Chapter 65 – Foreboding.

Chapter 65 – Foreboding. Announcement

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After finishing the discussion, Akagi left Kaori in Mimi's care. Hoshino would be dealt with once Libra was defeated since Akagi didn't want to derail their chances at wining. Once she was adequately treated and rested, she would begin working under the Yuki-Onna. Hopefully, she could still use her potion-making knowledge even without the game's abilities. Though, even if she couldn't Akagi had a few ideas about what to do with her.

Yumi took Mika and Naomi back home, and Akagi sat with her sister on a bench in the garden. She regretted yelling at Kana. Even if she takes her job seriously, she could have handled that a little bit better, so she wanted to apologize to Kana.

"I... uh..." Akagi scratched her cheek. "Sorry that I raised my voice earlier Kana. That wasn't necessary." She politely bowed.

"It's alright. I'm not mad or anything." Kana replied. "I'm more surprised to see you acting like this though." Seeing her tough older sister acting meek towards her was amusing. "I did overstep my bounds, even if Kaori was my friend. Even if I don't exactly condone what you do, I did agree not to interfere, and I violated that promise." Kana bowed her head too.

Seeing that Kana wasn't mad made Akagi feel better. "Yeah, it's alright. I guess we've both got things to learn about one another still." Akagi gave a dry laugh. "I keep forgetting that you aren't completely used to how I act, and I forget that you're normal compared to me."

Akagi held her head in her hands. "I can imagine I've caused you a lot of headaches with my actions and words, so I'm sorry for that."Ne/w novel chapters are published at novelhall.com

"You don't need to apologize for anything." Kana shook her head. "Sure things have been different, but I would much rather see you like this if it makes you happy." Akagi hadn't had much to live for in the past, so Kana was glad to see her doing something that brought her joy. Even though that meant Kana had to accept some changes in her sister.

"You were never that great at dealing with others before, me included, so I can take you being a little bit prickly. Your nowhere near as bad as you used to be. Mika and Naomi don't really mind it either, though granted when you exploded on Mika, they did get a bit scared." Kana laughed.

{Yeah, but Kana, not only do I not regret those acts, but seeing you all afraid like that... it brought me great joy.} Akagi thought to herself as she listened to Kana speak. She could never tell her sister this, but deep down she kind of wanted to see the look on Kana's terrified face. The thought of someone so close to her being made to fear her tickled a part of her that she didn't want to admit existed. {What the hell is wrong with me?} (Akagi)

"Onee-chan..... Onee-chan!" Kana called out to Akagi causing her to snap out of her thoughts. "Are you alright?" Kana had a worried look. "Your face looked miserable."

Regaining her senses Akagi answerd. "Yeah, I'm fine........... Just a lot on my mind is all." she patted Kana on the head. "I'm going out for a bit. I need to blow off some steam and attend to some stuff." She stood up.

"Are you sure you're alright?" Kana looked at her, worried.

"I'm not going to lie and say there's nothing wrong, Kana." Akagi shrugged. "But right now, there's not much I can do." Akagi jumped into the sky and took off toward Kyoto. She was hoping that a little movement would clear her mind and perhaps calm her heart. Akagi could tell with each passing day that she was slipping deeper and deeper into the darkness that resided in her heart, but she didn't have it in her to admit that to Kana.

{Please don't tell me she did that with Moonie...} (Superbia)

"Superbia nice. Will use as a stuffed dummy if die-expire, don't worry," Imp said with a devilish grin.

"Great, now I definitely can't die with you around." She sighed. "You would be the nutcase to turn me into some kind of freaky ornament."

"Maybe mount over fireplace-hearth?" Imp stuck her tongue out, which got bit when Superbia bonked her on the head.

"Owie!" Imp cried in pain. "WHY?!?"

"That's for being an idiot." Superbia looked at Dr. Amherst. "So how much longer will it be until I'm recovered?" She wanted to get back in action as soon as possible.

"A few more days, at least." Dr. Amherst answered. "And personally, I would want a full week. Your abilities and the effect they have on your bodies are still not understood, so taking chances is not something I can encourage."

Superbia didn't want to hear that, but she understood what he meant. Even she never thought that her Princess of Blood ability would have that level of backlash. She felt fine now, but there was no telling if unseen damage had accumulated.

{I guess Akagi was right, our abilities do work differently now. We need to be more careful in the future.} (Superbia)

"I guess that's fine." Superbia sighed. "We just got two new members right? Hoshino and Wexel were their names if I recall. So I guess things will be fine."

{I still need to find those two bastards. They haven't shown themselves just yet, but I will find them. Just wait Mooni, I'll make those goblin bastards pay for killing you. Even if it's the last thing I do.} Superbia thought to herself. She had a history with two members of Libra, and she intended to settle the score with their blood.

As for the new team members.

Hoshino was a dual-blade mixed caster whose fighting style was similar to Hishya, though her level of power was quite a bit lower.

Wexel was a summoner, and while she could cast magic, most of her kit was centered around buffing her monsters and others.

Summoners were quite rare in FWO, mostly because of the low power ceiling for the creatures they could use. Against monsters, they were effective enough. However, players would have an easier time against them since their summons were only marginally tougher than most mid-bosses. They were also useless against World Bosses as their summons were too weak to do anything and they would eat up a raid slot. Libra had one of their own, Alice the Puppeteer. She was actually a young girl, only around fourteen, but her skill at commanding her army of puppets and golems was top-tier. Compared to her, Wexel might as well be little more than a child walking her dog.

Alice's presence as a part of Libra was especially worrying since she had a literal army at her command. If she wanted, she could eradicate an entire town just by unleashing her puppets on it. She had mostly been quiet since the start of hostilities, and she'd not once used her abilities as part of Libra's campaign, as of yet, which caused unease among the Rapid Response Team. Once the Americans got involved, they labeled her a priority target, and they were making plans to find and defeat her before she could take action. It didn't help that the little girl also had a history with the Assault Team and the infamous assassin herself.