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"With this, you're now part of Scepter4. However, due to an unknown reason you are unable to use blue aura. Inconvenient, indeed. Are you okay with such condition?"

"That's perfectly fine. As long as I'm in Scepter4."

"Well then, shall we begin?" he pushed his glasses up and smirked devilishly.

Blue Uniform

"Ryuji-kun, is there something that is bothering you?"

A crimson haired girl was walking beside Reishi nervously. She kept patting and stroking her new custom uniform of Scepter4 while observing it.

"Uh, no, Sir. I'm just –"

"Are you dissatisfied with your custom-made uniform?"

"NO! U-uh, I mean no, Sir. I really like it." She softly stroked her skirt and mumbled, "I love it.."

Reishi stared at her uniform that was comprised of a body-con dress covered with a short-sleeved custom-made Scepter4 coat in which the tail was divided into two separated tails, an over-knee boots with thigh-high socks, and pair of purple wrist-bands that matched Fushimi Saruhiko's. Her uniform was designed especially by her for her as her female superior, none other than Awashima Seri, also designed her personal uniform, hence she couldn't wear the one that Seri wore. Reishi gave her 2 pairs of the standard uniform—standard Scepter4 coats, white shirts and pleated navy blue skirts—in case she got bored with her custom one.

"Your uniform looks beautiful, Ryuji-kun," Reishi's eyes were still plastered on her as he showed his signature calm smile.

"A-Ah…my uniform?" Akane briefly stole a glance at Reishi and then back to her uniform. She patted her skirt sheepishly without looking back at her director who was gluing is eyes on her.

"Ah–pardon my rudeness. You look very beautiful, Ryuji-kun."

"EE—I mean...errr...thank you…" Akane tried to hide her pink tinted cheeks by looking away, although it was very much useless as Reishi could still see it.

"You're welcome," he let out a small chuckle that was followed with a gentle smile.

They kept walking through the hall until finally arrived at huge twin doors that were connected to the control room, her new office. Reishi opened one of the doors and greeted his clansmen warmly as what a good director should do. She could felt her heartbeat getting faster as she knew she was going to meet new people that were going to work together with her. She was weak to these kinds of event, but she knew that she seriously needed to calm herself down as she didn't want to screw up anything on her first day.

'You can do this, Akane! This is what you chose!'

"Fushimi, stop spacing out! You made some significant mistakes yesterday because you weren't focusing on what you were doing. You've been acting weird since these last two days, Fushimi."

Fushimi Saruhiko snorted. He removed his hand that was propping his chin and straightened his body. In order to make him look as if he was doing his papers, Saru grabbed a pen and started to randomly move it.

"Fushimi, can you please do something more useful than moving a pen randomly on your finished paperwork?" Awashima Seri gave him her cold glare from a distance.

"Tch. What should I do now then?" he fixed his gaze the stacks of paperwork on his desk and chose not to look at his superior who already annoyed him.

"You can help the others,"

"Heh, sure thing,"

"Excuse me?"

"Said nothing, ma'am."

Saru stood slowly from his chair and stretched his stiff body. He rested both of his palms on the desk as he observed the numbers written on his laptop screen. The number of new strains had been increasing lately; those who hadn't been registered in Scepter4 database. Scepter4 had done measurements and succeeded to register 30% of them, though. It was actually okay for strains to not register themselves, especially those who possessed minor ability.

However, almost of them had the first class ability and needed to be registered so Scepter4 could monitor them.

Knock–knock.

Knocking sound that came from the door distracted the entire blue dressed people from what they were doing. Seri who was near the twin doors walked towards it and when she was about to open the door, it had opened first. Her face expression changed right after she saw who was behind that huge mahogany doors.

"Chief, good afternoon."

Knowing that it was their boss by the door, the blue clansmen immediately turn their bodies facing the doors, preparing to greet their chief. "Good afternoon, Chief!" they bowed in unison. Chief Munakata went inside the room and answered their greetings, "Good afternoon," he smiled politely.

Seri felt someone's presence as the chief stepped forward into the room. She took a peek through Reishi's shoulder and found a figure of a girl. She gasped and slightly covered her mouth with hand reflexively. Her sudden gasp apparently attracted the other members. They curiously tried to see what was behind their chief's back that made their lieutenant gasped in shock. Domyouji Andy–who was standing in front of a desk near Reishi–narrowed his eyes and tip toed a bit but he couldn't see anything.

