Noir eyed Jin Jiuchi warily.
Somehow, compared to the man's earlier murderous glower and threatening posture, the current Jin Jiuchi with his pupils fully dilated and eyes all sparkling and glittering sparked a deeper hint of unease within Noir. The way Jin Jiuchi looked at him now was like how a starving wolf would crouch and lie in wait within the shadows while salivating over a piece of fragrant meat.
It was the unsettling realization that he was being perceived as a prey by this man— whatever creature he was.
His hackles instinctively raised, his muscles pulled taut, and the shade of his green eyes grew a notch deeper until they swirled in a near obsidian color, just like the verdant forest entrenched in inky darkness. His entire body was using all these subconscious reactions to warn him about how dangerous the person before him was.
The two's gazes clashed in midair, and invisible sparks flew out.
