Shizu wakes up in the blink of an eye, and quickly gets up with visible despair on his face. He stands there looking directly into Sterfen's eyes with anger and fear.
Anin gets startled by that and quickly stands up asking about his condition:
— Shizu?! What happened?!
Shizu clenches his hands, still with his mind confused. Suddenly, Sterfen looks Shizu in the eyes and both of them keep staring at each other. Sterfen quickly warns:
— Shizu, are you mad at me or something? Why are you making the aura around me so dense like this, man?!
Shizu quickly calms down and comes back to his senses.
He takes a deep breath and soon says:
— Sorry... It wasn't my intention...
He looks at the ceiling and soon asks himself:
— I think I forgot something...
Suddenly, a thunderous explosion occurs outside, raising dense smoke into the skies. Shizu immediately shouts:
— DETRIN!
Shizu, Anin and Sterfen immediately dash toward the explosion. Shizu runs ahead and quickly orders:
— Sterfen, Anin! Go ahead and try to find Detrin!
— Right!
— Right!
Shizu stops running and quickly says while making a cross symbol with the fingers of both hands near his lips:
— You better make yourself useful!
— RESERVE!
A shadow comes out from behind Shizu. He quickly orders:
— Carry me to the rooftop!
The shadow picks Shizu up in its arms and, with a huge jump, climbs onto the rooftops while carrying him.
Shizu gets out of the shadow's arms and stands on top of a large house roof, observing the distance, and soon notices, on a rooftop at a considerable distance away, a hooded man on top of a rooftop, observing the distance.
The shadow turns around and heads toward the deep alleys of the city. Shizu quickly grumbles:
— Damn it...
Shizu becomes disappointed after losing sight of the man and soon says:
— Ok.... let's go down now.
The shadow stands behind Shizu and soon picks him up in its arms.
He immediately grumbles:
— I already told you I hate this, you know?
The shadow looks at him confused. Then Shizu sighs and says:
— We need to train this....
Shizu gets down from the rooftop and starts heading toward the destruction. Anin was walking around the explosion site, turning stones over with her sword. Then she asks Sterfen, who was standing still observing a specific direction of the city:
— Did you see any suspicious movement?
He narrows his eyes and replies:
— No...
Shizu soon arrives at the place. Anin sees him approaching and quickly gives the report:
— The area was destroyed by a large-scale explosion. It seems Detrin isn't here.
Shizu walks past Anin and immediately brings a cross symbol to his lips, calling his shadow:
— Reserve...
A shadow comes out from behind him and takes a combat stance. Sterfen turns around and asks:
— What are you doing?
Shizu, who was face to face with Sterfen, replies with a serious expression and crossed arms:
— I'm ensuring my safety, because I'm only asking this once.
His expression becomes even more serious.
— Sterfen... do you completely trust me or not?
Sterfen makes a bitter expression and with his piercing gaze looks at Shizu. Sterfen starts walking toward Shizu and then responds by jumping on top of him:
— WHAT DO YOU MEAN??? Of course I trust you!, after all it was you who saved me in the trial!.
Sterfen was on top of him, with a sad look, and soon asks Shizu:
— You... think I wouldn't trust you?...
Shizu stays silent and soon asks another question:
— But in a hypothetical situation, at exactly what moment would you not trust me?
Sterfen stands up and sits on the ground, and replies while activating a golden light in his right hand:
— I only trust those who deserve to be trusted, one of my abilities tells me who's trustworthy and who isn't.... but it only works when it wants to judge someone...
Shizu starts thinking for a moment and quickly connects the dots:
"So... him killing me that time wasn't because of betrayal, but because this ability activated..."
Shizu starts scratching his head while thinking more deeply:
— "Telling so much suspicious information to the two of them at the beginning was really a mistake, it must've been because of that that his ability judged me as super suspicious...."
Anin, who was observing Shizu's shadow, asks:
— Oh! Is this one of your abilities Shizu?, I remember you using this in our battle against Babadar...
