Chapter 63: Outrage

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[Item Type]: [Type]

[Name]: [Item Name]

Durability: 100%/100%

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Chapter 63: Outrage

few days later*

Days?: Time Wait For No One! Part 2

(Vale: Vale City: Junior's Club)

Everyone looks at me; waiting for my answer to Kirihime's question and wonder if I got a plan for our next course of actions or let Kirihime use her plan instead. The easiest way to solve this problem is using the [Revelation] and I wasn't surprised that my answer was to follow Kirihime's plans.

"Go ahead, Kirihime. We'll go with what you got for us. But, just remember. Our stay here is very limited and we need to leave within a week from now or else our situation would turn for the worse." I said to Kirihime while warning her and the others once more we on a timeline right now.

"Well, since we in wartime right now. How about we steal some important data from the people in the underworld? After all, this would be a great time to do so when there is a high chance of the Vale Kingdom to fall by the time the Second Great War end." Kirihime said to everyone, where some are interested while some are frowning at Kirihime for thinking that one the Four Kingdoms would fall.

"She's not wrong." I spoke out, catching everyone's attention once more. "Think about it. If the Cross Continental Transmit System was to shut down. Then, the other kingdoms wouldn't be able to contact with each other. Furthermore, if Vale's CCT was destroyed, then everyone in this kingdom is pretty much at the mercy of the grimm."

"Well, things just went from bad to horrifying." Izaya said dryly, now he wondered if he should have gone after with Weiss, even if there a chance of his status as a criminal would lead to countless of people trying to capture him.

"Please tell me; we're not going to blow up the CCT afterward." Pyrrha looks very worried and afraid if this was the case, because if the world found out it was caused by us. Then, the Arcana organization would be a world class wanted criminal organization.

After all, currently the White Fang and the Olympians are the main groups on the Vale's top wanted due to their actions. Not including the hidden criminal organizations behind the scenes causing more destruction to the kingdom due to the power of balance is unstable currently.

"Nah, if we did that. We'll be putting ourselves in a dangerous position as well. Since we're still in Vale and even if some of us could take care an army of grimm by themselves. Who knows how many waves of grimm and other hidden enemies coming at us. We may be monsters in this world's standards, but we do have our own limits still." Kirihime replied without being offended that Pyrrha would think she would include destroying the CCT like a certain someone tried to before and calmly explain why it's a bad idea to do so.

"I was thinking we should grab all the intel from the countless gangs in the underworld. After all, by then, where all the top criminals would tighten their security to the point, none of us could enter in secret and would have to go with a brute force method, and the chance of the target would destroy the data files then let us have them. So, we should strike while almost everyone is too busy trying to grab at each other throats." Kirihime finishes off, as her plan for more information belong to the Vale's underworld would be very helpful in the war.

"I'm up all for this, but who will go and those should stay here to protect the area. So we can have a base to return by the time we're done, be it a success or a failure, because I rather not have to go back to Beacon if I can help it." Pyrrha looks at Kirihime since this is her idea, to begin with.

"I'm glad you ask. Because the only one that is staying here are..." Kirihime smile at Pyrrha, then point her right index finger at her, then at me, and finally at Neo, who was surprised to be in the group to stay here.

"You guys. While the rest of us head off to steal all the documents we could get our hands on." Kirihime said to everyone. Then, stand up from her seat, "Make sure to protect the place while we're gone. I rather not have to find us another temporary base within enemy's territory if I can help it."

With that said, Shigure, Izaya, and Kirihime walk off, with Izaya following behind and Shigure quickly walk over to me for a quick kiss on the lip before following the other two almost out the door.

"We'll be back by the end of the week~!" Kirihime shouted over the music once she opened the door to the outside of this VIP room and to the public area.

"Now, what?" I look at both Pyrrha and Neo, where it's just us three alone in this VIP room at the moment. If Neo wasn't here, I would have asked if Pyrrha would like to go at it since we're alone, but since Neo is here. That option is thrown out the window.

And I know for sure Neo doesn't have any feeling for either Pyrrha or me; who knows what her taste is. For all I could know; Neo could be asexual due to her past experience before joining the Arcana.

Pyrrha glance over to Neo, with a small frown on her face, before it disappears and her polite smile is back on, returning back to her default expression. This just shows that Pyrrha had the same idea as me or she just didn't like Neo at all.

