Hey guys.
Welcome to my rewrite of my fourth story. To the other end of the world.
As the rewrite, this is a Hackers story. Those who're following me for a while know what they are. Those who're new, well, read and find out.
This was a ride for me to write, I hope you'll experience the same thing while reading. Enjoy it and on the end of the chapter, there is more information.
By the request of a reader, although it had been a while, I decided to split up the very large chapter and make smaller ones to which are more fitting.
Because I wanted to add something, I also got a new chapter on this so you guys didn't get notes for nothing.
Chifuyu stood in front of her class. She was there, psychically. Mentally is another question. She hardly coped with the loss in her class. Much less did the students. Sure, students dropped out, graduated or anything like that. But not this time.
This time was different. A student went MIA. It has been nearly three months and still, the school was like this. Lessons were stopped, people broke down. It was somewhat a wonder she nor Ichika broke down.
It was not just any student. No, a student with a personal unit and if that wasn't worse enough, it was a male student. A fucking male student.
Now, you're wondering why that's so weird?
Well, because normally spoken, there are no male IS students. Hell, there are no males at all in the Infinite Stratos. Clearly, there are.
Ichika Orimura was the first male discovered. She was her little brother and while not showing any affection, she cared a whole lot for her brother.
She was somewhat worried, although she would never admit it. It was also the same reason she was relieved when a male student alongside Ichika appeared. He was a real male. Not a dress up like Charlotte Dunois but a man.
At first, she didn't trust him but she began to care for Mattheus as well. Not as a student but as a friend. Mattheus was twenty, meaning he was between Ichika and her, regarding age. He had his issues as had everyone in the school.
If she could be honest, Mattheus was at least a bit sane. He didn't hit Ichika with a wooden or metal sword, he didn't throw a giant spear to him, he didn't snipe him nor he used assault rifles on him. (Well, that last one was her order)
Even despite that, Mattheus had another part of him.
One revealed in the second semester. Joel Pearce.
A twelve-year-old Irish street rat who was his Designer. For six months, she wondered who was the man, only known by his name.
Turned out that it was a boy of twelve who made Mattheus' IS Lavathenian. And that was a big surprise.
By letting her curiosity taking the better of her, eager to know of him, she turned to someone whose legend and infamy was equal to her own.
Most persons would be shocked to know that there were monsters who had the same power like her. She could think of several persons herself.
But the person she thought of was someone out of proportion. Not only because of the fact someone like him lived. The scariest part of him?
He wasn't called a monster. He was something a grade worse. Devil.
The Flemish Devil. Kerlongsj Orlejov.
Now, he wasn't a bad guy per say. Sure, Kerlongsj was strong, ruthless, unforgiving in a fight and he had a monstrous amount of power. But the man himself was nothing alike.
She knew how he was. His personality, he was so different from her.
Chifuyu had seen warriors. Warriors were like humans. They came from humans after all. You had different types and sets of them. Like, humans.
But Kerlongsj was something she has never seen before.
A hacker.
Sure, she heard of them. A group of fighters who had the guts to stand up to Infinite Stratos. And who were the only ones who could?
And for a lot of countries, the argument they had Chifuyu Orimura, a world renowned pilot wasn't enough. She had seen Kerlongsj, more than once. And every time, the gap between the two closed. Now, she didn't know if Kerlongsj had more or less power than her.
She couldn't even see. For her, Kerlongsj looked like he was enough to take her on.
She had never feared an opponent, she had nobody who could match her. She could and fought pilots using just her excessive martial arts and a bunch of katana.
But the Brunhilde knew that wouldn't be enough to stop Kerlongsj. Or better said. It depended on him. If he decided to use his hacker skills, she was dead.
If he decided to his conventional weapons, she could have a chance. Kerlongsj had no message for honor, rules or anything like that. He fought and killed like the warrior he was.
