Hanami, who had just regained consciousness, was emptying her stomach with her face down from her small mouth, vomit continued to fall out the food that had not yet been digested due to the effect of the Daemon's poison
It littered the ground, while the pale yellow liquid piled up around her
He continued as if he was coughing up blood
"That girl, she may act like a man but she is a reserved lady inside"
«I don't even care about that I'm just glad to live a little longer»
Hajime helped him by patting them on the back but she fiercely pushed his hand away making Hajime move away
-Your desperate attack almost caused the monsters outside to leak out did you take that into account?-
The girl stared at me
-Shut up that arrow would have hit-
-I'm just stating the facts, if it wasn't for Miguel who absorbed the attack the walls of the building would have been destroyed and the monsters would have entered and created a bigger disaster-
-I told you that…-
Hanami was interrupted and started vomiting
Hajime helped him by patting his back, but she fiercely pushed his hand away making Hajime move away
-I thought you would at least have some brains, but you only turned out to be a disappointment to your family, I even think your little brother would be disappointed, of course if you have one-
I said it coldly, but she stared at me, her red eyes piercing me
-…What did you say?!-
Oh, it seems she does have a brother...
-As you heard, I'm sure your brother would be disappointed by your reckless attitude... I'll go out first and take Miguel to a safe place so he can recover-
Hajime tried to stop me, but for some reason his face was stiff, but I ignored him and turned around and helped Miguel walk out of the hotel
He stopped the hotel walls from being destroyed so this is the least I can do for him
***
Ciel McGrath took her sword and turned around, a clean execution and golden particles flew into the air, she killed the last monster with a clean cut
She ran while ignoring the people who were speechless, in her eyes the excitement of meeting him could be seen, seeing the future strongest hunter in the world would become a great story to brag about
-Everything is fine, there are no more monsters-
-Ciel!-
A harsh voice addressed Ciel, she was a little surprised
A man quickly dropped a bomb on her
-A Daemon appeared in the OASIS Hotel!-
-… What?-
-You should go immediately…-
But soon, he tilted his head and focused his hearing on the transceiver in his ear.
-… Ah, yes-
-What's wrong?-
-Um… Apparently, the Daemon has been eliminated, three Wellston students were in the museum…-
-Oh? That's great. Who were they?-
-Hajime Aikawa, Hanami Sasaki… Ah!-
Before the man finished speaking, a violent gale rose, momentarily blinding him when he opened his eyes again, the hunter who had decimated dozens of monsters was gone
Running at the speed of the wind, Ciel arrived at the hotel managing to see a young man with black hair walking away from an ambulance
-Hello, did something happen inside?-
-Yes, a Daemon appeared, but it ended up dead at the hands of Hajime-
-I see, and you are it?-
Ciel asked with a smile
-…Alan Harwey-
By his words, Ciel was surprised, he finally realized the strange previous feeling he had even though he acted with humility, Ciel is one of the most popular Hunters in the US but the boy did not tremble at all nor did he get excited
-Ah… I see-
-Then I leave-
***
The truth is that right now I didn't want attention, so before leaving and taking Miguel I asked Hajime to admit that he finished off the Daemon, he accepted normally although I could notice his displeasure at taking the credit
After leaving Miguel in an ambulance to recover, he was currently in a dark alley out of sight
After leaving Miguel in an ambulance to recover he was currently in a dark alley out of sight of everyone
"Hey kid… What was it about that trench coat that even caught your interest?"
-So you want to know, well I'll show you now~-
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[Chameleon Trench Coat]
Type: [Magic Armor]
Rank: Unique
Increases the wearer's resistance by 40%, as it is made of the skin of a chameleon it has the ability [Changeable] in addition to storing objects a maximum of 30, you can summon the objects stored in the trench coat, and it can also change color at the user's will
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Changeable
An ability that alters the individual's face and makes them become another person
This object must be worth around 10 thousand dollars if I sell it since that ability is very rare and it can store objects inside so its price would surely increase.
How much money would this guy have spent to have it?
The hunters surrounded the building while the civilians left the hotel one by one, fortunately there were no deaths in this case
But…
In one of the ambulances I could see the body of a civilian being covered by a white sheet, the many damages that the monsters made in the process outside the hotel
The residents of the hotel came out intact but not those outside
It was very hypocritical of me not to count them too
-I'm sorry for everyone, I did my best-
I lowered my gaze to the ground with some regret in my heart
***
[At around 1:30 P.M today, a group of monsters appeared in Washington D.C, leaving around 50 people injured and 6 dead...]
