Chapter 33

Golden Dawn took residence in the city without the knowledge of the locals and waited for anything to happen.

"Was the future really worth changing?" Naruto asked as he sat atop the tallest building inside the city

"We thought it was worth it. Too many loses and if we can change it then it's the right choice to change it." Impulse stopped his gaming and put away his phone

"Is it? What if the risks involved ended up being greater than what you expected? Do you regret it now?"

"Thanks for worrying about me but I am completely cool with it. I believe it was the right choice."

"That's good but I wonder how our future will end up now. Will it be what I wanted or something random?"

"Why the questions about the future?"

"I don't I just felt like it since we are changing things."

"It's better to just live in the present and plan the future. Don't let possibility of failure stop you from imagining the future you want."

"Heh, I know that but everyone's mind ends up wandering some time and I am not exception."

"Guess so, can't deny it."

'Since you are so bored with meditation now, why don't you come here?" Kara called out to him as she was watching a comedy movie

Kara liked comedy and drama. Whenever they got together they would watch something funny and she liked the Simpsons a lot along with the daily life of high school boys.

On the other hand, Raven liked romance and thriller. She liked the Disney movies and listen to love songs while Kara preferred songs that pumped you up.

Looking back, Kara was sitting on the sofa with Raven watching The Interview.

"Hey, I was planning to watch that." Impulse called out as he noticed that his gaming had caused him to miss the movie

"You can watch it later or you can come watch from this part."

Naruto stood up and joined them since he was having negative thoughts by meditating.

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Night came just like that but finally their patience was rewarded as the team found a clue. Surrounding the team of vampires, Naruto was confused because he had expected monsters.

Before asking questions, the team easily took them down and chained their limbs with magical energy.

"Now who are these people and why are the kidnapping?" Naruto questioned as he looked at the others

"Vampires, they are vampires and they feed on blood."

"There are beings like that?" Naruto had never heard about Vampires but when he looked at them they didn't appear in his senses

They were invisible to his life sense.

"Yes, there are many others. You can check out the book on the different magical species to get a better idea but for now let me check where we need to go." Raven replied as her soul touched the soul of the vampires to get the memories needed

"Anything?" Kara asked

"They have spread across the continents…and they are very careful in how they are dealing with things. This team doesn't know much at all.

They only deliver the items at a certain place and leave. The problem is that they are not just using humans as food but also making them their own.

There population is getting bigger every day." Raven answered taking a deep breath

This time they were facing a smart enemy that used his powers with caution.

The team was horrified by the information as it meant their enemy was growing and death was spreading at a large rate.

"Raven sorry" Naruto muttered and before she could understand what he meant, Naruto had connected his senses to nature

"Stop" Kara reacted to his actions by slapping him, sending him crashing into the sand

"What were you thinking of doing? Your mind isn't ready for this technique. You almost died last time. Calm down and spread your sense in a normal manner to look over the life force of the people." Raven held his shoulder and shook him

He had acted without thinking because of his fear caused by the loss of lives.

Naruto couldn't believe he forgot about the small step and tried to leap.

'You let easy victories get to your head.'

Naruto nodded and got up as he extended his senses over the whole country.

The life force of every being shined brightly in his mind.

He flew using the wind and the team followed as Naruto checked every place where life force was flickering.

Morning came up and the group had found many targets, even a base of these vampires in Niger but they also didn't know much except that this operation would cover the world and that their master was called Crucifier.

The vampires were previously human and they were living their normal lives except getting blood delivered to them from the base.

They had infiltrated all levels of society.

They were completely loyal to their master and followed his rules so there was no in fighting or wild attacks.

If you didn't count their predatory desires against humans, Naruto couldn't see a problem with them.

But the millions of deaths weighed on his soul.

He had never thought he would hear such a large number and death together.

"It's not your fault. Don't make it your fault or you will let despair win." Raven held his hand as she saw his lost look

He was always so powerful and bright but this night had been terrible for him.

Naruto wasn't the only one feeling the pressure as even Impulse could see it. This wasn't how it was supposed to go.

"Thanks, I will be fine after some time. Impulse, relax."

"I am good dude, no need to remind me."

Anyone could see the edge in his tone as he was definitely not feeling okay.

"We will inform the league and have them watch out for Crucifier, and the other vampires while we try to find him."

"He should have already noticed us by now." Raven commented as she tried to think of a way to alleviate this problem

It wasn't looking good.

"What are we going to do about these people? They were humans turned into vampires." Kara asked as she looked at the many vampires in the base, unconscious through their efforts

Naruto looked at the situation and his team. Sighing, he brushed his hair but realized that he was wearing a helmet that annoyed him now.

'Control Naruto, control. Don't let the things happening affect your mind.' Naruto thought as a way to focus

"We will go back and discuss with the League. This problem is too big for us to handle without a proper discussion." Naruto decided and the team agreed as they couldn't find a way to handle this at the moment

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While Naruto's team handled the vampires in Niger, Crucifier noticed that his servants had been taken out.

They were connected to him so when he wanted to check, he could always see where they were and he found his servants in a different place.

Getting information from his other servants, he found that Golden Dawn had been visiting and most likely they were the one's responsible for messing with him.

"Hmm, seems like they have a way to find us in a specific situation. I was avoiding them but they obviously want to have a piece of me." Crucifier thought as he finished the dinner with the businessman in Beijing and looked through the window of the hotel

The light was truly their enemy and he could feel absolute weakness as the sun light touched his body.

But the pain of the body was nothing compared to the pain of the heart.

This would go away the moment he closes the curtains but that pain would always stay with him until the answers were find or would they only increase it.

Focusing on the matter at hand, he realized that Golden Dawn's two members were the actual problem.

Dreamer and Raven

The same way the JL had Dr. Fate and Zatanna.

These four individuals were troublesome and needed to be handled. Fortunately, Klarion was messing with Fate, leaving him with these three troublesome foes.

'They found the warehouse where humans were getting milked so a death or life sensor. Looking at these two both answers could be true.' Crucifier thought as he closed the curtains and walked around the large room looking for an answer to this dilemma

They needed to feed but feeding would mean that the enemies could find them soon.

'I might need to find a magician to work with before this problem reaches the center.' Crucifier decided and thought about the people that could be used as allies according to Klarion and his own deductions in the two weeks of his arrival

'Enchantress could help me hide from these two senses but the problem is her powers. She is too strong to control and very much insane. Is there a way to handle her?' Crucifier commanded his pack to stop hunting for the week and survive on what they have already eaten

One week wasn't enough to kill them but they will have to suffer hunger pangs and weakness that could gnaw at their mind.

"Gentleman, we got a task to achieve earlier than planned." Crucifier smiled as he looked back at the Ten people standing orderly waiting for his commands

They were China's Great Ten that he had taken down one by one last night. He had been operating at a fast track because of his lack of powers so there was no time to sit back and let his weak servants make a mess.

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