(The hyped-up SFT vs. VCO collaboration combat event has come to a conclusion, ending as a draw with 4 points for the SFT, and 4 points for the VCO. As everyone leaves the coliseum, the main group, excluding Sai, meets a woman who scarily resembles the late [b]Himeki[/b]. The woman introduces herself as [b]Shiraita[/b], whose resemblance cost her student status coincidentally, at the same academy [b]Himeki[/b] attended. Cat waves bye to [b]Shiraita[/b] as the group walks off.) [b]Cathera:[/b] *turning back around to face [b]Shiraita[/b]* We could definitely meet again. I'm [b]Cathera[/b]. *[b]Shiraita[/b] blankly watches the group walk off. Speaking of, the group then spots [b]Kizani[/b], hurriedly looking around for Sai.* [b]Kavita:[/b] [b]Kizani[/b]! How'd you like the event? [b]Kizani:[/b] Would've been better if your *pointing to Aino* killer twin brother wasn't there. [b]Ainotias:[/b] *noticeably keeping her anger repressed* Um...it'd be a different Sai, military woman. [b]Kyokia:[/b] *to [b]Kizani[/b]* Where'd you see Sai take off? [b]Kizani:[/b] Lost him when I stepped outside the coliseum. [b]Sakiro:[/b] I think he could be aware that you're tracking him. [b]Kizani:[/b] Well, he knows he's a target of a high value. I won't let him get away. *Rose, alongside her mother and a few of her personal bodyguards approach the group.* [b]Rose:[/b] Hello, y'all. That final match got you tensed as well? [b]Vandren:[/b] I think [b]Sephinon[/b] held back too much. I sort of heard something Roman said to him; something about us being too soft and that it's not a VCO fight if one or both fighters aren't nearly dead. [b]Casaphne:[/b] You're saying [b]Sephinon[/b] should've went the VCO way of fighting? Yeah I agree, Roman would've loved it anyway, probably tempts him. [b]Esadius:[/b] *low chuckle* OR, Roman adapted to [b]Sephinon[/b]'s incarnation too quickly. The amount of achievements he has in his VCO career are nothing to scoff at. [b]Rose:[/b] With what Roman said, you think he's trying to control some of [b]Saitranovia[/b] rather than...I don't know, turning it into a wasteland? [b]Kavita:[/b] Probably. Maybe he sees some use in this mainland. [b]Kizani:[/b] That is if Saitonia doesn't take over first. [b]Crysine:[/b] *approaching Kav* I don't think I got to see you up close. [b]Emeliss[/b] told me a little bit about her rivalry with you years back. I'm glad it was a more of a frenemy level rather than bad blood. [b]Kavita:[/b] Yeahh...*scratching her head* I was probably too judgemental. [b]Rose:[/b] *elegant laugh* Well Kav, we're taking off. Let's hope this Roman doesn't try to take over our throne, shall we? *Rose waves as she walks off, followed by her mother and the bodyguards.* ____________________ [b][u]*Cliche--blam!- opening theme plays*[/u][/b] ____________________ (SIU HQ, in solitary confinement, [b]Crisha[/b] walks over to pick up the tablet now that the combat event is concluded.) [b]Crisha:[/b] You saw everything, did you, [b]Kaxixi[/b]? [b]Kaxixi:[/b] *slowly nodding, then answers in a hostile manner* He...Roman, will have to try. Heh, SIU does have a very...dark...side. You could put use to it. [b]Crisha:[/b] *scoffs* We're not like that anymore. SIU has been seen negatively for a long time. If anything, we should be more concerned with [b]CYOKONA[/b]. *walks off* ___________________ (At [b]Severaes'[/b] and his crew's secret sanctuary, a knock is heard at the door, alerting the 4.) [b]Quivaro:[/b] The hell? [b]Katchikiya:[/b] *turning to [b]Severaes[/b]*...You think that could be...[b]Krojiak[/b]? [b]Severaes:[/b] We'll see. *Sev goes for the door, but [b]Quivaro[/b] beats him to it. Approaching the door carefully, he slowly opens it, a male figure of [b]Euphyarian[/b] descent standing even taller than him appears, and by the looks of everyone else, this man must be [b]Krojiak[/b]. Mid-length, swept back spiky black hair with dark blue tints, with a bang over the left side of his face. Black, visor glasses with a white glow. A cyberpunk, dark blue leather trench coat, with a smaller, black jacket underneath. Black pants with dark gray patches and long, black combat boots nearly going to his knees, with dark blue accents and a unique combat karambit knife fusion on his right boot. The knife long, hooked, light blue blade, and a black hilt, suitable for utility and survival as well.* *[b]Krojiak[/b], keeping a brooding scowl on his face, ignores [b]Quivaro[/b], walking right past him and towards Sev.