Men with Bloodstained Swords 4

"There're all gone, time to say goodbye Lida Nobeshiba."

After killing all hired soldiers that Lida had send to kill Akagi, he walks down towards, crawling Lida with blood-soaked Blade Noryoku manifested on the right.

"Araghh, uh..."

Despite Akagi, standing behind with killer instinct raise, Lida still wanted to get away from him, still crawling legless with his hands.

"Stop struggling it won't do any help."

"Well I do to me, if you don't kill him right away!"

"What the fuck!?"

Right before Akagi about to kill Lida, Tereko come out from nowhere and point her Noryoku at the tip of Akagi's throat, with different personality all together, apparently in murderous mood.

"Tereko!?"

"It would appear you did not take the capsule for a while, never mind, if Akagi Shinsuke's memories has returned, then he has to die."

"Blue Hikaru!?"

Akagi utterly exclaimed when he glanced at Tereko's left eye, it turned out Tereko developed the Hikaru-Eye that no test subjects could've achieve the magical eye-power, The Great Hikaru-Eye. Also referred by the Mutant-experts as 'The Evil Eye of the Fallen'.

"Tereko, let me ask you a question, what good will happen taking my life?"

"Because this is my mission."

"Your mission, whomever you're working, instead I provide you a better alternative. A way more beneficial than killing me."

"What!?"

When Akagi's powers and well as his Red-Hikaru don't work, he had another way to convince her otherwise as she already made up her mind killing him.

"I read your files, Akagi Shinsuke, this is one of your schemes isn't it?"

"Don't worry."

During Tereko slightly distracted, Akagi slowly turned, cradled her Noryoku away and passionately continued his proposal,

"Athenaeum's leader Antheia, she, isn't that what you wanted for all along?"

"Do you know her?"

"I know her real name. Know where she is currently living."

After the memories has stored Akagi knows everything that Takamatsuke Hatteki knew including Antheia's real name as Misaki Mayumi.

"What do you want?"

"Give me few weeks I hand over Antheia to you, I knew a lot about her."

"How could you draw her to me?"

"She was my friend; I am sure I will find my way to get my friends into whatever I wanted."

"And yet you did not quiver betraying her?"

"Humph, she's not my worth, I only care myself and nobody else, so what so you're answer? Better hurry up: fire burning up the mansion and Lida is getting away...."

It seems like Tereko invested Akagi's proposal, although she holds some suspicious upon him since Akagi selfishly offered to sell Antheia like it was nothing. Personally, Tereko did not pleased by Akagi's betrayed his friend to her, played like if It's all about him and anyone who thinks he should care about others can piss off.

"Fine. What you have me do?"

"Downing your Noryoku off my throat for starter. And allow me to "silent" our friend Lida here. Then we'll see how far our partnership."

Without any options Tereko agreed with Akagi terms, since she working with the Brittonia's Secret Intelligence Service, under their counter-terrorism, counter-proliferation division, providing intelligence in support of cyber security, and supporting stability overseas to disrupt terrorism and other criminal activities.

She was assigned on a task to bring down Antheia/Misaki and her Athenaeum group once they increase their criminal activity in TYZ.

"Seven days, you will deliver Antheia, betray me and I will kill you."

"I see what I do. But may I?"

Upon agreeing the terms Akagi signal Tereko towards dying Lida clenching the doorknob by his bloody hands.

"Hmm..."

Tereko nodded, with smirk Akagi slowly walk forward, rolling his sleeves.

"Araghh...Fuck!!!"

In a gentle cradle, Akagi pulled Lida's neck from behind, close to his stomach, callously strangling him,

"Ahhh, Aragh!!!"

"Calm down Mr. Nobeshiba no one will come to save you. Without your leg it's better to be quick than wining...."

"Ahhhhh-ehhhh...."

"Growling senseless aren't do any good."

Lida's hands quivered restlessly, suffocating, saw Akagi's cold, murderous mismatch eyes hidden between the countless long strands of his silky-smooth hair, relaxed, declared his death. Caused Lida even more frantic, struggling to set free from Akagi's grasp, until Akagi had enough and snapped his neck like a thin wooden stick and dropped his corpse into the sludge.

""What now?"

Tereko asked, gazing Akagi, washing his blood-soaked hands, Lida's cold corpse.

"Now we leave. Fire will destroy all the evidence, although you have down the investigation about the murders. When the time comes, I deliver Antheia to you but, for now hold your horses."

"Fine, shall we go?"

"Yes."

As Akagi suggest to leave before the fire burned the mansion, also suggested Tereko to stall the investigation if occurs, Tereko agreed and exited the Mansion with Akagi before it collapse itself.