Episode 4.9: Dirty Bastard

The alley is so silent that a drop of a needle could be heard. The atmosphere is cold but not to the point of freezing. The breeziness and quietness are not as comfortable as it seems to be. Ava looked around the hallway, trying to ignore her imagination that a lunatic monster might appear out of nowhere. It is like sleeping and waking up in one nightmare, but the difference is that Ava can control her soul and is not paralyzed by the system. She hovers around the screens, struggling to figure out some clues that might reach the said friend.

"System, Locate!" She desperately stumps her foot. This is the third time asking for the host's location but the system didn't respond. It only gives a small braced notice...

[Information not founded] and turn back into the mission screen. The system barely holds any clue about his existence, but cheng once told that if she is alive then so is he. If she dies then Cheng will also dissipate from this world. Such a simple quote! How come she only realized that now?

Ava slaps her forehead in shame but it goes through her smoking soul. Since she is not inside the living corpse, her tiny foot isn't reaching the ground and she is lifted in the air. For someone who always jumps around the base like crazy monkeys on their bars before, she is not afraid when her soul escapes the villain's body. The blithe of flying and twirling around the whole corridor encouraged her to be more familiar with the surrounding...

"Uh hmmm..." She sits crisscrossed in the mid-air waiting for the condition to be normalized once the system disappears. Her slim fingers fiddle with the screens for a while, scouring for clues and hints that could help her with finding that unfortunate friend. "If I can meet Cheng in the future, I'll have more companions and we can get out of this system together..." She grins at the thought of being on a journey collectively but then her smile drops as the frozen time began to breathe again...

The painful sensation reincarnates as her brimming soul engulfed the core of the villainess's body. "Ugh, No!" She kept telling herself that it'll be fine but is still hurting. The burning didn't leave her even after the process was finished. If earlier, she is hauled out of the body, this time, the body engulfed her soul back into its body. The dizziness only lasts for a second before everything's back to normal...

Little birds resume their wings as the sun layered the world with the beauty of fire colours. The bluish coldness vanished in a bat of an eye as the trees begin swaying to the verse of the wind.

In a moment, the story revives as if nothing happened before. Students continue to shriek their cries and hence the fight continues...

(Kedebush!)

The punch cuts through the air essentially, as the "boy" dodges it by slipping to his right. He grabs the tripled muscle arm and swings him across the cemented floor. The gangsta hits directly at his right arm which bulks his eyes out. The poor victim screamed in pain followed by the others who attempt to beat the boy's ass. They send out their kicks and punches but none of them reaches Akira. Each one of them is knocked hard alongside the Alpha of their useless pact. The boy's eyes flicker a dark light but, he quickly lowers his gaze, afraid that others might find him strange. He left the sacred place with a light heart that it finally ends. Akira knows that any more misuse time might bring him down the abyss. Not long from now, those mafias will enter their school and announce the recruit fighting match. These guys might not even get the chance to step foot inside the plane...

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Ladies and gentlemen welcome to the Square of the knights!

The crowds of students from all around the area shriek pits of 'fire'....!

"Ahhhhhhhh" a student roar in high spirit. The climate is too loud as if a swarm of bees is screaming fireworks to blasts the whole school stadium. Some even faint from high endorphins and some are enjoying themself to the max level of their energy! Only the important people didn't budge but are chilling their hungry stomachs with crates of popcorns. These people are who you called superiors and they are officially in any dangerous organization or solo fighters. These expensive thugs are only sending their children to destroy other participants to show their self-esteem as group leaders.

Starting from number 5, The Sakiyurai. They are the smallest of the other groups. Resembles a gallant bear, this group co-exists solely in their build and strength. Even though they are often compared to their shitty skill, they didn't let out the slightest of disagreement because it is all the truth.

The other four are The "baek-ho"(White Tiger), The "Bái tùzǐ" (White rabbit), The "Krasnaya korona"(Red Crown), and lastly, The great, black viper which is in charge of the awards ...

"Start Now! When are you going to start! one spark a voice for another. There is no end to their frantic screaming until a loud speech emerges from a high-rank person.

"SILENT!" Just one word is enough to conceal the whole stadium till it is as quiet as a vast sea. "As you may know, I, the head of The Sakiyurai have been leading this organization for 20 years, and momentarily, this is our time to host a dual among us!"

