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#089. The Lost Children (3)
Ray’s red mana reached the two captains’ vessels.
Unlike other times, it used the mana from the ring rather than the mana in the air.
Even when injecting emotions, I thought that using raw mana could expose the opponent to mana poisoning.
‘But there hasn’t been a case like that yet.’
Anyway, it didn’t seem like it would be good to be exposed to mana in the air.
Woof──!
The red mana that had dug into the bowl clung to the two captains’ anger.
The anger that had grown in size quickly overwhelmed the feeling of hesitation.
“This is your last warning. Stay calm. You don’t want to get beat up like before.”
“Don’t just talk, come at me. You little punk with big mouth.”
Melom and Denaine, who had been continuing their fight in an ominous atmosphere, suddenly felt a strange feeling.
‘I hate him like this…
‘That son of a bitch keeps talking about old times! Why? Why do I hate seeing you even more today and don’t like you even more?’
They were originally enemies.
He was always ready to exploit his opponent’s weakness and take over their territory.
However, since both sides had a lot to lose and were not showing any weaknesses, they were trying to avoid conflict as much as possible.
Now too, we were thinking of turning back after saving some face for both of us.
Anyway, the important thing was to get money out of that cocky white hair guy.
But why is that?
‘A bastard who’s worth chewing on.’
‘죽일 놈의 새끼.’
The reason why the anger in my heart doesn’t seem to go away.
A message rang in my head nonstop.
I want you to punch that guy in front of you right now.
“Kill them all! Kill them all!”
The first one to explode was Denain.
“What are you guys doing! Why don’t you just kick them all out!”
Melom shouted in frustration.
An empty lot where silence fell for a moment.
Soon the commotion spread like a ripple.
“Hey, boss? Really? Are you really going to hit me?”
“Hey, why are you suddenly like that? You always say that if we fight, we’ll be the ones who suffer.”
We had been following the usual policy of avoiding conflict, so we couldn’t help but be surprised when the commander suddenly declared war.
“Are your ears blocked? Kill them all! Right now! All of those bastards!”
“fu*k! Can’t you hear me? Move! I’m going to kick them all out! I’m going to kick the ones who don’t move!”
The subordinates flinched at the two captains’ shouts and rushed toward each other, shouting loudly.
“Eww!”
“Die you little sh*ts!”
At first, it was a back-and-forth battle.
But gradually, casualties began to mount, emotions began to run high, and the fight quickly escalated into a full-blown brawl.
“Ahhh! My arm! My, my arm!”
“You fu*king bastards! Where the hell do you think you are!”
Incessant screaming and shouting.
The smell of blood and sweat permeates the air.
Boohoo──!
Breaking or splintering timbers.
Tangled and tangled arms and legs.
What unfolded before my eyes was a complete chaos, and the noise that filled the surroundings was deafening.
And one step outside of all that chaos.
“… … .”
Ray was observing the fight.
The boy’s gaze is directed towards the center of the battlefield.
It was the point where the most intense fighting was taking place.
─Die…! This fu*king bird…!
─You did…! I know… everything…!
Melom and Denain.
The two boys fought like wild dogs.
Whenever the opportunity arose, he did not hesitate to target vulnerable points such as the eyes or ears, and when he fell, he would aim for the opponent’s feet and use that as an opportunity to attack.
It’s a street fight in itself, without any sophisticated techniques to be found.
But the fierceness in his movements was reminiscent of that of skilled fighters.
Of course, there was something else that Ray was paying the most attention to.
‘The anger is dissipating.’
The volume of red mana in the two captains’ vessels was rapidly decreasing.
Like a balloon that has suddenly deflated and is starting to deflate.
It was a backlash to having reached a critical point and exploded.
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Indeed, Ray nodded in satisfaction as he watched Melom and Denaine becoming mentally healthy.
─You…! This bird…! Stay still…!
─Where…! Let’s try…! See…!
Although it was difficult to perceive from a distance, the anger of the two captains that was actually being expressed was quickly fading away.
The evil eyes gradually returned to normal, and even the fists exchanged began to show a little bit of hesitation.
