Blood Of Platinum
Chapter 73. The Dark market bag. 1
“I'll sell Justin to Seren-sama to save all three of them”
What a brilliant, very intelligent, very genius idea of a bartender who has known Justin for years since he worked at that bar.
Of course the reaction the two of them showed when they heard it made a lot of sense. Strange faces, widened eyes and slightly open mouths signified they were shocked.
Kaito is aware of one statement made by Arkan.
“Wait a minute, mr. bartender. What do you mean by the advice and ideas you say?”
“You've said it since cutting off his arm. You even gave me a good epiphany regarding the economic problems I am facing right now”
“What?!” Kaito could not hide his shocked feelings
He really could not remember clearly what he had said. There were only a few memories he remembered and the rest were like a faint thing.
Kaito asked Arkan.
“So, what do you mean that enlightenment?”
“About it..”
Arkan tells Kaito all about selling Justin to save his friend and the two children, about helping him get extra money to cover Justin's debt and the cost of bar losses and other things about profits and such.
“……”
There was nothing else Kaito could say but to cover his mouth with his hands while putting on a look of surprise and shock.
In his heart, Kaito even cursed himself.
‘Don't joke!! Is what the bartender said true? Did I really say such inhumane things?! Is impossible!! I don't remember it at all!!. How can it be that I sound like I have lost my humanity now?!’
Seeing Kaito's reaction, Arkan was fully convinced that he had not said all those cruel things consciously. Although the cause is still unknown, that doesn't mean it's an important issue right now.
“How? I don't care if Kaito remembers all the words you said or not but now we're really racing with time” Arkan explained
“……”
“I suggested this to both of you because it was basically Justin.no, it was the gorilla who made a contract with Seren-sama and her husband to look for the sword man without the sheath. He hired professional assassins and black-market businessmen to find you, Kaito”
“.....” Ryou and Kaito listen well
Ryou still has not given any information, but that does not mean he does not accept it.
“But because of the fact that before Seren-sama met you, Justin himself discovered you even by chance. I don't know how to fill the contract until he can take the kids in first before the job is done. However, if we bring the person who contracts with them under these circumstances.” Arkan looks towards Kaito by narrowing his eyes.
“Then it can be said that the contract has been canceled and they have to return the three people inevitably. So you mean?” guess Kaito
“Fast. It can be utilized”
“So. I understand”
Kaito pats Ryou on the shoulder so he looks towards Kaito.
“……”
“Ryou, I'll take my word as we head to this place. Compared to thinking about the life of a demon disguised human like Justin, Kino's safety is much more important”
Ryou just bowed to hear that and wiped away his tears.
“No. It's not like I'm gonna blame you. I just want you to know that sometimes we have to ignore our sympathy and empathy for creatures like him. To me, Justin is no better than a goblin or a goat head that attacked us when in ‘world night’. I won't regret anything after killing him”
Ryou's eyes turned cold and like they no longer showed the light of life.
Quietly, Theo stands behind Justin's wall and hears everything as Arkan walks toward the spot.
Theo could only cover his mouth with both of his hands and did not dare to call out the three.
‘This is all because I left Kino-nii!!. It's all my fault!!’
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On a street in seclusion, Seren walks with him a large plastic bag while his employee, Will, is seen carrying a large plastic bag on his left shoulder, pulls on the clothes of a teenager. The teenager is Kino.
In a state of unconsciousness with a wound on his left hand and several incisions on the rest of his body, Kino was dragged like a meaningless plastic trash.
“Madame..” Will calls the woman who walks in front of him.
“What's up, Will?”
“Do you want me to bring that stuff too?”
“This?. Not necessary. I just need to hold her for a minute. This is one way Jack would give me more attention. You know my husband is so happy to cut merchandise that he sometimes forgets that he already has a beautiful woman as his wife, right?” seren's smile was very sweet
“Oh...” Will made only one word out of his mouth
However, who would have thought that he made so many sentences in his mind.
‘Oh, Madame. If you say that Monsieur likes to cut merchandise, doesn't that apply to you? Well, but at least I can ask for a raise and a bonus is easier to talk to Madame than with Monsieur’
Will calls Seren back who is humming in pleasure.
“Madame..”.
“What's up, Will?”
“So, I'm really going to raise as you promised?” ask Will with a big smile
“Hmm..I guess so”
“Yeah!!”
The most unpleasant thing there was Will pulling Kino's body without thinking about what the terrain of the area was like. Several times Kino's leg was hit new and injured as a result of being dragged too fast.
But for those two people, humans were not things to be pitied so it seemed like they did not have any serious problems with it.
“When I go home I will immediately put them all into the warehouse and rest for a while. I'm sure Jack will definitely kill and cut them off ahead of the opening to still look fresh”
“Then the item earlier this morning?”
“Already taken care of. Looks like my husband just wants to hear the sound of the children's screams so he must have cut the child's mother into eight to ten pieces to sell later tonight”
Will was silent for a while and asked Seren again.