I'm leaning to the first one than the latter due to how Pyrrha easily made friend with Neo on the way here from here, to Atlas, then back here. So it won't be a surprise if someone watches Pyrrha hanging out with Neo in the first place.

"Anything you want." Neo continues to look down, as she tries not to look directly into my eyes as if she afraid I would find that offensive.

Pyrrha and I shared a look with each other at how Neo is acting, because the way Neo is acting towards Pyrrha and me are the complete opposite.

With Pyrrha, Neo would lower her guards and would even act like a normal girl while with me. Neo would think that her life was on the line while she in my presence and would try her best to not cause any problem for me.

"Okay, then...how about you, Pyr? Got anything you want to do while we wait here?" I asked my twin sister this time since all I'm getting from [Revelation] is to wait for Shigure, Izaya, and Kirihime's return in this Club.

Pyrrha started to think what they could do while staying within the Club's area and not expose themselves to the public of Vale. As they waited for the others' return and keep this place intact also.

"This is a bit hard, to think about. There isn't much we could do besides training and watching over the Club." Pyrrha shook her head at not being able to think up something they could do.

Pyrrha could do lots of things; however, besides training and spending time with her brother along with the Arcana. Then, studying at the Beacon Academy; outside of all that, she got nothing.

Well, Pyrrha does have a hobby to make all kinds of food made out of [Chocolate], but she knows for sure not to go overboard with it and only once a while.

"Oh! How about you help me improve my [Cooking Skills]? While Neo here would be our taste tester." Pyrrha's eyes light up at the thought of [Chocolate] crossed her mind just now.

Neo looks at Pyrrha, with a hopeful look, because even she has a sweet tooth for [Chocolate], even if her favorite sweet treat is [Ice Cream]. But, she tasted Pyrrha's [Chocolate Cupcakes] before and she loves them.

But, Neo's face pale at the part where Pyrrha asked for her older brother's help to improve it. Sure, Neo tasted the food, that Pyrrha's older brother made and wasn't the [Abnormal Food]. She still has nightmares and phantom pain just from remembering the [Abnormal Food] created by the [Hell Cuisine].

next day*

Days?: The First Day of the Week Time Limit

(Vale: Vale City: Junior's Club: Temporary Dining Hall)

Today was the day, where the Club gave a private invitation to selected people and included a few extra tickets to allow those to attend the special event, and with the side of [Chocolate] theme cuisine, for all to eat while attending the special event.

As for the reason why we decided to go with this is literally getting some of the underworld and other unknown forces to attend while lowering their securities in their main bases.

Those that weren't invited, tried to get one of those extra by those that gained ones in the first place. Furthermore, the only reason why these people even dare attend this special event and instead of just ignore it or even force themselves to attend without a ticket.

Is because I got one of the grunts in this club to leak out information about how this special event actually a special one full week auction, with the Arcana being the one providing the [Items] for sale.

Therefore, lots people were in an uproar that the Arcana organization dared to enter the Vale Kingdom when we're in wartime. However, what caused a big problem for others was that one of the Vale's Council members allowed them to enter the kingdom.

But, no one managed to get the info on which council members and why they did so. Because of this, there are now multiple factions created within the Vale's Council due to this little fact. As none of them could trust each other now and this wouldn't have caused so much problem if we weren't in wartime.

The truth, the real truth, is that no one among the Vale's Council gave us the permission to host this thing. Pretty much, made the people in the Vale's Council a little dumb or their paranoia got the best of them.

Not like I have the right to say so when I have an unhealthy of paranoia as well, but at least, I got the Vale's Council to be thrown into a civil war with each other now.

Add to that; the Arcana is going to make a big profit. On the plus side, no one has the gut to mess with the Arcana during the time they bring up an auction.

People learned their mistakes back in Mistral and in Vacuo Kingdom a few years back, and that was the time where Arcana didn't have lots of members at the time and still looking for new recruits.

The first day of this week; the special event hosted by one of the members from the Arcana organization is putting up a few [Healing Items] in bucks for quantity and a few rare ones for quality.

Leaking out the news about the first day of the special event for the one week of the auction, that the [Healing Items] are the first thing to appear and during the wartime made its value raise like no tomorrow.

So it's not a surprise for many people to find a way to grab those extra tickets. Even to the point of making a mini-auction to raise the value of those extra tickets than it should in the first place. But, people are being greedy and making profits whenever they can.

Sadly, for those greedy people, they could only do it a limited time or else those extra tickets end up useless later on. Because each ticket is only usable for today and the new ones would be provided for the next day.

