Chapter 6
The academic day started and the students of Gosha academy were listening to boring lectures of their teacher or having needed trainings for their further career. Right now Pavel's class had the lesson of Yatsu Murasaki. They boy tried to concentrate, but was wandering in his thoughts.
'I must talk with Oleg Semenovich after the lesson.' Pavel said to himself, 'Maybe it'll be better to speak to him without Maria Sergeievna? After all he cannot tell something if she is there.' Pavel was moving with his pen putting on a semblance he was writing something, 'I can tell Maria Sergeievna our talk. Probably it would help. But knowing her it won't help.'
"Tarasov!" Murasaki exclaimed with her ringing voice.
"Ah? Yes?!" Pavel raised his head and received a hit with a book at his head, "Ow!" Pavel rubbed it, and saw Murasaki, who was standing next to him.
"Can you please tell me, what I said right now?" Murasaki looked at him seriously.
"Well… it was about relations of…" Pavel tried to remember what the teacher was talking about, but it was pointless.
Ren, Masami, Aki and Maki looked at him and were surprised that he was wandering somewhere away from the lesson. Maki even tried to help, but Murasaki stopped these attempts with her glare.
"Page number one hundred and twenty." the teacher said and then walked back to the blackboard.
'Man, it's better to focus on her lesson or I'll forgot everything what I knew about Oleg Semenovich's lesson.' he rubbed the hit place.
The lesson continued and this time Pavel tried to focus. Ren and Masami looked at him with a little puzzlement.
'I hope he is fine.' Ren thought along with Masami.
The lesson finished and Pavel could avoid further hits as know Murasaki saw he was working and decided not to lecture the boy. When the teacher left Masami and Ren came to him.
"Are you alright?" Ren asked him, "It's not like you to be away from the lessons."
"It's more suitable for Maki." Aki joined them.
"Hey, I do that not always!" Maki slightly hit Aki's shoulder not liking her boyfriend was talking about her like that.
"No, it's nothing." Pavel quickly got up and put everything into his bag, "Sorry guys, I must do something right now." then he ran out of the classroom.
"Don't you think he is acing weird?" Maki asked her friends.
"Maybe something happened?" Aki looked over the others too, "It's not like him to act like that."
"We should spy on him." Maki suddenly announced.
"I don't think it's polite." Aki told his girlfriend, "Sometimes, some things better to be not disturbed."
"But it's really strange to see him like that." Masami looked at Aki, "He is always well-concentrated on the lesson, while today he was thoughtful even on the lesson of Yatsu-sensei."
"I hope there happened nothing serious." the boy responded.
Ren grabbed her bag too and headed to the exit from the classroom.
"Where're you're going, Ren?" Masami asked the tanned classmate.
"After him." Ren only replied and left them.
"Wow, Ren also is strange today." Maki thought, "But if Ren wants to know that, I'll join her."
Masami and Aki only looked at each other, and didn't nothing but joining their friends in spy at Pavel in order to understand what bothered him.
Pavel was in a hurry. His way led him to the teachers' room, where he wanted to find Oleg Semenovich and to have a talk before Maria. Pavel was thinking about nothing, but the upcoming talk. He didn't notice how he reached the needed place. He opened the door and said.
"Is Oleg Semenovich here?" he looked around seeing several teachers.
There were Takeuti, Chikeko and some others
"No, he has just left." Chikeko said, "Has something happened?" she looked at him with worried expression.
"No, nothing, I just wanted to ask him something." Pavel smiled and left the lounge, 'Maybe he has a lesson?' Pavel pondered, 'But in which class he has the lesson?' he hit his forehead, 'There must be his timetable.'
Pavel returned to the teachers' lounge.
"Sensei." he turned to the teacher of musician, "Don't you know where he has a lesson now?"
"Well…" Chikeko pondered, she went to the wall where the time tables of the teachers of the academy were, "At Yukikaze's class." the woman replied, "They're on the second floor." she looked at the boy again, "What happened anywhere…?" she wasn't able to finish as the boy had already gone, "I hope there's nothing serious." Chikeko sighed.
"Worried about Oleg?" Takeuti asked the woman.
"For both of them." Chikeko replied him, "I haven't seen Pavel like that yet. It seems he wants to speak to him about something really significant."
"Maybe you'll talk to Oleg too?" the teacher of PE asked the musician teacher.
"I don't want to disturb them. Probably it's none of our businesses." Chikeko replied.
"Well, if you don't want I will go there myself." Takeuti got up, "Should I tell you what they will talk about?"
"As if you understand Russian." Chikeko chuckled.
"Well, I'll try to give you a common picture." Takeuti smiled in answer.
"I'll go with you then." Chikeko sighed, "I know how you can tell others talks."
Both of them headed to the place where Pavel hurried in order to have talk to Oleg before his countrymen could do the same.
Pavel could find needed place pretty fast, as the door of the classroom wasn't closed and he could see familiar purple haired head.
"Tatsurou." Pavel looked into the doorway, "Is Oleg Semenovich here?" he tried to remain still, because he didn't want to give extra worries to the rest, like he did it in the teachers' lounge.
