《Stardust》Chapter 1.19 - White - Operation Magnificent
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We gathered our gears and lined up next to each other as if we are an official member of the Law Enforcement. I appeared from the left and walked around them for inspection. I stopped in the middle and took a step back.
I begin, “Attention, Stardust! You will be divided into groups of three. Your groups will be lead by me, Blax and Rulend. Got it?”
“Sir yes sir!” said everyone.
Then Kaym interrupts, “Um, White. Don’t you think you are being a tad bit serious about this operation?”
Airi also said, “Yeah, what gives White. I thought we were in a hurry.”
Then a 10 seconds of awkwardness ensues. It was too long for something awkward to happen. I guess I was a bit too serious about this thing.
I continued, “Anyway, let’s just go guys. And remember the plan.”
Rulend initiates, “Phase 1 begin.”
We walked out of the school compound side by side as if we were total badasses walking in slow motion. All of this would have been better if we somehow put in some explosions or any other special effects including some amazing background music.
Airi interrupts, “Once again, White. We are wasting time.”
I responded to him, “Fine, fine. Let’s just do this.
We continued to walk normally without doing those unrealistic slow motion movement. If only I could slow time around this time. It would work. But I wasn’t strong enough to do that back then.
Moving forward, we split into three small groups. I will be leading, Haz, Airi, and Rider. While Blax was with, Lore and Kaym. Rulend was with Zone and Hosuke. We waited until The Magnificent Three finally appeared at the school gate. We tailed them from behind while making sure the three groups are separated nicely. From what Rulend told me, he also managed to eavesdrop on their conversation with his Investigation ability.
Rulend said to me that Aizen was talking about something, “Are you guys ready to wreck some chaos?”
Nanjo responded, “I was born ready. Even without the help of White and his idiotic friends. I mean almost all of his friends are under our rank. There are all lowly ranked fools who think they are better.”
Adam then scratches his head and told Nanjo, “Isn’t Haz one of the top 7 students?”
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Nanjo then replied, “Except for him of course. I know that, fool.”
“Don’t you fool me, fool.” Adam replies back as he softly punched Nanjo’s shoulder.
Nanjo then said something, “That idiot. How dare he say no to The Magnificent Three. We’ll show them why we are called The Magnificent Three. By that time, we might be ranked C already!”
Aizen added, “Exactly, and with my Sharpshooter ability, I’ve got all of my enemies in my sights.
Sharpshooter, an offensive type magic. Aizen can use anything as his projectile for example if he throws a rock toward a flying bird, it will hit. He can even throw projectiles very fast. He can throw probably seven rock in 3 seconds to the same bird. That’s not just killing but also decimating that poor bird.
Adam also added, “And with my Melt, I will attack those Dark Faction from where they least expect.”
Adam’s Melt was a defensive type magic. Adam can melt his own body and mix together with the concrete floor. He will have a very huge camouflage using this. He can also form back his body and appear at anywhere he wanted. It’s like some sort of transportation ability. Even better, his strikes can melt parts of body temporarily.
Nanjo then continues, “I know right? With Sharpshooter and Melt, there is no way my Clone won’t work! Take that, Stardust!”
Mocking us when we are not in front of us. How gallant they are. By the way, Clone was a utility type magic where Nanjo can make a clone of himself. I think cloning magic was not that hard to understand how it works. His clone can simply distract the enemy or even fight alongside him and confuse the enemy as well.
They have a very interesting set of magic. If they used their ability well and worked together, they might just be able to beat those Dark Faction. But that was probably not going to happen because of what they had done during The Seven Month War which was nothing useful at all other than being a burden to me and everyone else.
We continued to follow them until we saw them walking inside a hidden passage near the small forest. We looked around the small forest from a high ground and notice one building in the forest. That was probably the factory that those three mentioned to me.
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With the help of Haz invention that can help us communicate with each other, Rulend broadcast his words to us, “Alright everyone, that’s probably the destination. Team 1 go to section Alpha, Team 2 go to section Beta while Team 3 will go to section Charlie.”
Rider then broadcast his opinion in the communication devices, “Don’t you think this Comm. Device amazing? I feel like a real soldier now.”
Haz broadcast in, “I only do what’s best for Stardust.”
I broadcast in and said, “Focus.”
We moved on to our sections which was situated outside the factory. Once everybody reached the factory, Rulend Investigate to understand the whole layout of inside and outside of the factory.
He gave us some detail from the comm. device, “Alright guys, there are about more than 50 people inside that factory. Stay cautious and don’t do anything stupid. Just follow White’s order and it will be done.”
I asked Rulend through the comm. device, “Rulend, can we hide at section Hotel?”
Rulend replies, “Section H? What are you planning?”
I told him, “It’s for worst case scenario. I got to at least stay near those three idiots. I don’t want casualties in my side.”
Blax joined in, “It will be a lot trouble if that were to happen.”
Zone then joined the broadcast, “So does this mean if anythings bad happens, we can cause casualties on the enemy side?”
Blax responded, “Yes. But we shouldn't kill them. They are still ‘suspected’ to be a Dark Faction. We still don’t know who they are and what they are doing here. Stay cautious. We don’t want any misunderstanding to happen.”
I also added, “Keep in mind that those three can sometimes be unreliable with getting information. So don’t go attacking and killing other people with your magic, especially you Zone. You like to break peoples mind with your Cheat.”
Zone laughed and said, “But I love breaking people apart mentally. If only I can make you break. But you are probably the only one who will never break from my Cheat.”
Hosuke joined in and said, “I guess White is just too damn strong mentally.”
Zone then said, “Indeed.”
Airi cuts in and said, “Shut up guys, the package is here.”
We cut our broadcast and saw The Magnificent Three walked inside the factory. My team decided to stay outside the walls of the factory. Meanwhile, Blax was already inside it and Rulend was on the roof. They are now waiting for the next order from me. But first, we have to observe what exactly was going on.
Everyone inside the factory stopped doing their things and looked at the three boys. The three boys confidently entered the lion’s den.
Nanjo announces, “I heard we have a Dark Faction hiding around this area! Is it you guys? Cause if it is, we are taking it down! If you don’t want to get hurt, just take us to your leader!”
A man appeared from the crowd and asked them, “What do you want from us?”
Nanjo laughs and said, “Simple, we want you to surrender.”
“Surrender? Do you kids know who you are talking to?” said the man in black cloak.
Nanjo replied, “We don’t know who you are exactly but we do know you are the leader of a Dark Faction!”
“Then allow me to introduce myself. My name is Roman Vega, Leader of The Dark Faction, Dark Diablo!”
Nanjo then swallowed his saliva, “Wait, Dark Diablo? Isn’t that a very very very wanted Dark Faction. The reward for their capture is very high because of how dangerous they are?”
Aizen whispered, “Darn it, what now?”
Nanjo whispered back, “We keep on going of course.”
Roman then said, “What are you whispering about? Didn’t you say you wanted to make us surrender?”
Nanjo started to stutter a bit, “Y-yes.”
This doesn’t look good at all. In a few more seconds The Magnificent Three will totally be killed by Roman and his Faction. Dark Diablo was a very famous Dark Faction in this city. We never knew they would be hiding near our school. All that was left was to escape together with those three and report the Law about this.
“What are you waiting for, kids? Try me!” Roman challenged them.
The Magnificent Three didn’t do anything.
Roman then ordered his men, “Nothing huh? Well then, everyone! Kill those kids!
“Initiate, Code : DEBUT”
TO BE CONTINUED
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