This important meeting of the Beacon Team took place after Lord Marvian sent a call to all team members. Last night, they found one of their team members dead in their home, forcing them to revisit certain matters. Furthermore, this death left dozens of questions in their minds, leaving many team members wondering how it happened. Edwina and Wilhard, the first to learn of the incident, felt a powerful Emotional Sizzle from their dead teammate on the road. This Emotional Sizzle nearly caused them to have a major accident. The Emotional Sizzle, which lasted for about four minutes, gradually faded away... At that moment, what had happened during those four minutes remained a mystery. And then, Edwina and Wilhard were the first to arrive at the house where the incident occurred...
After yesterday, team members arrived at the building where the big meeting would be held today. Through extensive searches of the deceased team member's body and the house, they obtained some information. This team member, who had died in a rather brutal manner, had found the first important clue they hoped to use to reach their target. And this team member was, in fact, a very important person...
"Let's get to the important stuff, shall we? First, the sad news: your valued teammate was caught in a brutal deathstorm. Despite teammates Edwina and Wilhard's efforts to quickly reach the scene after sensing the Emotion Buzz, it's quite clear that death occurred within seconds. And I must say, this death occurred before your teammate even had a chance to fight. More details about the death will be released by the investigation team."
"Good afternoon from a not-so-good day. Our teammate Marcus was found dead in the middle of the evening, a well-known incident. His body was found lying on his back. The first striking detail, starting with his body, was that an attempt was made to cut his neck, but it failed. Another horrific detail was a large wound from behind his right shoulder, and one of his hands had been cut off. I'd also like to point out that there were minor bruises on his body. And we learned that the deep cuts on his legs were caused by a different type of poison. But most frighteningly, we found a different scar in and around his heart. Behind this scar, we discovered a large hole in his heart. In short, we're saddened to say that our teammate Marcus's heart was stolen..."
"...As described, this incident occurred hours after we confirmed that our team member Marcus had been brutally murdered and that he had information that was crucial to our objective..."
After one of the research team members finished speaking, Lord Marvian began speaking again, and some of the team members began to quietly talk amongst themselves. Most of their expressions were filled with anger and horror. Some felt that their teammates didn't deserve such a brutal death... And at this point, some of the team members who spoke said;
"This terrible death of Marcus on top of the strange behavior of the City People... It looks like we're going to go through some really difficult times ahead."
"Carrying such important information must have been difficult and scary..."
"...And now we too are in danger."
"Also, Lord still tries to act serious... Even though his brother is dead..."
"Enough! Stop whining and listen to the Leader. Now is not the time to act like this."
Edwina, who had been listening to both Lord Marvian's speech and the team members behind them, turned her head to look at the person who had ended the conversation. The person who caught her eye was Verena, the woman she had deeply cared for and who had helped her join the Beacon Team. She was known for her alluring charm and dignified demeanor.
"Our meeting today has ended. All of you, if you don't want your teammate to die brutally, do your best. Take every precaution and do your best to resolve the situation for the City's people and avenge Marcus."
To Be Continued