"He hasn't come yet." Yukikaze answered for her boyfriend.
"I see." Pavel nodded, being glad the teacher should come here, he glanced the classroom and his eyes stopped on the other student, who reminded a girlfriend, 'Maybe it's better to do that with Ilya?'
"What happened by the way?" Yukikaze asked the Russian boy again.
"No, nothing." Pavel replied quickly, "I just wanted to have a talk to him about something."
"Well, I think he should come in several minutes." Tatsurou said, "He always came a little early for the lessons."
Pavel had a little talk to Yukikaze and Tatsurou, everyone looked at them with surprise, but not for long as the teacher entered the classroom. Oleg's eyes stopped on the Russian student, "Pavel? What is it?" Oleg asked him.
"We need to talk." Pavel said in Russian.
Oleg frowned and also said in Russian, "Maybe it could wait till the big break?" the man didn't want the lesson to be disturbed.
"It's important." Pavel insisted, as if he didn't want to give up, "I need to know something right now." Pavel's eyes were demanding and serious as if he wanted the man to obey him.
Oleg sighed, and turned to the class, "Well, if I'm late, start to repeat your homework." Oleg put his files onto the desk and left the classroom, but when they were in the hall, Oleg decided to ask Pave, "What is it? I hope there's nothing serious, while I was on a mission."
"There was." Pavel said, "I want you to tell about that notebook you're reading sometimes." Oleg frowned, "The problem is that I know who gave you it."
"Who told you that?" Oleg asked him.
"Maria Sergeievna told me." Pavel only replied.
"And who told her about that?" Oleg asked him again.
"It doesn't matter who told about it." Pavel didn't want to say it was Yukikaze, "I only want to know what binds you with him or even with them."
"There's nothing between me and them." Oleg replied.
"Can you prove it somehow?" Pavel wasn't sure in his words, "Listen, I trues you and everything like that, but, I want you to give some proves you're not with them." the boy tried to find correct words in order not to make the teacher angry.
"What do you want to hear? How I knew him and everything like that?" Oleg understood he could snap out of the boy.
"If it's the only way, then yes." Pavel answered.
Suddenly they heard some noise, somewhere behind Pavel, they turned around, but then Pavel turned back.
"It seems you brought someone with you." Oleg narrowed his eyes watching at the corner, "You're found!? Oleg raised his voice.
"Maki, it's the last time you're in front of us." Aki left the corner.
"Sorry." Maki bowed her head.
"Guys?" Pavel seemed not surprised, but when he saw Ren and Masami, he was amused quite a lot, 'Even Ren?'
Ren. in her turn. only removed her eyes from the boy in order not to be suspicious.
Oleg went to the to the other corner, which was behind him and was surprised too.
"And you two are here too." Oleg was surprised seeing Takeuti and Chikeko, "Takeuti, you're not good in hiding."
"My bad." the teacher smiled with scratching his head.
"I hope they didn't record our talk?" Oleg asked Pavel in Russian again.
"What?" Pavel seemed shocked, "I'd never ask them to spy on you!" Pavel exclaimed, "It seems I just made them to worry."
'To spy…' Masami only thought in her head thinking something, 'Do they have some conflict?'
"This notebook has nothing neither with you nor with Maria, thus I hope you will stop to chat about this." Oleg turned back to the door, "If it calms you, I'll talk to Maria myself."
"I hope you hide nothing from us." Pavel only said to the back of his teacher.
Oleg opened the door and saw Yukikaze, Tatsurou and Ilya, who were listening to the talk.
"Back to the places!" Oleg demanded.
The bell ran straight when the talk was finished. Pavel wasn't glad that Oleg avoided his answers, but he was glad the man at least he would talk to Maria.
"Pavel, what has happened?" Chikeko asked him, "Oleg seemed worried, it's not like him to be so."
"It's just our businesses." Pavel merely replied, "Sorry if I made you to worry, about that." Pavel apologized, "My bad."
Ren looked at him with distrusted eyes, however decided not to ask him about that.
'Maybe, I must ask him about this later?' Ren only pondered, she looked at Masami who was watching at the boy too, 'I'll do that.' Ren nodded not wishing to lose to the brown hair girl.
"Professor!" Commander should loudly, his voice was ringing in the corridors of the base of 'Red Division', "Where the hell are you?! We need to talk!"
"I think the whole base will come to your shouting, but not this scaly asshole." Drunkard looked at the one eyed man.
"I know he is somewhere here." Commander answered him, "Professor!" he shouted again.
"Why so loudly?" the heard a hissing voice, "What happened, since you call me so energetically?" they could see a demon that looked like a lizard with processes.
"We saw a strange enemy." Commander replied, "And I suppose you must know who that is."
"Description and I'll try to remember who it can be." Professor crossed his hands onto his chest.
"This one resembles a bee, I couldn't see how it looked like, but I've seen that it looked like a human too." Commander started to explain, what he saw during the sortie with Shiranui and her colleagues, "It also could use sound ability."
"And could control some strange wasps." Drunkard added.
"What wasps?" the strange person looked at him.
"Black ones, they're much faster than ordinary ones." the man explained.
