Chapter 18: Emergency Calls

*Beeeep*

"Hello this is D.E.O establishment how can w-"

"HELP! Please our home is destroyed, I was in the kitchen and then something came flying in and oh my god my children, my husband there…there."

"Please ma'am remain calm, is the threat still present?"

"My babies oh my babies they're dead they are all dead!"

The woman cried over the phone as a woman sat in a chair listening to her cries. She reached over to another phone and pressed a blue button.

"I report,"

The Woman announced over a PA system that was connected to multiple D.E.O offices.

"Calling any available Divisions, we have a situation with probable belief of involvement of Demon or Monster activity. No creature is in sight as far as we know but could very well be near. I repeat any available divisions."

***

In another building a man sat at a desk and pressed a similar blue button.

"Two officers from Zefu's Division will be present."

The man let go of the button seemingly leaving his desk as something crawled on the roof of his room following him.

***

*Phone Ring*

A man laid in his bed as he woke up to his phone ringing. He reached over and grabbed his phone sluggishly.

"This is Amon speaking how can I-"

*Yawns*

"Help you?"

He was told of the situation on Almond street as he sat up immediately.

"Yes…I understand."

***

Amon sat in the back of a car in a black suit. He was still on the phone.

"246 confirmed casualties 102 found dead, 13 missing, and 131 injured?"

Amon asked this question while reading a projected report.

"Correct, the witnesses believe it to be some sort of meteor that just swept holes in houses. Only three houses were found to be completely destroyed. One at the end of Almond street and two right along that same house. We suspect someone or something was sent flying from the original house being the one at the end of the street. The residents within the first house are unknown and were not discoverable, however unfortunately in the other two houses, remains of the families were found in pieces only one survived in the third home being a baby of a year and 8 months old."

"Jesus, how awful."

The car takes a right on a road as house debris is in front of their car, they stop.

Amon stepped out in awe as he looked at some of the buildings being ablaze

"Amon a Recruit raised in Cafe, Joyong saved right in the middle of a mass killing spree by the historic attack of The Red Serpent right at the ripe age of 13. However-"

"The Demon was never found."

Amon finished another man's statement as if those words had been in his head all of his life.

"Who are you?"

Amon turned around as the night sky appeared to be owned by this individual as if he was the main point of a painting. His scraggly white hair and lanky body proved strengthened the background with a powerful sense of character steaming off of him. His long white jacket was open showing his suspenders over his white dress shirt.

"My name is Zefu and only Zefu if I might add."

Zefu smiled as he said his name with a way of excitement. Amon looked stunned as he knew the name but not the face.

'A Division Leader?'

Zefu made his way past Amon.

"It seems the children of Toyo have had some rather unpleasant fun."

"Uhm if you don't mind me asking sir, what is the likes of someone like you doing here?"

Amon asked Zefu the question as this was the first time he had ever seen a Division Leader. It would be a lie if he wasn't in the slightest scared that this could be something a lot more serious.

Zefu turned around and looked him in the eyes.

"Oh yeah I guess this is something small, well truth be told I simply was-"

He looked in the sky as he turned around.

"Bored I guess."

Zefu continued his walk as almost immediately it was instinct for Amon to follow right behind him. Amon looked at the debris as it slowly got worse and worse the more they walked up the street.

"Can you believe a couple of demons caused all of this?"

Amon broke the silence.

"No I can't believe it, I need to see something to believe it. By the looks of it I think this was just one move by one demon against another one."

"Why?"

"If I knew why I wouldn't be walking this street now would I?"

"I suppose you are right."

They approach the 3 completely destroyed houses as they see many researchers and what not investigating the scene. Zefu walked through a house that had been the families who had perished. He stood still for a moment and walked away. Amon was bewildered.

'What is he doing?'

He walked to the next house and stood there longer than he had when he stood at the other house. He again started to walk towards the house at the end of the road that was not completely destroyed but more so it collapsed on itself. He walked up to it and stood not in out but on the outside of it. He then swiftly appeared in another part of the house as he kicked over some debris. Zefu looked over at Amon.

"Come here Amon."

Amon ran over.

"Yes, what did you find?"

Amon looked down at where Zefu had moved the debris as he saw a Katana. He reached for it in awe. Zefu watched him pick up the blade as he read an engraving on it aloud.

"ダークデーモンブレード what does that mean?"

"It stands for Dark Demon Blade, sounds cheesy to me."

Zefu walked over not too far looking at the sky.

"There where a total of 4 demons here 2 which seem to me to share the same blood which made it out with barely any life in them, one which was a Yami Demon, the other with such a chilling monstrous Demon Aspect that it was almost monstrous, and the last one seems to be the one that caused all of this damage but it didn't feel like a demon. It feels like something else entirely."

'Is this the deductive skill of one of a Division Leader?'

"How'd you figure all of that out?"

"I don't know, I can just tell I guess."

"Tell me Amon what's the real reason you want to become an Officer."

"Uhm I guess I want to protect-"

"Come on! Tell me the real reason."

Amon looked down to his feet selfishly.

"...I want to kill the Demon who killed my parents."

"Interesting…I'll tell you what, I want you to join my division."

"What…why?"

"I like your story, I feel like it'd be interesting to watch it progress. You can take up my offer or not but know I'll be keeping a close eye on you."

"I uh…I don't know?"

"You don't have to know right now just know you'll always be welcome to join my Division. I'm going to be watching for the Demons in this case. I think even a Sorcerer could be involved but that is quite the stretch I suppose."

Zefu started to walk away as Amon watched him walk. It felt to him like an opportunity was leaving his grasp, an opportunity that he had to take.

"Zefu!"

"Hm?"

He turned back to Amon with an odd smile.

"I want in."

Amon looked at Zefu as he was in the middle of the road. He looked past him as the debris seemed like two red carpets laid out for Zefu himself. The debris stretched out to what seemed to be miles. Zefu then disappeared from his sight.