"What's happening?" inquired Sigils as the group gathered, their faces reflecting confusion.
Mitzefy, spotting them, extended greetings before delving into the uniform crisis. "Hey, Regulars, Jerome, and, uh, Henry! We're panicking because our uniforms look..."
"HIDEOUS!" Kate interjected, finishing Mitzefy's sentence with vehemence.
"How bad could it be?" Nico questioned, regretting it instantly as Kate presented a similar uniform to the Regulars, featuring an unbuttoned chest area and a short pleated skirt.
"That's your uniform? That guy's a pervert!" Biffle exclaimed, collapsing, prompting Nico to catch him. This time, Nico groaned, tossing Biffle into a trash bin, eliciting an irritated "HEY!" from Biffle.
"Where's the uniform guy?" Henwy demanded. "I'm gonna burn that uniform."
"But you can't burn the uniform; it's fire-resistant!" Jerome reminded.
"He'll find a way," Slogo remarked.
After Kate located the uniform maker, Henwy, Kate, and Slogo embarked on a trip to the night market. Henwy confronted the man, questioning the design choices, and, with soulful fire, burned the offensive uniforms.
"How did you do that?!" the man cried.
"With rage, my friend," Henwy replied, clenching his fist and warning, "Now, make a normal uniform with no chest area unbuttoned and an appropriate knee-length skirt, or face consequences." Henwy's ominous threat lingered as they walked away.
Returning, they found a satisfactory normal uniform waiting. It was like Henwy said. It was the normal black gakuran jacket, a white belt, and a knee length skirt with hidden compartments.
Mitzefy, pleased, sat down to share her uniform grievances with the Regulars.
"How's the uniform, Mitz?" Kate inquired.
"Better than ever!" Mitzefy exclaimed. Nico was curious about Kate's request, and she clarified, "I wouldn't say request... I would say... demanded."
"What do you mean by demanded?" Sigils asked.
Kate recounted the fiery encounter and Henwy's intimidating stance, earning respect from her friends.
"Geez, gives me the vibes where he just appear out of nowhere to uppercut all of us when we mess him at the wrong time." Biffle replied.
"Also, while you were gone, SSundee made a cloak for you!" Mitzefy said, presenting a lavender cloak with floral designs. "According to him, he wanted to give you and Henwy a cloak of their own when he thought about uniforms, so he made one just for you!"
"What a kind hearted guy." Kate replied. "How does Henwy's cloak look like?" Slogo asked, his curiosity piqued.
"It's just mixed with random colours. Red, yellow, blue and green. And if i have to be honest, it's pretty ugly." Sigils admitted, but then gaining a slap from SSundee who was eavesdropping the part where they mentioned about their cloaks. "How mean of you." SSundee replied, aiming a sledgehammer at Sigils, and he dismissed his rant.
"I worked hard just for that, and that's what you have to say?" SSundee protested, confronting Sigils about his criticism.
"I'm sure Henwy wouldn't agree your statement. He'd love it." SSundee replied.
"Oh I sure do!" A voice said from behind SSundee. A hand landed on Ssundee and he turned around to see Henwy with a smile on his face. "Hey, Henwy!" SSundee greeted. "Where we you just now?" He asked.
"I was talking to Zud, it's been a long time since we talked." Henwy replied. "What's up?"
SSundee presented the cloak Sigils called ugly, and asked, "I wanted to give you this, but you died, so I couldn't give this to you. It's made by me, and I made it only for high ranked assassins. Do you like it?"
Henwy examined the cloak and replied, "Well, I love it a lot! Too bad I can't wear it, but maybe when I'm reborn, then I can wear it!"
"Sigils didn't like its because he doesn't have any taste in fashion." Henwy joked, earning an irritated "HEY!" From Sigils.
By the way, it's getting late, I think all of you should be sleeping now." Henwy suggested.
"Yeah, don't you dare research, I'll kill you if you do." SSundee replied.
"We don't even have anything to research!" Sigils said defiantly.
As they walked into their rooms and shut the door, SSundee requests to talk to both Henwy and Slogo.
"So, what do you want to talk about?" Henwy asked.
"Well, I've heard that Fox pretended to be weak so that Jerome and Kate could kill him easily... has he told the serial killers about our plan?" SSundee asked.
Henwy assured him that Fox's voice and hearing had been removed to prevent any betrayal. However, he hinted at a potential face-to-face encounter with the mysterious Shadowcaster, disclosing a plan in motion about a month later.
"But I don't even know who the Shadowcaster is. Every assassin kept his identity a secret to prevent me from knowing. But I don't understand why," SSundee lamented.
"It's for your own good, SSundee," Slogo replied cryptically.
"Is his identity shocking?" SSundee pressed.
"Yes. Really shocking, and you will regret asking for his identity," Henwy ominously concluded, leaving the question of secrecy lingering in the air.
What's so special about the Shadowcaster's identity?
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Assassins and Angels
Adventure(Cover by me!) There lived assassins and serial killers who were nemesis's. As lives were lost, discoveries unfold, and shocking truths get revealed, the assassins realised it took more than just blood, sweat, and tears to face all this revelations...
