LUCEM
LXXXI Chapter

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Jiso and Jimmy, they both stared at the bloody scene for a while longer before Mars suddenly fell unconscious, Jimmy immediately running towards the door. While Jiso pulled the dagger tucked into his trouser belt and slowly moved, watching the situation closely. The doors have been made not to close behind them. He didn't want anything to happen further than this.

"Hey," said Sam, who came across Jimmy's panicked face, he turned to run after him. "Where are you going?"

"To find Miss Marbella or Moonflower."

"Hasty-headed. Okay. Can you tell me what really happened? I don't like chasing you like this. It's exhausting.”

"Hurry and help me find the girls" Jimmy kept running to Marbella's bedroom door.

"It sounds like a serious problem, well I'll check the park."

“Ya, please hurry.”

While Jimmy and Sam search for the girls' whereabouts, Venus has first entered the room where Mars is lying. Venus looked at Lucio with a dark look.

"A, Venus... You're here on time. It's been a long time since I've had several guests' visits at once," Lucio seemed not surprised by his presence. " What's with that look, you seem to have a personal problem."

"You better deal with your own mental turbulence before criticizing me" Venus said coldly.

"Eh, what does that mean?"

“That means a mad dog can sniff out your desperate and broken state. You're not in a position to judge me."

"Excuse me?" Lucio tilted his head.

“You lied to yourself, Lucio. You hide your true feelings behind thin layers, playing clowns, while you're collecting the emotional detritus you refuse to examine. At least I'm not hiding from myself. I know where my fault lies and I accept it. But you," he said. "Maybe you should get help."

Lusio's eyes widened in pain, his head shaking back and forth. “You must be kidding me right now. You're telling me to get help with my problem? Ha-ha-ha.. What happened?" Lusio pushed to the ceiling. "Am I dead? Is this hell?”

"I know what happened to you and Magenta."

Lucio was so surprised he stopped for a while on the spot.

"What?" Lucio blinked at him. Still confused. "What are you talking about? There is nothing wrong with me and Magenta.”

When Lucio was about to open his mouth again, that was when Marbella arrived. With quick steps and anger. When his hands swung, the body of Lucio flew into the wall fiercely. A groan of pain shot out from his mouth that spurted blood.

The rat troop ran over to Lusio, a dagger around his neck. The man sat down with his legs stuck out on the floor, laughing mockingly at Marbella. As she again tried to make a sound, Marbella again swung her hand in the air, casting spells like a curse, quickly. Lusio's body was like a lump of boneless meat, even his breathing was barely heard anymore. Blood washed half of his body. He looks terrible, but Marbella doesn't blink.

"Rubbish," hissed Marbella.

Venus was stunned at what she witnessed. Jiso touched the base of his dagger at the man's feet, gesturing for him to take action on Mars. Venus moves, lifting the body of Mars carefully. He gasped as Marbella turned around suddenly and a roar of wind accompanied her.

"It's me...!" Venus quick.

Marbella pulled her hand down. He set his breath hunting. There were tears welling up in her eyes, sparkling under the neon color.

"Marbella," Jiso looked at the girl.

"Mars should get us out of here right away" Jiso said.

"Stop," Magenta's voice.

Marbella turned to look at Magenta with a pushy look.

"I'll take care of this man" continued Magenta.

Marbella's body moved again, her hands dropped and she stepped away from the room without speaking a word.

Venus walked in haste with Mars in her lap.

“ Stupid, you've become more indecent in the last few weeks than as long as I've known you. Something's wrong." Magenta walked up to Lucio on the floor.

The rats did not keep the seinchi dagger away from the man's neck.

"I'm stressed," she said, feeling myself agitated. "Sometimes I swear when I'm stressed." Lucio replied in a weak voice.

Magenta shook his head. "It's different you're experiencing unusual stress, even for yourself.” Magenta's left hand shimmered with a weak yellow light as he said that.

Heading the rats to give him space. As he stood right at the side of the man's head, Magenta released the light from his hands towards Lucio who was creeping on the floor.

"Wow." The man called out softly. “I really hope you don't bother using—I mean..supernatural ability to feel emotions," Lucio coughed, and fresh blood leaped out of his mouth.

"Be quiet" said Magenta.

"Obviously I'm very stressed right now. The world is burning. The list of things that stress me out is so long that I can't even keep track of them." The man's joking.

His neck now looked black like it was covered in dirt. His breathing was hard, he tried to make himself sit up. Magenta switched to a rat troop.

"Some of our rat friends disappeared and were kidnapped in battle. Someone of them said they had defected. Mars was wounded repeatedly, and you, "Magenta turned back to Lucio who had now leaned against the wall. "Your head is too high, I thought you'd never show up again and—”

Lucio coughed, apparently trying to cut Magenta but he kept talking.

“—and really fifteen minutes ago,” said, “someone from the future—ha, funny, Lucio, and if you cross your line then I'm sure I won't hesitate to kill you for it."

"Fifteen minutes ago. So yeah, I think I'm having an unusual stress right now, genius," Lucio clapped weakly. His claps were almost without a sound.

"You damn it," Magenta maki, his leg kicked roughly the leg of a stretched Lusio.

"I swear, I'm the one who's gonna end your life if you try to act, you son of a bitch" Magenta growled.

Lucio rejected Magenta's speech with a single head. “The use of your dirty words increases exponentially when you get upset with me, uh. Your language seems to be directly related to your relationship with him. Why?"

Magenta tried not to roll his eyes. “Not mean your words are really relevant, but Venus and I made a deal a few years ago," Magenta stopped saying.

"You're disgusting, clean yourself up and we'll talk about this again afterwards" Magenta touched the man's chest with his flaming hands.

The rat troop returned to a vigilant attitude. Just a few seconds and Magenta stood back up, clearing his hands against the wall with a face of disdain. Then a quick step left the man who continued to hold his chest and coughed on the floor.

"Come on," he took to the rat squad.

The small group began to move following Magenta's footsteps. The sound of the door creaking softly as they passed through it. And the door disappeared again without a mouse even realizing it.