21 Chapter 17 ~ A Bad Day 3/4 (1/2)
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Done wearing her 'newfound' clothes, Siola went back from the alley and head to the market. T-Talking about clothes, the suit… suits her well. Especially with the black long shirt. It is odd, but the suit suited her figure well enough.
In her pockets, she now has a bit over 200$. And of course, she now has a gun with her, pocketed deep in her hips.
The market, it is large and it could easily make people lost their sense of direction. Not mentioning that in terms of verticality, the place can be considered gigantic. Lost in a mall is common, but on this one, it is even more so than ever.
”Now… which part of this hellhole can I find that bastard. He's like a fucking rabbit in Lorkhan. When I see him again, I'll tear him apart.”
Shifting her eyes left and right so fiercely, an immense bloodlust is radiating from her. She tries to calm herself down, thinking to rashly can lead to unwanted events. Sighing, ”Haa… I should've spent more time and go out, I could barely remember this place.”
Siola referred to her past life. Since her gaming career was booming at the time, it has completely filled up almost all of her schedule. She didn't have quite the opportunity to get out and walk around all she likes. Not that she was usually 'like' to go outside though. She's not truly introverted either, she just finds it bothersome, that's all.
Looking back at her suit, ”Hmm, judging from his clothes, he might be a part of a group, or at least serving one. Just need to find which group it was and then take what's mine.”
The fork is something that has caught her eyes, she doesn't care about the values, ”I just want it back.” Having a stern determination in her heart, she's sworn to get it back no matter what.
…
After a while, she went back to the dense market area.
Siola went around asking things to people. ”Hey, you know a kid that is this size, wearing a green hoodie and a mask?”
The man shook his head, ”Sorry”
”I see.”
”Excuse me, do you know about ~”
She kept asking around and around, but it's in vain. No one knew or saw such person. Siola also asked around on several different ”Group” members around the area, but they too have nothing on the thief. They know some, but never seen the one she was talking about.
*A Group is basically a gang, but the Group here includes many kinds of different ”power” whether it's people with powers or just a bunch of homeless in the streets. As long as they have some kind of ”Power” whether it's a firearm or medical expertise, and as long as they are joined or make a large circle between themselves and hiring others, they are too can be called as a ”Group”. The only difference is whether or not it's official, and being one means that it has a connection to the government, but it's unrelated whether it's good or not.*
'Only Glossed Serenade left. I want to avoid them if possible, but they might know something.'
Putting in the slithery green paper inside a vending machine, Siola went to grab a drink from it. She walks as she drank it.
*slurp*
The refreshing water of the carbonated drink tingles her dried tongue.
'That kind of group must be avoided as much as possible. I believe that their influence is one of the biggest in this area. They have the wises when it comes to giving away things, but they are the most notorious when it comes to shady practices. They might even ask me for my liver just to give me that information.'
*gulp*
*gulp*
'I heard they have enough cash to make the entire group go up in ranks and went to the High Sector, but they didn't do it and just kept themselves here.”
Chuckled, ”Heh, I really don't understand corporate worlds at all.”
*gulp*
She emptied the can and casually throwing them right at the trashcan.
”No choice, I suppose.”
Siola has decided. The 'No choice' she was saying only applies to the possibility of what she can do, what she wants to do, and what she needs to do.
She walked to the deeper part of the market place. The amount of neon light and high-tech— but small— stores here are enormous. Quite a number of them sell parts of Cyberwear while the other sells many other things.
'Should be around here'
She found herself in a narrow dark alley. There is nothing here but a door and it's located on the deeper part on the left. Siola's eyes widened when she found it, 'There it is. Let's hope they really know something.'
Only because she's saying it so, Siola doesn't really have something to put her hopes into.
She walked to the door and knocked on it.
*bang *bang *bang
A small window just slides open at the top center of the door. A pair of fully red eyes appeared, they looked down, ”What do you want?”
Siola looks up, and said, ”Need a dirt on a little cockroach”
”…”
”how much?” the man asked.
”199”
”… all right, slide it in.”
Siola took out her money and put them all in the door's small window.
”…”
*clank *zrrrt
After a moment, the man unlocked the door and allowed Siola to come in. ”Follow, and don't look around too much.”
Siola followed him down the stairs, the interiors are lit in a bright and moody light tone. Looking around her, she found herself in some unpleasant domain, but some people might find it… quite the opposite.
*Plash*
”Ahhh, yes. Ohh, Yesh, Mistress. Please spank my dick with that stick—”
*Plash*
”Ahhhhh, yes. Yes!”
*Takk