Sacred Killers - Akuma no yoru

Assessment

The next day

[Katoichi] Even though you don't have Koseishi, you still have skill. Next week, after you recover, you'll head back to Monkai. A big assignment is coming up and you'll have to be there.

[Muigetsu] What can we do now? Even with skill, we lost our main source of power.

[Katoichi] It's not gone forever, at least I don't believe it is. You should be able to gain it back but as of now, don't worry about it. You have skill and strength, but you still need to strengthen your body. Your body won't be able to handle any form of power without the proper strength. This week, I want you to focus on recovering and improving your physical attributes so that when you go back to Monkai, you will still strive. Don't let this be a setback to you.

A couple of days later

Kairo and Muigetsu were on their daily jog as usual to improve their stamina. They saw Zeno on their third lap around the premises (3rd mile). They stopped for a second to talk.

[Muigetsu] Oh! Zeno what's up!

[Zeno] *energized* Nothing much. It's nice to see you again.

[Kairo] I see you're walking fine now.

[Zeno] Yeah, I only have minor problems now, just headaches and back pain but other than that I'm fine.

[Muigetsu] You wanna join us in our jog?

[Zeno] Sure. I need to be doing more anyway.

They jogged for a while, then they decided to stop at Zeno's house on the way back and get something to drink. They jogged a total of (30km) today and decided it was time for a break.

Zeno's home

They were sitting at the table, drinking some water.

[Kairo] *heavy breathing* My legs are already hurting.

[Zeno] After that much? I could go for more.

[Muigetsu] Well we would be able to do more but as of right now we're injured.

[Zeno] What happened?

[Kairo] We would say but I would prefer to keep it private as of right now.

[Zeno] That's fine but, you should get better soon. There's something big coming up and I'm sure you two don't really know much do you?

[Muigetsu] We knew there was something big coming up, but we don't know what it is.

[Zeno] Do you guys know about the breaches?

[Kairo] No, I don't think so.

[Zeno] Every year or so, a breach happens at Monkai and the school gets invaded. It happens around the same time every year.

[Muigetsu] Do they know who's responsible?

[Zeno] We think they have ties to Kinoshiba, but we're not a hundred percent sure. As you know, this is the city where all of Kinoshiba's attacks are orchestrated, however, there are evil forces that are paired with him and that oppose them besides us. So, they may not even have any ties with him whatsoever. From what we know, they're trying to eliminate anyone that poses a threat to them and one of the biggest organizations here is Monkai because they teach skills and are able to strengthen younger people here and to them, being able to make people stronger is a bad thing and they don't like it. We face off against them every year, but no attack has been successful yet, but this time we fear they have a bigger force than before.

[Kairo] Any clues to who's on top of all of this besides Kinoshiba?

[Zeno] Not at all. Whoever this is, they aren't dumb even though they pose weird tactics.