red tone: on his right, an Inkling woman was sit down under a magenta tone, staring at a small gong while holding two gong mallets.
Mirii rose her eyebrows, while looking behind: only the darkness. She twists ahead, seeing pretty much the same thing. She shook her head, frowning a bit.
"Am I assisting a concert?! Is this a humongous joke?!"
The heart is strong, the heart is life.
The girl left her mouth open: her sight went into negative colors for a moment.
The mind is smart, the mind is knowledge.
Jerkily, negative-colored images of an large, old Inkling man with a big beard appeared on her sight.
The secret of the heart, the secret of the mind.
Mirii couldn't feel her limbs at all… her eyes were frozen on the negative-colored images.
If you know, then you live… if you live, then you know.
Her mind was completely silent.
But what if you live without knowing? What do you know… about living?
"… Master… I want… to accept… your challenge…" Her mouth was left open, as her eyes were still looking in the same position.
Life is an experience, life is a challenge.
You are small, you want to grow.
But you don't know… thus you don't live.
"I… live… I'm alive…" Her eyes blinked multiple times. "… … huh…? Wh-what the…"
Her eyes were seeing the darkness: her hands were once again hidden by obscurity.
"Did I… sleep with my eyes open? Those images… those felt like a dream…"
The heart is strong, the heart is life.
"Nnngghh! Th-that voice…!"
The mind is smart, the mind is knowledge.
"Wh-what's he saying?! Is that… a riddle?"
The heart is ignorant, the mind is weak.
You must know… you must live.
"… I think to understand now… I know exactly what he's seeking from me."
From the darkness, the Inkling man gradually appeared as he balancing on his left foot.