Blood Of Platinum
Chapters 118. After the Genesis bag. 3
Joel wrapped both his hands in gloves and put all the dirty clothes belonging to the children into a large bag.
“Haah, finally done. Just take it to my regular washerman and the clothes will smell like a newborn. Ehehehe”
The big man seemed to really like his role as the impromptu parent of the seven children. If complete with Stelani and Fabil, then the number of Joel's children to be cared for by him is nine.
What an unexpected life change from a bar manager to a woman lover turned adoptive parent to nine street kids.
‘I feel I should do something to all of them. Since Justin has died, that means there's nothing else to be afraid of for all those kids. They could not live without such a direction. Can I do something to make up for all my indifference all this time to all of them?’
All things in his mind were true and pure from the heart.
From the first moment he met the children, Joel felt he had to take responsibility for their safety now.
“I hope those kids really don't lose their smile. Approximately, have they all managed to bring the three kidnapped people out alive?”
Joel put the plastic containing the dirty clothes inside the employee room and removed the gloves he was wearing in the kitchen sink. After that, he walked back to the front side of the bar to sit down.
“Haaah~” Joel sighed heavily
There was no doubt that in the end he was very lazy to walk over to call the renovation officer.
“Alright, here's the decision. I'll wait for all those kids to come back, then I'll call the clerk to renovate this dilapidated place”
Suddenly, he fell silent.
“……”
He started to recall the thing he said to the children and ended up scratching his head while looking lazy.
“Ugh, but if I don't leave.later I'm considered an adult liar. On the contrary, if I go, this place no one is guarding. Plus it is clear money and others do not escape the possibility of theft. Even so, if left dilapidated until tomorrow, it means that I can't make any money either. And..”
Joel began to sit up straight and looked at the entire bar room once again.
“I'll say this one more time.Arkan taste is really bad. We'll see when he gets back here later. About whatever his defense was” grumbled Joel saw his strange dilapidated bar decor
He also started to stand up and walk to the landfill.
“Because yesterday he said there were a lot of dead bodies so I thought there was an unpleasant scent in..ow...wow..”.
Joel saw there was blood under the garbage heap.
“It turns out Arkan did not lie when he told me that the late Justin had his men throw a corpse into a dump behind the bar. So crazy. That's why I don't want to deal with that guy. Haaah, it seems this overnight gossip and blood spotting could make this bar bankrupt”
Joel went back inside and started thinking hard. His little party with the kids really made him quite happy, but now he has to go back to the adult business of making money.
With his style standing up and looking so serious, Joel muttered to himself.
“Kurasa...i've decided to..”.
“Uncle Joel? Apparently you're here!”
Riz who started to speed up his pace started to look running again. He began to walk that straight path. Until the end he stopped and saw what was in front of him from a considerable distance away.
“Eth why if you remember the garbage in front, I feel sad because I have to accept the fact Justin died. Hiks, I think after meeting the kids, I'll go straight home to shower and cry. Then, I'll come back to help Jack-sama as well as set up opening”
Right, at a considerable distance that Riz saw plastic bottles and garbage scattered on the ground and red color that began to look brown.
It was a battle between Kaito and Justin. Of course he was no stranger because he himself picked up two arms belonging to Justin before.
He walked over to put his wagon right on the other side of a building next to the bar, before passing bloodstains and plastic bottles in front of him.
“Alright, I'm ready to give all those kids a surprise and bad news at the same time. At the very least, everyone returned safely even though there was one person whose life was laying the stakes on the lucky”
Riz walked over and when he got to the door of the bar, he saw that there was someone inside. His face was quite surprised to see that figure.
Without giving a cue and with a minimal step of voice, Riz spoke in a fairly tight tone. Makes a pleasant surprise for a large man standing in a serious pose.
“Uncle Joel? Apparently you're here!”
“Gyaaa!!”
“Waaa!! Why are you yelling, uncle?!”
“Eh? You...Riz Mortem?!!”
Riz began to regain his senses after letting out a shout on that narrow and deserted road.
“Why are you screaming like you just saw a demon passing by, uncle?!” Riz walked inside while asking Joel
“It...that's because since then there have been no signs of humans coming! Of course, anyone would scream! Moreover, this place is quiet like a ghost town and a corpse dump!” joel was a little upset
“Ma–forgive me. I surprised you, huh?”
