112. Prisoners’ escape
“What’s here? Was our dorm here? Everyone’s gathered!”
Sen, crouching in the corner, began to explain calmly to Mei, who was annoyed by kicking the iron bars.
“This is a prison. It seems to be inside Batian, and the location seems to be underground. And the Extermination Squad, which I belonged to in the past…”
“Ah Okay! I explained it before! Why did he become so timid?”
Like an encyclopedia that says the dictionary definition of a term, Sen pours out all the information he knows.
“it’s okay.”
She pretends not to, but she can see that Sen is down, so Rin goes to the seat next to her and holds her hand tightly.
The reason Sen was doing this was because he thought he was somewhat responsible for the fact that they were brought here.
After all, it was the Extermination Squad that brought everyone in this prison, and he was a member of the Extermination Squad.
Looking at Rin gently holding her hand, Sen made a promise to herself.
‘For now, the people here must live unconditionally.’
He betrayed the Reaper, but from the moment they were caught, it was as if his life had already been lost. Then you have to do whatever it takes to save the lives of others.
Sen now admits that this is no simple task.
‘I want to save.’
He wanted to save them.
I don’t know why, but I felt that way, and it was extremely satisfying to make it my final goal to end my short life.
“Rather than that, what are you trying to do by catching us?”
Ares muttered while looking around the corridor outside holding onto the iron bars. I checked to see if anyone was there, but I didn’t feel any presence.
Perhaps because of this, the tone of her voice, which had been low due to tension, returned to its original beauty.
“I don’t know. A-san, is Lucia going to be okay?”
Looking at Mei, who was worried about Lucia, who had fled to the cathedral even in this situation, Ares asked unconsciously.
“Something about Mei has changed a lot.”
“yes?”
“It’s different from before.”
“……”
In strange shame, May turned her head to pick. If you think about it, isn’t it the man you had a crush on in the past?
If it had been in the immature days of the past (a few months ago at most), he would have tried his best to look good to Ares even in this situation.
“Hmm.”
Slowly leaning against the barbed wire, I stuffed my hands into the pockets of the zip-up hoodie I was wearing. The texture of the last remaining candy wrapper felt at your fingertips.
I quickly took it out, skillfully tore off the wrapping paper, and looked at Ares who put it in his mouth.
“Hmm.”
“what’s the matter?”
Looking at Mei who is looking at him, Ares gropes his cheek, wondering if she has asked something. Looking at him, Mei nodded.
“When you think about it, I think it’s really funny.”
“yes?”
When it comes to liking someone, appearance is of course an important part. To May, that thought still hasn’t changed, but if it’s a different part from a few months ago.
‘I thought you tried to like me just for your looks.’
It was that there was a bunch of people to love someone with just that.
Was it really love in the first place?
I wondered if it was more of a possessive desire to get something like a luxury bag, ring, or necklace that others wanted.
‘Well, it’s something I don’t know anymore.’
Unfortunately, even Mei, who was the owner of that emotion, could no longer define it. It had already disappeared as if the stain had been washed away.
“You are blind.”
“Yes?”
Mei, who gave attention with a grin, and Ares, who looked around her eyes in embarrassment. Without hesitation, Mei let out a sigh, turning her gaze away.
‘It’s been a few days since I haven’t seen you and I miss you already.’
Seeing Mei biting the candy in the distance, Rin gave her a creepy smile.
“no.”
“What?”
“There is no room for you to intervene.”
“her?”
I couldn’t figure out what he was saying. Mei was so angry that blood vessels popped out of her forehead in an instant, and she tried to listen.
“Who is coming?”
Everyone shut their mouths at Ares’ warning to remove the mucus, and everyone’s eyes turned to the outside of the cage.
Because it was a brick hallway in this basement, the sound of footsteps was natural, but he didn’t even make a small sound as if he was proud of himself.
A man with a white bandana covering his mouth. Unlike the other men who followed him, his hood had a red pattern, which means leader.
“Sen, it’s been a while.”
“captain.”
Sen naturally let go of Rin’s hand and stood up, slowly approaching the cage.
The situation wasn’t good enough to say hello, so Sen pulled out the main topic.
“I understand, but why did you bring the other children here?”
“There’s been a lot of talk. Do you think I will answer that?”
“……”
“The reason why the traitor is not immediately given death is to execute you in front of everyone. Everyone in the Reaper, including you, will see the process of gutting them alive and throwing them to the pigs.”
The leader spoke about Sen’s future like a prophet, but it was the other two girls who answered in a fit of rage.
“Ugh, are you washing your mouth while saying that?”
“You’re talking really carelessly.”
Mei is very irritated and Lyn is calmly warning her.
However, no matter how ferociously the beast barked inside the cage, there was no one who did not know that it was the end.
Although it was covered by the hood, I could see that the captain was laughing at the slightly raised eyes.
“Your treatment will be decided in the future. The client said he was taking you and making a deal with someone.”
“deal?”
When Ares questioned the choice of words that felt stuck in his throat, the captain nodded.
At this point, Sen couldn’t help but wonder why the captain came here.
“Isn’t it the iron rule of the Extermination Squad not to dig into the client?”
Now, the leader was inquiring about the purpose of the client’s request, and it was an act that was completely contrary to the principles of the extermination group.
But the manager was confident.
