The Art Of Sword

After all of the rounds is over. Sogae comes to the infirmary to drag both Sunz and Yama back to the hotel.

Sogae: Wake up “Opening boys” The bus is waiting for you all.

Sunz and Yama get out of bed. Their body feels normal no soring pain, no exhaustion, and no body wounds.

Sogae: Looks like the clan patch up you boy just fine. Now follow me we need to get back to the hotel.

The two follow Sogae. And when they get to the location there are two buses.

Sunz asks: Umm…So which one are we supposed to get on?

Sogae answered: Oh right! Yama you are going on that bus (pointing at one of the buses) and Sunz you following me to that bus (pointing at the other bus).

Yama: We all arrive on the same bus. Now why are we just getting split up?

Sogae: Oh it’s to separate the winner and loser. (Pointing at Yama) you lost so you going on the loser bus. (Pointing at Sunz) you win so you going on the winner bus.

Yama said “Make sense! Meet you back at the hotel Sunz.” He waves Sunz and Sogae goodbye before getting on the bus.

Sunz follows Sogae on the other bus. Sogae insist that Sunz gets on first and said “The air might be intense”.

And just like what she said, after getting on the bus Sunz’s whole body just feel like it experience hot and cold at the same time. Not only the atmosphere but after getting on the bus all eyes are staring at Sunz. Which makes him feel both nervous and confused as to why they all staring at him.

Seeing that Sunz’s brain has stopped working, Grimm waves his hand signaling Sunz to come and sits next to him. Sunz sees Grimm's signal, ignores everything that happen before, and follows it like a bug attracted to a lamp.

After sitting down Sunz thanks Grimm for pulling him out of that situation.

Grimm: Well kid maybe you shouldn’t have shown everyone there your hidden talent.

Sunz: What talent?

Grimm: I heard from some of the people that “they have never seen anyone master two elements before.”

Sunz: That a talent!? Does that also mean I’m in a lot of danger?

Grimm: Talent or not I don’t know. But in terms of danger “you have caught some people's eyes, they will try to recruit you or kill you so you don’t become a threat to them.”

Sunz: Well! I guess that's part of working in this kind of field right?

Grimm: Yeah! Just like “Don’t trust everyone in this field no matter how friendly they are”. Which is exceptional.

Sogae gets on to the bus and announces “Congrats everyone here for winning their round today. The 2nd round will begin in 2 days, and these are your opponent. So train as hard as you can for the next fight but remember to take break, because we don’t want to see you fighting with half your strength.

Sogae sits down and the bus started moving.

Sunz and Grimm continue their conversation.

Sunz: So we are going to be here for quite some time… Can you continue your story?

Grimm smiles: Well I did promise to tell you more if you make it to 2nd round. So buckle up kid because the story ends when the bus arrives at the hotel.

Grimm “So after a few days of training, I feel that she is ready to do some mission.”

Back story time.

Grimm(-4): Ok kid you’ve been training hard for the last few days, and as a reward, I’ll let you pick our first mission.

San is surprised: Really! Is it really ok? Shouldn’t you who have more experience pick for us.?

Grimm(-4) smile: Choosing your first mission is like doing drugs. If you do a little dose you might feel nothing. If you do too much you might die of overdose. So you must choose the perfect ratio for the drug to affect and not kill you. Sometimes over the ratio a bit is ok. Just make sure that you don’t die.

San: Umm… Out of pocket question. Have you ever done drugs? Because you kinda look like one.

Grimm(-4): If I did would you still work with me?

San playing with her hair: I will! You doing drugs is your choice, right? And if that is what keeps you motivated to live, I don’t mind it at all.

Grimm(-4): What are you trying to say, kid?

San: What I mean is. If your drug use doesn’t affect everyone around you then I guess it’s ok for you. But I’ll make sure to help you find something else to replace that drug you using.

Grimm(-4): Ok let’s clear things up! I’m dead inside mentally, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to destroy my body physically. I dress like this so nobody suspected me as a hero. Understand!

San: Yep! I’m sorry for speculating.

Grimm(-4): Haizz stops sorrying. Speculating others is also part of this job. The more experience you get the more it will be accurate. Not everyone here is trying to make friend, so you should always treat everyone as enemies.

San: Ok I got it. But do you also treat me like that?

Grimm(-4): Yeah! I don’t trust you.

San smile: Then we can bond while doing these mission. Also, how do you choose mission by the way? There is a mission tab and a live mission tab.

Grimm(-4): Well all the missions are first come first serve. The mission has a difficulty rating from 0-5 stars. The normal mission tab is for missions that can be resolved at any time. The live mission need to be dealt with immediately, and they also paid more.

San: Then you don’t mind if I choose the live one?

Grimm(-4): It’s your choice. Our life is in your hand.

San feeling a bit nervous: Umm…ok then picking the right mission.

Then a live mission appears “Robbery at Bank X on street XXX”. And San chooses it. After picking the mission San suddenly realizes a flaw that she didn’t think ahead.

San nervously asks: Question…How does hero travel to the mission location?

Grimm: Depend on the circumstance. You can walk, use transportation, if you can fly or have super speed then it will be faster.

San: Soo… I just pick this live mission and this is the location.

Grimm take a look at the mission location and said: Well kid you just made your first rookie mistake, “picking live mission without thinking”.

San: Can we cancel it?

Grimm “Nope once you pick a mission you need to complete it first, before picking the next one.” Then he tells San to follow him and start running.

After a minute of running they arrive at an unknown section of the facility (Unknown to San). A security guard asks for their ID and where are they going.

San takes her ID out, gives it to Grimm, and leans on him trying to recover her stamina.

Grimm gives the security guard their ID, tells him that they need to fast travel. The security guard check their ID, see that everything is clear, gives the ID back to Grimm, and said “30 seconds to prepare so hurry and get in.”

Grimm sees that San is trying to recover some stamina. He step back when San wasn’t paying attention leading to her falling to the floor. But while San was falling, Grimm catch her by putting one arm under her body, he then kneel down put his other arm under her legs and lift her up in the “Princess carry” position.

San's face starts to blush like crazy due to the embarrassment. She can’t even form normal sentences to tell Grimm to put her down. He then shut her down by saying “ Take your chance to get some rest, I don’t want you to take break while saving the civilians.”

San then just nods and keeps silent. In her mind, she is trying to reassure herself (Aghh!!! Ok this is normal right. He just trying to be nice! There aren’t any other motives, right? RIGHT!!?)

Lost in her world San didn’t realize that Grimm has carries her into the unknown location. She only snaps out when Grimm drops her on the floor.

San: Ouch that hurt did you really have to drop me that hard?

Grimm: Maybe you should stop daydreaming when I place you down gently. Now get up here or else the hospital will need more beds.

San goes to where Grimm is standing and asks “So what is this?”

Grimm: A teleporter.

San: Why didn’t you tell me sooner that we have this?

Grimm chuckle: Just to mess with you. But next time check the location of the mission ok, this one is pretty far from the facility.

San: Ok! Noted!