Chapter 175: The Dahlia
Carefully stalking through the shadows — the passerby’s none the wiser to his presence — Sunny savored his Shadow Essence as he refrained from using Shadow Step. Considering that he was heading towards a den of criminals, anything could happen. Violent acts were pretty common among them... he would know.
Walking over to a sewer manhole, Sunny easily lifted it up. It was cleaner then most, a testament to how often it had to be used. Tossing it up, he hopped into the sewers. As he landed into a murky liquid of unknown origins, the manhole had landed perfectly back into place, sealing the sewers once more.
Dim lines of light shone into the sewers, revealing faint graffiti markings that are supposed to lead to an Echo fight club. Sunny paid them no attention, trudging through the disgusting sewer water as if it left him unbothered.
In reality, he was quite distressed.
’This is gross! I’m taking a long bath once I get back...’
After a few minutes of walking, Sunny came across a steel door, camouflaged with the sewer walls. The owner of the place never installed a door knob, as they used a seperate path to get here. This door was for customers, and could only be opened from one side.
Of course, an Awakened could just blow it open with a single blow, but that would alarm the other Awakened inside.
Sunny had done extensive research into how things operated around here. He could have used the owner’s passage to get in without hassle, but that would also cause conflict. He wasn’t planning on getting into any fights... yet. This was simply to establish his presence while scoping out his prey.
After knocking on the door and waiting for a few moments, the eyehole slid open as a pair of grizzled eyes appeared. They weren’t looking at him, though. He seemed to be preoccupied by something else.
"Password?"
’...What?’