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"Father, can you tell me how does the Rakshas exist?"

Izana asked, she has been wanting to ask this question for a long time--but she was unable to grasp the chance and it seems like her father knows a lot about this topic. She was entering the aircraft, because there were many training session and several raids took place at the same time. Orther stared at her, folding his arms when Maha was waiting for the soldiers to finish with the security in the area. "Depends if you're asking the ones from the Old World or the New World," he answered, before explaining the thing he mentioned.

There were no true records about the existence of the Rakshas--although the first recorded Rakshas is nothing but a humans who merged with the Cores of Asura, the Cores usually 'choose' the people who are worthy to become the embodiment of power and a demigod-like warrior. If the Core is not neutralized when the body is hosting its powers, the host will slowly descend into madness. The Cores themselves are the representations of the personas that are unifies towards an entire personality. No, not one of the personality or split-personality, but it was actually another person--for example, the hosts can become shapeshifters, having mind and abilities that enabled to shift the appearance at ease.

"The ultimate forms of all the Cores are known as Exalted, the supreme power that can determine who is the master of their host. One Raksha alone is quite powerful, it often takes more than one of them to actually destroy the world," Orther stated, then he looked down and sighing softly. "Asuras and Humans can give benefits to each others, it happened in the New World. But the one in the Old World would cost our energy. When Asura died or 'retiring' from their position, their Cores will be implanted once it finds the 'chosen one' to make them worthy or possess the unlimited potential to be a Chosen One who hosts the power."

Izana swallowed hard, could it be the Cores are selecting the one who is worthy enough as the user itself? Since she was a Water Raksha, she wondered if she can achieve a true potential within her power and keep her cool-headed nature intact. In fact, this does make sense that's why Raiden can withstand several fights at all. Perhaps... she might have a chance to get stronger than she expected. Which means, when they were in near-death experience after the Interceptors stabbed their rods on them--the Cores 'came' to their subconscious to determine their chance to live or not. So that's why they're so strong...

"The New World Rakshas didn't even match to the Old World ones, although I doubt the core requires mental health and physical stability."

Maha stated, it made Haruna wondered about their existence in the ancient era as well. If only he can achieve the strength he needed to protect them, his friends and everything that's important to him. He realized he did betray them, but a small doubt starts to emerge. 'Did Orther killed them? That... can't be! Come on Haruna, you can't doubt him after what you've done to Sanjaya!' he shook his head, trying to put those thoughts away and Maha already disappeared before his eyes.

Izana noticed the place was empty and people were in their spots to begin the process, she watches as the aircraft's bay opens the entrance to it, Maha extended his hand for a moment while the soldiers were lined up properly. She wondered that's how real war is? Then, he put his hand down and walked inside the aircraft with his group, turning around and walking. "Be careful Izana, Haruna will accompany you for the meantime," he said before Haruna walked over and waved for a moment before they let them be on their own.

"I'm sorry for yelling at you."

Izana said to him, making Haruna sighed as he remained quiet. She then grab his collar and clenched it to the point he let out a silent choking noise, before she let go with a loud 'tsk' sound. There she goes again, doing her violence and harming others unless it was deemed necessary. Izana had too much anger inside of her, he noted that she needs more patience and understanding towards them but there's a limit. "Actually, I was supposed to say sorry to you... Izana."

Haruna admitted, which she stopped on her track and face-palmed herself. "I realize I was stupid and impulsive a few hours ago."

He said quietly, feeling guilty for lying about joining them because of certain things. He don't know what made him lie, even though he was honest and kind, now being aware about his conflicting desires. All he know is that he cares more about his friends than the people he's currently with, it just too twisted he couldn't grasp it.

The teenage-Raksha were facing him with a look that seemed disappointed, eyes narrowed and she sighed. "After this, you should apologize to everyone--especially Sanju. Don't you realize how stressful and hurtful he was? Imagine if your sister is facing the same torment as us... but you left her, left her without saying anything," she pointed out to him, he flinched upon knowing that would upset him. "You left your so called home when you did a betrayal after you got wounded and afraid, just because you're being difficult... it doesn't mean everything should be tossed out to the garbage--Haruna!"