Reishi began to realize their curiosity. He smirked and took a large step forward, revealing a bit of the figure who was hidden behind his back. All of them got excited knowing that they were having a new member to work with.

"I have a small announcement for you. We're having a new member," Reishi stepped aside, allowing whoever that was to introduce herself to the others. "Please introduce yourself clearly," He commanded with a smile that never left his face.

A foot wrapped in black heeled-boots stepped forward so she was standing side-by-side with Reishi. The entire male members' mouths were left agape as they finally saw the complete figure of their new member.

She was as pale as the snow. Her prominent crimson-colored hair suited her pale skin and made as if she was glowing. . She was rather tall. They predicted her height was almost the same as Saru's, but she wore high-heeled boots so she must be around 170cm. But what distracted them the most were her eyes were the one that distracted them the most—they were big, framed with long and thick eyelashes. They were also honey tinted and reminded them of a wolf, especially from how vicious she stared at them—as if she would devour them in any second.

All of them gulped in unison.

"Good afternoon everyone, my name is Ryuji Akane but you're free to call me by my first name. Please take care of me." She bowed, making her chest-length curly hair that was tied up high into a simple ponytail draped her face. The overwhelmed males bowed back and smiled with pink tinted cheeks. They kept observing the girl in front of them—their new demon-like angel—in an awe.

Akane, who personally felt uncomfortable, giving a light cough as a code to Reishi to save her from this awkward situation. Reishi gave her a comforting smile and continued his unfinished speech.

"Starting from today onwards, you will work with her. Please be kind to her," Reishi leered at Saru, "Especially you, Fushimi-kun."

Saru's eyes widened in shock, "I'm sorry, what is it again, sir?".

"Be NICE to HER." Reishi stressed some words, his flat smile never left his face.

"Why is it especially me?"

Reishi's smile grew wider. "Because staring from now, she's working with you."

"Yeah, all of us including me, right, got it."

"No, you're working as partners."

Saru's eyes widened. "Excuse me?"

"You're working as partners, Fushimi-kun." Reishi smiled devilishly.

"God lord,"

"Do you have any objection, Fushimi-kun?"

'What do you think?' Was what Saru thought. He was about to spill all of his objections regarding that stupid idea, but then remembered that man was his boss. He kept his mouth shut but twitched at the same time. "No, sir." He forced himself to say so.

Reishi smiled innocently but looked as if he was mockingly happy at Saru's decision to remain hid his annoyance. He clapped his hand once,

"You may get back to work now."

"Hey, so…can I call you Akane?"

"A-ah, of course.." Akane observed the tall guy who was talking to her while displaying a smile.

"Well then, Akane-chan, I'm Hidaka Akira, nice to meet you," the brown haired man lifted his hand to shake Akane's. He smiled as bright as the sun. Akira became the first person to approach Akane in Scepter4. Akane replied his smile and shook his hand. "Nice to meet you, I hope we can be close friends."

"My pleasure," he placed his right hand on the left chest while bowing slightly.

Suddenly a red haired man came towards both Akane and Akira. He lifted a hand and greeted Akane cheerfully, "Hello there, I'm Domyouji Andy. You may call me by my first name." He shook Akane's hand excitedly. "Erm, by the way, how old are you?"

"Ah…I'm 18."

"Whoa! So you're a year younger than me! I hope we can get along really well," Andy winked playfully.

"Doumyouji-san, are you planning on hitting on her?" Akira teased his comrade.

"Am I?" Andy laughed as he went back to his desk and Akira chuckled amusedly. "Ah right! Akane-chan," he leaned forward reaching her ear and whispered, "you have to be extra patient in handling your new partner. He's a bit strict and impatient and perfectionist and–"

"And?" Akane chuckled.

"And other annoying stuffs," he chuckled, "but he's a good guy. A bit cold, though. But really, he has a good heart." Akira added assertively.

"Okay…okay…. I understand," Akane was still chuckling, "Thank you for the warnings," she smiled. Akira straightened back his body and put his weight on the hand that rested on Akane's desk. When he was about to open his mouth for another talk, he felt a sharp stare from his superior which gave him goose bumps. He then declared a temporary farewell, "A-ah, I must get back to work…See you later Akane-chan!" he walked away.

