What Hayakawa saw in the beautiful black Shrine was… incredible, to say the least of what Hayakawa saw.
Inside, a long hall of pure darkness was stretching to what seemed endless darkness, on its walls, pure black was absorbing all the light in the area, and in the center of the temple, an altar, probably made for sacrifices, to what? Hayakawa did not know and did not wanted to know either.
And sitting on top of that sacrifice altar was a pulsing, blood-red heart being chained by a myriad of metal chains, the view was not from this world, literally.
When Hayakawa put his eyes onto the chained Heart, he felt it calling for him, as if that organ already knew him.
The Heart was calling for Hayakawa, he felt compelled by it, attracted by it, his mind was racing, both by the adrenaline of what had happened before he entered but also by the call of the Heart, his gut was saying for him to touch that heart.
So, that was what he did, he aproached the altar, each step of him was sinking into the cold floor of the beautiful temple, his eyes completely locked onto the chained Heart.
Hayakawa knew that the abomination was still chasing him, and it probably was closing upon him, he could hear it's heavy steps approaching the temple.
Each step felt like an eternity yet to be felt, each second that passed flowed through the wind, The Heart, still calling upon Hayakawa, pulsing as if it were still alive, the vibrant red color of the Heart compelling his mind to touch it.
When Hayakawa stood in front of the chained Heart, his instincts were screaming for him to touch it, to study it, to aborb it, Hayakawa extended his arm, his hands almost grasping the chained organ, which, for some reason, did not have a single drop of blood. His eyes locked onto it.
Hayakawa felt a familiar scent coming from the Heart, as if he already knew it as much as he knew himself.
When his extended hands finally touched the Heart, Hayakawa heard a familiar voice whisper into his ears.
[You have tried to absorb the Devil's Heart]
[You bear the Mark of Divinity]
[You are talented with Names.]
[Absorption have started.]
A sudden pain screamed through Hayakawa's chest, as if his flesh, blood and organs was being destroyed and replaced again and again. This cycle continued for only second, yet, it felt like an eternity.
Hayakawa screamed, a single, mad, chilling scream, the sudden pain on his chest made him kneel, the Heart he had on his hands disappeared, now, grabbing his chest in a hurried motion, Hayakawa heard steps behind him, the abomination had caught up.
"Brrooom"
But before Hayakawa could do anything, he heard a sound. The sound of a chainsaw being started, for some reason, the sound that he heard was very familiar to him, though he did not know why, the sudden pain that shot from his body now decreasing after the sound.
After he heard the sound, his body began to change.
On his malnutritioned arms, two chainsaws appeared, and, for some reason, his head also changed, an eyeless helmet that looked more like a chainsaw than a helmet, on what should have been in his mouth, needle-sharp teeth appeared, and on what could be called his forehead, another chainsaw appeared.
Hayakawa, confused, and yet, scared because of the abomination, judged that his only option now, was fight to death.
So, thats what he did, he entered in a frenzied state, swinging his chainsaws around, his strength, speed and whole body passed through a change, Hayakawa felt.. Better, his body felt lighter, his chainsaw-like arms swinging through the Abomination as if it were nothing.
Rivers of blood were dropping from both him and the ugly Abomination, which, could have be a fitting adjective to himself now either.
until, the Abomination suddenly stopped, It's frenzied body falling to the ground below, its mutilated body, which couldn't have been even recognized as a being touching the cold floor of the beautiful temple.
The face of Hayakawa couldn't have been seen because of the Chainsaw helmet, but, if someone could see the look on his face, they would describe it as pure satisfaction.
An familiar voice rang within his ears.
[You have slain a Dormant Devil, Devil's Remnant.]
[You have recieved a memory, Devil's Scales]
'Fuck yeah!..'
[Wake up, Hayakawa! Your Nightmare is over.]
[Prepare for Appraisal…]