SHIN SEKAI: SPARK OF THE NEW WORLD

A stop in the rain

   "I know that you are not one to lie to me but I'm finding it hard to believe that what you're telling me is true" Orie said

   "If a priest really died, I would've felt it and so would you and every other priest"

   "It's the one thing we share"

   "But that didn't happen, did it?"

   "That's what I'm trying to tell you" Nega replied

   "His death was confirmed yet I felt nothing"

   "But that's not even the worst part" he said

   "So what is the worst part?" Orie asked, then Nega stayed silent for a while before answering

   "His entire province" he said

   "Everywhere that received the blessing of his god is in great despair"

   "There has been drought from the southern borders of Dahüd down to the coastal areas of the continent and it is getting worse by the day"

   "It's quite normal" Orie replied

   "The drought will only last until a new priest succeeds him and that only takes a few days" he said as he placed his hand on Nega's shoulder.

   "Do you think I don't know that?" Nega replied as he pushed away Orie's hand in anger

   "Matéo has been dead for more than a week and nothing has changed"

   "Wait a sec" Orie said with surprise

   "Do you mean Matéo Cortez?" He asked and Nega replied him "Yes"

   "Oh no" he said as he fell to his knees

   "This is bad"

   " This is really bad"

   Matéo was the priest of the god named Chaac, a god that had power over rain, storms, and agriculture. The death of Mateo meant that everything that the god Chaac had blessed the people with will be taken away until a new priest is chosen by the god. This normally takes less than four days and there isn't much damage done so if a new priest is yet to be chosen after more than a week, then something is wrong somewhere.

   What made the situation much more severe was that Mateo had the largest province among the priests. His province covered more than five countries and that meat that at the moment, there were about five countries that were larger than Dahüd experiencing droughts and famines

   

   Everyone that listened in on the conversation couldn't keep a straight face. It was hard to imagine being in such a bad condition.

   "So what do we do now?" Orie asked

   "I don't know" Nega answered

   "That's why I called you"

   "The other priests wouldn't answer no matter what message I sent"

   "You are good at figuring things out so I called you"

   "This is something we have to figure out before worse things start happening"

   Orie stayed silent for a while with his eyes closed, deep in thought as he rubbed his beardless chin.

   "Matéo was killed, right?" He asked as he raised his head up towards Nega and received a nod of affirmation.

   "This is not something I'm completely sure about" he said

   "But I think we should find his killer and see if we can figure out the circumstances surrounding his death"

   "You don't need to come after me" a voice said from outside

   "I'm the one doing the hunting" 

   They looked around but they saw no one, then Natsumi fell to the ground and they all noticed the clear mist that was rising in the room. Everyone held their breaths but it was already too late, they had already inhaled enough of the odorless gas to lose all their strength.

   "Wait a minute" Shiro said to himself as he struggled to keep his feet on the ground.

   "I know this voice" he thought as he fell to the ground alongside others.

   "Genji"

   "It's definitely Genji"

SHIN SEKAI SECRET: Yang follows Shiro everywhere. He literally lives in Shiro's shadow