39 Your own forces (2/2)

The bodyguards were stupid to think Zuna was alone, and Dante was thankful for it.

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Knock, knock. The door opened almost immediately, revealing a young man who hadn't seemed to have been asleep.

”We've got trouble.” Arius told him.

Asrael stepped outside the room and looked left and right. ”Where is everyone?”

”Zuna and Dante ran into a little bit of a problem on their mission.”

”What happened?” Asrael sighed.

”Zuna got caught, Dante texted me.”

”So now we're going to go and bust her out?” Asrael looked up at Arius expectantly.

”We don't have our bunny onesies, so not exactly.” Arius shook his head.

”Then what are we doing?” Asrael closed the door behind him as he stepped forward.

”I'm hoping you'll agree to use some of your own forces to break in.” Arius smiled, and he was met with Asrael's gaze that seemed to be assessing him.

”Hadn't I already said I was going to step down as leader of Chrysanthemum?” Asrael had yet to actually disband the gang, but he planned on it.

”Fine, then we won't use them.” Arius shrugged.

”No,” Asrael stopped him. ”We can still use them.”

”Then, let's go.” Arius smiled, recognizing the term 'we'. ”Hey, where are they anyway?”

”The old place, probably.” Asrael followed him down the stairs. ”And don't mind the ones that don't like you, it's just something personal they have against you.”

Arius nodded, although he found the sentence odd.