Final preparation

*BAM!*

Keiichi parried Sakura's blow with his arm. "Yato told me you're a talented girl."

"And he says?" Sakura got a little shy.

"Don't get distracted." Keiichi attacked Sakura with the palm of his hand; However, his attack went through Sakura's body.

'An illusion?'

*BAM!*

Sakura kicked Keiichi, throwing him across the room.

...

"You have a problematic skill." Keiichi said after getting up. The Illusions Skills were very utility in numerous situations.

Keiichi was surprised to find Sakura had such an ability.

"What about this?"

Keiichi created several fire arrows and shot Sakura.

"Do you specialize in flame manipulation?" Sakura countered the attack with water arrows.

*BOOMM!*

The collision between the two attacks created a soft fog.

'She seems quite versatile.' Keiichi thought as he saw Sakura using the water element.

"I can also use the wind element, but fire is my strong point." He replied.

Keiichi's fire manipulation had greatly improved. Although he trained other elements, the fire was his greatest gift. After he gained Hell Flame, he acquire a tremendous talent in manipulating flames. Of course, this talent was still untapped, as he was still weak.

"I see, how about a fencing match?" Sakura grabbed a sword that was in the corner of the room and threw it at Keiichi.

"Well." Keiichi shot towards Sakura.

*Ding!* *Ding!* …

Swords clashed, Keiichi and Sakura exchanged blows at hypersonic speed. Surprisingly, they were just normal humans until recently, but now they are fighting at a speed greater than Mach 50.

"Looks like none of us have the upper hand in this." Keiichi said, with a smile on his face.

"Well, you're right." Sakura agreed.

Keiichi and Sakura using swords were clumsy. If any swordsman saw this, they would receive several lectures.

"Hey, your fencing is up to date." Yato said, with a sarcastic smile.

"Hmph! Don't make fun of us!" Sakura exclaimed, with a sullen expression. She was a little mad at Yato these last few days.

"Yato, when are we going to leave for the mission?" Keiichi asked.

"Well, you can go now if you want, but I would recommend staying here for a few more days." Yato showed a screen with the image of several Kraligians on a ship.

"The Kraligians will return to their home planet in a few days, you'd better make the most of it. Stealing this item won't be such a simple task."

Although Kraligians were not very intelligent, they were strong. Their physical characteristics were far above normal humans, so it would not be an easy task for Sakura and Keiichi to steal the item.

"What is this item for?" Keiichi asked curiously. The name of the item attracted him a lot, as he used the fire element a lot.

"Who knows." Yato pretended not to know anything. In fact, this item will be important for their development.

"Take it." Yato delivered an item to the two of them.

"What is it?" 2x

"This is a telepathic communicator." This item will be important, as they will not be able to speak at all times during the quest.

Sakura and Keiichi clipped the communicator to their ear.

"How do we use it?"

"Just think about what you want to convey."

'Testing, testing.' Keiichi sent a telepathic message to Sakura.

"It seems to work, thank you very much."

"Just be careful your thoughts don't get broadcast too." Yato said, with a grave expression.

"What?!" 2x

Sakura immediately thought of her fantasies of being discovered by Keiichi, she would die of embarrassment. Wouldn't he find her a strange girl?

Keiichi became calmer as he didn't have much to hide. His childhood wasn't embarrassing at all and he was a normal kid. The bullying started only after his parents had died; He felt alone and desolate, with no one to trust.

Keiichi remembered the people who bullied him, his expression turned disgusted. When he got the system, he thought about making all those people pay for doing horrible things to him. However, he felt that none of this would make sense. Those people no longer mattered to him, they could no longer affect his life either.

'I don't even need to study anymore.'

"I'm kidding, that's not going to happen." Yato returned to his usual smile.

…

"Get out of here!!" 2x

-

Sakura took a deep breath, a little nervous.

"Guess the time has come, huh." Keiichi put on his special attire. They will wear special clothes in this mission; the look was really cool, it was similar to those futuristic black suits.

"These clothes are pretty cool." Sakura said. "Are you ready?"

"Yea." Keiichi confirmed.

A space gate appeared in front of them. They took one last deep breath before entering.

-

—The Honeus System; Planet: Awei

This planet was in the Honeus system, orbiting the great red star, Honeus. Awei was the planet where the Kraligians were.

In the vacuum of space, Sakura and Keiichi suddenly appeared.

'Sakura!' Keiichi quickly grabbed an oxygen mask, and Sakura did the same.

'Let's get going.' Keiichi used the wind element to approach the planet, and Sakura followed him.

'Our mission begins now!'