In the town, Seito and the others had done their errands and are now shopping for some jewelry in a jewelry and antique shop.
"My lovely princess, please buy anything you like, as long as you forgive my ignorance just now." said Seito, who is still pleading for Yuki's forgiveness.
Itsuki laughed out a bit as he saw how inferior his proud cousin is in front of Yuki. Then he turned his eyes to Ai who is by his side, she doesn't seem to be showing any interest at all in the jewelry.
"Did anything caught your eye?" Itsuki asked, in a gentle tone with a smile.
Ai shook her head, slightly troubled.
"Hmm? Is there anything wrong?" He asked again.
"No, just that I am not really interested in this sort of thing." said Ai who seems to be a bit bored.
"Ah... I see. Maybe we can have a look at the antiques over there instead, it looks like there might be something that you will be interested in." Itsuki suggested.
Ai nodded.
And so, they headed to the other half part of the store that sells antiques. As soon as they reached one of the antique displays, Ai noticed a pair of daggers that are crafted from some black metal and decorated with red gemstones.
"Hmm? You seem to be interested in that pair of daggers." said Itsuki.
"Well, I can't really sure if I am interested or not but it certainly looks quite unique." said Ai.
"Oh? Should we get the shopkeeper to get them out from the display for a better look?" Itsuki asked, with a smile.
Ai nodded, she looks rather excited...
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Secret base. Chris is teaching Ruby some basic upper body moves with some demonstration.
"Relax your shoulder a bit like this, such a stiffness wouldn't work." said Chris as he massaged Ruby's shoulder a bit, relaxing her shoulder muscle.
After several tries, Chris decided to let her practice by herself. He walked toward Maria and sat by his side.
"Heh? That's all you are going to teach her? I thought you were going to get her to do some other more difficult moves like backbend and splits." said Maria, who sounds a bit disappointed.
"Well, she just started learning, some of these stretching exercises can be quite dangerous for a beginner, especially at her age. Moreover, I tried to teach her once but she nearly dislocated her neck bone... Ah... Tsk... Why the heck am I even talking about this right now..." Chris murmured as he is quite surprised by his own attitude towards Ruby.
"Heh? I don't know you were this close with her before, did Rei-chan even knows about that?" Maria asked, in a teasing tone.
"Tsk... Shut up." Slightly enraged by Maria's teasing, Chris stood up and left the dancing area.
"Ah... Chris-chan! I was just kidding."
Realizing his oblivious jokes had enraged Chris, Maria quickly caught up with Chris, but before he could apologize to Chris, they were greeted by an unexpected sight. It's Seito and Yuki who stumbled in from the entrance door, some mild injuries can be seen on both of them.
"Oh dear! What happened to both of you? And where are Ai-chan and Itsuki-chan?" Maria exclaimed, slightly shocked.
"Itsu... Itsu suddenly lose control and destroyed a jewelry and antique store. And before we could do anything, he hold Ai-chan captive and ran away!" said Seito, rather anxious.
"What? Get me to that jewelry shop right now! If we are fast enough, we might still be able to get them." said Chris, who sounds worried and concerned.
"But Chris-chan, Ben said that you haven't fully recovered yet, and is definitely not in a condition to be engaged in any type of battle!"
Maria exclaimed, rather concerned about Chris but at the same time worried about Ai and Itsuki.
"Maria, I don't have time to care about that right now, this is a dire situation, I need to go anyway." said Chris, in a serious tone before looking at Ben, waiting for his response.
"We will be going with you. Seito and Yuki will stay in here and look after the place with Jason." said Ben.
"What? But he's my cousin!" said Seito, not very agree with Ben.
"Even if you do follow, you wouldn't help much and we will have to spend another effort to protect you too, if you haven't realized how strong Itsuki is in his berserk mode. Just give us the exact location of that jewelry shop will be sufficient." said Ben, still remained his usual composure which successfully silenced Seito.
And so, as instructed by Ben, Seito gave him the coordinate of the jewelry shop before telling them every single detail...
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With the information given by Seito, they Chris, Maria and Ben reached the jewelry and antique store Seito mentioned, and as what Seito told them, the whole building had been torn down, a mutilated dead body can be seen under a whole pile of heavy boulders, probably is the shopkeeper.
"Seriously, just what the heck had triggered this level of rampage." said Chris as he checked the surrounding.
"Oh dear... This looks bad... Hmm? Hey! That's Ai-chan's bracelet!" Maria exclaimed as he ran towards a crushed displayed rack and picked up a broken bracelet which is matching with the one Maria and Yuki wore.
"Maria, give me that bracelet." said Chris.
"Heh?" Despite being a bit confused, Maria handed the broken bracelet to Chris.
Chris held the bracelet in his right hand and closed his eyes.
"Sense link..."
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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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