Blood Of Platinum
Chapters 74. The Figure of Another Brother
Arkan ignored both of Justin's arms and continued walking. The way it goes is similar to a ballerina with a very important main reason, his shoes should not be dirty more than this.
Not only because of the blood stains and the two arms that should be avoided, it can be seen also that the garbage that was previously in a large bag is also scattered around the place.
“And it took a long time to pick up this trash from Justin's room. I feel like my efforts are in vain now. Shitty!” arkan grouse
While staring at everything scattered in the street, Arkan immediately tried to run away from reality and pretended not to see the real work of Kaito some time ago.
“It's not all my fault! I'll ask that Kaito who cleans all the broken bottles and plastic that's scattered! He also had to pick up both arms of Justin!” arkan grouse
After making it through all the heavy ‘hurdles’ to keep his shoes clean, he walked normally back and without much thought Arkan started running.
‘This is not the time to waste time! I hope Riz isn't sleeping. Although I should be prepared to face an overreaction from her, at least this is the only way I can do it!! Since it was he who had special access to meet the married couple besides the gorilla’ Arkan said in his heart
It is not wrong if Arkan thinks so since Riz is one of the traders on the black market, of course he has access to always meet with the manager of the place.
By running as fast as he could, Arkan was no longer willing to waste time.
The sun was getting higher even though the scorching daylight could not be channeled properly in that unfamiliar territory and it was only a matter of time until Kino's and the two children's luck ran out and actually ended up being merchandise on the black market.
Arkan thought about the many unpleasant possibilities that would happen to the three hostages.
‘Although I said that the chances of the three of them not being killed yet, actually I am not 100% sure%. After all, if you think back to logic, where would a murderer delay himself for too long to kill his prey? If I were Seren-sama, I wouldn't waste my time waiting. I'll cut them off right away...oops!!’
Arkan stopped running for a while and covered his mouth with one hand. His expression became shocked and pale.
“What do you think of it, you fool!! It's the same as praying that those three people die quickly!! No no no, you don't think negatively, Arkan!! You must remember the law is not written here, where premonitions and bad thoughts will happen faster than good expectations!”
Finished straightening his mind back, Arkan ran back and this time he was unwilling to poison his mind with strange things. All he does is run to get to Riz's place.
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Inside the bar, Kaito still felt a strange sensation. Just like the feeling of hatred to the lust of killing Justin that suddenly appeared some time ago, now he also felt rushed to save Kino and the others.
‘This..same as some time ago but it feels much different. Why do I keep feeling like I'm surrounded by strange feelings?’ he murmured inwardly as he continued to try to calm himself
Kaito is the type who always tries to put himself as a person who thinks first before acting, although it is not always applied in some real cases encountered.
But this feeling seemed to contradict his thinking.
Kaito was still thinking about it in his mind.
‘To be honest I am still thinking about what master bartender said regarding the strange things I said to him. Was I really possessed by this kind of strange feeling before? I can't even remember some of the things I did when I fought Justin or after him. It's not good for me at all’
The longer he thought about those things, the more he felt so hurried as if he could not wait any longer. By clenching his hands together so tightly, he tried to restrain himself from acting out of his control.
‘Kaito recalls, you need to calm down. It's the same as before. Control yourself so as not–’
- JLEEEB
“......!!!” the voice surprised Kaito
Not finished with his thoughts, he felt like he heard something. Like something stuck in a gun or something.
Kaito looked back and he was so shocked by the sight he saw.
“Ke–why..” Kaito looks so shocked
As long as he fights with his own mind, it turns out that he is unaware that Ryou is going towards Justin's helpless body. By pulling out his sword slowly, he pierced Justin's neck so as not to be able to scream. Of course after that he died.
Ryou's eyes were cold and he didn't seem to regret it at all. Fresh blood came out more and more not long after his sword was plucked out by Ryou. Once again the sound of a sword pierced Justin's body.
- JLEEEB
Ryou stabbed Justin in the neck once again. For the sake of being able to give Justin a big body of pain longer, he did it three times in the same place.
Justin has become a corpse now. Simultaneously, Ryou had a new title in front of his name.
“Ryou!!” Kaito yells
He approached the teenager and went straight to Ryou. Kaito quickly picked up the sword he was holding and threw it into the corner of the room.
Ryou who at first looks empty from the look in his eyes and does not respond to Kaito's movements as usual finally regains his eye light and he begins to realize what he is doing.
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From outside Justin's room, Theo and the other children who heard Kaito's screams were immediately startled and stopped crying. This time, not only was Theo curious about what was happening but all of the children became curious.
Michaela started running towards the room before Theo stopped and forbade them from going there.
“Do not make Ryou-nii and Kaito-nii sadder than this”
“But, Theo-niichan–”
“Michaela, listen to me” Theo stares intently at Michaela who is trying to refute her
Theo continued what he wanted to say so that they all understood the difficult situation in Justin's room.
“You should know that there is Justin-sama inside, but he is no longer like the Justin-sama we know. You mustn't see more cruel and horrible things than this or you won't be able to live a normal life again!”
