“Is everyone here?” All eyes turned in the direction of the raspy voice.Seven Mandrill Monkey and their five disciples ambled toward them as if they were having a walk in the park. “Hurry up.” Black casting a dirty look at the leader of Mandrill Monkey.“The Duke of Waddles hurries for no man. No apologies are owed nor forgiveness shall be begged.” Captain waved his hand like a damn celebrity.Behind, a few snickers echoed. “We’re not in a meet-and-greet event. Make haste.” She clicked her tongue.“Understood.” Yet, he waddled like a model, one hand delved inside the pocket, another brushing the bang to the back.Tap!Yet, someone else arrived first. The root of the problem. Mad Hyena.Teal pushed past everyone and waved her hand at Mad. “Well, hello there, Mad.” She was smiling, adopting Shadow’s favorite emotion.“Uh~” Mad who didn’t know anything still could sense the nasty situation he was in. “What is going on?”Crazy laughed at him and pointed his finger. “You just commence
“Ah~ I want to know you better, brother.” “Same here.”Farizad was the newest recruit. He was Shadow’s student but only recently registered as Shepherd and Outcast. Aside from the Shepherd community, no one seemed to know about him. “Words in the air that you were Shadow’s student.”“Still am. Our lesson has never ceased, Lord Captain.”Captain snorted and snickered. “I love him.” This was his first time being referred to as lord. It felt nice.“He also has a silver tongue,” Shadow whispered low.“Apparently.” Farizad was also proud of that.All things considered, Captain’s plan seemed good enough for now. If he had to make an adjustment, he would do it later.“By the way, Shadow.” Captain rubbed his forehead as if he was using his brain for something.“Speak.”“Please spare me some time.” Shadow was ready to jump in. “How long?”“15 minutes will do.”“When?”“Any time that benefits you. However, I suggest we go as soon as possible.”“To where?” Shadow seemed to know where the litt
The sound of giggling echoed into the space. Two bodies were playfully running around in the dark area.“Hahaha. Run, Phantom, run.”“Chase me, chase me, brother.”“I’ll capture you if you don’t run.”“Hahahaahahaa.”“Don’t get caught. You’ll die.”The young teenage boy made a rough voice, emitting a ghostly voice to scare the little sister that was not more than five years old. The girl who was wearing a white loose gown dashed faster than any normal eyes could catch.However, the young man had no problem following her body with his vision. “Buahahahaha. I’ll catch you!” The man stretched his hand as the distance between them shortened.“No, kyaaaa, ahahahaah.”The little sister twisted her body, skillfully evading those grabby hands, but the young man was faster. His body was bigger, his hands and legs were longer and his strides were enormous.In a leap, the young man successfully captured the little sister before both of them delved into the hard, cold floor together.Bam!The s
Shadow and Malikul escaped to the Underworld at dawn. Being a supportive lover, Malikul accompanied her even though he understood nothing of her action. Still, he wanted to be involved in everything she did.Malikul put the coordinate precisely at the cemetery where all of her siblings perished. The walk was somber and sad. Shadow’s body stiffed like wood. Wearing appropriate clothes and a shawl wrapped around her head.It was still much dark and the cemetery looked no less than a haunted house with massive space. From afar, a few volunteered religious people huddled together and smiled peacefully at both of them.All of them were wearing something called ‘turban’ and ‘kopiah’ on their heads with yassin and a thin prayer book secured in their hands. At a glance, it seemed that these people were just from the mosque, after fajr prayer.Shadow was honestly impressed by these people. Their faces looked so peaceful and the majority was filled with young men, destroying the stereotype tha
The event ended successfully. The leader ended the prayer by asking for forgiveness from the Almighty and repenting. By the time it ended, the sun had already risen to the horizon and the birds chirped harmonically in the air. “Thank you for everything.” Salam shook Malikul’s hand with a fresh face.“Thank you as well.” He said the same thing.Shadow simply bobbed her head at them all.Salam and his friends bid them farewell after dropping a bomb that they hadn’t expected.Apparently, this cemetery was casually visited by religious people to pray for those fallen warriors. Each one of them recited the warrior names that were etched on the massive wall, praying for them. And all of them were highly related to Shadow, their former emperor.Shadow constantly viewed them as a dense society. That was because their mental capacity was lower than Shadow's. Still, she had overseen something. They might be lacking in Shadow’s standard but the Underworld people were filled with talented people
Aidan was surprised to see five people residing in the room that was deemed sacred to everyone. Each one of them had zero interest in finding another room and crashed the room where the owner was nowhere in sight. “What are you doing here? As far as I know, this is my sister’s room.”“Our sister.” Five voices corrected him without looking at him. He was dumbstruck. These people really touched his nerves.“So, what are you doing here? What about the plan?”Tak!His eyes were placed on two people who were playing chess at the office desk.“Fret not, my ma– crown prince, everything is under control.” The gold-haired man placed his chess piece on the empty slot.“Damn son. He’s good.” The opponent who wore the nerd spectacle swore under his breath. “Yeah, still manageable.” He said loudly toward another person. Tak!He placed his piece as well.“Smart, smart.” The gold-haired’s eyes were shaken.“Smiley, Captain…” Suddenly his head was throbbing. “The deadline is in three weeks but why
“Hello?” Captain answered the call. “Oh, already? Well done. You did well.” He listened yet again. “Okay. Thanks for the hard work.” He stopped the call and placed his smartphone to the side.“What?” Hisoka, who was laying on his back on the floor, turned his head toward Captain.“My team’s report has arrived. They have successfully planted a seed of doubt in a few of the soldiers. Right now, the rumors are spreading like wildfire to the whole area. Soon, it would spread to another region.” Captain cracked his knuckles as he met yet a new contestant; Blue. “Eh? It’s only been two days since our working distribution.” Blue admired them even more. Mandrill was a group that committed to their teamwork. Their work ethic was commendable. Even Hisoka was shocked to see their efficiency.“They expect to work miracles. My teammates are capable enough to deal with cumbersome matters and resolve the problem in a day.”“I’d say… you are squishing your teammates dry.” Hisoka was quite uncomfort
“Check. Checkmate.”Blue’s jaw dropped as leaned forward with dramatic gazes.Just like that, Captain won the battle. He took his knight and waved it in the air. “But, Shadow wanted the best from me.”“So, what did she do to you? How can you outshine Blue? The literal king of schemes?”“Because if I lost, Shadow would never leave me be. She taught me everything. She reformed me, from head to toe. But, in this game, I am still lower than Psycho, though. I can never win against him.”Blue, who was upset at the start, immediately raised his hands. “I will not complain ever again. Psycho is literally the hidden gem. His mind… I can’t even fathom how his mind works.”“His uniqueness is the charm. I am grateful to have him as my teammate.”“Anyway, it’s your win.” Blue patted his shoulder and acknowledged his loss. “I’m not good enough to beat you.”“I thought Psycho is supposed to be in the genius team, or I am just tripping?” Smiley continued with his card game with Hisoka. “He is.”“But