- Plan -
All of the regulars were grounded by the High Ranker.
If both Bam and Rak sat on the bed sides', then Charlotte would be lying on the bed next to Khun who did the same thing. For several moments, none of them said anything. Each of them seemed to be busy with their own thoughts until Rak jumped from the bed.
Rak wanted to get on the train. He will get on the train even though he should be fighting against the High Ranker.
"Don't be stupid, do you know who that man is?" Khun asked.
"I don't! And I don't give a shit about that turtle!"
"Ha Jinsung. He's a high ranker from the ancient time who's famous for killing the member of the Ten Great Families" Khun answered. "There is no chance of defeating him no matter how much we attacked him.
I came to learn about him as I looking into FUG thoroughly, and believe me, he isn't just any crazy guy. He even wiped out a whole family because he held grudge with them. If we try to go against him, then he might be our worst enemy.
Thanks to him, we're free. But inversely speaking, we won't have this freedom if we don't listen to him. So him saying something like that.....it means that we shouldn't go. Period."
Charlotte heard every single of his word clearly and looked at the blue haired male. She lifted her body a bit and looked at him right on his blue eyes.
"So my teacher is that amazing" she said to him. "I even angered him plenty of times."
"You......what?"
"I said I have offended him again and again" she repeated her words.
".....How did you even do that?"
"I said some facts and he gets irritated" Charlotte bluntly answered.
".....Then that must not be some facts only" Khun responded. "How did you survive in FUG without anyone cutting your tongue off?"
"Because I have brother" she answered as she lied down again, covering the light from the lamp with her palm. "Brother could protect me. And besides, teacher loves me. He won't kill me easily."
Bam heard his words and glanced at Charlotte for a moment before he looked away. Khun himself did not respond to her words and thought about something else.
Charlotte was unaware of it and paused for a moment before she closed her palm and lowered it. She looked at the blue haired male again, "Don't you have an idea to trick that teacher of mine? If we don't do something, then what about Wangnan and Yeon?"
"Female Black Turtle is right! We can't just abandon the turtles!"
".....Well, we can't fight him anyway" he answered.
"Damn! Stop saying that and think of the ways to beat him! We need to find a way to beat that Candy Turtle!"
".....Are you even listening to me? There is no way to beat him. Do you need a hearing aid or something?"
"Gosh, then what do you want us to do then? You want us to run away, huh? You don't care if those turtles dies?"
"Of course not" he answered.
"What?"
"There is not even a slightest chance that we could beat Jinsung now, but it's not like we can get out of here only by beating him right?" He asked. "The time has come....so let's get moving to the place we must go."
Charlotte smiled widely as she sat down, "You really have thought of a way?"
"Yeah" he answered as he sat down as well. "I have a way.......to bring us to the train."
Ha Jinsung was looking at the view through the window.
The view showed the night and a big cube on the air and illuminated the sky. Outside, there seemed to be some floating ships.
When he felt something, he suddenly said, "The door is opening."
"Teacher, you haven't slept yet!" Charlotte cheerfully said as she walked along with the three others.
"Nox? Viole? Didn't I tell you to get some rest in your rooms?" He asked. "What is it?"
"Teacher.....I'm very sorry but...." Bam apologized before he said with his determined golden eyes, "I have to go to the Hell Train."
"......what........?"
"I'm sorry but...I have to go on the train. There are....people whom I must meet there" Bam said to him.
Ha Jinsung heard his words clearly and couldn't help but to feel dissatisfied. There was also the feeling of slight disappointment inside him when he saw the two of his disciples insisted to defy his words and to go to a dangerous place. He crunched on his lollipop and pulled it out.
"You mean....you are insisting that you'll go on the Hell Train....even if you'll fight me?" He looked at the regulars before he walked to them. "Please tell me that you are joking, Viole, Nox."
As he walked closer and closer, Charlotte couldn't help but to feel more nervous. She held on her fan tightly to calm herself down.
"He's coming this way, Mr. Khun."
"Don't worry, let's just stick to our plan" he said before he began to count. "One....two.....three! RUN!"
When he said the word 'run', the four of them simultaneously turned around and ran away from Ha Jinsung who stopped walking.
"RUN AS FAR AS YOU CAN! WE'RE DEAD MEAT IF CAUGHT!" Khun shouted to his teammates.
Seeing their actions for now, Ha Jinsung couldn't help but to wonder, "What the hell are they up to...? Do they really think that they could go on the train by that?"
Khun told them that he had gotten a message from Altaira that they were waiting for them near the floating ship. He assured them as he said that in the regulars' area, the non- regulars can't use their full power. In fact, by the law, they weren't allowed to be involved.
But it was a big mistake to look down on Ha Jinsung as he suddenly appeared before them. He declared that just by one leg, he could catch all of them.
"Don't be stupid and just give up" Ha Jinsung said again to the others. "Blue hair....being the one from the Ten Great Families, you should know that there's a substantial power between us."
"....Tsk!"
Of course he knew how powerful he was.
Khun looked at Rak, "Crocodile, we need you now!"
Rak arrogantly scoffed, "I know it. You guys are just kids who can't do anything without me, the leader."
But less than three seconds, after he tried to fought with Ha Jinsung, he was caught easily by him and started to yell and scream.
