Hey, people.. I'm back for Chapter 5 of The Ultimatum~
Stay tuned for the introduction of new characters in this chapter~
ENJOY~!!

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Chapter 5 : Wild Beast“Ugh-” Jurina groaned as she slowly opened her eyes and found a few drones flying about around her body.
“You’re awake?” Mayu asked while her back faced Jurina. She was researching about the interesting specimen she bumped into earlier. As usual, Mayu sat in front of the huge screen while her fingers clicked on the keyboard without stopping. A small drone was seen on her ankle, fixing up the wound on her leg caused by Yuki’s hook.
“How long did I pass out for?” Jurina asked as she sat herself up on Mayu’s experiment table.
“A couple of hours. No big deal. I got you all patched up nice and tidy.” Mayu answered, again with her back facing Jurina.
“You look busy.. Finding a new target?”
“Nope. That can wait.. I’m doing a research on someone...”
“Someone who interest you more than the targets in the list?”
“A new toy I bumped into...” Mayu smiled.
“You mean the Reaper that fought against me earlier?”
“Correction. Almost killed you. Since you were so stubborn on wanting to fight with Takahashi Minami. And by luck, she found you half dead. By the way, her name is Kashiwagi Yuki. Yuki for short. Not your regular Reaper. She’s an elite. Third in rank in the Legion. A lecturer at the Legion Academy. She loves to train herself over her own limits to be stronger and what coincidence... Her favourite student is none other than your previous target, Shimazaki Haruka.”
“I don’t need all these informations...”
“You don’t, but I need them.” Mayu said.
Jurina removed herself from the table and slowly tottered herself towards the exit.
“Where are you going?”
“Home.” A single word escaped Jurina's mouth
“I see.. Too meet your little girlfriend.. Sure.. Just don’t go dreaming about horny stuff again.”
“What did you just say?” Jurina felt mocked.
Mayu shook her head. “Tsk tsk tsk.. What an embarrassing thing for a Spectre of a Beta level, Jurina.. You should have seen yourself earlier.”
“What are you saying?”
Mayu spinned her chair around to face Jurina. “I’m saying that you dreamt about your little girlfriend Rena and started touching all over the place. You even touched me. Yuck.”
“I don’t remember anything like that happening.” Jurina denied.
“Want a recording of it? I have it all stored up here.” Mayu pointed her temple and shot a smirk at Jurina. “How horny..”
“Stop embarrassing me like that!” Jurina grabbed Mayu off her chair and slammed her onto the wall hard.
“I was innocent, Jurina. You did all those by yourself.”
Jurina punched the wall centimeters away from Mayu’s head hard, shocking the blue eyed girl. “Your head will be the next.”
“Oh really?” A huge grin was carved on Mayu’s face. “Let’s see you do it then.”
Jurina widened her eyes in anger and raised her fist once again, but Mayu didn’t flinch at all. For some reason, Jurina really couldn’t land the punch on Mayu’s face and Mayu knew it. Jurina panted heavily, holding in her anger as Mayu smirked at her once again. “See? I know you, Jurina. I’ve studied you through. You can’t possibly hurt me, let along kill me.”
Jurina slowly put Mayu down and walked away. “I’m starting to get sick of this.”
“You’ll come back to me, Jurina.. I know it.” Mayu called out as Jurina left Mayu’s secret hideout. “Even if you don’t.. It doesn’t matter to me anymore..” A huge grin crawled up her face. “I already have a new toy to play with..”
Mayu then got back to her chair and started searching for Yuki’s whereabouts. “Let me track you down....”
Hacking into the satelite, in just a few minutes, Mayu managed to trace Yuki’s position. She zoomed in at the spot and saw Yuki holding onto her weapons.
“Found you....” Something seems off. “There seem to be a familiar person at the same location as her.. And they were both fighting...” That was when Mayu’s grin widened. “Kashiwagi Yuki and Takahashi Minami is fighting?? I have to watch this.. This is valuable data..”
Jungle“Where did Takamina sensei go to....” Paru pouted as she grabbed a stick and tossed it at a distance. Romeo running for it and brought it back to her. She had been repeating this for 50 times at least.
“Woof!” Romeo barked back at her and wagged his tail.
“Uhm.. I’m not Takamina sensei. I don’t speak dogs..” Paru said as she threw yet another stick into a distance.
Instead of chasing after the stick, Romeo suddenly had his head tilted upright as its ears twitched. “Woof!! Woof!” He started barking at Paru continuously.
