Beginning Of The War x Choosing Sides

Shakal focused his gaze on the woman, if it wasn't for the scar on her face, it could be considered a beauty. But more than her appearance, Shakal was interested in her nen technique, since those guards, upon contact with the woman's Hatsu, died instantly.

Chloe's family, frightened by the attack, lost their cool. The family patriarch quickly yelled.

"Everyone calm down, the situation is under control. Let's go to another room, and let's talk there. "

When he finished talking, he turned to head to the stairs. The woman user of nen, followed the patriarch. Chloe, watched Shakal for a time in silence, before following her father.

Shakal, however, stayed to inspect the man he personally killed. He found his wallet and a watch. Inside the wallet was his identity document and some money. But other than that, nothing interesting.

The young man, seeing that all the people were going down the stairs, following the patriarch, he also accompanied them.

Upon reaching the new room, Shakal was surprised by the size of it. The room was about four times larger than the previous one, and it seemed much more secure.

Inside the room, apart from the family members, there were three other people. Shakal realized that they are nen users, at the service of the family. In the center of the room, a huge square table, surrounded by many chairs.

Chloe's father ordered everyone to sit down, including Shakal.

The female user of nen moved away from the table a little, staying in one corner of the room, the other guards did the same action. The patriarch began to speak.

"After this unfortunate incident, it seems that we will have to prepare ourselves for a possible war. We have to be more careful with the people who work for us, check the entire history of our workers. "

Hearing the patriarch's words, one of the members sitting around the table quickly said that he would take care of investigating all the people who work for them.

The patriarch confirmed with a slight shake of his head, before continuing to speak.

"You saved us again, Shakal. I have no words to express my appreciation. "

Shakal quickly replied.

"Do not worry sir. Actually, if I hadn't killed the attacker, that female guard had finished the job. So I didn't really do anything to have you to thank me. "

The patriarch watched the young man for a moment, before answering.

"But still, you tried to defend us. Just for the initiative to help someone, you deserve to be rewarded. "

Shakal simply confirmed with his head, keeping silent. Chloe, taked advantage of the silence in the whole room to speak.

"Father, I think that we should take some action against the Polioer family, since surely this was all planned by them. First, they try to rob me, then they want to kill us all. We should act quickly. "

Hearing the girl's words, both Shakal and most people supported Chloe's idea, but it all depended at the patriarch's decision.

"Obviously we will retaliate against them. First we have to gather our trusted people and we will fight back. Now Shakal, since you are our guest, you will understand that you cannot be listening to the secrets of our family. Therefore, you have two options, to become our guard or simply to remain a benefactor of the family and abandon thour house, until the situation calms down. "

Shakal thought for a few seconds before answering.

"As I said before, my ethical code does not allow me to work for someone else, I adore total freedom. I just can't take orders from anyone. So I think it's time for me to go. I wish you the best of luck. "

Many were surprised to hear the young man's response, some even took offense at the rejection, although they could do nothing about it. The female user of nen quickly approached, to lead him to the exit.

Chloe was a little disappointed by Shakal's action, as she would think that he was going to stay with her family, working together.

Shakal accompanied by the woman, they reached the entrance. There, two guards were waiting, next to a huge briefcase.

The woman grabbed the guard's briefcase and handed it to Shakal.

"This is for you, a small reward for your help. The Diethel family wishes to you the best of luck. "

Shakal thoughtlessly grabbed the briefcase, thanked the woman, and walked out the front door.

Using his aura, Shakal counted all the bills inside the briefcase. A total of five million Jenny. The young man, a little disappointed by the little money received, called a taxi.

The drive from the Diethel family mansion to the downtown hotel was smooth. Upon arrival at the hotel, he quickly used his elevator to access his room.

Passing through the door, Shakal was surprised to see the state of his room and thought.

"Even though I try not to get into their affairs, it seems that I did garner some attention towards myself."

The room was destroyed. The furniture was cut into several parts. His personal items, like his clothes,were lying all over the room..

Having no valuables, he didn't care too much about his problem. Inspecting the room further, he noticed that there was a letter on the table. The young man opened it.

[For having interfered, now we will come after you.]

"How interesting, it seems that now I will definitely have to fight. Well it could be a blessing in disguise. If they are so stupid to want to start a war, then I will take everything they have. But doing it by myself might be a little complicated. " - Shakal thought as he grabbed his phone to make some calls.

The young man's first call was to the vice leader of his organization, Eden.

After explaining the situation to his friend, Shakal ordered Eden to come alongside Elia. He was delighted to accept it, as he really wanted to leave Heavens Arena. The vice president also explained that during the time of Shakal trip, he took advantage of it to improve Elia's combat power in addition to recruiting another person for the organization.

The Eden group would arrive in a week, using aircrafts to come to Shakal's position.

After finishing his call with Eden, Shakal tried several times to call his old number, but it was out of signal. The young man intended to ask the queen and her warriors for help.