TEASER CHAPTER 6 PART 28
An
inexplicable silence filled the area as Zonne stood in front of Nozomu and the
others with an aloof smile on his face.
Behind
the old man was the Abyss Grief, which had formed a cocoon like a dome. But
Zonne didn't seem to care and approached Nozomu with light steps.
"Wait
a minute, kid. It's dangerous to just jump into
that barrier without preparation."
"Why
are you here, old man?... And what do you mean by barrier ..."
"Well,
there's a lot of things going on. Oh, you're here for me, young lady! Umu! More importantly, I'm glad to see
you're not hurt."
Zonne
nodded his head happily, but Nozomu felt his frustration increasing.
Nozomu
didn't know what was going on, but he could easily imagine that Lisa was in a
dangerous situation right now.
Now
was not the time to be doing this. Nozomu was going to snap. He glared at the
cocoon and tried to slip through Zonne's side with a stride.
"If
you want to pick up girls, do it somewhere else! I'm busy right now!"
"That's
why I told you to calm down. There's no easy way out of this situation if you
jump in recklessly."
However,
Zonne quickly moved to block Nozomu's path and stood right in front of him.
"Don't
worry. At least the red-haired girl won't be eaten to death right now. For now,
the beast needs her.
Zonne's
words and gaze, which were the most rational things, coolly penetrated Nozomu's
nearly heated head.
Even
with the agitation welling up from deep within his chest, Nozomu asked Zonne.
"...
What do you mean?"
Indeed,
Nozomu felt that there was a lack of information about the current situation.
What
had happened to Ken? What had happened to Lisa?
All
he knew was that the black demon beast was deeply involved in this matter and
that the old man in front of him had some information and had come here with a
definite purpose.
The
light of reason returned to Nozomu's eyes, which had been glowing with
impatience. Satisfied with Nozomu's behavior, Zonne nodded deeply once and
slowly opened his mouth.
"That
man who was parasitized by that beast, was in love with that red-haired girl,
wasn't he? He was so in love with that
red-haired girl to the extent that he betrayed you, his best friend
......."
Nozomu
nodded in response to Zonne's question.
He
wondered why the old man knew about his personal relationships, but he
continued to listen to Zonne's story, determined to hear everything he had to
say.
"As
you know, that demon beast has extraordinary characteristic. It can
fundamentally alter its host's body."
[Fundamentally
alter its host's body]
Zonne's
words reminded Nozomu of something. That was when Nozomu had encountered the
Abyss Grief in the forest with Shīna and the others.
At
that time, the Abyss Grief had taken the form of a four-legged beast with a
tail as sharp as a guillotine blade.
When
cornered by Nozomu and the others, the Abyss Grief transformed its entire neck
into a giant mouth and added two more large sword-like tails. He had never
heard of a demon beast that showed such a rapid transformation.
Furthermore,
Ken's body just now. The mud-like liquid that came out of his body when he was
cut in two by Nozomu's phantom was clearly not human bodily fluid.
