Jack clenched his fists and looked down at the floor, upset. He bit his lips hard, then put his hand on his chest and looked up, asking his friends for forgiveness.
Arthur started laughing wildly, Luiz followed Arthur and started laughing too, it was fun for them to see Jack's state.
"You're very interesting. I really expected a lot, but seeing you praying for your friends in front of the person who killed them is quite unexpected."
"You... why did you betray the police?"
Number 3 appears and offers him a cup of coffee with milk. He takes it and starts drinking happily. Jack looks at Arthur with a look of disgust.
"You know, what a boring question. You know very well that I was never on your side."
Jack smiles slightly. Arthur is unsure. His curiosity to know the reason for the smile makes him want to torture him to find out every detail of what he is thinking.
"Yes, you're right, I know very well. I just wanted to buy some time."
Arthur is confused, and suddenly he looks out the window, but it's too late. Countless shots hit him, and all the swords quickly protect Arthur. Number 4 advances, transforming into a crow and flying toward the shooter, number 3 begins to protect Arthur, and number 1 stays outside protecting the perimeter.
Arthur starts laughing wildly, so much so that he is out of breath, and puts his hand on his face as he admires Jack's plan. He starts screaming as blood pours from his mouth.
"SERIOUSLY! I DIDN'T EXPECT YOU TO SACRIFICE THEM JUST TO DECEIVE ME."
Suddenly, countless soldiers appear and then countless tentacles quickly pierce the ground, but then they are all cut off by an old man, and then a woman appears behind the first soldier and tries to attack, but once again countless tentacles prevent her. The woman clicks her tongue and stands in a battoujutsu position, the old man stands in front of that being, inside the coffee pot all the glass is broken and the soldiers advance on the two, quickly the third advances and hits the first with a punch, but he manages to defend himself, however the recoil ends up throwing him away, and then someone appears like a ghost trying to hit his neck, and then suddenly the third one turns into a small child, dodging the cut, and then he returns to his adult form and hits the woman with a huge punch to the chin, throwing her up through the floors. She faints. Arthur is on the floor, motionless, his head down. Has he fainted?
"Tell me, fake assassin, do you really think I'm stuck with you?"
Jack gets up from his chair and then leans on the table and gets his face very close to the man while making a scary face. Luiz just looks without saying anything.
The attack didn't stop, number 1 was in a bad position, 4 kings were facing him, all the kings felt the coldest feeling, genuine fear, that being under that cloak was something they couldn't leave alone.
Everyone tries to attack him, but tentacles quickly protect him and then lift him up while attacking the Kings.
"Sinval, you senile old man, you said it would be easy!"
The woman tried to cut all the tentacles, the old man jumped through the tentacles trying to get closer, but his foot got stuck in the mucus that the tentacles were wrapped in, the tentacle threw him to the ground, the other two advanced together using magic on their feet walking through the skies, they managed to reach him and then tried to attack him with their swords, but... a terrible feeling ran through both of their bodies, and a sinister voice pierced their ears.
"A... A... fuuu, listen to me... Devour... everything." The voice was strange, it kept changing, sometimes sounding like a man, other times like a child, a woman, and even the intonation changed.
And then darkness begins to seep out of the cloak of number 1, he defends the attacks of both and then hits the first one, making a big hole in his chest, but then he begins to disappear, it was an illusion, the second one disappeared in a short interval after hearing the voice of 1. The darkness kept advancing against the two, Sinval and the woman were having a hard time against it. But then a loud scream is heard.
"MY LORDS, LISTEN TO ME! ALL CITIZENS HAVE BEEN EVACUATED! YOU CAN GO ALL OUT!"
And then the four of them broke into big smiles. They stood on the ground together side by side, the old man combing his hair with a comb, the woman stretching, the other preparing herself in a Chudan-no-Kamae stance, and the last one smiling broadly. Everyone's eyes began to shine.
"Ruja." A green glow comes out of the old man's eyes.
"Want to see a magic trick?" A hat appears out of nowhere and the man picks it up and puts it on his head, a blue glow coming out of his eyes.
"This time I'll do it." The woman's body is distorted, her eyes glowing green.
"What the hell?" The blonde woman becomes irritated as it starts to get hot around her, the temperature keeps rising, her eyes glow orange.
Strangely, the enigmatic figure waits for everyone to finish, and then when he sees that they are finally done, he begins the attack. They disappear and then appear in front of her all at once.
