Editor note: this is the best i can do without changing whole paragraph on its entirety.
Feared Reverence
[Standardized Human Date: March 25, 2536.
Destroyer White Lotus. -Adrien Victus
General Victus was sitting with a small group of his platoon playing cards, all sitting on metal boxes in the hold of some ship. The ship that was taking them home, as the human officer on board said, reached the system in about six hours and left for the citadel immediately once all the prisoners were on board.
They were told that the trip to the human FTL drop point would take exactly an hour, so he and his men were simply sitting and waiting along with all the other Turians in the camp; they had already been fed and were left alone with guards watching their movements.
This was what perplexed him the most, during their stay as prisoners of war they were treated with respect, and they were never attacked by humans looking for revenge, the only times a prisoner was injured was in self-defense, as the culprit had attacked a human, and even then the assailant had only been beaten a little and then returned unharmed.
Of course, it wasn't perfect he and the others noticed from his behavior that the humans got angry when they looked at them, their eyes glowed with unbridled emotion and their bodies tensed when they approached the Turian soldiers but they never attacked them, The most they've ever done without any hostile moves other than self-defense were the small comments, cussing or cursing the Turians for attacking their world, but otherwise their stay in the POW camp was peaceful.
The door that was being protected by the human guards opened and several figures came out, and among them, a man stepped forward. "We can speak with the officers in charge of each group" The human male spoke in a firm voice.
Victus and the other high-ranking Turians hesitantly approached the human male, waiting for him to speak.
The Man looked at everyone with a serious face until his gaze fixed on Victus and seemed to recognize him "You must be General Adrien Victus, We never had the chance to introduce ourselves, General, I am Captain Kazama commanding the White Lotus with a mission to return Trurian prisoners to the Citadel, my team and I have come to inform you that you will be released back to your people in a few minutes, once we are close to the Fuinjutsu teleportation mark, as such, we will return your belongings to you as soon as possible as soon as they leave the ship, I wish the safe return of your men."
This news relieved Victus, they were being released, but what do they mean their belongings were being returned, does that include their equipment?
Another thing that confused him was the captain. How did he know Victus? "This is great news Captain, but could you tell me how you know me?"
"I find it easier to say not just who I am, but who I was for this answer."
Victus was confused by what the human said 'Who I was' and what he meant.
"I was the captain of the SSV HIRUZEN, the human exploration vessel that had the mission to investigate relay 314, my ship was destroyed on the orders of your commodore which led to our violent first contact." As soon as the words were out of Captain Kazama's mouth all the Turians tensed thinking about the action that led to that whole disaster in the Shanxi colony and the predicament they found themselves in now.
"You were the captain? How is that possible?! Every ship in that Research Fleet was destroyed, how could you be here?" Victus himself received the news that there were no survivors from the research fleet; the Turian navy searched the wreckage looking for survivors. He finds it unlikely that the hierarchy will lie about possible human survivors.
"Believe me, our FTL technology is not only used to teleport our ships," the man said with amusement," Not everyone indeed survived, but it's much harder to kill us than you might think."
The captain's proud look and tone impacted Victus. Certainly, humans had more cards up their sleeves.
"The answer to your question on how I know you Victus is very simple. After the attack on the research fleet and the invasion of Shanxi, I became more and more interested in your species, and when I heard that the Turian military surrendered, I wanted to know why. I know your type, you look like a man who valued his pride more than anything and wouldn't stop until the last of your men was buried ten feet under the ground.
Fortunately for you, General Desolas was truly an impressive man who realized that fighting to the end because of a futile decision by an officer who only wanted more power and glory was not more important than the lives of his men. His choice certainly prevented a much bigger war between our species."
Hearing those words, Victus could only think of General Desolas. He was closest to Desolas' younger brother, really Saren's best friend, but he also considered the general a friend.
"He had done the bravest act any soldier could make, his choice stopped the war and he certainly saved all the Turians on that ship." With every word he spoke, Victus reminded him that despite his friend's courageous choice, it led to his tragic death.
He saw the captain nodding his head in agreement then another human arrived and whispered something in the captain's ear which turned his men towards him.
"We've already reached the Fūinjutsu marking signal, you'd better take your seats soon we'll be leaving for the Citadel."