She once taught Ichika that the weight of the sword was the weight of a man's life. For Kerlongsj, he taught his little brother that the weight of a life was to be determined by the weapon. For the Flemish Devil, he used two thirty centimeter long hidden blades attached to his wrists. She had fought him.
Not serious at all, the two fought with their weapons but they had not the intention to kill each other.
Somewhere, deep down. She hoped she prayed that Kerlongsj had maybe saved Mattheus. She was stupid to hope that. He had helped her with Ichika but disappeared before she could speak him. At this point.
The death of Mattheus began to break her as it broke the class as it broke the school. Mattheus had a bigger impact on everyone. She feared that her actions caused his deaths. She had blamed Ichika or the others but in the end, all of them were responsible.
Chifuyu sighed, half hearty, the lesson had to begin.
"Okay, everyone. Before we begin this class. I have to say something. It's about Adjzof. I know we're all sad with what happened but this isn't what he wanted for us. I know all of us had a link with him or with Joel. I know we all feel guilty. But this is life. People die. Mattheus didn't deserve to die now but he did. We have no choice but to accept that. I want to stress that this is the ISA. We are all pilots. We have to be strong. We have Phantom Task. They have killed him. And I want you all to be able to fight him. Understood?"
"Hai." The class told their teacher. Chifuyu could feel the class wasn't meaning it.
They would grow out of it. Still, it would take a long time. Mattheus death has hurt one person the most. She looked at Ichika, who was absent. In normal circumstances, she'd punish him for not paying attention. This time, she wouldn't.
From everyone in the school, Chifuyu couldn't tell who took Mattheus death worse. Ichika Orimura, her little brother who began to see Mattheus, the Hunter, as a brother and friend of his own or Natasha Fairs. The Silver Gospel pilot. She became Mattheus lover when she came to the ISA.
She had taken his death as a personal matter.
She was sent to spy on him but eventually fell in love with him. Her honey trap failed, sent back to the USA and Chifuyu had yet to receive news from her.
"Okay, I see this isn't going to work. So like the other teachers, I will postpone this class. Tomorrow, this won't be the case. Everyone dismissed, Orimura, you're staying." Ichika snapped out.
He was staying. Did his sis want to kill him for not paying attention? Did she want to talk about something of Madoka?
He didn't ask her of Madoka. Last time, it didn't work. This time, it wouldn't work.
The girls stood up and walked away. Houki, Charlotte, Laura and Cecilia looked over to him. In their eyes, there was mixed admiration, compassion, and sadness. Chifuyu scoffed them off and the girls left.
Maya got the message and left the classroom, following the girls.
Ichika sat down, not even looking his sister in the eye. He was shocked to find out that his older sister, the only family member he had, was his teacher.
She was strict, she was cold, frankly, she didn't like kids.
Therefore, he was glad to have Mattheus. A sane guy who he could talk to, who could relate to him, who gave him advice.
Sure, he understood his older sister's position. She couldn't take favorites. She was a teacher. And with Mattheus, he didn't frankly need it.
But that was then, this is now. This is without Mattheus. This is without his brother.
"Ichika," Chifuyu spoke in a soft, nearly unnatural tone. His sister hardly spoke that way. Even when Mattheus has shot out the sky, she didn't speak like that. She had never spoken like that. But now. She did.
She called him by his first name. Ichika learned to pick up small things. Sure, if Mattheus didn't actually tell him that there were seven girls chasing him, he wouldn't pick up.
It's not done to tell secrets of a maiden hearts to the object of their affections but for Mattheus, if these maidens wanted to kill Ichika each time, their actions were more immoral than his own.
Ichika looked up to his sister.
"What is it, Orimura-sensei?" The question wasn't the point. The hardness, the tone. It didn't have Ichika's normal cheerful voice. It was like every bit of happiness got out of the boy. He had never been this sad and Chifuyu knew that.
The time Houki left because her sister introduced the IS. It nearly killed Ichika of sadness. And she wasn't there. If it wasn't for Rin, crazy, over the top Rin, she didn't want to know what could have happened.
