"Grandpa, why!? Why are you hiding this from me!?" Otto shouted in disbelief. His hands tightly gripped his grandfather's upper arms.
Konstantin was unable to speak. Fuku meanwhile silently stared at them with watery eyes.
"What can I do, grandson? If I'm telling this to everyone, not only my life, but your life also will be in danger" Konstantin tried to explain. "They will charge us with crimes that we didn't commit it!"
"So they can continue their evil project without public knowledge by that?" Otto was upset.
"Yes" Konstantin slowly nodded. "They have no regards for us, the only thing in their mind is... survival of their empire"
"Their survival?" Otto raised his eyebrows.
"Yes. We might see them as a powerful and unstoppable force but...in truth, their empire is declining. They have losing many wars against their rivals. Their colonies were rebelling against their government" Konstantin said.
"Then why?"
"They need create a very strong group of superhumans and mutants to defend their realm, but at the same time, they can't risk of facing any other uprisings from their own colonies. So their solution is to create portal machines and capture as many people as they can from another dimensions" Konstantin added.
Otto was silent in grief.
...
Today was the second day of Kyoujurou's investigation in this warehouse. And this time, he bring along with him two of his juniors, Takeuchi and Yushiro.
"Alright, boys! Let's go eat somewhere before we continue with our work!" Kyoujurou said.
"Can we go to Toyo-san's noodle shop, Rengoku-san?" Takeuchi suggested.
"Good idea!" Kyoujurou was agreed.
Tanjirou then glanced at Yushiro.
"What about you, Yushiro?" Takeuchi asked.
"Any place is okay for me" Yushiro simply replied.
Meanwhile, as the three of them just exited the warehouse, they noticed a young man wearing red cap was heading to the warehouse entrance. His name is Shankar, and he works as a parcel deliverer, although he always complained about his own job.
"Shankar!" Kyoujurou greeted the parcel deliverer.
"Yo!" Shankar raised his hand. "Got a mission?"
"We're on lunch break but we'll be right back after 2PM" Kyoujurou said.
"Well, I got some parcels to deliver" Shankar replied.
"Alright, see you later!" Kyoujurou and the boys then walked away.
Unfortunately, Shankar was struck by bad luck when his leg just stepped on a banana skin without a warning. He collapsed on the floor, much to his own chagrin.
"I hate my job" Shankar grumbled.
...
"After him!"
As Giyuu and Murata exited the patient room, their eyes widened as they saw several Erionian military cops armed with laser rifles ran through the hallway, most probably chased a fugitive who infiltrated inside this hospital. The doctors, nurses and commoners quickly backed away in fear.
"Erionian military police force? What are they doing here?" Murata was confused.
"Tomioka-san!"
Soon, both of them noticed Kanae rushed towards them.
"Kochou, can you tell us what just happened?" Giyuu asked about the situation.
"Apparently, a fugitive person just escaped from the prison and infiltrated inside this hospital!" Kanae explained.
"A fugitive?" Giyuu raised his eyebrows.
"This way!" Two more military cops followed the pursuit.
"Shall we follow them, Tomioka-san?" Kanae suggested.
"I'm not sure about this but..."
Kanae glanced at Giyuu.
"Alright, let's go" Giyuu sighed.
However, as the three of them finally left the area, someone just opened the door of the nearby room as he peeked from inside.
He's mental patient in his twenties who ran away from an asylum not far from this hospital. He wears a lab coat which he stole from a doctor a few hours before he made his escape.
He silently looked at his surroundings, he need to be careful or everyone will noticed of his presence.
However, as he almost walked outside of the room, he heard several footsteps came towards his direction. He quickly closed back the door.
Meanwhile, the fugitive rushed through the emergency exit as he sprinted downstairs. The Erionian enforcers however was very far from letting him escape.
"Stop right there!"
Unfortunately, before he could reach the another emergency door, one of the military cops aimed his rifle against the fugitive. The Erionian mercilessly released a shot as the fugitive's scream could be heard in there.
...
Shankar was about to enter the supervisor's room when he saw a mysterious person stood in front of him. That person has a long black hair tied into a ponytail, reminded him of a close friend of Kyoujurou. He wore a strange dark colored uniform with a half red and half cube-patterned jacket of some sort. And he couldn't see his face since he wore a white mask.
"Excuse me?" Shankar addressed him.
That person however didn't spoke even a word.
"Are you lost, mister?" Shankar asked.
As usual, he remained silent.
"Ah, looks like I stumbled upon a weirdo after all" Shankar rolled his eyes as he grabbed the doorknob. He soon entered the supervisor's room, leaving alone that strange guy.
However, as he almost walked towards the table, Shankar felt something fishy about that man.
He go back to the door and opened it again, peeked from inside.
Much to his own shock, the masked man was still there. Shankar quickly closed the door.
He breathed heavily as he leaned against the door. Seriously, what was that guy doing here?
Shankar quickly took his smartphone and dialed Kyoujurou's number. He need to warn the Rengoku about this strange guy.
"Hello?"
To be continued...