"Okay now, this will prove if my assumption is right or wrong," I muttered and dropped the pins right before . It was past midnight and the streets were getting a lot quieter. The few people I could see in my peripheral were also far away.
The pins dropped on the ground and right as they were about to hit the ground, they corrected their course and dropped pointing straight ahead. I let out a sigh of relief and a little fire of hope started to burn inside of as what I thought was going on was actually true. This will get to Ai. I know very well this is a clear trap from Dominic on how far I and Ai can go to protect the other and I will happily do this any ti without even a second thought.
I’m coming for you Ai.
"Sorry for my rude question Kazuki-sama, but what are you doing outside this late?" I heard a familiar voice right behind . I looked in that direction to see Akira standing right there. Even though it was faint, I could hear the concern in her voice.
"I found a way to find Ai," I said holding and pointing at the pins but Akira looked confused. "Oh yes, you don’t understand what I am trying to say."
I walked towards the pins and picked them up. Only this ti, I threw them a bit further rather than dropping them in the direction they were pointing. Akira had her eyes on the pins and right as they were about to hit the ground, they changed their direction and pointing still straight ahead.
"These pins, I don’t know what Dominic did to them but this is how we will get to Ai," I explained to her and she nodded.
"But Kazuki-sama, this is clearly a trap set out for you," she voiced out her thoughts and I nodded. "If you do know that, why are you planning to go there all by yourself? I’m sorry for being a bit out of line here but this is not the right thing to do knowing who you are going up against. Father wants to kill you and this is clearly bait to get to you through Ai-sama."
"I know that very well," I said in a calm voice.
"Then why are you putting yourself in danger like this?" Akira said with her voice a bit louder. She noticed that and quickly covered her mouth and stepped back. "I’m really sorry for raising my voice at you. It’s just that…"
"I know you are worried about my safety Akira. Even though how you have been with your previous masters, you instead decide to never abandon in danger or when a stronger enemy appears, you always tend to change sides to the one who has the better hand," I said and walked toward her. "Yet here you are stopping from jumping head-first into the trap of a clearly stronger enemy. Tell why then Akira, why are you still on my side? You know working with against Dominic will put you in more danger."
Akira stared at for so seconds and closed her eyes. "I have my reasons for staying with Kazuki-sama but they are nothing selfish. I enjoy working under Kazuki-sama."
"I’m glad to hear that," I said with a faint smile on my face. "I’m sorry to tell you to go sleep first and ask you now but, can you please help with this Akira? With your ability, it will be a lot quicker to get to where Ai is."
"You don’t ever listen to Kazuki-sama," Akira said and stood right beside . "Your request is my command and as my master, you should not be saying please to ."
"Looks like one of us has to bend here and I am not planning on being the one to do that," I said and Akira sighed. The next mont, we stood right before the hairpins.
I picked it up and threw it in the sa direction harder this ti letting it fall way further than before. Akira teleported us to the exact spot the hairpin was going to fall and it fell right before . We were at a T-point and it was pointing toward the left. I picked up the hairpins again and threw them even harder knowing that would be faster.
Akira teleported to the next turn that possibly could be taken and the pins fell right before still pointing forwards. I picked it up again and threw it but this ti, we had to take another left. I looked in that direction thinking of the places I could go, from here I could go to a cinema, railway station, gas station, the outskirts of the city or…
"Is it the abandoned church again?" I muttered and Akira looked at a bit confused. "What happened was, two months ago, I got kidnapped too by a noble and Ai was the one who ca to my rescue plowing through anyone who ca in her way and I was held captive in the abandoned church a few kiloters from here."
"I see, is this also why you are so desperate to help Ai-sama," Akira asked I let out a little chuckle.
"It’s less about wanting to pay her back for saving but more about my selfish wish of not letting anything happen to her. I love Ai and if anything were to happen to her, I would never be able to forgive myself which is exactly why I need to get her out there," I said to Akira with a determined look on my face.
We continued doing this over and over again, sotis having the hairpin thrown a bit further and we both had to even enter so houses for the hairpins. After so ti, I could tell where this was leading us to. The nearest railway station. It was not that far away from where we lived but for so reason, the hairpin took us there in a very roundabout way which was a bit weird.
Now we both stood there, at the platform with the last train arriving in only two minutes and with only a few people there. I dropped the hairpin again but this ti, it dropped on the tip and stuck to the ground. That ant we reached the place we were supposed to.
But…where can Dominic take Ai from here? There is no way there is any underground door or place for him to take her. Then why are we here?
"What’s going on," I muttered looking around. All I could see were unfamiliar faces of young adults who looked a bit drunk with so really drunk and finding it hard to even stay on their feet. Seems like they are coming from a house party of so sort. I kept scanning the area but I couldn’t seem to find anything.
"What do we do now Kazuki-sama?" Akira asked and I shrugged my shoulders. "Do I contact the VEO and ask for so assistance? They did say other S rank hunters would be assisting you with finding Ai-sama so having their help would be the right decision right now."
"I think so too," I replied while scratching my head.
We waited and walked around a bit searching for sothing. Akira went to make the others aware of the situation and I stayed to look for a clue of so sort. The train arrived and people got in. My eye drifted to the train and I looked at it as it left.
"Huh?"
Right as the train left, a figure appeared behind on the platform right behind it. It was the silhouette of a girl who looked a bit shorter than usual, probably a middle schooler. She was wearing oversized casual clothes and had long black hair flowing down her back.
She turned around and my eyes widened at the look on her face. It was the sa, exactly the sa as the girl who ca to our apartnt saying that she was Yuna. Is it another one of those imposters? Who poses to be my sister?
I clenched my fist with anger boiling inside of . Her eyes locked in with mine and she gave a sly smile. Crouching a little, she covered the entire distance in one graceful leap and stood right in front of . I didn’t even waver and had the girl’s face right before my chest. She looked amused by this and started scanning from up and down.
"No way…" I heard her mutter. She placed her hand on my chest and started moving it across it feeling it, then my shoulders, my waist, my neck, and my face. Even though this was very awkward for , I didn’t break eye contact with the girl.
Slowly, her sly smile broke down and turned into a frown, from a frown, I could see her lips starting to tremble. Her eyes started to water and I knew what was coming right at .
"Nii-chan!!" she shouted and started crying with her face buried in my chest. Her hands wrapped around and pulled close to her. Her entire body was trembling and loosening up as she was crying and even so, I told myself Yuna is dead. Again, a thought hit my mind.
Is this the real Yuna…?
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