Two days passed since Sora had arrived in this new world, and he was busy preparing the base, in addition to learning how to use the computer after all he was not good at it, thanks to Tron he was able to understand the basics, but he still did not fully understand about technology, after all that field was not his strong point, but in this world it was important so he had to know it, in addition to learning some things about New Eridu, its culture and the things that people did in this place.
But he also had to move around the shopping center where his base would be hidden, placing security cameras at strategic points inside to see if anyone approached the place. Later, he would place the cameras outside the shopping center to have more observation.
After an hour of work placing the cameras, Sora returns to his base and home for the time he stays in that world, hoping that his friends or he could leave and return home, but not before closing the heart of the world and preventing it from being taken over by the Heartless.
"Tron, the cameras are already installed, is everything working?" Sora asks, looking at his computer screen.
At those words the AI appears on the screen "Preparing to start the cameras" Tron would say while the screen opened a new application that only showed static
In a few seconds, the images of all the cameras installed in the abandoned shopping center are shown, showing that they emitted a beep and then moved calmly, watching the places that were in their sight, implying that everything had gone well and thanks to a certain extra object implanted in the cameras, they could not be corrupted by the Ether, in addition to using a camouflage that would help a lot to not be discovered.
"Sora can you come for a moment" Tron commented appearing in a small window on the computer screen
Sora does as he says and goes straight to the computer and sits down on the chair. "Everything okay?" He asks, hoping there are no problems with the cameras.
" I better show you" Tron said on the screen and then opened a window showing the view that the cameras had throughout the abandoned mall "all the cameras are still working at 100%"
"Okay," Sora said with a smile as he saw the cameras so no one would take him by surprise. "So I set up the cameras outside?" He asked.
"It won't be necessary, but we'll keep it pending for later" Tron said "Now we have to take up another important topic about your experience here"
"What do I need to know?" Sora asks.
"First of all, for now the water channels are not available and even if it rains here, the water is contaminated by the corruption of the Aether, although outside the Keyblade protects you, inside we don't know much and it's better to avoid risks in finding out, for that reason I have decided that you buy water in bottles and take showers in the bathrooms in public places, after all New Eridu has that kind of services for those who don't have homes" Tron said.
"Ok that's weird, but I can't say anything either, although it will be uncomfortable" Sora said, but he understood well what Tron meant, after all he didn't have access to water in the first place, although in the Gummship they had bathrooms for their needs, but now they didn't have them anymore because they were in this new world.
"By the way, I managed to unlock one of the files in the data storage I have, you can leave the Gummiphone on the ground" Tron said looking at Sora
Sora puts the Gummiphone on the ground, so that it begins to emit a light of energy and then it disappears and shows a metal box and then it opens and shows what looked like strange objects.
"What am I looking at Tron?" Sora asks looking at the strange new objects that seemed
"They are motion and energy sensors to track the Heartless and their range is much greater, you will have to place them in strategic places so that they are not seen by any ethereal like people who venture through the Hollows, although if someone were to find them, these same ones have a sensor to become invisible, but that will consume some energy" Tron said calmly "In addition to another function, but it is secret for now"
Sora got a little interested in that, as well as the other secret function and was curious, but he let those thoughts go "Then I'll have to venture into the Hollows, right? And discover that secret function." He commented looking at the sensors knowing that he will have to put them in the key places.
"That's right, but before you go put the trackers on, I have to tell you that if you encounter Ethereals, let's say your clothes have a new function that only activates when you enter battle" Tron said.
"New feature?" Sora asks somewhat interested.
"You'll find out if you get into combat, Sora," Tron says with a smile. " Get ready to leave, and he'll guide you around the place."
"Who will guide me?" Sora could only ask, but he is stopped by a few taps and then looks down to see his new little friend.
" Ñan (Hello)" said Little Bangboo who had finished his recharge and looked at Sora happily.
