Another Place
Chapter 5: Identity

After a grueling day earlier, Russell and his friends have made it through a grueling punishment to fight a group of strangers, but who they really are, and what is the motive behind the legendary attempted theft of weapons belonging to Russell and his friends.

The morning had come and Russell had gone to school, and just like the day before he had met Mikael.

"Oi Mik, healthy?" Russell

"Still pegel me. Yes, yesterday was tired." Mikael

"Yes, but yesterday a group of people was still a mystery." Russell

"Yes, I don't know who they are either." Mikael

"Why do they want our legendary weapons? There must be a big purpose behind all this." Russell

"Hmm I'm sure they have something to do with Shadow." Mikael

"Maybe anyway, but I'm also sure they'll definitely show up again, whether that's when it's gonna hit us again." Russell

"Well, how else did Creator say we have to save the world." Mikael

"Jude, let's go to class." Russell

Russell and Mikael went to class immediately, and they followed the lesson as usual, until finally the break came. When Russell and Mikael want to go to the secret hill behind the school they find something surprising.

"Well?! At pagers?" Mikael

"This row must have been because of drought, so now blocked access to the hill behind the school." Russell

"Hi Cell, Mik." Wisang

"Lahhh, pager's loving. Where are we eating now?" Rafael

"Hadeh how is that." Michael said

"Well, how else, we'll eat here." Russell

"Jude, please." Mikael

Finally they ate under the trees, as access to the hill behind the school was blocked, with the addition of a fence high enough that Russell and his friends could not climb it.

When they have finished eating, they arrive directly into the portal and are transferred into the empty dimension back, it turns out there they meet with the Creator who wants to discuss about the events of yesterday.

"Creators? What's up?" Russell

"Don't be long, we'll be punished again." Mikael

"Calm down, this time I just want to pass on some important information that I've gotten." Creator Say

"What's that?" Wisang

"You remember that group of people who fought against you yesterday?" Creator Say

"Remember, but who are they?" Russell

"It seems that my guess is correct, while waiting for the strength of the Staff of Darkness to fully work to revive him, Shadow seems to recruit some of the men and make them his puppets." Creator Say

"It's my guess." Mikael

"Keep who are they?" Michael said

"Of those 10 people, their names are Kuro, Kirei, Sora, Noru, Kurai, Kirin, Shi, Urami, Jack, and lastly Akane. Those ten people seem to have very dangerous powers, I hope you can be careful against them." Creator Say

"What are their strengths?" Rafael

"The strength of them so far is still unknown to me, but from your fight yesterday against Jack, I think he is a strong melee weapon user, judging from his fighting and defending style he is quite tough, but your good work can do a combined attack so Russell with his Sacred Black Staff manages to destroy Jack's Scythe." Creator Say

"But what's the motive for them all targeting our weapons?" Russell

"They were ordinary people in the beginning, but their dark childhood made them brainwashed by Shadow, so they are now carrying out Shadow's orders to seize the legendary weapon weapon you have." Creator Say

"Oh so." Russell

"Yesterday, too, yes, when we play Jack, it means he's been brainwashed." Michael said

"Yes, that was cool." Mikael

"But yesterday I staggered out anyway." Wisang

"What is Wis, in the future we can certainly be more." Rafael

"No, don't be discouraged." Michael said

"So what should we do in the future?" Russell

"In the future, I ask you to be more careful and vigilant, because your enemy is now increasing by 10, and of course it is not an easy thing, he said, Shadow will someday rise soon and he will fight against you too. I hope you can stay compact and look after each other." Creator Say

"Hmmm so our enemy is increasing huh." Russell

"Just be calm Cell, as long as we're all together, we can." Mikael

"Failure, we should be able to lose Shadow." Michael said

"Don't fail because we're the last hope." Wisang

"Don't worry, I'll support you in my make shield shield battle later." Rafael

"Good, you still have the burning spirit of youth." Creator Say

"Oh yeah, before I get back to the real world, this is Jack's Scythe I'm gonna drop." Russell

"Hmm well, this way the other legendary weapons have been successfully secured, now you can return to the real world." Creator Say

Russell and his friends returned to the real world, this time they were on time so they could follow the lesson back until the lesson was over, when they went home to the cafeteria to discuss the Creator's words.

