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Izuka - Chapter 61

Published at 1st of December 2021 12:52:24 PM


Chapter 61: 61

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"So he's the one who has her heart. If I could get it. Then it'll be done." Narukami murmured. As his eye color deepened after activating Psyche Vision, he saw a thin line on Zarakhtul's left chest connecting somewhere.

This thin line was almost impossible to discern. It was fortunate that it was night, for the fact his overall ability increased. Otherwise, Narukami would have a hard time discerning it.​​

When he was disguising himself as Ki. He had a familiar feeling when meeting with Zarakhtul despite it being the first time they met.

He used Psyche Vision and it took about five seconds for the thin line to come into his vision.

When seeing it, he couldn't hide his smile. Narukami's job became easier as his target came on his own!

"Who are you? Why did you want to kill me?" Zarakhtul asked without turning his head. He had no intention to slow down in any way.

Just by feeling Narukami's spiritual energy, Zarakhtul instantly knew he wasn't a match!

"I want that heart back," Narukami replied honestly. 

At this point, he had no intention to keep his disguised persona and just be himself.

"Heart? Does Ki silently send you to deal with us? Heh, he should know quite well breaching the contract is the same as courting death," he scoffed as he smiled.

Us? There are more? Is it perhaps the one who offered Ki the help? Narukami subconsciously thought.

"It's to my own accord, even if Ki-san hired me to deal with you lots. I wouldn't face you head-on."

Considering the contract was offered by a person who mastered mysticism. Narukami did not dare to breach that kind of contract.

He rather found a plot hole in it first and then acted.

How he figured out why the person mastered mysticism was because of Zarakhtul's existence. As Narukami chased him, he discovered that Zarakhtul could tame and control Anomaly.

Whoever had such a guy as their subordinate was not an ordinary guy.

That aside, a person like Zarakhtul was quite rare. This was because when one tame an Anomaly, one had to sign some kind of pact.

Furthermore, Anomaly was the result of negative emotions condensed together. Humans with Anomaly as their tamed beast 24/7 hear crazy ravings, constantly near madness, lose control and become a monster.

After he said that, a giant creature fell in front of him. Narukami moved to the side as he dodged the impact.

Bam!

A cloud of dust spread and covered his figure. At this moment, Zarakhtul was a few meters away. Upon this, the edge of his lips lifted.

"Ahaha! You fool! Now die!" He yelled in delight as he turned his body to the thick cloud of dust.

He stopped the tamed Anomaly and looked at it.

He could see purple light blinking a few times inside the dust. A thundering roar followed.

The cloud of dust was akin to a storm cloud!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

After three thundering roars and the light getting brighter after each boom. Something was thrown out of the cloud. It was black and it landed on the ground as it rolled for a few seconds before stopping.

Zarakhtul became unsettled as the black blob stopped before him. Gazed at it, his heart thumped.

It was the head of an Anomaly! His face distorted in fear and just as he was about to turn around and ran.

Lightning smote down in front of him and he hurriedly halted his pace.

In the next moment, a figure walking out not long after the lightning smote down.

It was a child.

"Who are you? Please don't kill me! I could bless you with good luck every day! Everything in this world is decided by luck. I can be useful to you!" Zarakhtul pleaded with trembling lips.

Seeing that the one who chased him was a boy. Zarakhtul tried his luck as he begged for mercy.

"Decided by luck? Doesn't that mean luck is all-mighty? Why don't you give me one so bad that I could die?"

Zarakhtul shook his head with a smile, "I don't want to kill a child. Furthermore, you're powerful from such a young age. It's a pity for the world should you die."

This guy sure is thick-headed, can he not see I could kill him at any moment? Narukami thought in his mind.

Narukami with his body still flickered with lightning snakes said, "Give me your heart and I'll pretend nothing of this happened. I'll not disturb you anymore." Narukami wanted to end this peacefully if possible.

The reason was that he had no particular reason to kill this old man.

"Do you think a human can live without one?" Zarakhtul asked the obvious.

There's one I know, Narukami silently replied.