"Also, I heard from his father that your parents were looking for you as well," Izana crossed her arms as she stated with a concerned looks, it turns out his own parents were still looking for him. "What were you thinking? After making those painful decisions, you chose to trust the Legion with them?" Haruna can't believe this, she's too mature for her age. "H-How did you know..?" he stammered, still taken aback.

Haruna wanted to know about the past few years that resulted his friends being hostile or hated at him, he can't remember what had happen... it shocked him that they were actually targeting the current enemy. Her teal-blue eyes didn't turn into fiery orbs of hatred, only it was filled with warm water that poured on him with emotional turmoil. "Heh, you don't have the right to defend yourself," she pointed out, shaking her head and letting her speak. "Here's the chat, Sanju's father forwarded it to me."

Haruna read them when she showed them to her phone screen, it reads.

(Forwarded)_"That young child; Haruna went missing, what should we do..? Oh God... I bet he must've became an ally with those damn bastards to my son..."_

Radithya: _"How am I going to answer this?!"_

Haruna covered his mouth, he can't believe his own parent's reaction for such unfortunate event happens. His tears flowing on his face, drenching the floor with bittersweet sadness. Izana saw him like that and sighed quietly before patting his back, he watched how she was being kinder and affectionate despite her violent tendencies. He should at least admit she's very kind and gentle, but how did he deserve such comfort? Why?

Damn it, Maha must've messing up his mental stability and that guy let him... being here, even though he knows what he had done. "Be grateful to him for making him doing favors to you."

"To think that they're starting to worry of me... so, did Sanju...?"

"No, he did not do anything extreme. He only asked why did you say those words to them, the information I've obtained from his father about you. Although I haven't received many clues about those Legion..." Izana muttered softly. Haruna swore she has a good, wide knowledge for a teenager. "Sanju fainted that day from the stress, it took him three days to recover," her words managed to get more worried, he felt so bad for ruining that guy's life... no wonder he's upset after what he did to him easily after seeing how hostile he looked. "Sanju is not perfect, Haruna. Nobody's perfect, so please understand that he was struggling to recover from his PTSD. Don't worry."

She reassured him, she is clearly more knowledgeable of certain behaviors especially mental disorders. She showed the text to his parents, wondering if his parents does fear about his son's safety and possible death--he would be taken into custody, or worse... executed after deserting from Scarlet Armband Army. Every single soldiers who bailed away or ran away will face the harsh penalties.

"The truth is... I've been very fragile recently, Izana. Not because of my transformation as a Celestial Raksha, but... why did Maha summon me to join him?"

Haruna admitted his weakness and the truth, Izana watched at his expressions when he stood up. Since it would be impolite to talk in this situation, he led her to a private location--only them would be the ones can have this small reunion. "It was around September, I just finished my training session in Nirvana Organization and took a shower in my room. After that... I received a message from Maha, I don't know how did he get my number but... something inside tells me I shouldn't trust him but I bet he has a reason of why he told me to come."

Izana kept listening as she walked slowly with him, and she looked up at him.

"Maha invited me to the park for a talk, asking me to go there as soon as I could--but to be honest... I feel suspicious of his words, and it wasn't easy to ignore them... he was pleading me to go to that park. Even if he meant no harm, the park... has a horrible nostalgic feeling to it. Perhaps because he meant well, but that was when I entered that park... he looked so different. He immediately changed the subject on his mind once he knew that I wasn't willing to cooperate with him, instead... he proposed that we discuss it further. Then he stood up, and approached me, and it wasn't until he started speaking..."

Haruna recalled the words that he said to him and paused, before he sighed and continued. "He talked like he knew me all the time, about how the members of Legion attacked us, how it affected our mental state. Crap, what did he say? Shit, let me just... he asked me to join them."