After 5 minutes, all the Turians returned to their seats and received notice that they were activating the seal for the humans' FTL travel. A few minutes later, they received another notice saying that they had arrived at the Citadel and that a Shuttles was waiting for them to dock at the station.
….
When they left the buses for the Citadel, they were greeted by a crowd, most of them
Turians waited to welcome them and see if their kin were among the survivors, but the C-sec prevented them from approaching and took all the soldiers away to C-sec headquarters.
At headquarters, the captain of the C-sec welcomed them with a respectful salute. "Who is the highest-ranking officer among you?" All of the freed Turians looked at Victus. "I am Captain Adrian Corvus from the C-sec and I will be responsible for you and help you find your families." Captain Adrian introduced himself. "You would be?"
"General Adrien Victus, I am the highest-ranking officer in charge of the men and women of Shanxi."
"It's a great pleasure to meet you, General, I'm here to help you and your men and one of my most urgent orders is to take you for a medical evaluation to see that you've been treated well by your guest." Captain Adrian greeted the General.
"I agree with the medical assessment, but before we go I would like to know if we will receive information about our families," Adrien asked one of the biggest concerns among returning soldiers, was locating their families and informing them of their return and that they were still alive.
The Captain nods, understanding the soldiers' desire, as many families did not know if their relatives were alive, which explains the large crowd when they arrived at the Citadel with so many Turians waiting to see if any relatives were among the survivors.
The reason this large crowd was not in front of the C-sec Garden was preparation they had to keep this area empty of visitors a full day before the liberated soldiers from Shanxi arrived. This was very difficult, as they had to use the small police stations to receive all reports of crimes until the situation was resolved.
"This will be resolved during check-in at the medical center we will take the name of each soldier and make a list and we will contact each family member to let them know that you are alive and receiving the necessary care shortly after that we will review your mental state and right after a small quarantine of 2-3 days you will be able to see your family members in person, but of course, in the meantime, you will be able to contact them by video calls and phone calls informing them of your status."
"Thank you for clearing my doubts, Captain, and you can be sure that regarding the evaluation, my men and I will give you all the support and help, now What will be the location," Victus responded professionally, which hid his inner feelings, as internally he rejoiced in the knowledge that he could see his family again and would soon be back with his son.
"The assessment will take place at the Citadel's central hospital, on the same floor as the soldiers who managed to escape before their surrender in the Shanxi colony, so you might see some colleagues again and they will certainly be very happy to see you survived."
Sounds of agreement were heard and soon all the soldiers like good Turians they are followed the orders and headed towards the Central Hospital.
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Citadel Central Hospital - Castis Vakarian
Police officer Castis Vakarian was passing through check-in where he gave his name and his information as a soldier, but during all this Castis could only think of his family. His wife, son, and the little girl he thought he would never see again, but now he was free and he had one certainty in his mind. He would leave the army to join the C-sec and would never again be away from his family.
The entire attack on the Shanxi colony was a mistake. The arrogance of a single officer almost caused a war between the Citadel and the Alliance and he was sure that if they went to war even if by some miracle they won; the number of bodies as a result would be so great that several planets would be flooded with blood of the deceased.
And he wanted no part of it, he didn't want his son to be part of it, let alone his unborn daughter, her life could have been threatened by an endless war where she would never have a childhood and would only know the fear of death.
After checking in, Castis was taken with the other soldiers in his platoon to a room where they were told that a doctor would be arriving shortly to run tests and see how they were doing.
When the doctor arrived, he asked everyone to wait so he could see them one by one.
The doctor was an old Turian who could pass for any Turian grandfather, with a straight face, and was very focused on his work. He thoroughly examined each soldier and had his Salarian assistant write everything down on his Omni medical tools.
Castis stood there watching each exam waiting until the doctor started to examine him asking about all the injuries he suffered and how each one was treated if he had open wounds or broken bones if he had been medicated and if he was eating.
To each question, Castis answered by saying that he had no injuries or was under the effect of some medication and was well-fed. About old wounds, he showed an old-looking scar that ran from his chest vertically to his belly and said that he had been cut by a sword in Shanxi, It didn't hit any vital organs, but in the field of Turian that are filled with any kind of germs, it got infected.
