Playing With Other Supernaturals-Chapter 1399 The Return of the Thieving Group

It didn't take long for Kisuke to find out where he was. 'Is this a coincidence?'

[Probably not,] Tiamat answered him. [Kuoh Town has always been the center of activity, so you were probably pulled to this place too.]

[Great. It'll be convenient for us,] Benihime also added. [But you have to get yourself back together first.]

Kisuke was currently resting under the canopy of a big tree that he found while effectively naked. However, he couldn't afford to conjure any clothing right now as he was focusing all of his energy on getting his body back in working order, and after midnight, he was able to regenerate his leg and eye while also closing all of his major wounds. 'It's Kuoh Town, home of the Red Dragon... But there's a problem.'

[What is it?] Benihime curiously asked.

'It's too safe here! How am I supposed to make any money?!' Since Kisuke literally had nothing on him, not even an identity, it was going to be hard for him to settle down, so earning money or other valuable resources is his top priority right now.

Benihime and Tiamat became silent before the latter asked, [Out of curiosity, what would you do to earn money if this area wasn't safe?]

'Mug people, of course!'

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In hindsight, that's a really good method to gather as much money as possible without leaving too much of a trace if done carefully with the right targets.

[Want to give us bodies and become the greatest and most mysterious thief out there?] Benihime proposed after chuckling a little.

Tiamat was speechless and asked, [I'm included too?]

[Why not? I promise you it'll be fun.]

Kisuke, meanwhile, didn't know if he just made the right decision as even if he took it back, Benihime would probably scream in his head non-stop for backing down. 'Oh well, stirring the pot is also a good way to gauge everyone's ability from afar. And maybe I'll be able to pull in interesting characters.'

. . .

Three months after the puzzling space rupture that left debris of the known sturdiest metal in the universe, Kurenai was having lunch with two of his siblings in a fairly exclusive café called Café CxC, located in Kuoh Town's shopping district.

"Zen, I heard you challenged a swordmaster again. Who was it?" Kurenai asked his little brother while stirring his cup of coffee.

Zen, a handsome young man with short and shiny blue hair and light brown eyes, took the last bite of his sandwich before answering, "His name's Karam... mmph... from a planet called Tirba or somethin'..." However, he immediately stopped when he suddenly felt a threatening aura beside him, "!?"

After carefully swallowing his food, he continued, "He's pretty good."

The one who released the threatening aura was a beautiful young woman with long blonde hair and green eyes. She gracefully wiped her mouth with a napkin before softly speaking with a voice full of warmth, "You don't sound very thrilled."

"...To be honest, it was a bit disappointing." Zen sighed.

The woman brightly smiled at him and said, "Then how about a spar with me~?"

Zen was about to drink his water when he suddenly froze and started shuddering. With fear in his eyes, he turned towards the saint-like lady to his side and became defensive, "Airi-neesan... The last time I agreed to that, I had to rest in the medical bay for three whole days. Please spare me."

The woman named Airi had an embarrassed expression. "I wasn't able to properly hold back. I promise it won't happen again."

"No!"

Zen and Airi then started bickering, with Kurenai in the background just taking out his phone to read the news. They were siblings, but these days, it's hard for them to see each other, so when they found out that they were in the area, they decided to meet and have some lunch while catching up.

Airi kept trying to convince Zen to have a spar with her, and the latter was about to run away, but he was saved when additional food came to their table. "Here's your Gigantic Strawberry Sundae Deluxe."

Zen sighed in relief and moved his chair closer to Kurenai, while Airi finally lost interest in him and looked towards the absolutely enormous ice cream dessert with shining eyes. "Thank you, Isa-chan~!"

The waitress, who had dark brown hair and light blue eyes, brought the exaggerated dessert and also smiled at her. "Tell me if that one is not enough. I'll whip up another one."

Isa then turned to the other two and greeted them. "It has been a while, Kurenai-kun, Zen-kun."

"Thank you for saving me, Isa. I owe you my life," Zen immediately replied with a worshipping look.

"Geez, stop exaggerating!" Although Isa said that, she also believed that she just saved his ass from being handed to him once again. "By the way, it's pretty rare for the three of you to gather. Aren't you guys busy? Being high-ranking officers of the United Armies and all."

Kurenai also put down his phone and answered, "Something came up, so I became a bit free. I guess that's also the same for these two. How's the town?"

Since she's also quite free, Isa decided to chat a bit. "The same as always. There are some suspicious people that would sometimes prowl around, but they're a bit common these days after the baseless rumor of your dad leaving some powerful treasure or artifact in the town."

"What? Those idiots haven't stopped?" Zen was surprised. Their father is indeed very famous, to the point that there's a religion that worships him, but he didn't think such an obviously baseless rumor could attract people. "Why would Dad or anyone leave something like that?"

Isa shrugged her shoulders. "It's hard to predict the minds of these deviants. There are even cases where some of them would break into various high-security facilities to try their luck. Of course, all of it ended with just an attempt."

Zen was almost speechless. "Predict? They're insane. Don't bother."

Meanwhile, Kurenai only smiled a little, finding this a bit amusing. "Speaking of breaking in, have you heard of the case of the mysterious thief group?"

"Mysterious thief group?" Zen repeated, and Airi also started paying attention because Kurenai mentioned it.

"Do you mean that thief group that primarily targets gangs and other criminal associations throughout Japan? I'm closely following their activity!"

"I only heard about them from someone else, but it looks like they are more interesting than I thought. Could you tell us more about it?"

"Sure. They appeared more than two months ago as a group of three, one man and two women..." Isa then proceeded to tell them what she had gathered while scouring many different sources.

The thief group is composed of one man and two women, and their most notable feature is their sleek black helmets that block perception-type abilities, allowing them to effectively hide their faces and voices. They would attack gangs and criminal organizations before robbing them blind of everything that has monetary value and could be carried. This happens almost every day, and they don't discriminate when it comes to organization sizes.

Around a month ago, they finally gathered enough notoriety that all of these groups, big and small, put a bounty on them on the darknet. However, nobody could touch them, and they still continued destroying these organizations despite them going hard at them whenever they were spotted and even going as far as hiring high-ranking rogue Magicians.

"A week ago, however, the thief group suddenly changed how they do things and started announcing their next target before hitting them."

"...Why though? And while it sounds great that they're attacking these unsavory people, isn't what they are doing overall bad for the people?" Airi curiously asked.

But Isa could only shrug her shoulders. "Who knows? They're probably getting bored and seeking more of a challenge. And yes, you're correct. What they're ultimately doing is leaving a power vacuum behind that other unsavory people will rush to fill, which often spills out to innocent civilians. Because of this, the government also started looking into them more seriously and might even request the assistance of the United Armies."

At this moment, Isa's phone started vibrating inside her apron, and she immediately pulled it out to take a look. "Speaking of the devil, they just announced their next target. Want to go take a look?"