Blood Of Platinum
Chapter 95. The Unexpected Meeting
Stelani and Fabil who managed to escape from the place ended up running stealthily while observing the place. Because Fabil was holding Stelani, he could not run as fast as usual.
“Nee, are you sure you're okay Fabil?” stelani asked with a worried face
“I'm fine. Don't think of anything else and we're leaving here!”
Fabil was still running with a breath of breath. The atmosphere around the area was quiet and there was no one. Every side of the street is nothing but shops and stalls closing. It was like an uninhabited city.
Along that path, Fabil may not have paid much attention to the side and focused on what was in front of him, but not to Stelani. He looked at everything on his right and left.
With two blades in his hand, he grasped them tightly while looking scared. His hands were even trembling.
Fabil who felt strange to the silent Stelani asked the girl.
“You why Stelani? Do your legs and hands still hurt?”
“Fabil...this place is..this place is not like a foreign place I know”.
Fabil stopped and asked Stelani again.
“Why?”
“See your surroundings now”
A bewildered Fabil looked around the place and he began to realize how terrifying the displays in all the shops and stalls were.
“Tu–body....human body!!”
The girl almost fell down because the boy carrying her was so surprised that he forgot the fact that he was holding her. Quickly also held onto Fabil's shoulder. Of course his effort was not so smooth as he was holding two knives plus his left hand which was still very painful.
Realizing that he was close to taking down Stelani, Fabil quickly strengthened his grip so as not to take Stelani down.
“Fabil!!” Stelani screamed as she almost fell
“Ma–forgive me. I'm really surprised by all this!”
“But don't forget me you're carrying, you idiot!”
“I'm sorry”
“Let's go from here! Lest we get caught by that evil woman or we will fail to help Kino-niisan!” stelani exclaimed a little while shaking Fabil's shoulders with her hands
Fabil nodded and ran back.
Along that lonely road, they began to be unable to think clearly.
“What kind of place is this? Why does it all contain a human body? Why can we end up in this place?” fabil asked with fear
“I heard Justin before we were taken. It must have something to do with Justin-sama!” stelani concluded
“But why? Wasn't he still trying to find the sword man without the scabbard? Why is he trying to hurt us who are always looking for money for him? This doesn't make sense!” Fabil said in a tone of astonishment and anger at the same time
Stelani could not give her answer but she began to think.
‘Justin-sama is still trying to find the sword man we saw near the fountain pool this morning. It means his men who last night still haven't found him. Could this have something to do? Or maybe Justin-sama is tired of all of us?’
Negative thoughts begin to haunt Stelani's feelings. But in their current situation, it was not the time to think about all that and stay focused on their escape plan.
In front of them there are now turns, all of which do not look like a good option. Fabil stopped and looked confused.
“Which one do we choose?” Fabil looks confused
Stelani looked ahead and she herself was unsure of her choice.
“So we take which turn before this?”
“I followed your instructions to turn left after running from where we came out earlier”
“Normally we should have chosen the right path but I don't know if the right is the right turn” Stelani thought seriously
“You know you, Stelani. There is no good choice for us in this place! We have to do it quickly or Kino-niichan will die!!”
Hearing Kino's words, Stelani became serious and decided to take a turn to the left.
“Kiri? Not right like you said?” Fabil asked in doubt
“You yourself said we don't have a good choice and have to be fast! We take the left now!”
Stelani looked already upset and started scolding the boy who was carrying her. Fabil could only sigh and tighten his grip so as not to drop the girl. Finally, Stelani's choice was taken.
Now, their only hope is to get out of there and ask for outside help to save Kino.
**
Elsewhere on the black market, two teenage boys are confused and there seems to be a debate between them.
“I just realized something important. We do have to find where the manager is located, but...where should we look?” kaito asked with a confused face
Ryou was speechless with wide eyes and a flat face. His expression grew even stranger and it was seen simultaneously with the sentence coming out of his mouth.
“A..you're right. Where do we go now?”
Hearing that sentence, Kaito started to look annoyed and angry at Ryou.
“This is all because you attacked him first before he drove us to this black market manager place, you fool!”
Ryou does not want to be blamed and ends up replying to Kaito's words with his upset face as well.
“You don't think I'm upset to hear my brother was almost killed like that, huh?! Kino was tortured by him and you want me to stay quiet?! You know, I only have one sister in this world and that is Kino!”
“I know your sister Kino and we came here to make a transaction with the manager of this place to save them! It's good that big muscle let us in after he heard we killed Justin!” Kaito again yelled at Ryou
“I'm not to blame! Besides, I'm asking you who cut off the big muscle's head?”
