Chapter 56 - Handful Bandits (1/2)
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”What the fuck is wrong with you!!?” the man was at his wit's end.
”A lot probably. I've noticed that I have problems expressing myself. Sometimes I feel so much but then there are times that I can be a complete monster and not give the slightest of shits.”
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”That was a rhetorical question....”
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”I wasn't actually asking you what was wrong with y-”
”I know what rhetorical means..”
”....oh.....” this was by far the strangest of conversations either of these guys had ever been a part off. Neither of them knew what to say at this point.
”Just kill me.”
”I would like to if you'd just tell me what you're after. I don't think either of us wants to keep this conversation going for a second more than needed so just talk and we can get it over with,” said Hao Xuan trying not to make eye contact with the man.
”We were hired by some rich guy. They wanted three people from the caravan and we would get to keep everything else. There's only five of them. One is their leader who doesn't interact with anyone and the other four monsters are his underlings it seems,” the man finally gave up and told him everything he knew.
”So the people that hired you are still here?”
”Yes. There were two people that were missing from the caravan, coincidentally they are the same two that the guy who hired us wants the most. So we're stuck here until we find them.”
”What do they look like?”
”They're almost like giants. Much taller than anyone I've ever seen, and extremely powerful. I saw one of them rip apart a spirit beast with his bare hands. But their leader is much smaller. I haven't seen any of their faces though so can't describe any features.”
”What? No, I was talking about the two that the guy that hired you wants.”
”.....oh....um, t-they're supposed to be kids. A young girl and a boy, but we don't know what they look like,” the man replied awkwardly. The more they talked, the worse the conversations got. How could two people be on such different wavelengths? It's a good thing this interaction was coming to an end.
”Alright, thanks. How many people are there in total, including your group?” Hao Xuan asked after a few seconds.