Chapter 52: RMTF.
The sound boomed out for a few minutes before coming to a sudden stop. That was it. It was silent again. Haru, Jake and Reina looked around confused. What had just happened? It was going on for so long but then it suddenly stopped? It seemed a little anti-climactic.
Yuki came running down from his room upstairs. "What was that noise?" He demanded an answer looking furious. "I swear If you have broken something again, Reina I will end you." Reina looked back at him with a hurt look.
"Why is it always my fault? This time I didn't even do anything!" She looked back to her brother who was now running around the store looking for the source of the sound. "Yuki, Calm down. Nothing is broken. It was our fault we just destroyed a magic device. I didn't know that it would make an alarm go off but it seems to be okay for now." Haru said as he stepped over to the pile of ash on the floor.
"Do you have a broom or something? I will sweep up the mess." Jake asked Yuki who still looked pissed off. "Yeah, there is one in the storeroom. I will get it for you just wait here." Yuki walked off into the storeroom that was a plain wooden door next to the counter. He was gone for a few seconds before coming back out with a broom and handed it to jake before he made his way back upstairs.
"I hate how he always blames me for things when it isn't even my fault," Reina said annoyed at what had just happened. "Sorry. That was my fault I will talk it out with him later if you want me too." Haru said to Reina. She shook her head slightly. "No, it's fine. I will just ignore him until he apologises. She giggled a little bit before going to help Jake who was struggling to sweep up the little flakes of ash that littered the floor.
Haru smiled lightly. He was a little shocked for a second. He thought that the doors were going to be kicked in and a swat team would come and arrest everyone. But it looked like it was just a normal alarm. Just as he thought about the whole situation sounds of tires skidding across the road came from outside the store.
Three blacked-out cars pulled up and a few men in suits got out. One of the men looked down at the screen of a tablet and then in through the window. He saw Jake sweeping the floor and then pointed to the rest of the men. "Uh, I don't mean to panic you but I think the government people are here to arrest you," Haru said with a nervous laugh.
Jake quickly turned around and saw the men outside the store. "Shit." He dropped the broom on to the floor and Reina turned around to see what was going on also. They stood there for a few minutes before the man with the tablet seemed to say something. Two of the men walked off to block the rear exit of the store and the other men walked up to the front door.
The bell to the door chimed as it opened and two of the men walked inside. Jake was frozen with fear. He didn't want to get arrested in a foreign country. Who knows what they would do to him. Reina was the first person to speak as they all just stared at each other for what felt like a minute but was only a few seconds.
"Can I help you with something? We are currently closed." She said and then stood with her hands on her hips. She bit her lip and her face became pale as the man in front of her moved his jacket to the side revealing a handgun tucked into his waistband.
"Hi, we are here on behalf of the government. We are the Rogue Mage Task Force. We are here looking for a Jake Ainsworth. Is he here at all?" The man spoke in perfect Japanese. Haru looked at the man who spoke. It was the man who was holding a tablet outside and then pointed at Jake. I guess there is no hiding it. They already know exactly who Jake is. They just want to trick him into saying that he isn't who they are looking for.
Jake stayed quiet and looked at them. He was stunned at how fast they came. He looked at Haru to see what he thought. Haru nodded his head gently back at him. Jake sighed and stepped forward. "Ugh, I'm Jake. Is this about the bracelet thing I was given?" The man who had asked him the question looked back down at the screen.
"Yeah, why did you use magic?" He asked again and then looked over to the man who had shown off his Gun to Reina. He began to walk around to the other side of him. He was trying to get behind Jake. Haru saw what they were going to do. Once the man with the gun had gotten out of sight he reached back and pulled out a set of handcuffs and walked up to Jake.
Just as he reached out to grab a hold of him Haru stepped forward and put his hand on the man's chest stopping him dead in his tracks. "What are you doing? Get out of the way or we will arrest you too." He sounded mad when he said it.
Haru began to laugh. "Nobody is being arrested today. You guys are going to go back to your boss and tell him to come here to have a chat with me." The man with the tablet looked at Haru confused. "What do you mean? How will you stop us from arresting someone who broke an international law? I suggest you let us do our job or something unfortunate might happen if you help your friend resist arrest." He had a menacing look on his face as he nodded his head toward the man with the gun, signalling for him to continue.
"Um, Haru. What did you say to them? He looks mad." Jake asked as he saw the man smiling sinisterly. "I just told him that they are going to go back and bring their boss to meet me. Oh, I also said they won't be arresting you today." Haru explained what had been said to Jake. "Why did you tell them that? It sounds like you are going to fight them. It will just make the whole thing worse if you make them mad." Jake said and then turned around to look at the man who Haru was still holding at bay.
"Let go of me kid. I won't tell you again!" The man shouted and then pulled out a metal baton. "I will do what I need to." Haru smiled at Jake before turning around out of instinct as the baton was swung toward his head. He extended his index finger and touched the top of the baton. It snapped in half and flew across the room.
"How? Those things are made out of steel." The man yelled and then pulled out his gun. "Ah, I see. Now. Stand down now!" The man who had the tablet yelled at the man who had taken a swing at Haru. "But sir," The man began to complain. "Sorry for the inconvenience. We will leave now." He bowed his head at Haru and then left with the other guys.
Jake looked around confused. "What did you do?" He asked Haru who was now looking at the man outside. He used his spiritual sense and then looked again. There was a faint amount of Qi coming from his body. Oh, so that is why he left so peacefully. Haru also didn't understand at first. He was sure that he didn't make it too obvious that he was a cultivator but the man must have sensed the Qi he put into his fingertip.
Haru laughed slightly. The first time he had met another cultivator outside of the sect was actually a member of the Chinese government. He was only at the Qi refining stage but he could sense Haru's Qi so quickly. He had probably been at that stage for a few years... Weird Haru had passed that stage in a few months. But that explained how they managed to stop other cultivators from leaving. He guessed that some of the higher-ups had to be pretty strong if they could stop sects from leaving also. He then noticed Jake was staring at him.
"Sorry. Did you say something?" He asked. Everything had gone over his head. He was excited. Even if the man did come to arrest Jake, he felt a connection to him as a fellow cultivator.
"I asked you what did you do to make them withdraw so fast?" Jake said again sounding a little afraid.