"Zuroru! What's your business here?", Luke shouted on that man.
"Are you okay, MC?", that man, Zuroru, asked MC with his smile.
"Zuroru..", MC still surprised with the sudden situation there.
"Wait a minute!", Zuroru said shortly.
"-Crack Cage-", Zuroru was swinging his katana horizontally and making the wind came around toward Luke. And then he embedded his katana to the ground. By the time his katana stabbed to the ground, the mysterious line came toward Luke and went arounded Luke. The air inside those arounded wind got stopped, it stunned Luke inside.
"Ahaha... Long time no see! Doing fine?!", Zuroru walked to MC as he smiled to MC like hadn't met for a while.
"Yeah. What are you doing here, Zuroru?", MC gave answer and wondering question to Zuroru.
"Just walking around! You know me! Ahaha..", Zuroru was laughing a little.
"How about you, MC? Get starting to hunt?!", Zuroru continued his question.
"Ahh... I guess..", short answer from MC.
"Wow! That's good, MC! To think that you have to move on from what had happened times ago, don't you think?", Zuroru looked happy on his face.
"Yeah, maybe..", uncertainty affirmation from MC this time.
"Yes, you have to move on! You still can do this thing even without that watch, am I right?", somehow Zuroru encouraged MC with his words.
"Yeah, right! But the other thing.., look like your barrier will crush by his gun.. you know.. over there!", MC pointed to Luke who started moving by pointing the gun toward MC and Zuroru.
"Oh, spe! My barrier can't hold a spe!", Zuroru walked to the place which he stabbed his katana on the ground.
Luke crushed the barrier that made by Zuroru with some bullets from his hand gun.
"This skill will not effective against you anymore then", mumbled Zuroru as he picked his katana that stabbed from the ground.
"Zuroru, The Green Saber, what's person like you doing here anyway?", Luke talked as he walked out from the circle of the barrier that he had crushed.
"Nothing! Just enjoying my day walking!", Zuroru answered with little smile on his face.
"Then I will catch you as well!", Luke shot continuously toward Zuroru and MC.
MC dodged the bullets by move away from the target shooting. And Zuroru, with his katana, he deflected all bullets that came on his direction.
"His pistol's ammo..", it looked like MC found something strange on Luke's hand gun.
"Seems like it can regenerate itself!", Zuroru continued.
"Hah.. You noticed! This hand gun of mine, it has unlimited bullets when I am the one who hold it. I wonder why it can be this way from the first, but I know that this gun has chosen me to use it!", Luke explained the thing while kept on shooting.
"That's a cursed gun.. And it has chosen you..", said Zuroru.
Zuroru thought that Luke was actually not a special people, in Zuroru's word, spe. But when Luke found that cursed gun, it chose him to use it. That's so, it looked like, it turned him to be like special people. Not so long until that cursed gun could take over his body, to possessed it.
"Well said, I think you understand what I said! I'm happy to know that. But my men will not let you get away easily, not even your rester there! Attack!!", Luke shouted to attack, then without knowing the situation, suddenly some of his subordinates appeared from their hide to attack MC and Zuroru.
MC and Zuroru could anticipate that somehow, they were fighting back as these bandits were just nothing to them.
"You have a rester, MC? Wow! Good for you!", Zuroru kept chit chatting with MC in the middle of the fight.
"Yeah.. something like that..", quick response by MC who kept dodged and attacked the bandits in his speed.
"Oh! I just remember, MC! I think you can leave the rest to me, since there is someone who probably waiting for you in the town", it possibly Zuroru meant about Emmai, and MC somehow could understand it.
"Do you have to meet her?", MC asked to Zuroru.
"Oh yeah, I give her a hand too by whipping up some bandits who pursuing her, even she doesn't notice it, I guess..", Zuroru explained the thing to MC.
"Good then! Thank you, Zuroru.. I'm not worry bout her anymore... Let's finish this fight then!", MC told it with full of courageous and moved even faster to strike some bandits.
