The guy in black armored battle suit came to stand in front of me on top of some house's roof, he then began asking me how am i doing in sign language, but much to his surprise, i actually said in words that i was fine, but even though he was surprised, after he removed the helmet, i saw that his face was still stoic as before .
He nodded his head at my words and first pointed towards a few places in the area around us, then said :
Your work ? .
I nodded my head after seeing the places he pointed at were all fancy restaurants where i was currently having the meals of my life, at least the clones me did, i was actually began to held a bit of envy towards them, he still looked at me wanted to hear some more about what happened exactly, i reverted my apperance back to normal and began telling him about what happened the moment i set foot in the town .
I saw that his face curved a bit as i finished explaining what had happened, he then nodded and pointed at the collapsed building behind me, i already know what he was trying to say, so i just nodded and explained what happened with the organization called Blanche .
He asked me about how did i get to know of that name, i told him that i heard them mentioning it to one another with an impassive face, but that didn't fool him one bit, seeing him like this i just told him that i had my ways and i can't say more .
Seeing that he seemed to know a lot more about the organization and its members, i couldn't help but ask him to fill me in about what he knew about that organization, but he surprised me with answering me with a question, he said :
Did you believe that Magicians are just tools for war ? .
His question take my surprise, but he might be asking the right question to the right person, i answered him by saying :
" Well I do believe that Magicians are a force to be reckoned with, but from a personal experience, i don't like to be called a tool, no matter whether it was meant for war or anything else, a tool was still a tool, meaning that it was disposable at any time or when its work was done, i don't agree with neither the name or the title .
" If i talked about myself, i would say that i was born a tool, but by a chance i get to become more me, i began to have aspirations, have dreams, i had power that can change the world, but i don't want to change the world just because someone asked me too, i wanted to change the world for myself and those that i held dear to me, currently there isn't anyone tho, but i'm sure in the future there will be .
As i finished saying all of this, i saw him looking at me dead in the eye and asked another strong question, he said :
So you do believe that Magicians are superior to humans ? .
His question was strong due to what my answer could imply, if it were to be misunderstood, after collecting my thoughts, i said :
" Well, aren't they, if the Magicians were to be asked to build a city, a hospital, wouldn't they do it much faster than what a normal builders would take, i'm not saying that humans are inferior, even though my words seemed to imply that, but i'm just telling the truth as i see it, but there was no argument that with power comes a responsibility of keeping that power in check .
" If a Magician came to go around blasting buildings and killing innocent people, then he was no more than a monster needed to be dealt with, but if a Magician used that magic that he was naturally born with to self-defense himself or rescue others, then that a commendable work, worthy of praising, not condemning for using what he was given as a gift to protect himself .
" Now that i thought deeply about this, I'm beginning to believe that they were both equal, they both have burdens and they both are restricted by rules, i'm beginning to see the existence of that Blanche as nothing but a mere joke, they went equality, i believe equality was already in place between the two, but they just want to acknowledge it .
He looked at me and began to close the distance, he put a hand on my shoulder and said :
I'm glad that we both share some of similar views on this topic, i'm also glad that you were able to reach an answer on your own about the true nature of that organization called Blanche and you are completely right, that organization was really a joke, a harmful and stupid one, but a joke nonetheless .
Those guys were even bringing the disparity in wages between what the Magicians get and what they get, completely disregarding of the harsh environment and conditions that the Magicians are tasked to work under, they also don't care about the fact that one Magicians could be tasked with the workload of over 20 people .
They were asking for either getting paid the same as the Magicians or the Magicians be sacked from their jobs .
Even the money that the Magicians make, it was mostly spent on hiring coaches to train them or buying medicine or supplements that could help them enhance their performance even more, yet some people still believe that those idiotic group of people have a strong argument to back them up .
I can tell that he seemed quite frustrated about this as he talked more and more, but i was able to understand that his hate wasn't aimed towards the people that believed in what Blanche was saying, but more focused on Blanche group of people themselves, he continued to tell me that they were being financed from outside the country and that they were nothing but a criminal organisation hiding behind the cover of being a political movement .
Most of what he was saying, i already had an idea about, but what i wanted to know was the name of the person behind this organization, the one that was pulling all the strings from behind the curtain, all the minds of the people who were in that inn, had no clue about his identity, they were all contacted by someone, who that was the mystery here.
As for what would i do with that kind of information, currently nothing, but if i got the chance, i would very much like to drill some bit of quality into his head before handing him to the cops, Blanche were exploiting the weaknesses and the insecurities that most people had, they were trying by all means and methods to convince the public opinion that Magicians were something akin to a plague .
A disease that they need to cure, the cure they had in mind for the Magicians was extermination, unaware that even was using Antinte they might still be unable to achieve their goals of taking down Magicians at least not the talented ones .
So now with that out of the way, care to tell me when did you get out of the facility ? .
" I have been out for over 2 to 4 hours now and before you ask, no i don't have any intention of going back .
