Shadow Slave

Master Jet remained silent for a second, then asked calmly:

"Are you sure? This place has been swept multiple times before we arrived."

Sunny nodded.

"He is here. Underground."

She looked down, her face slowly turning somber.

"...Well, I guess we should go and say hi."

Sunny nodded and made a step toward the door of the small office. However, she suddenly stopped him.

"Wait."

He looked at her with a bit of confusion.

"Yes?"

Master Jet hesitated for a few moments. There was a complicated expression on her face. Finally, she said:

"There are very few people with a shadow affinity Aspect in the world, and even fewer who frequent places such as this."

Sunny frowned.

"What are you trying to say?"

She looked at him darkly.

"I'm saying that I might know this guy. In fact, when I heard that there was an incident in the Slaughterhouse, I already had a suspicion of who was responsible."

He blinked a couple of times.

"You know the murderer?"

Master Jet shrugged.

"There are hundreds of thousands of Awakened in the world. That seems like a big number, but in fact, it is not. If you live long enough, sooner or later, you will know of everyone who is worth knowing… more or less. It's a small world."

She paused for a moment, and then added:

right, then this will be dangerous. This guy is not someone who has spent his whole life behind a

at the five

specialist… what a peculiar

to a semblance of a normal life. A much smaller amount, for whatever reason, embraced their new nightmarish reality and adapted to it… even thrived in it. They shaped their lives to suit the deadly

of these specialists

specialist, then how

Jet shook her

as possible in the Dream

on it for a bit, then said with

it… even if he is a seasoned fighter, so what? You are

Jet shook

is ever easy, Sunny. That is a mindset that will get you killed. No matter how powerful you are, one mistake is all it takes. Raw power doesn't

had died by his hand because Sunny's Aspect was a perfect counter to his formidable Ability,

for a few moments, and then

this guy, pay attention to your shadow. Don't

frowned, and then gave him a simple

found another heavy metal door. Behind it, a narrow staircase led further down, to the

were furnished with red velvet, and there were private boxes

deep shadows nesting between the areas of light. Still, one could more or

the interior of the arena, then

"There's no one here."

over to a control panel hidden in one of the boxes and moved

with a bright radiance. The wave of light chased away the shadows, and suddenly, a figure of a man could be seen in the very center of the stage, sitting on the floor with his face buried in his hands. Previously, that place had seemed to

man grimaced, and then raised his head to stare at the lights with a dark expression. A hoarse voice

they just live me

gaunt unshaven face and bloodshot eyes. There were several used stimulant packs lying on the floor

were covered with blood, but the man

hand, he lowered his gaze and slowly focused it on Master

his eyes, which was

sent the attack dog herself

Sunny sighed inwardly.

marvelous creatures, from what he

man with a

there, Kurt. Long

the man called

government lapdog like you finds it beneath herself to associate with upstanding people like me. Back in

his insult, she