Leo knew he got no capital to support his claims but this, [He got a severe backlash, and you asked him to spy on one of your enemies. But things went wrong, and he ended up touching the fate of something scary, the one you are currently fighting against, correct?]
"So, you two are related?" William knew such an event wasn't known to anyone but to himself and the few who were with him back then. And they were all his friends. There was no way for a stranger that he never met or heard about before to know such details without a source. And that left him with the old man he met before.
[That's correct. And starting from there, we got interested in you]
"Why?"
[That's our business, we are very much interested in such things]
"What a bunch of weirdos you are!" William laughed, and despite what he showed on the surface, he was curious about Leo and what he said.
[You can call us that, won't be the first, won't be the last] and against what William expected, Leo handled this comment pretty lightly, [So, can we meet up?]
"Well, as you can see, I'm preparing to get inside that academy," William knew that Leo was watching him right now using his spirit sense, "by the way, are you a pinnacle master? Your voice tells me you are very young to be so!"
[I'm at the early stage]
"No way! You are tens of kilometres away from me! How can you do it?"
[Who said I'm normal? Who said my team is? The place I came from is?] Leo laughed, finding William's comment a bit amusing, [And about what you are going to do, you know once entering that place, the clouds will start working, right?]
"I know that already," William rolled his eyes, "so be nice and tell me the way to undo this."
[I told you already, you can't! You need people with special abilities, people like us to do it. If not, then you won't be able to stop the upcoming disaster]
"Sounds like bragging," William laughed, "so I have to wait for you to arrive before doing it?"
[We need to meet to arrange things]
"Why do I feel like you want something else?" William saw through the intentions of Leo, "just drop the idea of fighting with me. I'm not free to begin with, and you won't win."
[Oh, you got some balls! You do know that for a gold master like yourself, you can't bear someone like me, right?]
"That's what you believe, not what will happen though," William got the same vibe from Leo like the one he got from his past life peers and rivals. They were eager to test themselves against him, to win him in friendly spars. And that was why he guessed the real intentions of Leo.
But William didn't want to. He was sure whatever the place Leo came from, it was something that he knew nothing about. And that in itself was enough reason to let him drop any idea of fighting Leo.
[I won't help without meeting you first]
"Let's postpone our meeting then after this is over," William evilly grinned, "after all, I'm very interested in that place you came from, in the business you are doing."
[Hmm… I can't say any details without the agreement of my bosses, or else…]
"Then take me to meet them later on," William expected such an answer from Leo, "I won't meet you up without getting at least this promise from you."
Away from the Blue Hills, Leo was running alongside his team. They heard what he and William said as they were all strong masters like Leo, and special as him.
"Boss… You do know the rules…" Jeremy tried to dissuade Leo from agreeing. He knew his boss, and knew he was a bit rash, actually very rash in doing things and making decisions that would backfire later on, not only on himself, but on everyone else in his team.
[You know such a thing is nearly impossible]
"Just try," William paused, "after all, with me and that enemy around, we'll meet each other quite a lot."
[Hahahaha, I like you] Leo got the hint behind William's words. [That reminds me, where is that enemy? We want to deal with it!]
"That makes two of us then," William bitterly smiled, shaking his head before adding, "that bastard isn't here, not even close from here."
[This… We need to deal with it so we can prevent such things from happening again]
"Told you, we are going to see each other quite a lot," William laughed, "I know where this bastard is going to be. And I bet it is planning to do something insane like what it did here."
[I'm interested in knowing such intel…]
"In exchange for letting me in your side," William interrupted Leo's words, making the latter pause again, "this is a fair trade. Like this, no one will object at your side, right?"
[It's not up to me to decide this] Leo controlled himself thanks to the intervention of his friends.
"You got until this is over," William didn't find such an answer weird.
[You have to wait for me to arrive first] Leo saw William talking to other leaders and heard what he exchanged with them. They were ready, and that meant he was about to walk into the academy.
"You can undo this once arriving here, no need to waste time in meeting up and such," William shrugged, "I'm sure you aren't that far off, right?"
[Give me five hours or so]
"I'll give you half an hour at most," William knew what this master was thinking about, "then I'm going in."
Leo did indeed have less than half an hour to arrive at the Blue Hills. Yet he wanted to meet up with William before doing anything.
He still wanted to spar with him. And William didn't want to do such a thing without getting to know more about the mysterious origin of Leo. not to mention, he got no reason to spar with Leo.
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