I think it's been some hours as I mindlessly scroll through a Bounty catalog while petting my Nekomata resting on my lap as I stare at the various numbers and rewards, but none of them seem interesting….
For Keita's sake, how much longer is Sora gonna take looking through those files????
It can't possibly take that long, can it? I swiped the screen away with a quiet huff, picking up the two tailed cat by its underarms and swaying it side to side.
"Are you bored?"
"Meow"
"Yeah, I'm bored too.."
"Meow…"
I sigh silently from my nose before sinking further into my couch and letting Shin rest on my shoulders, the tip of his two tails flickering curiously from side to side as I contemplated on whether or not to take a nap. Though, right as I'm about to check out, Sora pops out like it's no body's business.
"OKAY— I've figured it out!"
As if his fairly warm welcome wasn't welcoming enough, I nearly jumped out of my own skin, sending Shin flying before he floated lazily back to my shoulders, hissing quietly.
"Whoops—.. sorry, but anyways, I kinda found something."
A quiet groan was heard from me as I sat up straight again, shifting Shin around so I could hold him a bit more comfortably in my arms.
"This better be worth the four hours I was lounging around and waiting…" I grumbled beneath my breath, my gaze eventually meeting his as he "sat" down beside me.
"Okay, so his last known location was a couple of months ago, where coincidently, he was in the Fú Yùn region."
My interest was immedietly piqued, glancing over towards his direction.
"For how long?"
"Two weeks"
"Doing what there?"
"And that's when things get difficult to answer.."
I sighed defeatedly when we came up with practically empty hands… just when I think things are somewhat going my way…
"But hey! On the bright, we know where to go for intel. Hell, maybe you can ask that uh… Zhang guy."
I glanced over towards him while holding Shin comfortably against me. It seems like the look I gave him, he knew exactly what I was going to ask next, so he just sighed and answered.
"Yeees, I looked into him… apparently, he's affiliated with more or less suspicious activities…"
I hummed softly in acknowledgment, my eyes wandering the floor for a moment before flickering back over to him.
"Anything else?"
He chuckled. "Well, wouldn't you like to know…" He pulled up a holographic fingers by using his two pointer fingers, pointing them in the air as if expanding something before sliding the screen over to me to have a look at.
Name: HOA ZHANG
Age: 30
Affiliations: YÙNQÌ CLAN
Status: TRAILBLAZER
TB Position: HARMONEY ACOLYTE
My eyes practically popped out of my damn head.
"He's a fucking Acolyte?!" I practically screamed out, which sent Sora cackling.
"Does he have a bounty on him?????" I turned to him, credit signs practically spinning in my eyes, which sent him further in his giggle fit until he was well enough to answer me.
"No no— he pays people to stay off his back, so unfortunately you won't get anything even if you try to turn him in…" He muttered through his giggles.
An Acolyte… who would've ever thought…. I don't think I've ever met an acolyte before… those guys are pretty strong in terms of strength. People who follow the trail of this systeme's Aos' are called Trailblazers — very fitting name, I know. And apparently those who pique the interest of them… become Acolytes…. I always thought those people were myths of something like that, never met one, never caught one.. so seeing as seemingly high-class as Mr. Lucky clan here is like finding a pretty penny on a rainy day.
"Now I really need to find him… if there's even a slim chance that he met Rune, I have to meet him…" I mumbled, my gaze moving down to Shin who was rolling around on my lap, eventually rolling on to his back which made me smile a little. My fingers found themselves entangled in his stomachs fur before eventually picking him up from beneath his arms again.
"Time to go find our little 'mafia' man~" I cooed in a bit fo a sing-song manner.
"Meow~"