“I don’t speak dog, Romeo. How many time do you want me to repeat myself?”
“Woof Woof!!!” Romeo then bit Paru’s shirt and pulled it again and again.
“Hey stop! This is my favourite shirt!” Paru pulled her shirt back and suddenly they were in a little game of tug-of-war.
Ignoring Paru this time, Romeo started running away, leaving Paru behind.
“Hey! Come back!!” Paru stood up and began chasing after Romeo who ran away all of a sudden. “Takamina sensei is so gonna kill me if she finds out about this.”
Almost about ten minutes of chasing Romeo came to a halt when Paru heard loud clashing noises. Metal clashing. It got louder and louder as Paru made her way thorugh the thick forest. And then she reached a river.
*CLANG CLANG*
Paru had reached the source of the clashing noises and was shocked to find that Takamina and Yuki ws fighting each other.
“Yah!!!” With one scythe on each hand, Yuki swinged them around and and landed a few blows on Takamina’s sword, causing continuous sparks from the clashing of metals. They had been fighting for almost half an hour without stopping.
With only a single sword, Takamina managed to deflect every single one of them with ease but was impressed by Yuki’s agility. “Swift movements, Yuki. But not good enough.”
Upon hearing that, Yuki increased her strength and speed and started attacking Takamina vigorously. Continuous flurry scythe attacks that seemed to be getting faster and faster. The impact of every single blow got bigger as well. Takamina actually felt a little suppressed by Yuki’s barrage of attacks. Yuki was good at utilizing all her Judgement forms but she was more of a master of scythe techniques. That is why she could even make Takamina feel suppressed.
“Boy, you’re a little troublesome, are you..” Takamina smiled as she blocked Yuki’s attack, backing off one step at a time before managing to trap both Yuki’s scythe with her sword and slammed them onto the ground. That gave Takamina ample of time to make a counter attack. “My turn...”
Takamina slashed her Judgement right at Yuki’s neck. Takamina really wasn’t joking about killing Yuki. That slash she made was definitely fatal.
“Yuki sensei! Takamina sensei!” Paru shouted out suddenly.
That definitely caught Yuki’s attention as she looked over at the source of the voice. “Paru!? What are you doing here!?”
“Wha- I.. What’s going on!” Paru was still confused at the sight of Yuki and Takamina fighting.
“Where are you looking!!?” Ignoring Paru’s call, Takamina swinged her sword at Yuki’s neck but the latter managed to dodge it on time. But strands of her hair got cut off.
“Shit, that was really close..” Yuki panted.
“You shouldn’t be distracted by other things during a fight, Yuki. I taught you that before..” Takamina said.
“Stop fighting!!! What’s going on!?” Paru was freaked out of course. It was simply too random for Paru to be witnessing two of her teachers fighting each other. She simply couldn’t process the scene properly yet.
“Just stand there, Paru!” Yuki leaped in to unleash her flurry scythe attacks which got deflected by Takamina again.
“Please stop!” Paru didn’t dare to interrupt with their fight since every single one of their swings were really heavy and a single hit from it would be fatal for someone of Paru’s level. She wasn’t that dumb to try and stop two beasts from fighting. She would just end up being killed.
Takamina increased her slashing speed and Yuki tried her best to defend against them. Despite Takamina having only one sword and Yuki holding two scythes, Yuki still felt the speed of Takamina’s sword slashes were a little too fast for her. She couldn’t stop them all. Yuki then hopped onto a tree to dodge them out of desperation. “Damn.. Those slashes were too fast. I can’t defend against all of them.”
“Get down!” Takamina released a strong kick on the tree that Yuki hopped onto. It was a really huge tree and the tree trunk was at least 1meter in diameter. Still, the tree shook really hard from that single monstrous kick. And as expected, Yuki hopped down towards Takamina and landed a strong hit with the help of gravity. Takamina still managed to block Yuki’s monstrous gravity strike and continue unleashing her barrage of sword slashes.
Not being able to defend against every single one of the attacks again, Yuki did a somersault and landed a few feet away from Takamina, keeping a distance from her. And then, Yuki saw a smirk on Takamina’s face. Something was wrong.
*BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP*
As soon as Yuki heard the beeping sound, she looked on the ground immediately and saw a Judgement sticking in the ground and the green light flickering. “Shit!” And then it exploded right below Yuki’s leg. The impact was really big as it sent a huge air pressure all around the radius of the explosion.
“Yuki sensei!!!” Paru screamed in horror.
“That’s what you get for challenging me, kiddo.” Takamina scoffed.