The doctor looked at him as if he had seen a ghost." this wound is huge, how is it possible that you survived even if you reached the soldiers' camp in Shanxi, you would have no way of surviving the infection, and this scar seems to have healed years ago." And even the assistant who seemed focused on taking down all the details also lifted her face and looked at him confused.
" I was lucky that the infection did not kill me, and I lasted until a few days after I was seriously injured, We surrendered and then all the soldiers were taken to the prison camp. Then the humans took all the wounded to the human doctors, and they were able to heal me and save my life; I don't know how I'm not dead by now, but their medical technology is beyond my comprehension, my body felt vigor and this scar doesn't bother me at all it feels like it happened years ago. I feel no pain from it."
Some other soldiers also agreed and said that they suffered serious injuries and were on the verge of death, but when they were taken to the humans, they were all treated and saved, they did not feel any pain, and some said that they lost an arm or a leg but when they woke up the limbs were there and it wasn't a prosthesis it looked like the limb had grown back.
This news shook the doctor and the assistant who, until that moment, acted like professionals who didn't seem to be shaken by anything. But after the soldiers' reports, the doctor asked the assistant to write the names of all the soldiers who were on the verge of death and were saved by humans especially those who said they had lost a limb who would undergo rigorous examinations to see how this happened. It happened. It was impossible.
After each soldier was assessed, the medic and assistant quickly left.
...
[Human standardized date: August 2, 2536.
Citadel Central Hospital Board of Directors
Doctor Vieri Matin was looking forward to the meeting he and the other doctors at the Hospital would have with the Director.
All the doctors and their assistants in the room were the ones assigned to the Turians who had returned from Shanxi, and they were divided into two groups.
The first group was in charge of soldiers who managed to flee before the end of the conflict. The second group was responsible for the soldiers that were returned after the Citadel and Alliance agreement.
Vieri's thoughts were interrupted by a sound.
knock knock
Everyone in the room heard someone's footsteps down the hall toward the principal's office.
Whispers started saying "He's the director". "He already arrived. I thought we would have more time."
The door opened and Vieri saw a Salarian walking towards the large desk in the office, and as he walked, everyone made way for him.
The director of the largest hospital in the Citadel was an impressive figure, his name was Mara Vilh, perhaps the biggest salarian anyone had ever seen, The director, Mara, had gigantism and reached 2.27 meters in height, and unlike normal Salarians, he was neither thin nor slender but strong and burly.
"What information did they get from the patients?" Director Mara said about each one.
One of the doctors in the first group spoke first.
"Director. Alon Parek I am in charge of room 201 on the tenth floor with 32 turians from 3 different platoons, most of my patients have lost a limb or suffered major lacerations."
"Was this caused directly by humans or indirectly?"
"Some were caused by small explosions [paper bombs, while others were caused by direct hits with swords or daggers."
"Okay, more of those injuries from another cause." three other doctors spoke.
" Juta Kall from the twelfth floor of room 234 in charge of 43 soldiers from 5 different platoons. Me and my colleagues from rooms 235 and 236 with 37 and 40 soldiers from 5 and 6 different platoons respectively also have cases of some amputations more by reports of patients believed to have been caused by other means."
"What would those other causes be, Doctor?"
"Sir, I'm Dic Gayso, room 236, and the reports from the soldiers can be a little strange and even unbelievable, but so many soldiers said this that the three of us got together to gather information and compare it."
"And what did you find by comparing?" Principal Mara was curious about these seemingly strange reports.
"We found that humans seem to have some weapon that compresses the air, they use it to make precise cuts strong enough to cut people or armored vehicles. They also have a gun that does the same thing with just water, which is supposed to be small and portable. soldiers said that many were injured while fighting human soldiers and it seemed that humans controlled the winds or water."
Another doctor looked up as if he'd remembered something.
"Doctor Dic, I think I have a similar situation, I'm from the thirteenth floor, Doctor Dinh Mayu, my patients are mostly burn victims and they say the humans who burned them controlled fire and even formed shapes with the flames for intimidation. and my colleague Atus in room 284 told me that many of his patients looked as if they had been attacked by several rays and all had Lichtenberg marks on their bodies to prove it."
"These are interesting reports, which one of you has more information like this." When the director finished saying that, all the doctors in both groups raised their hands.
...
[Human standardized date: August 5, 2536.
