Chapter 5

" So I haven't seen you here before. " Pyrrha says while scratching the back of her neck while smiling awkwardly.

" You arnt that good at conversations are you?" Akashi said.

" Yeah. " Pyrrha said while looking down.

" You should relax. As for your.. question, I'm from out of town. The old man gave me job here and now I work for him. " Akashi said.

" Oh okay. " Pyrrha said.

" Mind telling me more about Mistral, I have only looked at the places here but I dont know anything interesting that goes around here. "

" Oh sure. Well honestly not much happens here in Mistral so you're good. The only thing that most people come here for his the Minstral Regional Cup. "

" I see. I take it you'll be participating. "

" Yes actually. "

" I see. Well good luck, however when is it? "

" Oh it will be held 2 months from today. "

" Thats quite good. "

" Are you planning on entering? "

" Possibly. Well either way, I'm now done. Try it out. "

Pyrrha took back her weapon as she began to test all of its functions. Smiling in satisfaction she stopped and put it away.

" Thanks for the help. " She said while handing over the necessary cash.

" No problem. " Akashi said.

" Also what your name? " Pyrrha asked.

" Seijuro Akashi. But honestly I prefer Akashi. "

" Any particular reason. "

" I only allow people who I consider family or close friends to call me by my first name. Something which is stuck to me for a long time. "

" I see. Well thank for the help Akashi. If I see you at the tournament, I can't wait to fight you."

" Same to you Ms. Nikos. "

" Please call me Pyrrha. " She said as she walked out of the shop.

' The regional cup huh. That honestly isn't bad. I can use it to test out my weapons and fight against others my age here.

Pyrrha is honestly very experienced judging from when she tested her weapon.

I have 2 months before the cup. I'll need to increase my training. My control over aura has increased immensely but I have more ideas I wish to try out.

I'll try them at night. For now since I have free time I'll go online and buy some shares. I need to earn some money.

As for cash I need right now, I'll go to the casino, after I brush up on all the games. '

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3 days later Akashi was walking towards the casino. Luckily you are allowed to wear a mask.

Akashi didn't want people to recognise him from his day job. At the moment he isn't that important.

Using this he wore a black suit he got from the old man, along with the mask.

Arriving at the casino, he handed over some money in exchange for some chips and headed inside.

' Pyrrha was right in saying not many interesting things go around here. However it's the factions that reside in Mistral that interest me.

Most importantly are the Wave and Lil' Miss Malachites. One gives away stolen merch and the other is an information broker.

That's good. I can only find so much info from the internet. Had to get the info of these groups from one of the thugs.

Either way, let's not focus on that for now. I need to get money first. I can think about making relationships with these groups later. '

Walking amongst the crowd Akashi headed over yo one of the tables.

' Emperor eye still works. That makes things much easier right now. '

Placing his own bets, Akashi took his time as he won. He made sure to lose at specific points to avoid suspicion.

The places where he made sure to win are when the best were extremely high, started from the other betters.

Winning them and having enough he relented and took his cash.

Taking the necessary precautions he exchanged the chips for cash and put them into his bank account before heading back to the shop.

' I managed to make over 3,000,000 lien in a day. Not bad all things considered. I'll come back in another 3 days in order to get more cash.

I can use it to start getting the dust crystals I need from shops. As for hard light dust I'll need it at some point so I'll need to have some business with the Wave.

As for aura, I have full control now. The most interesting part is being to add aura to my eyes and see the auras of others and see those 'dams'. Aura nodes sound more appropriate though.

Another is being able to hide from others by completely hiding your aura, erasing your presence.

The last on is the fact that I can coat objects in aura. Makes things easier as my knife could cut through stone easily while using it.I could do the exact same thing with a playing card.

That's what I have for now on aura. Those were the most common things I could think of. I'll need to think more creatively on how I should use it.

So much to do with so little time. I need to increase the rate at which I'm going. My deadline is the regional cup in order to make my main weapons and master my aura. I don't even know my semblance at the moment but that can wait.

As for physical training, I need to increase it. Weights are the best option.

As for my weapons I'll go outside of Minstral and fight some of the Grimm that are close. I'll go deep into the forest and to find Grimm.

Right now it's time to get some sleep.'

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I decided to focus on how Akashi would get the money he needs. In order to experiment with dust he needs the money.

The stock exchange was something that I considered since Akashi was raised to inherit the family business so I could see him being taught on how to use stock exchange.

As for the casino, it's just an easy way to make money for Akashi as he has emperor eye to help him.

The organisation's I mentioned are ones that interest Akashi as they can help him. For how he found out about them he just need to 'persuade ' some thugs to tell him.

Anyway hope you enjoyed.