Heavy smoke covered the area and as it slowly faded away, a shadow was still seen standing within the smoke. Yuki had managed to activate her shield, just not quite in time. Her sleeveless shirt and pants got torn apart from the force of the explosion. She may have blocked the bomb impact from hitting her body directly, but her leg got hit hard. The bones on her right ankle was literally in pieces. Shattered completely. She lost a lot of blood from her wound.
“Ugh-” Yuki fell down on her knees, her foot trembling from being injured by the bomb impact. Takamina slowly walked towards Yuki who was helpless on the ground.
“Stop hurting Yuki sensei!” Paru ran in and backhugged Takamina not to move further.
“Out of the way, kid!” Takamina grabbed Paru’s arm and got pushed away.
As Takamina continued making her way towards Yuki, a smile escaped Yuki’s face despite her being injured and the one on the ground. All of a sudden, a surge of red laser shot down towards Takamina and she was completely unaware of it. Just in time, Takamina switched her Judgement sword into a shield and pointed up, withstanding the laser shot directly at her. The impact was so great that that even the great Takamina was forced to get on one knee.
By the time the laser ended and before Takamina could retract her shield back, her neck was already greeted by the tip of Yuki’s scythe touching her neck. While on her knees and one hand on the ground supporting her body, Yuki had her scythe held up at Takamina’s neck. With smile on her face, Yuki finally called out. “I won..”
Takamina then took a look at the source of the laser and finally found out that there was a Judgement stuck on the tree with smoke coming out of it. That was the same tree Yuki hopped on to earlier. Right before Yuki hopped off the tree, she had already charged up one Judgement laser and stuck it to one of the branches. And thirty seconds later, it was fired right at the spot Takamina was standing. “You even used the tree to your advantage.. Impressive.”
Mayu stood up from her seat as she witnessed the impossible. “This is simply amazing! Based on my database, Kashiwagi Yuki was definitely weaker than Takamina... She used her brains to win.. You have my complete interest from now on, Kashiwagi Yuki..” Mayu grinned. “And I’ll make you my little toy..”
Mayu was right. Based on strength and fighting skills, there’s no doubt that Takamina was the one in advantage. But Takamina had left out the fact that Yuki is a highly trained tactician. This time, brain triumphed over brawn. Takamina couldn’t believe it herself. She actually lost the fight against her own student not because she was weaker, but because of the fact that Yuki outsmarted her. “You promised me, sensei. You would come home with me.”
“...” No words could escape Takamina’s mouth.
“My my my... What do we have here.. A Reaper fighting against a Reaper..” A voice suddenly sounded from beside Paru.
As soon as she turned her head, Paru was surprised to see a short girl standing beside. “A Spectre!”
That single word caught both Takamina and Yuki’s attention as they looked towards the direction to find a short lady standing next to Paru. The short girl’s skin was pale and her eyes, blood red.
“Paru get out of there now!” Yuki removed her scythe away from Takamina’s neck and leaped towards the Spectre immediately with her left foot and her double scythe despite her right ankle being broken. Paru backed off a few steps.
A smug crawled on the Spectre’s face as she saw Yuki approaching her. “I wouldn’t do that if I were you...”
As Yuki swinged her scythe down on her, it got blocked by two blades emerged from her back. “...”
“Tsk tsk tsk.. And they say that Spectres were vicious.. Who’s the one who initiated an attack first?” The female Spectre shook her head in disappointment and deflected Yuki away from her few feet. Yuki landed near a tree and balanced herself up on a tree. “Come over here, Paru!” Yuki called out and Paru ran behind Yuki.
“Yuko...” Takamina squinted here eyes at the lady standing before them.
The short Spectre smiled. “It’s been a long time, Taka.. Ever since Ats-”
“Don’t you dare mention her name like she’s your friend, Yuko.” Takamina raised her voice.
“You’re mentioning my name out loud. Are you my friend?” Yuko sang her sentence in an annoying tone.
“Shut up!” Yuki scolded. “What does an Alpha Spectre like you want from us?”
“An Alpha?” Paru was shocked. This was her first encounter with an Alpha Spectre. Clearly, Yuko doesn’t look like one. Maybe her smirk, a little. Otherwise, her size itself doesn’t look very convincing. She was maybe as short as Takamina. She looked like someone you could put into your pocket. But Takamina had already proven to her that being short and small sized had nothing to do with your own fighting ability.
“What do I want from you? How rude... Must I want something from you whenever we meet?” Yuko got a little offended.
