[Kitsuna POV]
"Oh, I am first?" I said, looking at the matches for the day.
"Yeah, it seems like you're going to go against an Angel well." Amari sat next to me on the roof across from the match announcement.
'I thought I would go against the big guys first?' I thought looking around for his name, Logan, only to notice that he was on the other end of the matches, meaning that the only time I will go against him will be in the quarterfinals.
"Hmm, is that going to be a problem?" Amari said, seeing that Logan is going against Zagan first.
"Is he even going to show up?" I asked, looking at her for an answer.
"No idea; I haven't seen him in the last few days." Amari shrugged, concealing her true feelings.
"… Did he just leave?" I asked, looking at her a bit worried.
"Didn't Apricot tell you?" Amari tilted her head sideways as she spoke.
"I haven't seen her as well; I was busy with something until now." I explained, shrugging, waiting for her to explain.
"What, killing people again?" Aamri joked, scoffing at me.
"No? Why do you think I only do that in my off time?" I said, sounding offended.
"Don't know."
"Sigh, whatever. Regardless, he only has a two-day fight scheduled. He might show up," I said, shrugging again
"Oh damn, we're only going to face them in the finals." Amari suddenly said, in annoyance.
"What do you want to receive, another beating in front of everyone?" I said, raising an eyebrow at her, confused.
"Heh, as if it will be the same." Amari said, grinning at me.
"Haha, we will have to wait and see." I said with a laugh.
'She might give me a run for my money, if i am as i am right now.' I thought, chuckling.
"I actually thought I would be getting that guy first." I said, changing the subject.
'Though this works out better for me. I can conduct various experiments on all the other angels before I fight that guy." I thought about looking at the board thoughtfully.
"Yes, Mom said she'd set up a match between you two, but I'm curious what happened." Amari looked thoughtfully at the board as she spoke.
"The angels, most likely," I said, shrugging, knowing already that they had someone on the inside of the management tournament.
"Hmm, do you think Mom knows?" Aamri asked, looking up at me.
"Probably." Just as I said that, I hear Amari's phone go off.
"Discuss the devil, and she will emerge." Amari joked with a chuckle.
"Don't call me a devil, Amari." Mom said, annoyed, from the other side of the call.
"Sorry, sorry."
"Whatever, Kitsuna are you there as well?" Mom asked, making me raise an eyebrow at the phone.
"Of course."
"Right, so I guess you guys saw the matches?"
"Yes."
"Good, it's too late to change anything, so just focus on the opponent in front of you. You two do your best to win every match, alright? Let the grown-ups worry about the people behind this. You too, Kitsuna; be a child for the next week, please. Don't take on any big responsibilities." Mom said, making me happy.
'She probably has some plans set in motion. Well, I have my own as well.' I thought, nodding to myself.
"It's okay, I'll play like a child." I said, grinning.
"Sigh, please just don't kill anyone, Kitsuna. Amari, you can go all out; just don't disintegrate the opponents, please. Well, if it's an angel, kill it."
"Alright, Mom."
"Good luck on your first fight, Kitsuna. By the way, Rachel will be going against Amari first. You have some paladins to fight; go wild, alright." Mom dropped a bombshell before ending the call.
"Sogh, I did think she would do that." I said, sighing.
"Why me?" Amari uttered the question, her voice filled with anger.
"Don't know; we both could kill her easily; she is still quite the weak ass."
"How sure are you?"
"Heh, against me, she will always be weak." I said, scoffing.
"Right, you have that thing in her." Amair noted, nodding.
"Nope, we managed to remove it." I said, shrugging
"What?" Amari said with wide eyes.
"Yeah, I tried to kill her the other day, but nothing happened." I explained, shrugging.
"She managed to get rid of it somehow." Amari said, tilting her head at me.
"Yes, but I am sure they don't know how I put it in her pacific."
"Why do you think that?"
"Because she might be dumb, but she isn't dumb enough to get close to me again knowing I can just put it back with ease."
"Hmm,"
"In any case, my fight is scheduled to begin in 30 minutes, so I will go and prepare." I said this while giving Amari a quick hug.
"You need to get ready?" Amari said sarcastically.
"Yeah, of course, I need to make sure my plan will work." I said with a laugh.
"Sigh," just sighing at me, Amari shook her head before turning around and walking away.
"Haha," I laughed and leaped onto the next roof, heading towards the slums.
'I wonder how our fight will go. I mean, I know the paladin class and everything, but they might have some unknown skills being a angel.' I was excited to have my first fight against a paladin class.
"Pah, who am I kidding? They're going to be weak regardless of what happens and what they have prepared." I said out loud, laughing.
Dropping down an alleyway, I slowly walked out of it, joining the crowd and disappearing from anyone that was following me.
'Can't even have Mom know about my plan this time.' As I put on a mask and a hat, this thought crossed my mind. Something that made me disappear completely into the crowd was present.
[Stacy Pov]
"Ahaah, why did you change it?" I said, glaring at the king.
"I want Kitsuna to take care of all the angels first."
"I understand that, but why did you not put Rachel in her group as well?"
"That I don't know."
"Even the twins are in Kitsuna's group. Do you have that little faith in them?"
"Yes, I do; they are spoiled kids."
"You would be surprised how they changed in the last month because of Kitsuna and Amari teaching them."
"Sure, but I won't check everyone's power ranking every month." The minister suddenly said, making me glare at him.
"You don't need to; you just have to ask. Must I remind you who has the strongest army in this country?" I said in anger glaring at the man.
"Stacy Draig, do not make me take that as a threat." The captain of the royal guards said angrily.
"I am only pointing out that we are better in training than you royal guards are. Or should I remind you who created your special squad?" I said, turning my fury toward the royal guard captain.
"… Haah, Stacy, please just accept that the roster changed." The king said, shaking his head.
"Your Majesty, we are in the middle of a crisis, and everyone is doing their thing. No one is planning together. Like seriously, don't you realize how bad that can get if we go down this path more?" I said, sounding quite logical about the whole situation.
"… you have a point."
"Right, so please let me take it from here. The Black Ops and I will be more than enough to minimize the damage." I said with a small bow.
"Minimize?" The king respondedwith a raised eyebrow.
"Yes, if we had forced them to start their attack earlier, there would have been fewer casualties. As we know, the closer to the finale we get, the more people there will be in the city."
"Yes,"
"Damn." The minister muttered curses.
"Yeah, you didn't think about that, did you?" I said, staring at the minister.