"Black wasps?" Professor pondered.
"Do you know something about it?" Commander asked him, he didn't remove his eye from the humanoid lizard, "I won't let you go until you give me answers."
"Black wasps are supposed to be extinct." Professor looked at the man, "It's a strange thing that someone can control them, as they are wild and even demons couldn't take them under their control in the past."
"Well, it seems there some of them still exist." Drunkard didn't like the words of their interlocutor.
"Only really strong demons like demon lords or some noble demons could take them under their control." Professor continued, "However not for long, as you must control the queen, but not the rest from the nest."
"Do you want to say Walter or someone like Black or Kuroi is controlling them?" Commander didn't understand the words of the man, "I…"
"You said it was someone who looked like a humanoid bee." Professor said, and Commander only nodded, "That means these one is really strong if he could not only find, but also can control them."
"Does it mean it can be another noble demon?" Drunkard didn't like the answer.
"I don't know." Commander frowned, "I'm enough with Walter."
"It seems I should join with Penetrator to this investigation." Professor hissed also opening his mouth, "Extra help will be significant."
"Wow, for second time you offer us your help." Drunkard smirked, "What next? Croatia will join Yugoslavia?" Commander smirked too at this statement.
"I join when the danger is significant." Professor looked at the man with the flak, he came a little closer in order to make his words stricter, "But when you can do something alone, I give you this opportunity."
"Like with the seals?" Commander asked him, "We'll you join us when the forth one will be revealed or you'll sit somewhere again?"
"I helped you with the last one along with Penetrator." Professor didn't like such attendance, "It was impossible to know there will be the full second line."
"Then how we must fight them?" Drunkard asked a correct question, "If they always together, how we can fight them?"
"Each of them is a great warrior and a good tactics." the strange person replied, "We must make a perfect tactic against them."
"By the way, his bone armor. Is it the only trump he has?" Commander remembered the last fight with the second demon lord.
"I don't know, I work with the third line. The others worked with…" Professor suddenly stopped.
"The others?" Commander frowned.
"No, nothing." Professor hissed.
"Who are these others?" Drunkard also tried to ask the same question.
"They were defeated." Professor replied, "So there's nothing to worry about."
"When you say something like that, I start to worry." Commander didn't like the words of the demon, "Fine, I hope you will help us to find out who the hell is attacking Taimanin, and what relation he has with 'The Third Law'."
"I'll do my best." Professor bowed and left.
"Do you belive him?" Drunkard asked him.
"I've never believed him." the man with the scythe answered, "But Vereshagin sent us him, thus we must tolerate his vague chatting." he sighed and went further the corridors along with the comrade.
The big break started. The friends wanted to eat their lunches on the roof top, but sudden rain spoiled their plans and they stopped at their classroom. They joined their desk in order to make their communication easier. There were all four friends including Masami and Mai, who joined them too.
"Nice to see you don't eat alone now Masami." Maki looked at the brown haired girl with a bright smile.
"Yes, it's really cozy to have it with someone else." Masami remembered, how Pavel tried to eat with her in the beginning, she also looked at the boy, who seemed frown a little.
"What happened between you two?" Masami asked him.
"Yes, why did you talk with Oleg-sensei and in such urgent?" Aki also was interested what could make him that strange.
"No, it's just something about Russian problems." Pavel tried to answer vague, 'I can't tell them he knows Wojciechowski. What if they report it to Asagi?' the boy still didn't want to give problems to one of his mentors.
"I hope you won't return to Russia?" Maki asked him with a worried voice.
"What?" Pavel was puzzled with such question, "No, they would inform Asagi about that." Pavel looked at his lunch box, "I just…" Pavel stumbled, "No, it's nothing."
"If you have some problems we could try to help." Ren looked at him, strictly, "After all that's why friends are needed."
"Yes, but I think our Russian company can make it." Pavel smiled.
'So they all have some problems.' Ren didn't like his words, 'I'll definitely talk to him later.' she pondered.
"By the way what will you practice today?" Maki turned to Masami.
"Pavel wanted to show me to Maria-sensei, maybe the time of the treatment has begun." Masami looked at the energetic girl.
"Oh, nd you'll go to some other step or will be able to fight along with us?" Maki asked again, Masami only shrugged with her shoulders.
"However, I would like to join you in your mission." Masami confessed.
"I'm sure you'll be able to join." Pavel smiled, "After all you're well in combats and your help we'll be very helpful."
"By the way." Ren coughed, "As I remember we have practice today, with Mizuki-sensei. Maybe we'll try to do that trick again."
"I don't mind." Pavel turned to Ren now, "While Tatsurou and Yukikaze distract her we can try to make it."
"Wait, do the four of you have practice with Mizuki-sensei?" Maki looked puzzled at the boy and the tanned girl.
"Yes, why?" Pavel looked at her.
"Well, we had it with Igawa-sense." Aki said being a little surprised too, "But we were with Rinko and Ilya."
The friends were silent.
"Maybe they want to split you in groups to fight these criminals?" Mai gave her point of view, "Since in each group is a shooter, it seems so."
