5 hours later...

17:40 P.M.

At Syd Barrett's resident.

“....”

“....”

“... Big Man, Pig Maa~nn... Haha-aaa, Charade you are...”

A guitar sound flows along with the air, it goes into Sera's ear, waking her up.

“.....”

Sera slowly opens her eyes, after a long nap, she finds herself laying on the Sofa.

“...You! well-heeled big wheel. Hahaaa, charade you are....”

She gets up and looks around, Mickey Mannix is the first person appears on her sight with electric guitar in his hand.

“And when your hand is on your heart...

You're nearly a good laugh, almost a joker...”

Mickey glares up and found Sera's staring at him.

He stares back and makes his voice heavier.

“ With your head down in the pig bin Sayin', "Keep on digging"... Pig stain on your fat chin...What do you hope to find

Down in the pig mine...”

“ 💢 ”

Sera feels that those words that have a deep meaning he tried to hide, are sent towards her.

(...Unintentional or not...but If I say something like “Was that to me?”,

History may repeat itself. He'll probably say something like “ What? You're having a guilty conscience?”...)

She thought.

“ Wow... Never know you can play the guitar.”

Just a manner reply.

However, as Sera is about to go away from here, Mickey stops playing.

“ .... ”

Sera paused.

Mickey's putting the guitar back on the shelf.

“ You know, What, Sera? I may have misjudged you.”

“ ...Pardon? ”

He paused before continue,

“ First thought that came in my mind when I saw your profile was "Oh, shit, this girl is just one of those rich ass bitches...not again..." ”

He looked back to Sera, then asked.

“ You know why? ”

“.....”

“... Why? ”

“ Because rich ass bitches are just a group of whores with their brains full of ’shit’. Mean, hateful, Cocky, Spoiled, Bratty, "Everyone is trash beneath my feet" ....”

(... So that's what he actually thinks about me?...)

He points his finger to her,

“ And you, Sera, your appearance suits the definition so well that you really led me to believe you're actually like that. Plus, Syd told me you also came up to diss him after you found him in the same place as Jody. Yes?”

“..... It was not dissing...but other than that was... correct...”

She said.

“ And you were a client of Father's peter's underground business. And also a dark web user. That's as far as I know.”

Her body froze.

But that's not beyond her expectation. Actually, She thought people like them may know every single thing in her life.

But she never told anyone even her parents that she is a dark web user...

It makes her insecure.

But reasonable if they are Thrak, they can do whatever they want...

“.... You know about...that? ”

“ That's not too hard for us. You used the dark web to contact Father, didn't you? In the end, the police will manage to get into Father's account and find you, anyway.”

“....”

Sera couldn't argue back. All he told was true.

The only reason Sera accepted Syd's deal was just he'll help her not to get into trouble by that illegal trade with Father Peter.

“ And that...even made my belief stronger... that You...were a rich ass bitch...”

“.....”

“ ....I see...”

“But”

“ !? ”

“ For several days I had spent my time with you. As far as I observed, You are not that kind of person at all. You are just a cocky brat because your entire world was just a school before you met us, Am I correct?”

“... Yes...”

Mickey is correct.

Their arrival and existence of Thrak made her eyes wide open.

They did slap her face and tell her that

there were more people in this world who are stronger than the students back there.

The point is... Do they want to tell you they exist?

“ Let me confess something to you.

Although we have all of your information, It is just a text on paper or a file on the screen. It doesn't make us know any bit of what kind of person you really are. And it was a reason I made a mistake. I misjudged you.

I thought you were a rich ass bitch who couldn't do anything and would shit herself when she really faced a true problem, so I acted like that towards you.”

Mickey approaches Sera, he unexpectedly grabs her hand without even asking.

“ But today you've proven that I was wrong. You know what spot you should stand on and you know what to do during a situation. Your skill is respectable.”

Mickey stares right into her eyes.

“ So I would like to make an apology for my previous rude act. What a shame to cross the bridge before even come to it. I'm really sorry.”

