While he was flying to his next destination, he decided to listen to the same show that Andrea is in. He always found Marguerite Fuchs to be insightful and informative. He continued to listen to the live broadcast on his headset:

“Hello, everyone. My name is Marguerite Fuchs, and this is the second half of the ‘1300.’ Here are the top stories for tonight. More like a foregone conclusion with the Assistant District Attorney Jocelyn Shane. With the help of her personal psychologist Dr. Ethan Dyson, the former child star should have been tapdancing out of the courtroom while earning her not guilty verdict. Immediately after the read verdict, Lorelei Kerry went back home to England victorious.

After an anti-climactic result from the Lorelei Kerry of a not guilty verdict, the nonchalant Shane was indeed too busy gloating over the upset victory in the primaries last month to even care.

“This comes to no shock since most of the Senators are in close contact with the Assistant District Attorney Jocelyn Shane and should have all the support she will ever need for her to successfully fund her primary campaign.

“Most of the citizens of the state are a bit weary of Jocelyn Shane’s announcement and policies. Since she made it very clear to separate nephalems from humans by uprooting the homes of nephalems and relocating them into selected areas.

“Most critics say it is unconstitutional and since then the United Nations have forewarned most of the Senators and the New York Assistant District Attorney Jocelyn Shane about passing such policies.

“And it comes to no shock to have many of the Senate align themselves with Jocelyn Shane, a person who has been unproven not only in politics but in the courtroom as well have a 58% conviction record in which is one of the lowest in New York State currently.

“Most say she is a political pawn due to her brash personality and her good looks. She provides a catalyst to many who share the same blatant ignorance that Jocelyn Shane shares with many of the audience. As it might ring true according to the popularity polls, she is about 13 points ahead of her opponent, Nicholas Marquette.

“Now more than ever, the United States Senate seat of New York has been one of the most prominent positions in American politics. All can agree with anyone of the two who would end up earning the seat will have the power of influence over the Senate.

“In other news coming from Spain, the Oleander Syndicate has been one of the fastest-growing educational institutions of his own kind. Plucked from a fairytale, the Oleander Syndicate has been a significant hotspot for those who are curious about dark, mysterious powers. Others might say otherwise since many of the women who work there are incredibly good-looking…

“Although, the Oleander Syndicate’s tuition cost is a bit steep and mostly you must pay out-of-pocket. Many of the faculty, including the current Grandmaster of the Oleander Syndicate, is in talks with many governments throughout Europe and in North America to create scholarships for those who are at least qualified to study demonology. Wanting to expand their reach and influence throughout, this is a smart move.

“Still to this day, the Oleander Syndicate is an institution where you study about demonology and the Nether in general. And their disclaimer is how you handle such information is of your own free will.

“And lastly, we are forty days away from the fifth anniversary of the Holy Hire Bombing in London. Many people are gathering throughout the world and locally to pay respects to all who have been affected by the tragedy.

“Although the grandmaster of the Oleander Syndicate paid his respects to the families who were affected by the horrific event, yet he suffered severe backlash since everyone chalked it up as a publicity stunt.”

Despite the political changes, New York City has not really changed that much. The city itself has become of the most significant cornerstones of the world when it comes to daemonic relations. Now more than ever, many people are pushing towards harmony and understanding. However, many factions, both in public and in secret, are fighting for supremacy.

The Red Arrow so happens to be one of the factions. But with the sudden death of their leader, the organization itself is severely divided.

In Upper West Manhattan, Memento Dark arrived at its destination as s a secret meeting was going to be held in a parking lot. He was in position and was out of sight. Memento Dark used his perceptive hearing to catch the conversation of the two elderly men dressed in red cloaks armed with attack dogs are talking amongst themselves.

“Are the gunmen in position?”

“Yes, I heard no one has entered yet.”

“Have you heard about our new leader trying to take over?”

“It appears they haven’t chosen one yet.”

“What about Echo?”

“He’s a dead man. He’s too young, and he’s too green.”

One of the men shook his head and disagreement, “what we need the central leadership. Right now, there is an election going on, and we are not at the forefront.”

