Bara was now interested in the modality in which they' d
have to face their opponents and so he wanted to know something about the
planet and in particular he asks, "are there any living things that that live
on the surface of this immense planet?" "Well, Yesn't… there are some
intelligent creatures, that look some kind of animal-insect but I have to say
that they probably don't have their own consciousness but are rather part of this big organism, they should be like
our blood cells, but since this creature it's so big it has intelligent
creatures as 'cells'" "Ray… but how do you know about all of this?" Ray makes
once again a smirk and says "I analyzed the planet as we were approaching it"
"weren't you sleeping?" Ray nods "sleep can't stop me from analyzing the world
around me, anyway we should probably get going, by now everybody should be on
the surface of the planet, I think that including both of us there are 8 humans
on the planet, so we should not make the guests wait, am I wrong?" Bara with a
doubting what he just heard says "it depends from who is the guest, anyway can
you tell me where are we going and who are we going to meet first?" "Of course,
I'll tell you everything you need to know even if sometimes there's nothing
that you need to understand, things may come by themselves or… thanks to me.
About our next destination, well we'll be headed to the 'reunion' but first
we'll meet the somebody so keep up and follow me".
Ray takes Bara by the arm and he flies so high that he gets
out of the atmosphere once again, "See Bara, didn't you want to do it again?"
now it's your chance, even if you have to know that there's a propose even
behind this" Meanwhile he said this Bara was interested in knowing something so
he asked to Ray "Can you give me more
information about this planet and about what we are going to face?" Ray very
pleased by the question starts to smile a little bit "There are 8 humans on
this planet, as you already know, 4 of them are after the number like us then
there's the holder of this reunion that is a number holder, he also has a
couple of allies, including this whole planet. So there are 3 main confirmed
faction that will take part in this war, there's us, there's the reunion
holder, that is the chief of THE HAWAI PROGECT and there's… well you'll soon
see…" Bara is surprised to know that the host of this whole thing is an old
acquaintance "Hahaha hhh hh that guy…
that guy will die HERE".
After chatting a bit
in the cold void of the space they get back to the ground level heading towards
the biggest structure Bara could get the grasp of with his eyes, as they were
moving he saw many cities in the surface of the planet but none of them was
comparable with that conglomerate of buildings that were built around a fuchsia
structure. It felt like all of the city
was melting while climbing that cone shaped thing, in fact the habitations were
always more shapeless and simpler as they got to the top of that long 'thing'.
Bara understood that the place they were seeing is the place where the reunion
had to take place, so he thought that probably this third faction would approach them himself…
and he wasn't wrong.
When they were halfway through the path that led to that
weird place, they saw a red and shiny light that went towards them, it was
another man, and he stopped ahead of them asking them to listen to him Ray
stopped right in front of him and so did Bara, as they stopped sprinting, they
said to him together at the same time: "Greetings, we're pleased to make your
acquaintance with who do we have the privilege to speak to right now?" The guy
looks around and then looks to the two friends and says to them with an
imperative tone "My name is Mike I'm the prince of the biggest empire in the
history of our home planet, I appreciate your good manners but don't you think
that when you're talking with someone it's more polite to introduce yourself
first before asking others to do so?" while hearing his words Bara thought
'this guy is a fucking dumbass, does he think that his title is worth anything
here? Or that it's worth anything in general'? since that empire doesn't exist
from a couple of centuries' but he
anyway let mike continue his speech "I'm a man that follows the light of the
path that God has chosen for me, and because of that, because all of my
unsurpassable strength has been given by that same God that I let guide me
through my life, and that sets difficulty in my path but also God rewards me
for that, I always follow the path of God, the path of goodness, and that's why
you haven't already been annihilated by me, because… you see… God can give you SO MUCH STRENGHT if you
follow him that even the weakest living being in this universe can become the
most powerful of all, but before I continue with my propose I'll let you
introduce yourself to me" Bara understood where this was going, this person was
part of the royal family that reigned over the United Kingdom, that controlled
about a third of the entire planet, it was indeed the a very big empire, but
sadly for him right now neither the United Kingdom as a nation exists any
longer.
