The Wanted Poster sitting on the table looked more red than Kai's one.
It showed a man with golden spikes for hair, wearing amber-colored glasses. He was wearing a red trenchcoat. In his hand, a silver-colored revolver was shining dark.
Under the image, RED SUN was written in bold letters.
Bounty…
— 680,000,000 Berries.
Kai's haw dropped.
Six hundred and eighty million…
The three men shared a glance and knew one thing — Kai had caught another big fish this time.
Petyr fumbled with the newsletter and began reading.
…
Red Sun, infamously known as Robin the Swindler, has done it once again.
Ever since he had deviated an entire timeline of Kill la Kill Random World beyond repair, just after ascending to the 7th floor, Red Sun had never ceased to amaze the Multiverse.
The Contestant who secured the Inheritance of Vash the Stampede in his Initiation Mission has a way with Digimon. However, it's his erratic personality that makes him stand out the most; or become a pain in the ass, as most Contestants say.
It wasn't surprising that the entire Island of Port Royal had been obliterated. Once it became known that Red Sun had teleported to the Inheritance Land, such an outcome was already set in stone.
The death of another Top-level 9th-floor Contestant, Nexus, is also rumored to be his doing.
What did come as a surprise was Red Sun becoming a Party Member of Contestant Red, a mere 4th-floor rookie.
This raises a much-needed question about Red's background and the rumors of him being the Five-Crowned Prince.
For those who know Red Sun, though, this series of events seemed most natural.
"He would have begged to become his Party member," a Contestant whispered.
"… on his knees," another Contestant added, whispering somewhere else.
Regardless of the rumors, whispers, and talks behind backs, none can deny that the value Red Sun possessed before the Shadow Lord's Inheritance event has gone up.
With him already destined to ascend to the 10th floor after his current Main Mission, Red Sun, and his Sun and Moon Organization, are bound to become one of the top powerhouses of the 4th Set.
…
Kai remembered the shameless red-haired man and his lips twitched.
Despite Red Sun being a Top-level Contestant, Kai wasn't sure if he was overall a piece of good news for him and his crew.
This man is unpredictable… Kai realized, shaking his head.
Bam!
Rintaro slammed another Wanted Poster on the table.
Kai looked at the Character. "Can you not do it every time?"
The mad scientist shook his head. "Where's the drama in that?"
The Wanted Poster showed a blue-haired female, wearing Iron Man Armor and holding a helmet in her hand.
Her beauty would have stand out the most, if it wasn't for the threatening spark she carried in her blue eyes.
STARK BLUE!
Bounty — 60,000,000 Berries!!
…
Kai looked at the Bounty and nodded to himself.
For a typical High-level 6th-floor Contestant and a Pirate, the Bounty varied between 20-30 million Berries.
All such Contestants had their own Blessings or Inheritances, making them stand out from the rest.
Moraine's Bounty being over-double that amount signified her odd relationship with the Temple of Amon-Gorloth and her being a resurrection main storyline Character.
Petyr didn't even need to read the newsletter.
Moraine the Elegant was someone opposite to Red Sun, her admirers surpassing the boundary of Floors and Sets.
For her to also become a Party Member of Contestant Red, though, did attract a few ires.
It was especially so for the Priests of the Temple of Amon-Gorloth.
"You were already destined to be an everlasting enemy for them," Petyr said, chuckling. "This has done nothing but hammered the nail deeper, my lord."
To be an enemy of the Temple, with irreparable relations, Kai didn't know what to think about that.
It was more so when he had done absolutely nothing against the Temple. Not directly.
Kai sighed and then laughed. "Eh!" he shrugged. "Fuck them."
And that was that.
Bam!
The moment Kai looked at the next Wanted Poster, he knew the Temple had already begun acting against him.
The poster held the image of a woman, donning a skin-tight black suit, a great, red cloak flapping around her like a huge, tattered banner.
She seemed to be the very aura of destruction, a wasted field lying around her.
Under her image, SPAWN was written in bold.
Bounty…
Kai licked his lips, disbelieving it.
—120,000,000 Berries.
…
One of the fastest Contestants to rise to the 4th-floor, Spawn, had already etched her name in the 1st Set's Most Wanted list, issued by the Temple of Amon-Gorloth before her ascension.
Her unknown vendetta against the Temple came out in the open when Spawn, right after her ascension, infiltrated one of the Temple's premises and killed 79 Priests, 52 of which were Contestants.
Later, when rumors began to spread, it came to the Contestants' knowledge that Contestant Red had gone to receive her on the 1st Floor, where she had kneeled in front of him.
Spawn, who has a Blessing of Hellspawn from Spawn Random World, has become the deadliest and most feared Contestant on the 4th floor because of her unknown origins and murderous personality.
The Contestants who met her in The Boys Random World described her as a psycho who kept talking to herself.
To obtain a vial of Compound V, perhaps as per her Main Mission, she laid waste to the city, killing hundreds.
Does this reflect on Contestant Red's Modus Operandi as well, whose Party Member Spawn is?
Such raw carnage within a Chaos' Contestant is not unknown, but her sheer rate of destruction and incomprehensible actions put Spawn at the top of the list of Contestants to watch out for on the 2nd Set.
Will making an enemy out of one of the Temples hinder or fuel her growth?
Or are her actions nothing but Contestant Red's orders?
One rumor seems to be true that if Contestant Red is the Five-Crowned Prince, the Kings will have much to explain to the Temple of Amon-Gorloth.
…
Kai remembered a smiling mother, feeding her son in a nondescript room.
With a boom ringing in his mind, he squashed the emotion.
Petyr and Rintaro looked at each other but said nothing.
Kai kept staring at Spawn's poster and waited.
And waited.
Hmm?!
When Kai shifted his gaze, he found Rintaro staring at the poster in his hands, dumbfounded.
With the Temple of Amon-Gorloth already making things difficult for him, an ominous premonition took hold of Kai's nerves.
Not waiting for Rintaro to slam the poster on the table, he snatched it off the Character's hands.
Kai's pupils narrowed, becoming hazel needles.
The image was that of a woman, wearing a black robe with red clouds' pattern scattered on it.
Behind her, a red moon showed eerily with a touch of hideousness that wasn't apparent at first, but, as one kept looking at it, the redness kept shifting to yellowness, numbing the senses.
Meg's red hair glowed black in the image, her brown eyes darkened by the shadows as well.
However, neither the red moon nor the dark shadows could prevent the beauty that she held about her.
Even in the wanted poster, Meg looked stunning beyond extreme.
What made Kai narrow her eyes wasn't the beauty, but the Bounty written under the MORNING MIST name.
— 20,000,000 Berries.
This?!
…
Contestant Red seemed to have a thing for beauties. Why else would he make Morning Mist, an ordinary 4th-floor Contestant, a Party Member?
Strangely, there are no rumors surrounding her.
However, merely sharing the Party with the likes of Red, Red Sun, Stark Blue, and Spawn makes her worthy enough to look out for.
…
Kai looked at Petyr and knew what they both were thinking.
The Temple of Hastur had hushed all rumors… and perhaps the Contestants, too.
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