Chapter 43: Klein's Star Move

After Xio finished telling her story with Coin she went back to sleep after Adryan told her that he would stand guard.

Adryan put a hand to his bandaged chest and couldn't help but be relieved that he always carried several first aid kits with him, which was how he treated Xio's leg.

He was now wearing a much shorter windbreaker that barely reached below his shoulder and his hood was covering his hair.

He had cut what was no longer useful from his windbreaker with his hunting knife and the rest of it was now being used as a blanket for Xio.

'East Borough nights are very cold after all...'

As he watched the bonfire he had created with his fire burn, Adryan was processing what the Sheriff had told him.

The relationship between Xio and Coin was certainly deep, if one sees how far she was willing to go to the point of almost dying...

'Maybe she saw Coin as the little sister she never had...' the redhead thought sadly as he stopped looking at the fire and began to look around where they were.

He had taken Xio to an old abandoned factory that was far enough from the Mulock Viscera port.

This factory at one time specialized in the creation of ceramics but due to all the toxic materials the workers worked with and the poor sanitation over 75% of the workers died including the owner.

The son had inherited the factory but there was no way to save it, the only thing the son had done was make everything worse, taxes that were never paid, lack of materials and workers led to this place being abandoned.

In the port there were too many places like shops, hotels, restaurants, etc...

The history of this place was well known in the East Borough because many of the poor families worked here when it was still was operating and people were still talking about this place 30 years after its bankruptcy.

When he acted here when he was Provoker he heard a lot of stories from here, damn now that he is acting as Mr. Holmes he even keeps hearing new stories about this factory.

That's why he knew this particular factory and knew that it would at least be safe for a few more hours.

'We'll have to leave the factory before someone comes here'

'The smoke from the fire isn't going to attract any unwanted attention thanks to the large number of chimneys spewing smoke though I'm not too worried about that...'

'Not that I'm most concerned about is the black skull leader Joseph if that's even that shit name...'

'I won't be able to know what happened in that house but I do understand many more, the ritual that had caused the explosion was a ritual of devils...' Adryan thought as he looked at the shadows of the factory.

'Joseph is most likely a beyonder the path of the Abyss and also a member of some devil family.'

'It's very possible that he already knew that we were coming for him and left a trap accordingly but he couldn't receive information from other members, there's only one thing that warned him...' Adryan thought darkly as he clenched his fists.

'Danger Premonition sequence 6 Devil...'Adryan's red eyes flashed with anger and the fire he had made reacted with his emotions and it grew in heat and size.

"Mmmm" he heard Xio's moan so taking deep breaths Adryan calmed down and the bonfire returned to its original size.

Watching how the woman stopped making sounds and returned to her dream, Adryan looked back at the shadows of the factory.

'The basement hadn't been abandoned for long, maybe 1 day maximum, we were planning to kill him and we weren't too far from the East Borough....'

Sighing heavily, Adryan brought a hand to his mask and rested it against it.

'These are more than enough requirements for the Devil's premonition to go off with alarm.'

'He's impossible to catch, we can only depend on luck if we want to run into him, but that won't be enough...' The masked man thought heavily as he formed a ball of fire in his free hand and looked at her.

'If I use all the artifacts I have, I certainly have a high chance of defeating him but I have no idea what artifacts he has...'

'Also the fact that the fight between a Pyromaniac and a Devil would cause quite a lot of destruction and innocent lives would be lost if that happen....'

While he was thinking about what to do an idea came to his head and a big smile formed on Adryan's face.

Maybe there is something he can do and that would be the star move of the glorious and wise Mr. Fool...

...

Report the son of a bitch with bigger people!!

'No matter which of the 3 churches I report Joseph's existence to, none of the three would allow a devil to continue living...'

The smile on Adryan's face grew much bigger.

'Also who says I can only report to one church?'

'I'll make you run like a dog...no...worse than a dog you'll run like a rat!!!'

Adryan started to let out a light laugh and began to shake.

'Do you think you can kill and rape anyone?

Do you think you just have to blow everything up so they don't find you?

Do you think I wouldn't do anything against you?'

'Not even the sewers will save you sick bastard!!'

Adryan stopped laughing and just stared into the darkness of the factory as time passed and the beautiful red moon in the sky slowly began to go down...