‘Hey, I want to stop fighting now.’
‘Why, why am I fighting?’
Seeing the two people’s anger almost reaching the floor, Ray gradually felt that it was time for him to intervene.
I walked slowly and entered the battlefield.
“You little punk! What are you…! Huh…?”
The boys who had attacked Ray all looked down at their own clubs cutting through the air in vain, their gazes blank.
The opponent was clearly just walking across the battlefield at a normal pace.
But I couldn’t understand why the attack missed.
widely.
Leaving behind his confusion and bewilderment, Ray approached Melom and Denain.
“Do you think I don’t know that your little brat kidnapped our children?”
“Bullshit! You’re the one who kidnapped them! You’re the one who sold our children to Polter! You son of a bitch! How dare you break the taboo of the street!”
Conversations that were previously inaudible from a distance became much clearer.
Kidnapping. What does that mean?
It piqued my interest a little.
widely.
I walked slowly.
It naturally crept in between the two of them, as if it had been there from the beginning.
Hoooow──! Bang!
Phew──! Bang!
Fists flying from both sides were caught in Ray’s hands.
“what…?”
“You, you…?”
The two captains were momentarily taken aback when they saw Ray, but soon came to their senses and used their strength to shake off the punch.
But as if some kind of magic had been used, the captured fist did not move at all.
A fist trembling.
A face so red it felt like it was going to burst.
“Profit! Profit! Don’t let go of this, you punk!”
“Hey, you fu*king punk! Where the hell are you getting in here!”
The two captains shouted at the top of their voices, their pride rising.
But the moment Ray tightened his grip.
“Ahhh! Aahhh! My fist!”
“Bones! Bones! My bones are breaking! Shut up!”
I’ve become polite.
Because I ended up kneeling down with only my fist hanging in the air.
‘Wha, what kind of power is this…!’
‘You mean, I was trying to kill this guy?’
Cold sweat ran down Melom and Denaine’s entire bodies.
A street where power is order.
The assessment of the situation was quick.
The white-haired, cocky stranger was a predator who was much higher up than them.
While cold sweat was running down my entire body, I heard a voice.
“Are you feeling better now?”
“Yes, yes?”
“yes?”
“You guys are finally free of each other’s anger, right?”
The two captains could not figure out Ray’s intentions.
‘Are you feeling better now?’
‘Are you angry? What is this…?’
If I were to answer by just looking at the words themselves, my anger has subsided.
Because when I saw my opponent, I didn’t feel as excited as before.
Rather, the emotions that filled my mind right now were a sense of crisis and dizziness at having hastily started a fight.
But once war broke out, there was no way to back down.
‘A man has pride.’
‘If you look down on someone once, it’s over.’
Also, beyond mere personal feelings, there were still quite a few problems between the gangs that needed to be resolved.
So the answer was set.
In the direction of not letting the anger go away.
“… … .”
“… … .”
But why is that?
The reason why my mouth won’t open for the time being is.
The terrible pain still resonated from his fist, and his opponent seemed to be hoping for an answer that his anger had subsided.
“answer.”
At Ray’s urging, Melom and Denaine glanced at each other.
‘You speak first. Say you’re calmer.’
‘You go first, you little punk.’
If the other person starts talking, I’ll pretend not to be able to win and just follow along.
These were two people who, even if they were about to die, would not want to show their weakness first.
And Ray helped the two coordinate their opinions.
He put strength into his grip.
“Ahh! Ow! Ow! Ow! Yeah, yeah! I’m relieved! I’m all relieved!”
“Kuaaaak! Ugh! Ouch! I’m not angry! Whoa, I’m not angry at all! Oh, I won’t be angry in the future! I, I’m close with this guy!”
The answers came out simultaneously.
The two captains were now practically hanging on Ray’s hand.
Everyone on the battlefield stopped moving at this absurd and shocking sight.
In the silence, Ray said.
“If you feel better, then make up.”
“Are we okay…?”
“You want me to make peace with this guy?”
Ray nodded.