All of the higher-up smiles in satisfaction, especially The Baek-ho's group leader, Mr Sung. They can't wait to see the students kill each other and how far they'll go to grasp that dangerous association with their fickle hands. They do know that only one can succeed but get into the group is not the same as receiving full education within that blood-curdling thing. If they want to survive the black viper, they need to win their scheming hearts or there is no use getting an incompetent trainee in the group. They might just kill him/her in a month.

Under all of the commotion, The underground stage is silently filled with the murderess intent from the competitors. Their eyes constantly sneering at each other. "What are you all looking at assholes!?" A tall sturdy man scowled half of the room. He owned a bunch of rumpled spiky hair that covers his whole head with dark brown forest. Dismissed in his terrible manner, this boy is the youngest son of one from the big five. His father Mr Petrov is the head of the korona estate and his name is well known around the troops...

"Hey, look who is here! Our Vladi!" A boy's cheerful voice knocks down the tension while also managed to deepen the crease on the boy's temples. "What do you want, jerk!" Vladimir taunts as he elbows him off to the side. The boy just watches the grumpy one in confusion, shrugging off his sour deterrence. They weren't always on bad terms but the fight for dominance enrage their young hearts...

"Soo-ho, Oppa!.." The attractive Korean man noticed a cute girl behind his back. A soft blue-dressed girl is looking at him with two blooming eyes. "Ah! our little lulu is all grown up!" her two slender arms caught him in her tiny hug. After a long time separating from her childhood crush, bai lu surely misses him immeasurably!

Vladimir scoff at her bold remarks. He is 'too' familiar with her corny act, even back then she still leaves a strange repugnance on him...

These three including, Mira are somewhat close with each other. They are "childhood" companions back in the days and to be fair, this match is just a fictile playground for them. Yet, their fathers are eager to see who can beat some sense amongst their rebellious and hard-headed children. These monsters have no limit in training their children to be worthy people and to serve the group with pristine restraint in the future.

"Oppa.. Don't you miss me?" bai lu peers through her lashes. Bai lu has always been in love with the baek-ho's sole heir but anyone could tell that her love at the first sight is one-sided. Over the fact that a strong wall called "Little sister" in the other's mind put the group in big grief. How could they not! Their princess's love will be rejected one day and they can't do anything to suppress the future!

"Aww~ Of course, I do!" he quickly placed a kiss on her forehead. The sweet moment startled the students around them. 'LUcky' they mourn in their heads. "After all, you are my little lulu!". Bai lu almost squeals but loses it after hearing the last sentence. Her bashful self fades within a second unfolding her demon-like face. She turns around and escapes from the congested place, running in tears towards her loving father.

Vladimir laughs hysterically at the assured incident. "Why are you stupified, now!... She likes you obviously? and someone just sees her as his "younger sister"..." He lets out a puff on how seemingly stupid Soo-ho is. He wonders how many times that insensitive man rejected her already.

Soo-ho is stunned! He thought that his refusal last time would clear any delusion they had? He heaves heavily, then continues to replace his school uniform into something more casual to fight. The same as vladi, he also doesn't think much of the tournament since they are stronger than most kids in here but if there is someone more solid, then holding back is not a choice! These two pals may look egoistic for the weak but battling is their humour. So far, only Soo-ho can defeat Vlad and only Vlad can beat Soo-ho if there is a fight among minors.

Akira settled down on the long bench with a note in his hand. "Fighting!" It says. He chuckled, treasuring the scanty note given from his friend. Maybe out of luck, Mira turns out to be a loyal friend to him after months of forcing people to withdraw from his radar. More specifically, the original character's fear of strangers. It is not easy to cope with her fear which makes a sharp protest to be a girl in this kind of school. He is glad to be someone else at the moment...

"Umm... Are you Akira?" A merry voice caught his attention. The woman's long tied white hair hooked on her long white sleeve. "Yes..." Akira answers, slow.

The woman looks up and down before giving a big sigh. She pulls out a ticket which prints the number 8. "Well, I wish you the best of luck!" then, she walks around to other participants...

Akira slides through the crowds towards the Battle chart. His head slightly raises to search for his number and there he saw it..."F**k...".