Judgement heard the notice as soon as the victims had arrived at the hospital. A girl with the nose broken and some tooth hurt as well and a man with two broken ribs and an internal bleeding. The wounds were strange, the force needed to do such damage was like they were hit by a bear. And the girl showed signs of radiation exposure, her clothes were slightly radioactive. The case held a very close resemblance to a massacre decades ago. The Devil's pass massacre, the only difference is that those people were found dead.
It was hard to picture what could have done such damage with so much ease. Why did she had to get all the creepy cases? This was unfair last time she nearly broke her ankle. Maybe it was because by putting her in danger they were sending a lvl5 ESPer to retaliate, but that idea was too obscure to think as valid. Right now the perpetrator was unknown, and she didn't even know, Yuuka didn't even think she went hard on those two magicians.
Index was back with her, she brought a friend she had found on her way back from the bathroom. She had the odd feeling of deja vu. –Hyouka this is the girl I was talking about, she's a magician too! –A nervous looking student –Ah… Hello, I'm Kazami Yuuka. Have we met before? –Uhm… I don't think so… Kazakiri Hyouka. Did you just met Index? –A while ago by an accident I had –Kazakiri was following a source of power that appeared from nowhere, like being pulled from a dream she came to this world. The source started to diminish as fast as it appeared but she could feel the connection to it, and followed its signal. It was surprising to see that Index was going to the same place she was, Yuuka was the one who irradiated that signal. The weather was even changed by it.
–I'm thirsty –as expected from those who know Index she never held back on her wishes –Getting something to drink isn't a bad idea, any suggestions Hyouka? –Eh?! Uhm… –She pointed at a vending machine. –How many of these do I pay in to get a drink? –Yuuka showed one of the golden coins she kept, ancient money from an old time, even before Gensokyo was sealed. Machines could not tell the value of such antiques, pawn shops were forbidden in a city designed for students.
–Errm… I don't think you can get anything with those… –How can she explain the value of money and types of currency to two magicians? They didn't know about the machines not being able to discern between coins from different countries –You have to change them to Japanese currency… –Yuuka looked at the coin –This is Japanese currency… Don't tell me they have changed it again?! –without knowing Yuuka had given away a hint of her true age –Y-yes Miss Kazami… the coins are less valuable now. But I don't think you will be able to change them anywhere. –Yuuka and Index stared at the golden coin… How could have they bought the crepes a while ago?
–You sure anyone will be able to change them? Maybe one person will nicely do us the favor to change them –I-I don't think anyone will do you that favor… That thing is too valuable –Don't worry… People are nice if you ask nicely –in her case people was nice because of fear, she knew it but preferred to ignore it.
–I-I don't think that's allowed Miss Kazami –Yuuka ignored the warning –Please don't call me Miss Kazami… Even if you are cute being that respectful –Hyouka blushed unable to form an answer. Yuuka approached a student, the deal seemed too good to be true, so he declined the offer of a gold coin for a few bills.
Now they had no money and a hungry and thirsty friend. Even though Yuuka carried gold it was nearly impossible to exchange it, it was too old to be changed in a bank, and too valuable to be sold to a passerby. –We should go home. Touma will know what to do –Who is Touma? –the green haired was curious –Uhm… A boy Index lives with –Hyouka answered before Index –Giving food and housing to the devotee? Or Index is from a branch that allows marriage? –both the girls blushed at the words, Yuuka held no thoughts back.
Index fidgeted –The first one… for now –Hyouka nearly fainted at hearing those words. The age difference! The taboo of marrying such an innocent girl such as Index. –I'd like to meet him then –Yuuka smiled and giggled a bit.
Back in the sealed room with the man inside of a tank, the two blonde women and now one brown haired shrine maiden –I'll be retrieving this. Thank you very much –Yukari brought her into the room so there could be a more broad debate about the outcome of the bets –Who is the man inside the fishtank? –Aleister groaned –Aleister Crowley! How come have I ended up li… –Reimu interrupted –Wait… My mother had talked to me about you! You tried to get some of her blood for some weird project of yours –Was she your mother?! –he gulped, she was by far the most powerful being he had faced –But I remember she said there were two of you… What happened to your teacher? –this shrine maiden knew too much, while he knew nothing about her –H-he transcended –Divine spirit? Oh I'll tell Tenshi to send him your greets when she has the chance –please refrain yourself from doing such things. Our relationship is not what it used to be…
–Reimu sat on a cushion on the ground and kept staring at the screen –So who is next? You already told me about Sanae's successor. Will we see anything interesting yet? –What do you mean by that? Kanzaki is one of the strongest magicians in the wo… –Again the lord of Academy City was interrupted this time by Marisa –Well the saint was sort of slacking in range and her reflexes were awful, like she has never fought before. –Aleister shivered at that comment. It meant that the creatures at Gensokyo had fighting skills.
The fights with ESPers and magicians in the ourside world were all about power, but in Gensokyo they relied on strategy. It meant they did not only have power, that is something many can achieve. But power and the skills to use it properly are a rare trait in the outside world, for people in Gensokyo it was the norm. Even if Yuuka found people stronger than herself they would have no change against her (which was now impossible given that she had just defeated a saint without breaking a sweat, without unleashing her full potential), she was not only a powerful being, but a warrior. Even the Imagine Breaker would have to walk carefully around her. This was only a game for them, a tour in his city… He needed someone like that, he needed someone like that to teach the ways of handling their power to his people, to fix that weakness.
–So who is next? –Asked the red shrine maiden –We'll try to set a fight with a lvl5 ESPer shortly. She's not violent so we will need to provoke her –Reimu glared at Aleister. Yukari did not do those kind of things to her because of fear of the consequences. He had none, to her eyes those two were not that different. She hoped Yuuka found out about the game she was playing without knowing, so the bloodshed would stop. She didn't know why but she had a bad feeling about tampering with her.