"You're a ghoul, a powerful one yet in a weakened state. You filthy creature could use ninety percent of your fat to form another heart."

"You know that I'm a ghoul?" He became wary as his tamed Anomaly took a few steps back and groaned.

"I wouldn't kill you, it's a good thing the city has a predator to maintain the population," Narukami answered with no change of emotion.

"However, if you are going to hurt those I know and care about. I won't hesitate to give you a ticket to something worse than death," Narukami smiled. It contained pure evil that Zarakhtul couldn't help but shiver as he gulped down his saliva.

Narukami's words had their truth, people would die sooner or later and most people that were going to die were only strangers he barely knew.

Furthermore, with the problem of overpopulation in the city. He found the solution without dirtying his hands.

Of course, if he didn't discover the solution, he wouldn't start a massacre as the problem wasn't that dire.

Zarakhtul calmed his emotions as he said, "you're a terrifying kid. Haha! Very well, I'll give you this heart of mine and you'll never disturb me again, do we have a deal?"

"I can't promise that I'll not disturb you," Narukami nodded as he replied with no hesitation. Should Zarakhtul break his promise, locating him was easy for Narukami's nose.

Should that not work, he had a reliable informant.

"I understand," Zarakhtul nodded.

If he was persistent, it was certain his life was going to perish. Therefore, rather than losing it, it was better to lose his heart.

A pity, Zarakhtul said inwardly as he was a bit reluctant.

He hesitated before he pierced his left chest and pulled out his heart. In the process, he only let out a low groan and endured the pain with great difficulty.

The heart was still beating in his hand. Shortly thereafter, Zarakhtul's body shrank to that of an eight-year-old boy.

The wound on his left chest closed on its own. A heart slowly taking form as his fat turned into strange, colorful particles and condensed into one.

"Why did you target Ki's daughter's heart?" Narukami asked. There were a lot of people out there. If it was a coincidence that he chose her heart, it was like finding a needle in a haystack.

"You should ask the person who offered Ki the contract. That guy is the one who gave me the heart. I don't even know who is the owner of this heart aside from the gender." Zarakhtul tossed the heart and Narukami gently grabbed it.

Narukami examined it for a few seconds, confirming if it was real and if there was a mistake.

"How does Aya still alive?" Narukami asked after confirming the heart was genuine. He was rather curious about this. A human without a heart, yet still kicking and alive.

Unfortunately, Zarakhtul shrugged his shoulders, "beats me, I don't know."

He nodded and said, "You still have the clarity to speak."

With constant ravings in one's head. Narukami was certain that one's mind was chaotic and sluggish.

Zarakhtul paused briefly and said, "I'm a ghoul that was born from the city's rumors a few years back."

A ghoul was a creature similar to an Anomaly. The difference was that they have intelligence.

Some ghouls were born from humans' fear and belief, some from dark magic. The former caused them to have lower intelligence and weaker.

Zarakhtul was the first one. So, as the ravings from the Anomaly met the ravings Zarakhtul produced, causing them to collide but unknowingly merit him as he gained more clarity than before.

In the end, a balance was made, Narukami silently thought.

"As long as you don't go overboard killing humans, I won't hunt you. But I can't promise that." Narukami slightly suggested it and didn't want him to get ahead of himself.

"Don't worry," Zarakhtul nodded.

"The way you speak. It doesn't suit your age." Without waiting for his reply, Narukami crouched down and put his hand into his shadow.

Zarakhtul smiled, "I get that a lot, heh. Acting like your age is boring. Most humans strangely like 'normal' so they don't understand, what's good about it? What a bunch of fools who are repeatedly stuck in a cycle.

That aside, what are you doing?"

Zarakhtul was curious and so, he didn't run and watched as he was curious.

Narukami stood up with marbles in his hand.

Narukami looked at him coldly and Zarakhtul said in a carefree manner with a smile, "fine, fine. I'll go."

With that, an eight-year-old boy on top of an Anomaly disappeared from the scene.

Narukami quickly threw the marbles and they turned into flames upon landing before quickly disappearing.

His body was then engulfed with a black bud and vanished.




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