Crossing Illusion: Reflection (Book 1) #Wattys2017

Chapter 21: Rush Hour

A young girl with orange twintailed hair were sitting in the canteen, then her phone rang.

"Cristine, can you hear me? This is Fahmir!" A man speak through with tone that alerting the girl, giving hint it was urgent. "Boss? What happened? Is it about those thugs?" She ask.

"Yes, and I just get news that they rig the whole city with explosives!" He raise his voice. Christine had no time to speak again, only reacting by a loud yelling, speaking "Bomb!?" out loud. She attract the attention of the other SPD unit.

Though they all deal and work on the same field, only Mirage unit are on the whole different level than the whole police department. So the one around her are just a normal people. She cough and tried to act normally as she listened to what Fahmir instructed.

"Christine, I want you to use your Inner Voice Phantasm to inform everyone about this. Tell them that I give the official order to all the Mirage unit available in the city to track these bombs!" He increase his volume further. It's a reasonable reason for the man to choose her to do the duty, since her ability are basically a telepathy but in massive range, and with special wavelength that she could tune as her wish. With it, it's possible to only informed the Mirage about this, since Fahmir want to limit the info to prevent unneeded panic.

"Yes Boss!" She shortly answered. "Don't worry, I already get bomb disposal team and anti terrorism squad ready on the field. Now just use your Phantasm to inform all Mirage unit. Make haste!" He end the call.

Fahmir put his phone back as he turn back as he was back to the metropolitan command center. "We'll mobilize everything that we got! Leave those thugs who aim at SPD, and just get these explosives out of the frame!!"

His order replied by everyone on the room.

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Stockverst central, 25th District, 16:23 PM

Civilians could only watch from far, as beyond the blockade, dust and smokes start to coming after the loud crashing sounds.

Ron wield his heavy hammer and smash it to Noir, which blocked by the swords in both hands. The big man jump back as he ready to charge again, while Ian disappear into thin air.

Almerich sense danger, so he unleash a force field in surround and thrown Ian, which turned out already behind him and pointing knives to the target. He landed back, as speak to Almerich. "Nice. Seems you could sense my presence."

Almerich turn to the man and ready his arm. "A Phantasm of invisibility... No, seems a flash teleportation type." He try to analyze the enemy. "That's right. My Phantasm is Phasejump, power to phase into any nearby location instantly in a flash."

After he speak, he disappear again, changing his location back to the bandits. Noir cast even more blade as he smirk. "As expected from Ronald Karsh, a.k.a Ron, leader of Naildogs, the largest criminal group of Wallden." He spew out the identity of his enemy. "However, you're only a thug... I ask again, where you got that Phantasm?"

"Not sure, we don't know his name... After all, a dead man don't need to know that!!" He gather his strength as he charge to them, then jump high while preparing to ram down the ground with his mallet. The two boys evade, the hammer crush the asphalt as it create a wide crack to the road.

As they evade, gunfire heards as it fired out of nowhere. Almerich throw his hand front and create barrier of kinesis energy, causing the bullet to halt as it held by the force.

"Now that's an actual Phantasm to goes invisible.. The user must be a perverted bastard." Noir try to locate the man, and he was sure that its the obese man. There only three Phantasm user in the whole gang.