Chapter 13.
A week later, Sangre De Reyes has been rebuilt, the school is currently taking attendance. After all the chaos, peace within the school has to get brought back.
Ari takes his first step into school, his posture lowered with hands in his pockets, the world around him is drowned out in his own thoughts,
'All these people, walking around like nothing happened… it makes me sick…'
He steps into the classroom where his class B22 is, everyone already present,
Ari sees Beyce waving at him, surrounded by the usual crew, Plaster, Kevo and Monita, they saved him a seat.
"Hey you guys," Ari says calmly, sitting himself down, Taiho walks into the classroom shortly after,
He starts taking attendance casually, no words of encouragement, no explanation, just a normal day. Ari's thoughts run wild, In front of him is an empty seat, Saint's seat. No explanation where he is.
'What the hell is going on? Why is everybody so casual about this?' He looks around and everyone is acting normal, like they didn't almost lose their lives just a week ago.
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Back at the abandoned warehouse, Saint just woke up. He's been sleeping there with the gang that kidnapped him.
Saint makes his way to the main hall, where all 10 members are hanging about,
"Saint, I'm glad you've joined us. Did you make your decision to join us yet?" Jovi asks,
Saint looks down with a frown,
"What you're all saying is crazy, I'm gonna have to see for myself."
Jovi gets slightly disappointed, but he masks it up quickly,
"Of course." Jovi gets close to Saint and taps his shoulder, before turning his attention to the squad,
"Well the rest of us need to get back to our tasks, Prince, Mari, take Saint with you for today."
Prince gives Saint a thumbs up with a smile while Mari leans against a wall with eyes closed nonchalantly,
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Back In Chile, two Instructors are about to knock on Carmelo's door to inform him of the news that occurred,
One of them fixes their tie before knocking,
"How do I look?"
"Um… great… can you knock already?" Instructor 2 says,
"Y-yes…" Instructor 1 responds,
He knocks on the door… no answer, the instructors look at each other like a weight off their shoulders,
"Saved for today, huh?" Instructor 1 says, chuckling awkwardly,
Then the door swings open, finding a just woken up Carmelo, he yawns,
"Yes?"
Instructor 1 gets startled, "H-h-h-h-h-h-hello sir… w-w-w-we're f-f-fro-" Instructor 2 Interrupts his coworker,
"Sorry, sir. We're from Sangre De Reyes, can we come in?"
Carmelo stares at them with wide eyes, confused,
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Far away in Mr. Vino's luxurious penthouse, the elites he called last week have just arrived,
"Just two of you?" Mr. Vino asks, slightly annoyed,
Two powerful figures step up,
"Just us two, princess." One of them says, he's wearing an eye patch with a blue leather jacket and skinny pants. He reeks of booze,
"Motley, who's your friend over here?" Mr. Vino asks,
The man is tall and well-built, he steps up, he's wearing a full black armor like a knight mask on.
"Renai. The Artist of Justice." Renai says, yelling firmly, standing tall.
Mr. Vino stares him up and down, 'I'm feeling an immense threat from this guy, he'll do.'
"So, what's the job?" Motley asks grimly, while flipping a beer cap,
"Gun for hire."
Motley's eyebrows spike up intriguingly, Renai looks at both of them back and forth,
"And who's the lucky guy?" Motley asks,
"Carmelo, the Galano." Vino says as he lights up a cigarette,
Motley bursts out laughing,
"Alright, I'm in."
Renai does an X with his arms,
"Nope! I'm out. I don't kill for money."
Vino visibly gets confused,
"Then why the fuck are you here?" He retorts,
"I'm the Artist of Justice, I plan to bring peace to the world, killing innocent people doesn't help my case!" He says as he holds a peace sign, standing firm.
"Guy's a nutcase, but don't worry, Vino. I'll do the job. Carmelo as he is now probably won't be much of an issue…" Motley says, laying back in a couch with his feet on the table,
Vino turns his attention to Motley,
"Great. You have to end his life by any means necessary, I'm tired of that little pest taking another breath on this earth."
Motley stands up, "I'm on it then."
Motley and Renai take the elevator down,
"So, Renai… if you're so noble… why are you working with us?"
Renai tilts his head,
"I'm not, I'm getting information. Justice doesn't work for anyone!" He says proudly,
"Uh-huh… sure…" 'Weirdo…'
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Mari, Prince, and Saint are heading towards Chuq City, a civilization just a couple of hours from Sangre De Reyes, their mission is to gather information from an abandoned church.
They are traveling through Mari's shadow dimension, Saint is visibly impressed, wondering how fast they are moving.
"What Jovi said earlier is true, you know?" Mari says calmly,
Saint turns to Mari,
"About Vino trying to convert everyone to the Niza-Genova religion…"
Saint's mind flashes back to when Jovi was explaining what Vino and Sangre De Reyes we're planning,
"There's a powerful man by the name of Mr. Vino, your father knows him well, he's converting people and world leaders all over the world to an ancient corrupt religion. Once half the world pledges allegiance to the Three, it's over, Saint."
They arrive just downtown, the city is jam-packed, it's late at night.
"I'm still gonna have to see for myself, My dad wouldn't send me to a place like that on my own…" Saint says as he, Mari, and Prince navigate through the city,
"Maybe your Dad isn't who you thought he was." Mari says coldly,
"Mari…" Prince says, trying to keep Mari in check.
"Jokes." Mari scoffs,
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Meanwhile in Chile, The two instructors are sitting in Carmelo's house, they just broke invasion news to him, Carmelo sits in silence, with a dull expression on his face.
The two instructors nervously glance back and forth,
"Have they pinpointed his location?" Carmelo asks, voice barely above a whisper,
"N-no sir, but I can assure you they're doin-" Carmelo stands up,
"You two are coming with me, I'm gonna find him myself…"
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