"So that was what this was about..." Louis narrowed his eyes. He suddenly realized the other man had already figured out quite a few things. Otherwise, the two of them would never have come here alone to throw their lives away. "I don't eat people, true, but I'm not human in the traditional sense either. In fact, of the four people here, you're the only true human."
Shizuri, who was holding Lin down, froze briefly at his words and looked up at Louis by the wall.
"What do you mean?" Yu Fura's brow furrowed deeply.
In the instant she was distracted, layers of crystal silently solidified over the firing pin and bullets...
Only after finishing that did Louis turn his attention back to Yu Fura. "If you could uncover my identity, these things shouldn't be hard to find out either. But... those people won't be as accommodating as I am. Have you ever heard the term 'half-human'?"
"Half-human?" Yu Fura paused. It was the first time he had heard the term, and he had no idea what it meant. Yet in that fleeting moment of distraction, he felt his long blade knocked aside as though something had slammed into it. The man before him vanished instantly.
The next second, a heavy blow struck his abdomen. He lost all ability to fight in an instant and crumpled to the ground.
Shizuri immediately snapped out of her daze. She was about to pull the trigger when she discovered that crystals had somehow locked both the trigger and firing pin in place. The pistol could not fire.
In that brief instant, the icy figure was already beside her. A heavy blow to her abdomen sent her flying off Lin and into the nearby wall.
Bang-!
"Bastard..." A trace of blood stained the corner