Digitize: Rebirth of the Silver Death God

Chapter 120: Kara's Experience, True Friends

It was a world of emptiness, one in which nothing existed, nothing but the sole wandering spirit of a young girl which floated aimlessly into the unknown. Here, time seemed irrelevant, as if at any moment, there could be no time or a hundred years in a flash. Yes, it was a confusing space, one that could very much reflect the opposing party's state of mind.

"Where am I?" Kara asked as she found herself in this strange world, her eyes flickering with fear as she soon realized that she couldn't move her body.

Suddenly, her pupils shifted down as if trying to see her chest, but as she couldn't even tilt her head, she had no way to clearly observe anything.

'Am... am I dead?' Kara thought it was the only logical reasoning for her current state; she recalled Perm aiming the gun towards Elly before she jumped into its path; she knew that she had more or likely died.

"Maybe... maybe this was for the best, I am, after all, an unwanted soul," Kara said as the scenes of her mother and father giving her cold looks flashed before her eyes.

"If only... if only you hadn't been born," Two cold and utterly remorseless voices said as the couple then turned around before walking towards a towering door of light, fading from her world in entirety.

Kara made a self-mocking smile as she saw a younger version of herself, one that had eyes stained with tears as she stretched her palm towards the door of light, screaming and begging.

"DON'T GO! MAMA! PAPA! DON'T LEAVE MEEEEE!"

Her innocent voice resounding throughout the empty void, but as if it was destined for nothing, no reply was heard. Kara looked at those scenes with blank eyes; her heart had long since died out regarding her parents; she had no interest in seeking them out again.

Yet, though she might have thought it to be so, her body knew of her most genuine feelings. Hence, it was unable to lie when faced with her greatest desire. Suddenly, a stream of tears flowed down her cheeks, causing Kara, who roamed about in emptiness, to descend into sadness.

"Pathetic..." A strangely familiar voice said, sounding at the very core of her mind.

Kara had a puzzled look as she heard the voice; she spoke, "You... who are you?"

The voice remained silent before it spoke again, "You truly are something, to have forgotten even yourself merely because of failed affection. You are undeserving of my blessings, though I can't help it, since we are both distinct, yet the same."

Upon hearing that voice, Kara had a flicker in her eyes as if she recalled something. The image of a familiar silhouette flashing in her eyes, a long-forgotten entity from her early childhood. She then spoke, "Yes, it was you wasn't it, that voice in my head, that vision in my mind, the very reason why I was left behind. No, maybe it was us, we were at fault because of our difference."

As if the voice in her mind heard her, it spoke once more but in a much softer tone, "It's good that you remember, but you can't stay here forever, your problems will never leave you if you keep avoiding them, no... our problems, so it's time for us to wake up, we still have people out there who believe in us."

As if in sync with this mysterious voice, both Kara and the voice spoke once more, "Yes, that's right; it's time for us to awaken."

Following this scene, a bright light shone from the center of this world of nothing; it instantly enveloped everything, blanketing everything in sight as Kara faded from its confines. Yet, as Kara vanished, a strange object appeared; it was a multi-color card that floated through the void, its surface filled with a series of 0's and 1's, flashing on and off.

"My dear self, we don't have long; you must hurry, hurry and wake up before our forgotten visions become actuality."

The strange voice said once more before it to with the card vanished from reality.

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'I... I'm alive, was that a dream?' Kara said as she finally awoke from her slumber, she slowly sat from a bed resisting the pain from her chest as she held onto the side of her head with her hands.

"Ouch! So painful, I... I can't remember much, but that voice... I can't believe I had forgotten such a thing, when did I forget?" Kara was about to ponder some more about her strange dream, but as if she noticed something, she looked around the room and saw that she wasn't at her home.

'Where is... ah, that's right, I was shot, so this should be the hospital.' Kara muttered as she saw the room and medical instruments, she was about to close her eyes, but suddenly, they went wide as she caught sight of a form she didn't think she'd ever see again. A figure burned in the core of her mind's deepest place.