Flashback...

September Fourth Year Fifty XXX.

Haruna didn't know why Maha told him to come to the park, he walked through the drenched grass while getting soaked by the cold drops of rain in their pathway. It was downpour fall from afar of an abandoned old amusement park, an empty Ferris wheel was in their view as it made the background all gloomy and sad. 'What was he doing here?' he thought before Haruna flinched when a heavy hand clamped on his shoulder.

"You took your sweet time," Maha commented, looking the same as he did when they last saw him except his eye glasses are now filled with droplets of the rain. Haruna stood there with narrowed eyes, he wanted to kick his ass right here and then but it was too risky. Like, are you serious? Kicking the powerful man's ass for giving a worthless invitation here? "What did you mean by inviting me here?" he asked, not wanting to waste his time on pointless of things and Maha pointed at the bench. "Sit down," he told him.

They sat down, Haruna was now getting anxious--and there was no one in the park, just only him and Maha. The rain falling to the leaves, as a drop of cold water falls on Haruna and wiped it off with his hand as he didn't mind to ask the reason for asking him to go here. "Why, just why did you called me here?" Haruna growled, but he knew well not to raise his voice to the older general... he learned his lesson from the past three days ago.

"It's a formal request, about time to change your ways. You don't have a purpose in this faction, Legion's appearance starts a decade years ago... and you wouldn't want them to live peacefully with you. Do you?"

Haruna shook his head, his patience was out and his own blood was boiling to hear these kind of bullshit. "The hell?! Why am I the only one you brought to join them? What are you trying to say?!" he snapped, standing up and glared at him. Maha chuckled, before he stand up and folded his arms. "My former subject, Haruna Sinuraya... I thought you're a failed clone experiment of Sanjaya Adinata. Turns out, your genes aren't compatible when they tested them--you actually a demigod that got modified based on Void Raksha's powers."

Haruna looked so mad, and that's true. But still, he can't believe he is having a nightmare with his existence as this powerful man was about to enter his life that he should never set foot. "Still didn't answer my question."

"I know, and I will state it as it is. You abandoned a dead member, a boy whose worth nothing to all of us--you could've ignored him. Instead, you ran away from the battle, leaving your closest friends and betrayed them, abandoning the people you trusted and putting the guilt on your friends' shoulder; have been injured and betrayed them for good."

Maha's words made his eyes narrowed and Haruna gripped his hands, he turned around and walking away from him--or was about to but Maha immediately caught his hand to prevent him from escaping this place. "Listen to me," he said, his words is hypnotizing enough to listen to his next sentence. "You are not a monster yet, nobody said being a monster means killing someone for just no reason. People always saying they want to protect the peace, the world... but your friends have other goals and not going to tolerate with your anger."

Haruna stopped moving and looked like he's going to cry, that... that made him remembered what was the reason for his sudden transformation? All of it is gone, the reason for joining Scarlet Armband Army.. vanished from his mind in a blink of an eye. Maha had erased the fear that made Haruna's spirit left his body, all he could do was stand there helplessly as Maha spoke.

"We're allies, not only that. We both have a common goal that you'd given up, you should've known this better."

He didn't realize that Maha severely brainwashed him through his words, so subtle but it managed to affect him--letting those false visions appearing inside his thoughts. It almost felt real, especially in real life.

This makes Haruna's decision was worse, because when things seemed to be calming down he'd just walk over to the path that lead him right into the Legion's territory.

End of Flashback...

Izana let Haruna vent his emotions to her, talking to himself because that's what keeps him alive when everything went wrong. "I didn't know why would I accept his offer, why..?" he muttered, he sounds frustrated and angry with himself. 'Maybe because Maha has mind-controlling ability? S-Shit, I didn't know he can use that power... now I realized that I hurt Sanjaya's feelings too much.'

He thought while Izana comforted him by patting his back as she slowly pulled away, before revealing to him. "You have that damn bastard... doesn't make any sense."

