DEMON HUNT

Chapter 8:Ocean eyes II

By noon, news had reached all hunters through the D-pad, that a certain organization claimed to be responsible for the Iceberg town's massacre. The organization which called itself "ocean eyes", consists of several demons. This came as a surprise to DDI, as the demons previously never displayed such social behaviour.
Mario is training and his constant swinging eventually wakes Mari up. Mari sluggishly gets out of bed to complain.

Mari: Excuse me, but someone is trying to sleep, and by the way, have you seen my lollipops? I couldn't find them in my dream realm or in reality.

Mario: It's noon, and I don't care.

Mari: So? I wouldn't need to be sleeping right now, if a certain someone didn't force me into a duel. Speaking of duel, how did you dodge the lightning bolt I threw at you?

Mario: I didn't. You just missed. No surprises there, seeing how much all bark and and no bite you are. Is something wrong?

Mari: No. Everything is just fine.

Mari fakes a smile.

Mario: So, when are we going to go after that ocean eyes group?

Mari: Go after? Pump the brakes right there. We are not going after some group which openly took responsibility for the massacre of an entire town. The information is probably being taken down at the moment. It will be downplayed as a prank or something.

Mario: You guys can do that?

Mari: Of course. We can't let the public find out about these stuff. At the moment, we'll probably be forbidden from investigating the issue or trying to contact the organization without receiving orders to do so.

Mario: What you're saying is that we can't go after them?

Mari: Precisely.

Mario: You all disgust me. How many people have died because of policies like this?

Mari: You may not like it, but we are humans too. We get tired, demoralized, hurt, and killed. It's decisions like this that make us remain the hunters.

Mario: So, you're just gonna sit around all day with your legs crossed?

Mari: Well, I did say we were forbidden, but I never said I was going to obey.

Mari smirks.

Mario: Are you saying what I think you are?

Mari: Get some rest. We'll be at Iceberg town, come nightfall. I need to check out something.

Mario becomes excited

Mario: I knew you'd make the right decision. Open the kitchen cabinet, and you'll find a bunch of lollipops which I definitely did not hide up there.

Mari: Lollipop kidnappers like you do not deserve to live.

Mario: I wonder how you're still healthy, given the amount of lollipops you consume on a daily basis. That aside, what does this D-pad do anyway? Can I call Toro with it?

Mari: You can't call anyone with that, for pretty obvious reasons. Only captains can use such features. The D-pad is already a major blow to our personal safety as things stand. Only the owner can use it, but in a situation whereby the owner is being forced to use it by the enemy, we just have to count on the oath we all took.

Mario: No sacrifice is too great for peace, huh.

Mari: Well, if there's nothing else to say, I'd love to go back to sleep, and please do not disturb me with your swinging.

Mario: How dare you undermine my training.

Mari: I'm sorry, but training without results is kind of a waste of time and resources.