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Jiaheng practiced her wushu as she was in the garden of the warrior monk's monastery of Surabaya, she was relaxing her mind as she also has a disciples to teach--since the Novices needed more guidance and have to keep their lifestyle to practice and keep training for better cultivation. From one of her martial arts, she unsheathed her slender spear with her small scroll between her fingers as she spins around. As she readied her stance, she can sense something coming closer to the garden. Jiaheng paused when she watched her beloved male python snake named Lanbo slithered towards her, before she kneel down in front of her pet and greeted her in a gentle manner when she sensed someone familiar is watching her on the second floor.
"Ah, Riyanda Tjahyana--was it?"
She smiled while she watched the high school student in amusement with her pet, the President of the Student Council smiled awkwardly when he arrived here after visiting the monastery for a private and brief conference between him and the warriors about the mysterious cultists who had robbed the sacred temple of its artifacts. "I, uhh... never expect this garden is calm and serene, also... beautiful. Is there any way to sit here?" Ren asked. Jiaheng was surprised by his respectful nature, but she didn't hide the smile as she looked away. "With a permission, yes. Have a seat, I'll prepare my novices to serve some tea and snacks for you," the female Arhat informed, before Lanbo hisses and crawled on his shoulders.
Ren didn't mind with it since the reptile is a pet of a monk, and as long he didn't try to commit any crime or vile behavior--he let the snake curled up to his shoulders. She left him sitting on the chair and meditate before a few novices serve him tea and snacks on the table. Ren thanked to the novice monks who served him snacks, since he's still quite a way as a Vidyadhara. "Is this big guy harmless...?" he asked, hoping that the python didn't 'lock' his head, break his limbs or ate him entirely...
The snake nuzzle his neck, he pet it on his head gently which it received a nod in return. The others monks in casual wear are the former disciples who are retired from their jobs as warrior monks that took care of the monasteries and they also teach the novice acolytes every day. Ren leaned on the chair in peace until he sensed Jiaheng stood up and give an advice to one of her students with a smile, sometimes she's kinda strict and protective in a motherly kind of way if the situation was dangerous and her love and care for them are usually shown behind her normal look. He sensed Lanbo is falling asleep from his scratches, until the Arhat heard a chirping noise outside the garden, when she see the intruder flew away after sensing danger from Jiaheng's killing intent--Yifan took notice that his female fellow acolyte is angry about something.
"Relax, Jiaheng... here's your favorite porcelain teapot."
He said with a cheery look on his face while Jiaheng snorted, allowing Yifan to deliver the goods without messing her meditation session with the novices and her trusted warriors or her allies. "Y-Your pet companion..." Ren muttered, feeling the python's body warm and cozy, almost as if he was sleeping. "Alright, Lanbo... don't make rules on your own--go back to your hibernation in your little den."
Jiaheng ordered as the snake-reptile friend on Ren's shoulder hissed in displeasure, it slithered back to Jiaheng's shoulder after parting its ways with Ren. Until, Hakuren just came and bowed at the acolyte--until her fascination with the python made her took a liking on Lanbo, petting the reptile. "Don't worry, he already ate 16 dead poultries so he won't feel hungry."
"Huh? 16 dead what?! What kind of snake ate 16 poultries, alive? How large he is?"
"Exactly his size--but once he's hungry, nothing can stop this little buddy to eat small animals."
Lanbo merely nuzzles her face, Ren was a little curious about the python because not everyone would dare to touch or hold wild animals, since many dangerous snakes in their world lives in the wild and is considered a terrifying monster they called a beast in real life. Also, it is a surprise that warrior monks adopting exotic animals for pets--most of their animals are like binturongs (which happen to be Yifan's favorite) or tigers like these warriors in ancient past.
Flashback after the Phantom Eruption...
Demian survived as he goes with his family and Jillian as the witch brought him with the other people from the ruined island, it seems as though they reunited (technically, since Konami's older brother Kazuya is here too). Konami was relieved to see them again, even though deep down she reluctantly having a flashback when Hakusan and Shūhei are alive--she frowned as she really missed the old days before there was a conflict before their deaths. But, she grow to accept the mistakes and faults that each people has--they weren't mature back then and now they had to prevent themselves from making another mistakes.
"Woohoo! We meet again!"