Ray after hearing to the soliloquy of this guy said "It's a
pleasure to meet I'm God, this guy at my left it's Jesus, sorry if he has short
hair now, but he keeps himself updated and follows the fashion of the moment a
lot, also long hair are hard to wash and when it's hot they are a pain in the
ass, we're sorry but we didn't bring
with us the holy spirit with us because he was sick so he's resting in his bed"
while Ray was enjoying himself a lot with his jokes it looked like he'd go on
for a lot but that guy made him stop yelling "You are a WORTHLESS VERMIN, as
God tells us it's wrong to insult anybody but insulting him is even a greater
sin, but since I think that you care more about what happens to you on this
planet I'll tell you something, it's stupid to make such kind of jokes in front
of somebody so much stronger than you, if you cry here I'll bring you in the
cold void so that not only your mommy but neither the worms in the ground will
be able to hear you" Ray that as always is very provocative but gets tired very
fast asks him "man cut the crap what do
you want" Mike started to get more stiff it was visible since his muscle were
like about to explode out of his arms. Mike was tall, around 6ft, but he was
still short compared to Ray that was 6ft 4, while Bara a bit less, 6ft 1,
although he was shorter than them he had a very wide physique but aside from
that he had a very average looking appearance, his face was a bit long, it was
also kind of slim and he had a small chin, his hair were receding because of
his age, he had a long nose and long mustaches that made him look a bit
ridiculous because of how long they were.
Mike becomes even more serious than he was until now and
looking at Ray says "your right leg… eh hum (coughing)… look at your left leg!"
while saying it Bara uninterested was now thinking about anything but him, Ray
instead looked at his right leg and became pale, it looked like if for some seconds the blood didn't reach
his face, Bara after seeing his expression was a bit confused and then he
looked at his leg too, he saw something that seemed some kid's drawing: a
shield divided in 4 dials, inside of each of them there was an even smaller
drawing, one of them looked like an harp, Ray then interrupts any kind of
thoughts that Bara was making telling him "it's the English royal's coat of
arms…" and then referring to mike "When… when did you draw it on me?" Ray kept
for a bit having a scared expression but after a bit he became once again as he
was previously, before his face changed drastically for no actual reason. Bara
was thinking carefully about what was happening around him, Ray's expression
changed multiple times throughout some minutes and it reflected very negative
emotions but he knew that they were real and not just acting, because nobody's
body can lie so much just before him, and Ray that he knew so much would be the
last person that he'd not be able to understand and also because of that he
felt that wasn't a very Ray-like behavior.
Then there was the problem of the symbol over his clothes,
at first glance it could seem that it's the reason that made him feel like
this, but Bara knew that it wasn't like this and that probably that thing was
like a signal to him, but he couldn't elaborate much more than that. The
smallest of his concerns was how did Mike draw it on Ray's clothes since he
already understood what was going on, Ray said that he liked a lot to fall on
the planet, because of the sight and because of the fresh air, but it was just
a pretext to make me wait up the sky and to fall just a minute before the
land's movements, then he said that everybody was finally here, so he probably
has foreseen the arrival of this guy that had the intention of approaching us
from the beginning. He then grabbed Bara by the arm and he brought it up in the
sky passing near this guy once and giving him the chance to draw that thing
over him while he kept Bara distracted so that Bara wouldn't make any weird
expression to make him understand that he has been noticed. All of that was
something he used to instill fear on them but he failed miserably, not only
that but he actually fell in Ray's trap.
Bara understood all of this because as time passes, he gets
better in understanding Ray's manners but it's also true that Ray evolves with
him so it's very hard to keep up with him. Mike replies to Ray that gave him
the appearance of a scared puppy "I'll be totally honest with you, I'm way
stronger and faster than you, I'm so ahead of you that I could have taken the
life of both of you as I met you and I
drew the mighty coat of arms that represents my family, but I still decided not
to do so because I'm a follower of God
and he'd be disappointed if I acted so cowardly so I'll propose you something
else, I'll challenge you to a duel, I'm challenging you Ray! One against the other and who wins will be
under the winner's total control, and if you'll ask me to leave this planet,
I'll do it immediately, but only after you win… if you're able to."