"Zenjo Shin'ichi has been killed."
"Oh?"
"He died in AFA, apparently someone bashed his head, shattered the brain matter on the gladiatorial arena."
Newly reformed Tereko informed about the recent missions to Akagi who is casually reading a novel, while showing no remorse or compassion towards his former partner.
"What are you reading?"
Tereko asked Akagi about the book.
" 'The Night before the Dawn' a dystopian novel, written by Alexander Douglas, a citizen of the Americana Union, fictionalised his political and social climate around his homeland, turning it into a full-blown dystopia. This book acclaimed lot of Controversy for it's content then on the government banned that book in A.U, this 'English' written physical copy of this novel is very hard to get."
"A.U's megacorporation made Americana, a true dystopia for real,"
Tereko sighed, explained the world of Americas ruled by rich business corporations, also compare theirs and the people across the ocean.
"There isn't much difference between Ours and theirs, living our life on edge; died if weren't careful, like Zenjo."
"Well don't worry about Zenjo, just another useless casualty who got his head squashed in, specifically I know who is behind all this."
By Akagi's cold, heartless comment, Tereko slightly displease, while cutting vegetables on Akagi's room, she tends to review her previous action in AFA, questioning herself,
'What am I doing in here? Knowing Akagi Shinsuke is manipulative and dangerously seductive then why am I cutting vegetables in his room? I could just kill him with this knife'
"Tereko! You holding it wrong!"
Akagi called, holding her hand, correcting the knife position while she holding it backwards to assassinate him.
"Hold it this while cutting the veggie, you might cut yourself holding it that way. Imagine what would I do if my love hurt herself by cutting vegetables."
"Ahh... yes d... don't worry I be careful."
"You better."
Tereko's murderous urges magically disappeared after Akagi softly touched her hand, instructing the correct way, intentionally wooing her, both knowing a knife cut a nothing to a Mutant.
'Good... My manipulation is working, sweet talk will win her over. Tereko Shiori is full of resources that I want, I must keep her into my side in order to gain information. And proceed next to my plans.'
Akagi tilt his head down, look up beneath eyebrows and smirked devilishly, knowing his manipulation working as he planned giving some instructions to Tereko.
Akagi's glamorous words of expressing his feelings, he has no feelings towards Tereko, he's either evil, sociopathic, have a plan up on the sleeves, or just mad, feel or sees nothing of her except as a tool to use then throw it away after he's done.
After correcting Tereko, Akagi again sits down on the couch and continue to read his novel quietly, crossed one leg onto another.
Akagi maybe a cruel, immoral, evildoer but he respects culture and indeed he is a cultured and refined genius, elegant, intellectual, smart, wicked, sarcastic with a biting sense of humour. He's smooth and eloquent, if not outright suave. Dresses well, has a sophisticated vocabulary, reads renaissance period poetry, arts and stories on the Internet, and listens to his favourite collection of music on his downtime.
Of course, in general Akagi shown to be cultured and civilized, however he is a High-Functioning Sociopath as he often comes off as charming and warm, good-looking man with a seductive vocal while hiding behaviours and conduct his mischievous motives. Incredibly smart, with very high IQ which help him to read, manipulate, and control scenarios. Performing typical jobs to hide a tendency to manipulate and exploit people and situations for his benefit. He's a master of trickery and deceit. Using lies to hide his real intentions, Akagi is sure that no one suspects a thing about his hidden agenda.
Akagi able to manipulate Tereko, by reaching inside her inner conscious and hitting her where it emotionally hurts. Akagi have an intuitive grasp of his enemy's basic psyche and will use it against them at every opportunity. His ability to think on the fly, adapting to new situations and altering plans with ease.
Without a doubt Akagi is certainly not the worst person in the world right now, there are lot of conspirators hiding inside the Brittonia Empire.
After cutting vegetables together, Tereko started cooking dinner while Akagi waited behind and asked her,
"Say, do you know anything about Ichiro Kyousuke? The Supreme One's son."
"Not...that much really."
Tereko bitterly replied, stop cooking for a time,
"All I know is he held a minor position in the Imperium Intelligence Agency, and he was Co-advisor in charge of few European operations when I was in Europa."
"I see."
Akagi slowly hummed, after few steps of walk, he sits down on the couch again, deeply serialise his strategies.
The reason behind Akagi's worry because he got to real Ichiro Kyousuke relating to his capture during Dark Friday Attack three years ago.
"Ichiro Kyousuke."
Akagi thought thoroughly, staring at the ground sullenly.
"Back when I saw him, the thought never occurred to me that bastard was the one brainwashing me with Masamune. Nevertheless, Supreme One doesn't know about Ichiro's real interests and he knows I am not Redtron, while he thinks I am still under his brain-wash, he must move aggression to secure his victory. And I need maneuverer this."
"Tell me Tereko, what do you know about Doctor Kornine?"
Akagi again asked Tereko, once he got out from his deep thoughts.
"Kornine, he is a genius, a real scientist with talent, Never-ending want for knowledge. Countless Imperium's scientists, developers and engineers working under him, he knows how to find the best people to do his job he was assigned to."
Tereko spilled a lot of info to Akagi about the famous highly respected scientist Do Kornine who was the one who personally visited Akagi Shinsuke at the hospital when he was first infected and Akagi knew, and he remembered.
"And anything else you inclined to tell me?"
"No, that all I know, I am so sorry if I haven't been helpful."
Tereko misunderstood Akagi's inquiry, thinking she wasn't useful enough thus she immediately apologised.
"No, no it's okay, you told me, I was just asking, it's quite alright."
Tereko sighed in relief, knowing that Akagi's wasn't disappointed, though Akagi failed to notice a slow over obsessive tendency beginning to grow inside Tereko's mind.
With everything going perfectly Akagi's door slammed the third member of the Code Phoenix Akutsu Nobeshiba entered with a sullen, frowning mood.
"Akutsu, for what do I owe the pleasure?"
Akagi greets empty face Akutsu with a sneering tone.
Nobeshiba who was missing after his big brother murder but the official know his brother died in a fire accident in his mansion however he refused to believe that was the real case and vowed to know the whole truth, for now he joined Ichiro's special force, here to deliver a certain news.
"They found Capricorn Union's hideout; Terrarium Knights prepared to make the assault there. Meanwhile you Hatteki interrogate the RMS's prisoner."
Akagi asked Nobeshiba, sitting on the couch, cross his fee, relaxing.
"Capricorn Union, the diverse human mutant's vigilante group, what did they do? I thought they stupidly saving the helpless Mutants from the Empire."
"They also killed the soldiers, the police who were opposed them, recruited our men into their group, making them traitors, filling their mind with foolish dreams. Anyway, the Imperium Senate want them dead a they tracked high-end aerial surveillance drones in the rural area outside from the southern Brown Zone city."
"Fine, want me to come?"
"No. What I just said, interrogate the RMS's prisoner like I said."
Akagi was excited to go but Nobeshiba stopped him, rudely ordered Akagi before he exit.
"Son of a bitch..."
Akagi mumbled, gazed the opened door where Nobeshiba got out, didn't bother to close it.
"Nobeshiba begin a pain, shall I kill him?"
Just for a short heat up, Tereko asked Akagi's permission to kill him. Akagi on the other hand scoffed and command Tereko in a casual manner,
"You shouldn't be hasty like that, when the time I will tell you when to discard him for now, we do what he has told."