"Oh right I almost forgot you" Sora said looking at his new friend "What's up White, everything okay" said Sora greeting his friend he had named
"Nanga ñanana (Good, after the recharge I feel like new)" White commented that after a whole day he had completely recovered his energy and when he woke up he found Sora and someone who called himself Tron, he was still trying to process everything his system had, such as certain information that was large, worlds, different places where the Hollows did not exist it was a dream, but there were different types of threats beyond the stars, which made the Ethereals look like simple children's games, in addition to remembering how he turned off in the first place.
"White will guide you, after all, before deactivating it has a mapping in its memory, it seems that it moved for a long time in the cavities" Tron said.
" Nah nag nanaga ahh Sora (Of course I have experience, and now I must help you Sora)" Said our little friend Bangboo agreeing
"So what are we waiting for, it's time to go" Sora said with a smile
In that Sora along with his new little friend White leave the base while Tron, thanks to being connected to White, could see and monitor how the mission would go.
One hour later
An hour has passed where Sora has been running non-stop, but also avoiding the Ethereals for now not wanting to have a fight for now, while White held on to the back of our keyblade wielder, during the course of time he was able to place two sensors in the corresponding places thanks to White's guidance.
Still, he had to place ten sensors in strategic places and there was a lot left to finish, but as he walked White stops
"What's up buddy?" Sora asks looking at the little robot.
" Nananga (There's something nearby)" White commented a little seriously and then looked at Sora and then disappeared.
Sora remained silent, but he stood on guard waiting for the threat and then saw how ten ethereals arrived at the place and all of them, upon seeing Sora, without hesitation, launched themselves to attack him and our keyblade bearer, seeing that the enemy was approaching, summoned his weapon for the fight, but in that moment Sora's clothes began to show a glow causing it to quickly transform showing a new appearance.
Sora's clothes consisted of a black trench coat with red stripes like his pants, while on his back was the symbol of a heart while two crossed keyblades covered it, then his face was covered by a mask that covered everything and a totally black visor hiding his face, strangely the mask was almost identical to Vanitas's, while a hood of the same trench coat covered his hair, on his arms and legs appeared some metal plates protecting both elbows and knees and finally a strange device appeared on his waist
"What the hell!?" Sora could only wonder in shock at seeing the new change he had received in addition to the mask he had, reminding him of Vanitas, but his thoughts would be interrupted when he saw the Ethereals approaching his position, without wasting time he dodges the attacks of three and then protects himself from a blow from another, then another four Ethereals will launch themselves towards him, but in a quick thought he manages to push his enemy and in one movement he manages to give a quick slash to the four Ethereals causing them to fall to the ground defeated.
Then, strange energies came out of the bodies of the four and headed towards Sora's small device, missing it a little, but he shook those thoughts away when he saw how the other Six ethereals approached him to attack him and without wasting time, with a quick movement and giving a cut to each one, he made the remaining ethereals fall and then the energy went to Sora's small device and then disappeared, the fight was over.
"Ok Tron… What the heck just happened?" Sora asks with new clothes, somewhat surprised by the new change of clothes and now with the sudden change of his voice.
Then in his helmet or more specifically on the screen Tron appeared calmly "Interesting change isn't it?" I commented on this
"Hey, can you explain to me what just happened?" Sora said, still confused and surprised by everything that was happening, whether it was because of his clothes or his changed voice. "Also, why do I have the Vanitas helmet? Also, what 's wrong with my voice?" He asks, still confused about having the helmet of his evil clone or """Brother""" and having a different voice.
"It's a new method of your clothes, created with very advanced technology, I'm still trying to understand everything that's happening in the first place, but to summarize quickly, when entering a fight your clothes will automatically change to this battle attire, in order to better face your enemies, as well as hide your identity when you meet people, that includes changing your voice and the helmet came with the set unfortunately I can't change it, it's part of the suit" Tron commented.
