The Magician of Sound

The morning came and the plane landed on the ground safely.

Because they would be greeted by someone from the government, Kai and the others let the other passengers leave first until they were the last people in the plane other than the pilots and flight attendants.

"Let's go." Kai smiled as he looked at his group.

They nodded and followed Kai from behind.

After thanking the flight attendants and the pilots, he left the airplane and found three people waiting for them at the end of the corridor.

The leader seemed to be a male with big round glasses, followed by two women with fierce eyes. They seemed to be his bodyguards or something.

Kai looked at this black-haired man and nodded at him from afar.

When he arrived, the man stretched his hand for a handshake.

"Nice to meet you, I am Hanashita Koda from the ministry of defense."

"Kai Carter." Kai nodded and shook his hand.

Suddenly, Sofia felt displeased, especially after looking at the two women behind Hanashita. They were staring at Kai with a face of doubt as if he was just a decoration for the US Base.

"No wonder that Kai Carter left United Asia. Even the weak Government can look at the hero of the US Base with contempt. That is something hilarious. If he were to be born in my EU Base, he might not leave the base because we treated him dearly." Sofia snorted.

Obviously, her words pierced the two hearts as they turned to Sofia.

"What? You people are still using the basic equipment to test someone's potential instead of their growth. That's why he has no attachment to the base." Sofia shrugged.

"Sofia." Kai sighed. "That's enough. We are here just to enjoy our vacation, not to spite." Kai narrowed his eyes.

Sofia pouted and stepped back. Nonetheless, all the people who came here thought the same thing as Sofia. Tasha and Ayaka still remembered how the government couldn't even protect their talents, especially Tasha, who was regarded as a Rank S Magician.

After stopping Sofia, he smiled as if nothing happened. "I would like to apologize for her behavior."

"No, no. We are the ones who need to apologize for being rude." Hanashita shook his head helplessly. "I have been instructed to guide you around United Asia."

"I think there is no need for that. It's only been two years since I left this place. I still remember the place here."

"Unfortunately, the Government needs to ensure the safety of an important person from the US Base."

"I still don't believe you. After all, there was no way my teacher, Ria Ross, could go around this base without any guide or whatsoever in the past." Kai narrowed his eyes before releasing a bit of his killing intent. "What are you planning?"

The moment they sensed the killing intent, the two behind Hanashita quickly jumped out, trying to protect him, but Ayaka and Michelle were already behind these two with their fingers on their necks.

Hanashita, on the other hand, remained calm and said with an innocent face. "I have no plan. My task is to guide you to wherever you want in United Asia. That's all." 

Kai couldn't believe him easily, considering the current situation of United Asia. There was a possibility of him being the spy that the Katsuragi Family planted in the Government to monitor him. Hence, he preferred to move alone without any force coming to him.

"I just want to warn you that it's better to stay away from me."

"You—" The woman behind Hinoshita wanted to rebuke him, but Michelle pressed her neck as if telling her to shut up.

"You're arrogant!" However, the kindness to the people of her hometown still remained in Ayaka's heart as she only stopped her movement while letting her talk. But she soon regretted that idea after hearing what she said. She chose to press her neck too like Michelle did.

"Arrogant, huh. I am not arrogant. Instead, I simply can't trust the "Government" who couldn't even do anything in the past, saying that they wanted to become my guide?" Kai snorted.

Hanashita closed his eyes for a second before raising both hands. "I understand. I shall report this to my superior. Stopping you here will be detrimental for both of us, so I will let my superior decide what we need to do."

"Good." Kai nodded and waved his hand, asking Ayaka and Michelle to stop.

The two then finally released their necks and returned to Kai's side.

Knowing that it was useless to persuade him, Hanashita decided to return.

"I won't know what will be the decision of the higher up, so please bear that in mind," Hanashita said before leaving with his two bodyguards.

Kai watched them left before sighing.

"What are we going to do?"

"Let's check out first. We will use Teleportation Magic to get away from their eyes."

"Alright."

The group then moved to the counter to register their name while changing their money. After that, Tasha teleported them to a random location.

Kai looked around and found that they were a bit farther from the city since they didn't even step on the asphalt.

Listening to their surroundings, Kai assured them. "It's good now. No one is close to us."

"So, what is your plan? You haven't told us." Michelle asked.

Kai took out a document containing the summary of Haruko's information.

"According to the report, Sakura…Haruko was last spotted near Ibaraki in Kanto Region, but the specific location was near Tohoku Region, specifically Fukushima. I am planning to go there first."

"At the very least, we know where we need to start the search, so it's good." Michelle nodded, feeling assured that she didn't need to search from the south to the north.

"Yeah. After two weeks, the Yajima Family disappeared completely. Of course, only those who were considered to be the core of the family were missing, so we could safely assume that someone was helping the Yajima Family for this."

"Do you mean that either the Government or the South Family help them? I believe that the only one who could do this was the South Family because if the Government were capable of doing something at this level, it would just make things worse." Sofia narrowed her eyes. "I mean, they could save you but chose not to. I couldn't forgive them because they were unqualified to be considered a Government.

"Yeah, I know how you feel." Michelle nodded in agreement.

"But you need to consider the fact that United Asia has almost all Asia nationalities inside and their populations are not small. Hence, they are ruling in their own territory, making the Government look useless." Ayaka corrected them, not to defend the government, but just to make sure they didn't have a misconception.

"I know. In fact, this is why the Government should have become stronger than ever. After all, if they have the power to govern all those families, they might surpass both US Base and EU Base in terms of development," said Sofia as if telling Ayaka that she knew it all.

"As much as I hate to admit it, it's true. The varieties give strength to the entire base, albeit it's not properly controlled, so the base's development is delayed to this extent." Michelle nodded in agreement.

"Well, that's their fault." Ayaka shrugged. "They let those families snatch the talented people. If people like Kai can be absorbed into the Government, they will become the strongest influence in this entire base after one hundred years or so and no one could shake their influence just like our government."

"That's it. That's why I don't really like United Asia. Although I wish I could meet Kai in United Asia, not US Base, because I can snatch him easily." Sofia let out a long sigh. "Though, I don't have that intention anymore."

"I almost beat you." Michelle smirked.

Tasha thought for a moment. "By the way, are we going to avoid all the other influences?"

"Yes. I will consider them enemies until proven otherwise." Kai nodded with a serious expression.

"In that case, we will shake them off continuously without thinking about the media's opinion."

"After finding them, where are we going to hold the vacation by the way?" Evan asked, completely off topic.

"Haha…" Kai laughed. "I don't have a plan for that. You can search on the internet. Ask yourself if you are going to honeymoon in this base, where do you think you will go?"

"What? You don't have a plan for that…" Evan looked at him with a weird expression, wanting to hit him right at this instant.

"Pfft. Don't worry. We will search for a perfect place for our holiday." Isabelle laughed and patted Evan's shoulder as if telling him it was fine.

"Anyway, let's go now. We can discuss other things later." Kai decided to end the conversation and looked at Tasha.

"Alright." Tasha nodded and clapped her hand, summoning the Teleportation Magic Circle.

From the airport, they needed around a couple of Teleportation Magic to reach Ibaraki. As soon as they arrived, Kai realized that they were in the forest, surrounded by trees.

But to his surprise, no noises could be heard from this forest until at one point, he heard one behind him.

Suddenly, Kai heard someone's footsteps behind them and quickly took a look as he never thought someone could get behind him without being picked up by his ears. The others followed his line of sight and found someone approaching them.

However, what made them surprised was Kai's reaction. He pointed his finger at that person and stuttered. "You… You… You are…" 

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