(✔︎) ❝𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐁𝐔𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐑❞

76 | Goal

*This is the sensitive one

*So, how many of you are gonna drop this book?

- ???, Master's room -

The demoness stood up from her seat, followed by a large puff of smoke in the area. Some of the guards started to scream in pain, while the others started choking. Barbatos went to the middle of the agony, smiling from their torture...

     "How pathetic," she insulted with a mean smile plastered on her face. Some used a repelling spell to prevent them to have the same fate as the others, "Kill her!" She heard Goth order from outside the smoke.

The remaining survivors' sight suddenly went foggy and to their surprise, a lot of Barbatos appeared around them. The fog disappeared, and the sight of a bunch of demonesses frightened the debt collectors. Without any will left, the bunch of Barbatos started to kill each other...

     "What's happening?!" Sherry exclaimed, surprised at the sight of Barbatos's killing each other. "She must've done something!" Clay yelled, running to join to see who was the real one.

     "Clay, wait! Don't leave! You're gonna get into the line of fire!" Sherry called, running to save the hunter. Goth and Hans are too afraid to join, weak-willed in other words, "Take this!" A Barbatos yelled, attacking Clay.

Everyone who leaves the repellant spell of Barbatos turns into her, making them insane. Someone killed Barbatos by chopping her head off with a machete, another killed her with a gun, and another used their magical crystal to kill her, but every time a Barbatos dies in front of them only reveals their true identity...

     "This is so confusing..." A Barbatos murmured before she got by the head. "Damn it! It's not her either!" The Barbatos that killed him yelled.

Hans and Goth watched in horror as the one with the hammer crushed Barbatos's head, after she killed her, it only revealed another guard like before. At this rate, they'll just kill each other until they find the real Barbatos within the bunch...

- Coral Sea, Atlantica Memorial Museum -

Deuce, Yuu, Grim, and Jack managed to take the picture from the museum, which didn't trigger any alarms because it was only a single picture. Well, they kind of fought some mermaid guards inside, sending them to sleep...

     "Ace still isn't done?" Grim asked, peeking at Ace's situation. He's still talking to them, "I'm surprised he can go with a long conversation with someone he just met..." Deuce whispered.

     "If we stayed here, then we'll get caught by some mermaids. Get moving," Yuu hissed at them, pushing them outside the window. "Yeah, we've got what we came for! Let's go," Jack said. He whistled to call for Ace's attention, who seems to hear it.

     Ace smiled at the mermaid guards, "Uh, sorry. I think my parents are worried about me! It's getting late after all!" He told the mermaid guards. The first mermaid sighed, "Well, that's unfortunate. If you're gonna come back, I could give you a little tour inside," he offered.

     The salmon laughed, "That's kinda not allowed, right? But I'll visit you guys if it's open. See ya~!" He bid goodbye. "Come back soon!" They called back, waving goodbye to Ace.

     "To think there's still someone as understanding as that lad."

Ace went near them, asking if they got the picture. Yuu showed it to the salmon-haired, making him inspect it, it's only filled with a bunch of baby mermaids. Jack didn't care about it, while Deuce is gonna throws the picture to Azul's face...

     "Wait, quiet. I think I saw a gist of a large shadow," Yuu covered their mouths. "Ah~! I found him! Hi, little shrimp~!" Floyd appeared, with his brother tailing around behind him, the silly twin waved to them.