Path Of Blood - 74 Chapter 66

Two shadows were rushing in the Misty forest, One was a woman holding a Cutlass and a short sword. The Other was Holding A Guandao zipping from tree to rock, Moving over every obstacle that stand In their way.

“Wow, I’m impressed Miss Schnee… You’re quite good to keep up with me.”

Winter scoffed at Haruki as she stepped on the glyphs she made in the air to step on it. Initially she was going to suggest that they both travel on her glyph, but when she saw how acrobatic Haruki was she just shut her mouth and did her best to catch up to him.

He’s so young and yet he’s already this skilled, she wondered how strong he would get once he grows up.

“Well since we’re almost there, mind telling me why you’re here? And depending on your answer I might arrest you.”

They both stopped on a nearby Rock as they talked about their plans. It was overlooking the entire shrine. The Temple in the middle was locked and the only way in was that huge door.

As they were observing this, Haruki then gave Winter some info. “Well Winter, If I would be answering your questions I need some answers myself. I believe we already have established some form of trust from one another no matter how little.

So let’s put it like this, I answer a question of yours… then when it’s my turn I ask you out on a date. Depending on your answer I might show you the best time of your life.”

Winter was speechless, This shameless boy even asks stupid things even at a time like this.

“How is this relevant right now?” She raised her eyebrows as she drew her blade halfway and showing the gleam towards Haruki.

“Hey chill down, You’re supposed to be the Ice Queen. Fine!!!

I shall compromise if I answer three of your questions you give me your three sizes… There happ- -yy!!!” He was interrupted by Winters slash towards him. He quickly evaded the slash and considering winter was seriously trying to cut him down, He smirked towards her. He thought that she has the same temper as her sister.

“You’re going to give away our position! What the hell kind of soldier are you!?” But winter wasn’t listening, Her face was colored in a deep shade of red.

She thought to herself, ‘This shameless child! I have been tolerating his frivolousness, he needs to know when to stop.’

“You shameless kid!” Haruki dodged her slashes. The Rocks behind him we’re cut in pieces.

“Woah calm down we would be discovered at this rate!”

“Hey I said calm down!” But then he noticed footsteps from behind them. He flipped towards where the sounds came from.

He immediately saw two masked men so he used lightning form and slammed the two on the ground. Knocking them out instantly.

Winter finally stopped her attacks when she saw Haruki knock out two patrolling men. She was once more surprised by his semblance. It was a very fitting skill for an assassin. ‘Is He an assassin?’ She asked herself. But immediately put it in the back of her head as she wondered why Haruki knocked them out instead of killing them.

“Why did you knock them out? There’s no point in interrogation, you Know they don’t speak right?”

“I have an idea…” He said as he took of their masks. But the masked men he knocked out looked normal. There were no scars nor fresh wounds.

Winter then watched Haruki take off their cult outfit. Her face paled, she instantly understood what he was planning. “Nononono…. No! I am not wearing that! That’s just disgusting!And don’t you think they won’t notice!? This is the stupidest idea I’ve seen in my life!”

Haruki looked straight at Winter seriously, “Or… It might be stupid enough to work…”

Winter sighed, “Fine… But I’m not wearing those.”

Haruki shrugged his shoulders, “Fine, but you will be the prisoner.”

Winter rolled her eyes, as Haruki bound her hands with a handcuff. It wasn’t locked and Winter could instantly break those with her glyphs anyway.

But what she didn’t know was that those handcuffs could mess with the wearers senses, and confused them. They can’t tell what’s right from left. Courtesy of Cassius 56-B the prison planet.

He pulled the two unconscious cultists behind a nearby large rock, “Don’t peek!”

Winter ignored Haruki as she examined the handcuffs, “Tell me What are these things? Do they block aura or something? This is very advanced compared to the atlas issued ones.”

“I don’t know they just gave it to me…” Haruki lied straight to her face. Winter then thought that if he has handcuffs then this would mean that he’s not an assassin.

Haruki was already in disguise as Winter was fiddling with the handcuffs, “Alright prisoner let’s go…”

“What about the other two?”

“They’ll wake up from the cold probably.” Haruki said as he led winter straight through the entrance of the temple. Once they gained enough distance, The two unconscious bodies slowly turned into black goo. Haruki used a silenced pistol in dealing with them so Winter wouldn’t hear anything.

They arrived in the huge locked door, In front of the door there were two masked men beside it guarding the opening.

The two raised their blade rings as they saw a bound winter walking towards them… Then from behind her Haruki nodded at the two. The two nodded back as they opened the large door, When they opened it they saw a bunch of High tech equipment. This wasn’t a temple nor shrine, It was a full blown research facility. It’s what winter thought as they walked in the large hallway.

Then one man in a lab coat saw them walk in, He was surprised. “Well if it isn’t Miss Schnee! Good job on capturing her, continue this work and perhaps in the long run you might be promoted into an oni, Then into a faceless! If you’re lucky… that is.”

Haruki just nodded, He was escorting winter into an elevator where the man in the lab coat escorted them to. Winter was glaring at the man but he just ignored her.

Winter stared at Haruki and Haruki just nodded. He knocked out the scientist as they entered the elevator.She sighed, “This is not gonna work…”

Haruki tilted his head, “Well you should’ve said so!”

“I did say so, and I said this idea was stupid!”

*Ding!*

They arrived at their destination, It was a larger lab below the temple. They examined the elevator it only had two buttons up and down.

When the doors opened they were welcomed by Masked men along with a few scientists that were holding experimental weapons. They were doing their own thing but when the doors opened they all looked towards it.

“I told you…” Winter whispered.

Haruki raised his arms, “I’m here to transfer the prisoner to cellblock 1138?”

Another tall Man with a lanky build who looked like he was in charge asked Haruki, “How come I haven’t heard of this?”

