Chapter 12: Vacation In Resorts
Haruka Gushiken is lounging around in the outdoor pool chaise lounge chair.
The fair-skinned handsome, tall, and muscular man in his early forties is wearing bright red boxer shorts with bright red briefs beneath.
He wore a sunglass over his eyes.
He could sense the ladies wearing bikinis glancing at him.
He smiled at them from time to time, showing off his pearly white teeth.
He watched the bathers in the pristine, blue swimming pool while eating blackberry ice ice-cream.
It's a warm and sunny day.
He made a reservation at the exclusive private hotel and resort, so he can relax for a few days, even while working.
His elite mage bodyguards tagged along as usual.
They are playing frisbee right outside the lobby, with a lot of spectators watching as they played a competitive friendly match against fellow guests.
He appreciated the peace and quiet for a change.
It's been hectic and stressful for him lately, as he struggled to help keep The Renegades intact after their meeting at Nara's mansion went haywire.
He, along with the other five remaining High Leaders of The Renegades, scrambled to do damage control.
They also had to deal with demoralized members, and keep the organization functioning.
To make matters more complicated, the Premier issued a search-to-kill order against the remaining high officials of the organization.
A majority of the high officials who managed to escape from Fujiwara's mansion weren't so lucky a few days later.
The same high officials who escaped got tracked down and shot dead, along with a few underlings, by the double agents working in the Elorian Secret Service.
Only a few high officials were spared.
The Premier's calculated move has thrown the entire organization into more chaos, with an almost empty roster of high officials, who are supposed to relay the orders of the High Leaders and make sure everything is functioning properly.
The Premier lifted the order when it seemed that The Renegades are further weakened.
As a result, the High Leaders had to mass promote those directly under the deceased high officials, and give them the position of their previous higher-ups, as practical training.
Those newly promoted in turn did some recruiting.
Haruka knew that it was only a matter of time before they regain their original strength. They need to lie low for now.
Since he already finished eating the ice cream, he walked toward the diving board of the pool.
He dived towards the pool with a resounding splash.
He swam some laps in the pool. It helped him clear his mind.
He lifted himself up at the side of the pool by pushing downwards on the tiled floor pathway at the side of the pool.
His hot, and well-built muscular body is fully wet upon lifting himself from the pool.
He then went to the chase lounge chair, grabbed his towel, and put on his slippers.
He winked with a perfect smile at the ladies watching him.
He went to his room to take a bath.
Then he finished bathing and putting on his clothes.
"Alexa, turn on the flatscreen smart television, sync my Spotify app on it, and play the pop-punk playlist. Oh, while you're at it, I'll order some room service of burger and fries, along with iced coffee. Just charge it to my bank account."
A few minutes later, a cute and attractive female hotel staff came in.
"Here's your order, sir."
She placed his order on the bedside table and winked at Haruka, then turned to leave.
"Wait."
"Do you need something else, sir?"
"Actually. I just want to tip you. Can I have your online bank account details so I'll just wire them over?"
The cute young girl pulled out her smartphone and gave her online bank account details to Haruka.
"I've already wired over your tip. Check your account."
The girl couldn't believe her eyes at the tip. This hotel guest must be one of those big-timers who are super rich.
"Are you surprised? My name is Haruka, by the way. Can we exchange numbers and social media accounts? I find you cute and attractive."
So, they exchanged numbers and social media accounts.
Then the attractive young girl went out of Haruka's hotel room.
While Haruka ate his order, he remembered the past.
He came from a family of elite summoners.
He lived the life of a typical rich kid.
He has 4 siblings, with two elder sisters and one elder brother, with him being the youngest.
He studied in an international school for the rich overseas, from childhood until he graduated from college.
He is the perfect epitome of a bad genius, since he always consistently topped the class, from primary up to college, with high grades, and high honors.
But he broke school rules all the time and is quite the rebellious, arrogant kid who's also a fuckboy who likes to bed two girls at once outside the campus.
His parents eventually got wind of what he's been doing, but they let him be since they had shenanigans of their own when they were young.
He specialized in dark summoning. More specifically, summoning powerful, ancient, dreaded archfiends of the past.
He also has a history of being a scary juvenile delinquent. He started being a delinquent at the age of thirteen when he had a full understanding of ancient, dark summoning.
Ancient dark summoning requires a lot of human and beast sacrifices.
His common targets are the poor and wretched. In short, those at the bottom rung of the social ladder.
He had them kidnapped by hiring drivers to drive cars with dark tinted windows, and a plate number that denoted elite rank, to intimidate police mages and enforcers who happened to be nearby.
He bribed the drivers he hired with some more extra money, then placed memory-erasing spells.
He did the same to witnesses who happened to be around.
He made sure to wear a facemask, a jacket, jeans, sneakers, and a hooded cap that covered his eyes. He put on gloves so he won't leave traces behind.
He also enchanted himself with a voice-altering spell while taking part in the kidnappings. He had those he kidnapped transported into a seedy place his contacts, who are also dark summoners, owned.
He had those places soundproofed so that no one hears the screams and groans of his victims as he sacrificed them alive.
He hired cleaners to clean up the place once he is done with his summoning.
He placed a memory-altering spell on them in advance and paid them handsomely.