“The Scourge has no permanent allies or enemies.”
“……!”
What that word meant, Sen, who had once been a part of the Scourge, knew right away.
‘It means that there is another client who investigated the background of the client who ordered us to kidnap him.’
Even though it was a risky act that could break the trust of the existing client, seeing him move without any hesitation seemed like a strong supporter.
“Daniel MacLean.”
In the end, the leader took out his hand first, perhaps realizing that they had no intention of saying anything.
Everyone was taken aback by the unexpected name.
“It is the subject of the transaction of the client. From what I’ve heard, all I know is that he organized the fight alone, but maybe you guys know something…”
“hey.”
It was, of course, hot-blooded Mei who banged the iron spear and kicked her while cutting off the captain’s words.
“Shut up before I tear you apart. Where are you going to mention someone’s name?”
As if defending her words, Sen also added a word.
“You won’t get anything about Daniel from us.”
“I am not…”
Ares raised his hand and tried to say something, but Rin’s fist hit his stomach in an instant, so the words that came out of his mouth were almost vomit, not words.
To be honest, Ares wanted to get out of this situation by selling information.
“No, I’m joking!”
While sending a sign of surrender to Rin, who was about to hold a few more cars, she had no choice but to forcefully lock her mouth.
In the end, the captain, who decided that further information could not be extracted, returned, but a more serious atmosphere prevailed inside the prison than before.
“Shake.”
Mei spit out abusive language without realizing it, “Oh my God.” And I covered my mouth.
“Shake.”
spit out again
It meant that things were going to the worst she didn’t want.
“……f*ck.”
Sendo, who was next to him, followed closely.
As Sen who doesn’t usually swear, I tried to relieve this stuffy feeling a little bit, but it’s pretty good.
“sen! I’m not talking like that!”
“You make cursing cute too.”
Rin and May show opposite reactions.
Rin covers Sen’s mouth with her hand, trying to do it one more time.
“You’re doing business with Daniel? with our lives?”
As Ares mumbled as if to clear up the situation, Mei and Sen’s expressions became more serious.
Here Lin raised her hand.
“Hey, I have a way out of prison. It also takes all of you.”
And as soon as he released his hand from Sen’s mouth, Sen muttered, “f*ck!” like a doll, and Rin glared at May for making the kid learn strange things.
“Ah, okay, so what’s the method?”
When Mei, who meekly admitted that she had taught Sen bad things, urged her, Rin slowly unbuttoned the front button on her chest.
Of course, I didn’t unpack everything like I did when I showed it to Daniel in the past, but that much made Ares’ snort a little harsh.
“Where!”
“Keah!”
Because of May stabbing Ares in the eye, Ares rolls on the floor. Rin, who honestly expressed her gratitude, pointed her hand at the pattern drawn on her breastbone.
“It is a pattern drawn on me by the existence of the god of death. You can put people in and take them out.”
“You can put people in and take them out?”
“Are you a human drawer?”
Sen with a bewildered expression and May shrugging her shoulders in absurdity. But Rin let out a sigh and slowly poured her power onto the prison floor.
“I’m sorry, but I will take you by force.”
“……!”
“hey! for a moment! Wait a minute!”
“My, my lying down!”
Sen and Mei distanced themselves from Rin, but it was a cramped prison anyway. There was no way to escape from the black energy.
“I can’t hurt Daniel. No one can have Daniel. I’m sorry for you.”
Rin slowly reached out with her eyes unfocused.
“To me, Daniel is the most important.”
In an instant, the deepest darkness on the continent extended towards the three of them.
*
A dark-haired girl appeared in the shadow of the building where the sun did not shine, and soon the black energy that flowed from her chest began to take on a human form.
“Huh! Whoops!”
“Ah! You crazy bitch!”
“……”
The place where the three people who had been engulfed in darkness reappeared was an alley in Batian. Except for Ares, who passed out, Sen and Mei exhaled heavily.
There was no pain, but seeing my whole body melt with my own eyes was an experience I would never have again in my life. Of course, it was also an experience I would never want to do again.
Not only that, but while being trapped inside Rin, it was an indescribably eccentric feeling.
“Ouch!”
Mei was about to slap her cheeks right away, but Rin vomited with her hands on the wall, sweating profusely.
“what? why are you like this?”
With an expression of not knowing what the situation was, the palm that was about to reach Rin’s cheek patted her on the back.
Rin, who had slept to some extent, wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, wiping the hair that was clinging to her cheeks in a cold sweat.
‘Because of Ares, it was a lot of pressure.’
Despite Sen and Mei’s worried voices, Rin’s gaze was directed to Ares, who had fainted.
Although it was difficult to hide the body in the dark from the beginning, it was accompanied by headaches and dizziness because of Ares, who was chosen by the god Helios and had an imprint.
Thanks to that, I couldn’t even get out of the hotel where the prison was.
Rin took a deep breath and spoke to the two of them.
“That hotel is the prison we were kept in. Take Ares for now. run away…”
Clink!
Despite the urgent situation, Rin had no choice but to stop talking and look at the source of the sound.
The window on the top floor of the hotel was broken, and a person fell, entangled in the curtains.
Surprisingly, the person was a face the three of them knew.
“captain?”
A man named Jojang, who had just come to their prison, had fallen out of the window and was in agony with his body distorted to the point of being grotesque.