9) "Thunder God"

As Yoru shook hands firmly with Hikaru, she then called out for someone:

"Haruki Hayashi, please enter the room..."

"Huh?", Hikaru says surprisingly as he looks behind him.

The room door slowly opens and the same boy who was laying on the seats outside of Yoru's office walks in.

He was tall, but he also seemed to look skinny as suggested by his oversized clothes in contrast to his thin frame. He raised his right hand as a wave gesture and said:

"Yo! I'm Haruki! Your new partner agent!"

Hikaru looked baffled and a bit taken off guard from the sudden appearance and he looks to Yoru, then back to Haruki and then to Yoru.

Your giggles, covering her mouth as if in a ladylike fashion.

"My bad. You've qualified for being a Junior Agent, Hikaru. I introduce you to your senior and your partner, Senior Agent Haruki Hayashi.... He's been a nice asset to our team lately. And I believe you both would work together well...", Yoru responds calmly.

"Yup!", Harushi says enthusiastically wearing sunglasses all of the sudden.

"W-where did you get that fr- I won't even ask...", Hikaru says as he gently smiles. Seeing Harushi gave Hikaru a slight brotherly feeling he craved.

"Um. What now, miss Yoru?", Hikaru asks as he's unsure about how to approach forward.

"Nothing much, continue your studies as usual. Keep slaying Eclipses. However, since you're now an integral part of the PPA, you'll have to attend as part of investigation or fight much higher class Eclipses. That's where your senior, Haruki comes in.", Yoru responds as she gestures to Haruki.

"Yeah, so, basically we just work together in teams as sort of investigators and if called for we can get together and fight Eclipses together. That's how it is usually... It all depends on the threat scale...", Haruki responds by snapping his fingers.

"Threat Scales?", Hikaru asks looking back to Yoru.

"Ah, I should have gotten a phamplet printed out by my assistant, Megumi, but I'll elaborate...", Yoru says as she stands up and walks towards a whiteboard, taking out a marker and starts writing.

"Eclipses are born of guilt. Guilt can be anything. Death, sadness, guilt of not being able to do something. It's a natural process within humans...", Yoru says as she draws a "blob" with "guilt" written on it.

"And since many people can use some form of Senzai around the world, they can cause an independent reaction where Senzai energy mixes in with this guilt and form Eclipses...", Yoru explains as she draws a small monster.

"And I believe it should be common sense now that, if there is more guilt, the more stronger the eclipse. Hence we have a threat scale for Eclipses or in general anything that classifies as that. Starting from Threat Class D to Threat Class A... There is also a more special class for Eclipses that are more powerful. They are called "Penumbras". The most powerful Eclipses. They are placed above A and we just call them: "Threat Class Z"...", Yoru elaborates as she draws an entire table with diagrams on the whiteboard, it seems like this was everyday work for her.

Hikaru looks a bit enthusiastic yet scared of the threat scale.

"Then I wonder how powerful Threat Class Z Eclipses are...", Hikaru responds looking down a bit.

"Very strong... Can easily take Super Seniors apart and gives Executive Agents a run for their money...", Yoru responds nonchalantly.

Hikaru understood the message and everything that meant. It all meant he had to get more stronger and adept at Senzai and master his own Art. Who knows what the future may bring in this guilty world?

After a few minutes, Hikaru and Harushi leave the PPA Headquarters and walk away back into their usual lives, but there was still something up within the Headquarters.

In one of the higher floors, the testing and research facility floor...

"Ugh for fucks sake, this Sora Makizushi guy... Why is Miss Yoru so obsessed over tracing his samples?", a researcher says whilst putting a coin in a coffee vending machine.

"Yeah, I know right?! I still don't understand why she wants us to keep examining him.", the female researcher says, as she goes through some of the lab notes.

The male researcher grabs a cup of coffee and looks back.

"Well, it doesn't really matter. At least we get paid for this...", the male researcher says as he drinks a sip of the coffee.

"Sure.", the female researcher says as she seems disinterested in the entire thing.

"Guys! How's the testing going on?", another researcher walks in their conversation, he had some blue hair sticking out of his cap.

"Huh, who are you?", the male researcher responds, looking suspicious.

"I am the Head of this programme, dumbass... I'm uhh... Dr Miyazaki.", the blue haired researcher replies.

"Oh, great to meet you, sir!", the female researcher responds as she gives her hand out to shake the legendary figure's hand.

They shake hands, but suddenly the female researcher falls down, unconscious.

"Wait, what the hell?!", the male researcher yells as his coffee falls down from his hand.

The male researcher looked puzzled and afraid at what happened.

"Don't worry... It's just simple temporary paralysis...", the blue haired researcher replies as he places his palm on the male researcher's head and shuts him down too.

The researcher then begins to remove his mask, cap and coat and the it's ... Victor.

"Ugh, this facade was too damn annoying... At least all the 108 researchers are down, Nakamura.", Victor says as he talks to the earpiece.

"Good, now get in the room and get Sora!", Nakamura responds excitedly with a deep tone.

"Bet ya.", Victor responds as he shuts the earpiece off and enters into a testing lab.

Victor opens the door as if he was in a grand entrance and his electric eyes trace towards the end of the room, where Sora is confined in a human sized testing vessel. It seems as if Sora's injuries have been healed.

"Jackpot.", Victor laughs as he places his hand on Sora's glass vessel.

"Now... With you on our side... There won't be anymore hurdles to our plans...", Victor smirks as he places his fingers on the control pad but suddenly the lab's room opens violently.

A woman, probably in her early 30s, ocean blue eyed, black short hairs, a white shirt, rolled up sleeves and a black skirt stood in the doorway. She had a pretty face but she seemed serious about something.

"Ah... Megumi Mizu... The head mistress of the Mizu Clan... Didn't expect to see you here...", Victor snickers as he stands tall at the end of the room.

"Over a hundred souls you've harmed, Victor... You're too darn much of a pain for the PPA...", Mizu says as she summons a stick like wand that seemed like a weapon for her Senzai Art.

"Heh... I knew I wasn't going out without fighting.. let's start the round, Executive Class Agent, this is a fair fight... AGAINST THE SECOND COMMANDER OF THE NEW FAITH!", Victor laughs as his body erupts in electricity.

Megumi smirks as she gets into a battle pose.

"You're too damn cocky, child...", Megumi responds as she gets ready.

Chapter 8, end