Main Council Chamber - Tevos
Councilor Tevos was alone waiting for her fellow councilors to arrive for yet another meeting about the humans.
Tevos sighed. It seemed all the Council was doing right now was discussing humanity. Humans were like children compared to the older Council races, they are a species that has traveled through space only a fraction of the time, unlike the Asari who have been doing so for thousands of years. If only the Citadel could have a chance to guide them, to help and advise them on how to properly wield their potential, as they have with the other races. She sighed in frustration.
"Councilor Tevos." One of Tevos' aides called out to her.
"Tell me, Carti, what happened." A Young Asari approached. "The Councilors have already arrived and are on their way here." Tevos thanked his aide and waited for his fellow Council members to arrive.
First to enter was Councilor Turian Sparatus with Councilor Salarian Vikkan close behind. With everyone in their places, Vikkan activated his omni-tools... and a system appeared.
Tevos focused on the unknown system. "Is this the human home system?" Tevos asked.
"No, this is the complete system scan of Shanxi that the Hierarchy invaded," Vikkan answered him.
Tevos understood that this was the first time he had seen it complete. Despite having visited hundreds of systems in his time, this one was still unknown as humans forbade anyone to approach it.
"Humans are reluctant to share these vital pieces of intelligence, and the STG has not been able to identify other inhabited systems or their population numbers, nor can we understand how they managed to possess starships without eezo, as we cannot replicate the energy called Chakra in any laboratory." It was clear from the dejected tone in Vikkan's voice that he was far from satisfied. "Long-distance reconnaissance didn't get any information about their security, their firewalls are completely alien and their technology is unknown."
"Whatever data the surrendered Hierarchy Fleet had gathered appears to have been completely erased by humanity before returning our soldiers," Sparatus commented.
"Looks like they're also quick to learn." The salarian spoke, not taking his eyes off the holo image. "Any information they remove would be a huge bonus for us," he clicked his tongue.
"I also have something to add, you might want to check, it's one of the last updates the ambassador sent to the Council." Said Sparatus, pointing to the data pad in his hand.
Tevos nodded, bracing himself for whatever new information was presented this time. A moment later, he picked up a dice pad from the table. Her eyes widened in surprise, the information before her seemed to contain the answers to the most important theories that everyone on the Council had raised about how humanity was able to put up such fierce resistance for such a young species.
The package sent by the embassy recounts its history of five separate global conflicts that seem to have influenced their development of naval mindsets in the 314 Relay conflict.
But Tevos would not allow her people or the Citadel to engage in conflict with humans again, so she examined the report sent by the ambassadors relating a summary [Almost no information relevant.] of human history.
" Tevos, humans understand the difference between tactical and strategic victory. When they restricted their thirst for revenge to a simple warning to the diplomatic ship Asari, they showed not only their strength by defeating the Turians but also their cunning. They are an adaptable adversary, not just in combat, but also in mind." Sparatus commented.
"And what I find most disturbing about all of this is the amount of information or lack of information we have on them. It's like we are blindly facing a Thresher Maw." In his mind, Tevos knew that a race so skilled in the art of war could be a serious threat to Citadel space. Given what the reports suggested, the humans would be more than capable of causing significant damage to infrastructure and society, although she was equally certain that they would also make the humans pay a terrible price.
" The information offered about the human home planet suggests that approximately two-thirds of its surface area is covered by large bodies of water. However, other sources claim that the human home planet is covered by more land than water; an enigma that must be resolved." Vikkan commented on rereading the document in his hands.
"The report also says that their home world is known as Earth, located in a system - yet to be revealed. The planet itself has a described atmosphere almost identical to that of Thessia and a very similar mass." Sparatus ended.
"We deduce that some information may be a deliberate diversion from your home planet with possible references to other worlds under your control," Vikkan said.
Tevos read the reports several times, trying to find anything else useful.
"This was sent from the human embassy to correct a report they sent claiming to have more information about humanity. There's almost nothing here, just a small report on your world's climate and environmental conditions, the name, but nothing on where is on or about any other system in their possession nor are we sure this information is correct appears to be done on purpose to leave us in doubt. We will not be able to find anything that can be used to our advantage."
After hearing all this, Sparatus nodded in agreement.
