Vol 1 Chapter 3 (1/2)
Chapter 3 – Zenan
“Yo!”
Clay beca a loud sound, he came to a full stop
He was right in front of the cheap apartment where he lived
“Jack……”
Clay softly cried out
“Is so? You look frustrated”
Kane caht, naturally this was the start of his problems
“Yeah, maybe a little…”
Clay revealed a cowardly smile
He remembered how he let Zenan take Millie away
Although he saw the entire thing, there was nothing he could do
This weighed on his mind heavily, he knew that it wouldn’t have ended well for her
“You see on your mind?”
Jack watched Clay closely
“……It’s nothing, I’m fine”
Clay made a forced smile
“Clay, are you free right now?”
“I guess so……”
He nodded without thinking
“——Okay, so what’s up?””
Jack told Clay that he needed help cleaning his fridge of beer
“……And that’s what happened”
Clay lifelessly replied as he sat down on a mouldy couch
Jack was sitting on the couch opposite of him
“……Do you remember this sofa?”
Jack patted his couch and pointed at Clay
“It was back in my early days on Mars, a couple of my buddies went to steal some
stuff at a local store……”
“Of course I re chased by a dog”
“And both of theot their ass bit”
Both of thehed
“……Those were happy times”
After listening to the words of Jack, Clay began to smile, but he still couldn’t hide the
sadness
Just over twomarijuana for
an organization
“Although in the beginning things looked pro
everyone to the organization……”
Jack took another sip of beer
“……I never expected things ever get like this”
“I know”
“You should have just stayed home”
Jack suddenly whispered so
“……What?”
Clay immediately said
“——I didn’t want to say this But recently there’s been a guy pestering you——his
na around that he is with nightmare, you
know associating with those people is taboo”
“……”
Clay went silent for a moment
“Yeah, I know the guy He just wanted to take h I will admit
trouble seems to follow him”
“But……”
Knock, knock
A knocking sound came from the door
“Seriously, who’s knocking at this tiht?”
“Don’t worry, I’ll get it”
Clay said as he made his way towards the door, he opened it
He stood there for a moment
“Why are you so surprised to see me?”
Zenan said in a calm voice
“Mr Zenan”
Subconsciously he stepped backwards
Zenan took this opportunity and entered the room
“Mr Zenan!”
Zenan ignored Jack and looked directly at Clay
“Kill Kane Blueriver”
He unilaterally declared
“This requires your assistance”
“My assistance?”
“You do realize that you and that guy are both suspected of being spies for
nightmare, this is an excellent opportunity to set the record straight”
“I……”
An unbearable wave of pressure came upon Clay
“What, were you going to say so?”
“Mr Zenan!”
Jack suddenly interrupted them
This was the first time Zenan had met him
“……Are you sure you want to do this?”
“Please, just let hio”
Zenan watched in silence
“……That guy Kane isn’t frohtmare and neither is Clay, leave him out of this”
“——Enough, shut up!”
Zenan coldly said to Jack, he then turned his attention back to Clay
“I have no time to waste with you!”
“However, Mr Zenan!”
But Jack still went on
“The real reason that guy Kane came……”
“Didn’t I tell you to shut up?”
Zenan said without turning around to face him
“……Was to just bring clay back home!”
Zenan silently waved his arm
Whoosh
A light sabre waved through the air
The sound of soround
“——Ahhhhhh!”
Clay started screa
Jacks decapitated body hit the ground
“Don’t make me repeat myself”
Zenan stared coldly at Clay
“I’ll ask again Will you lend your assistance?”
Zenan said as he waved his light sabre through the air
Clay took a deep breath, with his treave a resolute answer
“I won’t!”
“……Strange……”
The next night
Millie and Kane had been searching different nightclubs trying to find Clay, they had
searched five but with no luck
“He’s not here, certainly he should be in one of these bars……”
She said to herself as she turned a page in her notebook
“Is sharing intelligence a problem?”
Kane casually asked
“No, that shouldn’t be a problem”
“Do you think he’s at home?”
“Probably not, I rung his apartot no answer”
“Hmm……”
Kane mused to himself
“Where can are investigation go froot his phone number”
“I’ve still got my business secrets”
“Obviously you’ve been fired, right?”
“……Argh……”
“Then we’ve got to ation”
Kane muttered to himself
“Why?”
Millie asked in a casual tone
“Because we are being watched Behind you”
“……Huh?”
“He’s in the corner”
“Right”
After whispering to each other, both of them headed for the exit
Atouched Kane’s back
“Ahhhhh!”
Kane panicked as a rabbed him by the collar
“——Oh, it’s you”
Kane said with a smirk on his face
It was an informant that Kane knew
“Is he an acquaintance of yours?”
“Yeah, I o”
Kane answered Millie’s question
“About your prior stateence”
“Is this alright?”
“I guess so, as long as we don’t regret it in the future……”
Kane then gave the inforut
“W-Why?”
The inforroaned
“Because I know you weren’t following us for no reason, some fat ass much have put
you up to it……”
“Listen ”
Kane punched the man in the face
“I’ out of patience”
Kane was about to punch hiain when
“Zenan! It was Zenan! He wanted e to you Clay called me
and wanted you to meet him at this address”
Kane pulled a note with the address from the man’s hands, then both him and Millie
slowly left the bar
He knehere the place was, it was only two blocks away
Even though he kneas most likely a trap, he had to defeat Zenan and rescue
Clay somehow
(If only I could get a plan of the building……)
Of course Kane could get Canal on the Sword Breaker to get the plans, but that
would take hours, they just didn’t have that kind of time
“——Hey, you wait in the car”
Kane couldn’t remember how many times he’s said this
“No, I’ too!”
Millie shook her head
Kane sighed
(……Man, what a drag)
This disturbed Kane
He knew that Millie wouldn’t be able to handle herself if a firefight ensued
“……It see”
Millie whispered as she looked around the place
It was an old office building leftover from the Great Depression on Mars, it was