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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!"

head to

"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 between two men fighting

and just like that, Hugo

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ducked.

VROOOM!

for reasons unknown, listening to the car drive past the street where 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. Atlas seemed like

However...

Screech! T

upon hearing the tires screech and the pungent smell of

did he stop?" Hugo looked at

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

instincts as he gazed at his sister's position. Although the man beneath her didn't seem to be taking advantage of her and it looked like

sister have to

not

SCREEECH!

again and the engine noise growing closer. Once more, they held their breath, eyes wide,

under her breath,

covered his mouth and lowered her head, almost burying her face in his chest. As she did so, she raised an eyebrow at the sound of

in mood. "Everything okay?" he whispered, placing his hand on her back to reassure her. Her heart almost leaped at his

"Ah. Yes, I am."

"Hmm?"

feeling her gaze on him. He lifted his head slightly and whispered in her ear

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