Volume 8 Chapter 450 - Aftermath
Ottar's laugh woke everyone up from their stupor as most of them shuddered at the sudden realization that they were chasing after someone who could instantly kill them.
Contrary to the Adventurers, the Gods reactions were still the same as earlier, however, with even more intensity. The targeted Familias' Gods were cursing that they weren't able to capture the three people despite being surrounded by basically everyone. The onlooking Gods, on the other hand, took glee in their misfortune and became excited at the appearance of unknown individuals that could match the top Familias in Orario and started guessing where they came from.
Everyone slowly dispersed once the Freya Familia left to take care of the chaos that the 'Crimson Apocalypse Thieving Group' had left behind. However, they didn't have any idea how nasty the stink bombs were. They would only realize it after that they discovered they can't remove the scent no matter what they did, which turned their property into something worthless.
And they also didn't have any idea that this was only the beginning.
After receiving the damage reports from everyone, the Guild Employees returned with tired expressions and a gloomy atmosphere. They didn't expect that every one of them would have to work until almost morning due to this incident. And this resulted in quite some hate coming to the self-proclaimed thieving group. However, most of them still hated their superior, the Guild Head, Royman Mardeel even more for leaving everyone and going to the entertainment district.
They already arranged the damage report before they could even reach the Guild Hall so that they can just file this and go home to get some quality sleep and forget the smell that invaded their minds when they came to gather the reports. From the data they gathered, only a fifth of the total Familia who became victims of the nasty terrorist attacks got robbed.
When everyone thought that this was already over, the moment they went to their office, everyone immediately noticed the three intruders which were covered in crimson cloaks, eating snacks by lifting a bit of their masks.
"W-what are they doing here…?" Muttered a human with pink hair and pink eyes in fear. Misha Flott and everyone from the Guild already heard what they were capable of and their unknown origin and objectives made them a very dangerous group. To a group of non-Adventurers, they were the same as the monsters of the Dungeon.
Kisuke looked towards them and said, "Oh~! Hello there~! You're pretty late~!"
'It's your fault!' Everyone wanted to retort but just swallowed it.
Rehmer, one of the Guild's Section Chief and a Chienthrope stepped forward despite being nervous and signaled one of Guild Employees to call for outside help, "…C-Crimson Apocalypse Thieving Group, is it? What are you doing here? This a Guild property and an off-limits section. On top of that, there's nothing of value to steal here."
One of the Guild Employees nodded nervously and turned around to run outside, "Hiih!!!" However, just as he turned his back, one of the cloaked people was already in front of him and he stumbled backward.
Everyone looked towards him and were also shocked when they saw Yoruichi who used Flash Step to block the guy who's about to call for help. They then turned back towards Kisuke and Kuroka and found the other one missing, "…In… an instant?" Eina, Bell's advisor muttered in bewilderment.
"Don't get too scared. We're not here to hurt you~." Kisuke tried to comfort them, but he absolutely failed after what he and his group had just done. In addition to that, he was also using a voice changer that would only be used in horror games, which didn't make the situation better.
"T-then, what are you here for?" Rehmer asked nervously.
Kisuke stood up and walked towards them. As he slowly approached them, everyone's expression slowly changed into that of despair and fear. But before the girls could start bawling their eyes out, Kisuke took a bunch of paper from his cloak and passed it to Rehmer, "We're just here to give you some more work~. Goodluck~!"
Rehmer subconsciously put out his hands to receive the papers and Kisuke just went through him after patting his shoulder. Kuroka followed after Kisuke and the three of them walked towards the exit of the Guild Hall without saying a word.
After they disappeared from their sight, everyone took a sigh of relief, "Haah… That was scary… What the hell was that?" Rehmer muttered.
"Should I still call the help of Adventurers?" One of them asked.
Rehmer nodded at him and said, "Go. Ask the Ganesha Familia. We don't know if they'll come back."
After one of them ran outside, Sophie, the Hestia Familia's Advisor, asked Rehmer after calming herself down, "Uhhmm… What is that? And what did he mean by more work?"
"Oh, right…" Rehmer then took a quick look at the documents that Kisuke passed him. But instead of a quick look, Rehmer was forced to read through all of them and as he went through the reports in it, his brows became furrowed as he frowned.
"W-what's wrong?" Misha asked curiously.
"…" Rehmer didn't answer her and just focused on reading. The others didn't bother him as they figured that what was written is something very important.
A few minutes later, Rehmer took a deep breath and sighed before facing one of his colleagues, "Rid, go get Royman now. Tell him it's urgent."
"B-but he's…"
"I don't care if he's in the Entertainment District. If the information here is true, then we can't sleep for tonight. Tell him if he isn't coming, then I'll be going straight to Ouranos-sama." Rehmer said with a serious expression.
"G-got it!" Rid then went outside to look for their Head.
Rehmer then started passing all of the documents to everyone and instructed, "Verify if the information here matches some of ours. Once the Ganesha Familia arrives, we'll immediately move out to gather evidence."
Everyone curiously looked through the documents and after a few minutes, they had the same reaction of Rehmer. The documents that Kisuke passed them are records of murder, kidnapping, slave trading, narcotics, and many more crimes by certain Familias and the way to get evidence against them. Coincidentally or not, all of them were those that Crimson Apocalypse Thieving Group robbed from.
If this is all true, then the Crimson Apocalypse Thieving Group will be considered as heroes by the masses and this event will be put on history books for future generations to relive.
"Get yourselves ready. We'll be diving into those nasty buildings. Be sure to bring face coverings for everyone…" It's just that, nobody really wanted to do those investigations.
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28th00: Well, this is one way to send mixed messages (Aka: Chaos). Fun fun fun!~
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