Mr. Crow sat perfectly still, his mind in deep thought and his hands folded together. Everything was going well until he heard someone knocking. "Who's there? I am busy," Mr. Crow replied calmly.
"I thought I told you all to not disturb me," Mr. Crow added, his eyes on the door, which soon opened and a figure came in, closing the door behind me. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" Mr. Crow said, his eyes narrowing. "I don't think I remember ordering you to come in...and who the hell are you?"
"The main leader of the main branch and the leader of the entire Red Cross," Todd falcon replied with a slight smirk. "I hope you don't mind me sitting?"
Mr. Crow instantly stood up, his face pale and his eyes wide. He immediately tried to press the button that summons Devenier. Though, before he could, the button suddenly disappeared and Todd was perfectly still, he had not moved.
Mr. Crow took a step back, his face cautious. "How did you come in here?!" Mr. Crow demanded, his hands nearing his gun. "Why are you here? What the hell do you want?!"
"So many questions," Todd said, slowly approaching Mr. Crow. "I didn't think of you as the interrogating type but oh well, it doesn't matter."
"Answer me. Why the-" Before Mr. Crow could finish his sentence, his head vanished, no it was more like there was nothing left of his head, only blood that painted the grey walls of the underground base. "I am the son of Ronx falcon and Kael falcon's half brother," Todd replied. "Oh wait, I forgot you were dead."
"I have finished eliminating everyone in this fourth branch," Lucius said, appearing out of nowhere.
"Very good," Todd said. "With this, the counterattack begins. After all, they attacked us first, didn't they?"
"Well...technically, you ordered Kael falcon to kill his father and Dr. Gabriel kidnapped Dave falcon...so," Lucius said with a stoic expression, slightly hesitant to correct him.
"Ah...you're right," Todd replied. "My apologies."
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Meanwhile, Kael and Rose were hiding in an alleyway from Draco, though, they soon let out a sigh of relief as no one came for them. "...He's not following," Kael said, taking a moment to breath. "Were you the one who healed me? If you did then, good job. No, I mean, sure, thanks, I guess."
"You're welcome," Rose with a slight smile. "Though...for the amount of times you saved me, this is nothing."
Kael didn't say anything but his eyes caught a small minor wound on her arm, which appeared slightly burnt. "...Who did that? Wait...when someone was carrying me...I hit them," Kael realized, his eyes widening but he remained calm.
"Are...you not going to heal yourself?" Kael asked, looking the other way.
Rose was caught slightly off-guard but nodded. "Oh...right," Rose said, letting out a nervous laugh. "Must have forgot."
"Sorry," Kael said in a slightly low voice which was just enough for Rose to hear.
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Meanwhile, a few high officials, each of them a higher rank than Mr. Crow. Not only that but a couple of extremely strong members of the headquarters were there to serve as bodyguards. Furthermore, they soon arrived at the fourth branch and noticed that every single member was dead.
And as they approached Mr. Crow's office, they noticed that he was dead too. "Who could have done this?" An official said with a slightly shocked face. "Is it Devenier? Shouldn't he have teleported here if the button was pressed?"
"How do you know if the button was pressed?" An emotionless, stoic and extremely beautiful woman with an eye patch said, her name being Lucia. "What if he was killed before he could press it?"
"Or...what if Devenier was the person who killed him and all of the fourth branch members?" Another high-level official said, his skin slightly pale from the thought. "He is acting suspicious nowadays."
"Now, now, these theories won't get us anywhere. It's better to report this to the boss," A man with orange, slightly spiky hair said, his name being Justin. "Let's see what that man can come up with," he said with a smirk.
"...Hm, you're right but before that we need to protect the other branches since they might be targeted as well by Dev- whoever is killing the members," the most high-ranking official in that room said, who was called Edward by most, though, his real name was unknown. "Justin you will be assigned to the third branch while Lucia will be assigned to the second."
"Whaaaaat? Why the hell am I in a lower branch while she gets to be in a higher!" Justin said, his pride slightly hurt.
"Because she is stronger than you," Edward replied, giving Justin a cold stare that made him flinch slightly.
"So I will be assigned to the first?" Felix said, who was strangely calm despite the fourth branch being completely wiped out.
"No," Edward replied almost instantly. "You will be protecting me. The first branch doesn't need protection."
Meanwhile, Lucius was listening to all of this outside the room. However, he narrowed his eyes as Lucia noticed him but didn't say anything. "How did she notice...? I didn't even move or look," Lucius thought, his heart beating faster than expected. "The headquarters has monsters that we don't know about. Interesting."