"Well said... Ahahaha!!", Zuroru was really happy as he laughed so loud.
MC fought all out against all the bandits by himself. He was kicking and punching while he defended himself from bandit's attacks. Attack by attack hit him but immediately he stood up again and fought back. One of that bandit punched him hardly on his face and made him flied back to the ground. It was great damage to him in his current state, he has almost reached his limit to stand up. Zuroru seemed started to move to help but,
"It's my fight, Zuroru! Don't get in my way!", MC stopped Zuroru for helping in.
" They are too much for your physical attacks, MC! But.. if you insist, take it!!", Zuroru threw one of his katana to MC.
That katana flied toward MC, and when it on his reach, he caught it.
"Is it okay?!", MC asked Zuroru about the katana on his hand.
"Yes. I still have it by the way", Zuroru held his green katana on his waist.
"Oh! That's Crawgle! It's sharp and light weight, I think it will suit your speed", Zuroru added some explanation about the katana that he gave to MC.
"I see..", said MC as he started to move and do some attacks on the bandits with that undrawn katana on his hand.
"You don't withdraw it? That's okay, its cover is light as well anyway", Zuroru talked himself.
MC fought hard against all the bandits for himself. And so, the fight was continuing. MC kept attacking the bandits one by one with the undrawn katana and also the high speed movements. Suddenly he appeared in front of the bandit and then he struck the bandit's body. After that he continued to run flashy to the other bandit. Appeared and hit the vital part of the bandit's body then ran again to the other and another, made them fell down. Until for the last, he appeared from behind of the bandit, jumped and struck the bandit's head hardly.
"Agghh...!!", the bandit fell down after hit by MC.
"Your stamina is still to be the obstruction, I see", from the distance Zuroru spoke to MC who looked really exhausted.
"Yeah.. maybe.. right..", MC spoke back as he was panting on his breathing.
".... But this is great katana...", after took a breathing he continued his word.
"That's right! You will need some power to withdraw it out by the way!", Zuroru added some other words.
After took some another deep breath, MC tried to withdraw the Crawgle. With some power, the Crawgle was withdrawn.
"It's really light..", MC swung the Crawgle around.
" It's aerodynamic!!", Zuroru is smiling on his face.
On that happy situation, suddenly a bullet came to MC direction. But luckily, MC moved quickly to dodge it. It's Luke, he pointed his hand gun over MC.
"Fight me, you damnit!!", Luke looked so pissed.
" Good evasion!", Zuroru amazed with MC quick reaction.
"Umm.. it hits me, even just a scratch", the bullet almost got into MC, but because of his reflect, it just caused his arm got scratched.
"Wow! He has a good accuracy then, our distance is too far, you see!", now Zuroru even amazed with Luke's accuracy.
"I will finish you, damnit!", Luke was ready to shoot again.
" Let's see!", MC was on stance of ready to run.
" -Awakening-", the wind was gusting around and then MC was moving fast toward Luke.
"What the.. hey, watch out the bullets!!", Zuroru surprised with MC speed and also worried about the bullets which flied like a barraged toward MC.
"Do you think your speed can match my barraged bullets?! Huhh?! Don't be silly, you damnit!!", Luke shouted in his pissed while kept shooting nonstops to every way of MC directions.
MC moved faster while dodging all bullets coming on his way, he tried to get closer to Luke but he couldn't. Bullet by bullet came to MC, he could manage to dodge them with his speed but so much bullets coming made him to be pushed backward.
Luke didn't stop shooting as his gun has unlimited ammo bullet. He continued to shoot as he never wanted to give MC chance to rest. This situation made MC exhausted, his power of speed needed amounts of energy that drained his stamina so much. After a few times that all he did was only evading, he decided to fall back, he ran further away to avoid Luke's range distance.
Knowing MC had out of his range, Luke stopped shooting. He also looked like he had energy drained caused of his nonstop firing his gun. He is panting on his breathing. On the other side, MC was also exhausted so much like he felt his inner chest got hard pain.
