Hero Jentaka
Chp.31 Two eccentric men

"Xernathan." Sanji arrives after a few minutes of Levin leaving Xernathan still staring at the situation.

"You okay?"

"I'm sorry I was late to see you I had a hard time finding a lot of monsters along the way." Sanji does not stop thinking along the way looking for Xernathan and Theodorus, he found a lot of human corpses are on****** by monsters of various types and various ages.

"Where's Theodorus?" Sanji turned pale thinking Xernathan's silence meant a bad omen for Theodore.

Xernathan did not answer, he took and sheathed Charybdis's sword back and tied it to his back.

Xernathan stood up and began to run in the direction Levin went relying on his kiss as the fog disappeared.

"You sure you can follow their smell? I found a lot of scattered corpses that were bleeding all over the forest"

"Yes but now that I have Theodorus' body odor, I can distinguish it from the fishy smell of blood." Xernathan did not look towards Sanji and continued running.

"Nathan are you okay?" Sanji looked at Xernathan who looked like he was contemplating something from a previous incident. Xernathan told me what happened to Sanji.

"Sanji, why do you think Levin told us to become a great military elite?"

"I didn't see how he killed dozens of trained men in a matter of moments.

But given the events in the hallway and hearing the stories from you I can draw one conclusion that Levin is a very talented person." Sanji explained.

"Through here.." Xernathan follows Theodore's very distinctive body scent.

"Perhaps, Levin judged that we passed his personal selection because he realized the potential for power or something else that was in us."

Hearing Sanji's explanation, Xernathan becomes more able to digest the situation now.

"What are your feelings now Nathan?" Sanji still couldn't read Xernathan's facial expression.

"When he choked my neck, I felt fear. I was very often scared but when I was giggled I felt something strange inside of me.

When she smiled I felt that she was just giving me time to grow into a balanced opponent for her." Xernathan explained his feelings with a flat facial expression.

"Are you scared?"

"Of course not, it was my passion to challenge that person. He deserves to be a military elite. Considering the military elite is a collection of very strange people in my opinion."

"I agree, additionally, I think the military elite is not just a collection of freaks but people full of obsession and a very strong personality characteristic of each of them and their backgrounds." Sanji smiled imagining that none of the military elites he encountered were weak and uncharacteristic.

"Come here, quickly I'm forced to slow down to compensate you. If not, we can be late. Or do you want me to just carry it?" Xernathan teases Sanji.

"Damn you're so arrogant that you can use Qi." Sanji while continuing to run while cursing at the child next to him who was even laughing in anger.

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"It seems we're not late." Sanji could see the people gathered.

Xernathan did not answer Sanji. As soon as the crowd of eyes Xernathan looked in all directions then the boy caught in one direction.

Levin smiled behind his rabbit mask and pointed in one direction.

"Did I faint? I don't remember anything until I get to this place." Theodore looked confused.

"It looks like he's lost his memory of what happened before, we better not tell him what happened." Sanji whispered into Xernathan's ear. Xernathan agreed.

Theodore lost a bit of his memory somehow. Now he does not remember the massacre of dozens of people that Levin did before including his fight against Levin.

"Xernathan, Sanji, Theodorus I don't think you're going to get to this place." Mitsuya smiled towards the three people.

"Mitsuya's.." Sanji and Xernathan simultaneously mentioned the boy's name.

"This Heii Theo is wearing your clothes again" Mitsuya threw a shirt on Theodorus' face which he removed from his haumuru ring.

"You know? I even saw Urino make it to this second stage." Mitsuya.

"Sadly.I'm sure he rigged the exam in order to get this far." Sanji clucked furiously.

The three of them shared stories of how they got to this place.

"Behind me this is an art gallery made emergency by the committee to be the location of the second stage exam." Gatlin's loud voice broke the noise of the people talking and those with difficulty breathing.

Everyone put their faces looking towards the talking Gatlin. Behind the athletic man there is a building made of wood and glass in which is an art studio.

"I hope you don't hold grudges against me because of the trials you passed as well as your comrades who died during the journey" Gatlin apologized to everyone but her facial expression was flat.

"But before I warned you, the serious injuries you received as well as your dead comrades were already at risk and completely outside my responsibility." Gatlin stared at everyone in this place.

"Then I'll let you go"

"May you guys be lucky." Gatlin disappeared in the mist just as Levin's black cherry blossom petals were expanding. The people who saw it were aghast, they had all seen people disappear like that when Levin killed the pirate man.

They don't know if a trick like this can be used to leave without dying.

The crowd began to regain their consciousness after being startled for some time.

The doors of the large building, the art gallery in front of them began to open and one by one they entered the room.

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"Wooii, you've been this a long time." A thick black-bearded old man was sitting on a throne. The man looked younger than his real age. His neat suit and stylish appearance supported his age. An eccentric old man.

"Hey Sanji, do you want to be like this guy when you're old?" Mitsuya whispered seductively to Sanji. Xernathan and Theodorus laughed at that.

"Cihh you want me to hit you?" Sanji felt furious. Although the style of the parents in front of them looks charming and the way the old man talks is also very much he takes care of to make anyone who sees it feel enchanted. But Sanji doesn't feel like being paired with anyone.

"My name is Hoshi I'm a second stage test tester." The old man introduced himself by putting his hands on his chin and elbows attached to his legs sitting cross-legged.

"I'm a student of Mr. Hoshi, I'm also a military elite of my name Angelo." A man wearing another suit has a much younger age than Mr. Hoshi.

The man told everyone in this place that he was the disciple of the old man named Hoshi. It was no wonder why he had the same style and attitude as his teacher. Including many other similarities.

People look at each other. The remaining female participants occasionally blinked their eyes and cast a look as they were too stunned to look at the mods of the two men before them.