Random Person
Just Some Random Person
Chapter 42 : Multiple Baas's
Atsuma jumped over another street. Below he saw one of the goons Baas had talked about. He was beginning to recognize what they looked like now. They were always the one that said something about him when they saw him. Everyone else seemed to stay quiet or mind their own business.
Atsuma looked at his destination. It was still pretty far. He wished that he could run straight there, but if he wanted to keep confusing these people, he would have to keep changing directions. In the distance he heard another one shout. That one must have seen Baas. Between the two of them they could pull this off, but it would be much easier if they had…
"There you are." Came a voice.
Atsuma looked to his right. There was Koroko across the street, running at the same speed Atsuma was on top of the roofs.
"Atsuma!" came another voice.
Atsuma turned to his left to see Pandora doing the same as Koroko. Atsuma grinned. This is exactly what he needed.
"Sheina told us what happened." Pandora called out to him.
"Seeing that you have Baas’s stuff, I’m guessing you already know." Koroko continued. "What’s the plan?"
"Here!" Atsuma called out to both of them. He then threw Baas’ short sword to Koroko and his shield to Pandora. "Head to some random destination and then meet at the west most part of just outside of the territory and make sure those weapons are seen as you do. Baas will meet us there. You know, where we met last time."
"Well isn’t that a coincidence." Koroko called out with a smile. "That’s exactly where we told Sheina to go."
"That is a coincidence." Atsuma called back. "By the time we all get over there, these guys won’t know what happened to us. Now, let’s go!"
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There. He had saw it. Brute smiled evily. Though the kid had stayed close to the center of the buildings, he had let his shield get spotted by Brute. Now all Brute had to do was call out. He knew the general location of the kid. He and his men could surround him and ambush him when he landed. Brute was ready. It was time to alert the others.
"Guys I found him! He’s over here!"
Huh? That wasn’t Brute who shouted that. Brute recognized the voice, it was one of his buddies. He quickly made his way over to where the call came from. Sure enough, a man with a long sword whom Brute knew was running. Brute ran to catch up to him.
"Hey!" He called getting the man’s attention. "Where did you see him?"
The man stopped and pointed in the opposite direction Brute had came from.
"He came from that way Brute."
"Are you sure it was him?" Brute asked.
"Well, I couldn’t see his face, but he was holding a sword and had an Orange band on. Who else would be running along the roofs wearing an orange band?"
That was correct. The only person they were chasing was the Orange kid, no one else. But Brute didn’t understand. How did he come from the opposite direction of Brute if Brute had just seen him seconds before?
Suddenly, another call was made out.
"He’s over here now!"
Brute and the other man quickly ran to where the voice had come from. There was another of his buddies holding an ax running. Catching up to him, Brute questioned him as he did the other.
"He came from that way." The man reported.
This time, he was pointing in the opposite direction the kid had started.
"Are you sure? Are you absolutely sure!?" Brute asked getting upset.
"Yeah." The guy answered nervously. "He was wearing all white and had on an orange band. Though, to be honest, I couldn’t get a good look at him. But who else would be running on the roofs with an orange band?"
Brute grinded his teeth. He then hurried out to continue searching.
"Keep looking!" He called back to the two he left behind.
Something wasn’t right here. How could that kid be in three places at once? It would make sense if he were just fast, but to come from different directions was just impossible.
Brute thoughts were interrupted, though, as once again one of his teammates signaled that he had seen the kid.
"I found him!"
Brute turned to head that way when suddenly another signal was given from the opposite direction.
"He’s over here!"
Brute was distraught. The calls kept coming, all from a different location. Some of them were even made simultaneously. How was this happening? Were the guys just messing with him because they didn’t want to fight the kid? Fine. He would just have to find the kid himself.
He continued his journey down one of the crowd filled streets. There. He had seen the bag that the kid had been carrying in the distance. Now all he had to do was catch up to him and…
"Hey you! Get down from there!"
Brute turned around. He didn’t see the whole body, but some one had jumped across the roof behind him. Before their body was out of site from below, Brute was able to catch site or the left arm wearing an orange band and hold a sword. A cold sweat dripped down the side of Brute’s face. How? How was this possible? How was there more than one of that kid? Suddenly, something jumped over Brute’s head. It was an amazing jump. Many marveled at the site as they knew they could never themselves jump the width of one of the streets. That wasn’t what Brute noticed of though. This time, he could see the entire body of the person jumping. Though they were holding the shield he had seen earlier and were wearing an orange band, they weren’t the person he was looking for. In fact, this person was a female.
Brute punched his fist into a nearby wall. He understood now. Somehow the kid had contacted more Oranges and without being seen they took his stuff and began traveling by rooftop like he did. Brute ground his teeth even harder than before. How could these Oranges have tricked him? And even though he knew the trick now, there was nothing he could do about it. His men were chasing these guys all over the territory and had no idea what the real target was. It was likely that they were all going separate directions and were going to meet up somewhere. But Brute had no idea where.
He closed his eyes. He had been outsmarted. He knew that everyone in the territory would remember this. No one would respect him any longer.
"Excuse me. I’m looking for the nearest exit."
Brute’s ears reacted to the voice. It was one he had heard before. He looked up and in the distance. There, he saw something that made him grin.
Chapter 42 End