The shock was too huge for all of them to handle properly. They all thought that Acht was just a small boy with potential and that was the main reason why he was chosen by Lenny. However, this idea was totally crushed when they found out his element.
After a few seconds of shock, Jack walked closer to Acht and tapped on his shoulder lightly with a smile.
"You are full of surprises, Ach. I never thought I would see a lost element user in my lifetime." He said with a chuckle.
Lein and the other man that Acht still didn't know his name had some kind of shocked reaction, albeit not as strong as the others.
As for Welz, he gritted his teeth in frustration at the thought that he made an idiot out of himself. He thought that this small kid was nothing much but ended up swallowing his words.
The only one with no reaction was Kin who didn't even bother to look at Acht at all.
"Then, now that we are clear about it. I hope you all could give him a warm welco-"
"Not needed," Acht answered, cutting Lenny's words short.
The moment he said those words, the atmosphere in the place tensed up and a cold feeling seeped into everyone's hearts. They were talking casually a few moments ago and now it was as if they were at a funeral.
Lein was the first to talk.
"What did you say?" She asked as she unleashed her aura with pure anger.
"Are you deaf? I said not fucking needed." Acht answered as he took another sip of his orange juice.
"You are dead meat." She said coldly as she wanted to jump on him and shred him to pieces.
But, much to everyone's surprise, Lenny stopped Lein.
"Sit down." He said with a calm yet threatening aura.
"But, he-"
"I said sit down." He repeated with a harsher tone.
"He's still new so he can't accept us that quickly," Lenny said after a small sigh.
"The most important thing is that he will be a part of the missions in the near future."
Then, the silence fell down again on the room like a veil. Everyone had this tense expression on their face so they weren't enjoying their stay here.
So, to leave this stupid place, Acht decided to go check out this eternal night city and see how it was. It just couldn't only be made for degenerates, right?
Jack was about to speak when he saw him leaving but refrained from that when he saw Lenny eyeing him.
When he was finally out of the bar, Jack asked.
"What if he ran away, boss?"
"He won't run away." He answered almost instantly.
"How are you so sure?"
"I know what his kind of people are like. He won't leave until he ends our deal."
Jack wanted to ask about this supposed 'deal' he was talking about but he stopped himself. It was not worth it annoying the boss when he clearly seemed to know what he was doing.
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Acht walked through the streets aimlessly. He had no particular direction he wanted to go to or even anything he wanted to do.
However, walking through the dark streets while gazing at the beautiful sky on top of him made him calm down considerably. He felt this sense of freedom seeping through his body like a warm embrace.
It was something that he didn't know he needed until he felt it.
Then, as he looked down, he found a barber shop close by. It had a small sign made out of some kind of RGB light.
It looked rather like a brothel than a barbershop. But, he nevertheless took a look inside and it seemed to be empty.
'I should probably get a haircut.' He thought as he touched his messy hair.
It had been long since his hair reached his neck and made him look like a beggar but he didn't have time to cut it in all the chaos that was his life. It was even slightly obstructing his view from time to time which became annoying at some point.
So, he walked to the door and entered the place.
His first impression was that it was a neat barber shop that could be found anywhere in the world.
There was no one inside so he called for them.
"Excuse me."
Then, as if she got shocked, a woman came out running from another room with a clearly shocked face.
Her breathing was erratic and her face was flushed red. She looked as if she was having a marathon before she came here.
"H-Hello. Welcome to my humble shop. How can I help you?" She asked as she heaved up and down rhythmically.
"I want to cut my hair."
"Yes, please sit down and I will take care of you."
After sitting down and looking at his reflection in the mirror, the woman asked as she stood behind him.
"How do you want it?"
"I don't know. I will ask you to cut it down however you see fit." He said.
"I see. That's fine." She said,
Then, for the next 30 minutes, she washed his hair and combed it before she started cutting it down.
However, at some point, her scissors that kept making small sounds a few moments ago suddenly stopped and her mind went blank.
Acht, who had his eyes closed, felt the abnormality and opened his eyes to see what was going on. He thought that there might be some kind of dangerous person approaching him or just an unknown thug. It was all a part of his daily life after all.
He looked around but saw nothing out of the usual so he checked the mirror in front of him. Immediately, the same reaction happened to him just like the barber.
'What in the actual fuck?!'
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