Haruki just pointed at who the prisoner was then the guys smile brightened. “Ahhh! Of course! well done! Bring Miss Schnee over here, I honestly thought that you died in the woods somewhere. It would honestly be a shame…

Good thing this….well thing… found you, Now I can broadcast your death… Hurry now! We have a civil war to start!!!” He clapped to his subordinates as they prepared the things he needed. He looked at winter and slapped his forehead.

“Of course where are my manners! I am Tyrus Kingsley. Head Researcher of the Faceless! I’m researching on unlocking the next Gene of the humans! With the guidance of our God! The Faceless God!!!” Kingsley said as he raised his arms wide. He smiled towards Haruki, “It seems you’re due for a promotion… well done. After this I will personally turn you into an Oni of my own design.”

Winter was glaring at Kingsley, “What do you need me for then!?”

Kingsley laughed, “What do I need you for!? I don’t need you! You’re worthless, It’s the name I’m after. If JaquesSchnee sees that His eldest daughter gets shot in the head. What do you think he would do? Wage war? If the ones who killed you were dressed in Atlas military uniforms… What would your father do?

Wage war? The Atlas Military losing half of their power because their primary source of income and dust supply disappears? Then what if a Civil War?

Then the other kingdoms won’t be able to interfere! It’s Atlas’s problems so they won’t be able to lay a hand, hell even cross the border! For fear that their kingdom would be blamed.”

The cameras were set up as he was talking, He was giddy as He couldn’t wait, He looked at winter with a crazed smile. “Put on your pleading face Princess, Show’s about to start!”

“If you’re expecting me to beg then you would be disappointed. And if you’re expecting my father to care… well you’d also be disappointed.” She said as she looked down on the floor. But then loud laughter echoed throughout the room as Kingsley laughed.

“I don’t expect him to care, but if this was broadcasted live, he wouldn’t have a choice. He needs the public opinion, for when he wages war he would need those extra pair of bodies to catch a few dozen bullets or so…”

Winter furrowed her brows as she screamed towards Kingsley, “You’re Mad!! What do you expect to gain from all that bloodshed!?”

He scoffed towards winter, “That is for me to know, And you… to ponder in the afterlife.”

Winter scowled at Kingsley, this monster doesn’t give a damn about the people living in atlas, If she doesn’t kill this man right now many would die. And If he succeeds it would be on the Schnee family directly or indirectly. She looked towards Haruki, He nodded and brought out his folded Guandao. He materialized an EMP and kicked it towards the middle of the room.

“Well it’s show time!!!!”

When Kingsley shouted The Fake Atlas Soldiers went behind Winter aiming their guns at her.

“Use the aura dampening ones, and remove that ugly thing on her hands. Where did you get that?” He said as he looked towards Haruki.

But, When Kingsley turned around Haruki was sitting down on a chair as his weapon was stabbed into the ground. And his life reaping katana leaning on the chair. He sat like a king looking down on everyone in the room.

He has already changed into his white fang outfit. And wearing his signature cocky smile. “Well doctor consider your license… revoked. Let’s see… The reason? Well let’s just say unprofessional conduct.”

Kingsley furrowed his brows, “Who are you and how did you get in here!? Someone kill this boy!”

Haruki smiled, He brought out a faceless mask and held it near his face, “How? Well Lazy writing…”

Kingsley’s eyes widened and he immediately looked towards Winter. But she’s already gone…

A dazzling white flash appeared and destroyed all the cameras. Haruki activated his lightning form to appear in front of the scientists and cut them down one by one. They couldn’t fight back for Haruki was just too powerful.

The masked men swarmed Haruki but they were frozen in place. Winter used her glyphs to smash the frozen bodies.

Winter jumped up on a glyph platform she created, “Haruki grab my hand!” She said, Haruki quickly followed and grabbed her hands. She threw him at the ceiling. She created a glyph that would boost his speed.

She created glyphs surrounding the entire room, and sped up the time for Haruki and Hers. They dispatched the masked men as quickly as they started.

Dazzling flashes and sparks of blades illuminated the room… And after a while countless bodies dropped down on the ground.

Haruki slowly approached Kingsley, “Well doctor? Willing to tell us the entire reason for this crusade of yours?”

He grinned towards the two and aimed a gun on his temple, “You won’t be hearing it from me…”

But before he could pull the trigger on the gun Haruki used lightning form. He took away the gun Kingsley was holding and froze his entire body except his head.

“Damnit! Let me go!!” Haruki shrugged his shoulders, “I would if you did cooperate! Jeez! How come every time you bad guys rant we listen, but if it’s our turn to speak it’s like talking to a brick fucking wall…”

Kingsley bit down his tongue, as he choked on his own blood he kept laughing. As he stared towards the two.

“Fuck…” Haruki muttered, Then as the EMP’s effects slowly faded a large screen in the middle of the room turned on.

Aaron Inferus Appeared he saw the state of the room and frowned. “Well, I certainly didn’t expect this. I was wondering why Kingsley hasn’t started the broadcast yet. It turns out that you two have already ruined it… No matter I’ll kill you myself. I cannot fail the Faceless God.”

Then the place shook, Then screaming from a small door at the edge of the room were heard. It sounded like Hundreds of lives were running towards direction. Releasing Extreme Bloodlust.

Haruki furrowed His brows, He made winter Ride the elevator. “Winter get in now! You need to get to Aaron and End His life for me!”

Winter Opened her eyes wide, “No! You’ll die for sure!”

Haruki scowled, “Damnit Listen to me! If you want to save this kingdom then you have to do what you have to do!”

Winter bit her lip and ran towards the Elevator, She stared at His back. Once more she has to run away to save herself. She punched the button that says up. She swore to Herself that she would kill Aaron.