10:55PM. In front of Le Nuit.
Kei Hanazawa was waiting for his “escort”, that Blanche had assigned to him to pick him up with a car. The car was also given to him by Blanche.
“Tsk. To think that I of all people would be in this kind of situation.”
After he agreed to Blanche's proposal, he was told to leave the district first thing in morning and return to the syndicate. Then, he was to begin reporting to Blanche on a monthly basis.
Hanazawa had no choice but to obey for now, since he went behind his father's back, and tried to accumulate power for himself. This was a crime punishable by death, and his father wouldn't pardon him regardless of their relationship. In fact, he would probably kill Hanazawa himself. That was the reason why Kei was currently obeying Blanche.
“I swear in a year, no, six months; I'm going have Blanche head displayed on my wall.”
Said Hanazawa. He looked straight ahead with a savage smile on his face, when something caught his eye.
“Hm?”
It was a beautiful silver haired girl.
“....What a beautiful person. Who is she? Could she be one of Blanche's employees?”
Hanazawa saw that the girl was walking towards him, and started to get nervous; as any man would if they faced a beauty such as this.
The girl got closer and his palms began to sweat.
“Should I say something? No, if she's really one of Blanche girls, than she might be dangerous. Ah, what should I do?!”
The longer Hanazawa stared at the girl, the more drawn in he became.
He stared at the girl until she walked past him. No, she didn't really walked past him she stopped a little bit behind him.
“Huh?”
This confused Hanazawa.
The silver haired girl didn't say anything. She just stood there. Seeing that, Hanazawa-
“…Um, can I help you?”
“……….”
The girl didn't respond and just kept standing behind him. After a few more seconds, without even glancing at him-
“You disappoint me, Kei Hanazawa. To think that, you would lose in such a disgraceful manner. I guess was wrong about you, pathetic.”
Said the girl with a scornful tone. She slowly walked away without waiting for Kei’s response.
“Wh-wh-what did you say, you bitch?!”
Kei was both surprised and angry, by the fact that he was insulted by a complete stranger. He turned around to grabbed the girl, but-
“!”
He couldn't do it. His body just wouldn't listen to him.
It wasn't that the girl had used some kind of special power or anything.
“Wha...”
Every nerve in his body was telling him not to move a step closer to her.
Kei Hanazawa was restrained by his own instincts as an Infected.
His entire body trembled at the sight of the girl walking through the front door, like she owned the place.
It was as if a giant snake was wrapping itself around his entire body, and getting ready to devour him whole.
“I've only felt like this when I'm in front of my father…”
Hanazawa heard a car stopped behind him. He turned around and saw that it was his “escort”, and quickly walked towards the car. By the time he was in front of the car, the “escort” had already opened the door for him. He put one foot in the car, and then around and looked at the entrance again.
“Jeane-Pierre Blanche, I don't know if she's your employee or your guest or whatever, but…”
Hanazawa recalled the girl’s beautiful, yet terrifying aura; and started trembling once again.
“One hell of a monster is about to pay you a visit.”
11:10 PM. Monsieur’s Room.
Bloom and Blanche were sitting at an expensive table. Blanche had changed the scenery of the room, using a virtual reality program he installed into the hotel’s super computer. The room currently looked cozier, than when he had the meeting with Hanazawa earlier. There was a huge television, a sofa, and a fridge in the corner. The table was at the center of the room.
Bloom and Blanche weren't the only ones in the room. Sapphire, Ruby and the other girls were all watching TV together on the sofa. They didn't seem to mind Bloom presence, they were probably used to her paying Blanche a visit.
However, Sapphire would occasionally glance at her.
“Here.”
Blanche pressed a button on the side of the table, and a can of apple soda appeared in front of Bloom.
“….I find the fact that you know my preferences very disturbing. Don't tell me that you're stalking me?”
Said Bloom, with a teasing smile.
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“Why would I stalk a beautiful girl like you? I would prefer to kidnap your heart the old fashion way.”
Blanche laughed, and so did Bloom.
“…Now that the formalities are over. Please tell me. What can I do for you, Silver Crow’s Gravity Queen?”
