The Diamond Cult

Hurry up

They rushed through the office building, knowing there was no time to lose.

Cerberus was way ahead of Jade.

"Hurry up!"

"My job is to sit behind a computer all day, I have the endurance of a snail!"

"This is a dangerous situation, we can't lose any fucking time. Why didn't you take the elevator?"

"'Cause I was following ye!"

They reached the meeting hall.

Oligarch shot them a confused look.

"Why are you sweaty?"

"There's no time to lose. What do you know about Styx?"

"Styx..? Haven't heard that in long time. It is government project, right?"

"Yes! What do you know about it?"

"Some of my guys are involved."

"For fucks s-"

"Cerberus let me do the talking."

He sighed and let Jade take over.

"Listen, Oligarch. Some of our assassins are missing. Golden pig and Moonlight specifically. We're suspecting the Styx project to have something to do with it. Could ye give us information about it?"

"You are the hacker, right? Why can't you investigate on your own?"

"The system's down. Please, tell us what we need to know."

"I can't give you government information."

"Oligarch, please. This is important. Azra could be in danger."

"You did not say that."

"Well?"

Oligarch sighed while Cerberus impatiently tapped his foot.

"Okay, it is collaborative project. Every country sent in one or two recruits, all of them are minors. They have all been trained in their respective countries. Basically, it is communal training program for child assassins."

"Oh my fuck."

-

Angel entered the office. He walked over to the information desk.

"Where's Azra?"

"He left two hours ago."

"Where did he go?"

"I don't know. He said he was going to get back Golden pig and Moonlight."

"Get them back?"

"They're missing."

"What the hell? There's a lot going on now, huh?"

"Yeah, why did you need Azra?"

"There were some troubles during my Red Dragon mission."

"Did you finish it?"

"Yes, but I need to discuss some things with him."

"I'm afraid Azra won't be available soon."

"Yeah, I guessed so. Are there any things I could help with?"

"Uh, no. All work is down currently due to the system failure. Until Azra is back and the system works again, we can't do anything."

"Right."

-

"Veno, Xenon I need you to keep an eye on Ares. He's in A24."

"Sir, I don't want to be annoying, but he's supposed to keep an eye on us."

"His brother just returned, he's unstable and I can't have him interrupt."

Xenon froze up while Veno tucked on his arm.

Neville left them alone.

"Do you think he's actually back?"

"I don't know, but it can't mean anything good."

"Do you think he came back to save his assassins?"

"Probably, I wouldn't come back if I got out of here. They must really mean a lot to him."

"I don't know what to think."

"Me neither. Let's go check on Ares."

They stalked over to A24.

They opened the door, expecting an upset Ares behind it.

"Where is he?"