"Ok that's weird, but wait, why do I have to hide my identity?" Sora asks very puzzled by both things, one for the vanitas helmet and the other for hiding his identity in the first place
"Sora, the people of this world are forbidden from entering the Hollows, only certain organizations are allowed to do so, be it the authorities responsible for the government of New Eridu, like certain agencies or groups that asked for permission in the first place, but to ask for permission takes a long time, others do it illegally, an example is the proxy network that helps these illegal groups walk through the Hollows , either to find certain things or to escape from authorities in the first place, like many illegal things and you being here already technically makes you a criminal so to speak and we can't waste time when it comes to the Heartless who sooner or later will be able to escape from the Hollows" Tron explained about changing clothes and avoiding his identity from being revealed
"If you say it like that, you have a point," Sora commented, agreeing with Tron's explanation, but he didn't like the idea of covering his face, but he understood the reasons well. "By the way, I also want to ask, what is this strange device on my waist?"
"That's a highly modified amplifier for you, it can draw energy from Ethereals and Heartless that you defeat, when it reaches a point, it will create an energy so strong that it will help you enhance your spells, as well as your attacks in a lethal way or help people when it comes to using your Healing and Esuna spells " Tron commented about the amplifier "In addition, it has disks that can further increase the amplifier's abilities, but for now the disks are not available"
Sora, upon hearing Tron's words, became a little fascinated about the amplifier, it would undoubtedly be useful for certain moments, after all, in a fight things can change either for better or for worse, as well as depending on luck.
"Well then we must continue with the mission" Sora said without further ado and then saw a small glow showing White that he had returned "Come on, we have work to do"
"Nana ñañana (I'm following your boss)" Little Bangboo said to follow Sora
Over the next few hours, Sora and White walked through the entire cavity, encountering Ethereals along the way, which Sora quickly managed to defeat. During the course of the game, they managed to place seven sensors, only missing one to finish off this area.
"Alright White, just one more and we'll go home" Sora said looking at his friend Bangboo
"Nenana (How nice)" White commented happily knowing that he will be able to rest and then look around and then find the last place " Ñanana (Over here)" after saying that he advances while being followed by Sora
As they advanced Sora could only see the city, before this place had many people walking around living their lives, everything would be changed by the cavities, he was still trying to process everything and more about the great tragedy that happened years ago, he hoped that by sealing the heart of the world both the Heartless and the cavities would disappear to save the people of this world , but his thoughts would be interrupted when White touched his leg.
"Na nana (The last location)" Little Bangboo could only say, pointing to a certain place
Sora follows the place that White pointed out to him after reaching his destination he places the last sensor on the ground, so that it would blend in with the terrain, making it impossible for anyone to notice it.
"Tron last sensor set" Sora comments noting that the mission was over.
Saying those words, Tron appears on our Keyblade wielder's visor as if it were a video call. "Well done Sora, right now you can see that the sensors are already starting to recalibrate the entire area, right now I have readings of Ethereal energy around the place, but no Heartless at the moment." Tron said, looking at the sensor area, where it showed many colored dots that represented the Ethereals, but no black dots that represented the Heartless.
"That's good then it's time to go home" Sora said getting ready to go home
Tron was about to talk about the other secret function of the sensors, but before he could speak, he saw a good number of Ethereal dots advancing rapidly as if they were running towards about a hundred meters from Sora's position.
"Sora, I see a good number of Ethereals advancing almost close to you, if you can avoid getting close to them" Tron said a little seriously.
"Understood, we will move away from the Ethereals" Sora answers and then looks at his friend Bangboo "White, it's time to go"
But White ignored it and looked in the direction where the Ethereals were advancing.
"White, what's wrong?" Sora asks, somewhat surprised.
" Naga nananañañañna uhga "nannanana (A lot of Ethereal moving around is not a good thing, they must be chasing someone and I say this from experience)" White said to Sora while having a serious look
Sora was able to understand well what his friend meant and then called out, "Tron, can the sensors detect signs of life or something?"
At those words Tron uses the sensors to calibrate them, luckily for him, they can also search for signs of life around the place, then appears on Sora's visor "I detect four signals, two of life and two that seem to be from an android or robot, they are escaping from the Ethereals"
"Give me the location" Sora said knowing well what he would do.
