Chapter 331: Unlikely Phantom Thieves

Two figures exited from the boy's dorms, one with an upbeat smile and the other with a chip on his shoulder. 

"I can't believe you actually convinced me to join you…" Regrit grumbled.

"Oh come on! It will be fun!" Moby replied.

"Well… I'm not here for games…"

"Hmmm? What's this about?" When they exited, they were greeted by an odd sight of a crowd formed around a certain area.

It peeked both of their curiosity and they wasted no time trying to find out what was going on. But as they approached, they heard a loud, ear-piercing female voice that made their intentions known.

"What are you doing staring at me like sheep? Get the hell out and leave me be!" And just like that, the crowd dispersed and Moby could not help but notice the nervous looks on many of their faces as they did as they were told. 

There, in the circle that once was stood a short girl, her mouth completely covered and her hair pitch black like darkness itself. Directly underneath her feet was the figure of an unconscious, injured, barely breathing man. 

"Yami!?" Moby exclaimed. It was the first time he had seen her in a very long time. She decided to leave most things to Hikari in order for her to grow more accustomed to the outside world. As such, to bring her out, something major must have happened. 

"Kane! Why would you leave a defenceless girl out here all by herself! Do you have no manners!?" She marched up to him, trampling all over the injured body below like he was her personal carpet.

"Sorry! I didn't think something would happen…" He nervously laughed.

"Well! Think again! This dickhead tried to approach Hikari, so she told him that she was with you, and that only made that guy even more aggressive!"

'Huh… That's weird…' Moby inwardly thought. 'Is someone out to get me now?'

"Sorry, I didn't think this would happen,"

"Sorry isn't good enough! You're lucky Hikari's so nice to you! But! Remember, if you ever hurt her… It will be your h—" She was cut off in the middle of her sentence when her hair suddenly turned into a bright snow white.

"I'm so sorry for what my sister said… I'm sure she doesn't mean it that way… Don't worry, I know it's not your fault…" She bowed gracefully, which caught Regrit extremely off guard to see such an instant change in demeanour. He had seen her in class before but this was the first time he actually heard her speak outside of her introduction. 

"No, it's really my fault, I should have been more careful," Moby tried to comfort her.

'Damn… It seems like I have Hikari wrapped around my fingers and almost completely dependant on me. But, her sister is a bigger problem than I first anticipated… I thought me and her went along pretty well but I guess her overprotective side is really showing…' Moby thought deeply to himself only to hear a slight whisper come to him from the shoulder. 

"Hey… Is this your girlfriend or something?"

"No!" Moby half-whispered back. "This is the friend I talked to you about!"

"Ohhhh…" Regrit spoke, making Moby inwardly let out a sigh. 

"Big brother. Yami managed to win 50 points from beating that guy! We have more to work with now!"

"Good job!" Moby lightly rubbed her head.

"Oh… One more thing… Who's that man beside you?" She nervously looked over at Regrit who in her eyes, looked like some rabid wild beast ready to eat her alive. 

"Oh! He's the guy that's gonna be joining us. I hope you get along well." Moby smiled.

"If me and you don't get along well, then how do you expect me to get along with her?" Regrit casually scoffed, only to be surprised by the girl taking the initiative and walking up to him with her hands out. 

"Hello Mr. Regrit. It's nice to meet you. Any friend of big brother is also a friend of mine…"

Even Moby was surprised. What she did must have taken lots of courage and only proved her strong feelings towards him. 

"Eh, it's nice to meet you too I guess…" He casually shook her hands. "Ughh, enough wasting time! Let's just go to the city!" He scratched his head before walking towards the teleporters, with the other two catching up. 

"B-but wait! What about the injured man?" Hikari asked, not concerned for the man's safety but about whether or not she will get in trouble. 

"Don't worry about it, the school will clean things up. Plus, let him sleep, he seems pretty comfortable down there." Moby responded.

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The group went down into the city all together and stayed out of the line of sight of anyone as they entered into the filthy, cramped alleyways of the city. They made sure they were not being followed before they proceeded with Moby leading the way.

The journey taken was abnormally quiet. But, during the middle, Regrit decided to strike up a conversation with Hikari. He seemed to be genuinely interested in her powers and split personality. Moby only took a few peeks back at them, but other than that, he decided to leave them be, it was nothing too important considering Regrit's speech was as distant as ever. But, he was glad to see Hikari having some fun talking and stepping out of her comfort zone. 

It was not too long after did they finally neared their destination. Using his energy sense, Moby noticed a few figures headed in the same direction up ahead, so he decided it was perfect timing to show what he had prepared. He halted in place and pulled out 3 animalistic masks out of his inventory. These were special masks made by using illusion beasts as material and it allowed the user to change certain properties around the contour of the face including eyes and hair. But, the most important thing was the embedded voice changer. 

It was all fairly simple things. He wouldn't be surprised if others decided to wear coloured contacts, wigs and voice changers. But, even still, it was impressive to squeeze all of that into an all-in-one package.

Hikari took the mask with no questions but Regrit was slightly hesitant. But, after some peer pressure, he succumbed and it was safe to say he was thoroughly impressed. 

"Wow! Where did you get these!?" He exclaimed before being taken aback at the sound of his own voice.

"Don't worry about it," He shook off his question as he deflected it with one of his own. "We can't be using our real names when we get in. What do you want to be called?" 

That was definitely a very important question. And, it was one that they were all thinking about on their way so they did not have any problem answering.

"Call me Fox," Regrit answered, only for Moby to raise his eyebrows under his mask. 

"Wouldn't that make it too obvious considering your spirit mode?"

"Exactly!" He smiled. "It would be so obvious that no one would think I'm stupid enough to use it!"

"Well… I can't argue with that logic…" Moby inwardly sighed. "How about you?" He looked over in Hikari's direction.

"Noir," she immediately responded. 

"Like black in french?"

"Yeah, I'm sure Yami would be happy about it, plus, it's like the opposite of my hair and stuff,"

"I see… Good choice!" He nodded in her direction, making her smile underneath her mask. 

"And what about you? What do you want us to call you?" Regrit interjected, making Moby turn to face him.

"Call me Joker from now on," He spoke with confidence. 

"Joker? You get that isn't much of a hero name right?"

Moby could not help but chuckle at Regrit's reaction, a less than innocent smile sprouting on his face from underneath his mask. 

"Yes… I know…" 

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