Izana asked him to calm down for a moment and she reveals the dark truth of Scarlet Armband Army... Haruna does know what it actually meant to become a member--so this might be the reason of his suspicions. "Haruna, have you heard of 'Operation: Impending Doom' or commonly known as 'Project Chakravartin'? They are planning to create an inflationary universe from the Tree of Universe and the dimension's core itself."

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She said to him him quietly, making him look conflicted upon hearing that statement. "Universe has a special kind of core that makes them existing, the Tree Of Universe is a world of all inflationary universes. It is also the origin of life itself, all inflationary universes and bubble worlds are born there--it has the secrets of the world that we didn't know and how did the Phantom Samsara exists outside the human world. They wanted to open the portal, so Maha can go there by himself to... create another bubble world. I don't know why did he do that, but it has something to do with... I don't know, it's his personal goal."

Haruna blinked, his old self reverting back as the truth was revealed.

There's no way he can give them money to fund for their operation, he can't take money when the government uses it as means of their weapon designs and researches. Perhaps, this might be a bad idea to join this faction after all. "You always wanted to be the Supreme-class Phantom Raider, right?" Izana reminded of his old goal, that Haruna always wanted to be. It made him reconsider and recall everything in the past, on how much Sanju had to betray the Singgahsana Organization and the World Government--so they can stop him and the Silver Slumbering Dragon--only to protect Haruna's identity from being shown.

Haruna clenched his fists, he look up as he was determined to reverse the awful deed and save their friends and world from their wicked goals and Maha's malicious plans. He would not regret to have Maha as an enemy, hell no!

The teenager had realized their lives and duties can be much more than what it seems... as Haruna looked down while he muttered, "So, my presence is crucial for the invasion plan... unless it isn't a coincidence, this happened."

"Correct," Izana affirmed with a subtle nod, there's a brief silence afterwards. However, Haruna has to ask her something about her espionage in the Scarlet Armband Army--what is she looking for? That was when Izana can feel his skepticism as she didn't bother to look back at him, still folding her arms. "But, I wasn't expecting that you'd join their forces, you surprised me too..." he asked. "Izana, did you come here on your own or..."

Haruna watched her looking around, before she whispered. "Karuna ordered me, he wants me to gather some informations about the Legion Raksha, Elite Commanders of Scarlet Armband Army and the oracle. Turns out, these executives are backstabbing assholes, none of them want to get along--even my father doesn't want to get along with them either. Let alone Orther, does he look trustworthy?" she explained, her father Maha doesn't fucking trust any of them. Now it make sense, Haruna always watch their interaction seems... negative from their perspective.

"Like Sanju said, these people will stab their people at the back," she said to him, before they went back to the main lobby.

Orther was observing the screen of the surveillance camera and the information was presented before his eyes, it seems that Izana and Haruna... he wondered what are they talking about. "Orther, we're back," Izana greeted him casually, but much to her realization--she keep her composure and Orther closed the file application as he was aware of the people are on their respective spots.

"How are you two, there were many places you could be right now, are you hungry?"

"A little bit, sorry for the trouble."

Izana apologized with a polite smile on her face, in which the other was not smiling. However, Orther expected as much while Haruna want to punch his face because he don't even need to welcome him. "Izana, Haruna. There are somethings we've need to discuss in private," Orther told them both, it made Izana gulped in anxiety and Haruna was about to ask. 'Holy sweet baskets...' she thought.

At the Grand Conference Room...

Izana and Haruna were walking the halls with Orther before they arrived at the conference room, the conference room itself was immense, it was well lit and not excessively furnished, there were no windows, only the walls on either side, and an empty center surrounded by six to eight chairs. It has a long, central table, occupied primarily by piles of documents and technological accessories. At the entrance side of the room was a large screen, equipped with a projector and sound system. "Your father will be here in a few hours, I need to show you something," Orther muttered, before he stood up and walked to the computer on his left.