“.....”

She's stunned.

She doesn't know what he's really like.

But If he is Syd Barrett's friend, he should be the kind of person who does not bow down to someone so easily.

One thing Sera realizes is the fact that he doesn't get embarrassed to say sorry.

That's what she respects him.

“...It's ...uh...not like I do mind or anything..Mickey... But If you say so...I got no problem with ...that...?”

She tried to peek her eyes away to decreased her awkwardness.

Luckily, Syd Barrett comes up behind Mickey Mannix out of sudden.

Interrupted their conversation.

“ Bruh, look at this.”

He put his phone in front of them.

“ What?....”

“..... ”

Mickey went silent.

“ Heh... ”

He starts to leak out his laugh.

“ Heh Heh Heh... Ha-hahahahah!!!”

He can no longer hold on.

They laughed.

“......”

But he forgets that a real British person is standing in front of him.

And she's offended.

“ I would beat your arse long ago If you were a normal student.”

Said Sera, confidently.

“ Try me, Bitch.”

“ Pardon--?”

“ Oh, uh. Sorry... That's my reflex really...”

Mickey rubbed his head.

“ Yeah, I believe it.” She replied.

“ Anyway, I've made dinner over the table. If you guys may wanna join or I'll fucking keep them for myself.”

“ Oh shit.”

Mickey runs out of the room immediately.

“ What did you make? ”

Sera asked

“ Another Thai food. This time is a spicy one.”

“ Spicy?... I don't like spicy....”

“ Nah, it ain't that spicy.”

“....Oh, okay... How about Candy?”

“ We already sent him back to HQ. Roxxy is working on the information, she'll declare this evening.”

“ I see...”

“ Anyway, you know that Mickey had waited for you to wake up over here like 20 minutes? ”

“ Hmm? Really?”

“ Yeah. He told me he had underestimated you and felt that he should do something...”

“ Wait, You're saying He was sitting over there playing guitar and watching me sleeping for entire 20 minutes???? ”

Syd nods.

“....”

Sera ran out of words.

“ Mickey is a mighty bastard but one thing that makes him be him is that he doesn't like to lie if it's not necessary. He's the goddamn straight bastard. Whatever he thinks he'll say it out only to a person close enough to him.

Seeing he's like that but deep down, he's the most sincere person I've ever known. That's what I can say.”

That changed her vision towards Mickey Mannix a little bit...

Following him to the dining table, Sera witnesses Jody drinking a gallon of cold milk like she just ate something spicy.

It must be that Asian soup on the table... No doubt...

But on the other hand, Roxxy who's working on the notebook is chill, she even takes another spoon of soup while typing.

5 minutes later...

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“ Aaaaahhhh---?!... ssssSsssss... Oh my god... SSSSSsssss, Jesus fucking christ, Ssssss-aaaaa...That's fucking spicy... Did you put like...2 baskets of chili in it???”

Sera finally knows what made Jody be like that.

“ Lesson 1, Don't trust when Asian said "the food is not spicy" ”

Mickey came up next to Sera, offering her a glass of milk. She took it.

“ What?... This is even below the standard of spiciness back in our country.”

Roxxy said.

“Yeah! But not for us! Damn it!*Drinks*”

Sera replied, then asked Mickey.

“ How can you even eat it?!...”

“Because of That motherfucker”

He points to Syd Barrett, who is watching over Jody doing meditation.

“ Yeah. A dick head over there.”

“ What? ”

Mickey ignores Syd, he continues.

“ This motherfucker kept putting them in my mouth until I finally used to it. That's how I and Toshi overcome this pain.”

Over the corner of the room, As mentioned, Jody is meditating with Syd Barrett scrolling memes on his phone next to her.

Everyone can sense that Jody's inner energy keeps coming out and flowing around herself.