Placing a stop on some people money earning schemes by a large amount. Much to some others envy. But, on the hand, these could be used to bribe people to their side during the time of war to have many allies until the big battles arrive.

Furthermore, this created more problem for the people of Vale due to the sudden release of these tickets yesterday and the special event started the next day. Making those that wanted to use these tickets and cause some problem to be too late. As they're on a time limit after the sudden notice.

"Welcome, everybody! You guys should know who I am, but for those that don't. I am the Manipulator. No to those that think I was hiding in this kingdom way before the Second Great War started." I wasn't lying and was being truthful as I stand on the stage, where all attention is solely on me.

"Now, that's over with. I've to say that anyone that doesn't have a ticket on them. I'll ask you politely to leave as this is an invite-only event. Please exit on your right, and don't cause any problem for everyone else." I start with a reminder to those that tried to enter this auction without a ticket to leave.

I pause for a whole minute to see if anyone left, but saw no one stand up and just talk among themselves. Some of them even look smug in my direction like I was a joke or something.

"Well, seeing as no one left. Either everyone here actually has their tickets or those that don't think they some tough guy, who could do as they please anywhere they go." I begin while leaking a bit of killing intent, causing some to reach their weapons, which we didn't bother to stop them from bringing them and notice some didn't even move after being in such an event before.

I snap my fingers, causing almost all the people to release a small blue mist from their pockets, purses, even some weird hidden place are coming from them.

"To those that see the blue mist coming from you. They're coming from the tickets we sent out to all and those that gained the extra tickets. This is a method we use to expose those that don't possess a ticket. Without a further said; goodbye." I finish with a pulse of aura as I cast my [Earth Magic] to send all those without owning a ticket via [Earth Hands] and send them directly out of the door.

"Just ahead ups to those that think they can bring others without a ticket on their person like we instructed back of the tickets. We'll make sure to not harm them and just leave them outside, where everyone can collect them after the auction is over. So don't worry about their health. I made sure not to allow any harm towards their well-being." I explain to everyone just in case some wanted to cause trouble due to those ticketless owners outside.

"Now, I'll allow our spoke person to start the auction." I wave Neo to come up, who is temporary wearing the [Arcana Uniform] and changed her hair to black and eye color to green.

Then, I walk off the stage, to leave Neo the role of introducing the [Healing Items] for the people to bid on.

next day*

Days?: The Second Day of the Week Time Limit

(Vale: Vale City: Junior's Club: Temporary Dining Hall)

Luckily, yesterday wasn't much problem and only those that complained a little due to not being able to attend just because of not having a ticket or those that wanted a refund for not being able to purchase one of the [Healing Items] open for bids.

Well, we just told them that they just have to deal with it. Since we don't force others to attend and just provide the tickets for them to enter the auction while even making threats to those that think they could get away with anything just because of their high-class status.

Which I gave them a reason why they should fear me, even when I'm the only one to secure the whole area and enforce the rules.

By that, I meant I forcibly put them to sleep against their will while the whole auction takes besides. People sure do sleep in weird places, who would dare sleep outside a building and inside a stone shape of giant hands?

This is a question I keep repeating to some people, causing them to almost puke up blood from just anger alone. And the tone of my voice wasn't helping them much, not like it was supposed to in the first place.

As for the next tickets; well, we didn't use the same thing and provide each and everyone a necklace with a small stone attached to it.

Of course, this time we announced that the necklace would destroy itself if taken off at any time, making their invite necklace invalid. This leads to countless of complaints, but wasn't like we cared about it.

Furthermore, this would force others to think very carefully about who they invite with them as the first person to wear it can't take it off unless they wanted to waste an invite necklace for no reason.

Which is why today's auction was very funny at the beginning as some people came in to complain about how their invite necklaces were too fragile, to begin with, and just by dropping it once broke the stone. So they asked for another one or else they would mention to their friends in the higher ups to shut this whole event down.

Yeah, those smug faces didn't last long when I asked for one of the owners of the invite necklace for a moment, then ask them to try their best to crush their stone, and I even promise them they will be allowed to stay even after they lost their stone.

So the result wasn't that surprising when they couldn't break the stone, even when others notice the person use their aura to increase their strength to the point of their aura coating their body brightly for everyone to see.

This pretty much proves the stone wasn't fragile at all and just have special effects placed on them to destroy itself if someone already wore one and took it off.