Most of their bickering ended abruptly when a police squad car arrived at the scene. This didn’t surprise Memento Dark since most of the police are under contract by either the Red Arrow or Adrian Eichner herself.

They weren’t breathing deeply since the men recognized both policemen who got out of the patrol car. They, too, were members of the Red Arrow. The police roughly dragged an older gentleman who looked like he hadn’t slept in days out of the back seat, wearing nothing but a t-shirt and boxer briefs. Being handcuffed to the police, they pulled him to the men in red cloaks.

One of the men spoke, “was it too difficult to find him?”

“No, my lord,” the policeman spoke in unison.

“Good.” Then the cloaked red man converted his attention towards the men and dark hoods over their heads. “You know why you’re here, and there is no reason to explain oneself on what we are going to do. Your sentence will be carried out to the law and the letter of the Red Arrow.”

One of the policemen went over to the squad car and opened the trunk. The policeman pulled out two nooses and rejoined the group.

“If it were up to me, we wouldn’t be going through such formalities. I would have my dogs tear you apart, and I would be the story of the traitorous scum.”

Suddenly, the attack dogs started barking at a silhouetted figure. At a distance, it looked kind of strange… It looked like a wolf kemonomimi.

“You have picked the wrong night, my sexy friend,” the elderly man in the red cloak baited. “You should have stayed whatever forgotten hellhole you came from.”

The slight crackling of lightning echoed through the parking lot. One by one, the gunmen were being taken down. Not by her own powers, but by the strength of a shotgun.

Dammit to hell, Memento Dark thought as this was time to step in and intervene.

The policeman called for more assistance as the two elderly men took cover. As one of the wolf kemonomimi moved closer for a better shot, Memento Dark appeared right behind her and disarmed her. Afterward, he knocked her out cold by hitting her over the head with the butt of the shotgun.

“What a modern marvel,” one of the elderly men enamors at the site of Memento Dark as he takes out all of the armored wolf kemonomimi. They were three in total. Memento Dark wing slapped one of them, sending her flying through a pile of garbage cans. As one of the other wolf kemonomimi tries to hit him with a right hook, he blocked it and gave her a hard forearm strike to the face, knocking her out.

The dogs were anxious as the three of them attacked Memento Dark. Fighting for safety as one of the dogs bit down on Memento Dark’s bicep, he released a specialized grenade. He can elementally transmutate the contents inside the grenade into anything by using both the Aether and the Nether.

This time, he elementally transmutate the contents inside the grenade into knockout gas. Quickly the dogs became disoriented and stop attacking him altogether as they fell asleep.

As the policeman and the elderly men in the red cloaks try to make an escape in their squad car, Memento Dark drew out his compound bow and shot an arrow he elementally transmutated filled with tear gas. He made direct contact, hitting the rearview window of the car. While it was filling up with tear gas, Memento Dark immediately drew out his grappling gun.

The grappling gun itself is used for quick transportation without using his wings to fly, but in this case, he shoots one of the hooks at the axle of the car and attached the other one to an idling semi-truck for leverage. He would later then wrap his arms around that cable and brace for impact.

Unknowingly, the squad car was going at least 60 mph. Before they knew what Memento Dark had done, he yanks the axle completely out of the squad car with the grapple cable using his own brute strength, totaling it.

Minutes later, the Memento Dark apprehended the survivors of the situation. Some of them were knocked out while others were pretty much out of it. For good measure, he left the black hoods of the captors’ heads on while he aided them to safety. But one of the semi-conscious wolf kemonomimi was still coherent.

It seemed that the female wolf kemonomimi was pretending to be somebody else. Something dangerous. She even went out of her way to dye her hair silver and get red color contact lenses.

“Don’t make me catch you out here like this again,” Memento Dark warned.

The female wolf kemonomimi defended herself, “I don’t know what's the problem! We are trying to help you!”

“I don’t need your help, and you are not helping. You’re making things worse, just like them,” Memento Dark admonished.

“Like you’re doing any better on your own. And I’m just trying to pay homage to my hero!”

“Well, for starters. If you want to pay homage to your hero, I suggest you ditch the yoga pants,” Memento Dark heckled as he walks away from the scene.