As Magi fled both sides of the group, Sabrine and Violet tried to after the trail he left, only to vanish as soon as they thought they would be able to catch up.All the while that happened, Teresa and Michael walked amongst the crowd on the way to the entrance of District B."We'll go on by foot from here. They'll be alerted if I used a waypoint inside Districts B and A. We'll just have to take a snippet of their operations."Walking along with Teresa who hid her face in her hood, Michael looked around, wary of people that could be watching them.There was no expecting that Dokuji's lackeys might suddenly attack."Haah?! What the heck do you mean? Dokuji just told us to roam this place and look out for that guy. But you know, I'm kinda tired of breaking bones for a guy like him. I was just in for the money, you know?"From the right side, a voice would catch both of their attention.It was a small tavern or bar that served a few people at the outside tables, and one of those customer
"Whoa!"Dodging left and right, Cian tried to fend off Marina with all he can without using his explosive skills."After realizing your flames don't work, you become defensive."Marina kept moving forward, slashing left and right as well as she tried to hit Cian. Despite not looking like it, Cian was fairly capable of redirecting attacks with his bare hands. It looked like he was taught by Magi, but due to his usual aggressive behavior in fights, they never got to see him do it.Kalina, Marina's sister, was only outside the training room, observing them through the clear windows."Despite being an offensive fighter, there are not many offensive skills he can use without his Grants."She would speak out her mind, looking at her side where Sumire was observing them as well."Violet did tell me he was being over-reliant on his Grants but, his mana is something that can't be taken lightly of."Pulling out holographic windows of information from nowhere, Sumire would display Cian's comple
"Fire."Letting go of the string, Cian's flaming bow fired a blazing phoenix. It shook the entire complex as the red light flashed everywhere. It alarmed everyone that was below the complex.It was beginning to pierce through the supposedly indestructible walls."H-He's breaking through?! If that attack goes out, the base will be done for!"Kalina stood up as she tried to watch Cian, pressing buttons on the control panel to try and stop it. However, his attack kept pressing on, intensifying as the walls were repeatedly destroyed and repaired, slowly losing to the rapidly increasing rate of destruction. None of the buttons worked as Kalina tried to activate any of them. The system was already compromised as some wires had already melted from the heat.This was an unprecedented disaster for them."What the hell is going on?!"However, just as Sumire, Marina, and Kalina planned to evacuate, Violet and Sabrine arrived.Sabrine was the first to speak up as she stood still on the shaking
"Sniff... eugh..."Groaning at the scent of sewers, Michael kept on wiping his nose as he led the way. "Man up, will you? Haven't you smelled your own–""Shut up."Teresa would call him out only to be shut down by Michael before she could finish her words. He knew that nothing good would come out of her mouth when they were in here. "But to think this is accessible..." Teresa would only look around to see more, keeping her guard up in any case that might happen."Where does this sewer lead? If we were going to take evidence, why at District A when Dokuji is at District C where the colosseum is at?"She added to ask, but Michael only remained silent as he had his back turned.This made Teresa a bit warier as he could be leading her into a trap. "Hey! Answer me you–!"She would pull him by the shoulder, turning him around to face her, and to her surprise, he showed her a face that was on the verge of vomiting.He was pale and somewhat retrained of every hole in his face. "I-I didn
"Show us.""..."As Marina stepped forward to set Mia aside, Cian couldn't refuse to comply. They were right about utilizing everything they had to win, and if Cian couldn't recreate what he had done, he would become useless."Tch. Just don't blame anything on me if something happens!"Facing the other direction, Cian quickly took a stance and performed a movement similar to drawing back a bow, however, just as he did, flames would begin to ignite from his fingers into the shape of a flaming bow as he drew it back."––?!"They were all shocked to see him effortlessly materialize the weapon out of nowhere.However, Marina's eyes were only somehow more determined than ever. "That is something that would be far better than a Grant. I've never seen anything like it in person but there has been history about that."As if Marina knew something about it, she only wore a smug face as she puffed her chest. She was right all along. "Anything like this?! What are you–?""That's something the
"Of course, why wouldn't the mayor carry a weapon, right?"Midari held both of her hands up as she walked side to side in a circle with Michael who tried to keep his distance from her. Michael knew that Midari could still fight him nonetheless if he did not have a gun, but the only thing that was stopping her was the gun."Of course. I always carry one."Michael feigned a smug face, looking at Midari as he pulled the hammer back. This was only but a bluff.The gun that he was holding had no bullets inside. After Shanti had removed the bullets when he left, Michael wasn't able to load them back due to his worries. He had completely forgotten about it and took his gun without any ammunition at all."Hmm. Lying isn't good for you."At that moment, Midari lowered her hands as she looked back at Michael, making a smug face as well now that she have realized something.It only had hit him but Midari had the capabilities to read minds. If that was the case, bluffing against her was a bad
"Ah heck. Those idiots!"Suddenly, Vincent exclaimed as the display he was looking at lost its signal.They were still at the restaurant and each of them took a seat at a different table, scattered over the place. Vincent had been tracking the two via the phone he gave Vincent, however, the signal would suddenly vanish, meaning it was interrupted."W-What's wrong?" Saeko quickly went to check on Vincent as she looked at the mini-console he had. They completely lost track of the two and their last coordinates were located at District A."Did Michael turn on us?! Fuck, I have no idea! I didn't know how to make a bug goddammit!"Vincent slammed his fist into the table before taking the mini-console, folding it as he stored it in his digitalizer.Everyone else stood up as Vincent did, looking at him. "Stay here. I'll follow them. I'll go to check what happened then I'll send a signal or go back if things get rough. Got it?""But, how can you even go through the gates in District A?! O
"Your luck is running out, Michael!"Just as both Michael and Midari hide in buildings, both of them had strong weapons against each other. Michael had his bluff while Midari had her blades that would easily kill Michael once he is hit in the head with it.However, it was exactly why both couldn't attack recklessly.Right now, Michael had nothing but a few scraps and an empty gun. He could his magic, but a strong toll would take him after casting it and so they would only have one time to cast it.He still had his bluff with the gun up and running. However, Midari herself would begin to notice that Michael wasn't being aggressive despite having the upper hand to do so. Perhaps it was just because he was cautious, but she began to think that something might be wrong.She was someone who can win through risks after all."Let's see if he's true to all that!"Jumping out of the open balcony of the building, Midari landed on the second floor of the house where Michael hid in."–?!"Mic