He just nodded at me saying this and i felt as if he was troubled by Something , so i couldn't but ask about it, he said with a faint frown :
Someone was searching about me the library a few minutes ago, was that you ? .
I nodded and said that i was quite sorry for that, i was just trying to reach anyone that could help me .
His frown then vanished, but before he say anything, i asked him about whether he came here for that or he was just in the area when someone else notified him of that, he shook his head and said that it was the latter, someone conveyed to him that his identity was being searched on, so he came here first to investigate about the identity of the person who was doing such a thing .
I sighed at the coincidence, but then was introduced to the fact that it was no coincidence at all after he said :
I actually came here for you, someone special wanted to meet you and was tasked with finding a way to convince you to come out of the facility and with bringing you to her .
I was shocked of the words he said, he mentioned before that he worked for the military, so who was that special person that ordered him to come here and get me, i was about to ask about who was i going to meet, when his communication device suddenly rang and he motioned for me to wait for second, before answering the call .
The phone call ended in no more than seconds, before he turned back to me and ask suddenly about me being the one that searched for information about the Yotsuba family, my shock only deepened, but i thought that they were at most able to read the research history that i made and whoever was in the call with him just now, he was most likely notifying him of that .
I nodded my head and he once confirmed that it was indeed once again made a call and relayed to the other person on the call that there was no need to be alarmed and that the target was in hands .
I heard the word target and began to become a bit tensed, thinking that the guy in front of me, might be actually here to capture me instead of accompanying me to that special person he mentioned, but i still waited to give him a chance to explain what was going on, i still had a bit of hope that the first person who i deemed as a friend won't turn out to be a traitor .
I believe there is no need for you to be so guarded, i was taking to the person who was also tasked with tracking you, they first thought that you were having a malicious intent, i was just assuring that there was no problem, don't worry .
As if already understanding what was going on with me, he said this trying to assure me that there were no problem, for some reason, i felt that it was right to trust him, i also had complete confidence in my current strength, i had enough strength to cope with most if not all kinds of situation, so that too helped in calming me down .
Should we get going, or do you still have anything to do here .
He intentionally or unintentionally looked towards the restaurants where a few me were currently enjoying the food and the accompany of beautiful women, i also noted that he was able to see through the illusion i put on all the town in mind and nodded my head at him as if agreeing with him and said :
" Let's go, then .
We got out of the town, both using Acceleration, i couldn't help but marvel at the fact that we cut through a lot of distance moving at the same speed, yet he didn't seemed tired of using magic even a little bit, his way of using magic also surprised me a little, he was casting the spell instantly like me, i seemed surprised by this, but his face was blank as always .
I tried to see how Psions were moving inside his body, but for the first time, i was actually unable to see what the insides of his body looked like, i stumbled upon something like a barrier made of Psions, he seemed to have taken notice of what was i trying to do, but he didn't say much other than glance at me .
Both had our own set of secrets, so i stopped trying to use more Psions to enhance my Spatial Eyes, if i were to do so, even if were to disappear from my sight, i would still be able to have an image of everything going inside his body in a second, but i concluded that my actions just now were indeed quite rude so i decided against doing so .
We were heading to what appeard to be a private airport, i said an airport but there was only one plane on a narrowed runway, the door to the plane was opened then stairs automatically came down, a lady then came out from the plane with a stunned expression on her face staring at me with wide eyes .
The woman in front of me had dark hair that was in a ponytail behind her head and her bangs are split above her left eye, she wore mundane wardrobe of a green tee-shirt and a long dark skirt that went all the way to her feat, she had a small amount of makeup on, she, after a little to no time, she once again regained her composure and smiled, she had quite the dazzling smile, all in all the woman in front of me could be described as being the most elegant woman i had seen .
Tet, ahem special Officer Ooguro Ryuuya, you described the target as being a bit handsome, but you didn't mention him being handsome to this level, even the guy back in my family can't be compared .
I didn't comprehend what she was saying at first, but soon was able to understand that she was complimenting me, probably, but what with the sudden pause just now .
Is everything ready to depart Fujibayashi-san ? .
Hmmm, you are still strict as always, but yes everything is ready .
He directly entered the cockpit and started the plane, i was surprised about him being the one who will pilot the plane, due to all this being new to me, i was momentarily stunned of what to do, the woman then took my hand and said :
Officer Fujibayashi Kyouko, 26 years old glad to have you with us Ryuu-kun, you can call me Kyouko .
She seemed to be someone friendly, i nodded my head at her introduction and likewise i was just about to introduce myself, when she suddenly pulled me inside the plane, i could have stopped her but seeing no damage in what she was doing, i allowed her to pull me .
The door automatically close behind us, then the plane took off while we still haven't even taken a seat just yet, she almost crashed into a wall but due to us still holding hands, i was able to prevent that, she looked at me and nodded, then a some troubled face and smile, she said :
Sorry for this, but we are a bit tight on time here, so make yourself comfortable, the ride is about to get a bit bumpy .
At this point, i was very curious about who was I'm going to meet .