This wipes the smug off their faces at this sight and quickly some of the smart ones without an invite necklace exit the place before they're asked 'politely' to leave the building.

After all, the incidents from yesterday are still fresh on their minds. So they didn't want to test out their luck with me and chose to leave on their own. For those that weren't smart and continue to complain of making up exercises to get another invite necklace.

Well, the same thing happens from yesterday; happen again today and I silence them before they could continue their threats with Shigure's personal handmade [Sleeping Powders] in a pellet form version.

A few of these pellets and they are knocked out. The rest of the guests didn't dare speak about this action of mine and calmly walk to their assigned seats, which Pyrrha, in disguise, show them to their seats with her default expression: A polite smile.

Who knew that Neo's semblance could be used on a target from a long distance and use it on herself at the same time too.

Today's auction main [Items] for sales are [Healing Items] like yesterday, but including new ones. And for the previous ones are present in small quantity due to stop the previous bidders from yesterday from complaining. After all, if they knew they could get one of the [Healing Items] today, then they would have saved their Lien yesterday and use them in today's auction.

Including those [Healing Items]; we placed the [Agility Talisman] up for bids.

[Item Type]: [Talisman/Paper]

[Name]: Agility Talisman

Durability: 100%/100% (1% per 1 minute usage time)

Quality: Common

Grade: D+

Value: 300 System Point

Description: A [Talisman] that contain magical properties within, where the possessor could increase their agility through this [Talisman] by ripping either by a small part or in half. By ripping it, the possessor much held onto the ripped pieces for just a whole second for the [Talisman] to take effect.

Talisman's Effect: Increase possessor's agility by 10%

Sure, some people snort at the effect of the [Agility Talisman] to buff the user by 10% is small. However, Neo mentions how these [Agility Talisman] can stack up with each other for increased effects.

Yeah, it was a bit of a surprise for me at the beginning and discovered this hidden effect by accident by using another [Agility Talisman] before the effect disappear.

Upon this, the [Agility Talismans] are put up for auction in 10 per set and 5 sets are up for bids each round. Making the profits raise up near the end.

next day*

Days?: The Third Day of the Week Time Limit

(Vale: Vale City: Junior's Club: Temporary Dining Hall)

Today's auction was a bit different compared to the previous two. Due a new rule placed to help the people invited to try their best to grab the [Items] up for auction.

The new rule allows one bidder offer up something they possess up for auction in order to gain profit or could be exchanged for the [Items] up at the time.

Of course, not many people had anything much value to be put up for auction, and even then, those [Items] would only worth just a bit higher than they should sometime while others would be sold for less than they're really worth.

Next, for today's auction main [Items] this time wasn't any the previous [Healing Items], but something they could use outside of combats. Which would be a set of [Teas], much to some of the guests' confusion at this, that we would put up [Teas] of all things for the auction.

Of course, Neo explain to everyone the [Teas] we put up are similar to the [Healing Items]. But, are more used for family or friends when they don't have the right things to use at the time or didn't want to waste the precious [Healing Items] for something small.

The [Teas] we placed up are [Boneset Tea], [Feverdrop Tea], and [Thyme Tea].

[Item Type]: [Medicine/Beverage]

[Name]: Boneset Tea

Durability: 100%/100% (Container)|100%/100%(Fresh)|100%/100%(Liquid Remain)

Quality: Uncommon

Grade: D

Value: 500 System Point

Description: A medicine type [Tea], which give the consumer's broken bones to speed up the healing progress.

Healing Time: -10%

[Item Type]: [Medicine/Beverage]

[Name]: Feverdrop Tea

Durability: 100%/100% (Container)|100%/100%(Fresh)|100%/100%(Liquid Remain)

Quality: Common

Grade: D

Value: 100 System Point

Description: A medicine type [Tea], which lower the consumer's fever and aids in fighting off infectious diseases.

Healing Time: -10%

[Item Type]: [Medicine/Beverage]

[Name]: Thyme Tea

Durability: 100%/100% (Container)|100%/100%(Fresh)|100%/100%(Liquid Remain)

Quality: Common

Grade: D+

Value: 300 System Point

Description: A [Thyme Tea] with a hint of herb. Drinking this hot [Tea] will be good for one's health.

Weight Loss: -1%

Fatigue Reduce: -5%

The [Thyme Tea] is the one out of the three that catches the girls' attention upon Neo explaining what each [Tea] does. So discovering that just by drinking the [Thyme Tea] would cause them to lose weight was something they must get no matter what.

