After Alucard was defeated and the skyscraper collapsed, the woman with floating orbs around her head looked at Alucard's burned body. The orbs protected her from the falling debris.
"You useless piece of shit, I have to find another Dragon to replace you, Alucard."
"But who should they be?" She thought about who would replace Alucard as the Blood Dragon and remembered a person.
"Oh, right. Why did I forget the previous Blood Dragon before you, Alucard? I just decided he would take your place as Blood Dragon. He had been once, but why would he decline a second time?
"It will take a little bit of convincing to bring him back, but when I mention you turned into ash by the hands of the intruders. He will seek revenge on the people who killed you, Alucard. So, be patient with me and see, in the future, your dad will kill intruders!"
After speaking, what came to her mind, she ordered a black orb to absorb
Alucard's burned body. She destroyed a window and jumped out.
***
Returning to the present, the man who used the black hole said, "I'm going to bring Hein Eduard to the cemetery. Would you three help me to carry him there?"
Ross looked at the man and said, "Yes, I will help you." Then he continued, "However, who are you?"
The man with many scars answered Ross' question, "Oh, sorry. I am N-Ranker, Leo Vortex."
Ross was shocked when he heard N-Ranker from him, so he didn't believe him. Why didn't James believe him? N-Rank is a very special rank in the Color Kingdom; it is rarer than S-Rank. Only two known people ever reached N-Rank in the county's history. That's why James didn't believe him, not just him. Mike and Bell also thought Leo was telling lies.
After Leo saw their faces disbelieving, he knew that would happen, so he changed the topic by saying, "Whatever, believe me or not, it would not bring my friend back."
He grabbed Hein Eduard's body and said, "Not coming, then I going to bury him alone."
Leo took a few steps forward before Ross grabbed him from his shoulder, stopping him. He turned around and looked at James's face.
"I can't trust you yet?!" Ross said.
Leo got irritated, "Tsk. Look. Stop grabbing my shoulder if you three are not coming to help me."
Ross recognized his mistake and took his hands off his shoulder, but he punched Leo Vortex to test him. He was no longer there before the punch could connect to N-Ranker's gut. Leo reappeared, grabbed his hand, and threw him to the ground. Mike and Bell attack after seeing James Ross on the hard floor.
"Don't," Ross said to Mike and Bell, making them stop. Leo takes his hands off his shoulder and gets up from his body, smiling.
"Now you understand why I am the N-Ranker?" Ross nodded his head after standing up.
"Anyway, without wasting time. I'm going to the graveyard." He stepped forward and said, "Oh, before I forget." He tossed a paper from his hands, flying toward Ross, and he disappeared after it hit the ground.
Ross grabs it from the ground and reads what's written on it. It was the address written on it. The last line of the message read, 'This is the address if you want to come.'
***
They discussed leaving the place, and Mike suggested calling the automatic driver. It picked them up and took them to the address's destination: the cemetery. The police and firefighters near Blood Bar started questioning everyone near the skyscraper.
They met up with Leo Vortex and watched Hein Eduard's burial in a blue casket. After they buried him, everyone put their flowers on the ground and cried. Leo cried the most because he had known Hein for a long time, but that didn't mean others didn't cry.
Ross remembered Eduard's final words, "Promise me to save my sister, James."
"I will," Ross whispered to himself, making him cry even more. Besides these four, no one else is in the graveyard.
After mourning their friend's death, they went their separate ways. Mike and Bell returned to their home. The N-Rank went his way, and James returned to the same hospital.
He took a deep breath before entering the building, 'How should I explain my disappearance.' After thinking about it, he went inside the hospital and was instantly recognized by two nurses near the entrance.
Ross didn't notice the nurses' presence, so he went to find his sister's room.
"Sir, Excuse me," He stopped by a nurse's words.
After seeing him stop, the nurse continued, "Aren't you the patient who escaped the hospital?"
Ross, joking, said, "The seas were calling. I would be king of the pirates, but I got lost and returned here." The nurse didn't laugh.
Ross yelled, "Whatever, don't talk to me," He continued, "My day was grim!" He wanted at least to see a smiling face, but when he didn't get one, it made Ross remember the tragic event of the Blood Bar.
