Chifuyu is out on one of his early morning runs. He exercises and does his practice swings at different times according to the day. Mornings for days he has to patrol, and in the afternoon or evening for every other day. The others join him when they can. On his run today, he runs into a friend he's made recently.
"Hey, Patrick!"
"Oh, good morning Chifuyu. Do you run around this park's trail often?"
"Yeah. Every day I can."
The vampire was aware of this.
"What're you up to?"
"Just enjoying this nice morning with a tea."
"You're not busy with work these days?"
"I'm having my trusted staff oversee things and report to me. Once you've set the foundations for a successful company, you hire competent minds to ensure that those foundations stay strong."
"I see.." Chifuyu replies while scratching his head.
"I must say, I admire what you're doing. Becoming a Hunter at a young age and carrying out Odd Jobs to help people out in different ways."
"Haha. Thanks, means a lot coming from a person such as yourself."
"Hm. By the way, I have a question I'd like to ask of you."
"What's up?"
"What do you think of the current state of Shioto?"
"The current state? I guess it's as good as it could be considering we have vampires in our world."
"That's a good answer. The world is mostly at peace, even though there's the presence of vampires who claim at least a few lives each week. You could say it's too peaceful considering."
"Well, we have the Hunters to thank for what peace we have. Right?"
"I don't like it. This false sense of peace."
"Hm?"
Those words threw Chifugu off, but it somewhat flew over his head.
"We know the vampires are possibly planning large-scale attacks soon, some people probably feel what you're talking about. A looming imminent battle with the peace of the world at stake. So we'll be ready for them."
Patrick laughs, "I sure hope so. My life is in your hands, dear Chifuyu."
"I'll do my best!"
"Your words reassure me. You'll have to excuse me now, I'd almost forgotten I do have something to attend to."
"No problem. See you later."
Chifuyu continues with his run as Patrick walks in the opposite direction.
'How naive, they have no idea what's to come.'