[Holy Force Detected….]
'….what in the actual fuck..?'
"Surprised..?" Akia asked. Her smugness enviable to see.
The Scarface tried to interject, telling the boy beside her was the real deal than her glowing hand. If they were talking about magical stuff like that. But the boy's one glare on him told everything, his neck gulping with his lips staying shut.
"That's so cool senpai….how did you have it…?" Aiden asked with genuine curiosity. Why wouldn't he. She was a human who possessed holy force like the angels. It was mysterious and fascinating at the same time.
"Well…that's hard to answer. One moment I was on the verge of getting raped and the next second, this …unknown energy started welling from within….that scar man knows it, as it happened before his eyes…aren't I right?" she asked.
The Scarface only nodded. Giving her story confirmation. Which only confused Aiden even further.
'What….? System…you know anything?'
[Answer not authorized…]
'...….that demon must know then….well, if she comes. Wait, if she knows. Won't she try to kill her…?' he thought. 'She is a demon. She will surely…'
{Don't worry, i won't….} she replied.
Aiden's body jerked in surprise. Her voice ramming on his mind out of nowhere.
"Are you ok…?" Emi asked. "You must be tired because of the fit…fight...why don't you rest..?"
"….ok, you girls sleep tight." he said, standing up from his chair. Akia wanted to stop him but if he was tired, she couldn't help it. They also had tomorrow. So she was patient.
And he also took the scar face by his collar, pulling his whole body high like it was nothing.
"You are coming with me.." Aiden said. As the scar face quietly nodded. "You girls rest well. We both will stay on guard for the night.
It was already night. The only source of light being the bulbs and lamps powered by solar energy.
Click!
With the lights off, darkness came, the only faint light coming from the window. The half-moon rising from the dark clouds. Both Akia and Mia went to their bed. Covering themselves with the soft sheets.
"Good night. Aiko san." Emi said. Trying to sleep or pretend to be so. To dissolve the awkwardness boarding over her.
She closed her eyes without waiting for her reply. It was a long day tomorrow. She had to rest, to even keep up with Aiden's training and search for resources and people. But her rest didn't last well.
"I know you are awake…" Akia said.
"...."
"I know Aiden killed that horde of monsters. So don't try to hide it. I am not an idiot, you know." she said.
Emi panicked, her good nights sleep walking away. 'What should I say…?'
Akia scuffed her sheet, walking out the bed, nearing the bland window. She could see it. Even though it was dark with only a faint light. That was enough for her white eyes to see it all. The many dead bodies of the imps. Some sliced in half. Some turned to minced meat. Some punched so hard, it shaped there body like alien among their own kind.
And among them. Aiden was there. Picking them up one by one. She didn't know why he was picking them all. If it was just to hide it from her or he had other purposes, she didn't know. But she knew what he was trying to hide the most.
'….you are still the same. Trying to hide your powers from everyone's eyes…' she thought.
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The half-moon came down. With the new sun lighting the land of the rising sun.
Scarface slowly opened his eyes, and like it was natural. He came out of his bed. Doing pushups right after. He didn't have the monstrous strength like the boy. But he had to at least keep up. Making his body fit as possible, and it kind of worked. His body always getting stronger day by day.
After seven hundred pushups and pull-ups. He came outside, slating off his sweat. But what welcomed him was a clean ground. He thought there would still many debris and monsters lying death but there were only some junks and dry blood. The many collapsed building all gone.
He looked beyond and his eyes widened in surprise. "haha….he really is a monster…."
What he laid his eyes upon was a mountain. Mountain of many cars, building parts, lining up on each other, making a wall. Which spanned all around their building. With many bars and glasses lining at the top.
What he also realized were the greenery all around the floor, small grass gradually growing up between the corners of the cracked tiles. He bends down, gazing at a small flower, blooming in between a tile.
"well…this is weird. Shouldn't it take time for a flower to grow this much…"
Step…step…!
"You thought so too…?" said someone behind him.
He didn't need to turn who the person really was. Just by her cold voice was enough. "Yes…it is unnatural."
Akia smiled. "Well…I find that much more unnatural." she said, looking around the clean floor and the tall wall surrounding there building.
Scarface turned around, as if she would be shocked to find out what the boy was really about. If she had the same fear as him. He thought it was only natural. For simple humans like them. This amount of power, strength was scary. Just thinking about it sends shivers down his spine. With only a flick, he could die by his hands.
But to his surprise, the one with white haire only smiled. Her pure smile, which he had never seen.
She looked at him. "You really are a pussy aren't you…?" she said. Walking past him, trying to search for the man responsible for this architect.
"...." he stayed quiet, not knowing what to reply. Only gazing at her back.
"haha….she is right, you really are a pussy." Emi said, also passing by him.
Scarface only stayed in his position. As he gazed upon his hands.
'Am I really a pussy?…..my pride….'
At that moment, for the first time in his life. He felt his pride shattered like glass. The former yakuza boss. Who everybody respected and feared during his rule in Tokyo was now left with a hollow feeling.
'This isn't good…if I need to survive. I need the will first..' he thought, gripping his hands tight. He went back inside the building, starting his extreme exercise all over again.
Akia was wearing another set of clothes. What she would normally wear during her physical class during high school. Climbing the wall like she was walking around a park, as she jumped from one point to another.
Emi couldn't help but stop her pace, breathing heavily. While Akia was jumping like an Olympic Athlete.
"ha…ha…ha…ha…is it because of that white light..? are people getting super powers now…?" she questioned.
Akia was already at the top of the wall, and his eyes widened even more, sharp panels and steel decorating the front of the wall. if anybody was in front of the wall. They would have thought it was a porcupine shaped wall.
'Is he trying to make this place much safer…?' she thought.
"I know it's a bit extreme….but it's for our own safety…" said someone from behind. And who could it be other than the man she was searching for.
She looked at her side. Her cheeks gradually turning red. She was the one trying to embarrass her kowhai, wearing the skimpy clothes, but Aiden gave her an uno reverse card. Showing his naked upper body, his chest, his biceps, his muscles. Plucking out like he was blessed by Hercules himself.
And adding his handsome face and golden hair. Her heart rate kept increasing and increasing.
"senpai…?" he asked in confusion.
He stepped closer. Putting his firm hand on her forehead. " senpai….I think you still need some rest. You are heating up like crazy…i.. think you have a fever…"
Akia, slapped away his hand, looking elsewhere. "…..baka."
"Me…why?" he asked, even more confused.
{….you are really an idiot huh….}
'What? You too…?' he questioned.
{haaa...you don't have time? They are coming…..well best of luck my boy….} she said, her voice gradually fading away.
Atlas took in his breath, his sharp gaze looking at the further horizon as the green shade gently covering it all.
"They are really here….."