Blanche had an innocent smile on his face.
“Don't play dumb. You know why I'm here.”
Bloom smiled in return, but she was actually angry on the inside.
“Could it be that you're here because of my meeting with Kei Hanazawa?”
“……….”
Bloom simply smiled in response.
Blanche put both his elbows on the table, and used his hands to support his head.
“How did you know about it? Don't tell me that you're stalking me?”
“Why would I stalk, a cunning pervy bastard like you? I would prefer to kill you the old fashion way.”
Bloom kept her smile on her face while saying so.
“Hahaha! I've never been threaten in such a beautiful way! I really love our little meetings, Mademoiselle!”
Blanche seemed to be enjoying himself.
“You can only laugh like that, because you know that I can't kill you. Well, for now anyway.”
Bloom playful smile quickly turned wicked.
Blanche just laughed in response.
“Well, that's true. According to your boss, my existence is too vital to the 11th District to eliminate, am I right?”
“Yes. Even though, it's only been four years, you're still one of the major bosses of the district. If we were to kill you and destroy D’Arc, then a lot people would try to take the vacant seat. Long story short, a lot of people would die. A lot of innocent people.”
“And, that goes against your boss' ideology.”
Blanche had a smirk on his face.
“Yes. That's right.”
Blanche's smirking face annoyed Bloom.
“But it doesn't goes against mine.”
“Oh. So, are you here to kill me?”
Hearing Blanche's question, the girls turned their attention from the Tv unto the table.
Bloom noticed that, and impatiently tapped her finger on the table.
“Monsieur, I appreciate it if you don't put words in my mouth. It will only lead to misunderstandings, and those misunderstandings will lead to bloodshed.”
Bloom used her hand to seductively fix her hair behind her right ear, and looked over at the girls sitting on the couch, and said-
“I don't want to get blood in my hair when I swat flies.”
Bloom glared at the girls, and the girls glared back at her. The tension in the room was at it’s peak. Seeing that, Blanche.
“Calm down, girls. There no need for unnecessary bloodshed.”
He spoke in a joyful voice, and was trying to diffuse the tension.
“Mademoiselle, you said that this all a misunderstanding, right? Then, does that mean that you didn't come here for my life?”
“Yes, that's correct. Even though I would prefer to crush this whole building like a paper cup. But if I did do that, my boss would get upset, and I don't want to upset him, if possible.”
Bloom was annoyed by the fact that she couldn't do as she please, but she was mature about it, and didn't let it show on her face. Instead, she just smiled as she spoke.
“I see. Then why did you come here?”
Asked Blanche.
“To warn you.”
“Warn me? About what?”
“The Twin Headed Dragon, of course. You shouldn't underestimate them. They're one of Grim City's most powerful criminal organization for a reason. Even the 4 pillars can't touch them carelessly. Why do you believe that you can take them down with just Kei Hanazawa?”
“Oh, are you concerned about me, Gravity Queen?”
“No. I'm worried that if you awaken the dragon, it will bear its fangs at the city.”
Bloom’s tone became harsh at Blanche's joke.
In response, Blanche simply chuckled and said-
“Don't worry about that. I have a plan in case that happens.”
Bloom cutely leaned her head forward with a smile.
“Oh. Let me hear that plan.”
Blanche smiled and opened his mouth, when-
“Bloom! We have a problem!”
Just as Blanche was about to say something, four teenagers burst through the door and stormed into the room.
It was Chrome, Reiji, Nico and Zetsu. They all had an anxious look on their faces.
“What's wrong?”
Asked Bloom, she was confused by their sudden intrusion. Not only her, but Blanche and the girls as well, were wondering what the fuss was all about.
The one who spoke was Chrome.
“It's D’Arc! Someone is attacking D’Arc members all over the city!”
11:15. Five minutes after Bloom’s and Blanche's meeting began.
Kei Hanazawa was in the car Blanche loaned him, and was only a few minutes away from leaving District 11.
“Ah~ I want a bath. No, I want a bath with a hot woman!”