After all, there are some people who don't want to work out for those perfect figure or want to go into those diet meals.

Therefore, today's auction was mostly aimed at the female side of the guests that came and some men would try their best to grab one as well. Due to seeing how crazy some of these women wanted to get their hands on them. This would be their best chances to form a connection with the female side.

next day*

Days?: The Fourth Day of the Week Time Limit

(Vale: Vale City: Junior's Club: Temporary Dining Hall)

So far, the week has its ups and downs, but pretty good on our end. The people of Vale on the other hand; not so much and causes more problems for them before the special one week auction event shows up out of the blue.

To make things more ease on both Pyrrha and Neo, along with myself. Today's auction was a single ticket of all things up for auction. This simple ticket is actually a [Talisman] for requesting anything within reasons from the Arcana to give to the winner of this ticket.

This leads to countless of excitements and greeds. Mostly greeds, but Neo had the experience to shut down these people quickly.

Neo explained to everyone about how this ticket will only work for that single person only. So requesting for an assassination wasn't possible due to our organization already doing that in the first place and picking this as their one-time use for the ticket would be a waste and the [Talisman] would disappear after being used.

As Neo continues explaining how to use the ticket and the restrictions placed on it before anyone dumb enough tries to use it for their personal greed to gain something stupid like becoming the leader of the Arcana, would completely fail and the chance of a kill order placed on them.

This stopped those that wanted to use it for an evil mean. Sadly, this was 80% of the whole guests that wanted to try becoming the leader of the Arcana or getting one of the rare dangerous weapons we possess.

next day*

Days?: The Fifth Day of the Week Time Limit

(Vale: Vale City: Junior's Club: Temporary Dining Hall)

Out of all the people from yesterday; the [Talisman] actually went up as a waste in front of many people's eyes. As the winner literally uses it at the moment they got their hands on it.

Their wish? For Neo's hand in marriage. Sadly, there was no refund and was used for nothing. Because the winner actually falls in love with Neo upon their first sight of her on the first day on one-week special event auction.

To make thing awkward; well, we had to explain the winner and everyone else in the room, that Neo's already married and we don't force members against their will to do something they have no desire to do so.

Once more; I had to explain in Neo's place, that's the ticket could only be used within reasons. So the winner of the ticket wasted it and loudly complain about how unfair, I'm treating them just because of one girl.

Now, their true color revealed to everyone in the room. Their downfall just begins after realizing they were still in public and in a room filled with high-class status people at that.

For today's auction, it's similar to the second day of the one-week special event auction and put up the [Strength Talisman], with the same effect, but for increasing strength instead.

[Item Type]: [Talisman/Paper]

[Name]: Strength Talisman

Durability: 100%/100% (1% per 1 minute usage time)

Quality: Common

Grade: D+

Value: 300 System Point

Description: A [Talisman] that contain magical properties within, where the possessor could increase their strength through this [Talisman] by ripping either by a small part or in half. By ripping it, the possessor much held onto the ripped pieces for just a whole second for the [Talisman] to take effect.

Talisman's Effect: Increase possessor's strength by 10%

This caused a big profit, since those that owned the [Agility Talismans] already experience using one of them and would gladly get their hands on this [Strength Talisman], even when it wasn't the [Agility Talisman].

next day*

Days?: The Sixth Day of the Week Time Limit

(Vale: Vale City: Junior's Club: Temporary Dining Hall)

Near the end of the one-week special event auction. We decided to change it up a bit and put up tickets, not a single ticket, but tickets as in plural. These are invited tickets for the last auction tomorrow.

Which made countless people be at an outrage for this, because this would mean that 75% or more of them wouldn't be able to attend the last day for the event.

Sadly, the guests had no choice and madly bid for a spot on the last day of the one-week special event or else they may end up regretting it in their lifetime.

Furthermore, with the way going on right now. This one-week special event auction would help them greatly due to some of these [Items] could save their lives in the moment of life and death.

next day*

Days?: The Seventh And Last Day of the Week Time Limit

(Vale: Vale City: Junior's Club: Temporary Dining Hall)

"Welcome everyone, to the last day of this one-week auction. Now, I'm sure yesterday's auction wasn't the best out of the whole week. But, I'll say today would make it worth it. After all, the one who wins what we're going to be put today would change their lives forever. For the better or worse, depending on your views." Neo greets all the guests attending this last auction before the whole things are over.