Rex greeted his best friend Kazuya, he was horrified to see Rex again as he saw how much he hasn't changed from before--from his youthful face, he has a longish ginger-red hair and wrapped up with a black and green-stripped bandana. He has amber-shaped slightly downward-slanted eyes, he has fair complexion and wears a black eyepatch over his left eye and what lies underneath is unknown. Wearing a black uniform with white borders with red scarf, tight black slacks tucked into thigh high brown boots. The large hammer he occasionally carries was sealed in a black stick, around his right thigh. "No thanks... you're too childish," Kazuya muttered, why is he his friend... why again?
"Do you have a death wish?"
End of Flashback...
There has been cases of murder with the victims brutally wounded, with their hearts taken away. Demian seems to be concerned about this whole case going on and they really need to find out, he was in the church talking with the priests, church staff, sacristan and the nuns about this case. The threat ended up becoming a bigger problem for the city, that the suspected witch will bring chaos to the town.
There was a tall and handsome fellow with muscular-slim built and the blonde hair that appears quite long but short and slightly spikes out--he just came out from the taxi after his long travels from 'another world', his bangs are slicked back with thin bangs framing his forehead and above his eyes, his eyes were glowing in emerald color. The man appears to be around their ages but slightly older, he wears a dark blue ankle-length leather trench coat with two belts around his waist and black boots, white shirt underneath and black choker with white diamond teardrops that fasten the hold. The man is a bishop when he had the silver cross necklace around his neck, he entered inside the church.
Demian took a notice of the foreign bishop with his two suitcases, smiling at him when he came here for the first time. “Excuse me, are you a new bishop appointed to reside here?” the twenty-seven years old bishop stared at him before he nodded, before he introduced himself. “Father Luka Clark, I was sent by God and Vatican to serve the church at his service,” he introduced himself when he’s placing his suitcases inside his room, before things get serious.
Luka was wearing his bishop attire once he served in here; consists of dark blue cassock with white trimming on the collar, under a long white outer cassock that hides his arms a bit slightly. The cassock is held together with loose belt and large, silver, rectangular brooch emblazoned with the carvings of a cross. As he also wears a plain, white mitre with a cross in the centre. “Thank you for coming here, we have some unfortunate news recently, there has been cases of murder in this town and the local suspect was the witch from foreign lands… we’re afraid that this might risk into chaos soon.”
Demian said with a frown and smile--it made Luka started to get interested and joins the conversation, resting his hand on his hip nodding in understood. “I see, if God send me here for this reason, then I’m willing to help,” he said with determined expression then he looked at Demian. “What can I do for you? Do you already have a plan to do something to stop this wickedness of her?”
Demian nodded when he folded his arms, somehow he was quite determined to do this. “Please investigate the town thoroughly and for witnesses, I’m sure they’ll be in handy; I’m planning to evacuate the people and children to school and hospital, and we’re gathering the defenders of this town,” he nodded at him. “As you wish, I’ll do everything what I can do here.”
Rex was walking down the streets of the town, yawning while heading to the police department for another work. “What time is it again…?” he was about to check his watch from his wrist, until he saw the morning clouds surrounded with dark clouds and he didn’t expect this to happen. “I hope they're safe, and…” he noticed the graveyard from across him has thick smoke-like haze, he narrowed at the sight of a figure at the graveyard over there. “Hmm…?”
Turns out it was none other than the young woman holding up something on her hand, the haze has ceased and revealed to be a beautiful woman with white dress and flower on her ear. Holding a transparent vial with purple and yellow liquid inside, her amber eyes glanced at him when it turns red. “Wait a minute… you’re that witch those people talking about, Naomi Ishida!” he yelled. Naomi growled at him when he recognized her, making her yelled at him like a feral she was. “You fool, how dare you addressing me like that! I will kill you! Just like what I declared!”
As soon he arrived at the town, he yelled out loud warning the townspeople. “Everyone! Listen! There was a witch all of you talking about! Run for your lives!” he warned. That alone madde everyone in the town screamed and running all the way in the town with the panic, he even running like a maniac and bumped into none other than Kazuya. “Kazuya, there you are!” he rubbed his eyes when he look around the place. “H-Huh? What’s going on?”
Kazuya was tired from all of the work he had, he shake his head and look around that there’s something going on here. “The witch! The witch! It’s what Jilian talking about!” his eyes widened at the realization, that made him look around and he realized it was the time. “What?!” Jilian shouted from the distance and he knew something real bad happened, he didn’t know something’s going on around here and he was getting anticipated. “I’m afraid we got a lot of things to do.”