"I think we'd better save that for another time. We've just received this document and haven't found anything useful.it is better to study this document and at another time we can reuse this information." After hours of discussion on various topics, they arrived at the final issue.
"Tell me Sparatus how the investigation and conviction of the officers responsible for this whole disaster is going," Tevos asked.
"They were arrested and we are using the new information from the Turians that were released to use in the trial and also to find more suspects."
"I still have a question about how so many accepted the choices of these officers, Sparatus. I know Trurian military doctrine says you must obey all orders, but how come no one has spoken out against breaking first contact protocol? rules about it as nobody said anything."
"I have a disgraceful response to this attitude. What I am going to show you is about a secret investigation that the Hierarchy is conducting and found that many of the soldiers who tried to go against the order to invade Shanxi or tried to inform the Hierarchy or the Citadel were executed, we are only now discovering why these deaths were reported as combat casualties and not as victims of malpractice of power."
Sparatus passed each of the advisors an information chip that contained photos and videos showing Turians shot to the head and audio files where the culprits spoke to more officers on other ships about how many "undisciplined" soldiers they had and how they had to deal with them. with them. how to get rid of them and how they must invent a story for their deaths."
Tevos tried to read some of the reports several times, but he couldn't suppress his urges. Disgust filled her mind with what she had read so far.
How could they do that? She couldn't understand why, in reality, summary executions to ensure discipline were more harmful than anything else and were a mediocre and ineffective method. Soldiers were more afraid of their allies than the enemy and thought they walked hand in hand with death waiting to be stabbed in the back.
"This is a disaster." Vikkan sighed tiredly, he was getting too old for this.
"I know Vikkan, but the Hierarchy is doing an enormous house cleansing to remove these weeds, This information I'm showing you is confidential but you have to have this knowledge so you don't get scared by the movement of the Hierarchy government. Know these; great changes are about to happen."
The Turian councilor's words only made Tevos rub his forehead, feeling a sharp headache.
--
[Human standardized date: August 5, 2536.
Tower of the Council-Chamber of Embassies.
The Chamber of Embassies was nothing more than the second most important place in the Citadel, right behind the Council Tower.
The Embassies were close to each other and located on the same street as the Council Tower.
It was an open place where no living was allowed and not even large stores could be kept, only the most essential and ancient ones could be kept, as the place was reserved for any future new species that found space to build an embassy.
The newest embassy that joined the others as well as its companions had its style that represented its species and was ready two days ago and was open for visitation.
Inoba Yamanaka blinked her yellow eyes and watched the teams of journalists who looked like they would never leave.
It had been two days since the embassy had been completed and had a grand opening. But still, it seemed like the reporters were never going to leave and they were being very annoying to all the secretaries who were at the front desk.
"What do you miss the most about the Alliance here in the Citadel?", asked the Asari reporter to the human sitting in the reception of the newly built embassy, it was a beautiful stone and wood construction, the building is 50 meters wide and 30 meters high. depth, with a Torii* portal in the entrance under the roof with eaves* This is an inverted V-shaped roof extension
Its interior is divided into two bodies, one Engawa* which was an external corridor that ran throughout the building as if it were a veranda. and at the back, a naijin* (inner shrine) the inner doors were beautifully decorated Fusuma* and the courtyard had huge statues of nine strange animals each with many tails from one to nine.
"The hot springs. The facilities we have here are good, but nothing can beat a public hot spring or not." Inoba replied.
Reporter Asari made a confused face. "Hot spring? What would that be."
"A hot spring is almost like a public bath," Inoba said when he thought that maybe Asari didn't know what it was.
"You mean humans have bathing spots outside their homes that they can share with others?" she asked him.
Yamanaka shook his head "A hot spring is more than that, it's a place of relaxation and socialization, exercise and health promotion. Besides, our villages have several types for all tastes."
"Can you give us an example?"
"If you want to know more, I suggest you talk to our cultural ambassador, I'm just a secretary." He told her before the guards informed all reporters to leave the embassy quickly so as not to disturb the staff's work.
--
The interior area of the Embassy-Secret room.
The internal appearance of the embassy was even more beautiful than the external one. But the human embassy had a secret that only its occupants knew, on the walls were hidden symbols where Space-Time jutsus had distorted the interior so that it was bigger inside and smaller outside, with secret rooms where ambassadors could have secret meetings without concerns. about espionage for the Citadel.