“Then you have no reason to be here.”
“I do not want anything from you, not even a fight.
“Not even a fight? That’s very unlike you, Yuko.”
“I’m here under direct orders from the Omega to have a talk with you both.” Yuko said to Takamina and Yuki.
“You’re not the type to talk, Yuko. You usually speak with actions.” Takamina told. “Why would the Omega send the most hot headed Spectre to have a ‘talk’ instead?”
“Sadly, the other Alphas were away and I was the only one left to take on her orders. As much as I hate communicating using words, it was the Omega’s order to use words instead of a fight. And I cannot disobey it.”
“What’s this ‘talk’ the Omega sent you for?” Yuki asked.
Yuko then answered. “I have a proposal to make with y-” before she could finish, she got interrupted.
“I refuse.” Takamina rejected even before Yuko finished her sentence.
“Tsk tsk tsk... I knew you would deny the offer. How about you listen to the proposal to the end first.”
“This is a waste of ti-”
“I can tell you of Atsuko and Rena’s whereabouts.”
Takamina’s eyes widened as she pointed her sword at Yuko angrily. “Don’t joke with me, Yuko...”
“It’s all up to you to believe what I have just said, Taka. I can repeat myself. The Omega has offered to make a trade with you both.”
“It’s definitely a trap, Takamina sensei.” Yuki suggested. Spectres are cunning creatures. You might never know what they’re actually planning behind your back.
“What trade...” Takamina asked.
“In exchange for Atsuko and Rena’s whereabouts.....” Yuko suddenly turned her head over to Paru. “I want her..”
Paru pointed to herself. “M-M-Me!?!?!? Why me!?”
Yuki hopped over towards Paru and stood in front of her. “You’re not getting anywhere near her, Yuko. How did you guys know that Paru was here with us?”
Yuko grinned. “Nothing can escape from the eyes of the Omega...” Yuko slowly walked over towards Takamina and leaned towards her ear before whispering. “You want to meet them again, do you? What would you do to meet your loved one once again?”
Takamina then slowly turned her head towards Yuki and Paru, cold and blank expression carved on her face. “Anything..”
With a smug look on her face, Yuko whispered. “Then I suggest you get rid of that Yuki once and for all and get that girl for us.”
“I will....” Takamina unclipped another Judgement from her utility belt and activated another sword. Double blade this time. This literally meant trouble for Yuki.
Yuki got on guard again. “Now you’re trying to fight me for the wrong reasons, Takamina. Don’t do this.” If Takamina were to fight Yuki right now, Yuki would be dead in the next ten seconds. Not only Yuki was already injured, she had no time to think of a new plan right now.
Takamina looked at Yuki wide eyed. “Yuki... You will die....” Takamina clutched both her Judgement tightly. “But not before you!” Takamina switched her direction and swinged both her sword at Yuko immediately.
Yuko noticed it and immediately leaped back few feet before scoffing.
“You’ve missed out a point about me, Yuko.." Takamina pointed her sword at Yuko. "I don’t listen to orders well.” Takamina turned her head at Yuki. “You’re already injured. And as long as that kid is here, you both would be in danger. I don’t know what the Omega wants her for, but whatever it is, I don’t like it. Get out of here, you two. I will deal with Yuko.”
As much as Yuki didn’t want to leave, she had to bring Paru away from her. If it was the Omega’s request to want Paru, it could mean a really REALLY huge matter even though Paru was a nobody. At least as of now. Yuki struggled hard on her dilemma of leaving her teacher alone with an Alpha. Not that Takamina couldn’t handle one, though. “Promise you’ll come home, sensei.”
“GO!” Takamina shouted. Yuki then dragged Paru away from the scene as Romeo followed them along.
Yuko sighed as she looked at Yuki fleeing with Paru. “That’s what happens when the Omega wanted to make a proposal using words instead of using forceful methods..” Yuko was never the type to deal with things using words. Action speaks louder than words was Yuko’s motto. Just like Takamina, Yuko enjoyed fighting more than any of the known Spectres.
Takamina scoffed. “I knew it.. You not wanting to fight is like a glutton that doesn’t want to eat.. It’s impossible for you.”
“I’m pissed...” Yuko lost her smile and suddenly a black and deadly aura was felt all around her.
“I’m more pissed at you.” Takamina had a seriously pissed off look on her face.
“In that battle two years ago, you managed to hold your ground against two of the Alpha Spectres at the same time. That doesn’t mean I’m afraid of you, Taka. You were stright up lucky I wasn’t one of the Alphas you fought that time..” Yuko grinned, revealing her sharp teeth. “I, after all am the strongest among the Alphas.”
