Chapter 72 - Hox

"Sir, you are the most intelligent one among us, worthy of becoming our leader."

Hearing to his praise a grin appeared on the face of the person seated on the sofa. "Hmph!! I don't like flattering, but what you said is true, absolutely true, I am the most intelligent member of this group and being worthy of becoming the leader is not something I have decided, it's the higher-ups and you all people who saw my hidden potential and chose me."

This self praising, narcissist person seated on the sofa was named Charlie Hox a member of the World Domination Black Organisation (WDBO). He was ordered by his higher ups to disturb the peace of the International Cultivation Pair and kidnap the grandson of Hiroki Aizawa. Once they succeed in their mission they could use Aryan as a bargaining chip to fulfill all their demands.

But that's a story of the future, what they were planning to do now was to infiltrate the Floating Arena event and create chaos there. And once everyone gets distracted, they will take the chance to kidnap Aryan.

"Sir, should we depart now?" asked another person from behind. Hox nodded his head to give his approval and stood up from his place. All of them stood in a formation forming a star-like pattern and the person who had asked Hox about departure in the center. 

"Send us to the previously marked coordinates" ordered Hox.

The person standing in the middle chanted some spells and touched the ground with chakra and mental energy concentrated at his palm. The rune drawn on the ground began to glow up and lit the entire room. Hox shouted at all of them and said, "Failure is not an option. We must complete our mission at the price of our life," and Whoosh!!! All of them got transferred to somewhere else. Only the caster of the teleportation arts was left alone in the room.

"Beep, beep, beep…..Beep, beep, beep...." came the ringing sound of the virtual pad. The left alone person took out his virtual pad and answered, "My part of work is done now, let's see what Hox can do. I am returning to the base now," and Whoosh!! 

The room became dark and empty, not a single soul was left there.

Meanwhile, in the Virtual Arena Sam was showering a rain of arrows on Howk while Howk tried to close the distance between them. Since Sam's soul weapon was a bow he was taking advantage of it's long distance attack range and fending away Howk from getting near him.

Watching the fight from the sidelines, thousands of spectators were shouting and cheering for them. Inside the barrier in the VIP area Aryan on Sir Jean's lappy was getting somewhat bored 'Ehh… Isn't it the common strategy, long-range attack user keeps the short-range attack user away from them and the short-range user tries to cover the distance between them, what's so exciting about it such that they are shouting to their throats' Aryan pondered.

Seeing the gloomy face of Aryan, Sir Jean got worried and asked in a soft voice, "Lil Aryan, what happened? You are not interested in this match?"

Aryan heard his question and replied in an empty voice devoid of any fun and excitement, "What's there to enjoy in that? They have been doing that for the last one minute, no matter how I see it's nothing more than a child's play."

"Wahahahah, wahahahah Lil kiddo they are doing some warm-up. They are some of the best two digit ranker, they are taking their time to get ready."

"Nani!! They are just warming up?!!"

"Yes."

"Okay.... Let's see."

Down in the Virtual Arena, the match was getting heated up, earlier Sam was releasing five arrows at once but now it counts increased to ten. All this time Howk was trying to close the distance between them to give him a blow with his disc but fended by the shower of arrows now that it was not a shower anymore rather a downpour he no longer stuck to the ground.

When Sam released the next batch of arrows he ran towards the wall of the cubical virtual arena and stepped on the wall, and to Aryan's surprise, he was walking on the vertical side of the cube-like walking on a plain. Rather than walking it was running to be precise.

Sam tried to aim the next batch of arrows at Howk running just above him on the ceiling but none of them could reach near him. Either all of them were dodged or cut into pieces with the disc on his hand.

Slowly and gradually the pace of the match was catching up to Aryan's expectations, the speed of the battle was getting faster and faster with each passing minute. While they were fighting Aryan noticed one more thing that was not there before. 

The white line design on Howk's disc that was glowing white earlier was now glowing blue, the more he used the more it became blue. Similarly, Sam's bow that had white lining and a white glow earlier was turning green now.

Aryan took another look at them before asking Sir Jean about it, he laughed at Aryan's question and told him about the color change.

According to the information Aryan got from him the new era's soul weapons were completely different from the old era's weapon. In olden times you will fight with your weapon till it broke up then either repair it or throw it away.

But the soul weapon was completely different, the more you fight with them the more they came into sync with you, the color change in them shows the level of sync. Once you achieve the ultimate sync you can utilize hundred percent of its power.

Aryan was extremely shocked by this new information, it took him some minutes to break down the information into pieces and gulp it down.

Meanwhile, somewhere near the floating platform, a group of people knocked down all the security officers and took on their disguise. This group was none other than Hox's group.

"Are we ready now?" Hox asked his subordinates.

"Yes sir, we are ready."

"Hmm… Good."

"Sir I have a doubt," intervened one of his subordinates.

"Ask."

"How will we infiltrate that Floating Arena? That Head of East Sir Jean is there."

"Hmm… Nice question."

"Yes sir."

"You have a point there, how will we infiltrate!!!" 

Hox was sweating buckets over this question, he was the leader of the team true, but being the most intelligent one in the group was a Lil bit overrated statement...…

While he was contemplating what to answer, another of his subordinates came forward and answered, "You fool, how dare you ask a question like that. Haven't you read the plan given to us by Sir Rux?!!"

"Cough, no I think, care to explain me."

"Idiot you are. It is clearly mentioned there at the pre-scheduled time Sam will trigger a powerful attack in the arena above, that will distract that will help in distracting that fool Jean, for some seconds though. And in that time we will pass through the barrier set up by him."

"Oh, I see, so that's the plan." 

All this time Hox was listening to their conversation carefully, he stealthy removed his gloves and made a clockwise gesture with his hand. Space began to twist again, the flow of time-reversed and…... 

"Yes sir, we are ready."

"Hmm… Good."

"Sir, I have a doubt," intervened one of his subordinates.

"Ask."

"How will we infiltrate that Floating Arena? That Head of East Sir Jean is there."

"Hmm… Nice question."

"Yes, sir."

"You have a point there, how will we infiltrate!!! Haven't you read the plan given to us by Sir Rux?!!" asked Hox this time.

"No, I think," answered his subordinate who had asked him the question earlier.

"Sigh…. Let me tell you again, at the pre-scheduled time Sam will trigger a powerful attack in the arena above, that will distract that will help in distracting that fool Jean, for some seconds though. And in that time we will pass through the barrier set up by him."

"Oh, I see, so that was the plan,"

"Yes."

"By the way, care to tell, how did we bring Sam to our side?"

Hox "....."

"Idiot you are," shouted another subordinate of Hox.

"He has been with us since the very beginning, since three years ago."

"Oh…. I see."

Listening to their convo from the sidelines, Hox removed his gloves again and reversed the time again...

"Sir, I have a doubt," intervened one of his subordinates.

"Ask."

"How will we infiltrate that Floating Arena? That Head of East Sir Jean is there."

"Hmm… Nice question."

"Yes, sir."

"You have a point there, how will we infiltrate!!! Haven't you read the plan given to us by Sir Rux?!!" asked Hox this time.

"No, I think," answered his subordinate who had asked him the question earlier.

"Sigh…. Let me tell you again, at the pre-scheduled time Sam will trigger a powerful attack in the arena above, that will distract that will help in distracting that fool, Jean. For some seconds though. And in that time we will pass through the barrier set up by him."

"Oh, I see, so that was the plan,"

"Yes."

"By the way, care to tell, how did we bring Sam to our side?"

"Ahh, you don't know he is been with us from the very beginning, Now without any further delay let's rollout," ordered Hox and went near the Floating Arena.