“ Syd...I'm starting to feel it... Although my inside is burning like hell, I think I can hold it longer than last week... ”

“ Yes. That's what it suppose to be. keep that feeling constant. You are improving faster than I expected... Honestly, the time you take is almost the same as me back when I started to learn this.”

Syd hands her a wet handkerchief to wipe her face.

“ In no time, I guess you'll be able to use the swapping technique. It should start like....for 1 second but if you keep training, you can make it to 10 and more and shit.”

“ Okay...”

“ Keep doing it. If you find anything strange happen to you, feel free to tell me. I'm your mentor after all.”

“ Yes. My master.”

She replied with a sarcastic tone of voice.

“ Hey... What was that?.. What was that you're sayin'? Jody. Look, You should be glad that I teach you... In fact, I rarely teach someone so easily, even you have Jesus on your side, He won't be able to convince me to teach you if I don't want to. But because you are qualified so I am willing to make a deal with you. Got it? ”

“ Bruh, aren't you like... Buddhist....how the fuck can Jesus convince you? ”

“ Stfu, Toshi. It doesn't matter.”

Syd continues…

“ No matter how strong your ability will be or how useful you are, But the first thing I scan is your personality and how good our chemistry would be. Imagine If you were like a type of...conceited little bitch, Bruh, I ain't even gonna give a fuck.”

“ You seem to always complain about that kind of personality, Syd.”

Said Jody.

“ 'Cause I hate that shit! Do you have any idea how that kind of person tickling my frustration? ”

“ Yeah. I know, I understand it as well.”

Said Jody.

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While Jody and Syd are having a conversation, we moved to Toshi who's scrolling his phone screen next to Roxxy.

It looks like he found something interesting.

“ Hey, Mickey, Mozart is German, right?”

“ Mozart? Mozart who? Wolfgang?”

“ Yeah.”

Mickey who's sitting next to Sera, on the opposite side of the table turned his face back to Toshi.

“ And...?”

“ You know that Mozart is full of shit?”

“ What?”

Mickey and Sera (also Roxxy) turns their concentration on Toshi.

“ Yeah. I literally mean it. I just found the video on youtube and went check on the Wikipedia, Man, It's the real shit.”

“ What did it say? Do you have evidence?”

Roxxy seems to show her curiosity.

“ From the same guy --Pfff... From the same guy --*wheezing*- that wrote twinkle twinkle little star, I intro--- hehe--- Introduce you, Leck mich im Arsch, which translated in English as "Lick me in the ass."... *chuckles* ”

“ Real shit????”

Mickey's eyes widened.

Toshi shows Mickey the website.

*Wheezing*

“ AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA”

Mickey and Toshi burst out a laugh.

“ I think it's better to let German himself sees the lyrics of this song.”

Mickey took his phone and read.

“ DAMN, MOZART REALLY NEEDS HIS ASS LICKED.”

To them, it is funny as fuck.

“ I don't find anything funny, Just surprised. Ain't you guys overreacted?”

Roxxy said.

“Women never understand our humor. He likes shit, Okay? If he's still alive, he would be a shit poster in 4chan by now”

Toshi said to her.

“ Bro, He even sent the poop joke to his family... 39 of his letters include scatology passages, LMAO what the fuck did I just read ”

Mickey said.

“ Can't really spell classical without ass, bruh. Mozart is truly a scat man.”

Toshi implied.

“ He does a Travis Scott vibe since 1700, what an ahead of the time.”

Suddenly, Syd jumps in.

“ Ayy, bro. What's that you're laughing?”

“ Man, check this out.”

Mickey gives Toshi's phone to Syd.

“... What the fuck, what is this? ”

“.....”

“.....”

“ DAMN MOZART GOT BARS NIG----“

His mouth froze instantly.

Not only his mouth, but everything around the table also froze.

“ MmmmmmmmMmmMmmm”

“Don't say the N-word.”

Said Roxxy, before the ice melts and disappears.

“ Syd is incredibly racist. Are you aware of this?”

Said Jody, following him from behind.

Roxxy sighs.