"It can be really so." Aki nodded, "Ilya is a good shooter after all, if not his help we would lose to sensei pretty fast."
"I think Yukikaze is better." Pavel disagreed, "He lightning bolts can give quite a lot of problems."
"You didn't see what Ilya did with his light beams." Maki joined to their conversation, "He did balls and then could make shots of them."
Ren didn't join to the talk, she watched at the window, and was observing how the rain was dropping.
'Interesting, what happened between them?' Ren asked herself, 'Nothing good, I think.'
When the lunch was done the group went to Maria in order to know what Masami should do next. Masami didn't want to bother the rest, but the friends were eager to know Masami's results and wanted to encourage her. She could do nothing but smiling and they went to the classroom of the woman with mental powers.
They reached it pretty fast and when Pavel opened the door, he saw Maria along with Ilya.
'What is he doing here?' he frowned.
Maria looked at the friends and quickly understood why they had came.
"Well, I'll go for now." Ilya said merrily and quickly ran out of the classroom.
'Did he tell her about what happened?' Pavel still pondered, he remembered that Ilya was along with Tatsurou and Yukikaze, "Maria Sergeievna." Pavel said not wishing to start the talk about the morning occasion, "You told you'd watch Masami today. So, we're here."
"Yes." Maria nodded, "Bring the chair." she was acting like always.
'Maybe it's my imagination?' Pavel tried to understand emotions of the woman.
Pavel brought the chair and put it in front of Maria's place behind the teacher's desk. Masami stretched her hands and Maria only took them. Everyone were calm, even Maki tried to stay so, however it was difficult for her. Ren and Pavel were watching at Masami and back at Maria.
"It can be a little long." Maria said them, "Come in ten or fifteen minutes." The woman felt tension because of the students and decided to let them go.
Everyone quickly understood that and left the classroom.
"Man, I wouldn't be able to wait for that long." Maki said after Pavel closed the door.
"Well, I think this thing demands a lot of concentration." Aki replied, "Even I would do the same in her place."
"Pavel." Ren came to him, "Need to talk."
"What is it?" Pavel asked Ren, he saw that now she was serious.
Ren grabbed his arm and dragged him somewhere.
"Don't follow us." Ren told to Maki and Aki not turning to them.
"Wait, Ren…" Maki tried to call the girl, but Aki only put his hand onto her shoulder and shook with his head.
Ren and Pavel came to some part of the corridor which was empty.
"You know it gave me a revision how you grabbed me, when I came here for the first time." Pavel chuckled, but according to Ren's face she wasn't planning to laugh.
"Now, tell me what happened between you all." Ren demanded, "I know what you want to say." Ren said not letting the boy to start, "I know it's only between you, but I want you to speak out. Probably it can become better,"
Pavel didn't know what to say. From one point he didn't want to bother the other person with his problems, but also was glad Ren wanted to help him at least with listening out of his problem. The tanned student took purchase onto the wall and looked at Pavel.
"I'm listening, to be that thoughtful doesn't suit you at all." Ren tried to be less serious, she even smiled to him.
The Russian boy felt easily himself, and only sighed at her efforts.
"Well, it everything because of something what happened on our last mission. When we fought that guy Walter." Pavel answered.
"When sensei joined Yukikaze and Tatsurou." Ren nodded remembering what the teacher did that day, "So, what could happen?"
"Well, as I understood not only 'Red Division' helped him." he stumbled, "But also Przemislav Wojciechowski."
"That scum." Ren mumbled.
"As I understand he helped with Shiranui too." Pavel continued, "And he gave to Oleg Semenovich some notebook, which he doesn't want to speak about." Pavel did a pause, "And now, Maria Sergeievna has some kind suspicious towards him. I don't know had they conflict about it or not yet, but I don't want them to argue."
"And who told about that notebook to Maria-sensei?" Ren only asked another question.
"She told it was Yukikaze." Pavel answered, Ren pondered, "I don't want to think bad about Oleg Semenovich, but that bond makes me really nervous."
"First thing I would advise you to do is not to tell it to the others." Ren answered him, "As it can make everyone suspicious. Even Igawa-sensei will think something wrong."
"I'm doing like that." Pavel nodded.
"Then you must try to understand what is in this notebook." Ren continued to give her thought, "It'll help you to understand what is there. Maybe there's something that's not that tremendous."
"I really hope it to be so." Pavel nodded, "But how can I get this notebook, I don't want to steal from him anything."
"You're doing it for the best of your group." Ren answered, "I'll also help you with it." she smiled him, "Or we can try to make him speak."
"How?" Pavel seemed surprised, "He isn't from those who will tell what he doesn't want to speak about."
"I'll try to think of something." Ren came and put her hand onto his shoulder, "But for now, try to relax. If he brought Yukikaze and Tatsurou along with Mizuki-sensei back, if he helped us on the island risking with his life, I don't think he is with them."
"It's quite strange to hear that from you." Pavel smiled too, "Former Ren would beat everything out of me." he laughed making her blushing.
"Idiot." she removed her face, "If you don't want my help I won't help you."
"Sorry." Pavel apologized, "I didn't mean anything bad, I just…" Pavel stumbled, "Really glad you tried to listen to me out and for helping hand."
