Sky carefully walked through the estranged and slightly creepy hallway while avoiding the security scan. He tried to find the others by tracing their magic flow but just as what Chris has experienced, he can't feel any bit of magic flow trace, but instead, he felt a weak but familiar energy.
"Is this spiritual energy? Jimmy?"
Sky murmured at a volume that almost no one can hear, then, all of the sudden, he heard a bouncing sound from a room on his front right side. He slowly and carefully walked towards that room and carefully examined the door to see if he could open it, and to his surprise, the door is not locked. As soon as he opened the door, a white ball rolled out, it's Jimmy. Sky picked up Jimmy before peeping into the room and saw all of their clothes and equipment in there, including his magic sealing pendant that is locked in a safety glass cabinet. Seeing this, Sky nervously touched around his neck and chest before finally realizing that the pendant necklace is not with him.
"Ah... I guess Chris is nearby after all." Sky murmured, self-reflecting on how stupid he is at this moment.
After that short self reflex, Sky slowly walked into the room and examined the glass cabinet while wondering why did his magic didn't lose control as he always had without the pendant. If you still remember what happened when his magic sealing pendant got damaged a bit, you will understand what's that supposed to mean.
But before he could figure out anything, Jimmy who is still in the white ball form became rather restless and tried to escape from Sky's hand.
"I almost forgot about you, you want to come out? Alright then, come out now."
As Sky said so, the white ball immediately bounced out of Sky's hand and turned into the plain white emoji humanoid form. As soon as Jimmy turned into his humanoid form, he quickly ran out of the room.
"Hey! Hold on there Jimmy!" Sky exclaimed as Jimmy ran out of the room.
Worrying that Jimmy might accidentally activate the security system, Sky ran out after him only to witnessed a slightly unbelievable scene. The security scan doesn't seem to be detecting Jimmy's, while some even get reflected directly when it reached Jimmy.
"Hmm... I guess even Seito doesn't realize this special ability of Jimmy." said Sky with a shrug.
Then, he noticed that Jimmy started 'dancing' anxiously at a dead end where the path is closed and locked. Sky sighed before calling out for him.
"Ha... I believe you know where Seito and the others are, but I don't think you can get to him easily all by yourself, hang in there for a minute, I will join you after I packed up everything in this room." said Sky.
Sky schemed through all the items in the room before grabbed a small cuboid stone from the table, he slightly shook the stone for a few times before waving it around all the items including his magic sealing pendant which is still in the glass cabinet. After a while, all the items, including the pendant along with the glass cabinet got 'sucked' into the stone.
"Let's go." said Sky. Jimmy nodded anxiously...
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Meanwhile, Chris is still trying hard to trick Kazuki into giving him more information he needs regarding the Dracula Worshippers and the Enomoto's clan. However, alerted by the previous experiences she had, she refused to say anything anymore. Chris realized that it will be totally fruitless if he continues with his tricking strategy, thus he decided to convince the lady with a much gentler and softer method.
"I know your hatred and frustration towards the Dracula Worshippers, and the pain this whole Dracula incident had inflicted on your brother and you. After all, I had witnessed that awful massacre of children less than twelve years old that was done by some extremist party regarding the reincarnation of the new generation of Dracula." said Chris, partially telling the truth with a small spice of alternation.
"Eh? You did?" Kazuki asked, slightly opened up to Chris again.
"Yes, and for your information, that boy your brother pinned on the wall is actually one of many survivors we rescued during the past. He was a victim that was used by those crazy worshippers as a lure to distract those extremists from the real reincarnation of Dracula. His mother hid him in a grand clock and sacrificed her own life to protect him." said Chris.
This time, it's not a lie.
"What a tragedy... How about his father? Didn't his father be with them when that happened?" Kazuki asked, obviously, this topic hits her sensitive spot.
"Well... His father is an awful person. Even after all these years, we don't have the courage to tell him what his father had done. He only thought that his father was absent because of work and stuff. I don't know if he would be able to accept that it's his father the one that let those extremists into their house easily." said Chris, and again, he is not lying.
"What? Why would he do that?" Kazuki asked, rather astonished.
"Well, his father was a double spy for the Dracula Worshippers, in order to protect that reincarnation of Dracula, he tricked those extremists to think that his son is the one that they had been looking for. He even retracted most of their strong security guard to let those extremists enter the house smoothly." said Chris.
Hearing this, Kazuki is in a great shock and got into a deep thought.
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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