Lenny: "They are really taking their time."
Ichiro: "Right? I guess I am not getting the rice I ordered."
Both sigh loudly in frustration; the silence only gets louder.
Ichiro: "I shouldn't have trusted you and that new food ordering system."
Lenny looks at Ichiro, raising an eyebrow.
Lenny: "Maybe we shouldn't have listened to you and put in the harbor as the delivery address."
Ichiro: "Oh, come on, we are one of three ships here; it's not that difficult."
Lenny: "Yeah? Maybe someone on these ships is eating your rice. Who even eats rice anyways?"
Ichiro: "I will just ignore that you just said that."
Lenny: "Why? It is the truth."
Ichiro: "Okay, okay, what are you normally eating then?"
Lenny: "A good old pork'n'pie."
Ichiro: "Pork'n'pie? I thought you were from the Empire."
Lenny: "Me? From the Empire? No?"
Ichiro: "Pork'n'pie is a dish from the Storm Islands."
Lenny: "It's their national dish."
Ichiro: "How did you end up in the Empire then?"
Lenny becomes silent; bad memories had come up after Ichiro's question, memories he would like to forget again. Ichiro's smile also quickly fades; seeing the sad expression of Lenny made him regret asking.
Ichiro: "I'm sorry if I~"
Lenny: "WATCH OUT!"
Lenny runs at Ichiro, trying to push him away, but Ichiro quickly grabs Lenny's arm, using quick-step to get away from the quicksilver flash that came directly at them from the distance at high speed.
Ichiro looks at Lenny, checking if he is somehow hurt, but Lenny has no visible injuries.
Ichiro: "Are you alright?"
Lenny: "BEHIND YOU!"
Ichiro turns around, quickly getting hit by another quicksilver flash.
Ichiro falls out from the ship into the waters of the harbor.
Lenny turns around; there he sees Manu.
Lenny: "Who are you?"
Manu ignores Lenny's question.
Manu: "You are under arrest; you are going to come with me."
Jack: "He is not going anywhere."
Jack jumps onto the ship, angered by Manu approaching his little brother; he covers his arms with dragon scales.
Manu: "Don't worry, you will also come with me."
Jack chuckles a little.
Jack: "I'm not going anywhere either."
Manu runs at Jack. Him not being able to visibly see Manu's move forces him to go into a blocking stance.
Manu punches Jack with high speed, breaking his stance, and quickly hits him with a quick combo to his chest before hitting him with a straight punch to his face.
Jack falls to his knees. He uses his position to form a blade made of dragon scales out of his arm. He quickly swings it at Manu, but he dodges it, punching him again before choking Jack.
Jack grunts, spitting blood out of his mouth followed by smoke. He then forms wings out of his back, grabbing Manus's neck and flying with him into the sky.
Manu: "Oh shit."
Manu lets go of Jack, hitting him many times in the chest, but Jack had already covered it with dragon scales.
Jack: "Mind telling me your business with us?"
Manu: "You, the little guy, and the dark-haired guy with you have a bounty as high as a mob boss."
Jack: "We haven't done anything bad to deserve those bounties."
Manu: "I heard the rumors about you guys defeating the Boss and the Monster Arashi Mitsunaga, also destroying half of Eryndor."
Jack: "So what, are you a bounty hunter?"
Manu: "I am an ICD agent."
Jack: "It is not in the ICD's nature to hunt for bounties."
Manu becomes silent; he thinks of every possible outcome right now. With the bad situation he is in right now, he decides to speak out the truth.
Manu: "I am trying to start a raid against the border baron of Transylvania, but the ICD won't support any of it, so I am trying to quickly get the funds by bounty hunting."
Jack thinks about it; hearing that an ICD agent is trying to raid the border baron had awakened his interest.
Jack: "A raid? Against the border baron?"
Manu: "This fucker is all I need to get the ICD to start a full operation against Transylvania. They had been pulling the strings in the underworld for a very long time."
Jack: "How did you know all that?"
Manu: "I have been investigating them for a while now."
Jack: "And do you know how to get to Transylvania?"
Manu: "I recently got the information to get there."
Jack: "You know what? I have an idea."
…
Emilia: "Alright buddy, I think you have something we need."
The mysterious person stands up from his chair, revealing himself to be a tall man with a trimmed full beard and dark blonde hair.
Weyland: "Sergeant Weyland of the Imperial Army is my name. My good friend here told me about your problem."
Emilia: "Oh really, did she?"
Emilia smiles at Maliha, giving her a quick twinkle.
Weyland: "Yes, and let me tell you this, you should simply turn around and let this all be."
Emilia's expression turns from happy to confused.
Emilia: "I think I misheard you. Did you say we should just let it be?"
Weyland: "Yes, if you keep openly announcing that you are looking for information to get to Transylvania, you will get into deep trouble."
Emilia: "Buddy, we are already involved in more than enough trouble; getting that information would ease our situation by a lot, so quit your bullshit and help us out."
Weyland shakes his head; he comes closer to Emilia until Henry steps between them.
Weyland: "Listen, this is for your own good; both of you are young."
Henry: "Just help us out or leave us be."
Weyland: "I am not sure if I can do that."
Henry: "What do you mean?"
Weyland grabs behind him, pulling out a gun.
Henry quickly turns around, grabbing Emilia and getting out of the building by using Shooting Star.
An energy beam is being shot out of the bar, destroying the front door of the bar and the wall of the building on the other side of the street.
Emilia: "What is this guy's problem?"
Henry: "I don't know, but I will kick his fucking ass."
Weyland walks out of the bar, looking at them and pointing his gun, ready to shoot.
Henry quickly gets to him with Shooting Star, holding his gun into the sky. Weyland punches Henry in his gut, making Henry spit out a lot of saliva.
He then reveals the metal arm he had just punched Henry with, punching his face with his metal arm, sending him to the ground.
Emilia: "Bastard."
She says. She then covers the area in mist.
Weyland looks around; he isn't able to see through the mist, but he isn't worried either.
He then puts his gun away. He grabs a small microphone from his pockets. He then speaks into it before walking away.
Emilia, who took Henry and flew away, lands on their ship.
Jack, Lenny, Manu, and Ichiro, who had been eating their ordered food, quickly get up and approach them.
Ichiro: "What happened? Are you guys okay?"
Emilia: "Another dead end, shit."
Henry wakes up. He breathes heavily, grabbing Emilia's arm. He slowly calms down, looking around to see where he even is.
Henry then looks up to Manu, confused about who he even is.
Henry: "Who is that guy?"