Ares: Never Grow Up
S2 - The past of Taboo City!

The strong are in power.

"That's .. we decided after hearing Rafleo's story."

POV: Ares

Shortly thereafter, Rafleo appears along with Endo whom he carries on his back. Endo's red eyes looked at us one by one, then he smiled kindly.

"Sorry to keep you waiting. I already know what you're going to ask. Who is in charge of this city, right?" Endo guessed our question. But we just kept quiet and didn't answer. After that Rafleo took Endo to sit down, and he sat down beside Endo.

"Um so .. it seems better that I tell you about before the people in power here are present." Rafleo looked at us doubtfully. But he continued his story.

"The city is called Tabu City. A unique name, right? Just like its inhabitants. Before it was hit by the strange gas, Tabu City was still a garbage city filled only by criminals.

Slavery, illegal auctioning, human trafficking, black market, gambling, illegal drugs. There are so many things that from the beginning were indeed dirty in this city. But ... If you know, when it was first formed, this city is not this dirty place.

It used to be one of the most beautiful cities and the city with the most friendly and kind people. It has been awake for generations and as things have gotten better, there has been an incident that has brought down the good name of the city.

That is the emergence of a group of mafia that began to invade every area in the city. They are the beginning of all the bad things happening in this city. Back when they first appeared, they were just a small group inciting people to do bad things, but over time, the inhabitants were incited more and more and more and the city split into two parties.

Of course when compared to the mafia who are familiar with the name of fighting, they will be strong because they are used to it, but what about the residents who live quietly?

They will not be able to fight against the abominations of the mafia. One by one, and very quickly, the mafia group began to become more and more widespread and eventually managed to invade the entire city. The climax of this invasion was when .. the mafia leader slashed the original mayor's neck. He took over the highest throne in the city.

Since then, new rules have been in place.

[Be strong if you don't want to be stepped on, do whatever it takes to live, including eating a carcass.]

After that the city changed 180 degrees. The criminal act began to spread to the corners of the city, even the world police are also unable to handle this city. Finally, as a precaution and a final decision was taken, the city was isolated from the outside world.

That's the reason there were walls and wreckage, and also the reason the story of the mayor who cut his neck never got to you. Currently, the city is also still the best 2 groups.

The first group is the followers of the descendants of the mafia with the percentage of followers is 98%, and the followers of the descendants of the mayor is 2%. Yes ... I know the number is far outnumbered.

But that hope is still there, we are still here, waiting for every opportunity that comes down, and waiting for every gap that appears to break in.

Now the gap and opportunity arise.

And that's you guys."

At the end of Rafleo's explanation, he looked at us with a deep and indecipherable gaze, as if they were hopeful, but also they were frightened. Those yellow eyes made me feel a familiar feeling.

The eyes of a tired man hope.

"I've been feeling a lot of earthquakes lately. Even yesterday I saw the Southern sky shining very brightly and it seemed like the wind was blowing hard there. You're from the South, aren't you?" Endo asked us. I gave a small nod while recalling the events in Ansorteri city.

"You're asking us to help you?" I asked this time. Rafleo and Endo looked at each other, then simultaneously nodded their heads.

"Yes, your help will be a very valuable help" said Endo. I scrunched my forehead and stared at Endo sharply.

This city case is different from the others.

My goal is to save many lives, but if I have to fight almost the entire city, doesn't that mean that I have to kill many lives?

I shook my head and stood up immediately. "I'm sorry, but I can't help you to realize your goals. I don't want to fight the whole city, especially if I have to take their lives" I said, standing and looking at Rafleo seriously. Rafleo stood up, his eyes in shock and a little panic, his hands raised in doubt as if he wanted to say something.

"We have our own plans, of course we don't intend to kill everyone who belongs to the mafia organization!" Rafleo spoke while slightly raising his voice. I stared coldly at him, as if looking down on him.

"Then?"

Rafleo gulped his saliva slowly, and began to explain. "Most people who belong there are people who used to be incited because of the fear of great power. Therefore, Endo and I had already thought of two choices of plans.

First, we immediately show our strength in the clash, and this will make the other members waver. But of course this is impossible with our few members.

Then the second choice .. is to be a spy. Crush them from the inside, straight to the center."

Rafleo said in seriousness, I looked into his eyes that had strong determination. Anger and even sadness, the desire for revenge was clearly drawn in there.

"Seeing yes ..it's not a bad idea" said Ken, who joined the conversation. Riot and Safa also nodded their heads, while Vani was still pondering while staring at the floor.

"But ... Who will be the spy?" vani asked as she glanced at Ken. After that we all fell silent, and simultaneously turned towards Rafleo.

"Um .. aren't you newcomers here? You're the best fit to be spies!" clearly Rafleo while smiling stiffly. I patted my forehead hard enough and sighed.

"The problem is, we've already made trouble. I'm sure they've recognized our faces, too" I said with a resigned look. Rafleo was instantly in shock and just looked at us with a surprised look.

We all fell silent again, no one spoke because everyone was confused as to who should be the spy.

"Um ... actually .. I have a plan for this ..."

TBC.

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