Blood Of Platinum
Chapter 57. The Devils in the Dark Territory
On the other side of the deeper secluded area, there was a place called [Crane Rouge Region]. It was a darker region than the previous estranged region. The place that is not touched by anyone, is more concentrated with an uncomfortable atmosphere so as to give a thick impression with the understanding of the real secluded place in the city.
Although the place has an unpleasant description, it does not mean that no one goes there. The devil in the form of a human being always to that place either during the day or night.
Call it the place as ‘dark region’.
To enter the dark region it only requires one criterion called immoral. True, only heartless and immoral people could be in the region. Because the place is only visited by human-shaped demons, not intended for humans who have hearts.
The roads in the region are darker, the buildings higher. It is still a question to this day, why a place with a building higher than the altar in the city could not be realized by residents in the city. Many questions arise.
Is that place another world next to the city that exists today?.
Did everyone never assume the place existed because it was dangerous?.
Or did they never know it in the first place?
As it turns out, the city itself is ‘world’ which is no less strange than ‘world day’ and no less terrible than ‘world night’.
Let's move on to the best part of it all.
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In the early morning ambiance, Justin walked to an unusual place. The place was getting quiet and humid, it could be seen that only he was walking there.
There was a building higher than the place in the bar or other buildings before and the most interesting thing was that after passing through the deserted road, there was a large gate ahead there.
The gate was guarded by a tattooed man taller than Justin with many old scars almost all over his upper body, only using torn jeans without tops and hands that hold a large butcher knife and there is a writing [Region Cranne Rouge] at the top of the gate.
It was a dark region, [Crane Rouge Region].
The guard man confronted Justin while pointing the butcher knife he held onto Justin's face.
“It's not opening time yet, what brings you to this place, Justin?”
“I want to meet with ‘they’. You better let me in now that I'm not being friendly today”
“……”
The man looked at Justin's sharp eyes and laughed as if he was happy to see them.
“Ahahaha. Very amusing. You never come to this place in the morning. Seeing you like this, I'm sure you're in trouble, aren't you bald?”
- Dooor
The sound of gunfire came out of the gun in Justin's hand.
Justin seemed to pull out the gun shortly after he heard the compliment from the gatekeeper, bald. Though it is a good compliment because it suits the condition of his head that does not have hair. Justin should be happy to hear that.
The shot did not hit the guard because it was just a bluff, but of course it proved Justin's dislike of his words.
The guard was not afraid at all. With a big smile, he pulled back the big butcher knife and invited Justin in.
“Oi, oi, you can't be serious like that, Justin. If you want to come in, come in. Besides, ‘they’ is already inside. A lot of good stuff has come. Maybe you're interested in taking a look before opening”
“I don't care about the stuff they brought” Justin put his gun back in and walked in with his cold face
The gate opened and Justin entered the area.
At the beginning of the gate there are still some empty buildings that are unused and destroyed. But only about four buildings after, the area turned into a trading place.
The place was called the black market, a market that sold strange things that were unusual and would never be encountered in any market.
In the remote area there is actually a strange market like this place, but the material sold in the market is different from the black market.
There is only one type of material sold on the black market in the [Crane Rouge Region] that is human, whether it is alive, dying or dead. Usually the best-selling people are dead people. The market also receives human organs of any kind and whatever the conditions.
That is why only human-shaped demons can come to the place. The reason for that was because a human with a heart would only end up being trading there.
The description of the market is exactly like the shopping area in the city. Simple merchandising kiosks are on every street corner and shops with glass windows displaying their wares are also widely visible.
Of course, what is displayed there are corpses, heads and other human bodies that hang or neatly arranged in the storefront.
As the guard man said that all the stalls and shops were not open because it was not yet time to open. Justin walked down the street alone.
Until finally he stood in a sixth-floor building that read [La porte du Paradis].
Justin walked inside the venue and was greeted by a young woman in the lobby.
“Welcome. Oh, Justin-sama! Didn't you come quickly today. Can anyone help?”
“I know ‘they’ is here. I want to meet him” Justin replied with a cold look
“Please wait a minute”
The young lady went up to the second floor. About three or five minutes he went down and allowed Justin to go upstairs. On the second floor, there were three closed doors and one open door.
Justin walked into the open door and saw three people on the couch. A handsome young man who was sitting while looking at a small chest on the table, a woman who was sleeping while hugging something on the sofa and the latter was a person known to Justin.
The handsome young man stood up while smiling towards Justin.
“Justin, friend! Another money field that always leads me to the highest achievement! Why did you come in the morning like this?”
“I know you won't be busy in the morning, that's why I came”
“Hoo. We just met three days ago. Please enter. Sit where you like but don't disturb my sleeping wife”
Justin and the handsome man walked over and sat down on the sofa. He glanced at the other person sitting beside him. The man greeted her with a big smile.
