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Chapter 18: Inheritance Arc 2

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But one problem remained – the seventh, elusive, Simon, who could just as easily truly be the lazy-ass his Famiglia made him to be, or a more nefarious mafioso not wanting to be seen by them in order for his cover to remain whole.
Decision made in a moment, she sent a message on the mail system and loudly announced her departure for home, Mukuro and Reborn following her peacefully. A soon as they were far enough, Mukuro was instructed via the team chat to make a illusion of her, while she slipped into the shadows, back toward the gathering – after that, she waited patiently for the Simon to get ready to leave too, and followed them discretely.

She would get a reading on the last Simon today, even if she had to hide in the shadows and stalk them to get to him.

"So, had fun?" a friendly yet slightly mocking voice asked

[Goal complete!+50 000XP
Goal update: Free the Simon's from their mind control before the Inheritance Ceremony: 0/7]
[Level up! You are now Specialty Level 12
+5Agility, +3Luck, +2Charisma
+24SP, +5PP, +10CP]
[Level up! Padfoot is now level 22!
+4Intelligence, +2Strength
+10SP, +4PP, +6CP]

Katou Julie was, at a first glance, as laid-back as the Simon made him seem – wearing, like all the others the Simon black uniform, with the vest open on a yellow shirt barely tucked in and a white fedora. His eyes, hidden behind large-frame glasses, were slanted, and the same brownish red that all the other Simon's sported.

But of course, Kazami didn't rely only on the physical appearance, and her Soul Art was screaming at the wrongness of the feeling emanating from him.
Two souls, scrammed into one body, one bearing the familiar and friendly feeling the Simon's seemed to provoke to all Vongola X, the other dark and twisted, human yet far too old to be alive...

With a thought, she Observed the unnatural being that was still unaware that she was scrutinizing him.

[Katou Julie (possessed)
LV89
Desert Guardian of the Simon Decimo, Julie is a laid back teen who loves his Famiglia, even if it isn't always visible. Like all the Simon members, he didn't inherit one of the seven Flames of the Sky but the nearly extinct Flame of the Earth.]

[Daemon Spade
speLV 32
former Mist Guardian of the Vongola Primo, he is obsessed with the Vongola Famiglia success and deems it too weak in its actual form and refuses to die as long as the Famiglia isn't as strong as it should be in his opinion. He is currently possessing Katou Julie]

Well, like she had expected, they had found the culprit that was messing with the Simon – and while she was happy to have found him, it was troublesome; it meant that as long as they were in his presence, the Vongola X would have to be careful, and that he could remark on when they started to undo his mental tempering on the Simon.
And, more importantly perhaps, they still didn't know why he was trying to make the Simon hate the Vongola...

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"They weren't as bad as I thought they would be..." hesitantly admitted Kozato, the silent teen and the heavy-built one nodding their agreement reluctantly
Kazami was the only one to see the flash of annoyance passing through the possessed man eyes.
After that, the Famiglia chatted idly, talking about the afternoon they spent with them, school and other light topics – Kazami was getting ready to leave when Adelheid, who was acting the part of the group's mother, asked sharply "Is everyone's inheritance still safe?"

A round of nods answered her, and some of the teens reached into their pockets, or around their necks, to put items in evidence – an Observe latter, and she was, once more, surprised...
Those were rings, each specifically attuned to their Flames like the Vongola rings – rings that were supposed to be very rare in the present, and more important, rings that while in their dormant state showed a potential to be as powerful as the Vongola rings; something that should have been impossible considering their statue as part of the Tri-ni-siette. And even more strange, the fact that all seven Simon didn't have the same Flames of Sky as everyone else around them – raising once more new questions...