Ichika valued Rin's as Houki's friendship very close. He was happy the two were at the school.
But Mattheus was something different.
A male like a female can make best friends. These can be girls or boys. The difference is how you stand in it.
Chifuyu didn't know how but for her, Mattheus became Ichika's best male friend. That was a difference from the girls.
Mattheus and he chatted over life, over questions, they talked about games and music and what other things. Chifuyu realized very soon that Mattheus was something Ichika would have needed a long time.
A mentor.
And the fact Mattheus called Ichika brother was the right choice.
Ichika had never someone who died. Who was gone forever? He never went through that. This was the first time he would never someone again. No matter what he would do, no matter what he did. Mattheus was dead. Gone forever.
Ichika felt responsible. Like it was his fault. If he didn't turn his back to the enemy, he would have his brother. He couldn't do anything else. The bomb went off. His fear that his friends and older sister were dead were too real. But they weren't.
He should have known that Laura AIC would save them. But Mattheus didn't have that. Mattheus was shot down.
Sacrificed himself to save Ichika. He talked about the fact that if he died, there were fewer people to suffer. Ichika spat on those words his brother said.
If he knew who suffered. Ichika suffered. Houki suffered. Rin suffered. Laura suffered. Cecilia suffered. Charlotte suffered. Chifuyu suffered. Maya suffered. Kanzashi suffered. Tatenashi suffered. The whole fucking school suffered by his death.
Ichika saw his sister walking to him. He was prepared for a punishment. Where he wasn't prepared for was his older sister wrapping her arms around him, pushing him in a hug. He knew how strong his sister was, he knew how fierce she could be.
He didn't expect the hug to be soft, so calm, so serene. "Ichika." Her voice was cracking like she could break in tears. He had never seen Chifuyu so venerable. So hurt.
Of course. How fucking stupid he had been? He had no idea how she must suffer. She had lost a student, a friend as well.
Why the hell didn't he pick that up? Why didn't he comfort his sister when she needed him? Why didn't he help her?
Before he could utter a word, she spoke before him. Cutting him off. His mouth was open but he couldn't speak.
"Ichika, listen. I know you're hurt but this isn't good for you. You're killing yourself with this." She spoke whispering in his ear. Ichika broke out in tears.
"I miss him, Chifuyu-nee. I miss him so badly. I don't want it. I don't want to say goodbye to him. I want him here. With us. In class, in training, in talking. I miss Mattheus. I miss my brother. I need to be strong for everyone. But I."
He broke out in tears, crying on his older sister's shoulder, breaking out his shell. His stupor who was killing him for a week, it broke out now. Chifuyu held her little brother close to him.
"Ichika, I know you're hurt. You see yourself as Knight. You cannot waver but if you don't find a way, you will fall." She held her brother close.
"I just. I just don't find it fair. Mattheus went through all that. He was killed at so many times. It was like he couldn't die. With the Golem, with Laura, with the attacks at the play, with everything. But I don't believe he is gone." Chifuyu held her brother close and let him cry.
"I know Ichika, I know." She held her brother clutched to her chest. She vowed. If her brother would go after Phantom Task, she would stand next to him. And so would his friends.
Chifuyu hated it but she held her brother close and enjoyed the soft moment that was so rare. Of course, she enjoyed the moment because she was his older sister and that it was rare the two were alone. Suddenly, Maya stormed in the classroom.
It was hard to tell if her blush came from the run or from the fact that she saw Chifuyu (who she secretly admired) hugging her younger brother.
Instead Ichika off, Chifuyu gently let Ichika go and glared at the green haired woman.
"Well, Yamada-kun, is there a reason why you storm in the classroom while I had strictly ordered you to stay away? Oh and I'd really appreciate if you didn't tell anyone." The ominous voice of the Brunhilde came out with the cracking of knuckles.
Her coming words would be the detriment of her life.
"Orimura-sensei." How could she speak normally when she had ran like hell was on her heels?
