Chapter 14 : City of Arts (3)

So in the end I became a walking Tree for 2 koalas... one on my back, one on my legs..

I grew tired I wanted to go back but Eli insisted that we walk for a moment, and to quote her 'So Eli don't turn into an EliBall'

I went along with her antics... Speaking of antics.. everywhere I go, people started to avoid me... just like home... I miss this feeling... maybe I should do this more often...

"look at that scum! carrying an old man at the back and a beautiful girl on his legs..."

"What a sicko!"

"Mama, why is that man with a crying woman on his legs and a man on his back!"

"Don't look sweetie, that man is the worst scum in the world, study hard so you can be independent and don't end up with a man like that..."

Oh using me as a shield for you incompetence? Shall I tell you how I topple the whole world in within the year?

But something I found a bit odd is... why did I see no law enforcers that came my way when I look like a clown, with the spotlight and begging for enforcers to force their law down on my throat...?

"Oh that... I did tell you about my Organization right?"

"Yeah..."

"Well---"

"50 words!"

"Yes Daddy!"

That sends shivers down my spine....

"What did you just call me?"

"Daddy? I mean I can also do master if you're into that sort of play..."

"Never call me that! or I'll shove your head into your ass. believe me I can do it."

"OOOH I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU TRY DADDY! I WOULD CALL YOU DADDY UNTIL YOU APPROVE OF ME AS YOUR STUDENT!"

"UGH!!! FINE! BUT NOT ANOTHER DADDY!"

the senile old man finally gave my back a break... I smell like an old man... the koala on my legs also gets off... but she sliced my shirt off, and jumped towards my exposed back...

"HEY THAT'S A LIMITED EDITION TWO PIECE SHIRT!"

I cried as I bent down.... You'll be missed... I decided to give it a moment of silence... before burning it...

"Nate... WHY DID YOU BURN IT!?"

"Eh? Wasn't I supposed to burn it after a fellow soldier died!"

"THAT'S IN YOUR WORLD WE CAN JUST SEW IT BACK TOGETHER HERE!"

"OH YEAH! SMITH YOU'RE A GENIUS!"

AS I REWIND BACK TIME... AND THE STINKY SHIRT IS UNBURNT...

"IS THAT TIME MAGIC?"

"Huh... no it's alteration. OF COURSE IT'S TIME MAGIC! "

"TEACH ME ONII-CHAN!"

"Eh... sure I guess..."

Meds immediately appear before me and hugged me tightly before saying "Thank you onii-chan you're the best."

"HEY HOW COME SHE GETS THE OK AND I HAVE TO LITERALLY BEG?"

"Are you a cute girl?"

"no..."

"Are you a cute girl with snake hair?"

"No..."

"Are you a cute girl with a snake hair with affinity to almost all element?"

"No....."

"Are you a cute legal loli with snake hair and affinity to almost all element and call me onii-chan?"

"No... FINE I GET IT!"

"Good..."

And so he slumped his shoulder in the corner of the street. he keeps muttering about how unfair it is for him and gender equality...

"Onii-chan"

"yeah?"

"Why didn't you rewind the clothes to a point where it's still whole and not stinky?"

"Meds."

"Yeah?"

"You know nothing of man"

I said in a solemn voice.

"Eh? what do you mean Onii-chan?"

"I meant... Would a man hide away all his battle scars? NO, Would a man who gave his all and puts his life on the line, came back and gets his scars healed? NO! SCARS ARE SIGNS OF YOUR STRUGGLE, It defines who you are and what have you overcome!"

"... You didn't think that far didn't you?"

"Yeah... I didn't..."

"And you're enjoying the assets of Yukira-chan so you forget all about it yeah?"

"Yep..."

"And what else did you forget?"

"I wouldn't forget to tell you about our spon--"

*BONK*

"B-A-K-A"

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And so we sat on a bench.... While I wanted to sit. Yukira clawed her way like a spider into my front torso and hugged me there to continue crying... can we stop this gag already... My back's wet, and now my front too... How many liters of tears can you produce!

"Hey I think you dropped this"

While sitting on a bench, a suspicious super spy individual with trench coat and all that jazz approached me as he handed me a wallet...

"It's not min---, Oh wait it is mine thank you man."

I was about to decline, but who would decline a wallet with a few hundred dollars? Not me of course.

"Don't sweat it!"

The man then continues his walk... before looking left and right... and taking out a grappling gun... and flies away... yep definitely not suspicious...

"Is everyone in your organization like that?"

Smith asked the old man...

"... he's adopted..."

ADOPTED MY ASS!

"Anyway, my organization is something that shouldn't be messed with... we have a completely powerful backer! and is impossible to find, without me you wouldn't know where to start..."

yeah yeah what's next a super secret base that can only be accessed by a specific seal?

*Grng grng grng*

sounds of gears spinning resounds in the vicinity as the bench beside me suddenly sink into a hole... and a new bench with a man and a woman sitting on it came back up...

"... They're new recruits..."

They also seem to be returnees.... but I wonder if their souls are somewhat disproportionate to their appearances... same like Yuki's the first time I met her... speaking of which the old man's soul is also powerful but his and his appearance match... Nah maybe it's just new returnees and their souls are still adapting to changes..

"Anyway my organization is called 'The Organ' ..."

ization?

"Gasp* That Organ?"

Exclaimed a surprised Meds... I feel a lore dump coming up...

"Yes That 'The Organ'..."

"I never heard of it but please continue..."