Meanwhile, Konami was resting on the couch watching television while Hyde was taking a bath, wearing her white and pink-striped sweater with open shoulders and black tank top underneath, dark blue jeans and black tights--added with feet bracelets that was a sealed combat strapped boots. Shiro was playing with Izayoi, Andini and Yayoi upstairs while Eiko is monitoring the house like usual; by means she had to stay with them. “Thank god… the island became a Gemintang City and our residence is back to life after that eruption…” she said--which she sighed in relief when she watched the news, until she heard a door knock and she hummed with a smile. “I wonder who’s that…”
Konami stand up from the couch and walked to the door with her white slippers, she open the door and turns out it revealed to be Demian. Her face contorted with a shock and grimace not only at his presence, the stitches on his neck and wears a gloves. “What do you want?” she asked coldly that she remained the same reaction whenever she met him, folding her arms waiting for his answer. “I want to apologize for what I did to you and your friends... Konami, I didn’t mean to do that… I was selfish back then.”
Konami knitted her eyebrows together, still glaring at him before she sighed at what he said. “That’s what people said after admitting their mistakes… nevermind, what brings you here?” Demian smiled when he handed her the box of brownies, there is no bad intention he had when he came here. “I want to give you a gift of apology, send regards to your friends in here--I have a lot of things to do,” she heard him said with a smile, somehow she can be sympathetic but not lasted much longer. “… alright, thank you.”
Demian left the house and she tilted her head at him, before she went back in and close the door behind her. As she placed the box on the table which filled with brownies, she decided to eat it later from now. “Oh well, time to go back for stand-up comedy!” she said with a smile when she sat down on the couch, laughing at the act the comedian did along the rest of the audience. “HahaI can’t believe it! Why did he…” Konami stopped when she took a notice of the young woman standing across her, in white dress and dark maroon hair. “H-Huh?”
Konami didn’t know why but she felt a shiver running down to her spines, she saw her knitted her eyebrows together with red eyes and growl. She screamed when she fell down on the floor and laying there in shock, one hand rubbing her forehead after she got shocked by her. “G-Ghost…?” she muttered, before Eiko screamed as she ran out from the laundry room. "What the fuck was that?!" she asked, after she just finished washing her clothes.
Hyde heard her scream from outside that made him knitted his eyebrows together, already dressed when he got out from the bathroom and saw her on the floor. “Konami, what’s wrong?” he asked. Konami slowly sat up, pointing out at the view although there's nothing in the house. “G-Ghost… a female ghost right across me…”
Hyde look around as he didn’t see anything around them, before he look down at her with shaking his head. “You probably imagining things, love,” he said. Eiko frowned when Konami sat up and whined at him, she isn’t being dramatic at all. “What do you mean? I literally saw her beside the couch and… disappeared?” she rubbed her eyes when she stand up, now she embarrassed that she couldn’t. “You know what… nevermind, I think I’m overthinking.”
Konami shake her head that she hoped she find that true, since Eiko also saw the same ghost like her. "Hyde, I saw that too," Eiko grumbled, folding her arms before she saw a box on the table. "Oooh, what's in the box?" she asked, opening the box and showed a chocolate brownies. Shiro got down as well with Andini along with the two androids; Izayoi and Yayoi. "I hate ghosts..." Konami growled, standing up and tempted to kick that ghost's ass.
It was nighttime that they came here and it was quite loud inside, they decided to enter inside and take a look around. Kazuya was wandering the town taking a break from his work for a week, he saw Rex came out from the taxi. “He’s here…” Kazuya muttered and decided to approach him from behind, soon he tapped his shoulder while clearing his throat. “Rex, it’s been a while,” he greeted him casually in surprising him. “Woah!”
Rex jumped at his touch and turn around to see Kazuya was here, he grinned when he folded his arms behind his head. “Yo, it’s been a while! How are you doing lately?” Kazuya was slightly tired but he kept his usual persona going, he was the one who holds everything back. “I’m doing fine, nothing so special about it so I’m pretty much fine. And don’t think about setting up a date like that again.”
Kazuya said with a frown, Rex chuckled softly as he look away from him, thinking if he can set up the blind date for him with a surprise with anyone. Bet Kazuya is going to pissed off if he is going to do it, besides he was aware that they’re on the date despite not being in a relationship. “Also, you’ve grown your hair huh…?” he asked him when he noticed his hair bangs grown a little, just by seeing it--he want to touch it.
Kazuya stared at him when he was a bit nervous to touch his hair, afraid that he might yell at him for that. He was actually fine with it, that’s just because he was not in the best mood to begin with. “Feel free to touch it if you want,” he permitted the request for him, closing his eyes in content. “Oh really?”
