[center]Donny Yang / Arms Slave[/center]

This just felt pointless. The Kings died a month ago. So why throw this school meeting now? He wanted to get his Mayhem Riders back together and start crushing the enemy again. After the defeat of Corpse Collector, Arms Slave had joined the Ebon Stkyer's properly and began to cause mayhem in their name. As more members joined, their forces grew in power, as did Arms Slave. He managed to gain two levels within a single month, a plethora of new weapons, and even upgraded his truck into a war machine. He made use of the game's vehicle system to blitz whatever his target was, and rain destruction through superior firepower or just transporting hundreds of players into an area before a proper defense could be mounted. It was great fun.

Of course, outside of Deep Ground, not much of Donny's life had changed. He hasn't even been called for Sweeper duties, and in fact when he did try to find out any word on Sweeper events, he was met with silence. Like the entire organization was just... Not active. He wondered if the leader, if the Sweepers even had one, might have also been killed that day the kings were. He wondered if the leader of the Sweepers was a king. But this thought was proven wrong by the president's message. [b]"Waaaah? When that this happen!?"[/b] Donny said outloud. He was never told that the Sweepers were allying with the Ebon Stykers. Granted, it likely didn't make a difference for him considering that he's part of both factions. But how many others could say the same? The Sweepers hunted down anyone if they were given the orders by Erasers. It made Donny think. [i]"Is Moon Rider going to have the Sweepers take hits on actual players now? Maybe... Maybe the black king did have something to do with the death of the other kings...."[/i] Donny wasn't sure what to think. But he knew that this was going to be very interesting. Clenching his hand into a tight fist, Donny smiled. [b]"Oh yeah... All that mayhem..."[/b]

[center]Retsu Goroshi / Dark Wraith[/center]

Retsu sat amongst the students as though she was one of them. The truth was rather different. Much like the Black King, Dark Wraith's identity was mired in secrecy. And for good reason. Ever since Dark Wraith had been chosen as the second in command of the Ebon Stykers, she's been hard at work ensuring their smooth progression to power. The Ebon Stykers would have been at a massive disadvantage initially if Retsu didn't pull any strings. They lacked man power to put a decent fight against the other guilds, even if most were in anarchy due to the deaths of their kings. So she had brought the Sweepers and a few Erasers to fill the void of membership until they were steadily amassing the guild's numbers to a respectable force. Even after they gained a foothold, Retsu continued to make use of her Erasers and Sweepers, mostly in the effort to expand Ebon Styker's power. She had the Erasers call off any hits and jobs; they needed to lay low for now, for a few reasons. The reasons she told them was because they needed to focus their efforts working with the Black Guild. But there was a different, much more horrific truth.

There was something within the game that was much, much more powerful than even the Sweepers. She not simply in terms of gameplay statistics. The power of the Sweepers was their ability to manipulate the game to their advantage, and being able to hit their enemies where it'll hurt the most, in real life. But this required a bit of effort and careful planning. But there was someone, something, inside the game that made what the Sweepers do child's play. And she knew that whoever that person is, they were the cause of the kings death. Retsu herself could has not yet learned the cause of their deaths, but she knew that it came from Deep Ground. But that only opened so many more questions, things that Retsu wouldn't dare let anyone else look into but herself. Not even Moon Rider. Retsu wanted that power for herself. She wasn't going to let anyone else know about it.

And than came Yoshino speech. Retsu had already heard it before and didn't show much reaction to it. Truth of the matter was that the Sweepers and Ebon Stykers were allied the day that Ebon Styker's opened up their guild. Still, the announcement would certainly intimidate the other guilds. The Sweepers were already infamous for their constant vigilante activities, and for those who believed in rumors, their abilities to harm players in real life. And those rumors were true, but largely unproven. And Retsu aimed to keep it that way. But this was more of an announcement to her fellow Sweepers than to the other players of Deep Ground; namely that this means that targets in the Ebon Styker's were, for the most part, off limits. At least depending on a case-by-case basis. And players seeking shelter from the Sweepers, such as Outlaws, would run to the Ebon Stykers for safe haven, thus increasing their man power. The only real resistance that Retsu would expect would come form other Sweepers themselves, who may have personal reasons to not ally with the Ebon Stykers. But those people Retsu could handle. Sweepers or not, there were very few who could truly escape her influence. 

As Yoshino's speech came near an end, Retsu readied herself to leave.