( ten minutes earlier )

  Roman pov

  Feeling that the aura circution has returo normal , I look at Neo who without speaking ran ahead probably with the iion of finding Lappnd .

  If this disturban the Aura , is really couse by Lappnd which is highly probable , then looking for her makes no sense because her sembnce works up to half a kilometer from its epiter without any ge in iy caused by distance .

  Which means that it is impossible to determihe location of Lappnd even after she used the sembnce . However, the very idea that Neo mindlessly ran to Lappnd , knowihat both she and Lappnd trying to kill each other makes me feel like questioning my partner's approach to this matter.

  ' I don't know their retionship , I would help her if she expi to me . What is the point of running to Lappnd now if the result will be the same ? You both tearing each other apart.'

  I think as I wateo run in front of me . With exasperation and sigh I run after her knowing that I won't be able to stop her .

  ' I holy hope they don't meet now because what Adam did to her probably messed up her brain even more . So without iigating her situation this is just pin stupid to ght to her .'

  I think while running with the e in my hand , unluckily for me I am slower than Neo so I have to run with all my strength to catch up with her . Apparently Neo doesn't know where to run which makes me take a risk by catg her with my e over her shoulder to stop her . And to my misfortune I succeeded .

  Roman :" Stop for a moment Neo " .

  I say looking into her eyes which makes shivers run down my back . If a look could hurt , I would already be lying in the hospital . My only good fortune is that Neo and I have known each other for years so I know that she will not kill me .

  Roman :" hink . Even if it's Lappnd what are you hoping for ? A friendly greeting ? Last time you almost killed each other , what do you think will happen now ?"

  Roman ;" Lappnd is in Vale knowing her she has her eye on Adam as her oy . We don't know how much she knows , I don't want to risk her catg Adam's st with her nose . We both know how this will end , I know you don't want to hurt her right ?"

  I ask knowing the ret retionship dynamics of these two psychopaths. Looking at me Neo csps her hand on my wrist and if I were a normal person , my hand would already be in a cast .

  Roman :" Besides how do you want to look for her here ? You know how her sembence works there is no option that we ..."

  I say with the iion of finishing the sentence wheip of Neo's umbrel suddenly aims at my mouth when her gaze expects me to be silent . Without moving I obey her and when the sound of gunfire es from the distance .

  Despite the noise of the neighborhood my ears which have heard the sound of gunfire many times have picked up this sound . However, before I sult it with Neo I see her running on with even more speed .

  'Fuck , I really don't want these two to meet now ... '

  I think w what Neo's pn for this meeting is ?

  'She has no pn , she is running blindly driven by pure emotion .'

  I think remembering her behavior and the fact that Neo and Lappnd used to be close .

  ' Of course I'm not saying that I don't want them to ever meet , just not now . Lappnd apparently is in a fight and the fact that she used sembence means that she does not have the o fight today , she went directly into killing mode instead of pying with food .''

  'Which is still better than what happened when I first saw her and Neo meeting . The first time I saw something like that , they both eveheir teeth to fight . '

  Thinking about it I feel shivers running down my back .

  ' A lot of stitches and bandages I used then to glue Neo . Sihat day I have known that Neo and Lappnd are like eternal enemies but the aggression was generally more evident from Lappnd's side .''

  I think running with all my strength trying to catch up with Neo who has already disappeared from my sight .However, seeing where she is running I move to the pce from where shots are ing from time to time . But even with this sound as an indicator it is hard to determihe dire because of the Echo . Sometimes the shots sound like they are ing from every dire.

  Eventually the sound of the gunshot goes pletely deaf leavi the interse with no idea where Neo is .

  ' Why do I even bother ' .

  I think, twisting the e in my hand with the iion of leaving Neo with Lappnd alone however remember the time spent with this hateful psychopath . I sigh knowing that the idea of iionally leaving Neo in danger would already pletely throw the rest of my already bck heart out of me .

  Fortuwo loud gunshots restore my sense of dire as I run quickly across the alley in the middle of which stands a fence over which I jump and running on I emerge into the main street . At that moment raindrops began to fall on my head which makes me only able to whimper under my breath .

  ' I was arranging my hair today ' .

  I think annoyed seeing Neo nimbly run past me . '

  Moving behind her , I feel the rain falling harder and harder on my head as my outfit gets pletely soaked . However, Neo as if nothing ever happened, with an open umbrel covers herself from the rain .

  ' I holy have no ent .

  I think while looking at Neo who stares at something . Looking where she is looking , I see something unusual .

  Roman :" This ... It looks like something Lappnd would do ."

  I say aloud looking at the lower part of the body lying uhe destroyed store window . However, Neo goes on and looks into the Alley that is straight ahead to the corpse. Looking at her, I see her face turn from twisted anticipation to disgruntled indifference.

  ' She has already escaped huh ? '

  I think ing closer as my ches the smell .

  ' oh boy . This is something new '

  I think while feeling that familiar smell of internal ans scattered on the floor bined with the smell of blood .

