Chapter 107: A new, devastating clash looms on the horizon
After that alarmed call from Rika, the group immediately agreed to meet up.
In an instant, Hakuto, Rika, Yuzu, Chantal, and Elisabeth gathered near Lucrezia’s house—the place from which they’d begin the search.
A pointless search for Hakuto, since he already knows exactly where Lucrezia is.
And more importantly, he knows why she disappeared.
But he decided not to share that information with them.
That’s because, fearing Tony’s threats weren’t just empty words and that he might really hurt Lucrezia, Hakuto intends to go alone to the agreed meeting place—the Old General Markets in the Ostiense district.
After all, it’s just a simple kidnapping by some young punk—it’s not like it’s anything that could really trouble someone used to facing far more powerful and terrifying beings.
It’s a situation he’s certain he can resolve on his own, and there’s no reason to take unnecessary risks by involving the girls.
He’d been racking his brain on how to slip away from them without raising suspicion, and Rika, unknowingly, came to his rescue by suggesting the group split up to speed up the search: each of them would scour a different area of the city, and Hakuto immediately volunteered for the Ostiense district.
That area isn’t particularly far from central Rome, and it only took Hakuto a few minutes to reach the Old General Markets—an immense commercial and industrial area that’s been out of use for years, filled with countless huge, abandoned warehouses.
Hakuto begins to thoroughly search the area, but he doesn’t come across anything suspicious—there are still thirty minutes left before the agreed time, so he assumes Tony simply hasn’t arrived yet.
But that thought vanishes instantly when he hears a faint, muffled groan coming from inside one of the nearby warehouses.