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Next day, Morning.
Tim and Drake are inside a restaurant, waiting for their hot noodles. They are still feeling cold due to the cold winds of the night. They woke up very early in the morning and they are seeking for warm foods to eat.
"Damn Lexis!" Drake gritted his teeth while embracing himself. Both of them didn't wear any jackets. Their bags are also not in the car, probably brought inside the hotel by Lexis.
"So he got his revenge huh?" Tim said. Compared to Drake, Tim is calmer.
"Don't exaggerate yourself Drake. I know you're not feeling that cold." Tim smiled.
Drake just ignored him since their orders arrived. But actually, he really is feeling cold. Drake can feel some mucus inside his nose.
"Damn, if I will get sick, I'll punch Lexis a hundred times. And what's up with Brandon, he didn't even pity us." Drake then resumed eating.
The two finished their morning noodles and they went back to the car. The others are still nowhere to be seen.
"What the hell. They must be enjoying themselves now." Tim then shook his head and entered the car. He plans to continue to sleep.
Last night, when Lexis and Brandon left them, Lexis purposely opened the windows beside so the cool air will torment the two.
Brandon worried about thieves, but let it be since the car was parked in front of the hotel where there are cameras. Plus, if there were ever dangers, it will surely not escape Drake and Tim's senses.
"Yow there!" A loud voice sounded. Drake turned towards the source of the voice and saw their leader.
"Well well well, I thought you'll come tomorrow?"
"Hmm, I just decided to come earlier." En looks like he just woke up. Tim also came out from the car and greeted him. Seeing that it was Brandon's car, En placed his bag inside.
"You want to eat? We can go find a place nearby." Suggested Drake.
"That's good. But, where are the others?" En wondered why Drake and Tim are the only ones here.
Drake explained what happened and En just laughed. "Okay, let's go find someplace to eat while they are not here."
Despite En being the leader, the three look like they are close friends as they left the parking lot and went back to the place where the two had their noodles.
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"I didn't think you will be shameless enough to spend your free time climbing a mountain. I think I should reduce some budgets for you." Miller sermons En when they met after a while.
"Don't give me that look. It was my pocket money that I used, don't misunderstand me." En defended himself. Now, he looks like a little kid scolded by his mother.
"By the way, where are Brandon and Lexis. Did they go fetch that kid?" En asked.
"Yeah. Lexis wants to bring him along to Rubando."
They waited for a few minutes before Brandon and Lexis arrived, together with the kid.
"I thought you said you'll be staying longer in Japan." Brandon asked En.
"Nope. And oh, how are you Kelly?"
"I'm doing great, nice to see you all again." The boy named Kelly said to all of them.
"Hehehe, are you sure you are doing great? Did you miss this lady?" Micah went and hugged the boy cheerfully.
"Oh, you're squeezing me auntie."
"What, you called me auntie? Come on, just call me big sister."
The others laughed.
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Meanwhile in Rubando.
"Oh men, hey, call those trio here, the whole group is coming tomorrow afternoon. We need to clean the place, damn it." Xander just received a call from En, and the news of them coming made him panic.
When Mardez heard him, he wasted no time calling Jay and the others.
In school.
Jay is lazily sitting on his chair when his phone vibrated. He excused himself to go out to take the call since it is from Mardez.
"Make sure this call is important." Jay said.
"Call Natalie and Mark, and come here right now. We need to clean the place." Mardez unhurriedly said.
"For what?"
"The whole group will arrive tomorrow, so come here quickly." Mardez ended the call right there.
Jay immediately understood the situation. He called the other two to prepare.
Once their Math teacher went out, Jay sneaked out from the room. Bren noticed him but he was too late to stop him.
'Where will he go?'
At the school entrance, the trio gathered and they first went home before going to the dark zones. They will surely spend the night there and they need to inform their families. The school has no guards so they easily escaped. Tomorrow is Saturday so there is also no class, good for them.
When Jay went home, he called his father and Carla about the situation, and they understood.
"If you can make it, you should come and meet them." Jay hung up the phone.
The trio arrived at the mansion. It is still daytime, and they need to prevent too much attention. But with their Scar outfits, anyone from the inner dark zones who saw them just let them be.
The trio also avoided some fights along their way and they need to keep out from any annoying gangsters.
"Thank goodness you are here, rest for a while and I will instruct what you will do." Mardez said to the trio.
"We should have cleaned this place few days ago. I doubt we can clean this while place for a day." Mark replied.
"I'm sure we can do it all."
After a few minutes break with snacks, the three was instructed on what they will do. The mansion is a large house, with three storeys. Two when you look from the outside, but there is an underground base.
The outside appearance of the house looks bad. Dirty walls, vines clinging in the walls, grasses growing outside, the walls surrounding the area looks like shit, and the gate is rusty.
But in the inside, it is clean and good. But only Xander lived most of the time since he was the one who managed to take hold of the place a long time ago.
The only rooms used is the underground base most if the time. That is where Xander sleeps and the larger part was used for training.
The second storey has the wide living room, kitchen, dining area, and the toilet and few other rooms which has no uses for the time being. The third storey has the two bathrooms, and the several rooms used for sleeping, as well as a music room that contained unused musical instruments for a long time. The previous owner probably is a musician or something like that.
Those places are not that maintained well, so they need to do a thorough cleaning.
While they are cleaning, En and the others are on their way.
"How much longer before we arrived there?"
"Maybe for about twenty four hours."