“Theo-niichan.” Michaela seemed to want to cry hearing that
All of the children finally dispelled their curiosity and hugged Theo with trembling bodies.
“Stelani and Fabil will be fine. Kino-nii will be fine too. I'm sure it is!”
The pendulum light of the necklace is still not lost. Although it was dim, it was really still luminous. It was strange that none of them, including the owner, were aware of the beautiful light.
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“Ryou, do you realize what you're doing?!” Kaito tightly grasped Ryou's shoulder while looking at him with a serious look
Ryou's calm reply as if unapologetic made Kaito even more angry and slapped him.
- Plaac
“Why did you do it, you idiot?! What should I tell Kino later?! I warned you that your beloved brother would be sad to know that his sister is a murderer! Why can't you think with a cool head!!”
“You don't understand how I feel!!” Ryou brushed Kaito's hand off his shoulder while shouting
“Ryou...” Kaito was surprised to hear that
“Because of this demon, Kino disappeared! Because of this demon, I cannot protect my brother!! Because of this demon, I don't even know what his fate is right now. Because of this demon, I–”
Not finished with everything, Ryou suddenly cried again. He fell down and started to blame himself.
“Not. It's all because I'm weak. I can't protect her because of my weakness. It's all my fault. Hiks...Because I am weak..because all this..is my fault...Kino...Kino...”.
Ryou looked so shocked and it was hard to accept this situation.
Kaito who was initially so angry now actually felt sorry for him. The slap she did to Ryou was not because she wanted revenge for the previous incident in ‘world night’, this was purely because she wanted to resuscitate the teenager in front of her now.
But now, Kaito regretted slapping him and turned to blame himself.
“It's my fault for not being able to protect you. Ii'm sorry. I should have been the one protecting you both”
Kaito looked at Ryou with a guilty look and expression.
Seeing the teenager cry and blame himself, it seemed like the situation would not end well.
Kaito sighed before he finally walked to the corner of the room to pick up the sword he had thrown earlier and clean up the bloodstains on his sword eyes.
He walks over and grabs Ryou's hand to return the sword to his.
Ryou started to calm down a bit and stopped crying while looking at his hand that had grasped his sword back.
“I think you're right, I don't understand your feelings very well. I completely forgot that you were so protective of your brother that you could do this kind of crazy thing”
“....” Ryou is speechless listening to Kaito
“I'd love to blame you again for killing Justin. But after rethinking, his condition before dying was also because of me. It could be said that I was the one who had made him die so that he could easily be killed”
“……”
“So, I just wanted to say that it's not just your fault. I also killed him slowly. You didn't kill Justin, but we. We both killed him and that's the truth. I won't let you have a new title in front of your name alone” Kaito smiled to comfort Ryou
Ryou's eyes became wide in shock at hearing that.
As if that sentence saved her from guilt, Ryou started to look so calm. His tears stopped flowing and the light of his eyes seemed to shine like they were gaining new hope.
Ryou only needs mental support for now and Kaito is doing well.
“You didn't forget what we were talking about when shopping last night, did you? You and I should apologize to Kino after this. We both have to apologize for hiding our previous plans and for putting him in danger”
Kaito tries to calm Ryou down by reminding him of some good things related to Kino.
Ryou who was initially silent without responding to his words started to open his mouth.
“I..would apologize to her for being a bad sister to her”
“It's not true. You're a good brother. We just need to add our apology list to him. Apologies for being the partner who committed the murder with”
Ryou smiled hearing that while shedding his tears.
“That means I can no longer call you a criminal, huh?”
“Of course you can't. Because now you're a criminal too. Only Kino can call me a criminal now, though I'm sure he'll never call me that once” Kaito replies with a smile
Sounds like a pretty sarcastic entertainment sentence. However, it is precisely because of Kaito's attitude that this makes Ryou like having a new brother after Kino.
Finished with all that, this time Ryou completely wiped off his tears and began to be able to gain his composure. He put his sword back into the sword sheath and looked at Justin's corpse which was still bleeding with a look of disdain.
“We will sell this gorilla-faced demon, right?” ryou asked with a serious expression
“That's what master bartender planned. After all, it was he who hired a woman named Seren to find me by giving Theo and his friends as pay”
“Dasal devil!. Even after death, he is still a demon!” tease Ryou while stepping on Justin's body
Kaito thought for a moment. After a few minutes, he started calling Ryou in a serious tone.
“Ryou, this is just my guess but I want to tell you something”
“What is it?”
“Regarding this, I want you to listen to the plan B and C that I have”
“Plan B and C?” Ryou looks serious
Inside the room, Kaito was saying something. Ryou's expression started to change a few times. Until finally the last expression he showed was a cynical smile with sharp eyes.
“I understand. If it was like that, I would be very happy to do it”
“You sure you won't regret anything?” Kaito asked Ryou with a worried face
“It's too late to regret anything. Ever since Kino and I came to this obscure ‘world’, our goal has been to find our way back to Japan. I'll accept your plan it”
“I understand. Well then, we should go see Theo and the others. I'm sure there are still one or two things we can get as a description”
Ryou nodded and walked out of the room with Kaito.
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