Akane still kept a warm and sweet smile on her face. Looking approachable and being friendly were indeed very necessary for her to be able to get close to her coworkers. With her cheerful attitude displayed from the start, everyone had been communicating with her and sometimes they laughed together, even the lieutenant had a small conversation with her, which was fun.

But there was one thing that bothered her. That thick-framed glasses guy who was glued to his laptop screen hadn't said a single word to her. Wasn't he supposed to be her partner? Akane could only raise her brows in confusion while admitting her curiosity towards him. Although it was true that Akira had mentioned earlier that he was cold, but he was that cold? Akane couldn't really digest it.

But she was very curious.

Akane tapped her index finger continuously against the desk while having the other hand cupped her cheek. She was staring at paperwork that Seri gave her. Though it looked as if her eyes were intently scanning through the words written on the paper, her mind was on something else–her curiosity towards her partner. The way he remained silent for the whole day disturbed her. She couldn't concentrate, it bothered her.

It was unbearable, she must kill her curiosity.

Akane stood up abruptly, making almost everyone got a minor heart attack. Without bothering others' puzzled stares, she walked toward Saru desk, proceeding to identify her partner's real character. She stood in front of his desk and took a deep breath before talking to the cold guy before her, "As partners, we haven't introduced ourselves personally. My name is Ryuji Akane, you may call me Akane or whatever you like. What's your name?" Akane forced a sincere smile.

Saru lifted his head to meet her honey eyes and stayed silent. Both of their eyes were as cold as the South Pole, although Akane was smiling. After a few seconds, Saru's smile grew into a sneering smile. "I'm Fushimi Saruhiko. So I can call you whatever I want?"

"Indeed," Akane still kept her crooked smile plastered on her pretty face. She started to feel annoyed as she looked at his jeering smile but no, she must be able to control herself.

"Well, I hope we can work TOGETHER as partners and have great days TOGETHER," he stressed the word 'together' repeatedly in a sarcastic tone. Still with his sneering smile, Saru continued, "Red-head Medusa,"

Akane had finally snapped.

"WHAT?!" her sudden loud voice startled everyone in the room. Without thinking any further, she grabbed Saru by collar and yanked him towards her until the tip of their nose collided. "I know you're the type who doesn't like to work together, but can't you at least respect your appointed partner?" she stared at him furiously. Akane's fist that was holding Saru's collar trembled in rage to the point Saru could feel it. She could feel her body heat increased, especially her head.

Saru's smile grew wider as he observed her honey eyes. He found it amusing and decided to giver her an answer. "I decided to call you that out of admiration. You know, one day you could turn one into a stone by simply staring right into their eyes with that sharp stare of yours." He chuckled devilishly. "Anyway, you can't take back your own words. A deal is a deal. I will call you Medusa from now on."

Akane's tensed fist loosened and finally she released her grip from Saru's collar. She straightened her body, nose twitched in annoyance. She observed the guy before her and snorted. "I did say that, but—" Akane wanted to confront him so badly but she knew it would be useless so she didn't' continue her sentence and clicked her tongue instead.

Both Saru and Akane didn't realize that the other members had been watching them ever since Akane approached Saru, but they didn't seem to be bothered by it. Instead, they just kept throwing killing stares towards each other.

Seri, who was getting tired of their unprofessional behavior, stood up from her chair and warned them, "You two, stop being ridiculous! Get back to your work!"

Suddenly they heard knocks on the door, which was followed by their captain showing his face and finally entered the room. All of the Blue Clansmen stood up and bowed slightly at their chief while Akane and Saru chose to stay in whatever their poses were. Reishi gave them his signature smile and started to speak, "I want to talk to both of you, Fushimi-kun and Ryuji-kun."

Saru and Akane threw gazes towards each other confusedly. Was their fight that loud up to the point Chief Munakata could hear it? Ignoring their assumption, they went to Reishi hesitantly.

After Reishi having his two emotionally labile subordinates by his side, he closed the huge mahogany doors and proceeded to walk toward his room. The two followed behind him side by side. Akane, who was confused and curious decided to ask her new chief what was going on, and to make sure he wasn't mad at her nor Saru.

"Pardon me, Chief Munakata, but why did you call us?" Akane observed the tall figure in front of her.

Without looking at Akane, he opened his mouth to answer her,

"You're going to have your first task," He smiled.

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