“We'll find him soon. I have a good feeling about this so don't worry. We will look for it as soon as we finish delivering this to rumah” Seren said in a relaxed tone
“Alright then”
Not long after, they had entered a deserted area with a large gate inscribed with [Crane Rouge Region]. Will drops Kino's unconscious body to the ground to open the gate. After the gate opened, Seren entered first.
Will immediately pulls Kino's body and drags her back to pass through the gate and into it. After three seconds, Will again dropped Kino's body to close the gate and lock it back.
With Kino's body pulled back along the way, she continued to smile behind Seren
“My salary goes up and Monsieur will love you more, Madame”
A sycophant sentence from employees to seduce his innocent boss to want to raise his salary. And with naive, the boss replied “of course” with his smile.
Within the dark region, there were only two demonesses disguised as humans with three unfortunate people with them.
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Kaito took his pocket watch and looked at it. The time is 11:20. It's been about an hour since Kaito decided to enter this bar.
He put his pocket watch back in and glanced at Ryou who kept staring coldly at Justin who was completely helpless. Sometimes, he also saw Ryou who seemed to be about to pull out his sword.
On the other hand, he glanced behind the wall of Justin's room and suddenly opened his voice.
“You better not be too serious about this, Theo. We'll save Kino and your two friends that”
Theo was immediately startled and revealed himself before the three of them.
“Hiiii!!!” Theo immediately retreated while revealing a pale face
How surprised he was to see the body under the floor with a pool of blood there was Justin. He took a few steps back and tried to remain standing with his trembling legs.
“Aa...” Theo tried to say something but there was no word he could say
‘Don't worry, Theo” Ryou said without looking back
“Eh?”
“You no longer need to deal with this demon. We will get rid of him immediately and I will make sure even after he dies, he will not get any peace”
Ryou's sentence really made the atmosphere heat up again.
“Ehem..
Arkan made a sound as if he was coughing and trying to melt the tense atmosphere. Not long after that, he said the plan he had.
“Like what we have agreed together that we will sell this gorilla and exchange it for the three people Seren-sama brought. I want all of you, including those kids to wait here”
“Where are you going?” ask Kaito
“You can't possibly drag such a big body all the way to the black market, right?. That place is so far from here. His territory was in the darkest area of this foreign place and only a madman was willing to drag this half-dead body all the way there!!”
“Then, how do we get Justin to the black market location?”
“I'd like to call my friend to help us get him to where the black market is. Of course, he might be shocked to almost faint if he knew Justin's condition like this, but that's not an option. In order to save Stelani and the others, this must be done!”
“I understand. I'm putting everything on you. I'll keep Ryou and the others here. You better be quick because we don't have much time to wait” Kaito said in response to Arkan's reply
“Please keep them from escaping”
Arkan walked out of Justin's room and looked at the small children who were still hugging each other to contain his fear and sadness.
He walked up to them before leaving and gave a smile while taking something out of his pocket.
“Listen, I'm sorry for everything that happened. I will save them all as much as possible. Therefore, take this for you to live better after Stelani and Fabil come home safely”
Michaela received the thing. That's five coins worth 100 francs. How shocked all the children were. Theo who saw from afar finally approached them all.
“This is the money given by the two of them this morning. At first they wanted me to give this to Justin-sama so that all of you could eat some bread. But now it is no longer needed”
“.....” Theo and the children fell silent
“You no longer need to be in fear and pain. You are free to determine your own path. After you all get together, we can talk about many things and it must be fun”
A cold person like Arkan can smile with his handsome face to children he never once cared about. This proves that he still has a human side and is more rational than all those who sleep in the foreign place.
The money was received by Michaela and given to Theo. While accepting that, he recalled the figures of the two friends. Clasping tightly onto the five coins and pendulum necklaces in his collar, he prayed inwardly.
‘I beg you, save Stelani and Fabil! Save Kino-nii! I hope nothing happens to both of them! I beg you to hope everyone can return safely. I beg!’
A speck of light reappears even when dim. However, the light is reconnected to something called the thread of destiny.
- Deg
“……!!!”
Something was felt by Kaito when he was still in Justin's room with Ryou.
‘What other feeling is this?’
Like a warm feeling that makes him have a strong desire for something. Although it was faint yet clear he could sense that this was an extremely strong feeling within him.
He becomes even more excited to be able to save Kino and the two kidnapped children with him. More or less, this is the picture that Kaito can describe today.
‘Could it...there's something happening to my memory piece?’ he murmured in the heart
**
Arkan got out of the bar and walked towards somewhere. Just a few steps away from the bar, his steps suddenly came to a halt.
“Ukh...”.
He saw something he had forgotten a while ago.
“I forgot to throw away these two pieces of arm. What am I supposed to do? I feel like my stomach is nauseous and I want to puke”
Arkan stared at the two arms filled with pools of blood with a disgusting and pale look. The expression seemed to be looking at the pile of trash everywhere and he was very dislikeful of this.
“I'd better throw it later”
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