Tron just nodded and then began to create a route and after a few seconds, "Route ready, if you follow it you will be able to intercept the Ethereals and save the four people who are being pursued."
"Good" Sora said and then ran and helped the three people who were being chased by the Ethereals.
Elsewhere
Three people were running away from a dozen Ethereals, two were young women, one was a robot wearing a red jacket, while carrying what was a Bangboo in his hands
"How much longer?!" One of the girls with pink hair in two pigtails shouted, while she had a green box in her hands looking at a certain Bangboo.
"It won't be long, the fissure will be further ahead" said the Bangboo while being carried by the red-jacketed android
"It is better for us to face the Ethereals, after all they are the weakest" said a white-haired girl while holding her sword preparing for a possible fight, if those beings reached them.
" Anby , even if we could, we have the package in hand, and if something happens to it, the buyer won't pay us anything and we can't afford that, after all we have to pay for electricity and water" said the Pink Haired Girl looking at her companion known as Anby.
"Besides, they owe a good amount of money to some people as Debts from some organizations, and they still haven't paid me what they owe me in the first place," El Bangboo thought with a drop of sweat listening to the pink haired woman's words.
" Anby , the boss is right about preventing the package from being damaged, plus we have almost no ammo left to fight the Ethereals in the first place" said the Red Jacket Robot while holding the Bangboo in his hands.
Now the one known as Anby just nods as she continued running trying to avoid a fight with the Ethereals after all they needed those Denique's to pay some things like certain debts
"There are almost a few more blocks left and the crack will be there" said Bangboo
Our quartet would continue escaping hoping to reach the fissure to leave the Hollow, but as they ran they did not notice that above the Building Sora along with his Bangboo were watching from above
" Nana " Ñahan ( There are many Ethereals)" White commented, surprised to see the large number of them chasing the poor trio along with his Bangboo.
"I know... it's better to help them" Sora said and without thinking twice he launches himself towards the Ethereals while White looked at this
" Nanana ( Wow, boss, I got it, but I'm not complaining)" White said as he disappeared.
Nicole along with her companions continued to escape from the Ethereals hoping to reach the fissure to leave the Hollow, but everything would be interrupted when an explosion was heard, that made her stop along with her companions to see what had happened.
What he saw as his companions had surprised them, after all there were three ethereals on the ground dead, as they began to disappear, but there was some fire from them, and before he could say anything, he saw how someone had come from the sky to then summon what looked like a giant key, and this same one faced the Ethereals.
"What the hell?" Anby could only say after coming out of his initial shock.
"Great, we have help," said the Robot in the red jacket, watching as the new individual faced the Ethereals alone and certainly seemed to have everything under control, after all, he managed to finish off his enemies quickly.
"Yes , but where did Billy come from?" Anby asks , trying to understand the new individual who had arrived and being on guard thinking that he could be an enemy.
The Bangboo just looked at this somewhat surprised by the arrival of this individual who right now was facing the Ethereals and finishing off many of them, with such enormous ease.
Out of the Hollow
You could see a room with some computer screens, like certain objects, a sofa, a TV, but there were two people, a young man and woman, watching what happened.
" Wise . . . Who is the individual?" The girl with blue hair asks, looking at the individual as Wise , while she was sitting watching everything that was happening.
"I have no idea, Belle," said the individual known as Wise , who had white or ashen hair, looking at everything that was happening. "But I think we can take advantage of this distraction so Nicole and the others can escape."
"Use him as bait" said the one known as Belle now a little seriously looking at who her brother was.
"I know what you think and I don't like it, but this individual jumped into the fight, and it seems he has no problems with the Ethereals," Wise commented as he pointed out how the strange individual managed to finish off a good number of the Ethereals alone. "Besides, we don't know if the individual will be hostile to Nicole and the others in the first place."