He was enjoying a bottle of champagne all by himself. He drank more than half of the bottle by himself, and was clearly drunk.
“Damn that pervy bastard! Showing off all those sexy girls without even offering me one! Aren't we partners?! Partners should share everything!”
He put the champagne bottle at his mouth, and drank directly from it. He was trying to drink his troubles away.
“That's it! I want a woman to comfort me! Driver! Drive me to the best club in town! One with lots of sexy women! Step on it! Hahaha!”
The driver found his passenger annoying, and decide to ignore me. He turned up radio to shut him out. That's when it happened.
“Huh?”
The driver saw something in the middle of the road. It was a person dressed in a black hoodie.
“Don't tell me it's another drunk.”
The driver didn't slow down, he just beeped the horn.
“Get out the way, you idiot!”
He beeped the horn again.
“Do you have a death wish or something?!”
The driver continued to beeped the horn, but the person didn't move an inch. Seeing that, the driver sped up. He was trying to scare them.
The car was about to hit them, but the person simply looked at the car, and said-
“Shut up will ya. You're annoying.”
And, stop the car with a kick.
“W-what the hell?!”
Hanazawa and the bottle he was holding, was jerked vigorously; and he slammed his head in the driver’s seat.
“Hey, driver! What the hell happen?!”
Hanazawa roared with his head down. It seems the hit to the head sobered him up.
The driver didn't respond.
“Oi! Didn't you hear you me?! Huh?!”
Hanazawa got angry and looked up at the driver’s seat.
“W-what the hell happened to the car?!”
The entire front entire front half of the car was crushed, like it was hit by a truck.
Hanazawa quickly searched for the driver. He saw him down laying on the ground outside of the car.
His didn't seemed to have any major injuries. Which meant that he jumped out of the car before it was crushed.
“Hey-”
Kei was about to call out to him, but he stopped when he noticed someone was walking up to the driver.
Kei watched as the driver tried to reach for his gun, but was rendered unconscious by a kick to the head.
The person wearing full black then noticed Kei, and walked over to the bent up car.
“Open dammit!”
Kei tried to open the door on the other side, but it wouldn't open. That was because the computer controlling the locks was destroyed.
Kei quickly searched for a weapon, but the only thing he could find was the broken champagne bottle.
“Fuck!”
He took up the bottle, even though he knew that it would be useless against someone, who could easily destroy a reinforced anti-magic car.
The person in black stood outside the door on the opposite side from Kei, and spoke to him. Kei could see azure hair peeking out of the hoodie.
“Are you Jeane-Pierre Blanche or Kei Hanazawa?”
“Why would I tell you who I am, when you just attack my car?!”
“I see. You got a point there. Well, it doesn't matter who you are. The fact remains that you're connected to D’Arc in some way.”
The voice spoke in a nonchalant tone which frightened Kei.
“Who are you, and why are you targeting D’Arc?!”
“It's a pain to explain.”
That was the only thing the voice said before he suddenly rip off crushed car door, like it was cardboard.
He threw the door one side and grabbed Kei's leg, and dragged him outside the car.
“Hey, let me go, you bastard!”
He held Kei upside down by his leg like he was holding a doll. Kei was kicking and screaming trying to get free, but the person in black ignored his struggle and put his hand in Kei's pocket, and removed his ID.
“Kei Hanazawa. You're on my list. Well, the result wouldn't have change even if you weren't.”
Without saying another word, he took the screaming Kei and slammed into the roof of the car.
Kei's body was lodged deeply into a freshly made bent in the car. He wasn't dead, just unconscious. If he hadn't quickly covered his body with magic, he would've died instantly.
Miko stared quietly at Kei for a while before walking away.
“Kei Hanazawa, I want you to sleep for the rest of the night. But, don't worry. By the time you wake up, D’Arc and its leader will be 6 foot under.”
“Yeah, it's a slaughter party!”
Said Ishma who was in her glove form.
Miko sighed.
“I knew that this was gonna be a long night.”
Miko yawned as he walked through the night. His destination was a certain hotel in the 11th District.