He continued walking, but the nurse stopped him by saying, "Sorry for offending you, Sir, but please keep your voice down."
Ross glanced behind a counter, where a nurse was on the phone, calling security to stop James from yelling. He stopped after seeing her speak on the phone.
He looked at the clock near the counter, figuring out that his sister wouldn't be in the hospital anymore when it was night. He slapped himself after recognizing that later.
'God, where did my sense of time go.'
He was about to leave the hospital if it wasn't for suddenly getting unconscious.
***
On the morning of the next day, James woke up in a hospice bed. His vision was a little burly, and he saw two unrecognizable people. After one of the figures hugged him, his vision became clear, and he recognized his sister, Shy, who hugged him. Near her, the other person was the doctor.
"I was worried about you, James." She was crying after seeing her brother.
"I don't want to lose you like Samuel." She said sourly.
James blinked. How did he return to the hospital when he returned home at night? In his sleep, he saw a strange dream or nightmare; he doesn't remember, but his mind visualized figures covered in darkness.
'What's going on? How did I return here when I remember I went back home.'
When he saw his sister smile, he said, ' It doesn't matter how I got here; seeing my sister smile makes me happy.'
He gets up from bed and talks to the doctor, who is still in the room, which he was told he could leave. He talked to his sister about everything that happened to him and Samuel's whereabouts.
Her sister then tells her brother that she is pregnant and James will become an uncle, and he is happy. Shy is sad. She thinks her child will not see their dad, but Ross tells her she has nothing to worry about; Samuel is strong.
She left the room and was about to go when two men entered, stopping him from leaving.
One of the men said, "James. Long time no see."
"Do I know you?" Ross replied that he had no memory of these two men.
"You forgot about your Flow training buddies, James?"
Ross was still blinking and couldn't remember. They saw this and said, "I guess the names Jole and Gwyn would make you remember?"
After hearing those names, he instantly recognized them: "Oh, it's you two."
"You two changed so much."
Gwyn smiled and said, "Yeah, you changed too."
"What are you brothers doing these days anyway?"
"It's been great with our families and business, and I heard you were married and had a son. Why didn't you invite us?"
Ross became sad remembering his wife and child, so he explained to the best of his abilities without crying, "Sorry, sorry. They are both of are dead. They died a few years ago at the hands of the White Clan. I am sorry. I would invite you two sooner if my family were still alive."
Joel opened his mouth and said, "I am glad you still remember their deaths. I even remember their sweet screams of burning—?!"
"Fuck?! What are you saying?" He looked at Gwyn and yelled, "Bring some sense to your—?!"
Gwyn removed his ring from his ring finger, transforming him into a pretty woman with red hair and a top hat tattoo. After changing back from her wrist, thorny vines came out and tied up Ross.
"You two are not my friends; who are you!" He yelled.
Joel laughed, "I-I..." removing his ring and turning him back into his original body. The man "Joel" turned into had white hair on one side and black hair on the other, with some silver hair on the last few hairs. His top hat mostly hides his hair, and his clean white suit is there to match the white part of his hair—a black glove on his one hand.
He continued, "...I'm William J. White, the leader of the White Clan."
He pointed to the woman, "Here is my secretary, Ms. Rose." He went closer toward Ross, "Just call me Mr. White."
"Damn you. I will kill you! I will fucking kill you!"
"What are you going to do? When you are tied up," He laughed.
Ms. Rose, however, took the threat seriously. "Don't talk to him like that. I will kill you!" She tried to sharpen the thorny vines, but Mr. White told her not to.
William grabbed Ross's head, "Let's say you were freed. Would you kill me?"
"Because I know you would not, but I will." He forcefully smashed Ross's head to the ground.
"Oops, I lied," He stopped Ross's head before hitting the ground.
"I am not going to kill you for now. Become stronger and find me." After saying that, he put his Disguise Ring back, and Ms. Rose called the vines back, and then they left.
Ross stands up to go after them, but when he looks outside, there is no trace of them. Ross tried to find them but failed and left the hospital.
He entered his home, turning his light. A man was waiting for him on the couch.
"Hello, James!"
Ross was surprised by who was sitting on his couch. He yelled, "Samuel," in a surprising way.
To Be Continued.