Chapter
Thirty-One: Loading Bars:
Watari was hard
at work when he heard a knock on his door.
“Enter!” he
said. The blonde shinigami looked up to see Tatsumi in the doorway.
“Oh good, you’re
here,” he said. Please come in.” Tatsumi walked into the lab.
“What did you
need?” he asked.
“Ah,” Watari
said. “Come look at this.” Tatsumi walked over to the main table. He saw a giant
flat screen on the surface.
“Here,” Watari
said. Tatsumi gave the table an odd look.
“What am I
looking at?” he asked.
“A portal,” the
blonde scientist said. “I told you what Tsuzuki and Anna-san were doing, right?”
“Yeah…” Tatsumi
said. “Wait a minute. Don’t tell me…” Watari nodded.
“Why didn’t you
stop them?!” the secretary asked.
“You think they
would?” the blonde scientist asked. “You know they won’t listen until they
finished their mission.” Tatsumi sighed and rubbed his forehead.
“Damn it,” he
said.
“Too late now,”
Watari said. “Help me with this.” The secretary sighed and dropped his
shoulders.
“Fine,” he said.
“What do you need?” Watari held his hands over the screen.
“I am trying to
get this weapon to Tsuzuki,” he said. Tatsumi looked at the table next to them.
“What… is that?”
he asked.
“The answer to
their problems,” Watari said. “I don’t have a name for it. There’s no time for
it.” His colleague only blinked.
“Okay… What do
we need to do?” he asked.
“Hold out your
hands,” Watari said. Tatsumi held out his hands.
“Now close your
eyes,” the blonde shinigami said.
“Seriously?” his
colleague asked.
“Jus do it,” the
scientist said. Tatsumi rolled his eyes.
“Fine,” he said.
The secretary closed his eyes. Watari closed his eyes.
“Now picture
Tsuzuki in your mind,” he said. There came a pause.
“Are you doing
it?” Watari asked.
“Yes,” the other
shinigami said. “Keep focusing.”
“Okay,” the
kagetsukai said. The men placed their focus on Tsuzuki’s image. It came through
blurry at first.
Come to us,
Tsuzuki,
Watari thought. Come to us. Come to us! Tsuzuki’s image came in a bright
blast. They saw him on the screen. The men stepped back. The room started to
vibrate. Temperature began rising.
“Quick!” Watari
yelled. “Help me get the weapon to the screen!”
“Right!” Tatsumi
said. The shinigami rushed to the table on the side.
“Careful,”
Watari said. “Don’t break it. It took me hours to make this.” He and Tatsumi
picked up the weapon.
“Life! One, two
three!” the blonde scientist said. The men carried it to the table. Step by
step. Step by step. Step by step.
“Ready?” Watari
asked. Tatsumi gave him a quick nod.
“One… Two…
Three!” the blonde scientist said. They set down the weapon on the table. In a
flash, it vanished into this air. Watari and Tatsumi shielded their eyes. The
room went still. The normal temperature returned. The secretary turned to the
blonde scientist.
“Now what?” he
asked. Watari shrugged.
“We wait,” he said. The shinigami turned back to the table. Watari moved his hand to his chest. I hope this works…