“Yo, Justin-sama. We just met at the bar ya”
“Riz, why are you here too?” Justin asked in a cold tone
“Oh, just report the item I took from you to Jack. I'm gonna put it in as the main thing at my stall tonight. Because the condition of the five bodies is still good so I asked Jack to set the price”
“.....” Justin listens even though he doesn't care
“If I sell of course I will sell with a profit of 100%, only Jack says later the buyer is not interested in it. So I asked him to put up a minimal price in order to sell”
“……”
“The body is still in my house. Once back from the bar I immediately ran as hard as I could to get here faster, ehehehe” Riz laughed like sinless on his handsome face
“……”
Justin doesn't really care about everything Riz says. She just waited until Riz finished talking to the man in front of her. After ten minutes Riz finally came out with a happy smile.
“Finally we can talk. Riz Mortem told me with a very happy face to get a nice corpse out of you. So, what's the need to come at this hour?”
“I want you to help me find someone”
“Someone? Why are you interested in that guy?”
“She's been in my territory with a gun. I most dislike holy people like the townspeople coming into my territory. Just gonna dirty my place just”
“Don't tell me you're looking for that guy just because of such a trivial thing?”
The handsome man named Jack looked at Justin with a strange face. Covering his face with his hands, he commented again.
“Justin my sweet and funny friend and money field, you should think more broadly. This place we live in is side by side with that city. You must know that many of my customers are also from that city, right?. You should think more broadly and not be fixated on insignificant trivialities”
“You know I don't like rats entering my territory and still dare to speak so in front of me, Jack!!”
An angry Justin pulled out his gun and pointed it at Jack. But quickly there was someone who kicked his hand until the gun was thrown to the side and pulled a dagger into his neck.
“Cih!” Justin who no longer had a weapon in his hand could only look annoyed
The person who kicked Justin's gun while pulling out the dagger was the woman who had previously slept on the sofa. Who would have thought that his movements were faster than Justin's.
“Nee, Justin.you can't hurt my husband or your head will be one of the displays on the market tonight. Control your emotions and ugly face it”
She knew how to keep Justin quiet.
Jack immediately stood up from his place and opened his arms wide with a smile calling the woman's name. His eyes became sparkling with a flickering effect like a character in a drama.
“Seren, my love! Good morning, my dear! Put that thing down now and hug your husband this~”
Seren, the name of the beautiful woman immediately put back her dagger and hugged her husband.
“Oh, Seren my love. Is your sleep good, my dear?”
“Oh, Jack. I dreamed of seeing a gorilla when I woke up. I'm afraid” Seren looks meek while hugging her husband
“Take it easy, my dear. I'll protect you from that gorilla”
A strange household drama. In the end Justin just became a spectator without popcorn.
After the couple's bizarre drama ends, Jack and Seren sit back down. Jack looked at Justin with a smile with his innocent face.
“I'm sorry my wife, my friend. He's a little overdone when he's having a bad dream. Let me remember, where were we?”
Justin who felt being played snapped at the handsome man with his cruel face.
“Don't joke, Jack! I don't like messing”
“And I don't like you coming just to scream here, Justin. Here I am the king. I still consider you a friend to this day, but if you dare to speak in a high tone to me again, do not grudge me if later tonight your head will really become trading”
Now, Jack who looks weak actually shows his fangs. His eyes were much sharper than Justin's and there was a murderous aura surrounding him. This is the real Jack figure that can even make a Justin to look cute like a rat.
“.....” Justin just shut up without replying to those words
Jack's face returned to what it was before.
“My friend, I'm sorry for talking evil to you. Of course I don't want you to be merchandise since all your stuff is so good. If you die, Riz will cry seven days and seven nights without stopping. I'm serious, where were we?”
“I want you to help me find someone”
“What you said dared to enter your territory with a gun yes. All right, well, even though I feel like you're wasting your time looking for that person because of such trivialities but let it be. What's she like?”
“Men with swords without sword sheath”
“Other features? For example height or face, ugly or not? It can't be just that, right?” Jack asked with a confused face
“I don't know about the others. The trash that reported it to me just said all that”
“You're definitely not serious? Then where's the trash reporting that stupid thing now?”
“It has become a list of goods that will be sold Riz later tonight”
Jack could only look at Justin with a sad look as he muttered.
“For all my money in the safe, you can find people only with unclear features so”
Finally there are people who consider Justin quite stupid since no one dared him in the territory of his own power. It was enough with all that shame, Justin continued his words.
“I don't care about your comment. I want the man dead or alive. I've ordered all the trash I have but no one came back this morning. I'll assume they haven't found it yet so I'm asking for your help”
“Don't want to find it yourself in the city?”
