Chapter 45 A Reunion should always be this Fun

"Umm... so where are we going anyway?" Alex asked with a nervous tinge on his voice.

His conversation with Alina had them feeling slightly embarrassed, and the fact that Ricardo heard all of it just made it worse.

"I actually do not know..." Alina said as she glared at Ricardo. "After all, my plan depended on waking my sister up. What happens after that depends on her already."

"I see. So does that mean that the one fetching us now is your sister Elizabeth and not Lord Ergo?" Alex asked as he gave a trepidated look at Lord Ergo. "Because I would not want to meet Lord Ergo this time around."

"I am sure that right now, we are talking to my sister." Alina said as she gave a sad look at Lord Ergo. "After all, its only my sister who wants to get healed and not Lord Ergo. If the one in front of us is really Lord Ergo, then we should have been dead by now. But we are still alive, so I am sure that it is my sister in front of me."

"...." Alex chose not to say anything as he saw Elizabeth’s condition. Even if what Alina said was the truth, Alex could still see that Alina’s sister was still suffering even if she currently has the control of Lord Ergo’s body.

However, Alex knew that that should be the least of his worries.

"How long can your sister take control of her body?" Alex asked, immediately disliking the way his question had sounded. "Will it be.... enough before the crazy Lord Ergo resurfaces?"

"I... actually do not know." Alina replied as her face looked slightly pale. "I can only hope that my sister will bring us to a safe place already, and it will be there that you can start helping her..."

"Wait a minute..." Alex narrowed his eyes as he realized that there was something peculiar about their situation. "If your sister wants to get healed, then why would she spare the effort to bring us to a secluded place? Couldn’t she just, you know, bring us to a nearby house? At least that will save us time..."

"Even if my sister wanted to get healed, there is no way that she will make it happen on an unsecured place." Alina snapped in reply. "After all, there is someone that will take surely attack us once my sister gets her treatment."

"Someone will attack us?" Alex’s mouth set itself on a thin line as he realized that they are still in dangerous waters.

"Is it Lord Gallius? I never really liked that guy. If he is aiming for you, then maybe he is aiming for you sister too-" Alex’s musings were cut off as Alina said,

"No, the one who will surely attack us is the afro guy, more commonly known as the WEO President." Alina said as she clenched her fists tightly.

"Are you sure about that?" Alex inquired as he remembered his interaction with the afro guy. "Sure, that guy looks like a creep, but I feel like he will not do something as brazen as this."

"That is because you cannot detect his lies." Alina angrily replied as she crossed her arms in front of her chest. "Whenever I talk to him, I always ask him if he has some nefarious plans against Lord Ergo. His answer is always the same, that he is a friend and an ally of Lord Ergo. But I know for a fact that those are just pure lies! And from the looks of it, my sister and Lord Ergo are both aware of this animosity too. That most probably is the reason that she hastily brought us away from the afro guy."

"That... is greatly worrying indeed." Alex replied as rubbed the temples of his head. "So you think the afro guy is chasing us right now?"

"That is most likely the case." Ricardo said as he touched Lord Ergo’s shoulder. "I saw the glint in the afro guy’s eyes when we were dragged away by Elizabeth. That glint only appears on someone concocting a plan."

"In my opinion, the afro guy will most likely be riding in an extremely fast airship in order to tail us." Alina interjected as she looked behind them. "It may not be near us now, but I am sure that sooner it will be hot on our trails already."

"So... are we just going to do nothing but stay here?" Alex inquired as he saw the grim looks on Alina and Ricardo. "Are we just going to let ourselves get followed?"

"Oh, do not worry about that Alex. I can stop that afro guy for you." Alex jumped up as he heard someone taking behind him.

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Alex looked back, and he saw a tattooed person giving him a large grin.

"Master!" Alex exclaimed as he saw Clint in front of him. "How and why are you here?"

"Well, Ricardo contacted me earlier, just after Elizabeth brought you away." Clint replied as he used a toothpick to pick of some scraps of food in his teeth. "He told me the possibility of the afro guy chasing you two, so I decided to help you out."

"As for how I came here..." Clint let out another savage grin as he said,

"You can say I catapulted my self by redistributing the gravity around me. It’s a pretty handy way to travel. Of course my wife is not happy about me doing it..."

"Oh thank goodness." Alex thought to himself as he started to feel relieved. Alex knew how powerful his master was, and with Alina’s statement earlier, his master was most probably the second strongest Esper in the world!

With that kind of power, Alex was confident that his master can stop that afro guy from following them.

"Don’t feel that complacent Alex." Clint said as he saw the relieved look on Alex’s face. "Even though the afro guy is not in the top 10 ranks of strongest Espers, I am sure that he will be a difficult foe to face."

"How can that be?" Alex asked as he tilted his head. "If the afro guy is not in the top 10 rankings, then how could he be dangerous to you?"

"We suspect that just like my sister, the afro guy must have attempted to fuse himself with the other half of the World Diagram too." Alina said with a grimace on her face. "And it our suspicions were right, then that just means that the afro guy chasing us now has the power of half of the World Diagram."

"But that’s... impossible." Alex said as he gave a hasty glance at Lord Ergo. "If your sister, who is the strongest Esper, tried to fuse with the World Diagram and failed, how could someone like the afro guy even succeed?"

"I don’t know too." Alina replied as she let out a sigh. "But I have a feeling that the afro guy really succeeded on where my sister failed. And mind you, all my feelings are always spot on."