Rex asked--he was surprised by his permission to touch his hair, he didn’t say anything so he reached out his hand to touch the tip of Kazuya's hair and brushing it with his thumb. It felt smooth and very neat, not very rough at the same time. It was satisfying as he continue to rubbing it. “Your hair looks nice. It seems to suit you.”
He grins at him when he let go of him, he opens his eyes and brush back his bangs backwards with his fingers. Kazuya nodded before he sighed deeply, looking back at him saying. “Thank you, but my day’s not doing really well and… it involved my ex-lover of the past, not the one who passed away,” he muttered at the end, thus ended up being heard by him. “And she’s a witch, getting a bad nightmares about her threatening me, and a lot of stuff going on in Gemintang—and Jillian keep warning me about this latest incidents,” he explained what has been happening in the town. “Ex-lover?? I didn’t know you had lover before since you’re… not having a good relationship with women.”
Rex mumbled a bit, avoid eye-contact with Kohaku and feeling that he would yelled at him for judging him. “You really have a bad relationship with the bad witch—huh?!” Kohaku was gazing darkly when he heard him said that, he can hear what he said because his ears are sensitive. “What did you say?” he said when he towered over him, not hesitating to scare him and even threatening to say that out loud. “I mean, not woman in general! I know you’re nice with all girls and you know your little sister can give you an advice, but your past relationship was in the past right?!”
Kazuya was towering over him when he said that from the start until the end, before he stepped back and made him sighed in relief. “Of course, at first I did want to stay by her side until… I realized she was a cannibal--I did not want to let her find out so I had to cut ties with her without letting her know,” he said when he folded his arms, until he heard him ask. “Do this town has entertainment here? I’m open to suggestions!”
Kazuya began to think for a moment, until an idea popped up in his head and suggested. “By the way; do you want to go to the nightclub in the downtown? I think it would be interesting to go there,” Rex was surprised that there’s nightclub here, he grinned at him with giving a thumbs up. “There was nightclub here? Count me in, and I can’t wait!”
“Alright fine, follow my lead.”
“OK!”
Both of them heading on their way to the nightclub while talking, Rex is his close friend. Kazuya was most likely an introvert to everyone, while Rex is extroverted. “It’s complicated about my relationship, but my intention never be bad—although the latter can be selfish; but that’s all I can tell you—I never told anyone about myself a lot, even my relationship.”
Kazuya added--then he did not want to say anything afterwards, he never tell anything about himself due being a private person. “Oh, I understand. Relationship can be complicated after all.”
Rex shrugged when he mentioned about not telling a lot about himself, he too have a lot of facts that he didn’t tell anyone about—it seems personal t himself. He looked at him and nodded at him, silence came before they got arrived at the nightclub. When they got there, the music grew louder and people were crowding inside from the opened doors there. “So, this is the nightclub.”
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Both of them stood there and they were met with the drunken man suddenly barging through, both stepped aside in opposite directions when he fell on the ground with glass of vodka. “Woah! What’s going on here?!” Rex yelled. Kazuya was speechless at the sudden impression, before gestured him to follow him inside and he obediently followed him. Not to mention there was a bishop entering inside, there they are inside the nightclub.
“Oh my god!”
Rex yelled while squeezing through the crowd, he wasn’t expecting people to get crazy as the music grew louder. They danced really hard by just bouncing up and down in union, going wild when Kazuya was horrified at the sight of them. “This is just insane… they might pass out after this one night…”
Kazuya muttered while looking around the people, his partner stared to him in surprise. “So, that’s what nightclub is about!” he spoke slightly louder to Kazuya, trying to get through the loud music. He had to stay close to him, otherwise he would drown amongst the crowd. “Of course! Do you think people in here are sane?!”
He and Rex turned around when they saw a drunk man suddenly appeared, she immediately punched the man on the jaw. “Another one!” he pointed behind Rex when he saw another drunkard goes to punch his fist towards him, with his quick reaction he ducked down and jumps back. “What the hell?? Why he want to punch me for?!” Rex shouted as he stood next to him, being cautious of his surroundings. “Rex, I think he probably lost into a game in Champagne Party that the DJ held at the casino, in the second floor. That’s from what I got,” Corrine told him before the drunkard lands another fist, Rex immediately kicked the man in the face and he fell on the ground. “Champagne Party?”
Luka manage to pass through the crowds and people had a look of confusion and judging on him, thinking why would there be a bishop inside the nightclub while drifting away from the likes of the indulgence. The man sat down on the chair in front of the bar counter, looking around for the informations about the recent case. “Ara, a handsome foreign bishop in my nightclub? How peculiar.”
