God of Tricksters

"Mhm. We've arrived!" Maya stretched her hands while walking out of the plane. Now that the airport was useless, Maya had acquired this airport for future use.

There was no one that greeted them in front of the runway, but Theo could feel many presences waiting outside the airport as if waiting for them there.

"Well, this is surprising," Theo muttered while staring into the distance.

"Haha, this is a promotion. We arrived safely without problems. As long as we can gain more investors, we can grab the whole market." Maya smiled.

"But won't you be stopped by the monopoly ban law?"

"The government might have been reinstated, but the laws have to wait for a while. After all, the apocalypse wasn't that long ago. They have to change the laws and other things. So, other than common sense and basic laws, no one will be able to stop me for the time being." Maya shook her head.

"Well, I guess we have to go out right now. Do you need only me or the others as well?"

"You are enough. I know that some are uncomfortable with it, so I won't force them."

Theo nodded. "Felix. Bring the people who are uncomfortable with it outside in another way. We'll meet in the hotel after this."

"Got it." Felix agreed without hesitation.

In the end, only Rea and Ruth followed Theo because Ruth originally came as Maya's bodyguard while Rea acted as Theo's assistant.

The four of them, together with the pilots and stewardesses, walked to the exit, finding a huge number of people.

There were cameras all over the place. But the majority of the people coming to this place were actually Theo's fans.

They had watched the deeds of Theo in the union and they were trying to greet Theo, showing that they would welcome him here unlike the union.

There were many signs stating, "Welcome to the US Base", "We accept you here", and other sentences to show a warm welcome.

"There it is! That's Maya Hamilton!"

"The one next to her is Theodore Griffith!"

"We're lucky that Theodore Griffith is here. The union is so foolish to throw him away."

"Those are Nagasawa Rea and Ruth Lukita. But why can't we see the rest of the group?"

"Idiot. They must be uncomfortable to live like this since we rarely have any footage about them."

"But they can't simply leave when we're receiving them like this, right?"

"You demand something when you're doing this on your own accord. Ridiculous. Are you going to turn them away too?"

The people were debating, cheering, and capturing the moment. There was a lot of commotion that needed many police officers to stop them. It was a mess.

When they passed the reporters, there were many questions thrown at them.

"Can we ask you a question?"

"Why do you choose this base to settle down?"

"Are you regretting your choice to leave the US before the apocalypse?"

"What is your wish in living here?"

"Do you have any opinion about the union?"

Maya smirked and asked, "Are you going to answer their questions?"

"Nope. You handle them." Theo shook his head. "I don't have time for them anyway."

"Though, you might want to answer one just to make them see that you're coming here with great intention."

Theo thought for a moment. "You choose one."

Maya smiled and pointed at the nearest reporter.

Theo glanced at the reporter, making the latter realize his intention to answer a question. Without hesitation, the reporter asked, "How long do you plan to stay in this base?"

"Who knows, but I'm looking to settle down here… I'll see whether it's possible or not. The rest of the question will be answered by her." Theo pointed at Maya. "But I certainly have to thank you for the warm welcome. Thank you."

Theo turned around before finding a middle-aged man wearing a suit.

He walked to Theo and extended his hand, "Hello, welcome to our base."

"Thank you." Theo shook his hand while smiling.

"We'll try to escort you until you can reach your hotel."

Since it would be impolite to reject it, Theo agreed and thanked him. He went straight to the Cubicar they had prepared and entered it, leaving Rea and Maya to handle the reporters.

On the other hand, Ruth sneakily entered the car because she didn't want to deal with the media.

"You don't like it, Ruth?"

"I've been living in the dark for too long. Those blinding lights don't suit me. I only followed the entire process simply because I was teleported here, nothing else." Ruth explained her reason and sat down behind Theo.

"Still, I haven't said this to you. It's been a while, Ruth."

"Yes, I'm glad that you're alright."

"How is the progress of your Order? Do you have any questions? I won't answer too much, but if I can answer it, I'll do my best."

"No. The progress is quite stable. Although I don't progress by leaps and bounds because of the peaceful condition, I don't think I'll lose to Felix. Though, I'm wondering something… Have you…" Ruth paused, but her meaning couldn't be clearer.

She wanted to know whether Theo had broken through to the next step.

And Theo gave her a nod.

"I see. Congratulations."

"Thank you. I'm still new at this stage, so I have to train myself and discover everything first before I can challenge those who are in the top ten experts in the world."

"Don't you think you have become one?" Ruth asked.

"I'm not sure."

"The fifth and ninth strongest people in the world have passed away. We still haven't received any information about the sixth or seventh strongest people in the world.

"Other than your other self, who can actually contend against you in the ranking? The eleventh?"

"Well, I'm not sure. It's true that things are going smoothly currently." Theo shrugged. "After stabilizing my strength, I'll seriously go for the ranking, I guess."

"I see. Do you need anything?"

"Nope. Just prepare for another flight."

Ruth knew that he was missing Agata, so she nodded and planned to remind Maya about it.

It took fifteen minutes before Maya and Rea entered the Cubicar and they drove away.