Chapter 51 - Neo Interlude

"Well, well, well, if it isn't Neo." Lil' Miss Malachite hummed.

The two pieces of muscle at her side glared at her, arms crossed. Neo didn't even bat an eye as she strolled up to the table the mistress of the spider gang was sitting behind.

Miss Malachite held up her hand to stop them before they did anything they would regret. There was a reason Neo was confident enough to stroll in here just as she pleased.

The entire bar, full of spider gang members went tense the moment she entered, hands drifting to their weapons and staring at her tensely.

Neo smiled back at them all. Many flinched back.

"Enough Neo," Miss Malachite sighed, "Get to the point? Why are you here? What do you want? Roman's already gone from what I hear, what do you need us for?"

She turned from the tense gang and reached into the pocket of her stylish white jeans and pulled out a scroll. She flipped it on, and turned to the page she'd already prepared in advance. She lightly tossed it onto the table in front of Miss Malachite.

Two student profiles were in clear view. One, a woman, beautiful with silky black hair and amber yellow eyes. The other, a boy, with a confident, almost cocky smirk. Handsome, and youthful, with one green eye and one red. And not to mention, messy black hair that fell in shaggy spikes, with one tousled spike hanging down from his forehead.

The bitch that made her lose one of the only people she had in the world...and the only person she had left, but had no idea where to find him.

She used her semblance and created a sign in her hand, 'Find them for me, especially the boy. Do it, and consider your favor to me null and void.'

Miss Malachite eyed her wearily for a moment before she sighed and nodded, "Fine fine.." she picked up the scroll and looked at the two on her it, then paused, eyes widening just ever so slightly, "..Wait, isn't this Cobalt Stone?"

Neo raised an eyebrow. She'd have expected her to maybe know about Cinder, but not Cobalt. He was a boy who while rough, wanted to tread the good and narrow as a huntsman and protect people.

She switched the message on her sign, 'How do you know him?' she questioned.

Miss Malachite shrugged, "I had a few conversations with him over a scroll here or there. He used to work for Junior a few years back, my girls were sweet on him, but said he was so focused on training and getting stronger that they practically got naked in front of him and he didn't even notice them coming on to them."

Her second eyebrow joined the first. That did not sound like Cobalt at all to Neo. He used any chance or excuse at all to feel up her and that fat assed green haired bitch. Admittedly, she always gave him those chances or excuses, but he wasn't shy about it at all.

..Though he did train an awful lot. She spent one of the days the fire bitch didn't need her hanging out with him, and he spent literally over six hours training. It was exhausting just watching him sometimes.

"Give me a week, I'll see if I can find anything." Miss Malachite said and waved her off.

Neo gave her a nod and turned, walking away, leaving the bar behind. Miss Malachite was a shrewd old whore, but she was good for her word at the very least.

...Now, she supposed she could take a page out of her boy toy's book and get back to training. When she found that flaming bitch Cinder, she was going to cut her head off and mount it on a pike.