Belle remained silent, but her brother was right, after all they did not know the intentions of the person, but when she saw the battle well she noticed something strange "His weapon... Why is it a giant key?" She asked very bewildered.
Back to the Hollow
Nicole along with the rest just looked at everything that was happening, the Ethereals that were previously dozens or so, sixty of these, right now they were reduced to only twenty of these remaining, but soon they would be finished off.
"It's good" Anby said seriously while he had his hand on his sword expecting the worst.
"Hey, it's me, but why does your weapon look like a giant key?" Billy asks now surprised while he still has the Bangboo in his hands.
"I have no idea," Nicole said.
"It is better to take advantage of this, while the strange individual takes care of the Ethereals, we can take advantage of that to leave" Said the Bangboo in a serious tone
"Use him as bait" Anby said looking at the Bangboo
"I don't like it at all, but we don't know what the individual's intentions are in the first place," said Bangboo.
"He has a point, who knows, maybe he is here for the package" Anby said looking at the options because the individual is helping them
"I think they have a point Anby " Nicole said a little nervously, after all the individual who was fighting against the Ethereals was finishing off a good amount quickly and did not seem tired.
"Why don't we ask him?" Billy said simply.
These words make Nicole, El Bangboo and Anby look at the Robot with raised eyebrows.
"Ask him...don't you think you're exaggerating a little, besides he's busy finishing off the Ethereals" Nicole said
"Well, it's over," Billy said, pointing at the strange individual standing there and seeing the bodies of the fallen Ethereals disappearing without further ado.
"I managed to finish off all those ethereals in a matter of a minute," Anby said , somewhat surprised by what she had just seen, but she quickly put herself on guard when she saw that this same one was looking at them.
Out of the Hollow
Wise could only say, surprised by what he was witnessing in the first place.
"I managed to finish off the Ethereals in just a matter of a minute, even that amount would have gotten Nicole into trouble like the others" Belle said surprised.
"Whoever it is, he is not a rookie in fighting, he must be someone very experienced" Wise said seriously "Belle, have you heard about this individual?" he asks his sister
"Unfortunately nothing, someone with those skills would be known in the Proxy Network, but not him" Belle said seriously and still trying to process what she saw, after all finishing off a good number of Ethereals in a matter of minutes was a feat that only a few could do and someone like that would be very well known both by the Proxy Network and the authorities of the New Eridu government in the first place.
Inside the Hollow
"Ah guys. . .the guy is coming closer" Billy commented pointing at the individual who was approaching them.
Anby stood on the defensive, Nicole left the package on the ground to prepare her weapon and Billy left little Bangboo on the ground taking their guns for a possible fight, but everyone would lower their weapons when they saw that the individual made his weapon disappear in a strange light and then raised his hands and spoke.
"Are you okay?" Sora asked, looking at the four individuals, while his voice was changing thanks to the device that the helmet he was wearing had.
Nicole, Billy, Anby and Bangboo, the two brothers who controlled it, were somewhat surprised by those words, and the voice seemed robotic, maybe it was a robot or something like that explaining its speed and strength, but they had never seen that type of model before.
"Hey, we're fine, buddy!" Billy replied, not wanting to be rude.
"I'm glad! . . . Do you know why those Ethereals were chasing you in the first place!?" Sora asks, still puzzled by the chase in the first place.
"Aren't you coming for the package?!" Anby asks seriously.
"ANBY" Nicole said trying to shut her up and stop her from talking about the package.
"What package!?" Sora asked, surprised by the white-haired girl's words.
These words surprised the group, thinking that he helped them for the package, but apparently it was not that, or the guy was a good actor or he really helped them selflessly and before anyone could say a word the individual spoke
"It is better that you get out of here, it seems that you stayed too long in the hollow and that will be harmful for you, there is a fissure ahead, use it to get out of here and try not to return to the Hollows, believe me little by little things will get worse" Sora said thanks to Tron and the new scanner mechanism was able to detect a good amount of Ether energy in the individuals, in addition to knowing that there was a fissure ahead, enough time for them to get out.
