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....Shibuya October 21tst, 2018 12:37 pm V's pov....

"Alright before you leave, I have a little thing I would like to show you all a little something I got from my inherited character." Shin pulled out a card from his inventory, more specifically a tarot card. 

"Allow me to formally invite you all to my [Tar*t C!u*]."

As he finished speaking, I was suddenly transported to a new place. Everything was obscured by a deep gray fog, but I could vaguely make out four other figures besides myself sitting in chairs surrounding long black table. 

[Shin Kurta inherited character [Klein Moretti] Rank:SSS] 

.....???? ????? ???? V's pov...

"Interesting." Sara spoke up observing her surroundings, while I couldn't make out her expression through the fog, I could tell she was drooling at the discovery of something new. I on the other hand, was extremely confused. 

What were Shin's intentions, what did he intend to accomplish by bringing us here? Why would he form the fucking [Tarot Club]? I don't understand the point of creating it inside of the tower? As if sensing my thoughts, a voice I could make out to be Eugene's broke the tense silence that had developed after Sara had spoken up. 

"What are your intentions, Shin?" His tone was cold, being transported against your will would likely due that to you.

"Try saying status." was his only response.

"Status." I spoke first, expecting the semi-familiar blue screen to appear in front of me. 

And.....

Nothing happened. 

Oh shit I think I get what's going on here.

"Heh, thanks for being the example V, but as you can clearly tell, this is a place free from the interference of the [Tower], as I stated earlier this is the Tarot Club. As for my goal, you guys should have figured it out all ready."

Yeah I had figured it out already, at least, partially. His goal was to have a group of people to converse with outside of the [Tower]'s influence, why though, I still had no idea.

"Your goal is to rebel against this tower correct?" Sara spoke up, likely with a Cheshire grin on her face. 

What the hell is she talking about? I kinda get it now that she brought it up, but why would Shin want to do that? 

"Yup, you are smart to figure all that out so quickly, however, you must be asking yourselves why? Why would I try something so ridiculous? It's simple really, elementary, as you would say Eugene. I want to free our world from the burden of the [Tower]." 

Yeah, this guy was crazy, the good kind of crazy, but still how the hell would we accomplish something so outlandish? 

"Your insane pal, do tell us how the hell you plan on doing something like that." Rachel spoke up an a assertive and accusatory tone.

"Well, I'm sure you've all heard of him, the late sword saint Wilhelm, let me tell you guys something..." He paused for dramatic effect"He is still alive." 

That didn't surprise me at all, but apparently it was surprising for the rest of the group to collectively let out a gasp. Afterwards, they all turned to me with questioning stares, or at least what I thought were questioning stares, the fog still obscured their faces after all, as if to ask "How the hell are you not surprised by this?" I guess I had to justify my reaction or lack there of.

"Well, a man of that level of Power doesn't exactly just disappear over night...I would know." Was my simple response. I could feel their questioning stares only increase in intensity after hearing my response. Well shit, now they think I'm even more of a weirdo than they did before. 

I'm just not very good at social interaction okay? Another thing to worry about, aside from everything else already stacked upon my plate, life could be better, life could be worse, I didn't want to jinx myself by complaining to much. Karma was a huge bitch after all. 

"As V said, that kind of power doesn't just disappear, which begs the question, what happened to him?" Eugene turned away from me before prompting Shin to continue his explanation. 

"The [Tower] sensed he was getting too powerful for it to control, so it sent.... obstacles to take him down." Shin paused before continuing once more. "Those obstacles were high level inheritors, forcing Wilhelm to take a sabbatical of sorts to another world." 

"What does this have to do with the objective you ask? We must find a way to get Sword Saint WIlhelm on our side, how I have no idea, but for now we should all focus on one thing. Getting stronger, which is why I invited you all here in the first place, a way to gather information about the [Tower] and eventually lead to it's destruction. We can worry about finding a way to pinpoint his location later, we have a way to retrieve him after all." Shin finished his long winded explanation looking at Rachel during the last bit of his speech. 

"Alright, I think we need to name our little group then correct?" Eugene spoke up prompting Rachel to give her input as well.

"We should be called the Mother Fucker Tower Killer Squad!" 

I looked at Shin as if to say "Why was she invited?" wondering the same thing about myself. 

...end of arc....

Starting arc is finished, thanks for 100 collections! I have a special chapter prepared for you later today.