As they was navigating through the slum area in silent, Jake suddenly halted his steps while gesturing Anon to stops too, which made Anon stop while questioning him a bit,
"Why you stops suddenly?"
"Shhh...keeps silents, seems like we encountered a bit problems here"
"huh, problems out of nowhere?"
"Hey...what prob..."
As Anon was about to ask him another questions, Jake just grabbed his shirt and gesture him to follow along his act, immediately they leaned towards the wall pavement of the alley, Jake with his forefinger on his lips and vigilant eyes, while Anon catch a glimpse of what Jake indicated to do, and then they hears voices coming towards their area slowly,
"Hey rent, what did I tell you about, just stockpiled those black pandora powder and sent them to our client"
"Hehehe, sorry Mol I just forget about it, but Ill do it later okay, I am still a bit drunk"
"Tchhhh, even a simple things you cannot do, Ill tell the leader to demote you to letterman later, "
"Please don't do that, I'll share my Nira from winning the gambling yesterday"
"Owh that's more like it, hahahaha"
Two people who seems like a street thugs were conversing with each other, one of them was a bit skinny but tall and another one quite bulky but short, they seems like an ordinary thugs but when Anon hear their conversations, his eyes became serious while his expressions just scrunched up as,
'Pandora Powder huh, that's one of the forbidden drugs from what I could deduct from the novels information,'
'do you know any information or future scene involving these things system?'
[SystemV2: Nothing major of now host, but as for the future I thinks it's involved in the Grey Rebellion Incident]
As the system adds up this information, Anon just contemplated as he more or less know of these incident in the novel, but it only happens at the later part of the story,
'Hmmm...even thought this scene happens later, still I need to be more prepared, at least know their planning, purpose and members'
[That's true host, because it's concern the safety of your Dukedom]
As Anon was pondering, the two thugs just continue with their chatter which made Anon woke up a bit from his thoughts,
"Anyway rent, we shouldn't talk too much about this things, as our leader wants to keep it secret"
"Yeah..yeah I forget about that,"
Hearing such conversations made Anon just shrugged his heads of while thinks in his heads,
'they really can't get out from their mob character huh, '
'they seems lacking a bit too huh'
[You seems better than them host, at least you have looks and richness]
'Dont compared me with them!, at least I am not stupid enough to talk about secrecy in public!'
Anon complained a bit to the system,
[Hai..Hai..host sory for that]
As both of them was conversing, Steps by steps both of the thugs came nearer to them, both Jake and Anon became tense, knowing that they will be discovered soon, Anon gestured Jake that they should be running in the opposite direction with his eyes indicating their next direction, and Jake just responds,
'in a count of a three we will go'
'okay'
Anon give him a thumbs up,
'1...2...go!!!'
As soon as Jake say go, Anon was a bit startled a bit before running after Jake, as he doesn't even count as he say, which make Anon lips and eyebrows flinched in annoyance while Jake just slightly chuckle,
'this brat...'
'hejehehe'
As they were running as fast as possible from the two thugs, both of them just watch them slowly not taking any action, as the thug name Mol just muttered,
"Hmmmm, why are those guys running away?"
"Dunno, maybe they want to get a quick dump, because this place is known to have no toilets"
While rent just nodded his heads in approval, but slowly his heads hits a sudden realisation, which makes him grimaced in panic a bit,
"Wait..wait..these guy was hiding there when we talk about the pandora powder!!!"
"Wait does that mean that?they does not have an urgent dump business"
But the other guy just slap his backhead with a huge slap for his stupidity, and began urging him to run and catch after them,
"It's not like that you moron, they know about the Pandora powder, what if they reported to the knights!!!!"
"Damn, you are right, let's go after them!"
"This why I am urging you to run, act before thinking!!!"
With that, the thugs finally runs after them after having not so thoughtful conversations,
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While Jake and Anon arrived at a certain secluded area with both of them holding their knees, with sweats all over their faces and both gasping for an air,
"Huuuhh...huuuhh...huh..finally we managed to get away"
"Huuh..huuuhh..., before that, your actions was intentional right..huh brat"
Finally Anon have a breath to complained to Jake for his mischievous actions, but Jake just throw away his eyes to other direction, and Anon just finally shrugged his complaint off, while asking him the more important questions,
"Huuuhh..you..hah...whatever"
"Anyway, where are we now, and how far a we from the grand library?"