"Gosh, you are a strong little crocodile" Ha Jinsung said while clenching on Rak. He "hugged" him with both of his hands tightly. "I should cook some stamina food with you."
"LET GO, YOU CANDY TURTLE!! LET GO ON THE COUNT OF THREE! ONE TWO....COUGH! COUGH...!"
He can't even shouted anymore. Charlotte didn't know whether she should laugh or cry when she saw Rak's situation.
"Well, now that I got one...three more to go right?" He looked at the three others.
Khun immediately ordered the three others to left first. Charlotte rode on the [Blue Oar] that Bam was using and immediately left with him while Khun, he stayed there to fight with the High Ranker who threw Rak up to the ceiling.
"OOF!"
"So you want to send at least both Viole and Nox away huh?" He looked at the blue haired male. "You should think first who you're dealing with before you mess around. I guess your father didn't educate you properly, kiddo."
"Ah....I'm sorry to disappoint you but I'm an abandoned child so....."
He began to prepare his blue colored lighthouses and then finished his words, "I was never educated."
"Well, well" Ha Jinsung frowned even deeper. "I have a feeling that I'm gonna have to kill another guy from the ten families."
The twins reached the floating ship and met with the others when they were stopped by Ha Jinsung. He tried to convince his disciples to give up their idea about riding the train but the two of them, of course, disagreed.
Now that Charlotte had met again with her teacher, it seemed like both Khun and Rak were defeated already.
"Damn it.....the two of you are quite troublesome, do you know that?" He asked.
"I'm sorry but you have to let your pupils go, mister" another male voice said.
"Who the hell are you?" Ha Jinsung asked.
The one who decided to challenge themselves and wanted to fight against the High Ranker were both Chang and Quaetro.
"Playing with these kids.....are driving me crazy" Ha Jinsung said as he suddenly appeared before the two of them and then sent Chang flying high on the air.
Seeing how Chang was sent flying on the air, Quaetro surrendered. Ha Jinsung immediately moved to the floating ship that the regulars were standing.
"Damn it, he is damn fast!!" both Estrella and Prince said in sync.
"I told you twins to stop" he said to the two of them again. "If I can't convince you with words, I'm gonna use my strength."
"I think you have waited for this moment quite long, teacher" Charlotte said to Ha Jinsung with a smile. But the more she talked, the tighter she held her fan.
"Yeah" Ha Jinsung said. "Finally I could beat you without Viole stopping me."
The floating ship suddenly started the engine and it made Ha Jinsung felt confused. Why would the floating ship depart when he was still in there?
Khun who was defeated touched a strand of his front hair as he began to speak, "Ho....that man. How could he be so strong when he's so damn old?"
There was a flash from his lighthouse.
"So, I....prepared a ticket for a trip so that you can take some rest."
With the lighthouse teleporting the regulars out from the floating ship, Ha Jinsung was left inside. The door was closed and as the floating ship where he was riding began to depart, there was no way for him to leave from the floating ship and stop them anymore.
He had fallen for the regulars' scheme. Their plan was never to leave, but to get rid of him from the beginning.
"Good-bye mister. We never intended on getting out from the beginning. You're the one going out. We're going to the middle area by this floating ship, and will go on the next floor" Khun said to Ha Jinsung who was trapped inside. "Even if he's a high ranker, he won't be able to catch a floating ship on the wrap. And that's why he was standing still until the door was opened. Have a safe trip."
Estrella tapped Charlotte's shoulder and then said, "Hey, remind me to not offend him anymore."
Charlotte smiled when she heard of it, "Are you afraid of him?"
"He is the type of guys who you don't want to take as enemies" Estrella said.
Charlotte smiled even wider when she heard about that. It was reasonable for Estrella to be afraid of Khun since he even had fooled a high ranker.
"Don't worry, he isn't an enemy" Charlotte said to Estrella.
"If he is my enemy then I wouldn't be here talking with you" Estrella said with a smile, of course.
Charlotte walked to Khun who still sat on the ground. She extended her hand and said, "It was a good plan."
"Of course. It's my plan after all."
He held her hand and then with her help, he stood up.
"We don't have much time" Raisin reminded them. "We should be going right now or we'll be late."
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10: 30 p.m.
Station on the Thirty Seventh Floor
Wooden Horse
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"Hey Khun" Boro decided to call Khun by using the pocket. He was waiting for them to show up for who knows how long. "The train will arrive soon. Where the hell are you?"
"A-ah.....sorry, we haven't taken off yet!"
"WHAT?!"
"Thanks to the teacher who adores his pupils so damn much!" he answered with a clear hint of irritation. "We started off a little bit late! So we're now getting on the floating ship heading to the station! We'll hurry as fast as we can!"
"As fast as you can?! The train will arrive at midnight! No matter how much you rush yourselves, you'll never make it on time!"
"We already knew we won't be able to make it on time anyway!" Khun responded while running. "I'll do whatever I can to make us get there! Trust us and wait for a bit longer even if it takes some time! I'm hanging you up now! See you later!"
"Hey! Hey! Khun!"
Boro let out a sigh in stress.
Now that the others won't be able to make it on time then he should be going first with the others. Aka also had arrived with someone else.
He arrived with the famous D- rank regular Sachi Faker.