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"Hello, Second Brother. Is he... is he alive?"

Just as that question left her mouth, the man beneath Hugo reached up and grabbed Hugo's collar, launching a powerful headbutt. Penny winced at the sound of their skulls crashing together. The man pushed Hugo off and then crawled away. "Well..." Penny let out an awkward chuckle. "I guess he's alive."

"Ugh..." Hugo touched his forehead in pain, but the pain wasn't enough to stop him. He quickly leaped to grab the man again, determined to finish the job.

Meanwhile, Zoren kept his eyes on the two men wrestling and fighting. "Penny, what am I looking at?" he asked, turning his gaze back to Penny.

"Nothing she smiled at him. "It's nothing. We are seeing nothing.

"Oh." He nodded. "I'm blind. How can I see anything?"

"Hehe." Penny chuckled and peeked at her brother. She flinched a little as Hugo's fist kept hitting the man's face to the point she started feeling sorry for the other guy. "Second Brother, I think... I think that's enough. But her voice was simply carried away by the wind.

"We should go," she whispered, looking down at Zoren again. "Once my Second Brother is finished with him, you're next.

"Oh." Zoren nodded. "Let's go."

Just as they agreed and were about to get up, the sound of a speeding car reached her sharp ears. Penny quickly grabbed Zoren's shoulders and pinned him down, taking him by surprise. She lowered his head to his chest before yelling. "Second Brother!"

When Hugo turned his head and saw his sister almost on top of a man, his eyes blazed. "You're

next."

'Shit!' she cursed in her heart, but this wasn't the time. "Hide!"

"Huh?"

"Hide!"

his head

"A car is coming!"

Hugo blinked indifferently. "So?"

an oncoming car, it wasn't likely to stop If they saw two men fighting. Who would want to get

that, Hugo landed another punch on

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ducked.

VROOOM!

they were hiding. Just from the sound alone, Penny, Zoren, and Hugo knew that the car was driving so fast it was impossible for the driver to see them.

However...

Screech! T

hearing the tires screech and the pungent

he stop?" Hugo looked at Penny, wide-eyed. "Did he

you see me?" she shot back sarcastically, knowing she was almost burying herself in Zoren's body. She wouldn't be surprised if she ended up

to be taking advantage of her and it looked like Penny was the one violating Zoren's personal space-it still

have to

he not

SCREEECH!

sound of screeching tires again and the engine noise growing closer. Once more, they held their breath, eyes wide, as the car

damn it... Penny cursed under her breath,

his chest. As she did

in her eyes. Zoren looked down at her, sensing her change in mood. "Everything okay?" he whispered, placing his hand on her back to reassure her. Her heart almost leaped at his soft, casual touch on her lower

"Ah. Yes, I am."

"Hmm?"

her gaze on him. He lifted his head slightly

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