"Does the name Anaton Orlejov ring a bell?" Chifuyu's eyes shot open and Ichika pondered on the name.
"Orlejov?" The male pilot muttered. "Chifuyu-nee, did you … told me that.. name before?" Chifuyu glanced at him and gave him a nod.
"You remember Kerlongsj Orlejov I told you about? The leader of the Legal Hackers?"
Even Maya didn't know a lot of the hackers but the name Kerlongsj said something. Ichika wasn't someone who knew of the hackers as well. But his sister told him of Kerlongsj.
Ichika couldn't imagine someone who was as strong if not stronger than his older sister but Chifuyu assured him that Kerlongsj could easily match her.
Ichika noticed something when Chifuyu told him about the man. While she told him of him, she didn't speak with fear nor she looked down like what she normally did with her opponents. From what he noticed, she spoke like she respected him as equal.
Now, unlike most women, Chifuyu did not look down on men like most do nowadays. She respected them as much they respected her.
But there was a difference. She didn't respect Kerlongsj as man or human being. She respected him as a warrior who was equal to her own. Ichika gulped when she told him what he did and what he could do.
There was one question that came up.
"Chifuyu-nee, that man must be a monster to have matched you?" Chifuyu solemnly shook her head.
"He isn't a monster Ichika, Kerlongsj nickname is the Flemish Devil."
Chifuyu's mind clicked. She realized who Anaton was.
"That is Kerlongsj Orlejov's little brother. What of him?"
Maya gulped. Like Ichika, she heard the respect Chifuyu had when she spoke the name.
"The principal has agreed to let Anaton in the school as a prisoner of war." Chifuyu fell back and if it wasn't for Ichika to catch her, she would have had a painful landing.
"Chifuyu-nee?" He asked, unsure of what that meant. A war. But there was no war around the globe.
"Ichika, from now on. I will train you personally. And Maya, drive up the defense in the whole school. Teachers will patrol in the evenings and all trips outside the school have been suspended until further notice. Get to it."
"Yiiee," Maya said and she ran away to her orders.
Ichika looked at his sister who stood back up.
"Ichika, I want you to listen very carefully." The soft mood was gone. Chifuyu was back to normal.
No, not normal. It was like she became twice as serious.
He held his mouth and listened.
"I want you to listen and ask later." He gave a nod.
"If what I think is true, we're going to have a war on our hands with both of us at the front line. And we'll be facing Kerlongsj if this will continue. I will pick from your room for training. For now, dismissed." Ichika nodded.
"Chifuyu-nee."
"I will answer your questions Ichika in training. Understood?" Ichika nodded and left.
Chifuyu looked outside. She was standing for a dilemma. She could call Kerlongsj telling him she knew where his brother was. She knew how he was. He was less reckless than her so he could take it well.
Could. Like Chifuyu, Kerlongsj would go through everything to keep his brother safe.
In Belgium.
At that place, a group of soldiers didn't know that. But they had bigger issues. Namely finding that out.
The Nanite Hackers.
Now, this group was always living in some sort of fear. The fear to have pilots, the fear to be invaded, the fear to lose families. But they learned to live with that. And with the last years, they just could live.
There weren't that many pilots who knew of them. Most low ranked (and that were even holders of personal units) didn't know of the hackers.
Of course, they were skirmishes and augments, but nowadays, it was calm.
But with the fixation of it WAS calm. Right now, the hackers were facing a difficult time.
Normally, the hackers were just doing their own stuff. Training their youngsters or themselves, talking how to work but at this point, everyone, going from to the schoolers to the veterans, side by side they were working their asses off.
Not just only the hackers. Every organization, from organized crime to private military, everyone with just the slightest connection to the hackers were now busy working weeks straight for one goal.
And while it would seem stupid that a few million men were working for the same goal, nobody questioned the orders.
It was to find to back Anaton Orlejov, the Devil's little brother.
