Before Narukami's phone fell, Aya was wondering why he did so deliberately. He pulled his phone out of his pocket and let it have a few seconds of free fall.
Before she caught a glimpse of that. She also saw a big man with muscles as though carved by a skillful artist.
He had an amazing shape of a chin and amazing special features, like a Greek statue came to life.
The man always wore a sneer with a lofty aura around him. He was dressed in thick golden plate armor as he came in Narukami's way.
Just as Aya was about to warn Narukami about this person.
"Aya, can you help?" Narukami stood there as he asked her the question. He appeared to be particularly relaxed. Aware of that, Aya simply nodded as she crouched and searched for the fragments of the broken screen. Unknowingly, she was a few inches away from him.
She remained silent as she wondered what Narukami was up to.
Her attention was on him and the golden plate man. As the latter passed her, she became wary as her limbs were ready for everything.
Shortly thereafter, this man bumped into Narukami as hard as he humanly could. One could hear a metal clanging and a loud thud followed quickly.
Narukami staggered to the side and almost fell. Telling by the size of the man, should everyone was near Narukami. Perhaps they would end up in the same fate as him, worst if not.
Aya, who was ready for such an outcome quickly moved her body to prevent Narukami from falling to the ground. His body was lighter than she thought.
The golden plate man kept walking as if nothing had happened. Ryu quickly shouted as he saw everything.
Why did Narukami become silent despite what just happened was odd. But his attention was now on this golden guy.
"Watch where you are walking, beetle man."
The man can't accept such an insult that he stopped his pace as he turned around, "I'll ignore that for the fact you're the boy who saved the city from that walking calamity. However, different stories for your friend." The guy's lips lifted. It was a mocking smile as though he was saying, what can you do about it?
Ryu's face became stiff. Due to his position and special treatment. His movements were limited.
He should've died a few months ago, after saving the city.
Thanks to Z and Narukami's effort to persuade the higher-ups, he got that special treatment.
The latter would be retracted should he cause disturbance in the organization. The person before him was a member of an elite squad called Xenogenesis.
If he made an enemy out of him or injured him. He would be the one in trouble!
He couldn't do anything but clench his fist.
Damn it! At times like this, I can't even repay him!
Just as though he was about to say anything.
"It's okay, Ryu. Just a scratch." Narukami went back to his shoe as Aya supported him.
"Thanks," he smiled as his feet could stand on their own and he shifted his line of sight to the chest man.
"You must be Narukami. A rank two sorcerer like you could become a captain squad is nothing but a coincidence. Don't get ahead of yourself, brat." The man scoffed.
"Well, well. If it isn't Monohara, I'm sorry for being in the way," he apologized as his smile remained and sounded polite as though a servant to its master.
Ryu's eyes were slightly open wide upon this.
"Narukami, what ar-"
A pale hand out of the blue-covered his mouth. Causing him to struggle from the soft and warm hand so he could speak.
"Shh," the owner of the hand told him to remain quiet, hint him to observe the situation first and he quickly followed as soon he knew who it was from the voice alone.
It was Aya.
"Heh, at least you have some manners." He then walked away.
Watching his back, the edge of Narukami's lips curved up. Forming a devilish smile as his eyes turned dark and a dark aura emanated from him.
The golden man didn't notice this as he kept walking with a sneer on his face.
On the other hand, those who were near Narukami now start to worry about the golden man.
"Narukami, why didn't you dodge him?" Aya asked as she slowly let go of Ryu. She also rubbed her hand on his clothes. Narukami noticed that this man was coming to him too. It made her confused.
"Even if I dodge him, he simply changed his way to mess with me. He will not be satisfied until he can," he said helplessly as his smile disappeared, "Unfortunately for him, I don't want to look bad in front of my new squad member."
Right after he said that. He snapped his finger and faint lightning went straight to the golden man's body, seeped into his skin from the tiny gaps of his armor.
The golden man approached the troubled woman as he leaned his arm on the desk.
"What appears to be the trouble here?" His words were melodically chaotic as he asked that. He sounds both narcissist and flirting.
The woman indirectly tried to chase him away, "it's nothing, just a bit of misunderstanding."
The golden plate man swiped his gaze to the female employee, hoping for an explanation.
"This lady wants to become a sorcerer without filling in the form of the sorcerer who saved her."
The golden plate man shook his head as he clicked his tongue in disagreement, "tch, tch. Such a rule must indeed be followed. But," he paused as he snatched the form paper from the woman's hand and she was surprised.
"Hey, what are you doing!" The woman tried to get the paperback yet the man effortlessly dodged her extended arm.
"Sir, you can't do that! Even though you're a member of the elite squad, such actions are strictly prohibited and you might get severe punishment!" The female employee warned in worry.
The man grabbed the pen from a single pen holder where the pen was bound with a black, spiraling rope of plastic.
"Don't worry, the captain will understand. Furthermore, this lady said that her grandpa is an Anomaly sorcerer. We have to give some faces to our predecessor's descendants."
As he wrote his name, his grip convulsed wildly as though he was having a stroke.