Chapter 129 Proposition

Kacie had been one of the very first to notice the change since she was someone who had seen how obsessed the girl had previously been with fighting and strength and the determined look she had had in the past. Kacie could tell that something had changed in Shiranui for her to be acting like that.

The more she looked the more she felt that the change had something to do with Zavier as Shiranui would look at Zavier from time to time and the smile on her face would mellow out even further. Even though Zavier didn't bother to look at Shiranui, Kacie still found him suspicious.

Shiranui had been constantly walking by Zavier's side and would act very intimate with Zavier whenever he asked her a question.

"Are you confident that you can beat the legendary team? I can't believe that they are that strong as the people here are trying to make them out to be. I think we should be able to handle them with our numbers since those three are the same age as us. How much difference in strength could there be between us?"

"I don't know if they are that strong or if the rumours have exaggerated them beyond proportion. But I know that I will be able to hold my own against them if it came to that."

Zavier was feeling quite embarrassed inwardly since he couldn't exactly reveal his secret to anyone even if it was his own woman. A secret was only safe it remained with a single individual.

Zavier put his hand behind her back and reassured her by patting it gently. The warmth from his hand spread across her naked back and Shiranui felt the same feeling that she had felt when he had saved him from the three attackers. She felt that no matter what they encountered, Zavier wouldn't let her get hurt.

She smiled at him in return while holding back the impulse to kiss him in front of the others. Since Zavier had still not revealed their relationship to the others, Shiranui had not done so as well. She wanted Zavier to acknowledge her as his woman out of his own volition. Just the small intimate moments that they shared amongst them were enough to make her feel blissful.

Their actions were not so hidden since they were travelling in a group and many of the teammates had even begun to gossip behind their backs.

Even Nadia had started to grow jealous of the increasing sense of intimacy between the two. She had always been the closest to Zavier in their house and even Alissa had not been as close to Zavier as Nadia had been. And seeing that someone was getting in between her and Zavier was unacceptable to Nadia.

She glared at Shiranui behind her back and rushed towards the two who were walking in front of her. She had seen how Zavier had been patting her back and was whispering sweet nothings to her.

She jumped in between the two and tore them apart from each other. As if to flaunt her position in Zavier's heart, she locked her arm with Zavier's and clung to it with all her might. At the same time, she provocatively looked at Shiranui towards the side as if to flaunt her victory.

Shiranui could tell from one look what Nadia intended to do but didn't act angry at all because she could tell that Zavier really did care about the little girl a lot. He had a genuine smile on his face as he patted her head dotingly with his free arm.

Shiranui knew that acting all possessive might only push Zavier away from her so she didn't do anything of the sort. She laughed with Zavier at Nadia's antics and smiled at her as well. She wanted to have a good relationship with all of Zavier's relatives after all no matter what others said or thought; she was Zavier's first woman. He had told her that as he had lain with her that night in the trunk of that tree.

The group that he currently was a part of had a better harmony than most of the groups that Zavier had encountered during his sojourn through the forest with his two masked companions. All the group members were well natured and talented so there was hardly any scuffle between them as they continued to joke around and moved forward together.

Still, Zavier could tell that this group comprised of several smaller groups that were most probably divided based on the high school that they were part of or the team that they had belonged to since the start of the competition.

Zavier and the girls along with Andrew were also a small group within the large group.

While Zavier was contemplating what to do about the three clones that had been made into the worst villains imaginable, the group came to a halt as they had run into another group that was coming from the direction that they were heading in.

This group was also a large group and at the core of the group were four individuals who were spearheading their operation. Through a weird twist of fate, Zavier had managed to find his acquaintances once again.

They were none other than the rapist trio Gabby, Ibeniah and Macbeth along with someone Zavier was intimately familiar with; Rebecca who had somehow managed to compose herself once more. But the confidence that had previously been there on her face was lost and in its place was something akin to paranoia and fear.

Shiranui and Dahila both tensed as they had previously fought the trio and had lost. Had it not been for Zavier, both of them would have been defiled by them by now. Therefore, they had bared their teeth at them and were only waiting for a signal that would indicate the start of the battle. They had previously been outnumbered since they were alone but this time the trio had no such advantage. They could very well take their revenge if it came to that.

Zavier and Kacie maintained similar attitude towards the new group. It was neither hostile nor polite. It was as if they didn't have any expression at all. The other group was unable to discern their intentions as well. Zavier felt that Kacie really had the potential to be a leader since she could remain calm in any situation and could give out judgement based on

Contrary to their previous actions, Gabby and his group didn't initiate an attack at all. Instead he came forward and greeted them politely before asking to discuss something with the representative of their group.

Even Zavier was quite surprised to see him carry himself so well. He appeared to exude the air of a noble at this time which had been absent in the past.

Since the other party had shown a gesture of goodwill and a willingness to discuss instead of going to battle, they couldn't just decline his request. For that would mean the dissolution of talks and the groups would end up hurting each other which would only benefit the legendary group in the end.

"I have a proposition for your group that might be of interest to you. Since you seem to be gathering group members as well, I am assuming that you have heard about the legendary trio as well. Tell me something. Have any one out of you actually seen or fought the trio before?"

Zavier's group looked towards each other and their blank looks were enough to tell that they had not even laid their eyes on the trio.

Gabby looked satisfied with the result. His voice became more mysterious and turned a notch lower in pitch as he told them of his own experience.

"We have group members amongst us who have been the victims of the trio. I and my teammates fought against one of them and we barely managed to escape. At that moment we had already determined that the person was the biggest threat in the competition. But later on we found that there was not just one but a total of three masked men who were similar in strength and were a team to boot. Since the strongest of us are unable to match with a single student of that team, we need to have numbers on our side if we want to resist their aggressive approach. Other than that, the trio definitely has the most points out of all of us, probably more than all of us have managed to gather combined. We are therefore, recruiting more helpers in order to raid the trio. What does your group intend to do?"

Countless voices in their voices supported Gabby's claim while others remained silent and looked towards Zavier's group as if they were waiting to see what they wanted to do.

Gabby had begun to assemble a team that had the ability to take down the legendary trio because a lot of people in his team were the one who had been looted by Zavier previously. And the staunchest believer in this stance turned out to be none other than Rebecca who had even been raped by the trio.

Gabby was not so good as to avenge every student in the competition but was afraid that gathering more points would only lead to filling up the plate for the trio to eat in their place. They had managed to escape somehow the last time because they had only encountered one of the trio. Had they not been lucky, they would not have been holding on to their cards still.