"We're friends after all." Ren looked at him, "Thus we must always help to each other, not only should sacrifice everything for others. Now, let's return I think Aki and Maki are worrying."
Pavel nodded and then both of them hurried to the classroom of Maria. Aki and Maki still were waiting for the duo of students or the student and the teacher. When friends were together, the door was opened and Masami along with Maria left out of it.
"So?" Pavel asked the woman, "What is the result."
"Everything is good." Maria nodded, "Your training is fruitful, and pretty soon, I'll be able to start the final treatment, but there's one thing I'd like to discuss to you." Pavel tensed, "It's about treatment." Maria explained, "Since she walked with bleeding wound, we must try something peculiar. But still important." she added.
"Understood." Pavel nodded.
"For now, she should continue the same exercises she is doing now. Probably we'll try to do that in a few days. And then you'll be able to fight again without scare." Maria looked at Masami.
"I'll be waiting for that." Masami nodded.
The classmates hurried to the classroom, still asking what Maria did to Masami and how these powers were looking like. Masami tried to explain it to Aki and Maki. Ren also was listening to her, but her thoughts were about that notebook, that Oleg got from their enemies, and the almost first enemy she saw from this organization, except the dinosaur. While Pavel was thinking about how to know what was in the notebook.
When the students left, Maria left her classroom too, and headed somewhere straight the corridor. She came to the stairs and went up.
'As I remember, Oleg hasn't got a lesson now. So I can have a talk to him.' Maria pondered, 'If what Ilya told is truth, Oleg should talk to me. Therefore it's better, to fasten this conversation.'
Maria was serious and didn't want to be slow in that, she wanted to know what connected two men, who has nothing common.
Maria reached the teacher's lounge and saw several teachers.
"Is Oleg here?" Maria asked with a strict voice.
"No, he is in his classroom." Sakura chuckled, "I think he is hiding."
"From what?" Maria asked the woman narrowing her eyes.
"Well…" Sakura pondered, "I think it's because of my cooking." Sakura smiled, "But why do you need him?"
"To have a talk." Maria was serious.
'She is strange.' Sakura tried to examine the Russian woman, 'Usually she isn't that serious, but I think she did better than mu-chan.'
"I understood, thank you for your help." Maria nodded and left the teachers' lounge.
Maria headed to the working place of the teacher she was looking for, still continuing to overthink the upcoming talk with him.
The way wasn't too long for her, and when she opened the door she saw a man, who was working on some files.
"Maria? Nice to see you." Oleg nodded, "What is it?"
"Don't play dumb." Maria told him, "I think you know why I'm here." she saw how Oleg frowned and even stopped the work on the papers.
"I think I understand." Oleg nodded, "Since Pavel knows about that, you and Ilya should know too. Can I know who told you about that notebook?"
"Yukikaze." Maria crossed her arms under her breast.
"I see." Oleg nodded, "And what do you want to hear from me?"
"Everything!" Maria raised her voice starting to hate the way of the man's talk, "What binds you with him! And moreover is there anything between you and their organization!"
"What?" Oleg was surprised of her word, "Indeed I had some connections with Przemislav in the past, but not with them!" Oleg raised his voice too, "I hope the thoughts that I talk to Anatoly didn't come to your head."
"I don't know." Maria said, "If you have nothing to hide then speak out."
Suddenly the door was opened with a bang and they saw Sakura in the door way. She was worried, but still tried to stay firm.
"Sakura?" Oleg only whispered.
"What do you need here?" Maria asked the younger Igawa, 'This talk isn't something you must take part it." she switched from Russian into Japanese.
"I'm glad I'm in time." Sakura didn't listen to Maria's words, she quickly stood between Oleg, and Maria as if he wanted to protect the man.
Maria was slightly surprised, "Don't tell me you knew that." she turned to orange haired woman.
"Oleg told me about him and that Polish guy." Sakura nodded, "But there was nothing bad in it."
"Right now I'm interested, why does she know about it, while I don't know that." this time Maria turned to Oleg, however the man answered nothing.
"I see." Maria frowned, "So, you trust her even more than me."
"What.. That's not…!" Oleg wanted to tell the reason of why he didn't ell anything to Maria, who was his childhood friend.
"I see." Maria only nodded again, and was about to leave the classroom, but Sakura grabbed the arm of the woman, Maria looked puzzled at her.
"It was for protecting you." Sakura only replied.
"What?" Maria didn't understand.
"If he would tell you that in the past, both of you could have problems." Sakura continued to tell to Maria her point of view, "You also could be separated!" Sakura raised her voice too.
"What are you talking about?" Maria looked puzzled at Sakura then at Oleg.
"I have mental abilities." Oleg sighed, finally confessing his power to his childhood friend.
'What? But…? How…? When…?" Maria was puzzled even more, "The hell you didn't tell me that?!" Maria exclaimed, "Why you hid it from me? Does Pavel know about it?"
"Neither of you knows about it." Oleg told her, "But only Taimanin know about it."
"I'm not surprised." Maria didn't like that, "Didn't know you've become so friendly with them." she added in Russian in order not to allow Sakura to understand.
