Truth

                                    

                                          
Hakurou came to me with very serious expression. He wants to talk to me on some important matter. Without wasting any time , i followed him in an empty room as soon as the competition came to an end. 
" so What do you to talk about, hakurou? Is something wrong?" I enquired him . 
" Actually rimuru sama , i have something to tell you about gobta . " Hakuro said. 
" What is it about gobta ? did he created any problem . " I didn't think gobta would do anything which will make hakuro so serious. He can do little mischiefs but i don't think he will create big problem . 
" Gobta has been acting weird since coming back to the battle of eurazania. In  today's match against gob'emon , he was not his usual self. Even though he is quite capable individual, his fighting style doesn't match with how he usually fight. He always fight defensive, trying to protect himself first then take any action but in today's fight he was on full offense discarding his defenses all together." Hakuro told me his worries. 
" So what do you mean ? Do you think this gobta is fake ? " I asked him directly. 
" Yes i think he is fake. I can tell from his behaviour if he is some dublicate or not. " He said quiet confidently. well he knows gobta better than anyone. gobta is among his favourite disciples. But it can't be true, i have soul corridor with him , if he had any problem ciel would have known it. 
" Hakuro i think you are  worrying too much. Gobta may have grown from his experience in the battle. i also heard he fought and defeated a powerful majin in eurazania. That must have made him more confident and in this tournament  , dangerous moves are banned so he must fought with this mindset because of this. Afterall when someone doesn't have fear of death they fight more freely  like in labyrinth. " I tried to make hakuro believe me but..
" I understand that rimuru sama, a warrior changes after winning such fearsome battle but his eyes  were completely different from the gobta we know. " hakuro was not convinced with my reasons, He was confident that something is wrong with gobta. 
" But you know, i have soul corridor with you all even with him , if anything were to happen to him i will quickly find out about it. It's impossible for something like that to escape from my eyes. " 
<< It's impossible master . >>
huh , i think ciel said something. 
>> What do you mean, ciel? how can something like this escape from your supervision.<<
<< Remember master i told you earlier that there was problem with soul corridor, someone tried to attack you with soul corridor. They might have used that attack to distract us from knowing their main aim . >>
>> You have a point. I also have not met with gobta since coming back from walpurgis, we can't rule out the possibility of this. But what was that attack ?<<
<< That attack was directed at your magical circuit, which was powerful enough to injure even true dragons but it was not fatal, i thought someone tried to harm you. As for after-effect, few soul corridors with your subordinates are damaged including gobta. >>
>> WHAT... this can't be a co-incidence, that must be the reason for all of this. I have to meet with gobta as soon as possible. <<
[ Diablo...
[ Yes rimuru sama, do you need something?]
[ Yeah , i want you to come in my office with gobta as soon as possible..]
[ Ok , i will come in a moment] Diablo without questioning anything obeyed my orders. 
" I understand your point hakuro, I have called diablo to come to my office with gobta. For the time being i want you to keep quiet about it  until we found out about the truth." 
" Ok i understand rimuru sama. can i come with you , i also want to know the truth. " we then went to my office where shortly after our arrival diablo came with gobta. To protect him from running away or leaking this conversation , i created a barrier around the office so that no-one can hear our conversation.