Legend of the Immortal

The Brilliant Belle Broker

Cortia City Square.

"Hello? Hello hello! This is N speaking!" The gigantic screens displaying advertisements suddenly switched to a video of a masked figure dressed entirely in white addressing the crowd.

Lucia, Ariana and Sebastian froze as they saw the figure, an ominous feeling encroaching them along with several million other people.

What they didn't know was that this very person was broadcasting to practically every electronic device.

"Ah! Finally! Sorry for the long wait everyone~! My name's N and I proudly proclaim myself as the host of the Brilliant Belle Broker! Ehehehe! I'm also the person that currently has-" The camera panned to Belle, showing her tied up, and barred from speaking by the duct tape.

Sebastian felt his heart race as he stared at the screen, a chilling aura of death surrounded him his mood darkened the more he stared.

"Tch! Stop screaming!" N slapped Belle, causing her to cry out in pain before whimpering in silence.

"Anyway~ Onto the main attraction! So I heard you all wanted to find this little gal beside me! And now, I've given you the chance to! With my brand new game called the Brilliant Belle Broker! The rules are simple people! Just listen up! So I recently started this website called FindBelle! And you can download it on your device right now! Basically, I leave clues there for you to figure them out! But only one person gets to know the true right answer on their device! I won't ruin who but his name rhymes ShitBastian! And if you follow them all correctly, they'll lead you directly to me! But~There's always a catch! Hehehe!" N snapped his fingers, the black room lighting up.

Behind him and Belle were seven people.

"So what we have here right, are seven people I've kidnapped! They represent my timer! And each time a day passes by, pop goes the weasel! Snap! Crackle! Boom! And on the eighth, guess who'll join them~? That's right! My star guest, Miss Belle Trinity and myself! We'll both die together in each other's embrace and you'll never get the satisfaction of knowing who I am or saving Belle! AHAHAHA! That's it from me folks! We'll be in touch soon enough and hopefully a week is enough for you to figure it out! AHAHAHAHA!" The screen turned black and reverted to the commercials again as the entire square turned into mass chaos.

Sebastian was the first to react, whipping out his phone to download the app.

As soon as he entered it, N appeared on screen.

"Ohoho? Hello Sebastian Willows! Welcome to the Brilliant Belle Broker! You currently hold the only device that will receive answers! Of course, you can answer questions anytime but only you will truly know the right answer! So be sure to work hard okay? You don't want little miss Belle dying on you, do you? AHAHAHAHA! And to show I mean it~ Like I said!" The camera panned to a little girl, not even ten.

"Snap!" The lock was released.

"Crackle!" N pointed it to the girl's head.

She was sobbing by now, begging and crying hysterically for him to let her go.

Begging for her parents, her friends and her life.

"And~Boom!" The trigger was pulled.

Blood splattered everywhere as the girl flopped forwards lifelessly.

Sebastian winced.

"Bastard..." Sebastian grounded his teeth.

"W-was that real?" Ariana stammered.