Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-5999656-20160207063839/@comment-25582638-20160514151952

"Hilda and Rina are moving on their own." a theatrical sigh of a woman followed. "Some of the children are getting more rebellious these days unlike before but isn't this what strictness breeds?"

Soft clink of a porcelein cup broke the silence at the other end of the line. Appearing on the flat-screen monitor was Yuzuki Engelnacht, possessing the smile that her daughter inherited. Behind the screen are large, plain, bulletproof glasses withstanding the harsh, cold winds outside a certain mansion. Gray clouds loomed over the town.

"Only the uneducated doesn't know." a woman replied casually. "But it's only one of the outcomes that has been consistent with the same environment we've put them into. Few, spineless children were produced but they adapted later."

"Ah~ about the Daybreak Syndicate." Yuzuki mentioned as soon as she saw the subtle movements of Mona's eyebrows. She interrupted the matriarch's scheduled quiet time away from everybody. It was clear that she has to drop her charade before her cousin say something about it.

Mona let it slide anyway as her shoulder loosened.

"That organization was mentioned in one of the files of the mafia (earlier version of Engelnacht) when Phlegethon's (her husband) father was trying to dig deeper underground about the Nine Dragons of Vale." photos of a scanned, old papers popped up on the monitor's side as holograms. Two or three of them has blood splattered. "The connection between the two is very vague because it's incomplete though Hilda's been......"

Yuzuki's neon blue eyes glanced at the side of her monitor with amused expression.

"Obsessed with the Suzhen's heiress and the Syndicate lately that could possibly lead to our unknown prospective allies (Dragons).~"

Prospective allies. It didn't sit well with the Bluthardt that the relationship of the ANGELs with the Dragons is in gray area bordering black. They aren't eager to have another potential "mini" war knocking on their doorstep. That's why they replaced the Warfare Department with Security Department as a sign of centering around self-defense, not the "we're ready to slaughter you anytime". Well, quite a contrary when talking about the family's guardians.

"Would this be the right opportunity to move?" Mona asked, referring to foster of more stable relationships.

"Perhaps." Yuzuki said. "Assuming that those three organizations are connected, Rina's trying to do just that.~"

"Where did you get these things?" Raizel asked in amazement as she looked at her new outfit on the mirror. Compared to her original outfit, this is more conservative with additional protective features.

"ArmorTech." Cyzarine replied. "My uncle's company. All of us are supplied with these in case of emergency."

The younger girl changed into carbon nanotube-reinforced, hoodless, purple jacket and donned black shoulder, elbow, and knee pads. Cyzarine stuffed a gas mask, pulse oximeter, and a mask that goes along with a small oxygen tank in a black backpack.

"I've sent the K-9 unit to sniff the Fullers." the tablet-like Sroll lying on the table displayed Cyzarine's dogs' location and few of her dispatched subordinates taking care of the dogs. They were actually within the search zone, using one of the family's safe houses to change their attire.

"The latest murder will help us narrow down the area. The trail might be faint but this should do the job. For now, we'll wait out 'til they find the den."

.......................

More than 10 minutes later, Xanthe, the only non-aggressive dog, and the K-9 unit moved further away from the forest and stayed put beside a run-down house with their handlers. In a certain part of the forest's dirt, a fresh track of motorcycle paralleled to that of a truck's.