"Mother..." Kara said unconsciously while looking at the mature woman who now stared at her with a stern look.

As if she noticed her waking up, the woman frowned as she looked at Kara's face and spoke, "You couldn't do anything else but to take more from what little we have, falling into such an accident knowing full well we would have to pay your expenses. When are you going to disappear from our lives? You should have just died; maybe then we'd be free to move on in peace."

When Kara heard this, her arms trembled as she didn't think the first thing to come out of her mother's mouth would be something like this; she stared at her, unable to say a word.

'So that's what she still thinks of me, I was so foolish, did I really have hope that she had come here out of concern? I'm so stupid-stupid- stupid!'

Kara's mind went blank as she cursed her stupidity, having slights amount of hope that her parents had still wanted her deep down.

Looking at Kara's current state, the woman scoffed before turning around and leaving. Not even saying a word as she made her way towards the door.

The door opened with a loud creak, but as the woman was about to leave, she saw two young girls the very same age as her daughter staring at her coldly. Startled, the woman took a step back as she raised her voice, hoping to scare them off.

"Who-who are you? Don't you know this is a patient's quarters? How dare you block the door?"

Though they heard her shout, the girls didn't pay her any mind; one of them ran over to Kara's side. Still, as for the smaller looking girl, she glared at the woman and spoke in an icy tone, "You truly are a dirty old hag, hurry and get lost! I hope that you never appear before Kara again, or God helps me, I'll report your conduct as a mother to certain authorities!"

When the woman heard Elly's words, her face turned pale as she tightly held her bag and rush out of the room, storming pass Screwgelman, who stared at her with an indifferent look.

Screwgelman then looked at Elly and spoke, "Young Miss, should I?"

"No, let's leave it as is, for now, I'm sure that Kara wouldn't want us to do anything like that either," Elly replied as she looked at Screwgelman.

"Understood," Screwgelman answered as the icy look in his eyes faded by a section.

Elly no longer stood at the door and hurried into the room, making her way over to Kara's and Clair's side.

By now, Kara had already realized their arrival, her eyes flooded with tears when she saw Clair and Elly came to visit, even more so when she saw how Elly stood up to her mother.

"Elly, Clair, I... I don't..." Kara wanted to say something but didn't know how to say it.

Clair touched Kara's lips with her fingers and spoke with a cheerful smile, "Hehe, Kara, you don't need to say thanks, after all, we're friends, aren't we, and like real friends, that's what we're supposed to do."

Elly smirked and made a fist-pumping action as she spoke, "That's right, now enough of this sappy talk, come I've brought cake and ice cream, lets hurry and eat before the nurses arrive."

When Kara heard this, her eyes lit up; Clair's eyes also had a similar look of excitement as Screwgelman opened the boxes and placed down various items. The room now filtered with color as the gloomy scene now transformed into one of life and laughter.

Outside of the very same hallway, at its very edge, Kara's mother had run towards an elevator that had only just opened; with a thud, she had collided into the chest of a handsome silver-haired youth who had only just walked out.

He looked at her and spoke coldly, "Hey, watch where you are going; you're a grown woman for crying out loud!"

"Y-Yes," Kara's mother said with a hint of shame, but if one looked at her face, they would see a slight flush as she didn't dare to stare into his eyes, as if she found him too attractive.

With a loud sound, the elevator's door closed, sending her to the base floor as the silver-haired youth frowned in discomfort as he continued onward.

'Mother should be on this floor. Tsk, some so-called private hospital, I didn't think they'd send her to a medical center that was wide open to the public.'

Nero thought as he slowly made his way towards one of the doors, oddly enough, it was the very door Screwgelman had felt a strange air from; he stood behind in silence, taking a deep breath before he reached his hand towards the knob and turned it slowly.

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