But Sora's words surprise a little and more to the brothers who controlled the Bangboo
Out of the Hollow
"How did you know about the fissure?" Wise said somewhat surprised, after all they had managed to calibrate the next fissure to get out of the Hollow. "Belle, did you find anything?" he asked.
"I'm trying to do it, I even sent a few messages to some acquaintances first" Belle said using her title as Phaeton to look for directions from the individual, after all finishing off that many Ethereals in one minute was something incredible and only a few could do it.
Inside the Hollow
Nicole like the others was still surprised after all she knew the same fissure that they used to enter and then to use it to leave that place, but those thoughts would be interrupted by the words that she said.
"Wait, you mean things will get worse?" Nicole asked about the individual's words.
"I'm just saying, believe me, things will change for the worse in a matter of time" Sora said knowing that the Heartless would soon come "I wish you luck" He said and then left the place
Nicole and her other classmates just looked at each other, surprised by what had just happened.
"Ok that's new... And what did you mean by things will get worse?" Billy asked somewhat puzzled as he put Bangboo down on the ground.
"I honestly have no idea, but I'm surprised he knew about the rift, it's probably a Proxy," Anby said with his arms crossed.
"Do you think I'd hire someone else to do the job if we failed?" Billy asked.
"Well, it is a plausible theory after all, there are some complaints about us in the first place," Anby said.
"Don't remind me," Nicole said, remembering certain tasks that she was able to complete but there was some damage. "For now, let's leave the questions for later. We need to get out of here."
"We can agree on that," El Bangboo commented.
At that the quartet advances towards the fissure to finish the task while in a building, Sora just watched from a safe height as those people left the Hollow
"You know very well that those people were doing something illegal, right?" Tron commented, appearing in Sora's visor.
"Maybe," Sora said calmly, "but I don't think they're bad people, Tron."
"How do you know?" Tron asks with a curious tone.
"I don't know the truth, I can only say that it's like an intuition that I've learned throughout my travels, after all, I'm friends with a pirate" Sora said with a laugh "In addition to different friendships throughout my journey and something tells me that those people are not bad"
"Well, I'll leave it to your discretion, it's better to return to base," Tron said calmly.
"Well, it will be a long journey though," Sora said.
"It won't be" Tron commented "Take out your Gummiphone or phone first and turn on the screen"
Sora is a little confused, but decides to listen to Tron and take out his Gummiphone first and then turn on the screen.
"You see a portal icon" Tron said
"I see it" Sora commented looking at the portal icon
"Open it" Tron said
At those words Sora opens the app and a map of the Hollow appears first.
"Press the base and you will see what happens first, Sora" Tron commented and then disappeared from the viewfinder.
Sora does as he says and touches the location of the base, then four drones appear and create a portal in the first place and Sora without thinking twice enters this same one, to be in his base
" Wow " Sora could only say surprised by what had just happened, and then the portal disappeared along with the drones "Tron, how?" He could only ask surprised.
"It's the surprise I told you before, they are not only sensors but they are like anchors or teleporters that can help you move through the Hollows faster" Tron said calmly appearing on the computer screen.
"Incredible really... then the Heartless" Sora said looking at Tron who had appeared on the computer screen
"For now nothing, but they will appear soon, and sooner or later we will have to expand more to other areas of the Hollows that have been created throughout this world in the first place" Tron said with his arms crossed "For now, rest, tomorrow will be a new day"
At those words Sora nods and heads to his bed, no doubt his adventure had just begun.
END OF CHAPTER
I hope you liked the chapter
In addition to the first characters that Sora meets from ZZZ are Nicole, Billy and Anby from the Cunning Hares
Also, in this fic he will have to use a new identity to hide well, after all in future missions he will get into certain problems with local security, in addition to the addition of the vanitas mask is a little game of the Master of Masters hehehe
If you have questions I will try to answer them in the next chapter, for now I say goodbye friends. Bye.