Izana looked nervous, was it a lie to cover her deceit? Or she might have screwed something because of her impatience? Damn, she will take the blame if her father got hurt, just because she made the worst choice at the wrong time. Even Haruna was feeling so tense from those words and before Orther's hand extended his fingers to press the play button, the doors opened.

Maha enters, while carrying a folder of information on his back. Izana noticed the slight changes of her father's mood and walks over to them, a solemn look painted her features. "Did something happen, or are you stressed?" she asked. "Not really, everything is perfectly fine," he shrugged, before he raised his eyebrows when he saw the computer's camera is activated and he tilted his head. His eyes narrowed, before he growled at Orther. "What the fuck? You're recording us?!" he snapped at him and Orther smiled grimly.

"Those Elite Commanders find out what I'm doing, I'm pissed. So please... calm down," he said, before he explained. "One of them is Han Byeol, he entered my lab without my permission and I almost can't find my valuable files that needed to go outside this ship... I know what they're gonna do to me."

Maha then turned his head and sighed in disbelief, those damn pieces of shits! He pressed the pause button, before he spoke to his partner-in-crime. "Orther, why would I tell all of your plans? I'm too busy with my own plan, that I forgot what plan do you have," he answered, as Orther opened his eyes FOR THE FIRST TIME and staring directly at him. "Please help me get rid of him, or else... this would be a very awkward meeting."

Maha then snorted, smirking as his eyes turned as red as blood. "With pleasure," he walked over to the black computer and the screen was playing on a security footage when Orther was working on his research with his loyal soldiers beside him, even writing few codes in the dark rooms that filled up with many light lamps in the areas. Orther rubbed his chin as he smirked, this part of footage will reveal the face of certain man who entered his lab uninvited.

Izana was recording the whole time through her PDA that shows a hologram of their screen, recording the video and getting ready to record whatever happens in the room that she has no idea why Orther is not feeling nervous. She tried to search the motive of why he did this, until one of the data shows on the screen and she nodded. Haruna remained silent, as long his friend is here--they will be escaping after this reunion takes place.

The data was gone before they see what actually that mysterious shadow was hiding his identity, Orther snorted and opened up another datalog to access the important files that taken by the suspected intruder. "Orther, can I borrow your flash disk? I forgot to bring mine at home, I need it for further analysis," Izana requested, since she's the information gatherer or spy in the future. Orther nodded as he smirked and took out the small flash disk from the rack and gave her an access code as the digital interface presents from a holographic surface that she can touch to let the password decode the files. Now that both of them are distracted, Izana quietly slipped a flash drive inside Orther's computer behind them.

"Sorry to put you down, but I have to get the name of this intruder. I would hate to lose a valuable researcher, like you," Orther muttered, Maha nodded as the recording played once more. Haruna wanted to snicker quietly because the way Izana sneak a USB drive on his computer was a magnificent demonstration, but he quickly shut his mouth. Fortunately, Orther just assumed that he need to make sure they're not seeing the other datalog that he just acquired this day.

'Calm down Haruna, or they will alert the surveillance.'

He thought, but Izana also somewhat making a hilarious-embarrassed expression to show how many USB drives she keeps from her crop jacket when someone already has the idea, but this was shocking because it was there--with the exact size and the color; it's like bringing your stuff without being too obvious and that's cool. She grinned as she grabbed a cup of coffee from their desk and sip the warm beverage, but there was a strong sugar with a hint of slight burnt in the taste; making her face scrunch in distaste and accidentally spurted on their uniforms... leaving a yellow coffee stain with caramel cream on it.

Maha hissed as his daughter Izana was spurting the coffee from drinking it, leaving a stains on their uniforms. Orther sighed with a smile and eyes closed, adjusting his spectacles. "It's fine, Maha. We still have a spare uniform, unless they want to change now..." he assured him, only to earn a death stare and that smirk of his with a voice that seems hypnotizing. "I don't mind... so, Orther. I'm going to let you walk in the end of the bridge..." his voice darkening--meaning he shouldn't mess with him despite it is unlikely, since Maha is more violent than he looks. "If you killed him with your own two hands."