Yuko was right. She was the strongest among the four Alphas. Yuko and Takamina had always been rivals in battle. Among all the times they faced each other one on one, there had not been one time where a winner was decided. If Yuko was one of the two Alpha Spectres that Takamina faced two years ago, she wouldn’t even be standing here today. Yuko was just that powerful.
“This is bad..” Takamina thought to herself. Truthfully speaking, this fight is definitely not to Takamina’s advantage at all. In just a span of 24 hours, Takamina had fought with Jurina and Yuki. She had used up almost 70% of her energy in this day and she had not enough time to replenish her energy yet. And now, she had to face her rival. But Takamina is Takamina and she would never back down on a fight even if she had used up all her energy. Pointing her sword at Yuko’s direction, Takamina challenged the Spectre standing right before her. “Come at me.”
“I guess it’s alright to disobey the Omega one time.” Yuko cracked her neck.
Dungeon“Rena...” Jurina stood in the dungeon once again, facing Rena.
“...”
“Why are you still like this, Rena?”
“...”
“You’re still fighting it despite losing all your energy..”
“....”
Jurina knelt down and her face went close to Rena’s bloodied up face. “Can’t you at least remember me?”
“She doesn’t remember you, Jurina.” A mysterious voice echoed suddenly from the shadows of the dungeon.
Jurina looked over at the owner of the voice and saw a lady leaning against the wall. “You.. When did you get here?”
“A few seconds ago.” The lady smirked and finally walked nearer to Jurina until the light shone down on her. Just a normal lady with two Judgements hooked on each of her side. “Where’ve you been all day?”
“’Cleansing’.” Jurina answered.
“Playing around with Mayu again, I see..” The lady set her eyes on Jurina’s bandaged shoulders. “You look injured. That doesn’t happen often to you, Jurina.” The lady then looked down at Jurina’s waist and found nothing clipped on her utility belt. “Where’s Rena’s Judgement?”
“I lost it in a battle..”
“You lost it in a battle? I thought I had trained you well enough to use the Judgement? Your Judgement skills should be of an elite by now. To whom did you lose it to?”
Jurina paused for a short moment before having eye contact with her again. “Takahashi Minami.”
The lady started smiling. “Figured.”
“I know what you’re thinking.” Jurina answered.
“It doesn’t matter what I’m thinking right now.. Here, hold mine.” The lady unclipped a Judgement from her utility belt and placed it on Jurina’s hand. She then smiled sweetly at Jurina. “Take care of this well, will you?”
“It looks ridiculous.” Jurina argued as soon as she saw a that the Judgement was decorated with a few girly stickers before looking back at the lady. “I think it’s better if you leave the dungeon now. Most Spectres here do not appreciate your presence.. Especially when you’re so near to Rena.”
The lady sighed. “How disappointing... I shall make my leave then..” The lady then sighed and started walking towards Rena. “But I want to take her out for some fresh air.. The air here seemed a little unhealthy.”
“No!” Jurina raised her voice. “I’m not going to lose her!”
“No worries.. I’ll bring her back.”
“NO!!”
“Look at her, Jurina. What does she look like to you right now? Does she look like she’s enjoying this? She looks like a dog in a leash.”
“...”
“No wild beasts enjoys being locked up, Jurina. For once... You should let her roam free.. She’s still a kid. All for her own good.”
“..... How do I know if you’ll bring her back?” Jurina still wasn’t sure.
“Have I ever lied to you?” The lady looked over at Jurina blankly, her dark aura convinced Jurina right away.
“...... No.” Jurina backed off one step. “But what if the other Spectres found out that she’s gone?”
“Simple... Just don’t let them in here before I bring her back..” The lady smirked. “You can at least do that right?”
“I’ll see what I can do.. I just hope that another Alpha doesn’t come over..”
“They’re all away from this place... Now, time to release the wild beast.” With a single slash of her second Judgement, both the chains on Rena’s arm got sliced open and her whole body fell onto the ground with a loud thud. Jurina immediately attended towards Rena.
As soon as Jurina crouched over to help lift Rena up, she was suddenly pinned down by Rena hard on both shoulders. Jurina did not expect that at all. Rena should have used up all her energy withstanding the tortures for the past two years. But instead, she looked pretty energetic. Maybe Rena was waiting for this very moment. The moment where her chains were finally cut open. Both Rena’s eyes staring through Jurina’s very soul without blinking. Two very red eyes.