Kerlongsj had become the leader of the Legal Nanite Hackers at the age of seventeen. Most knew him under the name of the Flemish Devil. Most hackers as even older soldiers wouldn't associate the name as Devil with a guy like Kerlongsj.
May it be a high-ranking general or a low foot soldier, Kerlongsj treated everyone with the respect they all deserved from him. He was joking, he could take a joke and he never threatened. But more of the older soldiers knew exactly what it meant to piss him off. They had seen what he did when he became the leader of the Hackers.
The Hackers respected Azalof that he appointed Kerlongsj. But some disagreed. Kerlongsj was accused of being too young, too immature, to lead a cause.
In three months' time, Kerlongsj made the Metal Claw. A PMC built of remains of old armies. Soldiers, superiors, everyone who had a reason to resent countries was brought in that group. Kerlongsj destroyed the group who had questioned him, not showing any mercy. In every fight, he leads them. No Hackers besides him.
That was the point the name as the Flemish Devil was born.
Of course, legends have more tales than truth. But the gist remained the same. Kerlongsj had become a Devil.
Now it depended on what pissing him off meant. You could make him angry and talked that out before you have a match which you would survive without too many remaining injuries but this was different. Kerlongsj was now not just angry, he was livid.
And that was noticeable.
It was understandable that Kerlongsj was angry but you could call it a miracle that he didn't kill anyone. Jack, his keeper, and loyal Jackdaw had flown away as soon the reach of Anaton's disappearance was noticed and settled on Denzel's shoulder.
He and Thomas were two of Kerlongsj gang and his oldest and best friends. Without Jack, Kerlongsj couldn't access his powers. Or more precisely, he could just access one percent of his power. That was enough to get fourteen S ranked hackers down.
Denzel looked at the door where his leader's powers came out.
He looked to his brother, Thomas. Both gulped.
They were asked to report the news. They understood the lower soldiers. They would have the highest chance Kerlongsj would not just kill them if they told him they haven't found out where Anaton was staying.
With the pressure of the highest chance. Kerlongsj could kill them and not even care. Both hated to admit but their leader had some serious issues. They understood why he cared so much about Anaton and why that was so important. But it didn't change the fact that it was still dangerous.
Denzel knocked at the door.
"Enter." If Denzel was in his jesting mood, which wasn't the case, it was like Kerlongsj would have said "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here." But he wasn't in the mood.
They opened the door. The room was in the dark. Even without light, they knew where they had to go. Kerlongsj sat in his chair. A long leather one, comfortable.
He looked in the eyes. His green-grey eyes that were normally jovial were cold and harsh. It didn't fit him but given everything, it was now certainly the only look they would have.
"And?" If Kerlongsj said one word when soldiers entered, it was bad news. Denzel took a breath. They would fight their captain if they wanted to live. It depended on him.
"We haven't found Anaton, Kerlongsj."
"Captain." The Devil cut his friend words off.
"Sorry?"
"You call me captain." Okay, this was bad. Normally spoken, most soldiers talked to him as captain. The higher ones, including them, they were the generals right beneath Kerlongsj, called him by his first name.
If he cut his best friends off by ordering them to call him with his rank, it meant Kerlongsj was really in a bad mood.
"Did you find Anaton?" Denzel sighed.
"No, and captain. We came with a request." Kerlongsj looked up. His hands were before his mouth, his finger entwined.
He waited on what his members would ask.
"Captain. The men have been working for three weeks, most of them have slept for maybe fourteen hours on this week. They're up. We request you gave us at least two days as rest." Denzel prayed he didn't go too far.
Luckily, Kerlongsj was still sitting in his chair.
"So let me get this straight? You're not closer to find Anaton. I have suspended everything else, every other task is on hold until my brother is found. There is no sign of him. Three weeks and a few million men have been searching! There is no clue, nothing to be traced back. And yet, you dare ask me to give these pieces of shit some rest. No, there will be no rest. They will work on and no rest at all. They will go on. If they stop they die. I have given them an order! And they will fulfill that!"