“ Syd isn't racist. He hates all races equally.”

“ Oh, no. That's even worse.”

Sera said.

“ Oi, a bit rude to assume I'm racist eh”

Mickey supported his friend;

“ Yoo, this motherfucker once got the N-word pass from black agents back there. Have you forgot about it?”

“ What is... N-word pass?”

Jody asked.

“ Something...more precious than Nobel prize, I would say.”

“ Huh...?”

She doesn't understand what the boys are saying.

“ Racist is Racist.”

Roxxy said with a heavy voice.

“ See, I told ya. You're known as the CEO of racism from now. There's no one in this house who can use that word.”

Toshi added.

“ Aww man, What's with you guys? It's not like there are black people around here! There'll be no probs If they can't hear us right? ”

Syd pointed out.

“ Racist or not it's up to context you know what I'm sayin'? That word is the only word that can express my love to the boys, Ya feel me? It's not like I'm gonna spit this word to anyone on the street out there! ”

“True. I'm by your side.”

“ Thanks, bro You're my nig-”

“ LET's get back to the mission. I've finished analyzing the data we got from Candy. Looks like he has made our job harder now...”

“... Hm?”

The mood changed.

“ What do you mean, Roxxy?”

“ When I got into his Gmail. It appeared that Candy had deleted all of them.”

Roxxy continues,

“ He knew something was wrong when he couldn't contact Betty Domergue but he didn't expect to be us. However, he already took a step further by deleting all the information on his computer just in case... What a cautious dick head ...”

“ So...that means...we lost the trace?”

Jody asked.

“ Nope. Think about it carefully. He didn't even certain it would be us. If he wasn't afraid of deleting his own mail, that means all the history must be stored somewhere in his computer, Yes?”

Sera's eyes widened.

“ !!! You brought them back?? ”

“ Yes. I guess Candy was panic as hell or we approached him faster before he deleted his cloud.”

“... So, Roxxy, You're saying that there was some chat history stored in his cloud?”

Mickey asked.

“ Yes. But his backup cloud wasn't a legal service like windows or Apple, It's a custom program... And whoever designed this program must be an expert. It took me 3 hours to get into it.”

Roxxy turned the laptop screen towards the crowd.

“I found something interesting.”

It's a picture of a little girl.

Mickey recognized it.

“ This girl... This is the same girl I found in Betty's memory”

“ Yes, it should be. And his computer contains her information. Not much, be enough for us to find her.”

Name: Sally Salmacis

Aged: 11

Nationality: France

Background : -

Appearance: different eye colors, one is yellow another is green.

Last located: Swan Sea, Wales.

Ability: Top secret.

“ I've typed her name on population database. But I didn't found any. I guess she wasn't even born in a legal hospital.”

!!??

“ Like Joker from the batman? The unknown identity? Like that? ”

Syd asked.

Roxxy nods.

“ I see... So shit is getting real and real as we explore...”

Said Syd.

“ And they're doing at any cost to look for this girl. From the chat history, Candy had already spread his message to these unidentified Gmail users...”

Candy: I couldn't contact Bett for a while. You may say I'm paranoid, but I'm certain that someone is trying to come after us. Be aware...and If I don't contact you back in a day, it means they have got me. We should find that girl before them or else we'll get fucked. (Yesterday, 11:30)

“ That's what he wrote. I tried to look for that anonymous user but they've already deleted their Ip address... They already know that something is coming. But they don't know it's us. The next mission is given. We will go to Wales, to find that girl. And 3 days after we left London, The school will shut down and so The church. We need to hurry. We must find that girl before them.”

“ How about the pill? ”

“ There's no clue about that on his computer. But HQ had reported that Candy Candido has co-operated with other 2 people. One looking for material, One producing, and Candy selling... The investigation on Candy is still on a go. They'll send us the report if they have any updates.”

“ I see... So... When will we go to Wales?”

Jody asked.

“....”

“... The next morning.”

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