Location: a house on the northern outskirts of Kim Sungta.

Day: 10th of June 5027

~we are back ~

Ken Says as he enters the house with Daxia.

_welcome come back_

Saiko answers from inside of the rooms of the house.

Ken places the bag of groceries on a table then the two bounty hunters walk to Saiko’s room.

When they enter, they see Saiko wearing sweatpants and a shirt, hanging from a black bar she made with Argus, and doing pull ups.

Anger immediately begins to rise inside Ken.

~what the hell are you doing out of bed you idiot? ~

_ I am fine _

Saiko then pulls herself above the bar switching to a handstand on the bar, then she lets go of the bar with her right hand letting her left hand support her entire weight.

_see? I am fully healed now and I am starting to get rusty from all the rest _

~I Don’t care. You need to rest ~

_ I don’t though. I am good now _

The angry bounty hunter turns to his colleague for support.

~ Daxia help take her to bed ~

- acutely I think I have to take Saiko’s side this time. I was with you the first 50 times this happened but at this point, I think your worry is getting a bit ridiculous-

Ken’s eyes grow wide and he shouts.

~ did you not see her get struck by lightning four times, four freaking times ~

- I did-

~then how can you take her side on this? ~

Daxia crosses her arms and looks at Ken.

-look I took your side the other 30 times we had this conversation but as I said this is getting ridiculous –

~ Rin, support me on this ~

-nah mate, I have to take their side this time. –

Ken looks surprised.

~ you too? ~

-Honestly, you are going overboard with this. I mean she is not back at a 100% but she is as healed as she is ever going to get without going to a hospital and getting her damaged tissue replaced and it’s obvious why that’s not an option for us, so at this point the excessive rest is doing more harm than good-

Saiko jumps down from the bar, then the black bar and its supporting beams turn into slime and recede back inside Saiko’s body.

She looks at Ken with puppy eyes.

_ pleeeeeeeeeeaaase, I have been stuck in this house for five months. I am starting to forget what the sun looks like. _

Ken sighs.

~haaaa, fine but I am not happy about this ~

_yes _

Saiko pumps her fists out of excitement.

_let’s get out already I want to see the outside world again _

~if you want to go outside you are going to need this ~

Ken takes out a white mask and tosses it to Saiko.

She puts on the mask and it keeps her general appearance but it hides her animalistic features making her look like a human.

_ eh, I guess I do need to hide the fact that I am a Therian here. _

Saiko pauses for a moment then looks at Ken and asks.

_ hey can’t I use this to hide my scars? _

Ken nods at her question then smiles.

~ you can but I made the mask leave them because I thought they looked cool on you~

The silver cat blushes slightly at Ken’s comment and lightly punches his shoulder.

Daxia smiles at their antics then asks.

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-then what’s our next move –

_ obviously we need to look for the other kidnapped children _

The silver cat responds with excitement.

-and how do we intend to do that ?–

_ Well first we find them, then we save them_

Ken blinks repeatedly at Saiko’s answer.

~what? That’s it? That’s not a plan ~

Saiko chuckles then pokes Ken’s chest.

_ You are correct. I don’t have a plan but that’s fine because you do _

~ what? Psh, I don’t have a plan. What makes you think I do ~

Ken crosses his arms and looks to the side trying to dismiss the accusation.

The silver cat smiles with amusement and places one hand on her hip.

_ Of course, you do. Not only do you have a plan for how to find and save the children, but also, I am sure you have a plan for if we wanted to stay on the run, if we wanted to take over Kim sungtae, and maybe even one for if we wanted to overthrow the world government and probably many more situations I can’t even begin to think of _

Daxia chuckles then crosses her arms and adds.

- you know what. That does sound like him he probably has plans for all that and more –

Rin then adds through the aether channel.

-can confirm, based on the amount of information he asked me to find out over the past five months he definitely has a ton of plans he is hiding –

Ken instinctively backs away from the united triple attack he is receiving.

~ since when did the three of you become a team? ~

Saiko’s smile grows wider for having won this little confrontation.

_so? _

~ fine ~ he slumps his shoulders ~ I do have a few plans and a way to find the children…. Well sort of ~

Saiko raises an eyebrow.

_ What do you mean sort of? _

Ken shrugs.

~ Well I didn’t confirm it since I knew if I brought it up you would immediately want to go find the children before you are fully healed ~

_ Fair enough, what is it ? _

~remember when we entered the labyrinth? The world government lost track of us but Daxia was waiting for us outside and attacked us immediately which makes me think that despite the distance and despite the multiple feet of solid rock between her and us she was able to see us somehow and I am not that special so she was probably not seeing me ~

Ken then turns to look at Daxia for confirmation.