"I do not allow you to insult them." Denzel didn't speak, Thomas did.
"Our soldiers have been working for three weeks, desperate for finding your brother back. They have begged us to find your brother back. We don't have the energy anymore. If someone finds out about our state, we're done for. We can be overrun any second. We can't even put a fight! We've done what we could. It may not be enough for you but it was everything we had."
Thomas paused. He might have gone too far but he didn't stop. "Kerlongsj. Our man can't go on. Give us at least two days that they can rest. On three weeks, what are two days?" Kerlongsj walked to him. Thomas feared he went too far.
Kerlongsj took off his hidden blades. It could mean two things.
One. He did those off as a mean not to use them.
Two. He did those off to use his powers.
He walked slowly, slumping. The minutes crept by, the sounds of him walking to him.
Denzel and Thomas made their weapons. Kerlongsj shook his head.
They stopped but were still awaiting an attack.
"Thomas. I have been working for three weeks. I expect our soldiers to do nothing less. I am the leader of the Legal Hackers. I call out the shots."
"Well, you can give your men the order that they can stop searching." A fourth voice came out. They turned to see a man standing.
He didn't wear the Hackers uniform. Instead of a light blue sweater with gray pants, he wore a black one with matching pants.
Meaning this was an active Agent of the Metal Claw. And right now, Kerlongsj had just one interesting agent with those stats.
It's nothing easier to change when you're a dead man. And this man was called MIA. Adjzof Mattheus. Formerly a student of the ISA. One of the male pilots. Mattheus was now an Agent for the worst enemies of the Infinite Stratos.
Kerlongsj looked at him. Mattheus had a certain way of working with his captain. He wasn't a worker behind the computer. He would go out and search on the street.
Kerlongsj normally forbade that but because Mattheus often wore a white mask, he was allowed. It was a mask an old friend for him. It was a mask from some anime his friend was fond off. A shounen manga. He didn't care but he accepted the gift. And right now, it was certainly useful.
Mattheus took it off.
From afar, he and Kerlongsj could be related. But there were some differences. As starters, Kerlongsj hair was darker than Mattheus'. Mattheus were blue, Kerlongsj had green gray. Their faces also differed. It was just not the same.
And Kerlongsj had more scars. While Mattheus had something on his face. Five brown rings and one white. It was not just normal piercings. It was the closed form of Lavathenian. Mattheus personal IS unit.
Mattheus lived by a certain code. I make my own luck. But right now, he was pushing that luck very far. When Mattheus got MIA from being shot down, he was transported from Japan to Flanders. He had been training for a while. Under Kerlongsj.
Now, Mattheus would never become as good as Kerlongsj. But he was certainly growing. The training was hellish, harsh, brutal but he learned and grew. He became stronger and faster.
Kerlongsj tried to teach him other ways and slowly, the Hunter grew. He became stronger, faster and deadlier.
Mattheus had a point he'd never become a soldier. But he became a Hunter. He was called like that before. Now, it was the right thing to call him.
After his training, he went out. Like Kerlongsj, he had an own goal. Namely wiping Phantom Task from the face of the earth. And it was looking he was actually doing that.
He could go out for weeks and come back with the new that seven cells were dead. And that was his average. Kerlongsj had a liking for him.
Like himself, Mattheus didn't take crap from anyone, he was serious, good and mentally very strong. He didn't enjoy the killing but he certainly enjoyed the Hunt.
"What do you mean, Agent Adjzof?"
Mattheus smiled and from leaning at the wall, he walked to his captain. He took out a file from his backpack.
He offered him the map. Kerlongsj took it, politely, smiling at the man. He opened it and the facial expressions were to kill for.
Which Mattheus did.
"I have been gone through a lot. It was huge. I have been places I hope I never will go to again." Kerlongsj read it.
His mouth fell open.
"They're keeping at the Infinite Stratos Academy?" The Flemish Devil was horrified and relieved. If Anaton was at the ISA, it meant that Chifuyu was there. If she was there, he could hope for some good treatment.
