Blood Of Platinum
Chapter 63. Hints and the Beginning of New Problems. 3
Outside the previous bar, Theo ran out of the alley where the three of them were hiding. It happened not long after the woman's voice and footsteps disappeared. Theo tried to run towards the bar.
The irritated Ryou instantly looks emotional while trying to chase after him.
“That shithead!!”
“Ryou!!” Kaito calls Ryou who runs after Theo
Quickly, Ryou manages to catch the boy and closes his mouth and holds him. Of course the boy rebelled and tried to break away from Ryou.
“Hmp...Mmp..Hmmph” Theo rebelled while being carried by Ryou.
Kaito who came out saw Ryou who was walking carrying Theo who tried to rebel when carried by him. Not only that, Kaito also looked to his left side.
Kaito could not hide his surprised face even when he was saying inwardly.
‘They both...not there yet?! In just a short time they could disappear on a straight path like this?!’
It was a natural thing as there were strangers unknown to him could tell that they were hiding in one of the alleys near the building. Moreover they could instantly disappear just like that on a straight path not long after walking for a while.
Anyone would think something that is not. Despite it all, Kaito's mind far exceeds that.
‘I don't think they're random people. Especially the voice of the woman I heard. I don't know why but this I think he's a lot more dangerous than the others. Why is there such a dangerous person in a place like this?!’
“Hmmp...Mmmph...” Theo is still rebelling.
Ryou is now near Kaito and takes Theo down by taking the boy down.
Buuuk
Theo's voice fell to the ground until it sounded. Before he tried to wake up his body, Ryou had already approached him by taking out a little sword from the sword sheath on his waist.
“Fuck, what did you think you were doing just now?! Not because I refrained from doing anything bad to you, so you tried to harm us!”
“Hiiiiii!!!!” Theo immediately got up and ran to the back of Kaito
“......!!!” Kaito is shocked as Theo hides behind him while looking scared
“Do not try to hide you!. I'll revise my threat a while ago. I won't pull those two ears but I'll cut them off because they're not working!”
“Ryou, stop it!” Kaito forbids Ryou while protecting the child behind him
“You're crazy for protecting him!. I just changed my view of the boy but he almost got us in trouble!. You must have felt strange to the passers-by, too, right?!. They are dangerous and he came out before they both–”
Ryou did not continue his sentence and looked so surprised. His face was shocked so he could not say anything.
“About noticed?” Kaito asked as he narrowed his eyes towards Ryou
“They...already..but how...”.
Ryou asked in shock and after a few seconds of silence, his eyes turned sharp.
“They are not ordinary people, that's what you mean?” Ryou asked Kaito
“The possibility of them being able to fight and judging from their ability to leave quickly without such a sound was already confirmed that they were dangerous”
“……”
“I even think they're used to killing with barely audible footsteps like that”
“......!!!” Ryou was shocked and speechless at Kaito's reply
“I don't know what they're doing here but it would be a serious matter to deal with them. Save that gun back and we need to get out of here as soon as we get your pocket watch back”
“……”
Ryou did what Kaito said without saying anything.
Theo who was standing behind Kaito did not understand what the sentence meant but he did not want to think about it. He ran towards the bar without being stopped by the two teenagers.
“Tu..Oi, Kaito! Why did you release that boy!”
“We'll see it from here. If there's Justin inside, it'll be dangerous since he's been trying desperately to find me”
“Cih! For people who have lost their memory, relax your life!” Ryou commented with his spicy mouth again
“.....” and Kaito are silent without commenting
From a distance, they were just waiting for Theo to enter the bar. They only looked at him with a cynical and sharp gaze.
**
Theo ran and reached the bar. Theo opens the entrance of the bar and when it opens, he sees Arkan standing at the bar table alone. No one, including customers, is in
in there.
By adjusting his gasping breath, Theo looked towards Arkan and tried to call out to him.
“A–Arkan-nii.
“Theo...” Arkan looks surprised and quickly he comes out of his bar table
“Arkan-nii, is gori..Justin-sama in his room?”
“Theo!” Arkan yelled at the boy while walking quickly to get close to him
“Eh?”
Arkan immediately grabbed both of Theo's shoulders tightly. When viewed up close, he could see Arkan's face looking so pale. Theo became panicked and couldn't help but ask.
“Ar–Arkan-nii, what is it? Why are you so pale? Is Justin-sama inside?”
Theo could not stop to panic. From Arkan's face, he knew that something wasn't right.
“Theo, where have you been? Which way did you cross to get here? Did you meet those two freaks?! Are you hurt?!”
Arkan asked in a panicked tone. Unlike the Arkan known to Theo, the bartender seemed to be very worried about the boy. Theo himself felt increasingly suspicious and became increasingly panicked.
“A.–Arkan-nii, why do you look so nervous and panicked? What do you mean two freaks?”