"I didn't want to give you problems, as I didn't know to what squad I would be sent." Oleg said in Japanese, but then switched into Russian, "I didn't know how you would accept these knew and when I wanted to tell you that, I knew that Wojciechowski was one of them. I knew him before he joined 'The Third Law', and that's why I told you that I know how you feel, when Anatoly betrayed us, because… Wojciechowski was like farther or elder brother to me."
Maria replied nothing, Sakura released her arm and was only watching at the woman.
"I hope you'll tell at least to Pavel and Ilya you have mental powers." Maria answered him.
"I didn't want to do anything bad." Oleg told her, "I only wanted you not to be absolutely alone, and joined your forces in order to get some knowledge and be a support to you."
Maria was silent.
"What is in the notebook then?" she asked him after a minute or so.
"Information on mental powers." Oleg said taking out the battered thing, "He told he wanted to give it me before, but couldn't." he handed the thing to Maria, "I don't want to argue with you so if you want to have it, I'm giving you it."
They were talking in Russian, and Sakura could only guess what they were talking about.
"Maria, I don't know the whole picture, but as I could understand, Oleg will do everything to protect the others with everything he has. Indeed we can do reckless things for that, but we must be happy we have such friends."
"Pretty clever words for someone like you." Maria looked at Sakura.
"Hey, I'm not stupid." Sakura didn't like the words of the woman.
Maria took the notebook and quickly glanced it, "Like all doctors…" a slight smile appeared on her lips, "Impossible to know what he writes."
"In addition it's in Polish." Oleg answered with a smile too.
"Fine!" Maria closed it and handed back to the man, "I understood you, now I even understand why 'Red Division', is trying to recruit you. However, I want you to inform Pavel about it, as he really is worrying about what is happening. And we still have lots to discuss." she returned her serious eyes back, "I hope you'll tell me what happened between you and that Polish scum thoroughly."
"Don't worry, since you know that, I'll tell you everything." Oleg nodded, and then Maria left the working place.
Oleg was silent, while Sakura looked at him.
"Is everything alright?" she asked him.
"I don't know why, but I feel much better myself now." Oleg replied her, "Like a heavy burden was removed from my shoulders." he sighed with a relief, "I was hiding so long that I was afraid to tell her that."
"She accepted everything pretty well, I thought you two will have a quarrel." Sakura chuckled.
"We passed through a lot of difficulties together, we fought and suffered together. Thus she understands me like I understand her." Oleg smiled, 'However she her stubbornness is really quite something,"
"She is like Mu-chan in sometimes." Sakura smiled.
"Probably." Oleg nodded, "And… thank you for appearing in needed time."
"Don't mention it." Sakura clapped him at his back, "I was just in needed place and in needed time."
"But still if you want me something to do, I'll…" he saw a lunch box, "Probably, I'll buy you something?"
"I think it's not bad this time." Sakura almost sang it, "I hope it'll be fine."
Oleg only sighed and took his place and Sakura put her lunch box in front of him, with a smile that her food will be eaten again, by the man who saved her from a dead doppelganger.
Professor was walking by the streets of the Tokyo Kingdom, along with humans and demons on his sides. The lizard humanoid seemed not paying attention on what was happening around him, but still saw how people and demons could communicate to each other.
'It'll always be strange for me to see, that demons talk to humans like that.' Professor opened his mouth, but still said nothing out loud, 'But for now, my mission is to find him, it'll be pretty difficult to find him as he dislikes to be found, by those who know him.' Professor did a turn, 'Also it'll be difficult to convince him to join us as he works only for payment. But maybe I can play on his hatred toward our enemy.'
Professor came to some bar, it was pretty fashionable place and there were a lot of demons and humans, who were dressed into battle uniform Taimanin and other hunters used to wear.
'I've forgotten when I was in a place like that for the last time.' Professor looked around and went to some board which was in the farthest part of the bar, 'It seems he isn't here.' the strange person looked around, but still came to the board.
"Hey, are you new here?" Professor heard some ringing voice behind him, the humanoid turned around and saw an ork next to him, the demon had a metal arm instead of his own, "I've never seen you before."
"I'm looking for someone." Professor replied to the ork, "I suppose you must know him as Trickster."
The demon tensed, "Why are looking for him?" the ork asked Professor.
Everyone who was near Professor also was surprised as if he was looking for Edwin Black or Ryuji Kuroi.
"I have a talk to him." Professor only hissed, "Some kind of a job."
"We didn't see him for a month." someone said to the Professor, "He takes missions and then leave for unknown amount of time." the humanoid turned and saw a human on his right.
"And what a shrimp like you wants to ask him?" the ork mocked Professor.
"That's should worry an empty head like you at all." Professor opened his mouth again.
"Why you…!" the ork took out a gun and pointed with it at him, "Not so tough now?" the demon smirked.
However Professor only used his tentacle and made the caustic demon to fall onto the floor and then cracked him metal arm with his leg.
"Don't think that someone is weaker just because he is smaller." Professor hissed, "Or you'll be killed." Professor went to the bar counter and turned to the barmen, "Can I know what missions Trickster took?"