The crows fly behind the assassins who shoot nonstop, but then someone appears: a tall man with blond hair, blue eyes, and a smiling expression. Strangely, he has a gentle look about him. He is unarmed, just walking toward number 4.
—Hello! How are you?
Several crows quickly fly toward the man and then surround him, but strangely, the crows begin to deform and all explode. The man was left without a single drop of blood.
—Hey, hey!! That's the suit my mother gave me! Because it's white and difficult to wash, please don't do that!
The crows once again advance toward the man, but they all explode while the man just walks toward number 4. He tries to retreat by taking a big leap, but the man appears in front of him.
"I don't want to fight! Want some?"
The man shows a basket of food. He took it out of subspace so quickly that number 4 couldn't even see him taking it out. Then he puts his hand inside and sticks out his tongue as he searches, and when he finds what he was looking for, he smiles kindly and puts the chairs on the floor, then the table. He quickly sets the table, puts cups on it, fills them with tea, and puts cookies on the table. Inside the basket were sandwiches.
"Come on! Don't worry, there's no poison or anything, I just don't want useless fights, taking human lives... it's scary."
He says as he offers a cookie. Number 4 is suspicious, but sits down, alert to anything. He takes the cookie and tastes it. It's quite tasty, and then he takes the tea. It's just right.
"You... why don't you want to fight?"
For the first time, Number 4 begins to speak. His voice is hoarse, muffled, and obscured by the mask. The man looks at the tea and, without removing the smile from his face, looks up as he has brief memories of someone covered in blood as he brings his hand toward his face, he puts his hand close to his mouth.
"Just bad memories, so let's talk, no deaths and no fights!"
Inside coffee shop number 3, he fought fiercely to protect Arthur. He was covered in blood and had numerous cuts, his breathing was rapid. Once again, the person who moves so fast that he looks like a ghost advances, cutting his stomach, and then the other two try to advance, reaching Arthur, but he grabs both of them and throws them away.
"This bum won't give up! Listen, let's advance all three of us at once. Whoever has a chance, advance without thinking twice."
They agree and advance against him, managing to stop the first two. They try to go after the last one, but he gets past them. They try to go after him, but are stopped by the two who stopped number three. But then, when he is about to cut Arthur, he realizes that he has disappeared from his view, and then Arthur's hand is on his face.
...
Arthur lifts the man's body off the ground, and he struggles to get away. Arthur uses more and more force, and the man becomes desperate. Arthur raises his hand and pierces the man's chest, grabbing his heart. He begins to pull it out little by little. The man's despair is evident, tears streaming from his eyes. The woman screams for him to stop and tries to advance, but she is stopped. Arthur then rips out his heart, tearing countless ligaments connected to it. The man's eyes begin to lose their shine. Arthur drops the heart and, with a cold expression, steps on it and begins to rub it on the floor. 3 had a frightened look on his face after seeing Arthur, it was as if he had seen something he shouldn't have seen, he quickly knelt down and put his head on the floor and his arms behind his back.
"I salute my master!"
Arthur's face was cold, expressionless. He disappears and then touches the second man's head and explodes it with magic. The woman senses enormous danger and tries to escape. She tries to open the door, but Arthur just watches her leave.
"I understand that you want to run away, but I already touched it, you know?"
The woman touches the door with her hand and then her arm is blown up. She starts screaming, so he grabs her by the hair and lifts her up, then turns around and starts dragging her. At the cash register, he sees a shelf full of glass cups and plates, so he grabs her head and starts banging it against the glassware countless times. With her face bleeding and numerous deep cuts, Arthur takes a small beer cup and forces it into her mouth between her teeth, then hits her chin, breaking the cup inside her mouth. She spits out fragments of glass cacti while bleeding profusely, but Arthur continues to grab her head and slam it against the glass cacti she spit out, without stopping, until she takes her last breath.
He then lets go of her and turns around, a frightening presence runs through the room, he goes towards number 3, and stops in front of him, despair and fear run through him.
"Disgusting, go wash yourself, you're covered in blood. Bring me a very bitter and strong coffee, hurry up."
He gets up and goes to the kitchen, and while he heats the water, he begins to administer first aid to himself.
"Here, I hope you like it."
Arthur was different, it was as if he was overcome by something disturbing, number 3 couldn't stop shaking, he drinks the coffee with a gloomy face, he looks outside while watching the fights. Arthur was scary.
"Bring me something sweet, I want to enjoy the show."
End of chapter!
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