After taking one last look at the frog, Kiryu walked towards the end of the town. He wasn't going to get information here apparently, which meant that he was probably going to have to go somewhere else. Mainly because he was still interested in the Digimon Emperor. It could probably tell him what those terms he had heard meant. Because he was pretty sure that no one here would tell him this stuff as that frog mentioned not being able to get information here. Though it did say that after he mentioned being curious about the Digimon Emperor, so maybe it didn't apply to everything else?

The town was large enough for him to test that out with another creature that could be around here, so it wasn't like he had to go back and find that frog. And considering that the place reminded him of Satellite in terms of size and navigation, there was bound to be another lurking somewhere. Maybe said other couldn't give information about the Digimon Emperor as that frog seemed to be talking for the entire population, but it could probably give some basic information so that he didn't look like an idiot in front of the guy.

Not wanting to stay near where he had met the frog, just in case anything else heard the conversation, Kiryu made a series of turns through the buildings that all had the same traditional scheme in order to find one farther away from where he started. He ended up finding one with a roof just a little paler shade of green than the others that was also closer to the outside. Kiryu had no clue if it was closer to the outside where he came from or the other end, but he hoped it was the latter.

He reached for the door to knock when he remembered something. The frog had said something about a party. And if Kiryu recalled correctly, it mentioned them partying hard tonight. Wouldn't that mean that no one happened to be in the houses? While that would provide him with a house he could sleep in, it wouldn't exactly give him anything regarding information.

Unless one of them happened to come home earlier. And while that might be a bit weird - he assumed parties where something you stayed at for awhile - it was possible. And he had no clue how to explain to someone that he was just sleeping in their house. This, no matter how many parallels he saw, wasn't Satellite. People randomly slipping into your homes and disturbing them shouldn't be common in a place like this. It just shouldn't.

But still, it would be good at least try to find someone or take refuge in a possibly empty house. They would serve a purpose to him either way. Though finding someone would be a bit better. At least then he could ask questions and then get them answered. And that would make sure he at least knew something before seeing this "Digimon Emperor."

He opened the door slowly - mainly because he assumed this one was empty, but just in case - and when no one responded to the creek, he slipped right in. The house was probably vacant, which meant that he found refuge, and not information.

When he entered the house, there was a faint light glowing. Either someone was there or they were forgetful and left the light on. Though just in case it was a person or a thing, Kiryu slowly made his way towards it. He was taking a risk, yes, but perhaps it'll be worth it at the end.

He exited the first room he walked into and entered a room where the light grew stronger. From what he could see, the inside matched the outside - it being a traditional home as opposed to a much more modern house.

But there was still absolutely no one in his line of sight. So was the house empty like he had thought, or…?

Probably not. He continued walking, finding himself the place where he saw the light.

It was just a hallway. Not a room for him to explore. But he questioned why would a light, of all things, be left on. He assumed because if they happened to come home late they didn't have to stumble in the darkness, but still, wouldn't it be easier to turn the lights on as you went? As opposed to wasting something that was harder to save? Or at least he thought.

But Kiryu slowly backed out of the hallway. There was nothing important there, and to be honest, he rather sleep without light. Plus, it would be easier to escape if he was closer to the exit. Sure, it might run the risk of detection, but still. He could easily walk out or run if he saw anything, while being in here he didn't have that level of foresight.

Putting one foot behind the other, Kiryu slowly backed out of the hallway. He wanted at least everything to look like it was when the owners left it - that way no one could accuse him of breaking and entering. And while there was much to misplace, he just did it out of habit. Whenever he had to steal something - whether it be for his own needs or something he knew Team Satisfaction needed, he always made sure that everything but the thing he needed looked like it had been before. So there was no need to really break out of the habit - doing so meant trouble.

But the only thing he presumed a problem was the door. He wanted to keep it open, even if only ajar, but wouldn't the person know that he had closed it? Sure, they didn't lock it, but they had shut the door behind them. Even if left open a tiny bit, they'll surely notice, right?

I should look for a window.

Those were his only options. Leaving the door open or escaping through a window. But he didn't know if there were any windows, let alone ones that he could open from the inside. So what was he even supposed to do?

Kiryu made his way back to the hallway. There was bound to be a window there, right? He looked - all of the walls being the plain cream color that the doors had. No sign of any window.

