Rimuru Tempest Meets An Interesting Individual

Side Story Part 6: Diablo Part 3

Diablo's Pov

After weeks more of searching for a worthy subordinate to join me in this glorious mission from Rimuru-Sama, I was once again walking down the streets of an alternate Earth.

I am here currently watching a high school girl who seems to have some relation to a spirit of time, a parasitic one at that.

I watched as she led some delinquents into an alley after they threatened her, I watched as she murdered and absorbed them, no doubt to satisfy the spirit residing in her.

With my power I can feel the strings of fate in this world, that is why I am here watching this clone, the original individual has too much of an impact on this world, removing her would break the timeline and create the very things that Rimuru-Sama tasked me with stopping.

That is why I have found myself this clone, her life with end soon, she will make essentially no more impact in this world and it is fine if she is removed.

Of course, first I have to see if she is worthy, from the looks of it she is the most promising prospect I have seen so far though.

As I approached I erected an illusionary barrier so the human female destined to reap her life will not interrupt.

I calmly approached the girl after the corpses had dissolved into shadow, she noticed me and looked at me warily, not many people would walk into an alley after watching multiple people be murdered in it.

"~Ara ~Ara who might you be handsome? You have no fear to walk into an alley after seeing that."

To a human that seductive attitude might be effective but for someone immortal like myself who has seen it all I don't find myself affected, even if she is extremely beautiful by human standards.

She is nowhere near the beauty of Rimuru-Sama after all.

"Hello Kurumi Tokisaki, or should I say a clone of her."

She immediately pulled out a flintlock pistol and began firing at me faster than any flintlock has the right to shoot.

Of course, I dodged all the shots effortlessly, it is good she is fighting.

I slowly walked up to her as she fired until I got close enough and grabbed her wrist and ripped the weapon from it. She looked at me very surprised.

"What are you? You are no wizard and it doesn't seem you are a spirit either. What business do you have with me?"

I ignored her and asked my own question; I am curious about some things.

"Why did you kill those men, to feed that thing inside of you? Perhaps you were doing it because of orders from the main you."

In response she tried to summon some shadows to attack me, I effortlessly dismissed them with my own power. Once she saw me do that she attempted to escape through a shadow beneath her, once that didn't work it was obvious she was beginning to despair.

"What do you want with me?!"

While she asked this I was thinking about something else, I asked her a very important question.

"That parasite inside of you, it thirsts for blood. I can tell this world has no knowledge of it, but in reality, you are not taking the power from blood. You are using their souls as batteries for your abilities."

When I said that she looked shocked.

"W-what are you talking about?!"

Seeing her somewhat freaking out I decided to explain, it will get her to trust me.