When Hana entered the room, she saw her friends Inokou and ChoKuma along with Inashi, one of Inokou's guards, sitting on the chabudai, but this one was different from the traditional one and many people could be sitting on it.
Hana noticed that ChoKuma was having tea and eating cookies while Inokou seemed to be arguing with Inashi about something that was on the table, but Hana couldn't see.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm sipping a nice chamomile tea with honey already. Inokou looks ready to give up his sanity with his problem."
"That's not true!" Inokou exclaimed, turning to his friend. "I'm just discussing with Inashi about my new project. Which unfortunately isn't turning out the way I'd like." She whispered the last part with spite.
"Don't say that, my lady, I'm sure you'll be able to perfect your discovery soon." Inashi tried to cheer up their leader.
The curious Hana approached and saw on the table what appeared to be small sculptures of various incomplete or destroyed materials. "What are you doing Inokou? Are you trying to create art? Read the room you morron! This isn't a place for that!"
ChoKuma chuckled as he whispered, "What art? She wouldn't even know how to create a snowman."
Inokou then looked at his friend stole his tea and hid the cookies so he wouldn't eat them anymore "No Hana, this is not art but a new mind transfer jutsu technique I'm trying to create, I want to create small shapes that they can infiltrate anywhere and go unnoticed by everyone. But this is very difficult, I want very small forms the size of insects and I want to share my senses and divide my consciousness into thousands of bodies." After these words, Hana was impressed, it was a great idea!
"Are you sure this is not dangerous, Inokou? Dividing your mind into so many pieces, even more so into objects and not into other living beings can end up destroying your mind."
"That would be true, but I've managed to figure out a way to keep my mind safe and it's been tested and I can't go wrong with that part, the only problem I have is finding the ideal material, the shape and I've managed to control so many shapes."
"Oh! That's why Inashi is here to help you with the control part and find the shape you want."
"Yes, as you know, Inashi is from a branch of the Yamanaka family that has ties to the
Aburame Clan and they are experts in this mind transfer technique in various forms."
Hana had to agree that the Hātooiru Branch (ハートオイル, heart oil) had the Haibu tensō
(hive transfer) a technique where they could control the hives inside their bodies.
mind instead of pheromones like their Aburame kin, they invented this one to honor the two clans from which they originated.
This skill would be extremely helpful for Inokou to be able to complete his goals.
So Hana, enthralled by her friend's idea, sides with a grumpy ChoKuma who's tried all the talking to steal back her and Inokou's cookies to no avail.
After hours Inokou managed to create his first creature that strangely seemed to be learning to walk. It was a normal-sized bee and every minute it seemed to understand its movements better and began to fly with the help of Inoshi's technique who sent his hive of blood butterflies to teach the little bee to fly until it landed on a bonsai and began to fly devouring it and then lay eggs and from their eggs other little wood bees were born, a little smaller like her and soon a large swarm was flying across the room at Inokou's command.
"This is amazing!!" Hana screamed with joy when seeing that her friend's achievement had been huge and the other two members of the room also started to celebrate but soon they realized that the little bees stopped and like puppets that had their strings cut they fell to the floor and everyone turned to their friend and she had an exhausted look she was sweating and looked like she was about to pass out Frightened Hana went to check her friend's health and vital signs and saw that her heart was beating as if she was about to have a heart attack.
"Rest, Inoukou, you've done enough.." Hearing her friend's voice, Inokou closed her eyes and fell asleep.
...
[Standardized Human Date: ?? in ?? of 2536.
Kagami (Mirror) Uzu Hebi was in the same situation for days. He stayed almost the whole day in that room, sometimes sitting in a chair reading a book to the person lying in the hospital bed or just talking while waiting for him to wake up.
And again he was sitting in that chair reading another book. Until he sensed another presence in the room and turned to see his grandfather standing in the corner of the room.
"Grandfather, since when have you been standing there?"
"4 minutes ago, you know if I were here to kill you, you would be dead, Kagami."
Kagami rolled his eyes at his grandfather's scoldings, he was already tired of all the speeches he always gave when he realized that Kagami spent far more time in this room than he saw fit.
"I know Grandfather but I was too focused on reading to notice your presence and we know you are the best no one could notice your arrival."
