Chapter 167 - seeking

"That's okay!" Sunday straightened up and smiled at him. He flexed his shoulders and then c.o.c.ked his neck. "What next, Shino?"

Shino smiled softly and then looked up to the sky. "What next?" He echoed out. 

"We move!" 

Shino replied.

He did not wait to get a response from Sunday the next moment as he jumped to into racing. Despite his bulk, his body was light.

However, it was not that he looked rather heavy but if one were to keep in mind the mass of the wings and feathers about him as well as the metal plating that he had on his arms and legs, one could just as hastily conclude he was heavy. A rather wrong assumption due to the fact that he was carrying himself almost like the wind. 

It was a property that they enjoyed, howbeit. Being a Were Hawk, they were able to tap into the full powers of the creature form that they were affinated. They could rely on the form of the Hawk, that is, fully transform to the hawk form to be able to tap into the full potentials that were waiting to be taped into. 

That was something they enjoyed when they were in full transformation. Also, by inhabiting the form of a Hawk, they could pretty much go undiscovered on convert operations that they were usually renowned for. But then again, when they were in full transformation, a part of their rationality as sentient beings was often lost as they reverted fully to the bestial instincts of the hawk. Which meant that not only would they abandon their rationality, they would be more prone to hunt for smaller birds and other thing s that hawks dive down from the sky from. 

Hat was the minus part thus, the partial transformation was often preferred although, their powers were greatly halved. 

In that form they could use a portion of the power that was available to them as Were Hawks, even though it was greatly diminished, as well as maintain a humanoid form. And in the humanoid form, they enjoyed a buff which was that they were able to look intimidating to other people based on their facial and bodily makeup, especially with their yellow glowing eyes that gleamed and dulled continuously almost like a heart beating to the death. 

The buff that Shino enjoyed which was available to all others in their partial transformation form was the ability to maximize the air currents, using it to their benefit. That is, they were capable of using a burst of wind, after converging strong invisible wind currents to their wings and holding them in the spaces between the feathers and then, whenever they were ready, they could unleash the converged air currents between their feathers.

This acc.u.mulated air current would then be what they used in suddenly gaining a boist of wind and speed the moment they splayed wide their feathers. It was a benefit that was greatly amplified whenever they were in their full hawk form but based on the fact that they were in the humanoid form, the power of it was limited. The limitation of this varied, however, and while in some people, the duration of the wind burst could either be shortened or lengthened, in some others, it took an even longer time or very short a time to gather up the necessary wind currents. This was the skill that Shino had used, then, when he was saving Sunday. Thus, it had appeared like he was so fast in the eyes of Sunday. Which in this case, he was. 

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Sunday looked on and smirked as the wings of Shino closed up after the feathers had splayed open the moment he landed. It seemed to Sunday that the wins were more of a directional installment compared to the flying duties they were meant to perform. 

He made to pick on him the moment he looked back at him and smiled, beckoning once again. Did the Were Hawk think of him in such a slow way? Or was he still so slow to the Were Hawk? 

It did not matter that the questions he asked where all in his mind. What did matter was that he was going to prove him wrong for daring to have so low expectations of him. Without hesitations, Sunday leaned forward, pacing out his legs from the other, the left leg drawn out forward while the right leg and right arm wen to the back as he looked up straight. The yellowy outlines of energy still c.a.r.e.s.sed the breadth of his whole body, giving him the sort of feel like he was some type of guide light or something like that. 

He smirked and then huffed, suddenly jerking his right arm and his right leg all forward in one smooth synchronized motion. In a blink, he hurtled above the spacing between the roof, dashing through space like a burning debris and crossing on to the roof that Shino was. 

"Yes?" He smirked and then leaned forward again, preparing himself for the second dash. 

Shino did not reply. He only gave a knowing smile as he stretched his hands and then his wings widened out again. The moment Sunday saw this, he did not make any words but instead looked up front and then. 

ZOOOOOOOMM!

The two of the blasted forward with great speed. Sunday pulled on the power he could extract from Bane, his arms jerking left and right as he dashed through and then lifting his arms again to slow his landing speed so as not to damage the roofs as he landed from each jump he made. Shino on the other hand was not slacking off. He was trying as much as he could to keep up except that for each dash, the Were Hawk would slow down, taking a brief moment to recharge his feathers and acc.u.mulate wind currents within his wings and then, with a dash of light, his body would hurtle off, coming to par with where Sunday was. Only for him to slow down again as he repeated the motion. 

However, even at that, there were not much of a distance between them. Sunday would have to slow down because he did not exactly know where they were headed too. 

So, this gave Shino the advantage because even if Sunday was fast, he would still have to wait for the Were Hawk as he was the one being led to the location. Not him in the lead.

When Shino caught up with him for the umpteenth time, Sunday looked to him and paused just a bit so he could ask a question. "Hey, Shino!" 

"Yes?" The Were Hawk replied him, looking at him with a slight tilt of his head.  Right about where he stood, Sunday could feel the swooshing of the air currents swirling around to the wings of the Were Hawk. If Shino somehow, could maximize this ability he had, then, Sunday theorized, he would truly make for a big shot in terms of speed and agility. Something that would make he, himself envious. 

Another pointer to him as to why he needed to get strong as fast as possible. He would hate to be left behind as ate weakling he was when and while Shino was still going about and getting strong. 

"What is your view on this Sage of a thing?" Sunday asked just as Shino blasted himself forward in a dash. 

He doubled the movements of his arms and legs, catching up with him in no time. Right about now, they were descending from a block of story building down to the plain level ground before them. They happened to be racing the breadth of the entrance of the street that they were on.

"I don't get you. How about them?" Shino replied with a question of his own as he started running down the moment his feet touched the ground. 

"How is it that they are Sages? Is that not considered as a strange thing among their other human counterparts? I mean, humans naturally re unable to have access to this so, then, that leaves us with something to worry about, right? The people who can now tap into Agbara should be considered to be strange ones. If so, how do they now cope with the strange glances and all of that?" Sunday asked. 

The two of them had been running on foot now. Shino could feel his entire muscles aching up in fatigue. He had been using all of his energy to do all the running about and jumping and now he needed some rest time. Based on the humanoid form he was occupying now, he had more muscles on his body, if the wings and the feather ligaments were being considered. 

With that in mind, he needed more energy to then circulate around his body.

"I really do not know. I am not a human, you know. But then again, humans are a bit of strange creatures. That should not be too much of a fuss to them." Shino replied. 

The dusty road with the potholes looked more refined now. It was becoming neater and well managed due to the fact they were reaching the main express road that was used in the town. 

And with that sight, Shino looked to Sunday and smirked. 

"A little more. We would get to where I saw this Sage." 

Sunday nodded, in response.

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Folarin turned back, a pleasing look on. "Youre back. Thank Eledumare. I was just putting word in for you that I wanted you to join in this mission so you can master the principles of the Law quickly and ascend. But which Sunday do you speak of?"

"Sunday from Ilu Obatala, son of The Elder."