Preparation.

Set was over the moon by the power of the brass knuckle. Although he was wary of the ten beasts that had managed to mutate, now he was more than comfortable, now he was looking forward to the thrill of the fight. However, some preparations had to be made for the battle. The first being the blood point stock. While he was confident in the strength of the brass knuckle, the rest of his body and his innate abilities were not at a high level. Or even a mid-level.

Another was the food stock. While he had plenty of food pills and their taste was acceptable, taking the same pills every week would make any taste bud go crazy. So he'd stock up on some real food and save those pills for an emergency. After Set killed the Saint-class Gray Scale Fish, he decided to call it a day. He headed back to the shelter, but before he could go home. He was met with a soldier decked out in brown armor.

"I've been waiting for you, you bastard!" said Hifumi with red eyes.

Set seeing Hifumi, grinned devilishly, and asked with a puzzled expression, "Who are you?"

Hifumi was angered by the words of the man who had destroyed his good reputation. And with blood lust in his eyes, he said, "I am HIFUMI, you ruined my good name and made me a laughing stock of the Shelter."

Set smiled wickedly under his mask, holding out his hand high, waiting for the High Five while innocently saying, "Hey, aren't you that poop dude? Long time, no see, man. How long has it been?"

Hifumi was furious, but before he could refute, a bystander who had overheard the conversation between the two cuts and said, "His name isn't 'poop dude!' It's DEMON TUR...*Laughs*." Although the bystander began with a serious tone, he couldn't help but laugh at the end of his sentence.

Set heard this laugh and said, "You're right, innocent bystander!"

Hifumi was brimming with rage, "My name is NOT DEMON TUR..." but he could finish, he was cut off again. It was another soldier this time.

"Oh, demon turd, what I told you about disturbing innocent civilians!" but even he had a hard time suppressing his laughter.

Hifumi saw that the soldier was sad beyond compare, "I understand General, it's won't happen again." He threw a last look at the masked son of a bitch before returning to his post. Set let out a sigh of relief and went back home to the teleporter.

***Sentinal City** *

A man parked just in front of a mansion gate. He rolled down his window and immediately after the voice box next to him sounded, "What business do you have in the Sugiyama mansion?" the voice said.

The man calmly said, "I have an appointment with the Young Master." The voice box was silent. And a few moments later, the gate of the massive mansion opened. The man drove for a few minutes before he actually reached the mansion. Yes, for the past couple of minutes he was driving through the drive-through. Seeing the disparity in living standards, the man couldn't help but say, "Life is good when you're rich." while shaking his head.

The man parked his car in front of the mansion and walked towards the door. But before he reached it, the door opened and an old butler came out with a tray full of refreshments, "Compliments of the house, our young master will be with you soon."

The man seeing the trey sighed. The drinks alone were worth millions, and the butler brought it out as a refreshment. 'Why don't you just give me the money?' was the man's thoughts as he took a drink from the fine alcohol.

The man was taken to the mansion by the butler and sat down to wait for the Young Master. After a while, the same butler came and said to the man, "I'm sorry for the long wait, the Young Master is arriving shortly."

The man swept his hands from side to side, signaling that there was no problem, and began to think, 'The interior of this mansion is wonderful! The service is amazing! Young Master, take as long as you need to. I'm going to be here tasting your wine and marveling at your riches.'

But the man's fantasies came to an end when the butler announced, "Young Master has arrived!" after which the Young Master ... AKA ... Sugiyama Kaori entered the room.

"Mr. Ken, I hope I haven't kept you waiting," Sugiyama Kaori said with a smile. Mr. Ken shook his head and said frankly, "To be honest, I would have preferred you to take your time, as I would have had the luxury of drinking fine alcohol and looking at your beautiful home."

Sugiyama Kaori hearing this, laughed and then said, "You're as truthful as ever, Mr. Ken, now let's talk business. Have you found anything about the person I told you about?" Sugiyama Kaori asked with a serious face. Mr. Ken, seeing the serious face of Sugiyama Kaori, replied quickly, "Although the information you gave me was a little more than a description, I managed to uncover a bit of information."

"While I haven't been able to figure out his true identity, the guy you're searching for calls himself 'EMPEROR' and is a bit peculiar."

"He has a destructive type of innate ability and the mask he wears is probably his celestial spirit's equipment form."

"And by your description, he's no more than sixteen, a teenager who hasn't graduated yet, but that also suggests that this was his first time in the celestial plane, as he had created quite a ruckus in the help center. Saying that the maps were too expensive. Also, there were no records of him being spotted before that day. But what doesn't make sense is that he had battled with Hifumi and easily countered his attacks, which dispelled the theory that he is the first timer in the celestial plane."

"But he might also be from a prominent family, using his wealth, and he had been able to get that powerful even before he joined the celestial planes. But what doesn't make sense with that theory is that if he's from a prominent family, why hide his true identity? And you also said that he had a celestial treasure, right? If that's the case, which family would give a celestial treasure for the first time? As that would be the same as a Death Sentence! Meaning he's from a prominent family. He's a lucky teen who had found a celestial treasure while still in his first week in the celestial plane."

"I spoke to the attendants who were at the teleportation station, and they said they didn't remember any red-haired teens. And miraculously, the cameras were acting up so they had to be shut down."

Sugiyama Kaori was pleased and approved of the amount of information that Mr. Ken had been able to find. But, unfortunately, it was still not enough because he still did not know the identity of the man. Nor did he have the celestial treasure.

After a while of discussion, Sugiyama Kaori gave Mr. Ken a black card as his payment. Although it was a single card, it represented five million Sentinal currency.

Mr. Ken accepted the card with glee and bid farewell to his client. Sugiyama Kaori seeing Mr. Ken leave sighed and said to himself, "Who are you really?"

***

Set came to his room and jumped on his bed. While his clone was asleep, he easily dispelled his ability and got rid of the clone, as he rested in his bed. Feeling the warmth, he instantly fell asleep as if he were a child.

***

In another large mansion adorned with blue colors, there was a girl talking to the familiar Mr. Ken.

"You haven't discovered his identity, then?" asked the woman.

"Sadly, there was too little information about the man."

The two had been talking for a while before she handed him the familiar black card. Mr. Ken accepted with glee and left the mansion quickly. Leaving the woman thinking, "Who are you? You bastard!"