When the guard came to deliver the message, he hasn't talked yet when he heard Umi's loud voice inside the room. He didn't dare go inside, lest she direct her anger at him. He can only wait and listen from the door.
Umi has a stomach full of anger.
"Idiots!" she shouted, "All of you are idiots! My order was clear and that is to capture all the Kitsune members! Not to mention Prime, there should have been seven of them! Seven!"
She stood in front of those black-cloaked group. All of them restraining a member of Kitsune gang, not daring to talk. The mistake is very clear. There are only six members who are currently shackled and being held by them.
Umi looked at them one by one: Yama, Kasai, Kaze, Mori, Chikyuu, and Jikan.
Seishin is missing, aside from Kasai, he was also one of them who always get overlooked at since he has a bad habit of sleeping anywhere and anytime. He might be asleep somewhere when the ambush happened.
Umi took a deep breath, her anger not dissipating a bit. One single mistake can lead to a major impact on their plans that was laid out a long time ago. This is the reason that they needed to make sure everything is perfect. No holes, no flaws. Not a single crack should be seen.
"Ahh! Idiots! Han, go with your team and find Seishin! You must look for him no matter what!"
After giving out orders and calming herself down, she glanced back at the gang only to meet those glaring eyes of Chikyuu. No one break the eye contact, the two of them stared at each other— their eyes throwing daggers. With this, Umi's anger came back.
How dare she look at me like that while she can kill her anytime! She has always been serious and obedient in front of the gang before to keep up with her pretenses, however now is different. She'll show them how cruel and stronger she is than them.
For Umi, they are nothing. Even all of the memories shared together are nothing to her. It was disgusting to the point that she just wanted to scream and run away, but for the sake of the schemes she needed to put up with the gang even if it means of staying with them for more than five years.
She sneered at Chikyuu. "What? You have something to say?!"
"B*tch!" Chikyuu spat at the floor, no one should be deceived by her sweet and childish demeanor, when mad her temper is worst than Prime. "I have a lot to say to you, are you sure you want to hear them?"
"Do you think I would waste my time listening to you?"
"Oh? Why not? Afterall, you are good at putting up a pretense so I thought you would fake a reaction and listen to me enthusiastically! You are good at that, right? D*mn b*tch!"
Umi gritted her teeth. "One more b*tch from your mouth then I'll —"
"B*tch, b*tch, b*tch, b*tch!"
Yama almost laughed at Chikyuu's behavior. Taunting Umi like that while they were in a disadvantage, he will approve of it. If they can't annoy that fake woman then it will be a regret for them. At least, Chikyuu has avenge them with that small act of taunting.
"You!" Umi's face turned red, she totally lost control of the patience she was so proud of and hatefully raised her hand.
Everyone was stunned by the crisp sound of slapping, but not Chikyuu whose head had turned sideways by the impact. As the victim, she still dared to stick out her tounge.
"That's all you got?" She smirked, "You should feel honored that you get to touch my face. Kneel down and show how grateful you are, peasant!"
This time, Yama can't stop his self from laughing. He laughed out loud. The other Kitsune member also lowered their heads but by the way their shoulders are shaking, it is so obvious that they are laughing.
Kitsune gang is really something. They are already captured, shackled, and restrained. Facing this kind of dilemma others might already be trembling in fright and begging for mercy, but the gang is so relaxed to amuse themselves in this kind of situation. They are taking it too lightly, as if no danger pose a threat to them.
They really deserve to have all those rumors flying around. Being one foot on the grave, they didn't even care at all.
"Shut up!" Umi shouted, "Today you are just a pig in a slaughter house. Your fate has been determined, you should focus on how to break-free from it instead of pretending that you're all fearless!"
This time, it was Jikan's turn to laugh loudly. He laugh until his eyes were in tears. It is not that they are pretending, it is just that they weren't afraid at all. There is no fear in dying, the only regret they might have is not being able to say goodbye to the one person who gave them a second chance in life.
However, it also doesn't mean that this kind of scenario is acceptable.
Their fate is determined? Ha! She must be muddle headed to say that! Just like what Prime said: A person's fate is not absolute, as long as one is willing then changing it is not impossible. So, who says that they are going to be slaughtered today? Being killed by the Oni is a complete utter disgrace for the Kitsune gang, this will only put a stain on their notorious reputation.
The six had a look of fire burning in their eyes. They have a tacit understanding with each other.
They are not going to let down the Kitsune leader. They did not follow Prime for nothing, today, the members will show their enemies what their masks symbolizes — and that is fear.