  'Add to that the rain and we have a pce I really don't want to be ' .

  I think without revealing these thoughts out loud knowing that Neo is already barely holding it together since meeting Adam . So sitting quietly I look at her and say .

  Roman :" As I say , even if it's her , you won't have time to find her before she finishes . Now let's go back , In a moment all the cops in the area will be here ."

  I say looking again at the corpse behind me . However Neo does not listen to me as she ehe alley which leaves me with no choice but to follow her . Looking at the se in the alley I lift my legs high to avoid stepping on the body .

  Including that guy outside there are seven bodies . Looking at the ons they are all looks like hunters . Broken light bulbs mean that sembenc Lappnd caused a short circuit in this alley .

  There is an unwashed yer of smoke on the ground and the smell of burnt cartridges is in the air .

  ' It was a lot of fun here .

  I think looking at the guy pierced like a shashlik . This sight itself is not so surprising to me in the end Lapped Neo and I know the skills of my partner so I know that there is no joke with this wolf girl.

  Thinking about it , I return to Neo which at this moment approach a legless body which suddenly after Neo approached it grabbed her leg .

  Young man : " Help , help me it hurts ."

  Says young man , his voice was so weak that I barely hear it through the rain . But hearing his voice , looking at his " legs " and pale skin I say that he is dying , he will not live long .

  But in respoo his words the unsatisfied Neo pulls out a bde from her umbrel then she shoves it into his mouth sileng him . Looking into his eyes I see how hope turned inter despair when Neo's smiling face was reflected in his eyes . Looking at the situation I know what to do , walking up to him I crou front of his face .

  " You tell me who did this to you ? Maybe it was a girl with white hair , she had ears and a tail hard to miss ."

  I ask him, to wihch he only weakly mumbled under his breath and nodd weakly makio pull the bde from his mouth .

  " Yes ... Monster ... Help me I beg she is here. "

  He says the boy so quietly that I have to turn up my ears to hear him, not helped by the fact that he has started to cry and from the smell I clude that he has shit his pants or other corpses smell so bad. But despite this from his words I firm that it is our Lappnd behind this .

  I'm about to ask him another question however he has practically pletely lost his rationality as he feelt that he is close to the end . Which leaves me with his st gasps and no answers .

  Roman : "This Bastard has lost too much blood .Finish him off or let him bleed out , he doesn't look capable of speaking at most he will cause trouble for Lappnd as a witness . As long as he lives to see the arrival of the ambunce "

  I say just in case as I myself watg the rain wash away the rest of the evidence such as Lappnd's fingerprints . I generally wouldn't care but I do it for Neo and who knows maybe the more rational part of Lappnd will return the favor .

  ' But I doubt it ' .

  I think looking at Neo who is ready to finish off this poor bastard . But before her bde hits his throat , opped and looked at something lying near young man's body .

  ' And that expins a lot .'

  I think looking at the colr ed in barbed wire . Upon closer iion I see that it is the teology used in police handcuffs adapted for hunters .

  ' So these bastards are this type of people . What a day , just now I met a bastard who hates people.''

  I think while recalling the horned idiot .

  ' Looking at their ons they are hunters and by their outfits they are probably from Ats .'

  I think while looking at them carefully . At that time Neo looked back at the dying man . Her eyes were different such full of malice , even though these people had no ce of hurting Lappnd it was clear from Neo's face that the very idea of what they wao do to her made something inside her crack .

  With a bnk expression Neo directly stabbed dying man in the eye gouging it out in the process . And before he could make a sound Neo with a savage smile on her face with a si cut both of his cheeks along with his tongue .

  Then cutting off his hands which he hold her leg ,Neo lifted her now free leg after which she stepped on his skull driving heel od her boots into his other eye socket which finally killed the st survivor . However , not g about Neo who tio trample the skull of the corpse out of anger and fluster , I walk over to the colr and pull it out of the bloody water .

  ' I'll keep it'

  I think ,turning again to Neo whitire shoe dipped into the skull of the young poor man . With her blow the skull sank into itself as the gray matter mixed with water .

  Looking at this I put the colr in my pocket . Then I bend over the corpse whith crumpled chest becouse I noticed fragments of cloth in his hands , most likely a piece of Lappnd's clothes . Taking it out of his hands I once again look around the alley .

  'If there are still parts of the clothes somewhere then the rain should wash them away .'

  I think as I turn to Neo by the face I tell she is not happy with today's result .

  Roman :" Do you want to look further for Lappnd or ..."

  I say even though I don't want their reunion to happen now but I 't let her be so distracted , but I am offhandedly interrupted by the sound of police sirens .

  Roman : " It's time to get out of here quickly " .

  I say hurriedly as Neo and I flee the se in time for the red and blue lighting to illumihe ereet.

  ' Wheurn to the hideout I will have a serious discussion with Neo about her retionship with Lappnd . Only after I uatitude and goals toward Lappnd I will be able to help her with it .'

  With this st thought I and Neo disappear to finally trol the chaos that this day has caused today in my perception of the world .