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You know what would have been fun seeing? The Japanese S ranks having a conflict to whenever or not they should leave the island and let the Korean S ranks die or actually stick with them despite their guild master's wishes.

We can see that Goto Ryuji doesn't care as much about their guild mates dying as he should (which, I know is the author bias but shhh let's just say he is like that) so imagine an AU where Goto tells them about the plan after the S ranks have sparred with each other.

Once Goto Ryuji had seen that all of the S ranks would have been certain to die, –and considering Sung Jin Woo wasn't going to join in the raid– 3 days after the raid Goto declared to his guild mates that all 5 groups will leave once the Koreans try to finish off that queen, so that they will be ambushed by a swarm of ants (bc Reiji will switch off the device that they used to cut connections with the queen) and leave them to die out there.

The whole room goes cold because... well for some it's their first mission outside of Japan and they were ready to do their best to represent a good image of their country, especially to Koreans. Japan may have their superior behavior towards other Asian countries but as the new generations come around, some aren't that lenient on following in their footsteps.

Most of the S ranks are in their 20s some to late 20's and Goto is the oldest one of them here, apart maybe from Reiji, however because they are young is why they hadn't been thought much about the fighting between Koreans and Japanese. They won't let the past get in their way of helping another country, but neither will they let the past dictate their actions too.

Yet, they are young, and Japan is fully a country that still seeps itself within conservative ideas (found out a lot of that whilst researching for KNY and boi...) and also Goto won't take a no for an answer. Which means the only reason he is here for is just to warn them ahead of time to leave.

Once Ryuji is far away enough to not listen to their conversation, Fujishima (eye glasses freckled blonde boi) starts to talk before the whole room turns to chaos.

"Raise your hand if you agree."

3 people raise their hand. Shimizu Akari, Hoshino Minoru and Tanaka Kenzo

"If you don't."

3 people too. Ippei Izawa, Kumamoto Atsushi, and Tawata Kanae.

"Kei, Mira?"

The other two stay they are still unsure about the whole mess, but they don't get to explain why before Ippei already looks back at Shimizu surprised and remarks.

"I expect you of all people to side with the Koreans, you know, since you like healing and all."

"And you are an Assassin Ippei-san, aren't you supposed to like the idea of killing people?"

"Touche, but I like killing monsters more, besides I don't want to get the stink eye for the rest of my life from a country that we have nothing to do with."

Kenzo adds," Goto-san will definetly want that country one way or another. Alongside the Japanese goverment or else he wouldn't have gotten this far into the plan."

"So we are the last to know? And he wants to expand the country through this kinds of means?" Kumamoto groans. "Great, just great..." then he hides his face on both hands. "Ugh we are still going to look like the monsters here."

"That is, if they know we are going to be the monsters." Kanae speaks, "I'm not inclined into the idea either, especially when Goto-san knows that his reputation throughout all other Asian countries will be at stake if he is found out. So he will likely make it look like as though the machine had a few malfunctions or something and in the end only the S ranks got away."

"Then all we have to do is lie through our teeth and get the money, a few ants won't be a problem."

The whole room unanonimously agrees.

"So all of us accept the plan?"

Nope.

Atsushi goes first this time. "You all remembered that S rank right? The one who tied with Goto-san? Do you guys think we can even kill that man?"

Fujishima retorts this time. "He isn't going to the raid, but that's all I could gather from the data given to us by the Korean Hunter's Association."

"Maybe they are planing on having him as a backup." Mira says, "His power level is too strong as a mage��"

"He was a mage?!"

"– Akari-San let me speak. He is too powerful for the KHA to not include him in the raid."

"Fair enough. And also since was he a mage?"

"I agree with Akari-san, since when was he a mage? He looked like an Assassin to me."

"That's because you think every is an Assassin like you."

Mirai pulls out the identity of the new hunter. Clearly S rank Mage.

"A mage, with the strength to par on Goto-san."