...

"So it was 10 years ago..."

"50 WORDS!"

"actually 5 years ago... we started recruiting..."

MOTHER OF EVERYTHING THAT'S HOLY THE IQ OF THIS GUY!

"We recruits rejects that RC-inc wouldn't recruit... those who are lost... and those who had... permanent alterations... "

HEY HEY HEY IS THIS A WHOLE Y-MEN comic thing? racism and all that?

"And here we are 10 years later... helping those with permanent alterations get their lives back... that's our aim. nay that's the organs vision and mission!"

This guy...

"*Sob* That's so... noble..."

AND STOP SYMPATHIZING WITH A SUPER EVIL ORGANIZATION THAT'S HELL BENT ON THINKING THEY'RE SUPERIOR! Wait, how do I know this? BECAUSE It's a cliched troop that's overused! and good job on using 49 words...

"But I didn't see anything wrong with you nor Yuki's appearance"

"Yuki show them!"

The girl crying in my arms suddenly raised her right hand... and it started turning into this... tentacles... Well Now I know why your name is of eastern culture... no man can ever please her better than she herself...

but that's strange... the body changes but the soul stayed the same... and I didn't sense any magic... so this must be alteration in the genetic level... fascinating!

"How about yours? Oh..."

he took off his oversized chef hat and soon an eye grew on his forehead... great another baldy, but this one's more terrifying than the last...

"See, not everyone can be like you guys who don't have alterations..."

"Old man..."

"Yeah?"

"Is there a bunny girl and a cat girl?"

"Well yeah of course... there's even those who joined because their spouse or children are one with animal characteristics..."

Yeah people sheltering bunny girls and cat girls can't be evil right...

I said that as I look towards the wallet I received form the random stranger... giving people money is not an evil act right?

I opened it up and found a few hundred dollar bills... and a letter. I passed the bills onto Smith as I remember his crying face earlier today...

"The Lisa-Mona will be at warehouse 7 Today. protocall A is still in action"

Yuki, who's hugging me like a koala, brings her face close to mine as she reads the letter out loud... Aren't you guys a super secret organization? Why are you guys using plain old letters without encryption?

I bring up my phone as I search warehouse 7... it's on the map... I search protocol A... Protocall A is The Organ's abbreviation for Art theft, the steps are as follows :

1. scout the area

2. secure an outfit to blend in

3. secure the painting, preferably during a distraction or night shift.

4. after a bait and switch proceed towards one of the predetermined location. usually warehouse 3,6,7. as all three of those are labeled with the Organ's founder name, madame Fey.

5. Another team will secure the painting to bring it to madame fey at her villa on ASDF street Cotton city.

6. The painting will be sold usually through the black market.

Source: HowToTheftTheOrgan.com/protocall-A

"... Smith"

"Yeah...?"

"Should we ignore this plot hook and go on with our day?"

"I believe we should...."

"Then all right Chaps..."

*BONK*3x

Another bonk came but instead of a bonk it's more of a child like bonk.... And it came from Eli...

"Eli wants to be a hero! Let's do it!"

I can see stars in her eyes.... Ughh... NO was already on my throat before Eli uses her ultimate move... PUPPY EYES...

CRITICAL HIT.... UGH.....

"Fine...."

"YAY!"

"BUTTT!"

"But?"

I gave Eli something from my space storage... I reached out to find something that's Eli's size... let's see...

Dragon God slaying blade... nope too specific.

Staff of unlimited Meteor... ye-- nope too weak.

Mirror Shield... Nope, there's no one to summon...

Meteorite steel short blade... nah...

Thundering Fang! AH! this is barely ok....

"Eli must use this!"

as I handed Eli a unique looking shortsword, it's essentially a katana-sized meat cleaver that has Golden Marking with furs here and there...

*BONK*

Now it's Smith's turn to bonk me

"HEY WHAT GIVES?"

"YOU SERIOUSLY GIVING A KID A BUTCHER KNIFE? HAVE YOU NO SHAME? I FEEL IT'S POWER TO COMPARABLE TO A NUCLEAR BOMB BUT STILL... NO PROTECTION?"

hmmm... make sense... I should've thought this through more...

I shuffle through my bag again as I find a halfling armor that fits eli... it's armor that covers the chest area and waist area with furs... If I remember correctly the original user I killed survived a concentrated bombardment of meteors the size of a small city... and it came with furs that are special as they have temperature control and whatnot... and they said that it'll grow with the user! neat huh!

"Here you go Eli"

*BONK*

"HEY! That's TWICE NOW!"

"YOU IDIOT YOU GAVE HER A KNIFE AND ARMOR! WHERE'S THE HELMET, WE CANT HAVE HER BREAKING THE LAW AND GETTING TRACED BACK TO US!"

"SMITH! YOU'RE A GENIUS! HOW COULD I FORGET!"

I shuffle through my storage once more to find her the most cute looking mask...

I have none...

There's one that's cursed...

another one that wants to eat the user's soul...

oh a talking mask that turns the user into an annoying man that ignores real life physics and rules! ah good times....

Ah here it is! a war helmet with visor and mouth mask, it's eastern inspired too... it looked badass with a Golden Qilin statue on top of the helm! yup this will do...

"Here you go"

"Uwaaa Eli looks so cute!" A wild Meds carried Eli and hugged her from behind... before getting electrocuted... oh yeah anti pedo self defense..

The wild Meds gave a thumbs up.... "Worth it..."

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can I have some stones ? :D