Unlike those other eyes that were now looking around the cave, the other individual who stood in this area was far more resolute. He wasn't sure what had happened, but he was determined to find out. Part of that came from the fact that his mind was now one.<br/><br/>The famed or perhaps infamous Terror of Death now leant his resolute wish to defend players against PKers to the same clear thinking and genius presented by Ryou Misaki. He hadn't entered the game so easily.<br/><br/>Rather, when he had loaded up this particular new title something had happened. In spite of the fact that a sudden flash of light with the various iterations of The World had generally meant that someone was going to fall unconscious that merely hadn't happened. Due to perhaps some malfunction, or perhaps by design, the human being that was wearing those goggles only a few hours ago had been digitized.<br/><br/>A beam had adopted each individual atom that had made up his body and mind. Each and every molecule had been analyzed and promptly disintegrated. Meanwhile, Haseo's avatar had undergone a few...changes.<br/><br/>For far too long Ryou and Haseo were two different individuals. For now, at this moment, they were...one. The experiences of that vaunted warrior were merged straight into the same genius mind that had originally created the character to begin with.<br/><br/>Having turned around once he realized that someone else was exploring and having equally presumed that they were alone, he started to open his eyes, "Are you...in danger?"<br/><br/>Coming from anyone else the question would have been unusual, but one had to keep in mind that for the longest time Haseo was really the only thing that stood between those who were about to be killed and the PKers that were going to carry out those bloody executions.<br/><br/>He stood there resolutely, his weapons at his side. Naturally he had no wish to harm her, but there was probably no one more adept at defending himself in a violent situation and he wished to keep it that way.<br/><br/>This was certainly a far cry from the school day that the hazel-eyed individual had previously been waiting through to get here, but then again something would have told Haseo (had he been thinking with more clarity and better knew her) that she wouldn't have had it any other way.<br/><br/>After all, didn't everyone come to The World to have some sort of an adventure? Some just had far more of an influence on one's real life.<br/><br/>Wait a moment...he had been aware of her. V-Grimm was quite famous to say the least. Had she made her way to this second version just as he had?<br/><br/>"Wait, I know you. You are always in danger, yet you are even more capable of getting yourself out of it than I." Sure she had been in some scrapes, but then again who hadn't. She had just had quite a share of famous spats that had interested Haseo.<br/><br/>With two rather famous people here they could have certainly started quite a party that would have skyrocketed the popularity of this new game version, but then again it would have seemed like Haseo had other things on his mind - or perhaps minds all things considered.<br/><br/>He wondered whether he should have announced it to her, but cautiously thought better of it.