NoGift

Chapter 131: the identity of the thief

AURUM was still confused. Everything just happened so fast and unexpected. One moment they were walking to this narrow alley, then the next, some kind of cage surrounded her brother. Before she knew it, someone already grabbed her waist. She wasn't even sure if it was a man or a women. Then that someone spread soil in the air that they took from their space ring. And that soil turned into a small platform that they used as a stair as they jumped while holding her.

When the thief landed on the roof of a building, that's only when Aurum fully realized what's happening. "Put me down, you bastard!" she shouted as she struggled.

She tried to use her Gift but it didn't work. Which meant that this person has a Gift higher than A level.

"Stop moving or I'll drop you," the thief warned with a clean masculine voice, confirming that he was a man.

Aurum really did stop moving. Not because of the thief's threat but because of his voice. It was so darn familiar she was sure she heard it from somewhere. She raised her head to see the face of the thief, but all she saw was his hair and his eyes - his hair was a messy reddish-brown while his eyes was a deep dark brown color. The lower part of his face was hidden under a black mask.

But even with that mask, seeing those pair of dark brown eyes was enough for Aurum to recognize him. Add that to his Gift and she was almost sure who this thief was. So she just relaxed her body. And even if she was wrong, she wasn't scared. Because remembering the waiter's memory, this thief never really hurt anybody. He just robbed people of their things. And in the off chance that he tried to hurt her, she's still wasn't worried. Because her brother would surely come for her.

If Aurum's guess was right regarding the identity of this guy, then he'll just let her brother handle him.

"Having a docile captive, that's a first," the thief muttered while jumping from place to place.

Aurum became irritated when she heard that. "Don't equate my silence to docility. I just decided to let my brother handle you."

"Pray first that he would be able to find you."

"Oh he would." She raised her head and arrogantly grinned. "And then he will kick your ass."

The thief stayed a little. Because the grin on this girl's face seemed really quite familiar.

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Argent was following the red dot blinking on the map on her light brain. That red dot represented the signal coming from her sister's limiter. She jumped. She probably already jumped on the roof of about six buildings already. And she's starting to get really irritated.

She had no doubt that some people already noticed her jumping around town. As much as possible, Argent didn't really want to attract attention when they're so close to the place where the Pope lived. She only had this one human skin mask. If this incident became a major event, there's no way that she and her sister could remain low-key. And she needed for them to be low-key.

But she couldn't just slow down her pace just so people wouldn't notice her. Her sister had just been kidnapped. There's no way she would compromise her safety. That's why Argent was really getting more and more irritated by the minute.

Half of this was a little bit her fault. Argent was cocky and didn't really put the thief in her eyes. So she didn't think much when she chose to enter that narrow alley with her sister. And this was the result. Her being taken by surprised and her sister being kidnapped right in front of her eyes.

If she and her sister caught the attention of the authorities in this town because of this, she swore she would really shred that thief to pieces.

She sped up even more. She didn't hesitate to use [Mizukodo] to increase her pace. Then she noticed the signal going on the towards the direction of the very edge of town. Probably to avoid the crowd. Well, at least this thief still had the sense to finish his robbery in a much isolated place. She thought he was nothing but reckless considering how he just grabbed Aurum in broad daylight.

This was good. Even if Argent accidentally killed him, no one would know.

Then the signal stopped. A minute later, Argent jumped in front of a dilapidated building. She didn't hesitate to run inside, immediately turning her bracelet into a sword. Soon, she heard two voices talking. One of it belonged to her sister and the other belonged to a man. Argent frowned because the voice really sounded familiar.

"Just give me all the contents of your space ring and you can go," a man's voice said.

"Why don't you try to take it from me? If you couldn't even force a weak girl like me to give it to you, then you're nothing but a sloppy thief," Aurum's voice said, clearly mocking the thief.

Argent arrived where the two were. She finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her sister. Based on her arrogant posture, Argent could easily tell that she was not hurt. But that didn't lessen her irritation towards what happened.

That's why she immediately went and attacked the thief. The thief, of course, managed to dodge. But just barely. Aurum immediately got out of the way. She didn't tell her brother who she suspected this thief to be. He deserved to be kicked a little for dragging her all over town.

The thief took some soil from his space ring and turned it into tiny little daggers. He controlled it and it flew towards Argent's direction. Argent moved fast and cut every last one. When she was about to run forward, her feet suddenly refused to move. She looked down and saw that her feet was stuck in mud. A mud that was probably also controlled by the thief.

"Brother, he's running away!" Aurum called.

Argent looked up and saw that the thief was indeed running. [Oh, so you think you can just run like that, huh?]

She slashed down her sword, easily breaking the mud that stopping her from moving. The she used [Mizukodo] to move as fast as she could. She managed to catch up with the thief in no time. Then she jumped up and slashed down her sword towards his face. The thief was able to step back in time. But her sword still managed to cut the lower mask he was wearing. Completely revealing his face.

Argent was slightly surprised when she saw the thief's face. Because she knew that face. Someone that she, her sister, and Black met a little bit more than five months ago.

"Clay?"