The dawn arrived, and with it brought another day. The sunshine kissed the city of Bryxton as the people woke up to the news about what had transpired the previous day.
An airplane crash, an inhumane act and the fall of various organisations within the city. Last and not the least, the massacre done by Reaper.
The name of Reaper began spreading like wildfire as it became a hot topic. On research, he was found to be staying in the Sky High Skyscraper, however the records ceased to exist. The video, other than the massacre, was lost from all the places as if someone had deliberately erased Reaper's trace from everywhere. The most interesting fact among all was that nobody knew what Reaper looked like, even those who had seen him, somehow forgot his face altogether.
The news also reached other cities, piquing interest of various guilds and organisations all over. People began guessing who Reaper could be, with all the speculation a few names came into light with the possibility of them being Reaper. However, whether one of them was Reaper or not, was still in question.
As for the person responsible for all the things that took place...
...
Zero woke up from a peaceful sleep, lying in a soft bed in a building not far from the Sky High Skyscraper. Just for precaution's sake he erased people's memories, of those who had seen him first hand, before choosing a building to get some proper rest.
He then wore a set of casual clothes stored in his dimensional space as he looked around. The alarm had rang long past a few hours ago, showing the time to be 11 AM now. He checked his blood level to find it a bit more than normal and his mana was almost empty. He had used a blood regeneration technique, which allows him to heal at the cost of mana.
"Spirit Magic: Constant Healing," he spoke, and his eyes turned gem-like green from the previous white. He then walked towards the mirror and looked at his messy white hair, which he half combed before picking up his phone and then calling a certain number.
-Tring Tring
-Tring Tring
-Tring Tring
-Click. Who is it?
An aged voice was heard from the other side, along with multiple people talking at the back. They were talking quite loudly and from the looks of it, there was a panic in that place.
"Everything all right Inspector Claus Roan?" Zero asked as he took out a laptop and began typing something on it.
Claus Roan was one of the people whom Zero helped get out of the facility. He was the man from whom Zero took the baton before smashing Scarred Owl's body in front of Mark Leeway.
Hearing Zero's voice, Claus turned silent for a few moments before he spoke again, this time with a slightly complex voice.
-Zero… are you him?
From his statement, it looked like Lucia had erased almost all memories of Zero and Reaper of that night from their minds. Zero wondered if it was a good thing or a bad thing before he sighed and continued to type on the laptop.
Understanding what Claus was trying to speak, Zero smiled before the screen on the laptop changed and the office in which Clause was currently in came into view. He looked at multiple men doing their own work and Claus at a side talking in a hushed manner.
'Looks like he won't be going against me, huh? For now, at least..' thought Zero before speaking,
"I need to speak with you and your highest in command. Can you arrange that?"
Hearing his words, Claus made a slightly complicated expression before speaking
-Right now? It will be a bit difficult, but if it is urgent, then I can arrange it for you.
A bit shocked with the cooperation, Zero couldn't help but wonder if there was a hidden motive behind Claus' actions, but no matter how he looked at it, his behaviour looked natural.
"Not now.. more like in the eve. I will be meeting with you and him around 5 PM. To not gather any unnecessary attention, I will come directly to your office," Zero spoke as he saw the others beginning to notice Claus.
-Ah! Is that so? I will-
"Take care of yourself, Claus. You have just earned your freedom. Take a vacation, maybe. Enjoy your life, man," Zero speaks as he sighs, looking at the tired face of Claus before cutting the call and then dialling to call another person.
-Tring Tring
-Tring Tring Click
-...
"I will be coming in a week. Prepare the materials," Zero speaks with a sigh before he cuts the call.
-Click
He then calls another person…
-Tring Tring
-Click
-Hey! Nice work you did there.
"Stop with the friendly voice. It's creepy," Zero speaks with a slightly annoyed face as he heard Cristine's cheery voice.
-Oh! Come on now, we are 'massacre the bad guys' buddies aren't we.
He heard the childish voice of Cristine, who, for some reason, looked like she was in a very good mood.
"I am booking a ticket for you and Eliza next week. The first step to dispel the curse, we need to go to a certain place," Zero spoke as he moved towards the bathroom and turned on the hot water which began filling the bathtub.
-....
No voice came from the other side and pin drop silence prevailed before the voice of another girl, presumably, Lucia began coming from the other side.
-Hey! Cristine, are you crying? Who is it on the phone? Hey…Huh?.. It's whom? Reaper?!!! He-Click
Zero sighs as he begins moving to call the last person on today's list.
-Tring Tring
-Tring Tring
-Click
-Hey! I was waiting for your call. Are you okay?
Clair's half worried voice came from the other side and Zero felt a warm feeling as a smile formed on his face before he spoke.
"Yeah. I am good. Do you remember our deal?"
-Ummm.. Yeah, most of it.
"About the guardian part. Can you leave Arcadia Academy now and buy a place to stay? I will provide you with the money, for both you and your sister," Zero said as he checked the temperature of the bathtub and then got out as he set the timer to 10 minutes.
-Like right now? It might be a bit difficult to do.
"I will transfer some money into your account. If not now, try it the day after tomorrow. You can use the rest of the money for yourself." As Zero was speaking, he moved back to the laptop and transferred about a 100 million to her.
-Huh?! What's with… the heck, is that even real? Hey! Hey! Hey! That is too much!!
Zero heard the clear disbelief in Clair's voice, who was really freaked out by the amount but not caring about her reaction. Zero spoke,
"Buy a high end place and also make sure you have a few things inside that house. I will send you the list through a text. If you run into any problems, just call back. I will sort it out."
-Sir yes Sir! Anything else?
A bit taken aback by her sudden change in behaviour, a wry smile forms on Zero's face as he sighs before speaking,"nothing for now." and then cutting the call.
-Click
Then he looked at the hot tub almost filled with water and took out the last batch of the concentration potions he made and poured it all into the bathtub before submerging himself into it.
[You look so relaxed]
...…..
I looked at the message in front of me and found myself back in the white dimension. I turned around to see a child looking around with a shocked face as if he had seen something which he couldn't express.
Elle was standing there with the kid, trying to comfort him. I look around to find Mark Ingrid, the girl's father missing, and sigh before I get out of the bath and my clothes change back into normal by themselves.
Walking towards that kid, I spoke,"hey kid! What's your name?"
The young boy crying a bit looked at me with fear in his eyes as he spoke,"my mother… she… she.. They…"
"Amon, can you bring the video of last night in front of us," I said and a scene of what happened yesterday came in front of the child. I smiled at that kid with the purest smile as I spoke.
"I changed the future. Your mother is alive."
Doubting my words, he looked at the scene playing with a bit of fear but then he looked at that video clearly and then he pointed immediately at someone and the video paused.
I saw a man being killed by me, his head being chopped off by my scythe.
"See. The bad guy is gone. Nothing happened with your mother and you," I spoke with the same smile and he looked at me intently before gulping and speaking,"so.. We don't have to run anymore?"
I smiled at him trying to be like an elder brother figure before speaking,"Yes. You can live happily."
At my words, his soul began sparkling, and he started levitating right in front of my eyes. Elle looked at me with wide eyes, as she couldn't help but praise my ways of doing things. She also smiled at that kid being passed on, as his wish was fulfilled.
"I will be going then," I said before the world began to change and I found myself back in the bathtub. However, before I came back, I noticed Elle looking strangely at me and I wondered what that look was about.
My mind then drifts of to everything that has happened last night. Honestly, it was one heck of a night, and as I was recalling everything, suddenly it came to my mind that in all the chaos, I had forgotten about something important,
"Where did...Anna ran off to with Elizabeth?"
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