“.....” Kaito is silent and does not answer
Ryou who saw that reaction immediately pointed at the face of the teenager in front of him.
“Hayo, it was you who did it!”
“A–I did, but I ask you who shot and stabbed him with the sword?”
“.....” this time Ryou who is silent and does not answer
“You did it!”
“Then where do we look now?!”
“……”
Instantly, they both fell silent. The debate ultimately produced nothing and only created drama of blaming each other.
“It's already, we stop this! We have to find this place no matter what! If we need to split up to find him” Ryou starts proposing something
Ryou's face as he said it did look annoyed but the idea was serious. He really intends to split up to find a black market management place by splitting up.
Of course Kaito refused.
“You think this place is only as big as a cat cage? You don't see how big this place is? This place might even be as vast as downtown!”
“Then what kind of way do you have?!” Ryou started to get emotions back
Kaito is unwilling to deal with the child's emotions and begins to think in his own way. He really thought about it.
‘Black market manager as well as the owner of this place.It is impossible for them to live in an ordinary place like all these stalls and shops full of corpses. There must be something different, for example.the most striking or tallest building in this place’.
Ryou waited for Kaito to finish thinking. His face began to look panicked as he recalled the sentence of the big man he had just fought.
[He was only beaten on his stomach until he collapsed while being strangled. Just an incision and a puncture will not make him die quickly]
Recalling that, Ryou bit his lip again until it bled out and clenched his hands tightly.
‘Kino..whatever happens you must survive! I won't forgive myself if something bad happens to you! Kami-sama, please protect the one and only most important brother of my life! I beg!’
Kaito began to have some conjectures. Before he said that to Ryou, he patted the teenager on the shoulder.
“Ryou..”
Ryou was startled and realized the pain on his lips. She wiped the blood on her lips with her thumb while looking at Kaito.
“Have found something?”
“....” Kaito is silent
He could see how depressed Ryou was. Kaito realizes that and tries not to ignite sensitive conversations. In addition, there were important things that had to be conveyed by him
“Ryou, this is just my guess but I think there are some clues that we can make as a basis even though I'm not sure”
“What is it?! Say!” Ryou became impatient to hear that
“Since the person we want to meet is the manager and owner of this place then it can be said he is the most important person”
“I know that! I've even insinuated Riz many times about the man named Jack who became his role model!”
“I think he's in one of the important or most striking or tallest buildings here”
“Ba–blest building or highest?”
“True. Now take a good look at this whole place and I'm sure we'll find it”
Ryou and Kaito started walking with quick steps forward. The sentence of the striking and tallest building was really easy to understand. It took less than five minutes after walking fast, they saw the tallest building that was quite a distance away from where they were.
“Bingo! There is no other tall building in this place besides that building!” Ryou is starting to look happy
“Then let's go there!”
Ryou and Kaito finally decide to go there. But not long from the direction of the turn in front of them, someone came.
“They..not them it is–“.
**
Fabil ran while holding Stelani. The path chosen by them is a turn to the left in a straight direction after.
“Do you think we'll be okay?” asked Fabil while running slowly
“Maybe”
The longer, Fabil's speed slowed and he was forced to stop and take down Stelani. Fabil instantly flopped down and sat down on the road with a breath of breath.
“Kita..isti...rahat...seventually...haah...haa....haaa”.
“You okay, Fabil?” asked Stelani who was squatting nearby with an anxious face
“You...inquire..the most unreasonable question..di...when like..ini” Fabil answered despite being disjointed by trying to catch his breath.
“I'm serious?!”
“I'm serious too!”
Stelani did not ask again. His initial intention was that he asked because he was worried. Fabil finally began to be able to catch his breath well and began to talk to Stelani.
“Sorry, I didn't mean to offend but your question was indeed strange at a time like this”
“Terlarah. We gotta get out of here. Do you want to carry me again?”
“Is your foot okay?”
“I'm not sure but after being carried by you I think it's good enough. But I still can't run”
“So. Then I'll carry it again. Don't worry, I'm already fine”
Of course he is still not okay but there is no choice but to make everything look good. They've lost a lot of time. Fabil started holding Stelani back and ran.
Right in front of him was a fairly wide street. When they almost came out of that turn, Stelani immediately said.
“Right turn!”
“I understand!”
As they turn, they are shocked by an unexpected encounter.
The faces of Stelani and Fabil looked so scared to see what was in front of him.
“Ke–why can it be here?!
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