92 Confrontation 3 (1/2)

Mao Lu's heart was pumping, his chest rising up and down. His eyes squinted as he stared at Obsidian.

\”You knew…\” He muttered as he turned his sword towards Obsidian, \”You knew! You knew what she was going to do to Chàng Bo! You have also been lying to me!!!\”

Obsidian frowned and slowly approached Mao Lu with his arms wide, \”You're wrong, I only found what she did later, but I don't disagree with her actions. Because it wasn't for herself, it was for the Gatekeepers as a whole. It was to keep our community safe from a threat we perceived would be coming from him.\”

Obsidian stopped right in front of Mao Lu, where he was only an inch from him, the tip of Mao Lu's blade digging into the flesh of his chest. \”If you want to, go ahead and stab me. But that won't solve the issue, that won't give you the answers you want and that won't help you find Chàng Bo.\” Obsidian's pitch-black eyes looked straight at Mao Lu. \”You're smart enough not to let your anger consume you, be reasonable.\”

Mao Lu's hands shook with anger, but as he looked around the hall and saw the shocked faces of the other Gatekeepers, he calmed down. This wasn't like him. He wasn't this person. No good would come from killing Argenti.

From the look in her eyes, it seemed she now realised that Mao Lu wasn't someone she could take advantage of anymore.

He put his sword down and sheathed it to his side. \”Fine\” he sighed, \”No aggression, but I expect an explanation.\”

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SOMEWHERE

Fei Bing Bing and Zhao Detong began to fall, one moment they had been in the ally and the next they found themselves in a storage room.

They landed with a \”PLOP\” on a peculiar sponge textured carpet. Both of them bounced for a while before they settled on top of each other.

\”Oplained.

\”Sorry!\” Detong quickly apologised as he scrambled to his feet, he outstretched his hand and pulled Bing Bing up, \”are you okay?\”

\”Yeah I'm fine, are you alright?\”

Detong stroked her face fondly, \”don't worry I'm fine...but where the hell are we? I could have sworn we were in that creepy ally a second ago.\”

\”Yeah.\” Bing Bing agreed she looked around the room with confusion and fear. It seemed like they were in some type of warehouse.

There were rows upon rows of shelves and on these shelves seemed to be all kinds of items; some appeared like relatively normal ornaments while others were creepy misshaped skulls and weird-looking potions and elixirs.

\”Wow look at that!\” Detong gasped, his eyes wide. To one side there was a pile of gold, precious jewels and artefacts all on one row.

Detong was wealthy but he had never seen so much gold and treasures exposed like that before.

Just as she was about to grab it, someone held her wrist and stopped her.

\”I wouldn't touch that if I was you unless you want to be possessed by a 3,000-year-old voodoo witch.\”

Fei Bing Bing gasped and was about to scream until she realised the person holding her wrist was Chàng Bo.

\”It's you!?\” She exclaimed.

\”Yes, it's me.\” Chàng Bo said in a matter of fact tone as he let go of Bing Bing's wrist.

\”Is Mao Lu with you, is Frank with you too?\” Detong asked as he ran up to Chàng Bo his eyes bright.

Chàng Bo raised an eyebrow, \”Mao Lu is elsewhere, and why would I know the location of Frank Wang?\”

Zhao Detong paled, \”So you don't know, I had been hoping he had gotten caught up in whatever you and Mao Lu were involved in, and that he was safe with you two.\”

\”Why what happened to him?\” Chàng Bo knew that Mao Lu would be devastated if anything had happened to his friends.

\”Before we tell you that\” Fei Bing Bing interrupted, \”shouldn't you tell us where we are and what's going on. I have so many questions, and you said we were in danger, that was you writing on the glass earlier, right?

Chàng Bo nodded in answer to her, he had forgotten how annoying this woman could be. She was a loyal friend of Mao Lu but she asked so many questions and lacked the respect that a mortal should have.

\”Before I get into any of that I need to retrieve your other friends, they're also in danger.\”

\”Tanaka, Bei Lao and Fang Kai!\” Bing Bing exclaimed, \”Yes go rescue them if they're in danger.\”

Chàng Bo's eyebrow twitched, \”I literally just said I was going to do that, why are you repeating my words and ordering me around.\” His tone became dark and irritable. After his earlier encounter with Four and Five, Chàng Bo wasn't in the best of moods.

Fei Bing Bing stepped back and hugged Zhao Detong, she could sense Chàng Bo's short temper, a dark aura had spread around him.

\”Calm down\” Zhao Detong intervened, \”She wasn't ordering you around she's just excitable.\”

Chàng Bo exhaled and calmed himself, he shouldn't be taking out his frustration on Mao Lu's friends.

\”You will get your answers soon.\” He said, \”wait here patiently, there is a sitting area with food and refreshments at the far back, don't touch anything other than that, for your own safety.\” He warned.

Fei Bing Bing wanted to ask why, but she decided to hold her tongue. Chàng Bo was scary.

The next second before their very eyes Chàng Bo disappeared with a slight crackle of thunder.

Fei Bing Bing and Zhao Detong both gaped.

\”I told you it might be magic, you owe me 1000 RMB Detong,\” Bing Bing muttered.

Detong rummaged in his pockets as he found his wallet and handed her the money.

\”I'm never doubting your crackpot theories again.\”

…..

Tanaka rolled over in bed and cuddled with Bei Lao.

\”I love lazy days like today when we both have time off and we can stay in bed for as long as we want,\” Tanaka whispered into Lao's ear teasingly.

Bei Lao turned over and stroked Tanaka's face, \”I love days like this too.\”

Tanaka kissed Bei Lao's forehead, \”you know what would make this moment perfect?\” he asked in-between kisses.

\”What would make this moment perfect?\” Bei Lao asked teasingly with a wide smile.

\”Well,\” Tanaka said with a wider smile as he was about to tell Bei Lao all the things that could improve the moment, but then he froze.

\”Hmm, are you okay? What's up?\” Bei Lao asked with concern as Tanaka began to shake.

\”G-g-ghost!!!!!\” Tanaka screamed as he pointed at the wall behind Bei Lao.

\”Huh\” Bei Lao turned around and saw a floating pen and paper.