The twenty-six years old woman greeted him when she popped up in front of him behind the counter, wearing a black dress underneath white furred jacket, wearing a red bandana scarf around her neck and dark brown laced and furred boots that it was her work attire. Her hair was longer to her back with messy bangs swept to the side in framing her forehead and side bangs fell between her face, a gold rings-like earrings and wears a pair of sunglasses. “Kosaka Hanagami--stage name; Kosaka Hajime, it’s a pleasure to see you in here.”
Kosaka introduced herself him with a smile, clasping her black gloved hands happily stating. “You can address me Kosaka, that’s what most of the customers have called me—any kind of themes and music in my nightclub can be from classic 70’s to 80’s into retro on each different week!” she promoted if he was interested, before she asked him in return. “And how about yours, my liege?”
Luka blinked his eyes once the young woman popped up in front of him, he examined her for a while until she introduced himself. He tipped his head at her before he introduced himself as well. “I see then, it’s pleasure to meet you; Kosaka Hanagami, I’m Luka Clark, I came here just to checking out and see what’s inside the area this nightclub you owned. Also, the recent cases that happens recently in this town was very serious.”
Kosaka laughed with pale face before she goes back to Luka, wiping the glass with the napkin ignoring them dancing. “Don’t mind them, it happens everyday,” the bishop nodded when he stared at the two, one that caught his attention is the man with blonde hair with brown tips. “I see, what do you know about this incident lately?” he asked while folding his arms on the counter, she tilted her head when she heard that question before she remembered.
Kosaka sighed softly when she explained what happened, resting her hand on the counter while looking down a bit. “Lately, I’ve been not able to leave the nightclub and ended up staying here. I noticed an unknown figure from the window of the third floor, the figure was… a woman?” he tilted his head when he was about to ask again to her, until he heard a shout that made him went quiet. “Kazuya! Watch out!”
Kazuya turn around to see the drunken man as he take off his glasses, hitting his fist on his left eye, this pissing him off that he didn’t want to unleash his gunblade because he don’t want to get caught. In lieu he landed another fist to his nose and hit up upwards and knock him to the table, he hissed and held his black eye when Rex got worried of him.
“Kazuya, are you okay?!”
Rex was worried that he got punched in the eye that he did nothing wrong to him, he held up his palm while sitting on the chair next to the counter. “Rex, just get me a damn ice bag already. I’ll be fine, shit...” he growled. Rex nodded when he squeezed through the crowds again, they were tired-less and still dancing through the music. “Man… does these people love happy fun time?” he muttered with a painful smile when he got onto the counter, yelling through the loud music to make it clear. “Excuse me! Do you have ice bag?!" he shouted.
Kosaka heard the man yelling when the bartender was so busy with the other customers, she giggled softly when she knelt down and grabbed the ice bag and toss it towards him. “Here’s free ice bag!”
Luka seems to be fixated with many people here, not knowing he was quite surprised to see a bishop in this place. Rex he smiled at her before thanking her, before he could leave to the other two.
“Thank you!”
Kazuya was still sitting on the chair, waiting for him to come and then there he was--tossing the ice bag onto him and he caught it immediately with his hand. “Thanks, did you see someone suspicious now Rex?” he asked when he was putting the ice bag on his black closed eye, he hissed by the coldness that he compressed but relieved since it can reduce swelling.
Rex scratched behind his head when he was looking around the nightclub, before he glanced back at him with a toothy grin. “Y-Yes! There was a bishop in the bar, don't know why he's here though,” he explained. Kazuya stared at him when his eye easing down a bit and he’s putting down the ice bag, putting on his glasses saying. “A bishop? Interesting, but why would a bishop be here? Also, I know that Kosaka one--she's the owner of this nightclub and Konami told me about her friends getting into deep trouble in her place once. But, what is that bishop doing here?"
Kazuya asked when he tried to search for the bishop, there he was seen with the DJ she was talking about. “There, and there’s the owner of this place,” Rex pointed his thumb behind him, he nodded when he listens to him and he spoke. “Let’s get something to drink, I always wanted to drink tequila…” Rex cracked his knuckles before the crowds getting inside more and more, Kohaku take a deep breath and looking at him. “Let’s do this.”
“… don’t get drowned.”