* [b]Tomakoda:[/b] Well I'm sure he's the only one who knows of this hideout. He's been here numerous times. [b]Krojiak:[/b] Now I got a few things fuming me right now. Apart from that [b]Vaisallian[/b] egomaniacal ruler inserting himself into that combat event, there's word of this "Saitonia" coming to this timeline to rule our mainland. [b]Severaes:[/b] We're investigating the same thing. As of now, I'm unsure of how we're approaching this Saitonia case. [b]Krojiak:[/b] *taking out his signature combat karambit knife* We go to whatever future year he's held up in and kill him. [b]Katchikiya:[/b] You don't think you're jumping to conclusions, [b]Krojiak[/b]? As far as we know, there are different Saitonias. [b]Tomakoda:[/b] I will say, [b]Krojiak[/b], is that you have the same idea as me, but yeah, you have to be prudent. One of him could be good, and the other that, let's say, should be eliminated, he could have backup, and surely, the universal, omniversal-level allies. [b]Krojiak:[/b] *replies to Toma* Yeah...perhaps. [b]Quivaro:[/b] Maybe finding this Saitonia first should be the priority. Do we even know what he looks like? [b]Katchikiya:[/b] All I know is that he's an [b]eraser[/b]. [b]Tomakoda:[/b] This "Saitonia" could be aware that he's a bit of a prime target. [b]Katchikiya:[/b] I guess we'll rely on some luck and he might come across us. [b]Severaes:[/b] Can't guarantee that, Katchi. Luck really isn't in our favor, remembering that we asked those 2 women on his whereabouts, and even they had no clue. [b]Krojiak:[/b] You didn't think they could be lying? [b]Severaes:[/b] Didn't really think of it at the time. Not everyone will know him personally. [b]Quivaro:[/b] We gonna do a little interrogating if we do find him? [b]Severaes:[/b] *pauses for a few seconds before answering* Maybe... ____________________ [b][u][FLASHBACK][/u][/b] (2 days ago, at a dock far down south [b]Sakrisen[/b], 2 fishermen are casually fishing using harpoon rifles.) [b]Fisherman 1:[/b] *taller, Caucasian-[b]Terranovian[/b], in a thick, gray coat and baggy, red pants* You remember that unsolved murder case from 2010? [b]Fisherman 2:[/b] *shorter, Hispanic/Latino-[b]Terranovian[/b], wearing a small, dark green jacket over straight, brown pants* Oh yeah. During the feud with us and [b]Vaisallon[/b], some woman was killed, and while she was recovered, most of the DNA of her assailant is on her missing right arm. Forensics had enough to determine that it was a [b]Vaisallian[/b] who did it, but even til now, they can't narrow down a specific suspect. [b]Fisherman 1:[/b] Yep. It's speculated her right arm is somewhere in these oceans. Hopefully someone comes across it. *Fisherman 1 shoots a harpoon into the water, and while he can tell that he has caught onto something, it feels unexpectedly light, so easily, he reels it up, and to a surprise, is the missing right arm of the slain woman. It's light brown with an orange undertone to it. The 2 fishermen are absolutely shocked, Fisherman 2 dials 1100.* ________________ (A lengthy process occurs, with the arm being transported to a [b]Vaisallian[/b] forensics lab, accompanied by 4 [b]Saitranovian[/b] forensic scientists. As the [b]Vaisallian[/b] forensics scientists scan the DNA, they have finally found the suspect in the database.) [b]Saitranovia Forensic Scientist 1:[/b] We've got him. [b]Saitranovia Forensic Scientist 2:[/b] He's probably on the card this upcoming collaboration event. *to the [b]Vaisallian[/b] forensic scientists in Greek* (Thank you. Don't worry about it, we'll take it from here.) [b][u][FLASHBACK OVER][/u][/b] ____________________ (Present Day, back at the coliseum. Inside the hangar, the VCO combatants are beginning to depart [b]Saitranovia[/b]. Squads of police, armed with various weaponry and gadgets watch the combatants board the airship until they spot the suspected combatant, with 1 officer pointing to the combatant, then looking at the other officer for reassurance, and the other officer nods. The squad of police officers walk up to none other than [b]Ethedro[/b], with one officer tapping his shoulder and commanding him to step aside.) [b]Ethedro:[/b] *in Greek* (What? What do you want? What did I do?) [b]Police Officer 1:[/b] You have been rendered arrested in connection to the 2010 murder of [b]Rithia Canaro[/b]. *The Gladiatorial King Roman is witnessing the arrest, approaching closer, looking on as the officers wrap [b]Ethedro[/b]'s arms in a glowing blue wire, attaching an energy-depleting disc to his chest* [b]Roman:[/b] Arrested? For a 2010 murder?! *to [b]Ethedro[/b], explaining his arrest in Greek* (They found out you killed a [b]Saitranovian[/b] woman back in 2010, and so did I. You hid this for so long?) [b]Ethedro:[/b] *in a clear state of nervousness* (I-I-I-I-I didn't think they would find out. Gladiatorial King, forgive me.) [b]Grandmaster Riuno:[/b] Gladiatorial King Roman, please do not interfere. We are on [b]Saitranovian[/b] lands, where [b]Ethedro[/b] committed a crime, and as such, he is to be punished here. [b]Roman:[/b] Tch..damnit. *to [b]Ethedro[/b], in Greek* ([b]Ethedro[/b], if this were [b]Vaisallon[/b] Regions, your punishment would be lighter, but Grandmaster is right; you unfortunately have to face the consequences on this mainland.) [b][i]*Continuing Below*[/i][/b]