Haruna's savageness slowly coming back as his old self fully return when he chuckled. 'He almost forgot how savage this guy can be, Maha doesn't waste his time for his family,' he grinned at himself and looked at Izana, who glared at him before Orther grinned back and nodded. 'We better find the Elite Commander named Han Byeol, thanks to you. Good thinking!' Izana giggled and both of them tip-toed themselves, leaving the door and shutting it.

Han Byeol or Han; the twenty-six years old South Korean executive who happens to be the Elite Commander of Scarlet Armband Army, he was yawning after he finished the job from Orther's lab. He has a purplish-black short hair with long disheveled bangs fell over his emerald eyes and cheeks, he has pale complexion and wears a chained spectacles. His attire consists of standard SAA uniform consists of white and red coat over his black turtleneck, he wears a black belt with a red sign and black trousers with military boots and scarlet red scarf with a black serpent's tail on it, attached around his coat's collar. His weapon of choice, a blade of his sword: Glittering Moonlight and has a pure water-type powers.

Han is very cunning, intelligent, stoic and sarcastic type of personality. Amongst the executives, he's far the worst one of them all in this world. His goal is to find the secret of the universe from his Master, but in order to do so... he infiltrates the lab to retrieve an important files of their plans as an intruder that stolen the files from Orther's lab that the older general didn't suspect at first. He was surprised he managed to do this with success, and Orther is known for his paranoia against intruders.

There was a strange glitch as it made a loud clanging sound, causing him to stop on his track... before he yelped to see Izana suddenly appearing in front of him. Then, she speaks in Korean (after Juha taught her during his free time in case she needs something) in front of him.

"(Well well well, what do we got here? So I've heard you're the one who tried to take my father's plan and infiltrate their lab...)"

Han smirked, he observed her appearance and didn't feel intimidated by her act. "(You figured it out, huh? Nice catch. So, Izana Amane. Why don't we leave this place peacefully?)" he stated, a cruel smile tugging on his lips before they were circling each other slowly. Izana had to distract him so Haruna can find a way to go out and distract the others. "(I have my own mission to do, General. Now, can you let us go in peace?)"

"(Hm, good try. You should use that innocent face to the future members, perhaps they're falling for that facade of yours.)"

Izana held her sword, determined to beat him and get him captured but he pulled out his gun and shot her--making her avoid his shot in fast reflexes. What the fuck, he growled and dodged her before they proceed to their next battle. Her eyes narrowed as he manipulated sands, screw this, let's make him bleed. They began their fight, Han's reflexes is very fast. Izana has to perform swift movement so she can restrain him without alerting the others... but, what Han didn't expect is she fought him back. Izana used her Water Raksha ability is creating a massive water bubble and forming it on his head, suffocating him until he had no choice but to punch himself unconscious. She managed to take down a general? Holy shit... she still stand right after that, her body didn't reject the adrenaline and this makes she has more potential energy inside of her body.

Seriously, Han Byeol is one of the powerful generals of SAA, but with her power--she has her own battle experience but lack of abilities for a single session. Not only that, there's two more people can try to take on her, and that's Ruan Lang who was a female Chinese executive and Elite Commander just like him. She stood there with her eyes widened, before she scowled at her.

Ruan has a long brownish-black hair with turquoise streaks that tied loosely into messy ponytail, her long bangs fall over the left side of her face while a few locks framed her beautiful, somewhat light tan features. She has a sapphire eyes, she wears a military coat over her red and white turtle-necked suit with matching necktie and similar white and red skirt with thin black tights with brown boots. She wears similar gloves as her two companions and a pair of long black ear-cuffs. "So, you're the intruder after all," she announced.

Crap, she was known as 'Deathly Flower' because of her very proficient battle with swift technique and her powerful weapons that combined with her dagger which has the ability to manipulate the ashes into flower. It made the situation worsen when she and Izana faced each other, preparing their abilities and Haruna realized that--Izana has more trouble in dealing with one of them; so he decided to assist her. Haruna has transformed into his Celestial Raksha form, so does Izana transformed into her Water Raksha form.