Kosaka watched them for a moment, she ended up whistle in surprise and glanced at Luka asking her. “What does she looks like?” she folded her arms on the counter, bending down on the counter while facing him. “Dark maroon hair, youthful, fair-skinned and has amber eyes, wearing a white dress,” she whispered not wanting anyone to hear, looking around before she explained. “I’ve saw her before when I was taking a stroll at night, I was alone that time and kept my black rope whip on my side as a defense. And that time, I saw her in the alleyway… with the corpse on her hold and seems… devouring something.”
Luka was determined to know about the woman’s intention in the town, that’s when the next sentence made her pale. “I was terrified that I sensed something different from her, she has a deadly mystic aura emitted from her and similar to a witch… I was frozen in the spot. And I couldn’t take it anymore but to step back, that’s when she has heard me and I quickly ran as soon as possible--I did not dare to attack and flee from the darkest part of the town… the sight of blood make me so sick. I don’t want to mess with a witch…”
Kosaka was getting scared that she covered her face with her hands, shaking her head with a sigh while sweating a little. “I’m afraid that the terror will affect my business of my casino and nightclub, so I have to investigate as well and you?” Luka rubbed his chin after listening to her statement, seems like she was the witness of the recent terror. “I must admit I agree, that’s why I came here for clues and--”
“E-Excuse me! Can I get your business card?!”
Rex asked while panting from escaping the crowd, Kohaku ended up laying on the floor and Corrine kneeling on the floor. “Oh, you’re again, if you want to work together with me, there you go!” she tossed the business card towards the man and he caught it, thanking her before he fainted on the floor. “I’ll inform one of my employees later, and when this over,” she smiled at him with spinning her finger around the glass, before holding the glass and straighten her posture. “You can drink here, only if you like, Father Clark.”
Luka nodded when he stand up since he didn’t order anything, he was about to leave the counter until he sensed something outside the nightclub. “Kosaka, could you come with me for a second?” he stared at her when he asked her, as the nightclub owner in here she smiled at him. “Of course my liege, I’m worried about my nightclub’s well-being and image, even my employees and the customers—I’ll lead you to the back instead to prevent suspicion—your clothing stands out that made people looking at you.”
Stepping over the fainted trio without touching them, she goes to follow him with her black whip on her belt holster. The two get out from the back of the exit, they went to the alleyway and now’s standing beside the entrance door. “Hold on… I think I smell something familiar here…” she whispered while adjusting her sunglasses, her hand rested on the handle of her black rope whiplash. “That’s right, not only that but… we got something new here.”
Luka spoke when the fog began to thickens and this brings alert to them, she whispered through her Bluetooth on her ear; informing the employees making sure the customers aren’t panicked. “My liege, do I hear something like a growl of the zombies there?” she whispered when she saw a dark figure limping on its way, her eyes widened as she recognized this kind of creature—the undead. The appearance was the same as a zombie, it has red eyes and looks like he was brainwashed. “Incoming!”
Kosaka noticed five of them coming and she unleashed her black whiplash, the rope extends with electric forces and thorns; lashing the rope towards five of the undeads and cuts their heads and limbs. “Luka, behind you!” the bishop close his eyes when he summoned a black scythe from his hand through the shadows, before he opens his eyes and swung the scythe into slaying the undead--the scythe has a canines that could opened its mouth to devour one’s soul. “How did these undeads are alive?!” The fog disappeared when they saw the undead on the ground, Kosaka knew she had a lot of work to do today. “I must inform this to the church, we have a lot of work to be done.”
Rex snatched the lemongrass vodka from the table immediately from there, Kazuya knew there’s something bad will happen next. “Rex! You bastard! Get back here!”
“Kazuya! Don’t jump or you will fall!”
Rex grinned when he jumps on the railings and aimed his hook of his watch towards the rooftop, before he goes down and hooked the pointer on the ceilings and landed on the large disco ball. Then he jumps on the hard board above the stage, then he jumps down smoothly behind the DJ was mixing the song on the mixer. “Excuse me, Mister DJ! I have a request for ya!”
The DJ of the nightclub stopped when he heard him called, at first he was surprised so he pulled down the headphone and glance at him. Wearing a glasses, has a green eyes and has a short black messy hair and bangs, even similar skin color and wears his casual attire. The attire consists of black tank-top under his dark blue jacket with dragon patterns and black pants with white boots. Yuzuru kept his black mask on for the sake of his identity not to be revealed publicly, he asked him when he was here with a grin and he didn’t know why he was here. “What the hell? How did you get in here?”