"So how about going forward? Our enemies are more and more, not to mention Shadow." Russell

"Yes, we also still have to design a mission in another dimension later, even though I don't know when." Wisang

"The point is we have to be more careful now. Because they're pinning down our legendary weapons." Mikael

"Well, that's true, too, because we have a responsibility to keep this legendary weapon, let alone to save the world." Michael said

"But I'm a little relieved." Rafael

"Why?" Russell

"Yes not wrong, but the weapon I recovered again continue to be given to Creator. Maybe our enemies will make another weapon again, because they can't fight us without preparation." Russell

"I agree." Mikael

"So far what I'm worried about is our enemy weapon users made of materials that can not be weathered/rusted. The weathering technique of my weapon won't work." Russell

"You're right, but just calm down as long as our combined attack is successful, we can." Wisang

After they chatted and discussed for quite a while they finally decided to go home because the day had begun to evening. At first they did not find any obstacles on the way home, but suddenly they heard the sound of someone shouting, and it began to make them suspicious.

"You heard that voice?" Russell

"Yes, it seems from that direction." Mikael

"You want to check there?" Rafael

"Let's go there, it looks like something dangerous is happening." Wisang

"Be careful not to be too hunted." Mikael

They ran towards the location of the sound and when they got there it turned out that there were some people who seemed to be involved in a fight, they tried to see what was going on from behind the wall.

"Eh? that's our schoolboy, right?" Russell

"Wait, what are they doing here?" Mikael

"It looks like they're in danger, look at that guy." Rafael

"Don't let them be thieves." Michael said

"Tell them again to be stolen. Let's help them." Russell

"Wait for the Cell, we can't get rid of the legendary weapons here." Wisang

"Ah, this is an emergency Wis, if you do not want to help, just watch." Russell

Russell immediately pulled out his Sacred Black Staff and ran in front of the boy.

"Oi, do you want to tell Russell yourself? He said, I'll help him first." Said Rafael, He appeared while making a protective wall.

"Hmm, it turns out that someone wants to help too." Russell

"Well, let's fight them." Rafael

"How dare you, come here you boy!!" Said one of the Thieves, he wanted to slash at Russell and Rafael using a knife, but his slash could be held back by Rafael's energy wall.

"What the fuck is that? how could a knife attack be withheld?!" Say one of the other thieves

"Your turn is over, take this!!" Russell said, he jumped up and slashed towards the front using the Sacred Black Staff, but his attack could still be repelled using the thief's blade.

"By you too, come here you boy!!" Say the thief again

"Don't be arrogant!! Sacred Technique: The Weathering." Said Russell, he used the weathering technique again, and slashed once more towards the front, then reflexively the Thief immediately repelled his attack using his knife.

"Hahaha, the same attack won't work on me." Said the Thief. But suddenly arrived the knife he held suddenly rusted and destroyed instantly.

"Weathering Technique, it works." Russell

"What?! how can you do that. Goddamnit!! oi let's run!!" Said the thief to his partner.

"Curtain, run. You coward." Russell

"You can come here now. Wisang, Mikael, Michael." Rafael

"Great, great. Steady Cells." Mikael

"Great combination of attacks." Michael said

"Sorry I can't help the Cells." Wisang

"You're okay, Wis, the important thing is that the thief ran away." Russell

"That bill." Mikael

"Oh yeah, by the way, you're okay?" Russell

"You're our schoolchildren too, right?" Mikael

"Emm, yes. We're your schoolchildren, too." Say the boy

"Ehh? What class?" Mikael

"1-2." Say the boy

"Too me 1-3." Say the other child

"A classmate?! why I don't know." Mikael

"That's your lack of focus Mik." Russell

"Yes, not focus." Mikael

"Keep what?" Russell

"Forgot." Mikael

"Just like woi." Russell

"Don't fight." Wisang

"You dare also fight the thief with a block of wood. Girls are cool, cool." Michael said

"Fuck, it's like it's in a movie." Rafael

"Oh yeah, who are you talking about?" Russell

"My name's.."

...

Russell and his friends have learned of the identities of the ten men who attempted to retrieve their weapons before. And on the way home they met their schoolchildren who were dealing with Thieves, did not stay silent Russell and Rafael immediately help them and managed to make the thief escape.

Next in Another Place - ⁇ (Hoka No Basho) Chapter 6: New Friends