“I. You know, Arkan-nii.the man who used the sword was actually–”.
“Not that problem! Stelani and the others are in danger!!!” Arkan shouted and became increasingly panicked
“What does that mean?! Don't joke, Arkan-nii!!”
Arkan looked so disappointed in himself that perhaps everything he said was too late. But, he did not want to regret and become like Justin.
The words of Mr. Nox who continued to haunt him made Arkan even more regretful. Only with this could he make amends for his mistake. That's what he's thinking.
“Listen to me carefully, there are two people who came here asking me the address of your residence. They were a tall, tattooed woman and man. They're very dangerous. You never knew him but they came from the darkest place in this foreign region”
“What do you mean, Arkan-nii–” Theo shocked to hear it
“They were paid by Justin-sama to find the sword man without the sword sheath and you should know that the fee given to them was you!!”
“What–”
“Justin-sama gave you to both of them as payment and that means they are heading to your residence to kill you and your friends!!”
“Do not talk nonsense, Arkan-nii!!” Theo detaches himself from Arkan while looking annoyed
He quickly ran into Justin's room and forcibly opened the door. It was a bit surprising when the door opened and there was no one in the room that Justin used to occupy.
“Justin-sama was out since morning and it seems like he went to the place of those two people. They come from the black market in the black region and that place is the largest human trading area in this foreign region, Arkan” explained that to Theo
“Eh...” Theo sculpted and stood with a pale face
His hands instantly turned cold and became unable to think clearly.
After slowly turning her body to look at Arkan, she began to wonder in her heart with a blank mind.
‘What is this? Is the person in front of me sane? Killing, he said, human trafficking, I never heard of it. Why am I...feeling a bad feeling? Am I dreaming?’
While continuing to wonder with an expression of shock, Theo listened to Arkan continue his conversation.
“They came here to ask where you live. I didn't want to help her but the woman threatened me so I was forced to say it”
- Deg.Deg.
“……”
Theo may be silent but his heart rate is getting faster and faster. With sweat from his forehead and hands turning cold, he seemed to not want to hear what Arkan said.
However, this was impossible for Arkan to know. He with a pale face kept talking everything he knew.
“I suspect their purpose is to find your address because they want to kill you all and sell your body on the black market and it turns out that it is true. Seren-sama said Justin-sama gave all of you as payment for asking for his help in finding the sword man without the scabbard”
- Deg
“……!!!”
Theo grew increasingly shocked and trembling and Arkan's pale face was also no less than Theo's. Not waiting for long, Theo rushed out of the bar and ran as fast as he could.
Inside the bar was only Arkan with all sorts of feelings. Fear, disappointment in himself and regret began to embrace him.
“I'm sorry..I'm sorry..I'm sorry..”.
Arkan did not move a step and stood still while continuing to say sorry.
**
Outside the bar during the incident, Ryou and Kaito only look towards the door of the bar.
“You sure you'll let him in alone like that?” Ryou asked with a serious face to Kaito
As if all the previous annoyance and emotions were gone, they were actually acting like nothing had happened. Kaito answered Ryou with a serious tone.
“I don't like him to enter in such a hurry but it would be even more dangerous if we accompany him”
“But, Kaito..we also don't know if it's a guy named Justin in or not”
“If within five to ten minutes Theo doesn't come out, inevitably we have to break through that bar and snatch your pocket watch. That was the last way I think of now”
“I understand. Then we will wait for him” Ryou replied to Kaito's sentence calmly
Kaito took his pocket watch and looked at the time it was shown. The time has shown at 10:23 and the weather is getting noon. In this foreign place the sun can not enter well so that the heat is not too pronounced.
After reinserting his pocket watch, Kaito realized something was coming from his front. Not long after that Theo came out while running.
“She's out, Kaito! Oi, Bo...Woi!!”
Ryou yelled because Theo ran past them just like that.
This time, Theo ran at all his speed regardless of Ryou and Kaito. Ryou's emotions again peaked and he immediately rushed after the boy.
“Basic damn boy! Don't you think you can run without explaining anything!! This time I'm really gonna cut your ears off, you son of a bitch!!”
“Ryou!!” Kaito yells after Ryou also leaves him
Ryou has left him far away and now Kaito doesn't know what to do.
“Why is everything like this?”
At first he is eager to chase Ryou directly but he is quite interested in what makes Theo able to run without caring about himself and Ryou.
His steps came to a halt and Kaito looked back at the bar while wondering in his heart.
‘What's really going on in there? What did Theo hear until it was like that? It's getting complicated and my feelings are really not good about this’
Not only can a woman's voice easily become aware of her while hiding but there is something else going on.
It seems that ‘world’ also has the same hobby as ‘world night’ which is testing Kaito luck to its lowest point.
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