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Chapter 25 - Chapter 24: Broken edge

Skylines shimbke, the light reflecting off the glass panes sided, outside. It resonates within one's pure eye as it shines brightly throughout the lighting dawn of the day. As clouds shrouded this city all could be seen was the color a tealish atmosphere.

It shone bright, bright through a window at a balcony there sits two individuals who are sleeping, one in bed and one in a couch it is fairly silent with occasional sounds of breathing. But fortunately no snoring, none but that it felt as if they would soon awake.

The room was filled with excentric furniture and art pieces, there also lied a a tent infront of it was an already put out campfire, the room was fairly simple. With a kitchen next to the balcony door and a bathroom that was of high effort, there were window but light was not able to shine through as with the direction of its source.

The two slept, sound and calm it didn't even matter if they were actually sleeping or not it only makes it fact that they are legitimately

Sleeping, all there was to it was to wait for them to wake up.

This was the 4th day already, throughout the 1st 2nd and 3rd days they'd already spent their time scavenging through the untouched parts from their little rampage all those while's ago, seemingly they snagged themselves furniture, food, appliances and

Daily necessities and even found themselves a cozy place to call as base.

----uh.

Opening his eyes kirino was the first one to wake up, in the couch still feeling drowzy he closes his eyes resuming his descent to a dreaming state.

Haaauuuggghhh

Mori let out a yawn as he awakens, stretching his arms out as he sits up and then proceeds to stand. He goes to the kitchen passing by sleeping kirino as he opens the fridge to get a carton of milk, and a jar of coffee beans from the cabinet.

Setting aside on the kitchen table, he turns on the coffee maker at his side. Refilling the compartment where the beans resided he starts the process as he places a mug onto the dispensing valve.

Each drip and pour he watched as it continueously flowed to his mug, as he then poured the milk and some creamer into his cup. Holding onto it the mug lets out hot steams. Mori blows slightly at the mug as his lips moved to the rim, he starts sipping from his mug, all the while kirino slept soundly. He stared kirino still sleeping as he sip's his mug.

He sips, sips, sips and sips till no drop was left, he looked at the bottom of it reflecting his face as he then stared at kirino, and with the quick motion.

*SHATTER*

"WHAT THE HELL?!"

"Rise and shine!"

Mori greeted kirino in satisfaction, his total reaction to such an unexpected move made his woke up pissed out of his very mind.

"What was that for?!"

"Just needed to lighten my day a bit"

"Thats not how things work!"

Kirino let out a profuse roar, as he faces at mori. Mori's face turned into a smirk as he reminds kirino about their plan that day, through a simple conversation.

"You must be hungry or something?, theres still some left overs in the fridge"

"Nah, i'd try finding stuff in the other buildings, i feel like i want to eat a burger or something. Slam it into my mouth thats what i need"

Kirino stepped into the balcony whilst keeping his look at mori, mori assures him next.

"Go ahead, i'll catch up with ya later"

Kirino let out a sigh and said.

"Also i'm not cleaning your made"

As he then leapt out of the balcony, sounds of ice could be heard the next moment. Mori all left alone sighs before pouting.

"Whatever"

As a bunch of bodyguards are then seen cleaning up the mess.

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"Its quite windy today, yet also cloudy."

Staring at the pale tealish cloudy sky, no light shines. Only the reflection of the clouds, he stands in the middle of the abandoned street. No cars no pedestrians just the sidewalks, street lamps. Shops, windows, doors and empty spaces, the wind was cold but not as cold compared to kirino.

"Might as well start the day"

raising his hands and putting them behind his head he wanders around. No aim no goal just wandering and scavenging, he takes a look around to see which place should he enter first, he took a while pick but ultimately decided on going inside the shop on his left.

Every building here was just bland as it is no signs nothing, its either it has windows, doors or its just open space. Aside from that there were small sightings of empty parking spaces, but who's to use that when you'd have a car that you could unsummon.

he steps in the shop, it was mostly empty but it had shelves with items and a fridge it wasn't much when he opened but a few bottles of water a can of soda and bottle of rum would make a do. He already had a fridge back at the tower so i'd be no worry.

Bottles, more water, just one can of coke, and a bottle of rum?

Kirino took note of what he had taken especially the rum. The bottle looked old and somewhat old fashion, curiosity only took as he opened the cork in a quick fashion, specified air leaked out as it met with the oxygen of the outside world.

Smells somewhat to wine but who care.

Kirino took a swig chugging it constantly only to then choke out matters of liquid on the floor, he wiped his mouth breathing in some fresh air.

Totally not my thing.

He threw the bottle on the ground smashing it instantly, shards scattered everywhere the liquid puddles up on the floorboards as it seeps through it staining it somewhat reddish brown.

Off to the next store i go.

He thought to himself exitting the shop, moving forward on the sidewalk he goes, it was a little stroll until another shop caught his eye. This time the outside of it looks like two black doors with metal bars acting as door knobs, his face lit up as he might have an idea what this is.

Jackpot , i'm guessing that place is a bar. A club. Those damn places could have stock piles of liquor. Even so theres a ton in there, i know it for sure.

Pointing at the place he said with utmost confidence stepping inside. The place was dark, he needed to find where the switches where, he opened to doors wider letting in the dim cloudy light shine through leading his way to the switches more easily, carefully he scouts whilst stnading front keeping the doors in that way, his eyes scoured for a short while until he finally spotted something from a distance behind the bar counter, it surely is it.