The DJ heard him whispering and handed him a cup of Romantic Love, he smirked under his mask and he received the cup. “Thank you for the glass, in return I’ll do your request for the remix song,” he goes to remix the different music for them, the crowds also joins into waving by the music. “DJ Skyward, techno remix, are you guys ready!” he yelled through the microphone and the crowd screamed in response, excited for the infamous DJ Skyward, he was quite well-known worldwide. “Then dance, everybody!” Widya shouted, so does Onda since they're the employees of the nightclub.
Kosaka and Luka came back inside, noticing the two had just left. “Leaving already? Looks like she need to rest," she commented with a smile, until she realized the song changed and the crowds are dancing so hard--her eyes widened in shock that this is out of expectation and out of the blue. “Oh no… what the fuck is this mess?!”
The next day...
Konami slowly opens her eyes when she was in her bedroom of her house at ten in the night, she stretched her arms but suddenly felt a soreness jolting on her whole body. “O-Ouch… gosh, what happened last night?” she muttered when she rubbed her eyes and sitting up on the bed, seeing Hyde was sleeping beside her made her flustered and yelped in dramatic. “H-Hyde?!” she yelled as she quickly crawling back to the corner of the bed, seeing him waking up and sitting up on the bed.
Hyde didn’t wear his glasses when he slept on the bed, looking at her and he was surprised that she woke up. “You’re sober now?” she blinked for a moment, until she felt her face went pale and wanted to throw up. “I-I need to go to the bathroom, I must...” she stumbled onto the floor but standing up despite the soreness of her limbs, running down the hallway and goes to the bathroom. There she throw up at the lavatory and feeling hangover ran into her head, before she finishes and flushing it and hearing footsteps to see Hyde was here.
Konami couldn’t remember what happened last night and it was faint, but still she can remember some bits from yesterday. “Get me a water, please…” she pleaded when he sighed with shaking his head, smiling when he went to the kitchen. Konami is still sore that she tried to stand up on the floor, the flooding pain jolting all over her whole body and it was extremely painful. “Oh boy, what did I do last night?” she asked when she goes to the couch in front of the tv, climbing up and goes to laid down on the couch. “That’s more like it…”
Hyde came back and handed her a glass of cold water, she accepted the glass and sitting up to drank them. “You were drunk last night, dancing with euphoria unlike those wimps following the waves,” he explained. Konami almost choked by the drink as she heard him, she was embarrassed of what she did and hate it so much. “But it was fun, and I thought you’re going to take off your whole clothes… thank goodness you’re wearing tank-top underneath--”
DUAK!!!
Konami hit the book from the desk she had and shoving it into his face, making him almost knocked out but he remained sane and rubbed his nose. “No need to explain all of them, you should have knock me out from the start,” she told him, with her eyes narrowing sharply like a fox. Eiko snickered when she remembered that, while she finished cleaning the dishes. That’s when they heard something suspicious outside the house, making them shiver at the same time when they let go of each other.
Kazuya and Rex were walking down the streets, patrolling around to make sure Naomi was around or not. Everything was according to the plan Demian and Jillian explained, Kosaka had to close down the nightclub for a while and the group of Jillian's allies gathering in alliance. “I don’t know what does she looks like, but she better not trying to pull something bad… now.”
Naomi suddenly presenting herself before the three of them in the middle of the street, drinking the vial that she carries and was the same one before she toss them to the ground. Kazuya's expression went cold when he meet her again, not surprised that she was here after searching for him. “Naomi, it’s been a while,” Corrine could feel a shiver down her arms and legs when he greeted her, her expression grew disturbingly soft when she meet him again after a long time. “Kazuya…” she tried to reach out her hand for him, but knowing that he will step back she withdraws them immediately. “Woah!”
Rex was surprised to see her and not gonna lie; she was stunning, the woman was beautiful and young but he was reminded that she’s not a human. He heard witches hold their immortality to appear as young woman, so it must be their secret cure to hide their true identity and true age. “My name is Rex, I’m Kazuya's buddy,” he pointed at himself when he made his introduction, grinning at her.
Naomi was shocked that he had friends and one of them is a girl, an envy rose upon her when she look down and soon she look up with a shout. “How could you, having someone close to you other than me!”
He was about to speak as he tried to explain, but soon she disappeared. “What happened to her?” he asked while he's wondering what happened to her, Kazuya sighed when he facepalmed and shaking his head. “I don’t know…”
Ren just got arrived with his friends from the Floating Sanctuary, investigating the Dust Cultists who happens to be in here. "What's going on?" he asked, walking with his six Vidyadhara friends and Rex greeted them with a smile. "Bad news, the witch is here--the cannibal witch I mean! We also saw the Dust Cultists are working together with her like accomplices!" Kazuya warned, causing them to grew alerted. "Shit..."
