Chapter 23: Time to Take Action (1)

"Okay, so what are the casualties," the elder asked as everyone gathered around and sat down.

"Well! The first one has to do with the weaker swordsmen and magic users who were training, 18 of them were beaten up so badly and their wounds are being treated," he second.

"And second?" Tahara asked.

"Second, all 7 of the dark souls which were kept in the storeroom had gone missing as well as 5 Rank B through to Rank A weapons have also gone missing," he said.

"They got us," the elder said.

"What do you mean?" Juba asked.

"The place where the weapons and dark souls are being kept is watched by two guard men and also there is a special key that leads to the door," the elder explained.

"Which explains how or where they got the key from," Samon said.

"The key is also one which was handed over to us by Teika," one of the elders explained.

"Besides that only Teika and one of the elders knows the door that leads to where the dark souls and weapons are," the elder said.

"So which means you knew where they were?" Miyaguchi asked.

"Of course!" the elder replied.

"By the way, who is Teika?" Tahara asked.

"He's an immortal being that does not interact with us here on earth but we can communicate with him through telepathy," the elder said.

"Wait! An immortal being," Tahara yelled.

"Which means he can't be killed," the elder explained.

Meanwhile

Somewhere in Japan.

"Immortality!" Misa yelled.

"That's incredible," Darwin said.

"Now that we have the Dark souls and weapons ranked B through to A, we have a bigger advantage," the boss said.

"Moreover, I don't know why The Guild of Teal Arms wants Miyaguchi's flames so bad but, I think that she acts as a time bomb for them," the elder explained.

"Time Bomb!" Kunimichi said.

"Maybe Miyaguchi can do something which the Guild of Teal Arms wants to see that hasn't been tested out yet," the elder said.

"But boss, why Miyaguchi and not Tahara?" Misa asked.

"Well you see Miyaguchi flames can act as a time travel which will bring back all the evil magic users from the 7th generation," the boss said.

"That's why on the 24th of October at Shizuicheng, our plan will take effect," the boss said.

"And let's keep Tahara from interfering with our mission," he said.

"We'll have some magic users to accompany us," the boss alerted them.

"That's great Boss," Keita said.

"I've also heard Miyaguchi has awakened her second form," the boss asked.

"Yes! And it was much more terrifying than we expected," Misa said.

"Any word from that guy?" Tahara asked the servant.

"Well he said he took part because he signed an agreement with the Guild of Teal Arms and wanted to partake in their exercise and that one young boy who is 14 years asked him to investigate Tahara," he said.

"Did he give any description?" Maris asked.

"Well he said he was short, had curly white and black hair, and dressed as a mage," the servant replied.

"A short boy!" Miyaguchi said.

"But anyway, let's be happy that everyone is safe," Tahara said.

The whole room became quiet as Tahara changed his sitting position.

"Why are they eager for Miyaguchi's flames so bad?" he said.

"Something isn't right here," Tahara continued.

Tahara then got up and went outside to see the mess they created outside.

"They got us good this time," he said.

Misa!

Dokuro Misa!

The next time I see your face, I'm going to cut off your head and pull out your throat.

"Tahara, you know Dokuro Misa?" Asai asked.

"Yes! I met her in a coffee shop and we talked for a while and then she left," Tahara said.

"She's part of the Guild Of Teal Arms," Tahara let out.

Asai then bowed his head as he left the room.

"Why did Asai leave?" Tahara asked.

"Dokuro Misa was Asai's best friend," Ono explained.

Note: The Guild of Teal Arms has two branches. The first branch was where he fought Chinen Kuemon.