"You're really tired, aren't you? Let me help!", Zuroru was asking to assist MC.
" No! Don't.. -get in.. -my way!.. I'm.. not finish.. yet!!..", MC declined Zuroru's offer as he tried to stood up properly.
And then MC took a deep breath and did a stance with the Crawgle on his right hand.
"Oh.. that stance!", Zuroru figured something on MC.
" This is the end.. ", MC said it calmly.
" -Awakening-", the wind came around, gusting and spinning arounded MC stood.
The situation, somehow changed into very very quiet. And then, MC disappeared from his location where he stood up and appeared behind Luke with the Crawgle on MC right hand rose on the sky.
"-Flace-", said MC quietly.
In such a long distance, in few seconds, MC moved really really fast.
"H-How can you get on my ba-, khaaghh..", Luke almost finished his word but couldn't as his head moved away from his body and fell to the ground, then followed by his whole body. The head disconnected from the body in the neck.
"Just.. stay down!..", on his panting breath MC said calmly.
"Amazing! You combine your speed with the slicing of the Crawgle", Zuroru came closer to MC who laid on the ground caused he couldn't hold his exhausted extremely.
"Haa.. this katana is really great!", MC satisfied holding the Crawgle on his hand.
"Not really! It will easily break with some heavy strike. So, be careful when you want to use it for defending", Zuroru explained a things.
"I get it!", MC confirmed he understood.
"Well, I think you better come back to your friends and take some rest, you need it!", Zuroru suggested MC returned to his friends as he also needed to take a rest.
"Yeah, I will!", MC stood up.
And then MC and Zuroru got separated as they did their own way. Zuroru continued his own journey, and MC went back to the town where Emmai be. But on the way to the town, he met Emmai and Ryki.
Seeing MC from a distance, Emmai ran to reach MC as soon as she could. She looked very worry about MC.
"Are you alright, MC?", Emmai quickly gave a question to MC.
"Yeah, just little tired..", MC answered her question with some panting left on his breathing.
"How does the fight, pro?!", and then next question came from Ryki.
"It's done. Don't worry", MC answered it calmly.
" Whoo.. you fought them all by your self? That's great! Yey!", Ryki seemed amused himself.
"Ehh.. by the way, what are you doing here?", this time MC who asked to Ryki.
"Oh, me? Looking for you, of course!!", Ryki said it as he restyled his hat, he thought it cool.
"Huhh?! Why?!", there was something that looked like MC hadn't understood.
"To continue our journey, of course!", Said Ryki who restyled his hat, again.
"Huhh?! Our journey?!", MC seemed figured something else, and then turned his face to Emmai, his irritated face.
"Eh?! Mm,... He- He said that he wanted to join our adventures... Yes, he said that!!", Emmai tried to explain the thing.
"Me?! I said that?! Isn't it that you are the one who asked me to join in? ..But whatever, if you are the one who talked", Ryki confused about Emmai's words. He thought he never said it, but he let it be since Emmai was the one who said it. He looked happy anyway, as he restyled his hat again and again.
Emmai was smirking in her face as she saw MC stared at her with his irritated and annoyed face.
"Eh.. emm.. I think.. eh.. I think.. kwahh.. WHATEVER!!", Emmai tried to find some reasons but she couldn't stand MC's intimidating face, she got mad.
"Are you okay, Emma?", clueless Ryki was asking to Emmai.
"Just like herself..", MC teased her calmly.
"Humph..!!", Emmai felt annoyed at MC, but then she realized something on MC.
"Did you change your cloack, MC? What's happening?", Emmai got curious on MC new looks.
He wore new cloack that was longer than before, it covered his whole body and almost reached his feet.
"No thing. Okay, let's head out to the next town then!", MC said it was nothing, then he walked out to headed to the next town.
And then they three continued the journey and went to the next town. Their adventures as the AT would be starting to get more exciting. The unknown things had waited in their ways of the journey. And for Emmai, her journey to be famous and rich as an AT had just began.