"So focused that you didn't eat anything today, knowing that you didn't have breakfast or lunch I admire your dedication to your friend but if it jeopardizes your health you know I'll kick you out of here and you'll never come back." Orochimaru scolded his grandson, concerned about the neglect of his health. This was already getting out of hand. It wasn't the first or second time that he'd spent the entire day in that room without eating.
"No Grandfather! Please don't worry this will be the last time, you know I'm only staying here so long because I'm worried about Desolas. I want to stay by his side until he wakes up. Please don't stop me from doing this." Kagami begged not to be kicked out just because he forgot to eat a few times.
"Fine, I won't, but can you be sure that from now on I'll personally come here every day and make you eat? And if you don't, you can be sure you'll never set foot in that facility again."
Hearing his grandfather's sentence, Kagami smiled, although, in a harsh and even cold way, he knew that his grandfather loved him and also his whole family, his grandfather might have had a dark history in the past, but he had changed and now he is a new man, maybe not the nicest man in the world, but he has certainly made up for a lot of his sins and is now always trying to improve.
And again he was helping humanity by doing very important research on the compatibility of chakra and biotic energy, he discovered amazing things, apparently some humans, not all, especially those who had a lot of Chakra reserves, could be biotic, but all other species that lived in the space of the city could not be Chakra users. His grandfather was a genius!
"I understand Grandfather." The man then turned around and was leaving the room, but before he left Kagami called him and said "Grandfather thank you very much you didn't need to keep Desolas alive after completing the tests you could have discarded him but because of me you kept him alive and not just that the lord healed him thank you very much for saving his
life."
Hearing his grandson's words out of the room and returning to his office, Orochimaru's smile had turned into the face of a weak and soft old man but it would be worth it if one of his grandsons could look at him with so much affection for saving his friend's life.
Back in the room, Kagami looked at his friend and sighed remembering one of the last memories he had of Desolas awake, right after he revealed the truth that he was to Desolas when he was infiltrating the camp for information.
...
[Flashback]
Kagami was facing his friend with a desolate face after finding out the truth that Kagami had infiltrated the place and that wasn't even a true Turian; he was there to find information. The two were in Desolas' tent as Kagami explained the situation trying to convince his friend that the best choice he had was to surrender and if he continued the lives of all his men would be lost in vain.
"I used a forbidden jutsu to get your officer Spati's information, and implanted it directly into my brain, which destroys the person's mind causing brain death."
But it has terrible consequences because depending on a person's mind they are strong or not, a part of it can survive in the mind of those who use the jutsu and this can lead to madness lack of identity, and partial memory loss fusing the experiences. and creating confusion that can even cause dissociations and multiple identities.
Desolas, I don't know if you believe me, but I see you as my friend and I know that maybe it's because of the side effects, but that doesn't change the way I feel, that I care about everyone in this camp. I spent a lot of time with you and I know you're not a bad person, please listen to me, surrender is the best option."
[Flashback]
It was very regrettable. Kagami looked at his friend and said softly, "Desolas please wake up"
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· Portal Torii - In Japanese culture, the torii is a portal found at the entrance to Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples. It marks the boundary between the material and spiritual worlds. The torii divides two universes - but it also unites them. The torii is a bridge.
The Fusuma (襖) - is a type of sliding panel that works as a door, partition, or wall in a Japanese house. It is framed in wood and has a paper or fabric layer on both sides.
· The Chabudai (茶ぶ台、 ちゃぶだい) - is that wooden table with short legs used for meals in Japanese homes.
Its height can vary from 15 to 30 cm in height (the most modern ones are usually larger). As for the wood used, the most common are pine, cedar, and chestnut, among other trees typical of Japan.
· The Engawa (縁側, えんがわ) - is an external corridor that crosses the Japanese house, as if it were a veranda.
It is a transitional space for the interior of the Japanese house, as well as protection against the sun and rain.
Ranma's (欄間) are panels situated above the Shōji or Fusuma. They are designed to allow light and ventilation into the rooms and rooms of the Japanese home.
· Roof with eaves - Every traditional Japanese house has an eave on the roof, known as Masu-Gumi. It is an extension of the roof that helps preserve the wall, avoiding contact with rainwater and sunlight.