CHAPTER 8 — ORDRE DE MISSION📜 Odessa Facility
A cold room.
The air feels heavy.
A council member speaks.
— A port city… Varkhenn.
Silence.
— A Rank A criminal controls an organization there.
— The Empreinte Pirates.
Zadkiel crosses his arms.
— Rank A… finally something worth it.
Shin'en remains calm.
— Then let's go.
🚗 DEPARTUREThe vehicle moves through industrial roads.
The ocean appears in the distance.
But something feels wrong.
Zadkiel stares ahead.
— Too quiet…
Shin'en:
— Or too controlled.
⚓ VARKHENN — THE PORT CITYCrane structures.
Containers stacked everywhere.
Armed men.
Everywhere.
The city is under surveillance.
But not official.
👉 Someone is controlling everything.
⚔️ FIRST CONTACTSoldiers emerge.
— Intruders detected!
Zadkiel exhales.
— Again…
💥
Instant combat.
The Presence Seal activates.
But—
These enemies resist.
Shin'en steps back slightly.
— They're tougher than the others…
Zadkiel:
— Then we stop holding back.
🔥 REAL COMBATThey move in.
Close combat.
Zadkiel analyzes.
Shin'en strikes.
💥
But the enemies don't fall easily.
Shin'en:
— They're trained…
Zadkiel:
— No.
— They're disciplined.
💥
They keep advancing.
The base is close.
👁️ THE BOSS APPEARSBy the bay.
A man waits.
Calm.
Dangerous.
— I am Dargos.
Silence.
— And you will die here.
⚖️ RANK A — DARGOSZadkiel's Aokugan activates.
— Finally… someone serious.
Shin'en smirks.
— Let's see.
💥
Dargos slams the ground.
GRAVITY PRESSURE EXPANDS.
The ground sinks.
Zadkiel steps back slightly.
— …Localized gravity.
Shin'en:
— Annoying ability.
⚔️ MAIN FIGHTDargos attacks again.
His Empreinte forms a gravity hammer.
💥
Each strike crushes the air itself.
Shin'en blocks—slides back.
Zadkiel dodges narrowly.
Zadkiel:
— He's increasing impact pressure…
Shin'en:
— So we can't block directly.
🔥 COUNTERShin'en activates Kuroyami.
Black flames ignite.
But—
Dargos blocks.
Effortlessly.
Silence.
Shin'en freezes.
— …No way.
🧠 STRATEGYZadkiel analyzes with Aokugan.
He sees it.
The flows.
The weak points.
— I see it…
Dargos smiles.
— You think you understand?
💥
He crushes the surrounding space.
The force throws them back.
⚡ BREAKZadkiel and Shin'en stand up.
Wounded.
But focused.
Zadkiel:
— He's stronger than expected.
Shin'en:
— Or just more serious.
💥 FINAL COMBINATIONThey synchronize.
Zadkiel: speed + vision
Shin'en: black flame compression
💥💥
A combined attack.
Dargos staggers.
For the first time.
Silence.
Dargos:
— …Who are you really?
He drops to his knees.
🧩 REVELATIONWeak.
Dargos speaks:
— Odessa… abandoned us…
Zadkiel's eyes narrow.
— Odessa?
Shin'en:
— What is that…
Dargos coughs.
— You're not… just agents?
Silence.
Then—
He collapses.
📦 THE FLASKSZadkiel opens a container.
Flasks.
Unknown liquid.
Shin'en:
— …What is this?
Zadkiel:
— And why protect it like it's life itself?
🧠 DOUBTBack in the vehicle.
Heavy silence.
Shin'en:
— That guy…
— He didn't feel like a criminal.
Zadkiel:
— No.
Pause.
— He felt like a soldier… betrayed.
🌑 ODESSA — SECRET SCENEA masked white figure watches.
— Dargos has fallen…
Another voice replies:
— By two kids.
Silence.
The leader smiles slightly.
— Interesting…
— Begin the next phase.
⚔️ END OF CHAPTERZadkiel looks at the ocean.
— We might not be on a mission…
Shin'en:
— …but in something much bigger.