Hayakawa woke up to the metal ceiling of the vault he was in, after such adrenaline of the Nightmare, the coldness of the waking world washed up his mind.
'I.. I survived..'
While laid into the torture device that the officers called a bed, he allowed himself to think what he was going to do after this, becauze, Hayakawa was very sure that he was going to die.
But before he could ponder his life decisions something shifted on the corner of his sight.
"So you survived it, huh? Congratulations on surviving, Sleeper Hayakawa."
On the side of his 'bed' was a cheap plastic chair, and sitting on top of it was a young man with black messy hair and a scar crossing his nose, looking straight at Hayakawa.
"I did, uhh.. Thanks."
However, as Hayakawa glanced at the man, he noticed a perfect pristine white ball in the man's chest.
'What.. Is that a Soul?'
Hayakawa then assumed that thanks to his Attribute [Soul Eater] he could see the souls of people.
'Oh.. so that's what it meant with interacting with them?'
Getting up from his chair, the young man started giving Hayakawa instructions about what he would be going to do and what was going to happen next, basically just about the winter solstice.
"Alright, so.. You are really lucky, there are still 7 months to the winter solstice to happen. There are still some procedure I need to do about you. So, why don't you go and take a bath while I get everything straight?"
Hayakawa makes a peace sign and smiles to the man.
"'Kay"
***
After taking a cold bath in the police station, Hayakawa knew that, soon, he would go to the Dream Realm, looking at himself in the mirror, he saw that his features were better than before.
His blonde hair now was falling gracefully in his head, his onyx eyes were staring deeply into the mirror, and his physique was kind of the same, but with some changes here and there.
'Alright.. Time to see what that ability was all about..'
But, something strange about his body was, on the middle of his chest was something like a chainsaw cord, which intrigued him, he thought that was something his Aspect gave him, so, he decided to pull it and see what it does.
His finger was already entangled into the cord, and when he pulled it, he heard a sound coming from deep beneath his soul.
That was the sound of a chainsaw activating.
When he heard that sound, his mind went numb, suddenly, pair of chainsaws grew into his arms, and on his head, a helmet that looked more like a chainsaw and less than a helmet.
'Sick, but, why doesn't it hurt? I mean, I can feel my blood draining..'
Not wanting to waste his blood, he thought of a way to take the chainsaws off, and as soon as that thought passed through his head, his chainsaws retracted.
Taking off the towel and wearing the police station tracksuit, Hayakawa felt.. Weird, he never ever thought that he were going to become an awakened, and now, here he was.
'Meh. Not that I can do much about it now.'
***
"Alright. Sleeper Hayakawa, I am obligated to tell you some kind of procedure. First, about your Nightmare.. You have the decision to engage into free psychological counseling. Are you interested?"
Hayakawa scratched the back of his head and pondered for a few seconds before shooking his head.
"Alright. The only thing left now is how you will prepare for the Dream Realm, I mean, you can choose to prepare for the Winter solstice or not, but I personally advice against the latter."
He shrugged and then glanced at Hayakawa.
"Or you could enroll into the Awakened Academy.."
As soon as the man said those words, the brain of Hayakawa clicked. That place was a legendary one! One that he saw in thousands of webtoons and comics.
Before the man could continue speaking, Hayakawa cut him through.
"I will."
The man smirked, glancing at Hayakawa.
"Alright, It's good to be decised so fast, so, do you want me to take you there?"
Hayakawa quickly pondered and came up with a response.
'What kind of question is that?'
Hayakawa shooks his head.
"Yeah."