"Hey, old gramps, open the door—"
The door creaked open.
"So, you are here, Junyu—"
He looked at the whole crew and said, "Well, I knew it. So, do you guys now know how strong the Iron Fang Syndicate is? And another thing… he was not the strongest in the Affiliation."
"Please, can you heal them and treat them well—"
"Well, I suppose I have to…"
(The crew was getting healed, whereas Junyu made a plan to find out all the truths he could. The amount of time he had was three days.)
As the night went and the day began, Junyu made his intentions clear. He knew that he and his crewmates were wanted in town, so he grabbed a black cloak, put a kitsune mask on his face, and wore a hat on his head. After this, he went out into the town.
Ashfang Alley
Junyu had some clues already written in the diaries that old gramps had told him.
Clue 1: Information is traded more than weapons.
Clue 2: Your disguise name matters the most.
Clue 3: Use the name Scarlet Fang.
Trade-Info Bar
Junyu entered the shop, sat down on a chair, and ordered a wine. He read the newspaper as a fake act, because the real reason he was here was to spy on an Iron Fang Syndicate member to get intel on the Black Meeting.
Flashback
Old Gramps said, "Junyu, the objective you should have is to gather intel about the Black Meeting. It's a meeting of all five groups in the Affiliation, which is gonna happen one month from now… I don't know much about it. That's why you must find out."
Flashback ends.
"I need to get some intel here. What can I do? Yeah… this looks like a good idea."
Junyu went to their table and dropped a chit there.
They picked it up. It read:
Meet me outside the shop, in the street across the road. — Scarlet Fang
"What!! I got a chit from the legend himself, Scarlet Fang—"
"Hey buddy, go meet him— Wait, let us also come with you!"
Meeting
"Sir, I am here—"
"Sir? Who is sir?"
"Lacod Junyu!"
Junyu gave the first one two quick hits in the stomach, knocking him out.
"Where are you running!?"
"Demon Claw!"
He grabbed another guy with his giant claw. With one hit on the chest—another one was gone!
After this mess, a few minutes later, a random guy out of the three said to Junyu, "Why did you do this?"
Junyu said, "Tell me the information about the Black Meeting."
"Why do you wanna know that!?"
"Tell me, or I will kill all of you."
"I won't."
"You have a great wife, don't you?"
After saying this, Junyu thought, Please let this guess be good… he should have a wife. And… I sounded like a villain there, huh? Proud of myself.
"I will tell you everything I know—"
"Okay, tell me."
He said, "The Black Meeting is an event where all the five gangs of the Affiliation meet. This year, the meeting is about expanding business more around Bloodveil Harbor."
"Bloodveil Harbor? What is that—"
"You don't know about the Bloodveil Harbor?"
"Yes, I don't!"
"Do you know anything about the 11 Major Areas surrounding the whole world?"
"What the f**k— You don't, and you wanna be a ruler!?"
(They all burst into laughter.)
"Shut up, you fools!"
"If we are the fools, then who are you?"
"By the way, what are the 11 Major Areas and the whole history around it? I can ask about the Black Meeting later."
"So listen. Twenty years ago, the whole world united—all the kingdoms, all the Niyue's, and all the Wanderers—just to defeat a single person. And they failed. But then suddenly, the man everyone was fighting declared that a great war was coming, and asked what we would do to survive it. He died saying, 'Your savior is not born yet, but twenty years later he will be born and will save you all.'
After his death, the Niyue's and the rulers defeated all the kingdoms. But still, they couldn't take over all the land, and those places became known as the 11 Major Areas.
Those areas consist of 100+ islands, and all of them have one Devil Horn.
What are the Devil Horns, you may ask? Devil Horns were a complete set back then—something no one really knows. But one day, the Devil Horns were broken into 11 pieces and hidden by a person no one knows. He hid them all in different areas.
That's the reason the 11 Major Areas are this important.
Ashfang Alley and the whole Black Order Affiliation are just a gang and a place in one of the areas."
"What the f**k… What was this whole story? I can't understand it. I didn't know about this since I was a kid."
"So I was telling you—the Black Order Affiliation will try to expand their business around Bloodveil Harbor."
"So this Bloodveil Harbor is the area we are in?"
"Yeah."
"Okay, thanks a lot, man. But what is the business?"
"If you really wanna know that, ask my senior—the person you all lost to yesterday night."
"Okay, I will."
After listening, Junyu spent the entire day trying to understand what the person had said. When night came, he went out into the streets to wait for someone to come.
Junyu said, "Again it's happening… the air is flowing around, leaving a cold sensation to me. I can smell it—that he is coming."
Someone swung a sword at Junyu, but Junyu kicked the blade aside and said—
"You are finally here, mysterious man—"
"I am no mysterious man. I have a name."
"And what is that?"
"Orin Blackfang. The third son of the leader of the Black Fang Order Affiliation. Looks like you know a lot about the Black Meeting now, don't you, Junyu?"
"I know a lot, but I will know more if I defeat you now."
"Then let's begin this feast!"
Junyu smirked. "Of course, let's do it."
Both of the fighters stood, ready to begin the fight, but no one was moving.
Junyu thought, I will start this… but I feel something coming from him that is stopping me from moving. What is that?
Orin thought, He is feeling something different today. I think he is here to take revenge on me.
And then it finally began.
They both charged toward each other, shouting—
"Let's gooo!"