While Jake finally able to catch his breath, swiping off the sweats from his face he just stand straight once again and start to watch over the place, from left to right and from bottom to top, and Anon just follow along with his stares,
"Seems like we are at grey districts, we are a bit far from grand library now"
"Huuuh, what a bad luck, then let's start to move"
Anon sighed a bit before asking Jake to help him get to the grand library, as Jake was nodding and start to move,he halted once again, as he hears the seems familiar voices,
which make him complained,
"where have those guys dissapeared, shouldn't have gone too far"
"Let's just keep looking"
The thugs converse with each other trying to find them,
"Damn, these guy just catch up to us, I thought they would miss us.."
Jake murmured in a slow tone, while Anon just responded,
"Their most likely don't want to get their secret to get leaked considering their fear for their leader it seems"
"Yeah genius, I know that too"
Jake responds to Anon with sarcasm,
[Pffft..hahaha this kid never bored me,]
while Anon just realised his statement that's seems obvious,
"Then, what do you suggest brat, you are the guide, I just follow along"
As Anon come back to his real questions, Jake finally turns serious while contemplating his decision with his arms crossed while both of them slowly moves towards a quite hidden area, as Jake was contemplating in silent,
'hmmm, we cannot go to the opposite direction as we will face them face to face, while opting for the other way, it's seems like a dead end'
' well, I can use that things but, I don't know if I'll trust this guy enough' Jake sighed
Seeing Jake in silent contemplation that seems takes time, finally Anon just come and told him his suggestions, which made Jake perk up his ears,
"There are only two options for us now, one we fight them heads on and win, then hand over them to the knights, "
"That's seems impossible, knowing that you seems to be so weak that I could beat you and neither do I have that strength to face them"
Jake interjected immediately, while Anon just nodded and continue, because he also acknowledged his weakness, the only things that usuble for him is UBIB, but he cannot recklessly used it, as it seems his sisters are far much a threats than this thugs,
"Then, the second one is one of us have a magic that could help in avoiding or distracting them flawlessly"
"In which I don't have either, but what about you, do you have something similar?"
Seeing that stare from Anon, Jake decided to trust this guy this time, he just ducked down and start to take something from his pocket, which made Anon wonder and thinks, as Jake just brought out a single piece of paper and start to fold it out, as if making an origami,
'what is this brat doing, suddenly trying to be an origami master?'
[Seems like a specialized magic host]
'ahhh..'
while the voices of the Thugs keeps getting closer and closer, Jake hands keeps getting faster and faster,
And finally he finished,
"I am done, now enchantment..."
Anon just stare at his actions not uttering any questions as he believes this guy wouldn't do something that will burden both of them, Jake just closed his eyes and start enchanting and murmuring in slow but comprehensive tone,
"Winds Arise, give the crane wings to life, "
With that the paper Crane that crafted from that paper suddenly float and start flying steadily but swiftly towards thugs places,
While Anon just stare at him with approval but Jake just shrugged it off like normal even with slight smirk, and Anon start to question the system in his heads,
'system, this kind of magic seems unusual and not from the major elements right?'
[Yes host, it seems like this kids is one of the anomaly that proficient in special magic]
Then, before he could continue their discussions, Jake now interrupted him,
"Now we will wait, if they took the bait and go, or we will get caught for exposing our locations"
And both of their eyes turns to look after the paper crane that swiftly fly towards the thugs, passing by their heads, at this moment they finally see the paper cranes, and halted their moves while looking at their area,
"Seems like it doesn't work," Jake say while starts to prepared for a fight, but Anon just hold him off, as then both the thugs suddenly start screaming and chase after the paper crane,
"Wait, is that a paper crane!!!"
"That's, looks suspicious Rent, !!!"
"Seems like it's moved by magic, let's go after it"
With that both thugs chasing after the paper crane, both of them finally lean towards the mall and sigh simultaneously,
"Huuuh, finally..."
"Glad it's works on a low level mobs"
With that, both of them now can continue with their original plan, in which they don't waste anytime and moved towards another way that blocked by the thugs earlier,