But if he was there, why did Chifuyu not contact him? Did she betray him? Their relationship was built on favors but Kerlongsj cared for her.
"If you're wondering why it took us so long, it's because the ones who kidnapped him kept Anaton rarely one place at the day. They transported him by road. A lot of officials were in it. I have been tracking him down. I have seen him." Kerlongsj glare was deadly.
"Why didn't save him if that was the case? Why didn't you even contact me?" Mattheus sighed.
"First of all, I'm best working alone or with Joel. Secondly, I couldn't do it because it was a patron. I couldn't make a plan. I haven't been an Agent that is strong, experienced and good enough for that." Kerlongsj lifted him at the sleeve.
Mattheus' breath was cut off.
"So it was just found to let him go every time?" Kerlongsj made a fist but felt a hand on his arm. He turned scowling to Denzel.
"It's enough. We have found him. But he made a point? Why stop now? And why by road? Wouldn't a plane be faster." Mattheus sighed.
His year at the ISA brought him up a lot.
"By the road, it was impossible for us to track us, even with all of us. It was by my luck, that I make, that I stumbled across him. But every time, they would move. They would only stop at one place. I just had to find out which. And may I ask you captain, how should I free him? You have forbidden me to use my IS to keep the idea I'm dead, right. I had my orders."
Kerlongsj let him go.
"Agent, from everyone I have, you have the most information on this. Why would they stop at the ISA?"
Mattheus looked to Kerlongsj. He noticed that Longsword and Backbow looked at him. They didn't have a liking for the young Hunter. They found him too green despite being four years older than him.
He taught them wrong.
And they listened as well.
"The ISA is international ground. Meaning the students don't belong to any organization, group or country. It also means that if we attack that school, the whole world and you three know, I'm not joking, would go after us. Besides that, Chifuyu Orimura is there and you know that is another reason. Sir, I have an idea why she hasn't told us and why they're keeping him there. You want to know?"
Kerlongsj went to his chair, sitting down, relieving the other four beings in the room. Jack flew to his shoulder, happy his master was back to normal.
"First of all. I think Orimura hasn't told us is because Anaton is being brought there two days ago. She didn't have time and I think she's afraid of you coming there to free him. She fears the life of her own brother. The second reason is beside the international ground, that we have to play the game by their way."
Kerlongsj spat on the ground. "Goddamn, those old whores. So what? They want to lure us out. You believe they want?" Mattheus shook his head.
"I picked up a lot more. From what I learned, the pilots are arrogant enough to have a match. They want you to fight. You can guess the reason yourself." Kerlongsj pinched his nose bridge.
"How would they contact me? Belgium okay, but our organization stands loose from the country. We live here but we don't belong to them." Denzel looked at the Agent.
"You believe that they want Kerlongsj to fight so?"
"They think a pilot can defeat him and they think by killing him, they'll execute Anaton. Without a leader of our cause, you can guess what happens next."
Thomas spat on the ground. "We become slaves."
Mattheus nodded.
"And they will find a way to contact us. Believe me. They will have a way to contact you." Kerlongsj grunted.
"How do you think they'd do that, Agent?" Mattheus grinned.
"If you ask me, Chifuyu calls you and she'll ask you to come over." Kerlongsj looked at him and he mimicked the grin.
The Devil and the Hunter had the idea things were getting a lot more interesting. And they would be in the first line for the show. Kerlongsj noticed his generals were breathing again.
He waved them off.
"It's okay, tell the lads that I'm not longer searching. Everyone has a week off for today." Denzel pumped his fist and Thomas had a relief breath. This meant that the hackers search was finally over.
Kerlongsj had only threatened, beaten up, nearly killed but not really and seriously wounded about five hundred people. Not a bad day, right?
And that's it for now. I hope you enjoyed this small first piece. Trust me, there is more to come and I hope you'll enjoy more.
