"You just need to hit the barrier once with your Artifact and then it will crack. In a few hours it will break and disappear."
"I really only need to hit it once with my Artifact?"
"Yeah"
"Alright got it"
"Remember, this is a deal~ I tell you how to deactivate the barrier and you'll not listen to any order from the Executives for a month."
"Yeah, yeah. You're the one who set up this barrier anyway."
"Who said I'm the one. I only know how to deactivate the barrier~ That is all~"
"*Sigh* Whatever, I'll contact you later. A deal is a deal. Bye."
"Bye~ Good luck~"
Ruga hung up the communicator. Faust just told him how to deactivate the barrier around Inside. He was on his way to Inside riding his transportation pod.
"We will arrive in a minute sir."
"Roger that. Drop me directly on top of the barrier."
"Yes sir!"
Ruga stood up from his seat. He tap his ankle bracer a few times. The ankle bracer started to vibrate violently.
"We have arrive at eastern sky of Inside sir. Dropping in five....four....three.....two.....one. Dropping."
The hatch under Ruga opened up dropping him on top of the barrier erected around Inside. The moment before he hit the barrier, he made a stomping motion with his right foot. He stomped hard his right foot on the barrier.
*Boom!* Crack*Crack crack crack crack crack* The barrier shook before cracks started to appear all over the barrier. Sound of shockwaves could be heard all the way in Central. The barrier breaks apart like glass and turn to dust in the air. Ruga continue his fall to the ground. *Boom*
"A few hours my ass! That guy must be laughing right now. It didn't even take a second! Tch. Fucking higher ups with their schemes. If they allowed me to asked him earlier, the barrier will be gone the day it was erected."
"Sir! Are you alright sir?"
"Yeah I'm fine. Pick me up at the East gate."
Ruga walked away from the crater he leave behind.
In the Central Government main building, 12 people are sitting around a long oval shape table. They are the Executives of Central. An old man at the head of the table looked gloomy.
"Our hope, Vabian, the person we chose and selected has lost his mind. He is discovered dancing naked in his room while smothering the walls of the room with foods and drinks. There are words written all over his body. Does anyone here actually know what the fuck happen to him?!"
An old woman with shining jewelries around her neck and fingers raise her hand. All attention in the room shifted to her.
"I know what happen to him."
"What?"
"He is affected by an Artifact. Yesterday one of my subordinates use a Memory Reading Artifact on the room. It is believe that someone invaded Vabian room, subdue him and use an Artifact on him to make him go crazy."
"Do you identify who is the assailant?"
"No, the image of the assailant is quite blurry. He might had used an Interference Artifact."
"Then do you know what is the Artifact?"
"Yes, it is seen that he was using some sort of Stamp Type Artifact on Vabian's forehead."
"It is either Stamp of Erasure or Stamp of Knowledge."
"It could be Stamp of Slavery."
"No, Stamp of Slavery can only be stamped on the heart of a person."
"How you can be so sure of it huh? Do you use it before you hag?"
"No, I think you are the one who have used it you bean head."
After a few back and forth, the old people started bickering with each other. The longer the bickering went, curses and shouting could be heard in the room. The old man at the head of the table closed his eyes contemplating something.
"Stop."
The room immediately turned silence. The old man opened his mouth.
"We can figure out the identity of the assailant and the type of the Artifact later. Right now our top priority are finding a way to restore Vabian's mind. If there is no cure to it, we just have to nurture another person."
"But sir! If we really have to nurture another person, it'll take years to do it."
"She is right sir. Vabian took us 15 years to nurture for him to become a candidate but we might not know how long this one will take. We can't depend on uncertainty sir. Not with how the situation right now sir."
The old man put up his hand as sign for them to stop talking.
"Then find a way to restore his mind. I also want him to become the only candidate but with how things are going we have to think for long terms. This plan has to be stop indefinitely. The only thing that can keep this plan moving is by having a fully functional nurtured candidate. A month. That is the time limit. After one month, no solutions, then we must nurture a new candidate."
The old man stood up and walked out of the room. Once the old man got out from the room, other Executives started talking with each other.
"*Sigh* This is really fucked up. How can Vabian lose his mind in this crucial moment?! Ughhh now we have to find the cure for him in a month! If not we are fucked up."
A skinny bald old man rant to the other Executive.
"Yeah! Does he know how hard it is to nurture people to become a candidate? It is so fucking tough. The resources we wasted on Vabian is millions of CP. We don't know how many CP must be wasted before we manage to nurture a new candidate."
A big fat old man with a misplace blond wig complained.
"Madam, do you really not know who is the assailant is? If we at least know where he come from then we can start our search for him."
"If we actually managed to search him and capture him, what's next? Beat him up? It'll do absolutely nothing!"
"We can interrogate about the Artifact and we can use a counter for that Artifact you dimwit old man!"
The Executives started bickering again except one person. The old woman full of jewelries was thinking something.
'Is this plan really worth it?'