[London, United Kingdom]
Soon after dealing with some troublesome people along the way, August then came before his prized target for this operation as he gazed at Claire beyond the illuminated barrier of Joana
In that very moment as she was completely wary of August, Joana herself was completely pushing the limits of her Chaos ability to the maximum as she literally couldn't let the enemy get their hands on the power of the little girl
With Arthur, Roland, and Ryuuji completely knocked out for good, she was the only lifeline the girl had at this very particular moment, thus she needed to stand strong against the enemy and never falter
Unfortunately the feelings weren't transmitted through, as August simply passed by Victor and slightly touched the barrier surrounding both Joana and Claire
"A barrier made out of light! Looks like your more of a defensive agent of the organization rather than a offensive one, such rare specimen... in fact this must be my very first time seeing a defensive type chaos ability, bever thought such an ability ever existed..." said August
"Heh! Looks like you know how to compliment people... well that's reassuring" snickered Joana
"Well I am indeed generous in terms of complimenting someone, but let me ask you... just how much pressure can your barrier take?"
"!!!"
Under August command, Victor immediately used his chaos ability as he pressurized the area around Joana, causing an immense pressure to suddenly press in upon her shoulders
Gritting her teeth under the pressure, sweat then poured out of Joana's body as she tried her best to maintain the barrier around her and not give in to the situation, but as if taunting her to let go of her barrier, August then knocked at her barrier and begun talking to her about her burden
"Your quite in a dilenma and tired at the same time, why not put down the barrier and have a hearty talk with me? don't worry I won't bite" said August as he showed a smile under the cover of his hood, which was quite frightening to look at
"Ha!... haha! I'm fine! You can just talk to yourself, don't worry I won't judge you" backfired Joana, completely not letting up at all
Seeing that the woman was not deterred at all and has no plan to let the barrier down, August couldn't help but frown for a moment as he sigh in disappointment and proceeded to talk anyway, after all no matter what he do his ability wouldn't be able to destroy Joana's barrier at all
Even though he never tried to destroy it once, that doesn't mean he cant judge whether he could destroy the barrier on his own or not, after all it also added to the fact that this is first time encountering someone who has a defensive ability rather than a offensive one, thus he has no idea at all how to take care of such a situation
All he could do at that very moment was talk it out with her while waiting for Victor's ability to completely flatten the woman right in front of him
"Well if your letting me talk despite a major threat to your life, then i might just talk, after all this barrier is something else"
"..."
"First of all i believe that you have learned a bit about our group? we are quite known by your executives after all, thus it wouldn't be weird if you are quite pressured by our existence standing before you" said August
"Not... Likely... But I am pressured, just not by your presence but rather... By gravity" replied Joana as sweat trickled down here face while feeling the pressurized gravity around her area suddenly getting heavier
"There's pause in between, are you catching your breath? are you in pain? I really do recommend to take down your barrier to relieve of yourself from this burden" suggested August
"What a tempting offer... unfortunately I'm not an easy woman... if you can't satisfy me, then i have no reason to take down my barrier" replied Joana
"But at what cost? your life? the only reason why you are protecting the girl is because you are ordered by the people above to take such drastic measures, your not even obliged to protect her and yet here you are... no matter what you sacrifice, no matter how much you resist, no matter how much effort you put into something, do you think they will recognize it? the only people that they accept which will go down history are the people they approve... they wont reward you even if you die here, so please spare yourself from this burden and fake justice"
"..."
the only reason why you guys are joining with each other is because you see our participation in this monopoly as a threat to yourself, even before we interfered, your organization was split into two, one stand in this so called righteous justice, and the other standing in this so called, benefit for mankind , but no matter how you put it the two sides just had their own ulterior motives when they fought over the girl"
"How... did you..."
"Surprised on how I know that? i got my connections... but aren't you people the ones who actually exploit the child for what? most of her entire early years of life?"
"?!?!?!"
"I mean she's quite ignorant of the world, she doesn't know her real parents, she doesn't even know what the outside world looks like anyway during pre-incident in California, doesn't that mean she is either abandoned by her real parent to the scientist in America or she is genetically engineered lifeform... a homunculus..."
Hearing August words, Joana on the other hand had literally no words to counter what he said and literally stayed silent throughout his speech, but as if August wasn't done probing enough, the person himself then glanced towards Claire who was hiding behind Joana as he said
"Your a good girl, aren't you quite worried on what might happen to her if she doesn't let her barrier down?"
"!!!"
"You know pancakes? she will be like that, completely flat if this continues... and if that isnt enough for you, i might just kill everyone here"
"!!!"
This time Claire glanced between Joana and Ryuuji as her expression was filled with worry
"If you don't want them to die, then you better take my hand and come with me... you can at least do that much right, also remember don't subconsciously use your ability on me or else they will both die in an instant, thus we will see which ability has faster effect"
Upon hearing his words and seeing on how Joana was much in pain and with the intention to spare Ryuuji the currently most important person in her life, she then asked
"Will you spare them if i go with you?"
"Absolutely!"
With that confirmation, Claire then stretched out her hands as she easily devoid the barrier with its life and reached out towards August
Seeing her barrier crumble to pieces just by having Claire touch its surface, Joana couldn't help but cry out a plea towards her
"No! Don't!!!"
But since stabilizing her shield for so long under the pressure of gravity, it literally took out most of her stamina, causing her to blackout and lastly saw Claire joining hands with the enemy
In that very moment the whole Organization, actually lost against the terrorist group