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Chapter 175 - Search
Shido, Rumia and Clementine started to head towards the location of Coco Doll according to Succulent's information.
In the dark night, the three were like shadows jumping from the roof of the houses. Shido had to carry Rumia as she was too slow and didn't have good mobility like Shido and Clementine.
"We're here." Shido said as he put down Rumia on the ground.
He was looking at the house in one of the secluded area of the capital. Although it look normal on the outside, Shido could detect numerous presence inside.
"Acheval-san." Rumia tugged the corner of Shido's coat with a worried expression. She called Shido Acheval as he had said that he was using an alias in this world so she did what he told her and call Shido by his alias.
Rumia couldn't forget the vile words that had come from Succulent's mouth regarding the slave trade. The thought of innocent women being taken and sold filled her with a deep sadness, and a growing anger.
Although, Shido wanted for her to stay in their inn to rest as they had just came back from a mission and tour around the town, Rumia didn't hesitate to join Shido and Clementine on destroying Eight Fingers and recusing the unfortunate women that they had kidnapped.
Seeing Rumia's determination, Shido didn't argue further. Instead, he simply said, "Stay close to me," to which she nodded in agreement.
"There should be an underground basement," Clementine said after surveying the house. She glanced at Shido with curious eyes and asked, "So... are we sneaking in, or crashing the place?"
Shido looked at her for a moment, then a grin slowly spread across his face, one that made her heart skip a beat.
"Of course," he said with a spark in his eyes, "we're going to bust in."
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"Seriously! Where is that guy?!" A skinny man in fitted clothes paced back and forth in his room. His buzz-cut hair and exaggeratedly feminine movements gave him a distinct presence. This was Coco Doll. He was growing increasingly anxious, Succulent had yet to return, long past their agreed meeting time.
He was worried that something happened to him and they wouldn't be able to add the girl that he had told him before on the batch of slaves that they would sell tomorrow.
A few days before, Succulent brought him a good news that he found a beautiful girl that will brought good amount of golds and a handsome man. Coco Doll was interested in the girl but his eyes shined when he heard that there was a man with handsome and sharp features with her.
Without hesitation, Coco Doll had ordered Succulent to capture them. Unfortunately, they had gone on a quest outside the capital, forcing Coco Doll to wait for their return.
"Hey, you!" Coco Doll snapped, turning to one of the guards nearby. "Still no word from him?" he asked impatiently.
"No, sir. We still can't contact Succulent or his men."
"Tsk. Useless." Coco Doll clicked his tongue in irritation and resumed pacing back and forth, his nerves fraying with each passing second.
*SLAM!*
He was still panicking about Succulent when the door on the room where they were in was slammed open. He was startled by it and he got angry thinking that it was one of his men opening the door too loud.
"Hey! Can you be more careful when opening the door?!" he shouted.
But no one answered.
Only the sound of slow, deliberate footsteps echoed through the room.
Coco Doll's heart began to race. The silence felt heavy, unnatural. His irritation quickly shifted into unease.
The people inside the room that was tasked to protect him also feel something bad will happen so they quickly got in front of Coco Doll to protect him.
They were feeling tense right now as they heard the foot steps coming nearer. It was dark on the other side of the door so they couldn't see who's coming. But their question were answered when a foot step inside the room along with the rest of the person's appearance coming inside with two beautiful woman by his side.
A handsome man and two beautiful woman came to their head quarters making the guards thought if something wrong with their brains. However, they are not real guards and only rouges that was tasked to protect someone and they were used on the treatment of getting some slave to enjoy from time to time so their expression quickly changed to a perverted one.
Rumia felt uncomfortable with their stares and hid behind Shido, meanwhile Clementine revealed a smile, but the guards felt something wrong with her smile.
"Are you Coco Doll?" Shido ignored the guards for now and asked the skinny man behind them that started looking at him with lust. Seeing this, Shido's entire body shivered but he didn't take a step back since Rumia was behind him.
As he asked him, Shido activated his scan skill to see his stats.
Name: Ampetif Cocco Doll
Level: 6
Age: 36
Height: 170 cm
Class: None
STR: E
VIT: E+
AGI: E
INT: E++
CHA: E
LUK: D
Threat Level: E+
Affiliation: Eight Fingers
After making sure that this homo man was his target, Shido deactivated his skill and look at Coco Doll.
Hearing that the handsome young man was calling him, Coco Doll answered him with a wink.
"Yes, I'm Coco Doll in the flesh dear."
Coco Doll had to say that Shido was his type, he look at him shyly but eagerly.
As Shido receive an answer from Coco Doll, Shido felt so disgusted that he wanted to puke, especially when Coco Doll sent him a wink causing his stomach to churn.
Though, he didn't reveal any change in emotion on the outside maintaining a neutral face.
"Good. Now that we found you, we don't have to look all over this place." Shido maintained a natural voice as he spoke. He really wanted to beat the shit out of Coco Doll until he wouldn't be able to look at him with those disgusting eyes again.
"Clementine," Shido said, glancing her way and giving a subtle signal.
"Yes, yes~!" Clementine replied eagerly, a cruel smile spreading across her face as she stepped forward.
She, too, was disgusted, infuriated by the way the men in the room were leering at her. If it had been Shido looking at her that way, she wouldn't have minded, in fact, she might have enjoyed it and even offered him a little extra "service." But these men? They were nothing but trash. Filth. They had no right to lay their eyes on her like that.
Clementine continued her approach, her steps echoing ominously through the room. As she walked, she pulled out her twin stilettos, the sharp blades gleaming under the dim light.
Coco Doll's expression suddenly changed when he heard Shido's words and thought of Succulent. Maybe they had something to do with Succulent's disappearance. He then recalled about the handsome man and beautiful girl that he he told Succulent to capture. He looked at Shido and Rumia and thought that maybe it was them but then, who was this other woman?
Just as he was thinking, he suddenly heard a voice coming from the woman in front of him.
"Martial Arts: Ability Boost."
They didn't know why but, the men protecting Coco Doll suddenly tensed and gulp hard. They also used their martial arts to fight but before they could even react, Clementine hard already wiped them out.
"Arghh!!!"
Clementine then turned slowly toward Coco Doll, a twisted smile curling on her lips as she casually twirled her stilettos between her fingers.
"Now, you're next."
Terrified, Coco Doll's eyes widened, and he let out a high-pitched squeal before collapsing onto his butt, trembling.
"Hiiiii!!!"
