The time in Germany and the United States was different. Germany was 6 hours ahead of the United States, New York City, where they were now. While the sun had already set in Germany, the sun was still high in the sky in the United States.
In the certain luxurious hotel room, six people could be seen sitting around the chairs and bed or standing with their backs against the wall. There were four guys and two girls.
Those were Hanz, Stephen, Doni, Selena, and Ao’s siblings. All of them were wearing the new combat suit, except for Stephen, who wore a simple black t-shirt over his body.
Both teams stayed in the same hotel but were sent here to do something different.
“Everyone knows their jobs, right?” Selena asked. She was leaning her back against the wall beside Hanz, who stood menacingly with his arms crossed.
Hanz’s presence was so thin that normal people would just ignore him due to his ability.
To respond to Selena, Stephen grinned and bumped his fists.
“I know. In short, I just need to make a commotion in some part of the city, right? But before that, we will try our best to be civil and just ask some questions.”
“And Hanz will use the commotion to infiltrate some buildings belonging to the Esper Association to gather information.” Continued Doni as he raised his index finger.
“Correct. Right now, Hanz’s subordinates, the Ninja Squad, have already spread around the city to mark the target of the infiltration and the place perfect for making the commotion. I will support all you guys from the rooftop of this hotel in case you need help. For that reason, the area we scouted is only around 3 KM, with this hotel as the center.” Selena explained.
Hanz nodded without saying anything like the ninja he was. His subordinates were already spread all around the state they were in, New York, as they spoke in the room. He looked out of the window and moved his hand a little, signaling his subordinate, who hid outside.
“So we are not touching the Esper Association’s headquarters, which is located 5 KM away from this hotel. Is that correct, Miss Selena?” For the first time ever, Hanz opened his mouth and spoke. “I have already conveyed that to the Ninja Squad.”
Stephen and his team were in charge of the destruction. Selena was for a backup and securing the retreat route. Meanwhile, Hanz and his team would infiltrate the Esper Associations’ building.
“Correct,” Selena confirmed. “And I will be the leader of this operation. I hope you will follow my command.” She looked at each person in the room to see their reaction.
Even if she knew what their answer was, she wanted to hear it directly from their mouth. So she waited.
“I don’t mind. As long as I can have the fight while giving the Esper Association some run for their money.”
“If it’s commotion, then I am the best one to make it. Should I put out the light of the entire city of New York?”
“That would be too big, stupid Doni.”
“Yeah. As my sister said, that’s too stupid. We just need to freeze a building and flood some sewer, and the commotion will be big enough.”
“Haa?! You both siblings are also crazy! Who would flood the city to cause commotion?! Normally you would just flood a store or a bar!”
“You are not better than them with your idea to black out the city, my boy Doni. To cause a commotion, you just need to create mayhem! Find a gangster group and beat the shit out of them!”
“That’s a good idea, Stephen!”
“You guys…”
Selena could only sigh in exasperation when seeing Stephen and his team being idiots like usual. She had been with them long enough to understand their personality well.
From her observation, when she stayed with them, Stephen was a father figure for Doni that taught him something that was good, in his opinion. That something ranged from fight and mentality; it helped Doni to build up his courage. But well, as a result, they became an idiot duo.
The Ao twins both had some strong but strange love for each other, always agreed and helped each other’s opinion as if they only had one mind who worked for two bodies. Their coordination was perfect, and their abilities helped each other too.
However, the twins were too honest. They spoke a lot sooner before their brains could process what they had said. In a way, their opinion was too frank, and they didn’t care about people’s feelings. So they often made trouble with other people except for, not surprisingly, the Princess of the Moon of Akasha, Naomi.
All in all, Selena’s final evaluation of Stephen’s team was.
‘An idiot with power but can finish any mission given to them because they are smart.’
A contradiction, but the idiot, in this case, was about their personalities, not their brain. So Selena was confident that they would be able to finish the mission given by Princess today without any problem.
“Stop it. That attitude is unbecoming of someone who is given the responsibility of this mission by Princess.” Hanz raised his voice, trying to stop Stephen and the others who began to argue which method was the best to cause some commotion.
However, it was useless. They ignored Hanz.
“Those guys…” Hanz muttered as his face frowned under his black mask.
Selena could relate to him, seeing that the new guy was pissed with Stephen and his team. At first, she was also pissed about being added to Stephen's team, but now that she was used to it, she only smiled a little.
“Just let them be. The mission begins at night, so we still have time.” She said, patting Hanz’s shoulder.
“…” Hanz looked at Selena and nodded a little. As she said, they still had time before the mission began. But Hanz wasn’t someone to stand around without doing anything.
So he said. “I will patrol the area then.”
“Feel free to. Also, thanks.”
The next moment, Hanz’s shadow moved and enveloped his whole body. It was as if the shadow was alive and eating him, pulling his whole body to the shadow in the ground.
In just a second, the shadow moved back to the floor, and Hanz’s figure was nowhere to be seen.
Stephen and the others didn’t seem to realize that Hanz was gone. Seeing them arguing with each other, Selena sighed and thought twice about her evaluation.
‘Maybe they are just idiots after all. The real idiots.’
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