"I, no. You are just as a useless blind."
"Blinds are not valueless."
That was a counter argument and a joke at the same time. As if he was having fun with continuous taunting.
"But you are lesser than a blind."
"I guess, I should take that nickname. It is too much rare, especially from you."
Izochi was not interested in that kind of wholesome talks. His brain was boiling the water boils itself.
"Your jokes are jokeless."
That certainly was a little heart tearing for Marco. His breath gave out its all available to do. With a long 'Sigh', he requested to the serious face.
"Come on. Do you know how much effort it takes to make a joke?"
It can not be said if it was also a joke type thing or a line from the heart. But Marco's expression was heartly. So, it was line from the heart?
"Zero. Nothing."
Marco's all of heart broken down into pieces, as the boy directly rejected with making a cross with his hands, and looking at Marco.
The same joke type things continued throughout their entire time of walking. Marco seemed to like making it out to taunt, but Izochi being straight forward, was continuously breaking his senior's efforts as well as words and heart, at the same time. This kind of rejections could be painful for comedians, not to mention.
Marco led Izochi to the destined pace, the hideout. It was far from the city. And by under ground, it was a little colder there than outside, as sunlight and heat doesn't enter directly.
"It looks like a multiple tunnels connected together. But not doing the job tunnels are supposed to do. Rather,"
"Okay, okay, okay. I know what this tunnels do better than you. So, saying there is just no need to explain to me."
Marco tried to use the same discouraging method on Izochi, to whom he learnt it from, but that was more than useless, he could not do vise versa revenge.
"All right, you know, your mind."
Reverse sweep.
Marco grabbed Izochi to Mr. Horitoshi. Who was already in his place.
"Is it a hideout, or a tunnel communication or a grand hotel?"
It was a question of misbehave to senior,
Izochi remembered his chat in the middle of the desert, with the senior guy.
"Why does captain always wear a mask?"
"What to do with it?"
"I meant isn't it tiring wearing a single mask always."
"He has a burning mark on his face. That's the reason."
Izochi was not to believe in him and his words. He did deny to do so.
"I don't believe in you."
Marco did become unknown expressed about it. So, he offered a smile looking at the boy.
"Then find by yourself."
His memories ended there.
"So,,, why do you always wear a mask, hiding your face?"
Izochi directly asked the question, without any greeting or starting conversation. Leaving Marco in a confusion and self question. Mr. Horitoshi looked down on his front,
"Who made you question this?"
Marco became offed guard.
"No, I didn't say anything."
Marco pre-apologized to his captain. But this thing also cleared to him that the idea was installed by whom.
"What do you think you are, Izochi?"
"HUH!"
That was really confusing to get questioned about own are. and so was for the boy.
"What I am?"
"Yes."
The question remained same, didn't change on the face of the captain. Seriousness and cold eyes remained. But more thrilling vibe from his face also still thrilling for Izochi.
"I am, a human being."
Disappointments in captain's face.
"Think I don't know it? Either way, you have to be lead by Marco. It will be full moon tomorrow. And also your work will start tomorrow."
Mr. Horitoshi's room was neat and clean. And there nothing in the room to make it messy, just a bed to sleep. And some, no, two chairs, maybe for guests or visitors. But this kind of hideout was not supposed to be with guests, so. Unknown.
"So why I am here now?"
Izochi's question was valid.
"The mission is supposed to start as said. But the thing is we need to evacuate the dwellers of that city, Balkan. So, we need a day time to start it."
"But how do you think to make it possible in two days and one night."
Mr. Horitoshi looked back upward to Izochi.
"This boy is talking like a friend with him. But he has special right to do so, since he got special treatment from his childhood."
Marco thought in the air,
"Can I please make it outside?"
He asked captain. Mr. Horitoshi looked at him. As if Marco was never present in the room. But he offering a smile gave the permission and turned back to Izochi. Marco left them two behind.
"I will be waiting outside for you."
To, Izochi.
"You do have a point for yourself. But we also do have one for us."
"What do you have?"
"There are about ten thousand or less people in that are. So, evacuating them will be not a very hard task. And the process will start today. There is no problem."
Izochi somewhat believed, but not properly.
Outside, Marco was standing against the wall. Crossing his hands over his chest. Looking down on earth, he might was thinking something.
They had no idea about the outside heat. And evacuation process already started, lead by the club.