It was a memory from the time I spent with the Guldari kids.
Pale, the eldest of the group, would call his younger siblings to reconcile them whenever they fought.
“Even if it looks like the feelings have been resolved on the outside, there may still be lingering feelings. Once a fight breaks out, you must make sure to reconcile properly.”
It will be similar.
This is also a fight.
Ray said, coming out of his thoughts.
“reconciliation.”
“I, I’m sorry. I, I was wrong.”
“Me, me too. Sorry. I, I apologize.”
The two captains looked at each other and spoke in awkward voices.
It seemed like that was the thing to do if I wanted to escape this monster’s clutches.
I don’t know what I’m sorry about or what I did wrong.
“good job.”
“Then, if you could just let go of this fist… .”
“Oh, that’s right. You, you’re in so much pain, I think you’re going crazy.”
Ray nodded and tried to do so.
But then.
‘ah.’
A memory flashed through my head.
There was something I forgot.
After the reconciliation between his brothers, Pale had something he had to do.
“We are family. Don’t forget it.”
That was exactly what it was like, embracing each other and exchanging words of love.
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A few of his men rushed to rescue their leader, but it was like running into a typhoon.
Because everyone fell to the ground at the same time as Ray’s attack.
The situation was quickly resolved.
A few minutes later.
Dozens of boys, including Melom and Denaine, were forced to kneel before the pile of concrete cylinders on which Ray and his party sat.
“… So, search the sector for these keywords. If you find useful information, you will be rewarded accordingly.”
Philip’s transmission continues.
The two captains nodded with blank expressions.
Although he was listening to Philip, he still hadn’t recovered from the shock from the other day.
I never thought I would say things to this new guy next to me… no, this kid, that I haven’t said to my girlfriend yet.
‘I didn’t save those words for this.’
‘I’m sorry, Mom. The first person my son told me he loved was a man.’
When I was shedding tears like that inside.
“Since each gang has a little over a hundred members, it shouldn’t take too long to search the entire sector.”
I heard something that made me think.
“Uh… but I don’t think we can send all of our children to find the information you mentioned.”
“We are the same. We already have a lot of work to do….”
To summarize the story, it was like this.
It has been reported that members of two groups have been missing for some time now.
A search is underway to find the missing person, and the disappearance is believed to be the work of a rival gang.
“You little brat without even the slightest conscience. You’re selling off an orphan because you have nothing to sell? Do you not know that I met with a member of Poltern’s organization a while ago?”
“Don’t be ridiculous. We met to plan what to do with the kids on each street. And the ones who are disappearing are our kids.”
“It must be a smokescreen. He’s trying to avoid being seen as a suspect by pretending to be a victim himself.”
Melom and Denain growling at each other.
Ray, who had been listening quietly, asked.
“Have you gotten any clues while investigating? Like what time period they usually go missing? Or have you learned anything about the missing children?”
Melom and Denain, who had been lost in thought for a moment, told a more detailed story.
“At first, I thought he had fallen asleep somewhere and not returned to the hideout. But after a few weeks, he still hadn’t returned.”
“They weren’t the type of kids who would suddenly leave the group. Even if they did, they wouldn’t have anywhere to go.”
The missing children numbered 17 in total, including both groups.
Later, they made it mandatory for them to travel in pairs as a comrade group, but they said that when they came to their senses, their partner would disappear at some point.
“Portrey! Your partner disappeared a while ago, didn’t he?”
At Melom’s shout, a boy stood up from behind.
“Oh, that’s right. I was on my way back to the hideout after work.”
In the middle of our conversation, I suddenly stopped responding and looked to the side to see that my partner, Tommy, had disappeared.
When I looked back, I saw Tommy going into the alley.
“I ran after him in a hurry. But when I entered the alley, Tommy was completely gone. It was clearly a dead end.”
Veronica reacted to those words and whispered.
“It might be magic.”
Ray agreed and asked again.
“Do you remember anything else about the situation at the time?”
Portree frowned.
Then he said it as if he had just remembered.
“Red. I think I saw a red glow in front of Tommy.”