"Have we? Maybe..." Shiki nodded, "Marble Phantasm really does a number on me when I seem to travel through worlds, but ah... I guess you don't really know what that is," he spoke, "In any case, you want to ask about Sensei? Well... no, she's not here in this very place, at this very moment. At least, I don't think she is," he continued, briefly shaking his head before looking around to make sure, "Yeah, Sensei's real tough alright. But don't worry. She can take care of herself. After all, she's one of the strongest mages I know, and she has a strong heart to go with it," he said, breaking a bit, "Buuut... I do remember she said I was supposed to be a part of her big plan or whatever, so I can't be for sure. Who knows? Maybe she's watching us from a secluded area... or she's waiting. Either way, I have a good feeling we'll see her soon. Sensei's pretty shrewd like that after all."
Afterwards, he would turn to Naoya and Abel, nodding to the two of them. "Nice to meet you too. Sorry we couldn't meet under better circumstances... like on an island or whatever," he spoke, before listening to what Naoya said, "I would assume this is his doing. If he's not the direct cause of this city's destruction, I know he's at least plotting something. With this many different people from different worlds... it couldn't be anything other than a Murder Game."
A Murder Game. Even now, the phrase left a somewhat bad taste in his mouth. Perhaps it was the fact that two words that didn't belong together were bunched into one phrase. Something as grim and serious as "murder" and something as light-hearted and childish as "game." As if Akibahara treated murder like it was no big deal. Then again, he probably didn't think anything of it, what with his cross-dimensional plans of total, utter chaos and destruction. That's why he had to be stopped. Him and his games.