After an hour of planning, Atlas watched as the four club members left the cafe to perform their respective duties given to them.
He sat on a sole chair at the end of the room and watched them from there. Apollo stood to the side and also watched. Eventually, all four club members had gone through the door and there was no one in the luxurious cafe but he and Apollo.
"Are you trying to overthrow the pantheon?" Apollo went straight to the point, dropping all appearances immediately after.
Atlas looked at Apollo with a bored expression.
"What do you think?"
Apollo was stunned for a moment then laughed boisterously.
"How are you going to go about it?" He asked after laughing.
The teen who looked to be sinking into his role more just said a few words. "Undermine Zeus first. Then we'll head for the others."
"Are you worried about something?" he spoke again, asking the deity slowly.
'That faceless man told me that I could trust Apollo. Was he wrong?' Atlas thought back to the man he met as he furrowed his brows in deep thought.
Apollo gave a wry smile as he explained.
"I had no doubt that you'd figure out that we were intending to use you for our own selfish needs. However, my father is not to be trifled with. To him, you're an easily replaceable pawn because after all, the Titans have descendants littered around like trash."
Atlas went silent at Apollo's words. He then understood the extent to how low the greek Gods actually viewed him.
"So, I'm basically a commodity. No matter what happens, they can just find someone else and use them to replace me," He muttered under his breath, eyes burning with hatred.
He clenched his fist and stood up from the hair.
"You have Rin's number, don't you, TIny?"
Apollo looked at Atlas with shock as he wasn't expecting to be referred to with his nickname. His mouth widened in shock for a full minute until he finally managed to upturn it into a smile.
"Should I call him?"
"Tell him to meet in front of your father's bank."
Apollo's eyes widened again and twitched in utter shock.
"Are you planning to attack the bank?"
At first, he was only moving around with Atlas in order to complete his mission, but now that he had found out Atlas' intention, Apollo wouldn't let the chance slip away.
'Sorry, dad. I may be dying and all, but as long as you're still well then I won't be able to take it. Hope you don't blame me. After all, The Greek Gods aren't very known for having filial piety!'
Apollo smirked and immediately whipped out his phone and dialled a number.
'I'll make all of them pay. Whether it is Loki or Zeus. If they try touching anyone I consider family, then they're dead!'
Atlas sat down back and began circulating Divine Energy inside his body. It was almost like he could see the inside clearly. It was like a bus route. Interconnecting and flowing in a set pattern throughout his entire body. One strange thing was that the energy seemed littler than before but he paid it no mind.
As Atlas enjoyed the subtle feeling of order, then remembered something.
"Right, how do I increase my level?" He asked Apollo and stopped circulating the Divine Energy.
Apollo looked up from his phone. It seemed like he was just about to push the call button before Atlas interrupted.
"Oh that. I didn't manage to get to that before we called Hermes. It's simple really. All you have to do is keep practising that technique whenever you can. There are also specific spots you can go to to keep practising it. I'll show you when we're done."
Atlas nodded, and Apollo went back to what he was doing before.
In a few minutes, the phone call was completed, and Atlas turned to Apollo.
"Do you think he'll come?"
Apollo merely nodded with full confidence.
"He will definitely come. People like him usually pay back favours and debts."
Atlas agreed with the words and then signalled for Apollo for them to go.
They reached the bank in less than twenty minutes using a large truck that Apollo somehow had laying somewhere.
Atlas let the deity drive as he looked at the inside of the truck. There were all kinds of normal guns and weapons as well as different masks and ski masks.
He looked at Apollo suspiciously.
"Why the hell do you have all this stuff?"
The deity gave a wry smile as he told Atlas to put the pistol down. Atlas only grumbled under his breath and did what he was told.
"You still haven't explained…"
Finally, their van reached a few dozen feet away from the bank. They hadn't spotted Rin yet.
"Will he come or not?" they muttered as they waited for Rin to come.
An hour passed and Atlas quickly lost all hope and patience. He grabbed a gun and the familiar black demon-like mask, pointing towards Apollo.
"Look, Tiny, it's clear that he isn't coming. Let's just rob this place and dip."
He had a slight apathetic tone to his voice. It was clear that he had begun taking on the role of a 'gangster'.
Apollo didn't respond for the first few seconds.
"It's not a matter of whether he's coming or not. We physically need him to be here, otherwise, the operation will fail. Mythical creatures protect the bank. It is impossible to rob under normal circumstances. However, that child of Amaterasu will be able to heighten our chances."
Atlas stared at Apollo insistently but finally gave up. He thought back to the words Apollo said about the child of Amaterasu.
'I'm not familiar with any being called Amaterasu, but she seems important at least and she's Rin's mom?'
As he thought that, the back of the van opened up and a familiar blue-haired figure came into view.
"I'm here."
Atlas' lips overturned to form a wide grin. "Let's get started then."
Meanwhile, as the trio was planning their attack on the bank, a much larger group fitted up in all black clothes were hidden in several places, all holding guns.
Each of these new assailants held different kinds of guns but one thing was similar to each of them; they all wore the same red mask imprinted with a giant smile.
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