Later that day, danzai went to sky's residence to see him concerning something he had in mind and ran into Ai on the way so they decided to walk there together. Ai had been lamenting that Sakamoto barely shows up in the academy anymore given that the main course of learning hasn't started yet but danzai waves his thoughts to one side saying that maybe he has somethings to do so he couldn't make it to the academy everyday
When they reached sky's house,Ai realized that the door wasn't locked and thought something might have happened prompting him to rush inside only to see sky barely dressed watching TV amidst a pile of dirt around the house.Even his clothes were out of place. As danzai enters after Ai and sees the mess he made,he turns back to leave but sky spots them just in time
"Sup"
"Sensei..... What happened here"
Sky felt confused at first but he later realizes
"Oh this.... I was lazy that's all"
"...."
Danzai decides to help him clean up and proceeds to ask what he had come here for in the first place
"What are you guys planning to do about that group"
"We have to do something, but I've been skipping meetings so I don't really know their next plan"
"What about the embodiment killers"
"Currently they're of higher.... Um.. what is it called again?"
"Caliber..."
"Oh right..."
Sky explained to him whatever he might need as danzai listened attentively while cleaning up the house. For the next 30 minutes, Ai did nothing but watched tv while danzai rounded up with his work
By the time danzai finished,sky had already done whatever he wanted to do and dressed up. They all walked out just as Davi was passing by.
"Hello folk..."
"Sup..."
Davi stops and walks to meet them but couldn't stay long there because of an urgent call from the academy HQ which he was planning to go
"Sorry guys... I'm currently in a hurry so I have to go now,i'm been called for something important"
"Later then..."
Davi greets him once again before they move on to where ever sky was leading them to. Danzai seemed troubled but tried hide it which excited sky more and more. They walked for almost 30 minutes before sky told them what they were supposed to do.by the time sky started talking,they were in front of a huge temple with massive gates that were locked from the outside which had an intimidating presence coming from inside that danzai felt first hand
"Sensei, what are we doing here?"
"You are to find a glass stone Inside this temple which has the properties of a liquid upon impact.... Just so you know this temple is called the temple of blood and it was closed down after realizing that it turned monks Into blood puppets and used them to obtain the glass stone"
Danzai and Ai felt confused
"What is the glass stone..."
"It's needed in our research lab"
"That doesn't explain anything though"
"I can't disclose such information"
You want us to risk our lives for something you don't want to disclose
Sky left them in front of the temple and walked away leaving them to sort things out like they have previously done. Danzai wastes no time advancing towards the temple with hopes of finding a clue to the fireflies in the grave. Ai finally made up his mind to go after seeing danzai's determination. As Ai approached the place, he tried to slash the locks but it didn't even flinch as the attack got reflected to a random place inside the temple.
"This explains why no one was able to break free from inside"
After 5 more attempts, Ai gave up and waited for danzai who seemed to be doing some serious thinking there
Fastest way to open a seal.... Oh!
"Ai.... What's the energy in this place called"
"Ours is qi, the humans use mana..."
"Who sealed the gate"
"Sky...."
Danzai walks over to the locks and observes them for a while then calls Ai closer
"Put your hand here and imagine drawing energy from it.... Like a life support"
"Okay..."
Ai puts his hand and seconds later, the seal breaks which shocked him and sky who had been watching from a coffee shop.
"How did you..."
"It was simple... When you told me sky had sealed it,I realized that the seal is imbued with qi energy so when you tried to slash with your mana attack,it didn't work. So I made you draw qi from it since sky poured qi into it to seal it.... And another thing the seal is weak because he just recently put it up...he might have sent other people here but they failed that's why he sent us"
"Oh crap.... I feel like the dumb one here now"
"I'm doing all this because I don't want to accept his plans..."
"Whose plans?"
"Forget it...."
Sky stares at them from the window with a smile on his face, not realizing that a girl took her seat across him on the same table.
"Are you sure sending them there is a good choice...."
Sky doesn't turn his gaze from them but answers her
"I trust that they will prevail..."
Sky looks at her and realizes
"You're Davi's soulmate....."
She made no response but smiled
"Why are you here?"
"Nothing much.... Just to speak with you... Besides nagumo was sealed there right"
"You know too much.... What do you want"
***
Danzai and Ai cleared their minds and strengthened their resolve as they made their way inside unsure of the terrors that were sealed within. As they reached the door that leads into the temple, they meet a boy,short statured with a long white hair that reaches his back wearing an overly sized shirt and tattered shorts standing in front of the temple with a fixed gaze on them. Seeing that they readied their selves for battle but the boy turns and walks in
"Follow me... I'll make you survive but on one condition...."