He sighed. He hadn't recalled finding any before - the room before the hallway didn't even have anything for one to consider it a room, and a window in the first room was out of the question. If he managed to get caught while trying to escape to where ever he needed to go, that might as well be trouble. And he didn't want another marker on his face - the first one was trouble enough.

Walking back to the initial room, he sat himself down on the floor. He couldn't see much, though his eyes adjusted to the darkness better than they had ever before (it must have been because of the Dark Signers) but then again, there wasn't much to be seen.

Though, he was bored. Despite coming here in order to rest, Kiryu didn't feel tired at all. His eyelids didn't droop down, nor did his head slowly go down, showing that he could barely support it. Nope, he was alert and perfectly fine.

He put his left arm in front of him. It was the arm with the duel disk, and dueling always comforted him, no matter what. And now he couldn't find a better way to spend the night but by examining his cards - something he had forgotten to do prior to this.

He drew the card that was on top of his deck. "Death Gunman," he said as he turned the card around. He didn't expect for it to be the very first card he drew - maybe that meant something or maybe it didn't. But it was there in his hand now, and there wasn't much more too it than that.

Putting the card on the slot, he drew another. Kiryu mainly did it because he didn't want to hold all forty cards of his deck in his hand, and he wasn't exactly sure if putting it on the floor was a great idea.

Crap. There was another presence in the room, someone must've came home. Or maybe it was that initial frog. Maybe it came to pick up whoever was here because they weren't showing up. And maybe it was going to give him hell about breaking and entering.

Kiryu stood up. He had to leave, now. And while he was pretty sure he couldn't fend off any potential threat with just cards alone, he punched pretty well. That should be enough for him to get to safety.

He happened to run into a pair of eyes.

They were narrow, ones that Kiryu wouldn't peg on the frog he had met earlier. No, those eyes would be something his card would have…

His card...he looked up, greeted by the masked face of Infernity Death Gunman. It was here, right there in the room...and he was pretty sure it took up mass.

Kiryu stuck his hand out to touch the area where the eyes where. Unlike in a duel that used holograms, he felt it. He felt Death Gunman.

"You know we'll protect you until Hell."

His eyes immediately opened. Fuller than before. He was alert, something that he had almost let slip when he was able to feel his card.

They said until Hell. But...they were creatures that belonged in Hell. He was something that belonged in Hell. And yet, protect him until Hell?

"I didn't die," he said. It was a question, and yet it came out more of a phrase. A statement. One he wished was false. He experienced death before, and what had happened was exactly like death. And he deserved to go to Hell - there was none of this "wait list to go to Heaven" bull. That was not something that was possible by someone of his nature. Sure, he imposed the rule that he wouldn't hurt kids, but that didn't exempt anyone who wasn't a kid. He was ready to fight if he had to. And he didn't know what "had to" meant.

But if had died, he would've gone to Hell. And he made a promise with his new cards. They'll protect him until he went to Hell once again. And if they were still there and still protecting him, then he didn't end up in Hell.

He was alive, but not completely. After all, none of the Infernity monsters talked to him. And he never ran into any humanoid frogs in either Hell or the real world.

Then again, Demack was spouting nonsense about this "Spirit Realm" thing. He had ignored him in favor of planning out the million and one ways he could kill and make Yuusei's life worse (he couldn't decide if he wanted to kill the damn guy), but he did hear things about it. Duel Monster spirits roamed there in physical form. And they had their own voices and everything.

Was he in there? It would make sense, but still, he questioned it. He never had any ties with spirits, aside from his deck and Ccapac Apu, but those were only minimal. He assumed people, like Demack, had to have some kind of special connection to it in order to see it. And Kiryu was sure he didn't have that connection.

And yet, none of that explained why there was a "Digimon Emperor." Maybe that stood for something he didn't know - Demack was practically a madman and there were plenty of better things to do with his time than listen to such nonsense - but it still raised a couple of questions.

"I can't stand this place," Death Gunman said. Kiryu stared back up at it, getting rid of his thoughts. He had to focus on the present, not whatever speculation he was doing.

"There's someone I want to meet," Kiryu said as it was about to take its guns out of its belt. "We'll do that instead."

But he took the card out of the designated spot, leaving Death Gunman to disappear as fast as it came.