After he is done doing his crimes, he burned down the clothes he used to do his crimes, and never wore the same exact thing repeatedly.
He always got away with it, making those who angered him the fall guy instead.
After he graduated from college, he got so entrenched in the criminal activities that he is already a high-ranking member of a crime ring that profits off selling and smuggling party drugs, illegal drugs for the poor, pirated goods, human trafficking, and exploitation of female minors from the bottom rung of society in brothels.
He stuck to that kind of living since then while starting up legit businesses as a cover.
He eventually got to know the other leaders of the Renegades.
Hotaru Fukuhura is at the beach resort, showing off her surfing skills and tricks in front of the audience, who hired motorboats so they could watch the water sports competition.
The attractive thirty-nine-year-old lady expertly rode wave after wave with her surfboard, while she occasionally winked at handsome guys she spotted on private motorboats.
She wore almost next to nothing except for her bikini, and life vest, flaunting off her hot, sexy, and athletic body, and clear, flawlessly white skin.
"And here comes contestant number 8, Hotaru Fukuhura, who has just ridden the eleventh wave. She has just left all but one of the other contestants in the dust and is coming head-to-head to with our number 1 contestant. Will she be the prevailing dark horse over the crowd favorite?"
The voice of a male announcer boomed with excitement from the speakers installed in the private motorboats.
"Stay tuned for more updates, guys. This is bound to be a close match."
She then cleared her mind. She is focused on winning the competition.
She could see the final hurdle she must surpass ahead of her if she is to get a chance at winning the competition.
A hot and handsome pro surfer named Katsumi Ichikawa always topped surfing competitions. And Katsumi is one wave ahead of her.
"Aha! Look what we have here. Hotaru quickly closed the gap with Katsumi. They are going at it head-to-head! "
A few hours of fierce jockeying for position happened all the way back to the final wave, until Hotaru got the upper hand, and won the competition by a close victory.
When they are finally back to the shore, Hotaru is greeted by the flashing cameras, and microphones by the media.
"Ugh. Dealing with the media is such a pain."
She thought to herself.
She'll also skip the official press conference later.
Whatever. Their so-called hefty fines aren't hefty after all.
She also thought.
She agreed to sponsor and take part in the event, but she didn't give the organizers a single cent of the money she promised.
She agreed to be part of the water sports competition to get rid of the organizers, who were putting her in a bad spotlight the past few days.
The onlookers started taking videos of the cute, sexy, attractive, and hot winner who just disrespected the organizers upfront by wearing only a two-piece bikini, playing dirty, and ignoring the media.
She removed her life jacket and threw it to the ground.
Hotaru could sense onlookers taking a video of her while admiring her stunning good looks, and her sexy, athletic, and fair-skinned body.
A few even told her upfront they found her cute and attractive.
She thanked them, then managed to find her slippers, and a beach bag with the smartphone inside.
She put on her slippers and slung the beach bag on her arm.
Then she walked up to Katsumi and kissed him on the lips right in front of his friends. She also asked for his number, and social media account, which he gave out of surprise.
"To the organizers who put me in a bad light, I hope you liked the surprise I prepared for you. I beat the athlete you sent against me. I played dirty in your rigged water sports event. I disrespected your own stupid rules upfront. I didn't even wear what you prescribed the athletes to wear. I even kissed the athlete you sent straight on the lips. And wait for my final surprise later. What will the whole lot of you do when you are in jail? I know you're watching. Fuck the whole lot of you."
Hotaru then faced the flashing cameras of the media.
She showed two middle fingers, then smiled like the villain she is.
She turned around and walked straight to the cottage she rented as if nothing happened.
She took a bath to refresh herself.
After she finished taking a bath and putting on her clothes, she went to the Café inside the resort, as she felt hungry.
When her order of spaghetti carbonara and chocolate shake arrived, she ate with gusto.
While eating her meal, she remembered her past.
She grew up in a middle-class high family.
She has one younger sister who's adopted and is still 20 years old.
Her parents may not be rich, but they did all they can to give her a comfortable life.
She lived in an exclusive village.
Her neighbors are often rich, famous, and influential.
She studied at Akita University on a full scholarship from Junior High School days until she graduated from college.
She may look like a smart, silent but friendly student who follows the rules inside the campus and smiles at everyone she meets, but looks can fool anyone who's unsuspecting.
She is a bad genius, a psycho, rude, arrogant kid who is adept at using powerful poison spells outside the campus when triggered.
And if someone pisses her off, whether inside or outside the campus, she sends them straight to the jail or hospital for a year or so, or maybe even worse, send them straight to the cemetery, buried six feet under the ground.
And she always got off scot-free from her misdeeds because she is an evil, smart, scheming, and manipulative bitch when triggered.
She's also good at handling money aside from being a smart, wicked student who's always at the top of her class.
By the time she graduated from college, at the top of her class in the course B.S. Marketing Management, she is already rich due to the businesses she started when she was still a student.
She eventually got access to government circles by being an information broker and got close enough to the former Premier that she could get access to top secret info only the higher-ups, and high-ranking government employees in the Elorian government are permitted to know.
She had run-ins with the new Premier before, as she almost got caught by the Premier when the Premier was still an agent and disliked her so intensely that she sought out and sided with the Renegades when they got outlawed.