Even in the world of a post-apocalyptic society, there were still governments that formed themselves to create a sense of unity. With other cities embracing anarchy, there were still cities that had been guarded not only by Sentient Guards due to their trade but by also human forces that tried to track down the roots of crime to prevent them. They had no specific names but people of the underworld had called them Dogs, as they would sniff out the crimes and criminals alike out of their den.Small organizations were caught by them, but when it comes to large organizations, they become powerless due to their ability to blend and hide their trade.It was truly a contrast in power, however, the police were not a force to reckon with as they wielded special authority with not only Grants but with Magic as most of them wielded Unique Magics capable of catching criminals off guard.They were the highest form of security next to Sentient Guards, but as long as one steers away from them, it
With the memories left in the burning embers of the past wars between the rising underground organizations, Violet Ghaani, became an orphan in Newyark after her parents were killed in a battle. It was but a reckless war that involved taking away innocent lives, ending up as but an ongoing occurrence. The Police were incapable of tracking down these large organizations whose tracks were everywhere, and despite the Sentient Guards being recent, were incapable of tracking the culprits down as well. Wars between underground organizations were hard to track down, as most of the time they would happen in areas far from the city, a place far from the police's jurisdiction.Regardless, there were infamous people with bounties placed on their heads, dead or alive.Violet was one of those, a rookie with the lowest bounty starting with 100,000 CCs, and Bahamut being thrice as that. They were considered criminals that had committed endangerment and destruction, making their bounty smaller as
Three days later, Bahamut was now able to be released from the hospital. “Ah, sir. It's all been paid.”The nurse would dismiss their payment with a swipe, canceling the transfer.“——Huh? That's weird. We haven't given you a single coin yet.”Leaning towards the registry of the hospital, Cian was confused as to how did such a thing happen. He still had the bill that summed up all of the expenses, pertaining to almost 10,000 CCs. It should have been required when paying someone's bill, but to think that someone was able to pay it regardless was unusual.“There was a tall man with tattoos all over his arms that came here just yesterday and paid the amount due under the name Bahamut. It's all paid, sir.”The nurse behind the registry was somehow stressing out that it was paid and that there shouldn't be any problems as she looked at Cian. It was obvious that something was up.“A tall man with tattoos...?”Cian would only walk back slowly as Magi arrived with Bahamut in a wheelchair.
Evening had fallen, and Magi was still stuck at his work for hours.“Ngh. This is hard.”Looking at the screens that showed numerous data and prints of the Grant that Magi had tried to replicate, he could only sigh out of frustration. Violet's Gauntlets had a design that was original to its creator, and with it being detailed up until its inside, perfectly replicating it would be hard. Besides, it was also the cane that had been partly disassembled, revealing the nanotechnology it was built on. Retrieving the data on the Memory Card from Violet's Grant was easy, however, transcribing the blueprint data from it was the part that relied on luck. “Copy-pasting isn't easy here. I should just give up on completely recreating her Grant.”Swiping all the screens away with his hands, Magi dismissed the windows as all of them proved to be useless. He had been trying to reference several Grants that resembled Violet's Gauntlets but none could theoretically hold her.Magi had thought of giv
As the next morning arrives at the twin's residence, Magi was the first to wake up, preparing the necessary things like breakfast. Bahamut would be second, as he no longer needed the aid of a wheelchair, standing up with the help of cyber-augmented legs that was powered by a mana stone engraved inside his skin. “How is it?”Magi would ask Bahamut as he walked to the table, seemingly without any lag or problems. “It's perfect! I knew that this existed but I never thought of using it myself!”Bahamut was quite excited to be able to walk again, expressing his happiness as he took a stroll around the small space they had. “It also feels... lighter...”Not only that, Bahamut's body felt lighter than ever, with not only the ability to control his legs, but the legs were also built-in with an anti-gravitational pulse that can let the user jump a significant amount of distance if activated. It was something that Cian wanted before, but installing it was a huge risk, thus it was only reco
“V-Violet?!”Shouting atop his lungs, Bahamut was quick to pick up the pistols that had emitted the holographic screens, showing an image of Violet with her eyes closed. “——VIOLET!”He shouted once again, louder than ever as Magi looked back at him while tending to his brother. “——You're so damn noisy, why are you shouting, you big oaf?!”It wasn't Cian or Magi who replied, but rather it was the person from the pistol's projection, Violet. Her face moved along with his words, showing a face of anger and irritation as she spoke. It was like only as if Violet was on a video call with Bahamut, acting casually as ever. Hearing that voice once more made Bahamut's eyes water up as he began to chuckle, wiping them all off before they could run down. It was no time to cry, he was able to see his comrade again.“D-Damn you, you're as sharp-mouthed as ever!”Bahamut couldn't hide his happiness as he laughed together with Violet who resided in a 2D plane, whilst Magi watched them interact fr
"Cough... Cough...! What in the hell happened——"Coughing out as he emerged from the rubble, Bahamut had just been able to view the current situation as it is.He was surprised as he saw multiple men dressed in black on the ground, and as he looked over to the side, there was the twin, standing before a tall man that held a sword. “——Black Skulls?!”Bahamut knew who they were upon seeing the man with the sword. It was Izumo Riku, one of the rankers in Black Skulls. “Ah, at least someone recognizes me here! Bahamut of the Violet Hex! Or at least formerly, that's you, right?”Nonchalantly responding to Bahamut, Izumo had known of Bahamut's affiliation and retirement from Violet Hex despite it being recent. Information was one of the fastest things that would go around with the right amount of money, and so, it was no surprise that Izumo knew of that.“Bahamut. You know this guy?”Raising his pistol aimed at Izumo, Cian aired out his voice as he looked at and asked Bahamut.“He's a r
[Monthly Rankings][1. Rosa Kuro (Black Skulls)2. Subaru Hatsuji (Pandemonium)3. Baji Shiranui (Pandemonium)4. Sumire (Violet Hex)5. Izumi Riku (Black Skulls)]**Every month only five names are shown in the monthly rankings. Everyone knew that there was still someone that could be following them yet remained unseen due to the limit of five, not granting them the chance to be renowned at all. But what was the more frustrating thing for them was that the monthly rankings were not categorized by the whole world, but by region. Meaning, that they were only the top five highest-ranked Grant users in Newyark. It was just a small pond instead of the ocean, and those who wanted to become more than that were getting impatient as their name grows stale in a small ranking.It was a given that there were only always five shown rankers monthly, but some people would always have the access to information of others, creating the rest of the ranking on their own.**“...And so, a ranker like