The Reincarnation Room
Fugitives

Drip Drip Drip

Ryan kept running down the Kokujou carriage. Blood was still dripping from Ryan's chest. A quarter of a bottle of low-level healing potion was unable to heal Biba's saber wound.

Slowly, Ryan's body felt extremely cold and limp. Ryan's vision was also blurred. 'Anjir, it looks like I have lost a lot of blood!'

From the carriage behind Ryan, there began to be a commotion. "Look, there's a lot of blood! He must be near here!"

"Come here, Ryan is here!"

Quickly, the Hunters find Ryan in the engine carriage. They then directly pointed their Steam Gun towards Ryan who was now drenched in blood.

"Curtain!" muttered Ryan. As fast as lightning, Ryan ran towards the steam engine and took cover behind it.

Dor Dor Dor Dor Dor

The barrage of bullets fired by Hunter's Steam Gun kept hitting the steam engine. A dazzling spark of fire emerged from this process. Over time, the surface of the steam engine began to thin due to being filled with bullet marks.

Seeing this, Ryan realized their plan. "So you want to destroy this steam engine with me?"

Even though Ryan was still enduring the pain, Ryan kept smiling. "Alright, I will help you, hehehehe …"

Ryan then activated Mystic Eye of Death Perception. With those blue eyes, Ryan could see the death line on the steam engine. The knife in Ryan's hand turned into a bluish-white fang cutting diagonally across the steam engine.

Slash

Immediately, the steam engine split in two. White smoke immediately gushed out of the steam engine and filled the carriage. Inevitably, all the Hunters chasing Ryan were swallowed into this white smoke.

"Damn, I can't see!"

"Hey, careful!"

"Don't shoot first!"

Although the carriage was filled with smoke, Ryan could still see the death line of the Hunters clearly.

Slash Slash Slash Slash

Quickly, Ryan snatched the death line on the Hunter's body. One slash, one dead. Like a fish in water, Ryan's body moved quickly. He also cut the bodies of the Hunters with ease and precision.

"Gurgh!"

"Gurgh!"

Shouts after shouts began to be heard along with the increasing number of victims Ryan.

"Who's yelling?"

"What's going on?"

"Hey, answer!"

The remaining Hunter was so panicked to hear those screams. I don't know who started, the remaining Hunters started firing.

Dor Dor Dor Dor

"Gurgh!"

The screams began to sound again. But this time it was not Ryan who caused it, but the Hunters themselves who shot each other. Because of the thick white smoke, they do not know where their friends are. So Ryan used this so that they themselves killed each other.

While the Hunters were busy firing at each other, Ryan had slipped out of the carriage.

"Haah haah haah .." Ryan's breathing began to wail. He forced himself too much when killing the Hunters in the engine carriage. As a result, Ryan's wounds are now widening.

"I have to find a place to hide. With the VIT attribute value I have, I just need to rest to recover my body." murmured Ryan who was still walking around looking for a place to hide.

The sound of footsteps began to sound. "It looks like they've realized that I'm no longer in the engine carriage." Ryan then got out of the carriage and hung on the outside of the carriage.

"The blood stops here. It means Ryan's around here." Seeing the drops of Ryan's blood stop at the link between the carriages, the Hunters then combed back carefully.

"Damn, where is he hiding?"

"Don't Ryan have jumped out?"

"That's impossible. With such an injury, he would have died if he had jumped off the carriage. Moreover, his blood will invite many kabanes."

"yes too. Then let's look in the next car. It's possible that he had covered the wound, so the drops of blood stopped here." After that, they all rushed to the next carriage.

Meanwhile, Ryan's condition, which is now hanging on the outside of the car, is getting weaker. "Haah haah haah …"

'I ... already ... not strong .. anymore!' Slowly, Ryan's grip on the iron where Ryan was hanging began to stretch. Until finally Ryan really took off his grip.

When Ryan was about to fall, suddenly a hand pulled Ryan's arm. "Hey, don't die just yet. I haven't thanked you for turning me into a human being again …"

"Icoma?" ryan said in a limp tone. Ikoma then pulled Ryan's weak body onto the roof of the carriage.

As soon as Ikoma saw Ryan's miserable condition, he couldn't help but comment. "You look so bad, Ryan …"

"How did you get here?"

Embarrassedly, Ikoma told her. "I'm sorry, I did eavesdrop on your conversation with Ayame-sama, hehehe .. After Mumei picked you up, I was worried that Biba would do something to you. So I sneaked through the roof of the carriage to follow you."

"Then what are you going to do now? I can take you back to Koutetsujou. Ayame-sama can definitely take care of your injuries." asked Ikoma.

"I want to stay here. I just need to rest to restore my condition."

"Why? Wouldn't it be better if you rest in Koutetsujou?"

Ryan shook his head. "I just don't want to risk Ayame's life. If Biba can't find me in Kokujou, then he will definitely search Koutetsujou. And with this, Biba will have a reason to hijack the Koutetsujou. If you've eavesdropped on our conversation, you should know what Biba's real purpose is.".

"Ugh, you're right" Ikoma said as he held his head.

"I've guessed you're really a good person. I paid my debt to you, but now you're saving me. My debt is growing again." Ryan smiled wryly thinking about it.

"What did you say? I am the one who owes you. You turned me into a human again, so it's only natural that I help you."

'Haah~ you are indeed the protagonist of this world, Ikoma.' murmured Ryan. "Oh yeah, can I ask you to help me pass on my message to Ayame?"

"OK, what is it?"

"Keep watching Hunter's movements. If there is a sudden commotion inside Kokujou, immediately break the connection between the carriages!"

Ikoma suddenly felt scared after hearing Ryan's words. "Connected? Why?"

"Not much to ask, it is important to convey my message to Ayame. Because this will be Ayame's good chance to escape from Biba!"

Ikoma was silent for a moment. "Honestly, I want to stay here to help. But I know, you must have banned me. Therefore, I can only say one thing .. Don't die!" After saying that, Ikoma again walked back to Koutetsujou.

"Haah~" Ryan let out a long sigh and lay down on top of the carriage. Slowly, he closed his eyes.

~***~

As Ryan expected, Biba and the Hunters went to see Ayame. "Ayame-sama, leave Ryan to me."

Ayame, who had heard Ryan's message from Ikoma, tried to pretend not to know. "I'm sorry Biba-sama, but I never hid Ryan. Biba-sama can search the Koutetsujou if not believe it!"

Hearing Ayame's words, Biba immediately ordered Hunter to search Koutetsujou. After 2 hours of combing the carriages in Koutetsujou, they found no trace of Ryan at all. Not even a single patch of blood or hair was found.

"This is impossible! Why is there no trace of Ryan at all?"

"Did he really jump out?"

Biba also thought that Ryan had escaped out of the train. But when he remembers how serious Ryan was before escaping, Biba takes that thought away. "No, I'm sure Ryan's still here. He swore he would kill me! I can judge someone, and I judge Ryan isn't the one who dares to utter nonsense. So I'm sure he's still here and trying to find a chance to kill me!"

Seeing Biba like this, Mumei could only look down with an expression full of emotion.