"Zitziki" "Do you want me to repeat myself? I'm Zitziki, the God of Blood, nice to meet you!"

  "Hans" "W-What? No! I didn't want you to repeat yourself! I just… I don't understand what's going on."

  "Zitziki" "Ah, right! You were just a regular human before, so of course this would be kind of confusing."

  "Hans" "I would say it's confusing, not kind of confusing…"

  "Zitziki" "Yeah yeah, well, basically, I have been watching you for some time and I really liked what I saw! So I chose you as my Savior."

  "Hans" "Your Savior…?"

  "Zitziki" "It's the title that the humans chosen by gods are given."

  "Hans" "Ok… So, why did you make me go to the alley? Was it necessary so you could finish the process of choosing me or whatever?"

  "Zitziki" "Not really… The human mind needs some time for it to calibrate to the presence of a God, by forcing you into a high risk situation I made your brain release adrenaline and dopamine, which made your mind calibrate sooner."

  "Hans" "How much time would have passed before my mind could calibrate to your presence?"

  "Zitziki" "Mm… Two days, give or take."

  "Hans" "Wha-? Really!? You forced me into this shit when you could have just waited two days!?"

  "Zitziki" "Well, I was bored, so when I saw an opportunity, I took it. And I didn't force you into it, I just told you to go to the alley, you could have just ignored me."

  Dammit, that's true…

  "Hans" "Well, what am I supposed to do now? Listening to your voice helped me to react quicker, but now I have the injury on my leg and I can't possibly beat a guy with powers or magic."

  "Zitziki" "You don't need to worry, becoming a Savior made you unlock your spiritual ability."

  "Hans" "What's that?"

  "Zitziki" "It's the 'power' that the man that attacked you has… Each person has a spirit, when your spiritual ability unlocks, you can use that spirit, each spiritual ability is unique so nobody else can have your ability… Except for family, family can have the exact same ability."

  "Hans" "And how do this 'spiritual abilities' work?"

  "Zitziki" "Each spiritual ability it's connected to a part of the human being, it can be something very specific like your right hand or even the nail of the middle finger of your left foot, or it can be something more broad like your muscles… It can even be very weird things as long as they are connected to the human being, for example, I had a Savior whose spiritual ability was in his dreams, and he could do some crazy shit, even he was scared of his own ability…"

  "Hans" "Ok, so… What's mine? To what is it connected to?"

  "Zitziki" "Let me check… Oh! You have a pretty good one! It's connected to your bones!"

  "Hans" "My bones? So I can make them harder…?"

  "Zitziki" "Yeah, that is something that you can do."

  I need to think of a plan to defeat the man…

  "Hans" "What about the man? What's his spiritual ability?"

  "Zitziki" "Well, I know as much as you do, but it's pretty obvious that is in his blood or veins, maybe even his red or white cells…"

  Damn, spiritual abilities are really broad…

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  "Hans" "Does being your 'Savior' give me some extra abilities or something?"

  "Zitziki" "In the future, when we synchronize more, you'll unlock some abilities related to blood, but it's too soon, you don't have any extra abilities right now."

  "Hans" "If I can make my bones harder I can take the man hits and don't get that hurt…"

  "Zitziki" "Remember that the attacks still can go through your muscles and organs pretty easily."

  "Hans" "If I get hit in my arms it shouldn't hurt too much, I can pretend to be defeated and then knock him out with a punch or something."

  Zitziki shrugs.

  "Zitziki" "Do whatever you want, but don't get killed; the other Gods always make fun of me because my Saviors die quickly…"

  Well, that's a good sign…

  "Zitziki" "... But don't worry! I have a good feeling with you! So don't disappoint me. Gods can only choose one savior per century, and it's only 2021; it would be way too soon to lose my Savior!"

  The black room crumbles away, and I find myself again in the alley… The pain from the injury in my leg quickly comes back to me…

  "Hans" "Aaah!"

  "Man" "If you stop resisting, it will be less painful… But please, keep resisting; the more pain you feel, the better."

  The man points his finger towards me, and another spurt of blood gets shot out of it.

  I quickly think of making my bones harder, and I feel a weird energy passing through them, then I put my arms up and block the spurt.

  "Hans" "...!"

  It hits me in my right arm; it's painful but not enough to make me feel like I can't use it.

  … I have an idea, but I need your help, Zitziki.

  Ok, ok, I'll help you. What's the idea?

  I'll use my knuckles to block the spurts of blood. There isn't too much distance between the skin and bones in the knuckles, so I won't get too hurt, and it shouldn't be that hard to treat; I just need you to tell me where the spurts are coming from.

  Fine, how should I signal you the direction of the spurts?

  Can you see from my eyes?

  It's like a video game; I can see in first or third person.

  Then use the first-person mode or whatever; we'll divide my field of vision like a clock, and you tell me from which direction the spurt is coming from. For example, six o'clock would be center-down.

  Ok, that works, but you should be quick. Even if you can take a good amount of hits to your knuckles, it will still hurt you, and you also have the injury in your leg and arm.

  Yeah, I know…

  I start running towards the man; it's a little hard because of the injury in my leg, but I can manage.

  The man shoots another spurt of blood, to which Zitziki tells me its direction, and I block it with my knuckles.

  After another two shots, now I'm pretty close to the man.

  "Man" "...! You were tricking me!? Are you also a spiritual user!? Who are you allied to!?"

  "Hans" "I'm on my own!"

  After saying that, I punch him in the face with my… 'Spiritually enhanced' bones, which leaves his face pretty messed up.

  "Man" "Y-You bastard!"

  After saying that, the man spits at me, and as his mouth is full of blood, he clearly uses his spiritual ability to try and hit me in the face with it.

  I decide to incline my head so it hits me in the forehead, as most other parts of my face would be worse.

  "Hans" "Tch…"

  It hurts, and I'm pretty angry because this man has almost killed me multiple times, so I kick him in the face while enhancing my bones.

  The strength with the enhancement is so great that his jaw gets ripped off and hits the wall with a disgusting sound.

  The man makes a few more sounds before falling death to the ground…

  "Hans" "Hurk!"

  I can't help it and end up puking after seeing that much blood.

  Well, that wasn't too bad for your first time using your spiritual ability, although you had the advantage of the man thinking you were a regular human.

  I would have used the chin to block that last shot instead of the forehead, but I guess it was relatively easy to get hit in a bad place by doing that, right?

  … What should I do now?

  I don't know, go home, I guess? I don't really care; I just expect you to do great things in the future as my Savior.

  I sigh and look at my watch, realizing that it's already 8:30 p.m.; Nadia won't be very happy with my hour of arrival…

  Before I can walk too far, I'm interrupted by the voice of a man.

  "Man" "Stop right there."

  I turn around and see a man that seems to be in his thirties; he has black hair, and it reaches his shoulders. he also has a pretty handsome face…

  "Man" "I'm an officer of the human spirit; if you don't want any problems, stop and come with me."

  … Shit.