Chapter 16 the search begins

"We're back." The woman said as she entered a house and spoke to a dark silhouette. She then continued to speak,"We'll tell you how the mission went."

"They'll be no need for that, I already know how everything went. You guys failed to retrieve the system. Everybody died except Nino and Lody, who are being held captive. Only one of the Knights died, and you found a piece of the Dragon God of flames." The silhouette explained.

"Boss, we're so sorry for failing our mission." The woman and the man pleaded.

"There's no reason to plead Mary and Kai, I saw this outcome from the very beginning. It seems like we're going to have to try some other way to get the power of the Dragon God of flames and my system back from those knights." The silhouette said as he came out of the shadows.

He was a white-haired man who covered his eyes with a white bandage, he had a small mustarch, and he was wearing white monk clothes.

"I'll make Nakamura Akira/ Nakamura Shio pay for what he did to me. How dare he steal my power!" The boss sweared.

Three days after the castle incident. The sun was shining brighter than ever. There was a perfect blue sky with no clouds on sight, and you could hear birds singing.

Inside the mansion of the Black Art Division...

"AKIYOSHIIIIIII!!! Come back here with my breakfast, you thieve!" Kyojuro shouted as Akiyoshi ran away with his food.

"The food all looks the same, you idiot." Akiyoshi said.

"No, you don't get it. Miss Yumi handed that food to me herself. It was like a dream come true, to have a goddess give me food herself. But then you snatched it! I'll kill you!!!" Kyojuro exclaimed, then he activated his magical ability, and he manifested a sword.

"Oh shit! Stop exaggerating Kyojuro." Akiyoshi said.

"You'll pay for your crimes. I'll cut you down to shreds!" Kyojuro responded as he attacked Akiyoshi.

SWING!

SLASH!

Akiyoshi barely dodged the attacks, but then, as Kyojuro was about to unleash another attack, Captain Zak showed up.

"You hooligans, stop it with all the noise." He said.

"Sorry, Captain." They both apologized.

"Now then, Akane, Akiyoshi and Annie, may I have your attention," Captain Zak asked.

"Yes, sir!" They responded.

"You guys will have to come with me to make your report at the headquarters, then stay and attend the meeting with me, especially you, Akiyoshi." Captain Zak explained.

"Yes, Captain, we understand." They answered.

"Niw eat up, and fill your stomachs, the meeting will be long and boring." Captain Zak said.

As soon as they finished eating, they left the mansion and went to the headquarters.

When they reached there, they were led to an office. It was the meeting office, and when they got inside, they saw every Captain of the Knights and everybody that was present during the Castle incident except for Shio, Iguro, and James.

Everybody took their seats and awaited for Shio to come.

After a while, the door opened, and Shio alongside Iguro and James entered.

Everybody quickly stood up from their seats and gave Shio, Iguro, and James a welcome.

Everybody then took on their seats, and Shio started speaking, "All of you may know me, but allow me to reintroduce myself, I am the new Headmaster Nakamura Shio."

"Nakamura, that name is one of the devils." The Captain of the Yellow cross division, Captain Steven said.

"Yes, I can not bring myself to respecting one who possesses the name of the cursed demon." The Captain of the White Star Division, Captain Izan said.

"The cursed demon? What are you guys talking about?" Shio asked.

"Wait, you don't know who you were named after. Nakamura was a very powerful person. He caused great destruction to the world, but he was not satisfied, and so he went after the gods, and he almost killed them all until the God of Air defeated him." Captain Izan said.

"Ever since then, the name Nakamura has been considered a cursed name." Captain Izan added.

"Oh well, I didn't know about this Nakamura person." Shio responded.

"Hey, wait, when you fought against Iguro, you said, I can't beat you while limiting 90% of my powers. What did that mean?" Captain Steven suspiciously asked.

'Oh man, why do I always have to go around and flex my strength.' Shio thought before he responded and said.

"That was just a big bluff. I actually wanted you guys to respect me. You see, I only had one seal on me." Shio explained.

"Now then, back to the meeting, everyone." James said.

"Max and Fortune, please tell us everything that happened in the castle, and James will write it down." Iguro said.

"We were just fighting magical monsters, and all of a sudden, we were trapped in a castle and got separated. After a while, I fought with a strong elite ranker, and I struggled a lot before Akiyoshi released his power, and I caught him off guard and won." Fortune said, and James wrote everything down.

"Now then, it's your turn, Max." Shio said.

"Right. The first part is the same as Fortune's, so I'll just go straight to the point. Inside the castle, I managed to find Shina, and we regrouped. After that, we were attacked by an elite, and Shina blew himself up in order to beat him but failed, and Supervisor James knows the rest." Max said as well.

"Ok, Akane, it's your turn."

"Ok, when we finished our mission, we were about to head back, but then when we came out, we saw a castle trap the Frozen Dragons and went inside to help, but then we got separated and I was attacked by a couple of goons. I escaped them and regrouped with Annie." Akane said.

Akiyoshi and Annie also gave out their statements, Shio, Iguro, and James gave theirs as well.

"So, is that all that happened? What was this system thing they wanted?" The Captain of the Rainbow Beasts, Captain Mina asked.

"I don't know as well. It seems that they think I took something of theirs, but I don't even know what that is." Shio answered.

"How can we be sure that you really don't know? This whole organization is a group of people against you, and your strength is really suspicious." Captain Izan said.

"Ok! I will not tolerate this disrespect, I don't know what system they're talking about, and I don't know what is it they have against me." Shio responded.

"I know who they are." James said, shocking everyone.

"What? Who are they?" Everybody asked.

"They are our neighbors." He responded.

"What do you mean to say that they are from Evar." Iguro asked.

'Wait, Evar is the city where I killed Kirio, isn't it.' Shio thought.

"No, it's not Evar. It's Malistro. It was too obvious. The attire they were wearing was Malistro's military attire, and that guy that I fought he is a member of their knights." James explained.

"But why Malistro?" The Captain of the Shining diamond knights, Kikyo asked.

"I think that they want to take out Shio because they are now worried about our military power, the fact that those guys knew all of us and about what happened in the exam proves it, they must've been watching from afar." James explained further.

"Okay, now that we know what's going on, this is what's gonna happen. I want the captain's to train their divisions to become more powerful, me and my party shall investigate this thing, and until we can confirm that this is the doing of Malistro these news shall not leave this room." Shio suggested.

"We understand Headmaster." They responded.

"Meeting adjourned."

"Get ready, cause the search is about to begin."