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Chapter 6 - Chapter 6: New ally and new foes

March 23, 1990

At 'X' private mansion I sat opposite to him as i read the file in my hands

"Joshua Mikhail is a fellow fallen aristocrat of mine, his family was once one of the top ten richest nobles in the country but then their family became bankrupt causing for their downfall and his parents was eventually assassinated"

"Joshua Mikhail became an assassin who specializes in hacking and opening safe which I find suitable for the job"

"He then became malnourished after that incident and was always hungry so I thought it was suitable for his title"

"Joshua the sin of gluttony"

After saying that I handed over the file to 'X' and he crossed his legs as he read it

Later on he let out an amused tone as he stroked his chin and said "Not bad, but I don't recall collecting his information though, did you pick him yourself?"

I nodded and narrowed my eyes as I asked "Yes. Do you have a problem with it?"

'X' was silent for a moment before he let out a laugh and waved his hand saying there is no problem and said to gather every member of the group.

*****

Gathering inside the garage there were seven all of us present including me and 'X'

'X' stood up from his seat and clapped his hand as he announced "Everyone, we have a new companion here, he is the seventh and final member of our group, the sin of gluttony" looking over to Joshua he said with a smile "How about you introduce yourself to everyone?"

Standing up the boy was much more taller than expected but it made him look even more weak and thin than before

He then raised his bronze rimmed-glasses and said lazily "My name is Joshua Mikhaill" after saying that he sat down and Mathew couldn't help asking "That's it? Not gonna even explain your specialty?" but Joshua ignored him and pulled out a bag of potato chips from his pocket

Mathew was furious and asked "Why does he get to join our group? Who picked him?"

My eyebrow twitched at his remarks and pointed at myself as I said "I did, you got a problem?"

Mathew slammed the table as he said "Yeah I got a problem, how is he worthy?"

I sighed as I closed my eyes and said "He specializes in hacking and unlocking safe and he also suits his title don't you think?" I said pointing my chin towards Joshua

Mathew wanted to say something but couldn't refute my words so he could only cuss underneath his nose and sat down obediently

'X' was amused by the scene and asked "Does anyone else have an opinion about our new member?"

No one spoke and just minded their own business

'X' did not got angry and just said "Well, everyone let's introduce ourselves first to be fair for our new companion. I'll go first, my name is X and I am the leader of the seven deadly sin, the sin of pride"

'X' then looked at the person next to him which was a male in his mid-twenties, the person spoke and said "My name is Luc, I'm the sin of lust"

Then the person next to him spoke as he winked at her, the female with a blonde hair was disgusted by him and she flicked her hair as she said "Elizabeth, sin of envy"

The next person had a red hair and was gnashing his teeth as he said with a frown "Let's get over with this fast, my name is Jake and I'm the sin of wrath"

Next was a middle-aged man with black hair and mustache as he said "My name is Mathew, I'm the sin of greed"

The next one was Joshua as he said lazily once more "My name is Joshua, the sin of gluttony" as he continued to eat his potato chips

Finally it was my turn and I said "My name is A, and I'm the sin of sloth"

After I finished speaking 'X' stood up and clapped his hands as a butler appeared and brought seven glass of red wines and gave us one each

Raising his champagne glass 'X' smiled as he said "Toast for the future of the seven deadly sins as we finally gathered all together"

As he said that everyone raised their glass as we all said at the same time "For the future of the seven deadly sins!"

*****

At the police station

A young man wearing a black police uniform was running towards the chief's office as he opened the door and said "Sir, we have a big problem"

The so said chief was sitting on the chair at the desk, he had a black beard and was looking at a newspaper as he waved his hand and said "I already know what you're talking about, it's the new terrorist group called 'Seven Deadly Sins' right?"

The young man was surprised but immediately turned serious as he nodded and said "Yes sir"

Putting down the newspaper the chief said with a wicked smile "Don't worry about them, I have someone who can deal with them" as he said that stood up and walked over to the window

The young man was confused and asked "Who exactly are you talking about sir?"

The chief smiled as his face reflected in the window and said "One of the ten famous detective in the country"

"Detective Liam Alston"