The Cursed Bloodline
A Long Aisle

"So? What do we do?" yuri said while rubbing her chin slowly. A sign he was thinking something seriously

Zou just stared at the street in front of him, showing his bossy face "What else? We just report to the Leader, and wait for his orders! " he replied in a lazy tone

Yuri and Zou are now walking down a small downtown walkway located not far from Zuryu Casino. They were about to find the whereabouts of one of their colleagues, who had disappeared somewhere.

Nee, says he will wait for Yuri and Zou near the Casino. But in fact the quiet man with the creepy face did not show his form at all, even after Zou and Yuri completed their mission. Yuri and Zou are forced to search the city

The atmosphere of the town is small, with bustling people passing by along the street. The existence of a large casino in their area, made the economic growth in the small town grow so rapidly. Many tourists and travelers who visit Zuryu gambling places stay around the city. Make the city more alive, especially for accommodation or just a stopover

So it's no surprise, if strangers like Yuri and Zou are free to walk in the middle of the crowd without any suspicion, even though they are in a small town

"Areally where Nee was? He doesn't look like the guy who's about to run away in the middle of the Mission, does he? " say Yuri

His feet already hurt from walking too far, especially now he uses shoes that are slightly heals, with a thick kimono suit that makes him sultry. On such a hot day, dressing like that was excruciating

" I don't know, he doesn't usually disappear in the middle of missions. But relax, I can track it easily. You just follow me, I know Nee is not far from here! " said Zou, calmly he entered a narrow alley in front of him

"Did? You guys are perfect partners. One is quiet, the other is quiet. I should praise your Leader for that! " lid Yuri while looking at the red-haired man walking beside her. Yuri's brows furrowed in surprise when she found the narrow passage around her

"Is it right this way? Why are you taking me to a narrow alley like this? " complained Yuri

They also entered a narrow alley with a quiet street. Although the daytime weather was so hot, but in the middle of the narrow road it was almost impenetrable to sunlight.

High buildings block the light from entering, making the impression of the alley so dim

"wait. What's up ahead? " said Yuri while narrowing her eyes

Far away at the end of the alley, Yuri saw a woman hugging a child, albeit faintly. Two men who looked like street thugs seemed to be bothering the two men

" Hais! Even within this small town, there were still roaches nesting! " said Yuri who sounded like a curse

"Hey! ... Hey! ..... We better go, why are we meddling in people's affairs? " said Zou unconcerned and was about to turn around and move away from there

"Based coward! " said Yuri. He walked towards the men, without even poking Zou's words

" It's not that.... It's just.... Interfere with the man's affairs-"

Zou had not yet finished his sentence, Yuri had already walked a long way and left him. Zou is unlikely to leave the girl, however secret documents Yuri carries.

If Yuri wreaks havoc and loses the document, her life is in danger. Yup.... Xio and Nee will be angry.....

"Well! Really crazy girl! He was also a meddler "said Zou with his lazy gaze, he decided to follow Yuri.

Before the girl made trouble again, with a passionate sense of 'justice'

Yur's steps just stopped. Yuri hasn't had a chance to walk far, something strange seems to be happening with the thug

" A-What happened? " murm Yuri did not believe

......................

At the end of the hall, a girl with a beautiful cherry blossom hair stared intently at the two thugs in front of her.

His Emerald eyes looked straight ahead, implying that there was absolutely no fear in him. Even though the two men in front of him were pulling knives at him

In his arms, there was a boy, with a body full of wounds, only able to cry in the arms of the girl

"Hey, miss. You don't have to interfere in our affairs. Just let go of that stupid boy, and get out of here! " said one of the men

The woman's hand was just tightly hugging the child in her arms. It is impossible to just leave him. The child, is a street child who is deliberately used by thugs to steal, if left alone the child is actually in danger

"You guys go, you bastard!" said the girl

" hey..... Disabled girl like you, dare to be so brash! Do you want us to deform one of your legs again huh! " said the thug, pointing a knife at the girl's foot

While his friend kicked a stick that was pounding the pink-haired girl's body. It makes him fall into a state of calm, due to a loss of balance

Gadia was not unyielding, although she could not stand up, she tried to take her wand back, by dragging her body. But the thug kicked the stick further, so he could not reach it

Clearly visible on one of his legs, an old scar that looks quite severe. It can be ascertained, the girl could not stand without the help of her staff, because of the wound on her leg

The child who had been crying had knelt down, trying to get protection from the pink-haired girl by hiding behind her savior's back

"It's okay, brother will protect you" said the girl softly, as she continued to hug the poor boy

"You guys are a hassle! We've spoken politely to you, don't blame us for using force now!"

One of the thugs was about to throw a punch at the girl, while the other tried to drag the poor little boy roughly.

"I'll teach you how to punish a foolish dissident boy! " say thugs while dragging the boy

The child could only cry in fear, even he could not scream from being so scared. The physical torture will probably be repeated this time

" I'm sorry, sir" said the boy in a resigned tone

However, before the thugs could injure the boy and the girl, a scroll of black dust emerging from the darkness snared the throats of the two thugs.