Daxia looks surprised he was able to guess that then she remembers who she is dealing with and smiles.

-well, you are correct in my eyes Saiko glows brighter than the sun for some reason and I can see here clearly from miles away. Honestly, most of the time I have to tune that light out from my sight because it hurts my eyes from how strong it is. -

Ken smiles and then gestures with his hand toward Daxia.

~well there you go. Assuming that light is something that comes out from all living weapons not just Saiko, we can show Daxia aerial footage from a satellite of the different states and she would be able to locate where each of the living weapons are ~

Saiko looks confused and turns to look at Daxia.

_what light? What do you mean I am glowing? _

Daxia shrugs her shoulders.

-even if you ask me what it is, I don’t know. All I know is you glow with a brilliant golden light. -

Naoi who is floating in the room raises his eyebrows at Daxia’s comment and thinks to himself.

‘She can see divinity? Now that’s unexpected’

Daxia places a hand on her chin for a moment to think then raises her hand.

-well acutely if that light equals a living weapon, then I think there is one in Kim Sungtae –

Saiko perks up and looks at Daxia.

_there is one here? Why? Shouldn’t this be the one place that’s separate from the world government _

~that’s to be expected acutely ~

Ken answers.

~that’s the typical weapons race if one side does it then the other side has to do it too especially if the side that did it first is much Stronger and bigger than the other side ~

_haaa _

Saiko sighs then continues.

_ I hate people sometimes. Well, let’s go get that first since it’s the closest to us but first I need to buy new clothes _

Ken raises an eyebrow at her.

~why don’t you have a lot of clothes already? ~

Saiko glances toward the closet where she keeps all the Skimpy clothes that Ken and Daxia bought her during her recovery.

It seemed like the two of them started to think of her as a dress up doll or a model and raced to buy her all sorts of clothes.

The clothes that Ken bought her were dark and edgy, they didn’t have many decorations and were mainly black in color, like what you expect to see from a spy thriller movie or an action movie heroine but these clothes were way too tight and way too revealing.

Daxia, on the other hand, bought her many traditional looking clothes, and they are traditional looking not actually traditional.

they are meant to mimic traditional clothes but with a modern taste, which basically means they were changed to be skimpier and more “ appealing to the eye”.

‘I guess in a way they both picked clothes for me based on what they like to wear’

She chuckles to herself.

_well let’s just say they don’t exactly fit my tastes _

Ken shrugs his shoulders.

~sure, I guess we can go on a little shopping trip first ~

The trio leaves the house and walks to the nearby town.

The town was rather small but despite its small size, it was bustling with life.

It looked like all the people of the town were in the streets celebrating some sort of festival.

They were dancing, drinking, and playing loading music.

Large screens on the sides of buildings displayed various footage of their military mixed in with

The streets were covered with all sorts of decorations and filled with paintings of the different monarchs of Kim sungtae.

_Is there a festival going on today ?_

~ yeah it’s called the immortal monarch festival. The immortal monarch is a mythical figure supposedly from the time of the Cataclysm who fought against the central nation during the formation of the united world. Basically, they are celebrating their independence ~

Ken pauses for a moment then adds.

~ I should add I said mythical because there is no evidence that an immortal monarch existed but they vehemently believe he existed and was their first ruler and see him as a historical figure. Generally speaking, their version of history is the dumbest one there is and it basically contradicts all the historical knowledge we have ~

Saiko looks at Ken confused.

_ is it really that bad? _

~ oh yeah, it is unbelievably stupid you will see ~

The music stops followed by the dancing and singing then all the people turn to look at the screens.

The screens on the sides of the buildings shift to show a golden podium.

an extremely old man with long grey hair and an even longer grey beard wearing royal attire ascends the podium.

All the people watch the old man with anticipation.

_let me guess. that’s their king ?_

Saiko asks and Ken nods.

~yep, King Kim Haneul ~

- citizens of Kim Sungtae –

The old man begins to speak in a low and calm voice and the people listen to his every word with reverence and admiration like it’s the words of a god.

-today we celebrate.

We celebrate three thousand and fifty five years of resistance.

today we celebrate.

We celebrate being the last human nation on earth. -

his voice starts to get louder as passion begins to swell inside him.

A passion and stubbornness that refuses to die despite his age.

A passion that he inherited from his family and that was ingrained in him as it was ingrained in every citizen of his country.

-Today we celebrate.

We celebrate our continued fight and resistance against the vile aliens who invaded our planet more than three thousand years ago-

_ WHAT? _

Saiko turns with shock and looks at Ken for answers.

~ yep, dude thinks elves and Therians are aliens that invaded Earth ~

The voice of the king echoes behind them.

- TODAY WE CELEBRATE -