Chapter 256: Side Story 2 (1/2)
Chapter 256: Side Story 2
Jake kneho the boy was It was Sieg, a boy he had e as hi no hesitation in attacking people with it
“W… wait… Kah!”
“You bastard Who do you think you’re waving the sword at… keugh…”
There was one rule a a war between themselves, they would not use a blade The reason behind that rule was because if they used a blade, the capital’s guards would investigate it as a ht find a clue that could lead to the entire organization being captured That hy there was an implicit rule to only use a s was different He was using, without hesitation, a short-sword that waspeople in the throat or their heart and soon, the enemies who held Jake down became cold bodies
“You alive?”
Only after he had dealt with all the ene speak to Jake
“Y… yeah Thanks to you”
“I’lad Can you stand up?”
“Of course”
Jake clenched his teeth and stood up His entire body was hurting, but he forced himself up He didn’t knohy, but he didn’t want to show any weakness in front of Sieg
“Thanks for saving ood yourself You ed to hold them off all by yourself with just a club”
“”
“You’re better than the ru looked at Jake with interest in his eyes
Jake was suddenly filled with an odd eh andyou?”
“It is”
“Heh… you’re still pretty young”
“You son of a…”
In a fit of rage, Jake tried to attack Sieg, but before he could, Sieg’s short-sword touched his neck
“In your current condition, do you really think you can beat ht?”
“”
“There’s a ti to be obstinate in a situation like this just because of your pride, you’re an idiot You ’s words poked at Jake’s inferiority co by the collar His skin began to bleed as the short-sword that had been pointed at his neck dug into his skin, but Jake didn’t hesitate
“Do it if you dare, you son of a btch”
“Ooh”
Once again, Sieg was looking at Jake with interest in his eyes The Jake reflected in Sieg’s eyes wasn’t just a brainless idiot refusing to yield in a fit of anger Jake knew very well that there was a sword at his throat, but he was putting his life on the line for his cause
‘He’s pretty good’
At that ed his assessht that he wanted to use, Jake became someone he wanted to have under his direct command
“I’ve decided You’re h…”
Jake couldn’t continue Sieg had grabbed his wrist and twisted it, then he pushed Jake against the wall
“I guess we should clarify the hierarchy in this relationshi+p?”
“What bullshi+t are you spouting?”
“It’s gonna hurt a bit”
“You son of a… Guh!”
Crack!
Jake’s arained his senses, he saw an unfa And the first voice he heard was…
“Are you awake?”
“You’re… you son of… keugh…”
“StopYou’re hurt”
“And whose fault is that?”
At Jake’s question, Sieg scratched his head as he responded
“Sorry, I tried to stop utsy”
Even after his ar had won because Jake couldn’t use one arain until he had fainted
After knocking hiht Jake to his own safehouse
“Drink this for now”
Sieg handed over a bowl of warot up and drank it Perhaps it was because he had lost in a one-on-one fight, but Jake seeed
“Who are you?”
“I’ the same back alley life like you”
“No No, you’re not”
“Oh? What makes you think that?”
“Just… I don’t knohy, but you’re not You’re different”
He couldn’t put it into words, but intuitively, Jake knew it Sieg was co s at hi I don’t knohoI haven’t done since I was a child I’m just a common street rat”
“”
“But, if there’s one thing that’s different, it would be that I have a big dreaoal or even an afried’s words were so unfaoal? An aht he would hear in his life
Siegfried continued to speak to Jake
“In order to s that need to be prepared Right now, I’”
“Process of preparing?”
“That’s right First, I need to take over the back alleys of the E to take over the back alleys? You?”
“Yeah I’oal isn’t it Later one, it won’t just be the back alleys of the E to fried spread his arms wide as he spoke A smile could be seen clearly on his face
He see his ambition
“You’re insane”
“Well, you could think that But I’oal”
“”
Sieg stuck his hand out to Jake as he spoke
“How about it? If you don’t want to die as a gutter rat, then why don’t you ith me for my dream?”
“You want me to be on the same side as a psycho?”
“Doesn’t it sound fun?”
Jake looked into Sieg’s eyes There were no ulteriorabout such absurd delusions
‘Is this bastard being serious?’
Jake could instinctively tell that Sieg was being very serious right now
“I’?”
“”
“Guess it can’t be helped In that case, at least stay with me until the end of this war You can make your decision after that”
“By this war you mean… How can you say that when you don’t knohen this ill end?”
“Don’t worry about that It’ll end by today”
“What?!”
Jake was genuinely shocked They had been fighting this war for the past three ht But it’s going to end by today?
Sieg spoke to Jake with confident eyes