“Rena stop.” Jurina called out.
Rena’s face was completely bloodied up from all the beatings she got from the other Spectres but yet she showed no signs of pain at all. “He......He.......”
“???” Jurina squinted her eyes.
“Hehehehahahhahaha.....AHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA” A maniacal laugh escaped Rena’s mouth all of a sudden.
Jurina blinked twice at Rena’s face confused and tried to reach for Rena’s face. “Rena?”
Rena slammed her claws on Jurina’s shoulder all of a sudden. Claws stabbing right into her shoulder, hard. “Stay.......down.......”
“Ugh-” Jurina groaned a little from the impact.
“My my... Just look at her.... Pity how a wild beast like this was kept in a cage.. She needs some fresh air.”
Rena slowly removed her claws from Jurina’s shoulder and saw some blood on it. “Blood....” She then slowly leaned in and licked the blood on Jurina’s shoulder, sending shivers down her spine. “Mmmmm......”
“Stop, Rena!” Jurina called out once again and Rena lifted her head finally.
“Mmmmm...........” Rena licked the blood off her fingers as well and the look on her face was so turned on. She looked at Jurina under her and suddenly grinned widely. “Nee...... Okotteru?”
“Rena come back to your senses please.” Jurina begged. She really did not want to see Rena in a condition like this.
“Forget it, Jurina. She doesn’t recognize you anymore.” The lady said. “Rena, get off her.”
Rena’s ears twitched as soon as she heard her name. She then slowly turned her head over towards the lady before pouncing on her, leaving Jurina on the ground. Obviously, the lady saw it coming. In an instant, she dodged to the side, twisted her arm to the back and slammed her hard on the ground. The lady then turned Rena around and sat on her stomach.
“There there, kiddo. That’s not how you treat me..” The lady’s head tilted to the side. For some reason, the look on her face was intimidating.
Even the crazy Rena slowly blinked her eyes at the lady, as if she knows her. Remembers her. “A-At-”
“Shhhh....” The lady placed a finger over Rena’s lips, silencing her. “There’s no need for words, Rena. You can’t speak well. Here. Stand up.” The lady then stood up and pulled Rena up as well.
Rena looked over at Jurina slowly as her smile widened into a grin and slow laughs started escaping her mouth once again. “He..he.....he.......hehehe.........”
“She can only show expressions and speak a few words...” The lady shook her head. “It messed up her brain cells and affected a huge part of her memory... Poor kid...”
Rena slowly made her way towards Jurina once again, but this time, less aggressive. But a little more touchy. She was standing really close with Jurina. Their bodies were literally inches apart and so are their faces. They could literally feel each others’ breath. Rena kept tilting her head as her eyes locked on Jurina’s face, as if she was studying her face. The next second, Rena had her fingers tracing Jurina’s cheek, then towards her nose, and then down to her lips. Her eyes were then attracted to the blood stain on Jurina’s shoulder once again and she went in for another lick.
“Rena..” Jurina pushed Rena away a little before she could reach her shoulder.
“She seemed to have developed a liking to blood.” The lady told.
“Nee.... Hehehehe..... Okotteru?” The grin carved on Rena’s bloodied up face once again.
“I’m not mad at you, Rena..” Jurina placed her hand on Rena’s cheek despite it being sticky with her own blood. “I just want you to remember me..”
Rena lost her grin and merely blinked a few times, confused at Jurina’s sentence. The lady then called out to Rena to leave. “Rena. Let’s go.”
Rena slowly backed away from Jurina while still keeping eye contact with her. Her face looking very confused right now, until she turned away and walked towards the lady. The lady flipped Rena’s hair behind her ears and placed both her arms over her shoulders. “Let’s get your face cleaned up and we’ll go meet someone, ok?”
Rena nodded softly. Despite being crazy, Rena seemed to realize who the lady was and listened to her really well like a little kid.
“But really... Where are you taking Rena to?” Jurina voiced out.
The lady grinned as her red eyes stared back at Jurina. “To meet an old friend.”
“Just make sure to bring her back.. You’re the least despicable Alpha Spectre among the four after all.. I can trust you..” As she saw the lady leaving with Rena towards the alternate exit that leads them straight into the open air, Jurina looked back at the Judgement received from the lady earlier and mocked once again at the cute decorations on it. There were a few bunny stickers on it and the most eye catching one was the hot pink sticker of the lady’s initial at the bottom of the Judgement that reads ‘M.A’.
Chapter 5 : Wild Beast
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