The battles in both Shiro's house and school were settled. but let's not forget that some hunters were sent to his favourite restaurant (Tanaka's).
In the words of Yamato who was there, "not really much happened". but when someone says such a thing while scratching his head and looking away from the questionnaire, it becomes evident that a whole lot went down.
It was a rare sunny day unlike the other days that Fubuki island lived up to its name(Fubuki means snow storm). On days like this, a lot of people loved be outdoors, it also meant that a lot of people ate outdoors on days like this, and restaurants gained a lot more customers than usual.
Tanaka's restaurant always took advantage of this and so did Yamato. He was was skipping school to run a whole day shift. the apparent reason was because other employees also wanted to get a feel of the rare warmth that came with the day, but the real reason was because of money. If he could could cover for his colleagues he would get their bonuses for the day, and on this particular day he was covering for everyone.
Most people would wonder how one person would be able to single-handedly manage the service of an entire establishment, but in the case of Yamato things went quite smoothly. He was able handle every single task on his own. not really on his own but you already know what I'm getting to.
At first the customers were surprised that all twenty-five of the staff in the restaurant had the same face, but soon that surprise turned into amazement after they saw how well the clones worked. It took great skill and concentration to properly manage a single clone, but Yamato was controlling more than twenty with little difficulty. What's more surprising was that ;Tanaka's was an entertainment based restaurant, which meant that there was always a kind of acrobatic display and service on each table depending on what the customers paid for, but even that aspect was handled flawlessly.
In the absence of his boss and colleagues, Yamato managed to keep the restaurant functioning at full pace with the only problem being the guys that walked in looking for Shiro.
As soon they barged in, everyone in the restaurant knew that they were up to no good. the weapons they carried were very visible and those of them that didn't carry any weapons already had a spell activated. It was quite evident that they were there to do serious damage.
Some customers wanted to run but were stopped by the loud noise of of a gunshot accompanied by "NOBODY MOVE!!" those that wanted to call for help had their phones shot out of their hands meanwhile Yamato and his clones continued their work like nothing was going on.
The leader of the hunting party (known as mark, a master marksman) was quite infuriated by Yamato's actions and shot at one of his clones. To his surprise, his bullet was caught. In an angered frustration, he shot a barrage of bullets at the same clone and still it had no effect. Instead the clone turned to the customer beside him and asked "sir, may I take your order"
With a voice mixed with fright and surprise, the customer replied with "But we are in a dangerous situation" to which Yamato answered "that will not affect our service sir, so please order"
Hesitantly, the customer made his order and the clone walked towards the kitchen to get it, not minding the hunters behind him. The infuriated hunters burst into a frenzy and started attacking everything in their sight, they were unable to tolerate the disrespect and disgrace that they were showered with.
At first glance, it looked like the hunters were doing some significant damage, but after a few minutes customers began to notice that not much was being done on the side of the hunters. Meanwhile on Yamato's end, he was stopping every single attack that went into every direction. there was no attack from the hunters that hit their target, not even stray bullets.
Yamato was a master at water manipulation. He could manipulate water at a molecular level with utmost accuracy and he knew how to use it against all kinds of opponents, so it did not matter what any of hunters abilities was, he was able to stop each one of them.
To add insult to the injury of the hunters, Yamato made the customers feel comfortable and gave them popcorn to watch and enjoy the show. They got angrier but there was nothing they could do. they were unable to reach the customers due to the water barrier that Yamato had set up and on the other hand, they were getting their asses handed to them by his clones.
In a few minutes the commotion was over and the restaurant continued to function normally. Tanaka's restaurant was later rated as the safest place to eat, and this attracted more customers. on hearing this, Yamato took in a very deep breath and uttered "UBANESHI!!"
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"The breeze in the west shall become the storm in the east" "It shall become a powerful force in the north" "And a sight of awe in the south" "And when it returns to the west..." "It shall be unstoppable" "My dear boy, Andrew Clipper" "These are not mere words" "This is your story" On hearing this, Andrew opened his eyes. He was on his knees and Orie stood beside him, placing a hand on his head. The room was dark and was lit by seven candles, and there was no one else in the room with them. Though all the doors and windows in the room were closed an intense wind blew within it. Gradually, the wind got stronger and blew ferociously around the empty room. It was strange that the seven candles didn't go off. "You are a storm that will sweep through all" "A wind that can move lands" "A reckoning force of greatness" "An unbreakable wind" "That, is what you are" Shiro was waiting for them outside the room. Throughout his the time he was wa