Chapter 13 - Memory Lane

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Keith then reminded himself to wash it later before his face turned serious. He recalled GM's works earlier and one thing stuck out the most. "using that fucking shield for the second time when you know it'll kill you 'here' too!" The word 'here'.

GM did not know Keith had the Cardinal Shield with him but Luminosity did. Even more than that, GM only cared about the irreplaceable suits rather than Keith himself. Keith exhaled softly and pulled out a laptop from his shield's inventory before plugging in the drive that Luminosity had handed him months ago. [3]

"Sorry, GM. I just don't trust you anymore after not giving us any answers." Keith thought. He opened the contents of the drive and found three folders inside and the World Jumpers files, more specifically, the files about Luminosity's team, his message logs, and Forge's last coordinates.

The team files were all locked by a biometric scan, which he didn't have and couldn't just guess. The message logs were all locked behind a set of encrypted codes and needed one passcode. However, the coordinates were really odd as it did not have coordinates at all.

All it had was a link that was not only not accessible due to no internet, but also because the laptop — which came from the GATE universe — does not recognize this link as an existing site. But the link was very familiar to Keith, for it belonged to a very familiar anime.

https://danmachi.fandom.com/wiki/Orario

Orario. The Labyrinth City. The location of the story of Danmachi. Keith grinned. "Perfect. I found us a way out of here." he thought before closing the device and returning the laptop in the shield. His position didn't change so he looked like he was still laying under the blanket and not doing anything.

He then thinks back to the Cyber Virus. Was it the reason his shield was glitching out all that time ever since they came back from Japan each time he logged in?

< One Month Ago >

Akusho, the Imperial Capital's Red Light District. There were thugs and other lowlifes hanging around the area before one of the thugs entered the alley way and the sound of thuds were heard.

Inside one of the grander buildings, which was a brothel, the four heads of the Akusho Crime Lords. The head of the Gonzori Family, the head of the Medusa Family, the head of Paramount Family, and lastly the Bessara Family.

 The head of the Gonzori Family, the head of the Medusa Family, the head of Paramount Family, and lastly the Bessara Family

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"Those mysterious newcomers... They're ignoring us completely." the Gonzori head said. "They ssshowered money on people, but haven't paid us a sssingle coin as protection." said the Medusa crime boss. "What an eyesore." the Paramount crime lord sighed.

"I heard their safe house is filled with money," the head of Bessara family remarked, "I, Lord Bessara, shall teach them Akusho's customs and get paid for it." he declares and stands up, brushing back his hair before walking away.

The three crime lords sighed before turning to the wall where a floating bottle poured a drink. "I'm assuming you three will be taking up my offer then?" the invisible person asked, setting down the bottle of wine and then grabbing the wine glass.

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