"Byeol, assist me!"

Han coughed up blood as he stood up, wiping his blood and hold his injured arm before he pressed his weapon. "No can do, Ruan-ssi. You're on your own, please take care of her for me... this is much more important than your childish squabbles," he said coldly, it seems like both of them doesn't get along--until his eyes widened when he received a powerful fist from Haruna. He stared at his orange colored eyes that glares at him while holding his collar, now let's have a short conversation... "W-W-What..?!" he stammered, while Ruan went back to focus on Izana as she glared daggers at her.

Izana spun her polearm as she slammed the tip of the blade to the ground, creating a huge tidal wave with a massive size as Ruan can feel the pressure of her waves. She didn't have time to doubt it, since Ruan ducked to avoid the watery attack and summoned her dagger with ashes are circling the floor like a tornado. Izana huffed, before she use her Brahmastra as a leverage and jumps from there, her eyes narrowed before she was cut off by Ruan's slash. No way...!

A cut formed on her arm that makes her bleed, but it makes Izana growled as she began to bend the waters with her polearm. Not even touching the walls as water was so thick, and it began to soak the metallic surface as she made quick step to dash. Izana then was surprised when a large pile of ashes was about to smash her body, however it made her grit her teeth and jumped out and Ruan watched Izana landed and she was about to attack the ashes towards her--until Izana froze her and herself inside the iceberg.

There was a midst silence that both of them were motionless inside the iceberg, Izana blinked before she breathed with her nose so she can swim freely and swimming towards unmoving Ruan and snatch a handcuff from her belt. As the iceberg melted instantly, Haruna severely knocking out Han to the wall, sighing in relief as his confidence began to rise.

Izana snapped her eyes to her allies when the General ran his thumb from his lips, giggling. "My, you're much more interesting than my expectation. Perhaps you deserve the title as my replacement, all this time..." Han spoke, looking up at her who transformed back into her human form so does Haruna. "Well then... Haruna Sinuraya, your confidence has returned after a long time. This is what we're looking for, becoming part of us."

"Not gonna happen, of course."

Haruna said with a grin, before he nodded at Izana and escaped their grasps.

"Hey! Both of you!"

Juha called them, standing in front of them as he has arrived in SAA uniform during the espionage--it appears like the executives of Nirvana Organization also infiltrated the main aircraft. He ran his fingers through his snow-white messy locks of his short hair with long bangs, his crystal blue eyes glazed with stoic but worry over them. "Juha, you're here too?" Haruna asked, fixing his cape as he and Izana stood in front of him. "Yeah, we found a way to get here and we're here to get your asses back to us. Well, turns out they caught us red-handed and we have to make our own 'exit'."

Great, double trouble.

Haruna rolled his eyes, he was going to beat their asses but turns out it might be harder to do. Masaki was here as well, in his SAA uniform after he shot down the soldiers with his bow. "Come on, we gotta defeat these Elite Commanders--or Generals something like that," he stated, adjusting the bow which is his Brahmastra on his hand. "How many Generals are they? Also, where's Damian?" Izana asked, noticing that he's not here.

"There's three generals beside these shits, Damian... Damian went after a target who he didn't tell me the code name."

He shrugged, but Haruna still recall that information until he turned his back. Then, he look back at them. "We have to defeat them, but how about Maha and Orther?" he asked, before Juha sighed as he answered. "Not yet, we're not ready for that. Karuna ordered that he wants us to defeat these Generals first, these are the Lower Generals--let's leave the Upper Generals to Sanju's team--how's that?" Masaki agreed, he has been observing his surroundings on his PDA.

Wait, there are Upper and Lower Generals? This is new, looks like things are getting even more complicated than before--he thought.

The mission continues, but can they handle this without getting killed? Let's find out...

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