“Y–ya, no problem. I'm a strong man. Just chill. A–ahahaha” Joel starts blushing in embarrassment
“But your shout just now was so cute, uncle Joel. It looked like a little kid who accidentally saw a cockroach and turned hysterical. Your shout is exactly like that”
Congratulations to Joel who shouted got the predicate of a cute shout from Riz. It's beyond common sense. To be sure, Joel doesn't really like Riz's compliments.
“You just said what? Don't insult me yeah!”
“They? You mean the little boy and his friends? They're going shopping in town and haven't been able–”
“It's about those three people!” exclamation Riz
“......!!” Joel was surprised
He finally allowed Riz to sit down. After giving her a drink, Joel asked her everything that happened.
“What brought you here, Riz? The three people you meant were..Is it related to this mess?” joel asked with a serious face
“I just got back from the black market and–”
“Dark market?! Meaning you came with Arkan to exchange Justin's body?!” Joel stood up with a surprised face
“True. I came because I wanted to tell the kids about their two friends and–”
“Where are those two kids now? Is Arkan back with you too?”
Joel keeps cutting Riz's sentences. As Riz tries to solve this quickly and goes home to cry over the death of his money field, he tells Joel to listen to all his explanations until it is finished.
“I'm sorry. I'm just.follow happy with all that” Joel sat down and tried to calm down this time
“I know, but I came here with two news. Which one would you like to hear first?”
“Good news!”
“Good news both kids are safe. The little girl who was the victim was injured even though I don't know if she had a broken bone or not” explained Riz
“Or I detail” Joel said with a serious expression
Riz told me everything about the outcome of the exchange, including when he met Will and how the transaction went.
The face of Joel who listened to all the explanations was fickle from getting serious, panicking to finally smiling.
But after that, Joel's expression turned back to panic and anxiety.
“Shortly! So you're saying that Justin's body can only be exchanged for Stelani and Fabil?! But I heard from the boy..I mean Theo, there was a teenage boy named Kino who was also taken while protecting the two children?! What about his fate now?!” Joel became panicked and showed a tense expression
“It's in the good and bad news I want to convey..”
“.....” Joel still hasn't changed his tense expression
“Jack-sama likes that teenager named Kino. There's a reason why he's so interested in her. But for sure, it had made me desperate because of Jack-sama's offer that was beyond my common sense”
“Offer?! Meaning she really won't let go?!”
“True. In addition, when I saw his condition.he was already injured and lost a lot of blood” continued Riz.
Joel tried to calm himself down. He did not forget what he often heard from Theo and the other children.
‘The teenager named Kino was seriously injured?! If until those kids figure it out, they will really lose their smile!’ he thought inwardly by showing an anxious face
“About an offer from a black market manager, what did he propose for the teenager to be free?” Joel is back on topic
“The teenager can still be removed with money and the amount is 100,000 Franc for its opening”
“Se–se–one hundred thousand?!” Joel stood up in shock
“That's the starting price that applies before opening preparation. I wanted to go back home and used my money to buy it. But, before that happens there are actually unexpected events”
“What is it?!”
Joel sat back down and drank to calm his trembling hands in shock at Riz's explanation.
“The murder of Ryou and Kaito. They are the younger brother and friend of a teenager named Kino as well as two men who killed a black market gatekeeper”
“Hah?!”
“Uncle Will was killed by both of them. And the body of Uncle Will I'm selling for a price equivalent to the teenager's opening price”
Joel was flabbergasted and could not say anything. Riz told me everything in detail. Of course the part of how Will died is not told because he didn't know it either.
However, nothing is missing about Will's body being found on a major black market street until Jack's interest in Ryou, Kino's younger brother.
Riz also recounts how Will's exchange of corpses with Kino's freedom worked.
“After the success and the deal was made, we all immediately brought out Kino's body which was originally in my cart through the gate. I suggested they go to a downtown hospital to get the teenager first aid. Of course the two children also come with them” Riz is finally done with all the explanations in length
“So, Arkan is with them in the hospital in the city center?”
“True. I came back to this bar because I wanted to tell the kids about their friend who survived. I think after this you can take them to the hospital with the two kids downtown, Uncle Joel”
Joel fell silent and breathed a sigh of relief.
‘Thank God..the kids didn't lose their smile’.
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