Pointing his finger at the direction he shot a strand of ice towards it, in that moment the shot fired and hit, the entire place lit up. It was a club with a bar corner, gladly it was not a strip club.

"Least it isn't a strip club"

Kirino sighed gesturefully as he settled down on a bar seat, grabbing the nearest bottle next to him. Immediately he starts drinking from the bottle he opened.

"Whiskey, i'm sure this is. I haven't had time to read the brand"

Flipping the bottle over he was right, it was whiskey. He proceeds to chug the entire bottle before grabbing another one this time it being beer, high quality by the looks of it.

"This actually tastes nice."

He continued chugging it down, grabbing another one this one being vodka.

"Thats strong, really strong"

He comments its taste, before settling it down and grabbing some aged wine, carefully he picked which one depending on the age of it. He then lands it with 60 year old in this matter.

"This feels as if the flavours from all years went up to my tongue, destroying it and repairing it at the same time. But shortly it feels ancient drinking it. What the hell am i even saying to myself i should be fighting not wasting time, soon, soon. I will corner the moment to strike."

He said with a sinister grin before continuing

"STRIKE ALL THE DRINKS AT THIS BAR!"

loudly he said as he jumped behind the counter grabbing as many bottles and drinking them all at once. He doesn't care about flavor a this point all he wants is to get wasted and drink all of it to himself. This was not an act of greed or gluttony this was all for the act of doing anything he wants as one of the games finalists.

"Gahahahaha---AHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH----"

He laughed profusely taking consecutive chugs from each opened bottle around him enhancing the flavor and intensifiying the moment around him. All of it made sense the flavours and the entire state of being intoxicated did not absolutely made sense. He continued drinking and drinking and drinking all the way until his vision faded away blurring and blurring at each moment to come. Then his body went to sleep as his consciousness went cold, causing him to black out at that moment.

* * *

"Man. Where is he?"

Mori said to himself as he laid down on the couch, he glances at the opened door at the balcony. The atmosphere was teal due to the cloudy weather today. Resting his arms on the sides of the chair he took a quick sigh and stood up heading outside the take a look down on the streets.

" It's been about 3 hours he hasn't returned,

Whats up with him? Bastard has something in mind i could tell or maybe even he's doing something stupid again."

"It's getting even more obvious the more i could think about it. If it's one thing i should do besides loafing around here it's that i should probably find him myself."

Stepoing onto the railings, he stood there balancing his composure as he stared down on the city, a glance he could see the entire block in detail and with great detail the environment around him.

Taking one step he falls, falls to the ground as the ground see's itself pulling to him rather than him being pulled to the ground, his eyes glanced at the supposed area kirino headed off to until the moment mori at the right timing grabbed onto some electrical wires, stopping his fall he dangled there as he let go, dropping him on the ground as he summer saulted the ground the moment he made contact.

At the ground he stood up, helping himself by kneeling and then turning to stand straight up. Glancing at the streets infront of him he assured himself.

"Probably he went here. I could tell by the sensation of a cold lingering feeling across this route. He should be here, near here or somewhere at all, it's my honest shot."

He headed on, looking around the buildings, shops and empty spaces he encountered walking by, still he doesn't really feel his presence lingering. He decides to move forward in hopes to finding him.

Walking, walking and walking he did. Staring onward as he did not felt any of that icy presence left behind. His mind was blank, just his own thoughts and questions on if he's going to actually deciding to head on to that last place they did not stumbled throughout.

"The most obvious choice to look out for would be shops and stuff."

He keenly took a detailed note of that, he recently remembered such an important detail. He shook his head realizing that its so simple as that. Summoning the limousine once again, he drives off searching for any shops he'd think he stumbled upon.

"This is hard! The amount of shops there are. I'm really having a hard time focusing whether or not i can find him that easily it's not like i could see a broken downed shop or some sor---

"Here"

His face blank with expression, to his left a shop he notices with broken windows and a door missing, How the irony could tell.

He steps out and inspects the outside from top to bottom, it's a regular one story property. It just lacks any signs or boards common with these buildings anyway.

The door looks like it has been smashed throw, windows broken as if something made an impact. He steps in quickly smelling the musty smell of liquor resonating from the ground he then glanced at, Shards of glass were scattered and a stain largely of darkened brownish origin, he was here and left with the bottle still somewhat full.

"How wasteful"

He smirked with satisfaction and scoured the surrounding shop.

"Shelves are empty, this fridge is also empty the counter doesn't have anything in particular. Yep he looted the place."

He steps back insode the vehicle and drove off, he's one step closer to finding him now theres nothing to change of it. As the rows of buildings slid and slid like a film being put together frame by frame as the video speeds its combined harmony.

"Come on now, i can feel i'm getting close, i have to think next on what was his motive after throwing that bottle down to the face of the earth."

"Speaking of earth, why's the limo not moving?"

He revs it faster in accordance to this problem.

"Hm?"

"Faster i say!"

He yelled at the limo he steered. It won't budge something is preventing him from moving something he feels after a few meters of driving.

---?

"It's cold"

"Actually. It is getting cold."

"More stronger than this cars air conditioning i may say."

"Somehow i could see some mist, all the way i can trace it to--

"THERE"

He jumped out of the vehicle to the two doors colored black with metal bars as its door handles. Blasting it open shining the clouded daytime light through he was met

with an icy mist resonating within his nostrils till they'd reach his lungs pure freezing air.

"This is..."

His eyes caught his attention his gaze reverts to what he notices as he yells out.

"Just what the hell are you doing?"

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