The shadow looks at Anin and approaches Shizu. Shizu doesn't understand why the shadow got so close, so the shadow sits down and hugs Shizu:
— Aha??? What are you doing??!
Shizu asks why it hugged him, Anin, who was watching the scene, makes a face full of anger and jealousy and quickly says in an irritated tone:
— So that's how it's gonna be, huh?...
The shadow turns Shizu in the opposite direction from Anin, hiding him out of pure mockery and soon Anin argues:
— What's your problem, huh??!
— Hahahahahaha! I can't believe a shadow made you feel jealous, that's impossible! Hahahaha
Stefen laughed as if there was no tomorrow, Shizu sees Sterfen's happy face and whispers quietly with a slight smile:
— Really, this happy face suits you much more...
In another region, someone was running through the alleys between the houses, drops of blood were falling leaving a trail while the person breathed desperately with a red stone in hand.
Moments later, Shizu stands up and makes his decision, he looks at Sterfen and asks while looking seriously at him:
— Sterfen!
— Yes??! — Sterfen replies in shock.
Shizu locks his eyes onto Sterfen's and starts speaking:
— I know this is crazy, but... I need to say something... and I need you to trust me, even if your ability activates and you see me as some kind of liar or evil person.
Sterfen starts paying more attention and asks:
— Alright, what do you need to say?...
Shizu starts sweating coldly but still says:
— The truth is... I know who caused this and where he is!
Sterfen's right arm starts glowing with a golden color, making him stand up quickly and ask with doubt:
— What?? How do you know?!
Shizu also stands up and starts trying to explain:
— Yes, yes, I know this is very sudden and suspicious but I need you to trust me! I swear to you that I'm not with this guy, just trust me!
Sterfen looks at his right hand which was glowing incessantly in that golden tone, he thinks for a bit but then clenches his hand and soon says:
— If that's the case... tell me what you know about this... and also...
— Tell me who did this!
Shizu looks at Anin who was right behind him and replies:
— The one who did this was the Chain Assassin. It's the same person you fought and who caused you to go to a trial. And he's after the four of us, but specifically, me.
Sterfen becomes doubtful about those facts and soon asks:
— And how do you know that?...
Shizu approaches Sterfen and with a sad expression replies:
— How do I know?, I can't tell you, but I can only ask you for one thing...
Shizu looks at Sterfen with a firm gaze and speaks with shining eyes:
— Please Sterfen, help me!, not just for me, but for Anin and Detrin too. We need your strength, please help us!
Sterfen's eyes shine at that request, those sincere words touched that man's soft heart, and he soon thinks to himself:
— "Is he capable of making anyone feel moved like this?..."
Sterfen looks at Anin, who had a smile on her face while nodding her head. After that Sterfen realizes:
— "Ah.. yes...., now I understand you Anin..."
Sterfen takes a step forward and with his right hand covered by the golden aura, quickly grabs Shizu's hand with a long smile on his face while thinking more strongly about his final answer:
— "Now I perfectly understand why you trust him so much..."
— Alright Shizu!, I believe in you 100%! But in return I want one thing....
— I want you to make me...
— Your Best Friend of the Heart!
Still running through the city's alleys, a person kept bumping into boxes and kicking garbage bags around without stopping running. In the distance, a person walked with short steps dragging a chain across the ground, and soon speaks with a melancholic voice:
— Your persistence in running away is really starting to irritate me, you know?... but on the other hand, it stimulates me. Did you know that this is....
Detrin, who was running, turns around and throws a red stone that was in his hands.
— LEAVE ME ALONE!
The man enlarges the chains and pulls them backwards, throwing them forward with immense force and an absurd speed.
A massive explosion occurs in the alleys, raising dust and debris everywhere.
Detrin runs even harder for his life, escaping from the spreading dust. Inside the smoke, the Chain Man only watched him run for his life and simply says the phrase that always comes out of his mouth:
— This is so, Brutal....