"It's a privet information." the bar man said, "I can tell that if he isn't a mercenary and isn't signed up here."
"Well, maybe there's a way for me to prove, I'm his friend?" the humanoid pondered, "What if I say he was in Yugoslavia and helped Serbians for a great payment?" Professor looked at the barman, 'Maybe it worked?'
The barman was puzzled and didn't know what to answer, "But still, what if you want to kill him?"
"As I told before to that gun. I want to hire him, and as I remember he always like difficult task for extremely high payment. And as I've heard he has no fails and all his tasks are fulfilled well." Professor continued the conversation with the barman likewise he was his friend.
The man stumbled again not knowing what to answer. However he seemed convinced to Professor and the lizard guy wanted to finish the talk.
"However, he will blame you if he misses that work." Professor smiled, "I think I should explain what he does to such people."
"Fine." the bar man gave up, "I'll tell you." he left the counter and went to some place behind it.
In some minutes he had returned and Professor could see some copybook in his hands.
"Well, Trickster's missions." the barman pondered, "Here, right now he took two missions." the pointed with his finger into the paper of the copybook, "One is to steal some important data, from a demons gang and the second one is to capture a Taimanin."
"A Taimanin?" Professor was slightly surprised, but could hide this sense well.
"Yes." the bar man nodded, "This Taimanin was seen in Tokyo Kingdom and there was some information she is on patrolling. As I remember she was a spy of Taimanin and he took the quest to eliminate her."
'That's not good at all.' Professor pondered understanding that it can give Taimanin unneeded work, "In what district she is working, is it known? If I help him, he would help we back." Professor lied, but it was impossible what the humanoid was thinking about.
"Well…" the bar man stumbled, "It's a district of NOMAD. And as I understand they are the clients."
'They know how to deal with problems.' Professor thought that it was really a good idea to send a mercenary after a Taimanin, "And the place?" he hissed then, "Where is this Taimanin detected."
"It's in an hour and a half from here." the bar man replied, "It's the farthest part of Tokyo Kingdom."
"I understood." Professor opened his mouth, but was it a smile or a grin it was unknown, "And her appearance or descriptions?"
"Well, she has long purple hair and yellow eyes, and according to the report she wears pretty lecherous dress with stockings and shoes." Professor was explained.
"Good details." Professor nodded
Then Professor got up and then headed to the exit. When he was outside lighting hit his place and he appeared in another place.
"Somehow I belive he is after this Taimanin." Professor said when he appeared on a tall building, he looked down the streets, "And since it's from NOMAD, he would start it first. Trickster didn't give it so I'll concentrate on looking for his target." Professor then jumped from the building, and with the help of his tentacles could get down using obstacles on his ways.
When he could reach the ground he looked around.
'This is the place.' Professor looked around a pretty crowded street, he examined all women here, but didn't find the one he was looked for, 'There's no with purple hair.' the humanoid pondered, 'It'll be a long work.'
He headed to some alley, he was careful, however his walking was like usual, he didn't pay attention to what was happening around him continuing to look out for his target.
Suddenly Professor saw a bunch of women who were chatting about something.
"Young ladies." Professor came to them, "I'd like you to help me with something."
The girls flinched of the Professor's appearance. One of them even exclaimed.
"Wow, it's the first time I see someone who looks like a lizard." the woman with green hair tried to understand what kind of lizard Professor was, "It seems I can be proud to service someone like you, but not only orks." she put her hands onto his shoulders and smiled seductively.
"I'm sorry, but I'm looking for someone." Professor hissed.
"Really?" the other woman came a little closer to him, it was the one who exclaimed, "And whom, if it's not a secret?"
"She has long purple hair and yellow eyes." Professor quickly remembered the description, "And she also has a lecherous dress."
"Do you know anyone like her?" the one who had exclaimed asked the girl with green hair.
"Probably." the woman exhaled into the face of the lizard, "But the question is will I have something from telling that to you?"
"And what a beautiful lady like you needs?" Professor asked her opening his mouth.
"Depends on what you can offer." She continued smiling, "But if seriously, I think you're not from weak guys aren't you?" Professor answered nothing, "Well, if I tell you I hope you also will do something for me. She is working in a brothel where I worked, but because of our quarrel I was sent to work on the streets. If need this bitch, then also kill her and the manager of the brothel. His deputy will do what's needed further himself."
"And what if I kill only the manager?" Professor asked her with a grin.
"You can turn that bitch into you slave if you want, but the manager must be killed." the woman grinned like a fox too, "After all they're in one place."
"Will you bring me there?" Professor looked at her.
"Why not." the girl shrugged with her shoulders and headed somewhere away from the alley.
The other girl stayed on the same place, while the one with green hear was ahead, the Humanoid was following her. The woman told nothing, but only was walking while Professor looked around.
"By the way, haven't you seen other strange demons?" Professor suddenly asked her, "As I understand you've seen some other demons."
"What do you mean?" she asked him.
"Strange demons which don't look like ork, werewolves, but still a humanoid." Professor tried to explain his words easily, "Maybe like an insect." Professor asked her with an interesting voice.