Naomi was fueled with wrath and envy before she take out a vial filled with the potion she made, before the cultists chanted a mantra to revive the dead back to life. After a while, they sensed a low rumbling under their feet and Rex look over with his eye widen to see a gigantic, monstrous tree in the distance. Naomi manifested into a gigantic and monstrous tree, all of them are equally shocked by the sight of the one red eye and the large mouth with canines. The branches are acting as a moving roots and flower on them, the large leaves are attached on the branches like an appendages. “Oh shit… we did really piss her off…” he cursed as he clicked his tongue, scowling at the sight of the tree and they were surprised by the sight of the Dust Cultists. “You know what, I don’t care--let’s kill that big ass tree over there.”
Kazuya summoned his gunblade on his hand and saw the others approaching, turns out they’re volunteered to help defeating Naomi and her henchmen; the rising undead from their graves. “Alright folks, what is going on here?”
Kosaka asked when she was holding her black rope whiplash, her sunglasses shimmered by the sight of the moon in the sky. Wearing a main attire consists of black tank-top under hear black leather coat, with the same scarf around her neck and black pants tucked into her dark brown boots--also wearing a pair of black gloves. “There’s so many zombies here! And... I heard there was a potion that has fragrance to control the undead?”
Rex asked Jilian who has came to join them, she nodded. “That’s right, we have to take care of the undead first and find the potion and it’s in the graveyard. We leave the rest here to you, and we’re going to the graveyard immediately as soon as possible—Kazuya, what do you know about the potion?”
Kazuya nodded when he stared at him, holding his gunblade with ice element and tendency to freeze its everything. “The potion must be destroyed in any ways; one that commands the dead; taking the form of the perfume bottle with the thick aromatic fragrance. I know this because I studied about the potion, sure thing it’s dangerous—don’t inhale it or else you’ll meet your end,” he was saying this because he hates any kinds of flower, after explaining all of the details for them. “Correction, the potion doesn’t kill… but it can demobilize you.”
Luka got to see the tree right before their eyes while wearing his main attire, his expression was grim but determined from his eyes. Konami, Eiko, Shiro, and Hyde arrived at the scene in the distance, they are wide-eyed at the sight of the tree. “Alright, anyone can explain what should we do in here?” Ren asked, Kazuya explained what happened in here, all details added and both of them were shocked. “That’s what happened?!”
“Yeah… Jilian is very territorial, and this witch choose the territory; the graveyard.”
“Let’s get them!”
Kazuya commanded as he was leading the defenders of the town before he charged with cutting off the branches into cuts, Rex was anticipating for this when he take out his black stick and manifested into a large hammer.
“I won’t let all of you defeat me! Now die!”
The gigantic tree screeched with the inhumane sounds, almost like an animal itself and more worse; Phantom Beast. Booming through the whole town and could be heard by Demian, who was taking care of the citizens in there. “You won’t stop me… I will make the town into bloodbath! I will live and never dies!” the eye landed on the bishop from the distance, the tree was standing with its back facing the forest. The tree launched a miasma and the roots towards the town, even the branches and poisonous flowers. “Oh… a bishop? Looks like you’re on the next dead list, I will kill you and everyone!”
Luka had heard the gigantic tree mentioned him and made a command, he did not flinch when he look up at him. “I will not let that happen…” he held out his hand to the side, the black aura starts to form around his hand saying. “Death, I summoned you…” the dark tall scythe has appeared in his hand, it doesn’t look like a regular scythe; it appears to be a mystical and sinister scythe. He then launch towards the dead army that was about to attack the town.
Luka starts to swing the scythe across their limbs, severing their body parts without remorse. “I got you!” he heard a voice from above him, looking up to see familiar figure and he was surprised.
Kosaka came and slashing the zombies with her whiplash on her hand, Luka nodded before he summoned the crawling black claws from the scythe, devouring the roots and branches and restrained them from attacking. “Here I go!” she goes to make several series of slashes, causing them to fall and the undead still rises. “Oh my God, there’s so many of them here!” Izumo yelled as Konami and Hyde cursed while heading forward, fighting along with Shiro, Eiko, Izayoi, Andini and Yayoi. Jilian and the group was at the graveyard, trying to reach for the portion. Yifan hummed, revealing the golden-colored flintlock and shot the bullet that can burn the zombies from within. Jiaheng agreed, before she used her martial arts to kick their heads off their bodies.
“I don’t know how many of these cultists, but we better leave the rest to them.”
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