"Just like your romantic feelings for Alex, hmm?" Of course this will be the time that Asteria will wake up, and the first sentence that she said were always typical of her. "It seems like your love for Alex trumps over your obligation as my hooman."

Asteria then flew towards Alina’s lap, curling herself like a cat there as she said,

"Come hooman, pet me now."

"..." Of course Alina did not do anything, as Ricardo and Clint were nearby. They cannot just see Alina petting some invisible fairy.

"Hmph!" Asteria sourly said as she saw Alina not budging at all. "Later then!"

"....."

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"You two just left hours earlier, and yet you already got yourself in this situation? You two really are meant for each other." Clint said as he looked at the blushing Alina and Alex. "Hehehe, when can I see your little kids?"

"Uncle!"

"Master!"

"Ok, ok, I am just joking in here." Clint said as he raised his arms in surrender. His words might sound apologetic, but his expression certainly did not.

"If you are done joking in here, then maybe we should start on preparing for the afro guy." Ricardo said as he looked behind them. "With my advanced hearing, I could hear a noisy vehicle approaching us. Judging from the frequency of the sound waves. I can say that a very fast airship is following us."

"So he really did come huh." Clint said as he licked his lips. "Now its time for me to teach him a lesson."

Out of all the people that he met, Clint greatly hated two people.

One was Lord Ergo, since he was the one who tormented Elizabeth, who Clint considered as his best friend and a rival.

The second one was the afro guy, since he was indirectly related towards the death of his first disciple.

"Uncle..." Alina went pale as she saw the burning look in Clint’s eyes. "Don’t tell me that your real reason to be here is because of revenge?"

"Revenge? Yes, that is one of my reasons." Clint said as their surroundings began to shift and seethe. "I did not seek to get that afro guy’s head before as he could possibly help your sister. But after the appearance of Alex, I realized that there is no way I can let him live."

"But how about the restriction?" Alex interjected as Clint saw a worried look in his disciple’s eyes. "Won’t you violate it if you attacked the afro guy?"

"My restriction only prevents me from transcending and from dealing with minor matters." Clint said as he glared at the approaching airship behind them. "As for our current situation right now, there is no way that this is just a minor matter. This a matter concerning the whole world, so I don’t think I will be restricted from joining in."

"Well said, Clint" Ricardo said as he shifted his appearance back to his wife. "Be sure to kick his ass!"

"That I will do." Clint declared as he accelerated towards the following airship. With his speed, it only took Clint some seconds to approach the airship.

"Oi, you can come out and face me now." Clint taunted as he blocked the airship’s path. "It’s time for us to settle our scores!"

"..."

"..."

It did not take that long before a voice could be heard coming from the airship.

"So you really did come huh. You must have been itching for this moment for a very long time..."

Clint bit his lips as he tried not to curse the afro guy inside the ship. He found this hard to do, as all he could do was to imagine the afro guy’s head blasted to pieces with his power.

"You are the same as always, Aleksei." Clint said as he uttered the real name of the afro guy. "Always hiding in that ship of yours eh? No wonder your cousin left you to marry me. You are just that boring."

"That was a low blow, but I can accept it." Aleksei replied as the door of the airship opened.

Aleksei came out of it, with his afro hair swaying merrily across the air. His mouth was set into a thin line as he glared at Clint.

"You want a fight? Then I shall give you a fight!" Aleksei declared as his arms dangled at his sides freely. "I could not wait to make you feel the pain that I felt when my only remaining family left me for your broke ass tattooed skin!"

"Oh? It seems like you forgot what you did to my disciple." Clint said as his knuckles started to crack. "Maybe a few hits to your bludgeoned face later will make you remember."

"Well, that depends if you can hit me." Aleksei then looked at the airship beside him as he said,

"Lord Gallius, leave me here. There is no way that we can follow Lord Ergo, not with the Mad Jackal blocking us. So, you will be the one to follow them. As for me, I will follow you later. I still have some beef to deal with right now."

"Yes, Mr. President!" Lord Gallius’ voice could be heard from inside the ship, which started to speed up.

"Oh, no you don’t!" Clint shouted as he pointed his finger towards the leaving airship.

"Boom!"

Clint warped the gravitational well at the tip of his fingers, producing a horrifying suction force which proceeded to pull the airship towards Clint.

"Oh, I cannot allow that to happen..." A flash of light swept by Clint, and before he could know it, his gravity well broke apart.

The airship, that was supposed to be destroyed by Clint’s attack, found a moment of freedom which Lord Gallius did not waste.

"Schum!"

The airship burst into speed, hastily leaving Clint and a smirking Aleksei.

Clint could only watch with narrowed eyes as the airship continued on following Lord Ergo’s entourage.

"So, you were really hiding your abilities huh." Clint said as he cricked his neck. "This should be fun then."

"Oh, you think if will be fun?" Aleksei smirked as he stretched his limbs. "Yes, it will be fun. Not for you, but certainly for me."

"Bring it then." Clint said as an axe appeared in his hands. "I will have all the fun smashing your headless body later..."

"We shall see about that." Aleksei shot back as a set of needles appeared in his hands. The needles were short, but Clint could see that they have unworldly levels of sharpness.

"Have you experienced acupuncture before? If not, then prepare to experience one! Of course my acupuncture will not make you feel heaven, it will send you straight there!"