The woman stopped.
"Are you his friend or what?" she asked the lizard man.
'Has she seen him?' he asked himself, "It's difficult to say." Professor tried to over fool her, "But still what did he look like?"
"With a tail and four hands." the woman flinched, "I was scared a little of him."
'It's him.' Professor nodded, "He is from the ugly ones." the humanoid grinned again.
"Yeah." the woman nodded.
"And when did you see him?" he asked her again.
"It was five hours ago, I think." she pondered, "But maybe four."
'He never killed the target quick.' Professor thought, 'Thus I can have a chance to get him in time. Dokboq could be a help, but it's better to do everything quickly myself.'
They came to some not high, but wide building, it was well lit and there were a lot of demons and humans in the main doors.
'It seems everything is quite.' Professor thought the current situation, "Thank you for showing the way I'll do what you asked me to do." Professor bowed nodded to her and headed to the doors of the brothel.
Professor almost came to the main doors, when he suddenly stopped by werewolves.
"Do you have permission?" one of them asked him.
"Permission?" Professor bowed his head in questioning, "What permission?"
"Are you an idiot or what?" the other werewolf with thicker fur growled, "From who you've came here?"
"On myself?" Professor put on a semblance he wasn't pretty smart, 'It's better to play a role of an imbecilic in front of them."
"Get lost." the same werewolf growled.
"Ah! I would like to work here." Professor said as if he remembered something, "Maybe your head is looking for strong workers who could bring him something like information or slaves?"
The werewolves turned back to the lizard humanoid, "You a worker here?" one of them laughed, "What can you do?"
"Well, a lot of work to do." Professor answered, he slowly came to the werewolf and hit him at his neck, making him fall onto the ground.
"Why you!" the second one wanted to attack him, but Professor used his tentacles in order to throw the demon away on a good distance.
"Something like that." Professor smirked, he watched at the other werewolves, but these ones decided not to attack him, but let to pass, "Smart." his voice became serious and he finally could enter the brothel.
The building was bright and well modeled from inside. There were a lot of people some people were in official suits, while a small part was in Taimanin uniform and some of the third part was in dresses and nightwear. The demons were in different clothes.
Professor went to the middle of the hall, trying to find the person he needed. He saw how everyone was talking to the workers of the brothel. He wanted to find one of the free worker, who was busy with customers. Suddenly his eyes stopped on some lonely woman.
"I'm sorry, can do you have a moment?" he asked the woman, "I'm new here and I was told there's some good dancer." Professor tried to find appropriate words in order not to injure the profession of the women, "But I can't find her here."
"Maybe you know her description?" she asked Professor.
The woman had a revealing dress which opened upper part of her breast and her stomach fully. Her hair was tied into a ponytail.
"She has long purple hair and yellow eyes." Professor told needed characteristics, "She must work here."
"Yes." the woman nodded, "I've seen her, but she has left." she looked at the humanoid, "I think an hour ago."
'Why, I'm not surprised.' Professor wasn't glad to that news, "Thank you for information." Professor bowed, and was about to leave the place.
When Professor left the brothel, he looked around and pondered.
"Where she has gone." he thought out loud, 'If she is a Taimanin, I think we choose dark alleys, but now crowded streets.'
He went to the alley that was behind the building and slowly walked by it. On his way he saw human and demons, and tried to ask could they see the needed person or not. But after some time he could find a demon, who saw the woman and the demon that was shorter then professor pointed to the needed place.
Professor walked by the directed way, and then in some poorly lit alley saw a woman with someone else. However Professor could understand that these two persons were talking to each other.
'It seems she knows him or she is about to kill him.' the lizard thought and in some minutes the person fell onto the ground, "Like always, my predicting is really impressive.' Professor opened his mouth.
The woman squatted and he could see how she was trying to find something as she was in this position for a long time. But then she jumped aside as if she saw something strange or dangerous.
'Now.' Professor jumped out too.
"What?!" the woman was surprised.
She wanted to protect herself, but Professor over ran her and repelled some metal object with his with his tentacle.
"Who are you?" the woman was still was shocked.
"Explanations later, but also, I'm here to save you." Professor answered her and looked around, 'His method isn't simple.' he felt another metal object, "Get down!" he commanded, and used his lighting in order to destroy another metal object.
"What is happening?" the woman prepared for the fight.
"You're a target, and I'm here to get your killer." Professor explained and destroyed another metal object that reminded a spear, "I know you're here, and I know your tricks, Trickster. Show yourself, I need to talk."
The metal objects stopped and then both of them could hear some rustle and then some strange noise, but after the noise they could hear a strange vibrating voice.
"Why are you protecting her?" the woman could barely understand the words, "And why are you looking for me?"
"Show yourself in the beginning and then I'll speak to you." Professor stretched.
"Fine, but first, I'll kill her." the voice replied again.
"I'm sorry but I won't let you do this, since my allies are in good relations with them." Professor was watching at the sky, and then quickly grabbed the woman's hand and made her go behind him.
Then Professor grabbed someone's hands with his ones and said again.
"Finally we've seen each other again, Trickster." Professor only smirked opening his mouth wide.