Making them release the weapon in his hand, and switch to holding a black object that looks like iron dust that continues to snare their necks

"Argghhhhhhh." cried the two men.

Their bodies slowly lifted, until their feet did not tread on the ground anymore

The thugs' bodies kept rising, their legs as if trying to escape from the trap

A glint of green eyes was visible from the darkness, noticing the two thugs who were still entangled.

The creepy-eyed man, seemingly controlling his iron element, made the black lump of iron dust further tighten the neck snares of the two thugs without mercy.

The lump of iron continued to lift the bodies of the two thugs, then quickly threw it up and disappeared in the dark hallway. Whoever that thug is, he must not have survived that deadly attack

The girl and child, just being able to sculpt, saw the incident that befell the two thugs who threatened him.

The child was still trembling in fear of only being able to run and hug the girl beside him. While the pretty-eyed girl was still fixated, trying to digest what was happening

"Miss........ Are you all right? " yuri's cry suddenly made the girl wake up from her daydream

He turned towards the source of the voice at the end of the dark hall beside him. At first glance, the shadow of the black-robed man was caught within his Emerlad green eyes.

The figure of a tall, sturdy man was faint, yet he clearly saw a stitching pattern on his face, as well as a sinister glint of green irises staring at him from within the darkness

Not long after, the man who was looking at him turned his body and went away

"That guy, did he help us? " murm the girl

......................

On the side of the room, Yuri ran towards the two people in front. The long narrow passageway, making it take a lot of time to arrive, despite already running as hard as possible

" Miss..... Are you all right? " yuri shouted as she continued running

However, other than the two people who looked terrified in front of him. Her ruby iris also caught the black-robed figure walking towards her

" Nee? " murm Yuri

The cloaked man was Nee, Yuri kept running over, until he passed the fellow Zou. His steps stopped too

" Nee what are you doing here? " ask Yuri

But Nee did not reply, he continued to slowly walk past Yuri just like that.

" Aish that guy! " yuri said exasperatedly to Nee

Yuri did not have time to serve the quiet man, he decided to continue his steps to approach the two people in front of him

Meanwhile, Zou who followed where Yuri was also seeing Nee's arrival. He tried to ask Nee, but his partner just walked past him. Without a word

"Sad.... He always seems to be alone! " murm Zou was irritated. Again, Nee got a sneer from his own teammate

"Yuri! Wait for me. " said Zou, speeding up his pace to catch up with Yuri.

......................

" Miss, are you okay? " said Yuri as she picked up the stick lying in front of her, then walked towards the pink-haired girl

" Yes.... We're fine, someone in black robes helped us. But somehow he just scotched, we haven't even thanked him yet" said the girl with a smile

"You don't have to ignore it! " say Yuri

Yuri helped the girl stand up, and gave her a cane. While the child in his arms was still crying as much as he could and continued to hug the girl's feet

"Let's see, are you hurt? " said the girl softly, looking at the injured child's hand.

He activated his gyokunya and treated the child's wounds with healing magic techniques

" You're a military man? " yuri said spontaneously when she saw the girl opening a wound with magic techniques

" ah... Da..... Sorry for not introducing myself first. My name is Harui, if Miss? " say the girl

" i'm Yuri....

You look weak, let me treat the kid" Yuri said, trying to help

"really? Then ask for his help, Miss Yuri" Harui said kindly, knowing that his strength was not enough to treat the child, he entrusted it to Yuri

Although he had experienced something bad, but the beautiful pink-haired girl still showed a friendly smile to Yuri

He walked with a little limp even though he was resting on his stick, he then sat in a box next to him. While gently rubbing his feet

"Are you really okay, Miss Harui? You seem to feel pain in your legs do I need to treat? " said Yuri with a worried tone

" No, my legs are like this when I'm exhausted. This is not serious stuff" Harui said

"Yuri! " a person shouted from the end of the hallway, slowly the silhouette of the red-haired man appeared. Zou, with his breath still wheezing, followed where Yuri went.

" yuri.... Huh! ... Huh! .... Just watch out for you. "Zou's nagging stops.

His gaze was now fixed on Harui who was sitting before him. The beautiful girl with soft pink hair also looked back at Zou with a difficult expression

Hazel's brown eyes now meet emerald green eyes. Zou seemed to be glued to see the girl in front of him

"New? " slowly murmured, almost inaudible

Harui just stared blankly at the red-haired man in front of her, for some reason the tears had already stemmed, filling her pretty eyes. Seeing Zou's presence, he seemed to meet someone he had missed for so long

" A-What is it you? " said Harui in a quivering voice "No-May- "

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Actually, who is Zou? Tengu uses a pseudonym, similar to Yuki and Xio

Of course Zou or Nee also have their real names and also a past......

Does Harui have a bond with Zou?

The author does not know... Muehehe