"No that will definitely be a foil."

"But Goto-san doesn't seem nervous about that man, maybe he was weaker than him? Or maybe he really isn't going to be in the mission." Shimizu says.

"Yeah, but what about after that? If Goto-san is trying to expand the country, what will they do about him? Or about the KHA's chairman, both are S ranks." Kanae leaves the whole room silent.

Finally, it's Kei who raises his hand and asks. "Even if we all say no, what will Goto-san do to us? We can only obey you know?"

"More like, what will Goto-san do without us? If we don't join in the raid the Koreans will be hesitant and see that something is going on." Kanae entails.

"But we will loose the trust of our guild master."

"And? We are also S ranks, he can't harm all of us unless he wants his guild to stop performing as well as he wants it to."

"He will fire us then." Shimizu looks a bit worried now.

But Kanae keeps going. "Have you forgotten there are other guilds out there hungry for more power? Our job isn't to be inside the drama, only to watch the guild masters go at each other's throats while we take care of the gates."

"Look I'm not going to get in Goto-san's bad side even if I am stronger than him alright? That man has the goverment on our side AND he can instantly make us regret every decision in our lives if he wants to. You've seen the way he humiliated that A rank healer who wanted to retire. No. I am joining him for my safety." Hoshino leans back, both arms crossed.

Shimizu also joins in. "Besides, Sword Guild is the only one that pays much more than the other guilds."

Kenzo nods too. "We can try our best to not look like the bad guys the less we keep talking about it, and if we are found out then so will the Guild Master suffer, his lies depend on us just we do to him."

"None of us are board here." Ippei throws a hand out to Kanae and Atsushi. "But we really have no choice... for now at least."

Mirai has the sharpest sense of them all, leading her to feel an indescribable wave oozing out of Ippei, of course it's just for a flicker. He is good at hiding that mana around him after all.

But she knows, probably some knew too, that he might be planning something, yet just like with Goto-san, they are S ranks, who can stop them. At least he isn't dragging them into it.

~~~~~

Kanae keeps her driving her sword into Ippei, but he still manages to dodge away.

"Is dodging the only thing you can do."

"Well it's part of my class." The other mocks before the wooden blade comes to slice him in half.

Surprised, he moves back, the wood breaks despite being embedded with mana. A beep suddenly ticks out and they both stop the match.

1 hour was finished, they both ended in a tie again. Right now there was only 2, maybe 1 day before the raid, since midnight was creeping out into the corner and no one else was here anymore except the two of them and a few Korean from the association guarding the gym.

"What?"

Ippei tilts his head. "What what?"

"Why do you look at me like that?" Kanae puts her phone away.

And Ippei shrugs.

He still keeps staring, his head moving from side to side as she goes to put the broken sword down.

"Fuckin!— you know I can see you right?"

"Hm, that didn't seem true last time."

"What are you talking about?" She glares back at him.

"..."

"Ippei-san."

"I thought I saw you the other day at... you know..." He points with his eyes towards the hunter's association logo stuck in the middle of the gym.

"Ah, ahahaha. You should get your eyes checked."

"I don't know. Maybe it was another huntress. But it's surprising honestly, she looked and felt so much like you."

"Well. You can't prove that was me."

"I can't." Ippei admits, putting the wooden daggers away too. "But I'm sure the association can."

"They won't let you know. " She claps back in an angrier, more serious tone.

Ippei looks unfazed by that, they both joined the Swords guild around the same time, even became S ranks on the same year. So he knows her and the short temper she carries well enough by now.

"I was actually planing to ask you if you could show me around the association, hoping to meet the chairman by any chance."

She blinks. "How so."

Ippei shrugs.

~~~

"Who was it?" Ten S ranks are now confronted with Goto's furious gaze running down their spines.

The Jeju Island had been a failure from start to finish.

Which means it had been the most successful raid so far.

