Zeo looked around with shock written all over his face. To him, he couldn't grasp why he killed hm all of a sudden. Hana runs over to his side, holding a scroll and carrying a chest.
"I never got to introduce myself,my name is x..."
X huh ...
"Why did you kill him?"
X couldn't understand what Zeo meant at first but later caught on. From the looks of things,he couldn't care less if gas had died or not
"Oh that thing.... He wasn't important, and I was tired of waiting for him"
"Huh..."
X glances at Hana who has been standing behind Zeo in silence. From his gaze,Zeo knew that he had set his sights on the goods Hana was holding. Realizing that,Zeo dashes straight for x and grabs him to prevent him from taking it given his incredible speed
"Oh, you realized..."
Shidan caught on of Zeo's actions controlled earth to bind him and zeo together,then he signalled Hana and the others to run
"I see... So that was your plan from the start..."
X's grin widened to a smirk as he tries to break the rock binding him. Shidan take notes of it and secures it more firmly while zeo still holds on.
"I see... Guess I've no choice then, I'm gonna self destruct"
X's body glows, slowly disintegrating the rocks around him. Shidan tries to release him so that Zeo could escape but zeo continued to hold on, knowing that if he releases x,he could find Hana and the others easily.
"Don't release it shidan...just run—"
Before Zeo could complete his statement,x kicks him to one side. Shocked,Zeo looks over to X's side and saw him looking at him with tears flowing down his cheek.
What?!
"Dummy bro...why did you have to be the ten thousandth chaos"
Before Zeo could process what x had said, the volcano blows up, causing rubble to crash down on them but shidan shields Zeo,as the rubble continued to rain down. Just then, light teleports into the volcano and teleports them outside with him but zeo was already asleep from fatigue.
"Zeo... He's the hero today"
"Yeah right"
***
A young boy and his little sister play in the grasslands close to the volcano just before the explosion. When the volcano came crashing down, they ran out of fear towards and old house. Upon reaching there,they notified the owner of the possibility of an eruption but a boy of about the same age as the girl comes out, looking tired like he just woke up from sleep. When he was told about it,he simply brushed it off despite seeing the explosion
Later when he came back from escorting the boy and his sister,he goes into his house where a woman was waiting for him.
"That boy's a nice guy you know... What's his name again..."
He bent down to get a cup of water
"Oh right... It was osako—"
The woman hugs him from behind with a jealous look on her face.
"Hey gojo,I told you to look at only me..."
"Did you do what I asked?"
"Yes but x failed to retrieve the chest and the map"
The woman kissed him on the cheek but he didn't care less,like it was normal for him to receive such treatment. The woman on the other hand was flustered like she just won a lottery.
"He failed huh..."
***
Shidan continued to work out while the others resumed thier daily work including Kim who could now stand on his two feet but was advised not to take on stressful jobs for the meantime. Hana sat down inside zeo's room waiting for him to wake up. He has been asleep for five days now and she barely left his sight through all of it. He didn't seem to be in a bad state but couldn't wake up nevertheless.
Js entered the dome with a boy and a girl who both seem to be defenders of a lower rank than shidan's group. When they got in,js directed them to meet with shidan before heading inside.
"Yo...what brings you here today?"
The girl makes the initiative and speaks up
"We were sent here by sensei... we'll be joining you for the temple quest"
"Temple quest huh..."