255 Continuing the Search, The Short Love Drama and Finding the First BloodChild (2/2)
TANG!
Mark knocked on the door made of rusty metal than being made of wood.
It seemed that the sound inside echoed badly and everyone inside was awakened by the knocks.
Mark then frowned. He could tell that the two children were afraid while the elderly was cautious for some reason. The fluctuations inside moved and the two children noiselessly moved to the furthest corner of their house while the elderly moved suspiciously at another corner, stopped for a bit like the person picked up something and slowly moved towards the door.
'Just what is happening here?'
He could not help but frown even deeper.
A Mutator living in the Outer District was already suspicious but their actions after he knocked on the door were rather disturbing for Mark who came here peacefully. It seemed that there seemed to be a deeper story to this.
The door slowly opened a bit and Mark could see a stern face of a man about past fifty in age peeking on the small opening of the door.
Seeing Mark who was an unfamiliar face to them, the elderly seemed to have relaxed a little.
”Who are you?”
The old man cautiously asked.
”I'm someone who just came here in the East Port to look for something. I'm just asking around.”
Mark replied with a lie.
”That didn't answer my question.”
Hearing that, Mark shrugged his shoulders, just the elderly being the elderly.
”You can call me Shade.”
Mark's answer made the old man look at Mark's face since it was obvious that it was an alias but since many people used aliases nowadays, it was not really new.
”What can I do for you?”
”I just want to confirm but do you have a blood colored slime with you?”
The elderly's countenance changed and immediately tried to close the door. However, Mark was faster and blocked the door with his foot preventing it from getting closed.
”Dammit! Go away! Return to your boss! We already said that we will have no business with the Cristobal Family!”
Mark's countenance turned dark.
'Just what did the Cristobal Family have to do with me? Furthermore, return to my boss? If this was a joke, it was not funny.'
The old man tried to push the door close but it would not budge. Without a choice, he pulled his weapon and pointed it out through the gap on the door. It was a double barreled shotgun.
”Don't push me! Go away or I'll shoot!”
Seeing that, Mark smiled grimly.
”Fine, shoot. Let's see whose grandchildren would wander the streets tomorrow.”
The old man wavered and was shocked. His eyes were saying that out of all the people that the Cristobal Family sent here, Mark was the only one that was not fazed even if the shotgun was pointed at his face.
”It's better if you put that down.”
Mark sternly looked at the old man and his glowing red eyes suddenly brought out a heavy pressure.
”I don't know what's going on with your family and the Cristobals but I have nothing to do with whatever feud you have. I just came here to collect what don't belong here in this settlement.”
”Y-You really don't belong to the Cristobal Family?”
The old man tried to confirm once more.
”Cristobal Family? What kind of animals are they?”
Hearing that, the old man finally believed Mark. After all, what he had said was a total defamation against the Cristobal Family and no one that belonged to that family would say something like that. It was because if what they said reached the family, a severe punishment and torture awaited for them. Furthermore, the man outside the door was not even afraid to say those words even when there were people behind that were attracted to the old man's shouting.
”P-Please, come in.”
The old man opened the door and let Mark inside.