Ippei looks glances at Reiji, also somewhat mad, but his aura seemed to have been more relaxed than he was before the raid. Fujishima had told him during the mission that he too had been hesitant, but he was lenient anyways. If anyone here was the most loyal to Ryuji then it had to be him.

Mirai was the first to raise her hand, all of them silently thanked her for putting herself in arms way.

"None of us are foolish enough to go against your will Goto-sama." She carefully chose her words. "But if I may be able to speak... those shadows that the man has, we saw them move between our own shadows, even between the battles."

"You want to tell me the shadows could have seen our plan?"

"You are correct sir."

The atmosphere quickly calms down. Out of all of them, Kanae and Kumamoto are the ones that sigh less, trying to appear innocent. Goto may not catch on but Ippei did, also shortening out his relief.

Afterwards he comes out of the room, the three of them can see the shadows moving around. Kumamoto leans in a bit, trying to maintain his composure.

"Did we really make the right choice?"

Kanae hits him back with her elbow. "Hush!" The sight of Goto still around them, but not close enough to have heard.

Ippei shrugs again. "We did nothing at all. That S rank simply showed up unexpectedly on the shores." He remembers it very well too.

How Sung Jin Woo had been patrolling the Sea flying with a wyvern. Team Charlie was the first to see him, in a moment the three had been shouting for Goto and the others to move to or escape since there was a huge ant being beaten down by a wyvern.

Ippei was the first to go to them, with Kei following behind. Their faces paled a they saw that S rank "Mage" beat down an ant even stronger than Goto to a single bug.

After a long fight, possibly an even longer fight than the ones the other S ranks had defeating the queen, Ippei finally hears Goto calling out to them, asking what happened. Kei and Fujimoto each I form him about the their respective teams and what they saw.

Fujimoto starts saying how there was this huge ant that almost went for Shimizu's head were it not for a dagger suddenly flying out to attack him. Out of nowhere a black shadow enveloped Shimizu, said darkness turning into an orc. Kazuki was about to attack it and save the frozen Shimizu but that orc suddenly started attacking all other ants which made him confused.

The strongest ant backed away and looked towards the sky, Fujishima did the same and found the S rank coming down from a wyvern and start attacking each other.

"At least all of us got out alive." Kanae says, remembering Shimizu's traumatized state as she retold the strength of that ant and how she was so close to death.

"All of us could have died there."

Without saying a word, they all finally relaxed when they where out of the Sword guild's building.

"Hey wanna go to that restaurant out in—"

The phone rang, Atsushi grabbed to see a notification, his face turning a bit pale and then relaxing when he unlocked his phone.

"It's from Sung Jin Woo-sama."

Kanae and Ippei immediately got up close. The scene would have been called out immediately since none of them were the kind to touch others but they didn't care.

The text was in Japanese

Thank you.

They didn't see the shadows dance around them.

"Tch, since when did you get his number? Lucky."

Atsushi only replied back after running his words through the translator.

Thanks you too

#japanese s ranks #akari shimizu #goto ryuji #kanae tawata #kenzou tanaka #hoshino Minoru #ippei Izawa #id like for ippei to be good since his name means peaceful; he cared about his teamates dying; and we already got a bad assasin (kang tae)#time for a good one #the rest were somewhat random #shimizu seemed like she was more interested in the money than anything #kanae seemed like she would care more about her team mates dying or at least she was maddened when goto died #atsushi kumamoto #he was stated to be a coward so he likely wouldn't have gone so far as to let them die #which i... how did he aprove of killing the S ranks?!?!?#in here he got jin woos number because he was about to apologize to cha hae in for almost hurting her but Cha wasnt anywhere and #accidentally ran into jin woo whom he thanked for stoping him back there and jin woo accepted.#fujishima tatsumi #kei solo leveling #mirai ishida #sugimoto reiji #solo leveling spoilers #solo leveling au #solo leveling manwha #sung jin woo

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