An anchorman reported on today's incident, with a deep sigh
Hanami's father, Hiroshi Sasaki continued to listen to the news, her hair was a mix of her original red hair and her blonde hair that originated from stress, instead of getting white hairs the color of her hair turned blonde due to the natural pigment of her hair being more resistant
At that moment his daughter's fingers began to move and then she woke up, slowly opening her eyes, Hiroshi got up and called the doctor
-You're awake, how do you feel?-
-…Good-
Hanami slowly stood up, she still hadn't recovered, a doctor slowly approached to take her pulse, but the girl kindly pushed him away
-Calm down Dad, I'm fine, I'm just exhausted-
-Really?-
-Of course, I have no injuries, didn't the doctor tell you?-
-I did-
The doctor spoke, he was a good friend of Hiroshi, who is known for being one of the most influential and powerful people in Japan, and he also cared about Hanami's health
-You're fine, you don't have any problems, rest for a while then you can leave, you're lucky to have [poison resistance] otherwise the symptoms would have been worse-
-Yes sir-
The Doctor left the door while he closed it slowly, when the door closed Hanami spoke briefly
-Dad, about my brother…-
-…-
A deathly silence filled the room
Remembering his son always caused him pain, his wife had died a few days after giving birth to his daughter and he was afraid of losing the only thing he had left, Hiroshi took his daughter's hand warmly and showed a soft smile
-What's wrong?-
-Can I visit your grave when I'm discharged?-
-Of course-
Hiroshi Sasaki agreed
Hanami, rested her head against her father's shoulder and remembered what had happened that day
The Hotel Daemon, his hand on her neck… and a phrase "your little brother would be disappointed, of course if you have one" those words echoed in her head and at that moment, Hanami felt anger emerge within her heart
-Dad by the way…-
Hanami's tone was dark, her voice carried a strong emotion, her father looked at him worriedly and asked
-…Nothing, nothing's wrong-
Her hatred began to increase second by second towards someone in particular, but she couldn't tell her father this
Her father was an honest person who wouldn't do wrong to anyone, and she knew he would be disappointed in her for having these thoughts in her mind
"Your little brother would be disappointed, of course if you have one"
Her cold voice, indifferent as if nothing mattered to her
Her brother was the former rank 1 of the academy, 10 years ago he was her hero, she admired him to the point that he was untouchable but one day he was taken away from her in her last year at the academy, his death was published on all the social networks of the world
As a student of the Wellston Academy, that man should have at least known of her death since it was trending at the time, even so, he mentioned it in such a cold way
Hanami repressed her anger and engraved the name in her head
«Alan Harwey»
From then on, she would never forget that name
***
The sky in Washington D.C. was tinted orange, the sun's movement was normal, it could be said that it was a beautiful sight due to the light clouds that were in the sky next to the huge skyscrapers
Several pieces of nearby buildings covered the road, while a child cried under a telephone pole broken in half, ambulances came and went, carrying wounded or corpses
The blood was noticeable in the streets
Even though everything was under control... the aftereffects continued to persist
-Hajime Aikawa, Alan Harwey heard the story-
Professor Nishizono was waiting at the portal that connected Washington D.C. with Wellston
-They will have to give us more details later, so go back and rest, those from the hunters association will take care of the rest-
After a few seconds Hajime started to ask
-Professor, how is Hanami?-
-She's fine for now, she has medical leave and is currently with her father-
-I see, I'm glad to know-
I took a step forward and looked at the teacher
-How is Miguel?-
-…To be honest, his body suffered a lot, he received a lot of damage in various areas of the body but fortunately he's fine, but tomorrow he'll have to rest, now go back to your dormitory-
I sighed in relief, now my concern for Miguel had ceased
Other students seemed to have helped with the unexpected emergency, as even Shiva seemed tired.
One by one, we walked towards the Portal, the strange feeling that enveloped my body no longer felt interesting after a short sigh, I found myself back in Wellston without saying anything, the group headed to their respective dormitories
-…Hey-
When I was returning to my dorm, after the girls went ahead of me, Hajime stopped me
-What do you want?-
-Why did you say that to Hanami?-
At Hajime's question I frowned, I thought he was a little smart but I see that he is not, he is a complete fool
-I said it so that he would reflect next time and think things through better before doing a risky action and so that he would stop believing himself important for only being part of the 10 strongest in the academy-
-I know that, but... the phrase you said to Hanami about her brother-
The boy's voice became a little more hostile making me confused, after a few seconds the boy spoke
-Why did you talk about his older brother like that?-
-I did it because I was tired and what about his older brother?-
After the question Hajime gritted his teeth and looked at me
-You really don't know? Almost the whole school knows, it was even a trending news story for a while-
-No, I don't know...-
-Look it up on the internet, you'll find out there, look it up as Takeru Sasaki-
After saying that Hajime walked past me and got into the elevator
As my room was on the first floor I didn't need the elevator
Although the tone he used with me bothered me
*
When I got to my room
I sat on the sofa, turned on my video transmitter, an internet window appeared in the air and I quickly started searching for "Takeru Sasaki"
-Why did those two react like that?-
When Takeru Sasaki's information appeared, I was left speechless
[Hiroshi Sasaki's son, Takeru Sasaki, killed by a Daemon attack] [Kanto Incident, A-rank hunter, Takeru Sasaki, died in exchange for his life, 50 people were saved, the attack squad was completely annihilated]
There were many headlines that said the same
-What?-
"It can't be…"
Nameless began to sigh with me as I put my hand on my face trying to process everything
Now I was beginning to remember everything and why the girl's last name made me remember
At the orphanage on television I saw the news of the death of the rank 1 of Wellston
He died in his last year before even graduating
His mission was to kill a group of Daemons but apparently one who was supposed to be the leader escaped but the corpses of Takeru's squad were turned to ashes only his corpse was almost intact
I lowered my head and then sighed
"Calm down, it's not your fault… you just didn't remember that's all"
Nameless tried to ease my guilt a little, but I knew one thing, that girl wouldn't leave me alone and would consider me her enemy
«…How am I going to apologize?»
With a deep sigh, I closed my eyes and went to train enduring all the pain of the training, I may be a piece of shit but I would never make fun of a dead person… never