'Cross gestured his hand to attack!!!...'
It was supposed to happen according him, but how can you shoot an enemy if you are facing in opposite direction?
Hojo had turned Cross' facing direction, breaking his contract with metals and stones that Cross made hovered in air through his gravity disharmony, in order to attack Hojo.
It was just so quick... in less than 0.01 second.
"Where is everyone?"
Cross turned his head around, soon realising that he was facing toward opposite direction to everyone. He was still in shock... like what just happened?
Ignoring his emotions, as soon as he saw Hojo, he lunged toward him, tightening his grip. But, Japaloma blocked his path, extending his hand in Cross's way.
"It's enough, Cross! Don't lose your temper." Japaloma said as he knew— attacking someone stronger than yourself means either you are mad or you don't know his strength. Diamond with carbon coating will still be a diamond.
'Why doesn't he understand that he can't touch him?' Japaloma thought as he had already realized Hojo's potential.
Cross calmed himself, often forcefully, loosening his grip. He still had a volcano erupting inside him, sending lava searing in every nerve.
Cross took a deep breath and stood at his position silently.
"I'd like to offer an apology from him for his misbehaviour," Japaloma broke his long kept silence, stepping forward to Usami.
Usami smirked in pride that was clearly visible on his face. He also was surprised by Hojo's speed, which his eyes couldn't perceive. He didn't feel any gusts of wind, not even the sound of his footsteps. This clearly states that Hojo's speed is at least more than speed of sound.
"We are meeting for the second time, you must be an important individual in Japan's Government." Despite the fact that Japaloma had a scary face and bulky body, his voice was contradictory to his build.
His voice wasn't shriller like females, but calm and to some extent satisfying, only if you aren't looking at his face.
"You can say that. I'm interim minister and you should know that I'll be present in all of our future gatherings."
"That'll be very good." Japaloma said, narrowing his eyes, giving a wide closed-lip smile. But, for Usami, rather than a peaceful smile, this curve on his mouth was weird and kind of mocking.
Sometimes a silent face tells more than noisy words.
*****
"These government cars are slow, if I'll buy a car, it would be a BMW or Bugatti."
Hojo adjusted the rear view mirror, glancing at his own face. His eyes seemed dim even when sun was giving blinding light directly into his eyes.
Hojo's eyes were different from others. They reflected very little amount of light back, absorbing most of it, making his eyes seem dim.
If his eyes didn't absorb this much light, they would be like two little colorful suns fitted in place of his eyeballs.
"I have a message for you from Usami Sir. He wants you to come to the Walwarin training center in Tokyo. He had called some high ranking jujutsu sorcerer to improve your physical combat." The driver rotated the handle, taking a left turn.
"Training? I think I don't need that. Infinity around me is enough."
Hojo's words surprised the driver unexpectedly as he heard 'infinity' from his mouth. But he kept his mouth closed.
Time passed as Hojo continued to hear songs while playing a gun shooting game. The car stopped before Hojo's home. Hojo opened the door and came out.
"You will get the location of the training centre on your phone by tonight." The driver said, inclining his head a little down to make eye contact.
Hojo turned behind, slightly rotating his upper body and nodded. "Okay."
*****
Dabura sat on his throne, with a transparent screen in his huge hands, in some kind of a hall. He scrolled down as his eyes continued to scan the screen without blinking.
He was alone there, but soon the door opened that was located exactly in front of Dabura, at some distance.
Japaloma entered with Cross who had a kind of tense look on his face. Japaloma positioned his hands formally behind his back, moving forward with Cross slowly towards their king Dabura.
"Japaloma and Cross, what happened there?"
"We have underestimated these humans. There, in our meeting, I saw a boy with enormous powers. No, let me correct myself, I only saw his defensive ability and it was otherworldly." Japaloma replied, stating what actually he saw important and considerable. It was important to be aware of what humans could do. That's why Maru was dispatched to assess human strength.