“I wanted to go straight to the city because I told Arkan that, but I felt asking for your help was the best thing so I went straight here. How?”
“Let me think for a minute”
Jack thought while looking at the small box that was on the table. He smiled and pulled out the contents.
“Justin, friend. You know what this is?”
“Your bad hobby” no-nonsense Justin instantly answered him quickly
The thing on Jack's hands now was a pair of pretty blue-colored eyeballs with fresh blood still around them. With a smile, Jack started to open his mouth again.
“This eyeball belongs to an 8-year-old little boy. The boy was the daughter of one of the servants of a merchant in the city. You know, they were both sold to me last night and just came in this morning alive. I only had time to ask Seren to pry the boy's eyeballs and cut his head off”
“What is the essence of your talk?” Justin felt something familiar to him
“Eyeballs and all organs of children are in demand these days. You understand what I mean, right?”
“You want me to give you my rats as payment?” Justin narrowed his eyes
“Of course I won't force it, but honestly I've been interested in those eight little angels of yours for a long time. If you don't mind, maybe you'll give me one or two for pay. How?” Jack smiled at Justin
This is an offer from Jack to Justin. As if he was doing a regular buying and selling transaction, there was no expression other than a sweet smile on Jack's face when he said that. The devil is a real human being.
Justin is not human either. Of course, it can be guessed what response he gave to Jack.
“Ahahahaha, interesting. All righty! Not one, I'll give them all to you!. I've had enough of them since they didn't give me enough money. In addition, a rat named Theo is also getting more insolent every day”
“So the point–” Jack starts to look sparkling because it is happy
“You can have them, but the sword man without the sword sheath should be mine. If I can, I want him to be still breathing” Justin replied with a happy face
“Breathing yes. I'll work. So, during the process of what I have to get the man first can only have your little angel or–”
“Tersubject only. But do not rule out the possibility I will also look for it myself if you are tired of waiting for”
“Agree! Don't worry, even if that stupid hint from your trash doesn't help at all but it might still work a little. Then along with the search, I will start to install installments to take your eight angels one by one”
Jack put the pair of eyeballs back into his little chest again and pulled out a handkerchief to wipe his hands together.
After that, he reached out his hand to shake hands with Justin.
“It's good to do business with you, my friend”
Justin smiled and laughed as he shook Jack's hand. After which, he stood up and took his gun on the floor and left the place.
Inside the room, Jack stroked his wife's long, straight and beautiful hair.
“Seren my love, finally we can add a new list of goods here. Are you happy?”
“I'm so happy. But still I have to say that Justin is more stupid than a gorilla in the woods. Just because things weren't clear once he sold all those kids to us. Is there anything more stupid than him in this world?”
“Do not do so, my dear. Isn't it good that he's consumed with his emotions like that? In the end we can add a list of new items in the market later”
“Hmm..”
“So, who wants to find that guy?. You or me?” Jack kissed his wife's forehead while holding her hand
“I. After all we can also take the children one by one during the search. If the territory is only around a foreign city or region it will not be difficult. Let me do it. Yes” Seren looks at her husband with a kitten-like gaze
Of course Jack who is very dear to his wife can only nod while stroking the wife's hair.
“Because it's still bright, I'd better go now. It would be great if those kids could enter as trading tonight even if it was just one. The rich people will also not be concerned about the quality” Seren got up from the sofa and prepared
“Don't be too tired huh, Seren my dear. For the rest of the stuff this morning let me take care of it. Just need to cut into ten parts is not a big problem”
“I understand. See you tonight, my husband”
Seren kissed her husband on the cheek and left the room. After coming out, Jack who was still sitting took off his suit and loosened his tie then stood up while jumping with pleasure.
“Yahoo...there are eight more new items! Ah~. He should have sold them all to me in the first place. It's good where I put all those kids' heads down, huh? Should I leave it at another stall or can I sell it myself at my store?. Huwaa~ so impatient”
The smile is a smile belonging to a real psychopath who cannot wait to enjoy his prey. As it turned out, there were others more sinister and cruel than Justin in that secluded place.
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On a narrow path in a foreign place, Kaito tries to find out the information he needs.
“Theo, tell us all about it. Depending on your answer, I promise I will help you”
“……”
Theo had no choice because the circumstances of his own were also very difficult. The thing he always thought about was retaliating on everything Justin did to himself and his friends.
“I understand. Nii-kaito, Ryou-nii. I'll tell you everything and help return Kino-nii's pocket watch. I also want to ask you guys for help”
“Tentu”
“I want to save my friends from that gorilla! I want us to be free from Justin and be free from this hell!”
Theo's eyes convince Kaito. In fact, Ryou who initially looks irritated with the boy is finally willing to forget that upset feeling and seriously listen to him.
“I will answer all your questions. It's also for me and my friends”
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