The next day, Magi and the others were allowed to rest outside the Colosseum. Their matches were done as they neared the semi-finals of the second stage.Evan was defeated by a member of a Viper's Venom, which he was able to forfeit before he was injured worse. The only ones left in the competition were Kurumi, Magi, and Kira, to which almost all of the weak contestants were picked out, leaving only those with powerful and skillful combat prowess.“Hahaha, who could have thought that I'd be up against her.” Evan rubbed the back of his neck, laughing as he thought he had embarrassed himself by losing to a girl. “You absolutely stood no chance against her——” Kira immediately lays down the fact, casually saying it in front of the others. “Asa Narasu is a shapeshifter. But before that, she's a really flexible fighter. Fighting her is like fighting a snake. At least it's what I've been able to observe from her.” Sabrine began to share the details of her observation for the past week. T
Moving towards the next day, four days until the semi-finals of the tournament, Kira and her team were invited to an auction. With the Ranking Game in practice among those who use Grants, there was an auction being held that would sell Grants sold be those who are already wealthy or do not need them. There were more than two uses of a Grant would be if they were to be bought. First off was integration, to evolve a Grant, and second is for spare parts, to upgrade the Grant physically and add more features to the weapon.Ideally, some would integrate it into their Grant, but some would replace their old Grant with the new one, integrating the old into the new one with a chance of creating a much better Grant.However, the chances are not always with the user. The wealthy treats it like a game, but those who use it treat it like a wheel of destiny that would decide their fate in their next battle. Once their Grant becomes weak, so are they.*** “Does my outfit bother you?”“Err, not
At the auction house, there were more than a few of the organizations that had attended. Including Viper's Venom, there were more non-criminal organizations that had joined the fray.The representative of the Merchant Guild was present, seated in the elevated room, surrounded by a group of seemingly experienced escorts.This auction was hosted by one of the traveling merchants under the Merchant Guild. It was held after the MMA Tournament had begun to near its semi-finals, making it more plausible for the contenders to buy something from their items. It was what Dokuji had concluded, observing the wide array of people seated as he was one of the people seated in the elevated room, a room filled with VIPs, albeit he was not one of them, he was granted special access by the mayor who was seated beside the Merchant Guild's representative, Rex Goldenburg.“It seems like this city looks quite better than before.” The blonde man spoke, his voice soft but arrogant, looking through the openi
In the auction house, people began to raise their hands and bet on the current item. Many were interested as the price started from half a million to five billion within ten seconds of being displayed. It was a normal yet large-looking handgun with the capability to fire Ice Bullets. Surely, it would be common, however, the design, description, and name were too similar to be a coincidence. Perhaps this was a plot by the Mayor and the Viper's Venom to catch the Red Trackers off guard.However, to Magi's speculations, even those who sat above were confused. Dokuji, Michael, and even Ruriko made faces that grimly looked at the weapon. It was similar to the one Magi was using, and if there was no mistake about it, they were sure that Magi had already changed his magi, speculating that Magi had sold the weapon to Rex. “That weapon, did someone sell it to you?” Dokuji took the initiative to ask, his voice soft as his eyes remained vigilant. “Ah. That one? Yes. That weapon was bought
As the auction went on, the Red Trackers ended up buying two items, with both Cian and Kira selecting one item that piqued their interest. Ruriko made no new purchases after she had bought the Glazier while Michael and Dokuji remained silent the whole duration of the auction. Most of the items were bought by other people without organizations, which made the auction go smoothly. The auction ended on a good note and early afternoon. Rex Goldenburg had to leave just as early to continue his expedition to hunt for an artifact. The Mayor, Michael had sent off Rex with his best regards with gifts that he deemed useful for Rex such as a phone which he had never had before. Ruriko had known that Rex was from the Light Magistrate, and his kind had yet to accept the rapid innovation of technology, trying to remain in their ancient ways of merchants and adventurers.It was known to everyone how important Rex was as a representative of the Merchant Guild as they were the richest organizatio
”Was it really okay sending him on his own?” Kira had her doubts about such an idea, but with Magi having authority over his brother, she couldn't attest to it.Magi knew that he was the only one that could even get in contact with Ruriko without a problem. Besides, it was Kurumi who had made the others agree.”We’ve been there before. Although I could have gone with him there, Cian himself insisted to go alone.” Kurumi crossed her arms, her weird position on the chair catching everyone’s attention as she straddled it as it was turned around.There were five people in the training room of the Red Trackers. Kira, Vincent, Magi, Kurumi, and Saeko. Violet was still working on certain things like Magi’s Grant as they continued to constantly look for a match on the Grant’s data. Sabrine was at Teresa’s place, sent by Magi to assist her after the number of their customers skyrocketed.”Who knows? Maybe he wants to fool around as well. I mean, he’s a man so he definitely has some needs as w
*** “Ugh... A-Achoo!”Immediately sitting up, Cian sneezed as he rubbed his eyes open. He remembered losing consciousness at the bath as his eyes widened, frantically looking at his body.“H-Huh? I have clothes...” Cian was already wearing the clothes he had, seemingly cleaned and rather bathed in a sweet fragrance. He scanned the room that he was in and saw a desk beside the bed. There was a note placed, and just as he was about to take it, he would notice someone move from the other side of the bed.It was Mia, it seems like she had fallen asleep in a chair. Although Cian didn't know the reason why she was there, he would stand up and put a blanket to cover her up, letting her comfortably sleep.“Geez. What the hell just happened though?”Just as he took the note and opened it, he was able to notice that it was dark from outside the window. It was already night. He remembered going here after lunch.“I must have passed out for hours...”He was calm for some reason, looking at Mia
Before the day had ended, Cian left Ruriko's house at a late hour, giving his farewells to both Ruriko and Mia before he left. Cian felt that Ruriko became more open and genuine with him as they talked, making him feel a bit satisfied besides the fact that he was able to get the weapon without doing anything special.He went home shortly as Magi greeted him at the entrance of the headquarters despite it being past midnight. He was waiting there, leaning against the door of the headquarters, his arms crossed and his eyes looking dead straight at Cian as he walked near.“...”Cian stopped right before him, yet Magi didn't greet him. It was but a short moment of silence as each of them looked at the other.As seconds passed, Cian slowly lost his composure, becoming impatient as he stomped. Perhaps Magi was asleep with his eyes open, but he was sure that he is conscious. “Oi! I'm here. What's the silent treatment for?” Cian exclaimed. “——You smell like her now. That Ruriko woman.” Magi