37 Breaking Cursed Gears like wooden sticks.

[later]

after Shinoa made a speech to Yuu, she showed both him and Xiao Qiangwei her weapon and a demon that manifested behind her

Shinoa: Shikama Douji.

Yuu: The enchanted equipement... That can curse and destroy vampires? If I had one of those, I could kill vampires all by myself.

Shinoa: No, you couldn't. It's impossible to kill them alone

right now Xiao Qiangwei turned to her with a frown and said

Xiao Qiangwei: Am I a joke to you?

Shinoa: eh? No wait, I didn't wanted to offend you sir. Let me rephase it. Ahem, unless you are a special case, you can't kill them alone.

Yuu: Sir? Hey Qiangwei, why is she calling you sir?

Xiao Qiangwei: what did you expect? I could kill vampires barehanded and not receive respect?

Yuu: right... Well, Shinoa, give me that weapon!

Shinoa: You can't use a demon weapon that's already bound by a contract to someone else.

Yuu: in that case... Show me the real power of that weapon!

Then he rushed to Shinoa with a normal weapon while Shinoa had a bored face

Shinoa: cut it out already... You can't fight against a demon weapon with normal weaponry, unless you are him.

then she pointed to Xiao Qiangwei and used her scythe to block Yuu's weapon

Yuu: ugh...

Shinoa: Shi-chan, beat that idiot up.

then the demon behind her back moved towards Yuu to attack him

Yuu: Eh?! That thing moves too?!

before the demon attacked Yuu, Xiao Qiangwei appeared between them and raised a palm, easily blocking the hit thanks to his strength and immunity to the Darkness element.

Xiao Qiangwei: give me a break...

then he punched the demon downwards, stopping the attack and making a crater to the floor, shocking Shinoa while Yuu was grinning.

Yuu: so that's all it can do?

Shinoa: it's obvious, Xiao Qiangwei could break even the strongest weapons made from us barehanded, I still wonder what will happen when he will get a weapon too.

Yuu: oh yeah, Qiangwei, why you don't have a weapon similar to her?

Xiao Qiangwei: Guren had the good idea to make me wait more than 1 year for it, and I still don't see it, maybe he made me wait because I would babysit you.

Yuu: I don't need a babysitter!

Xiao Qiangwei: say it to the vampire that almost killed you yesterday.

Right now Yoichi entered the roof and runned towards Yuu while being followed from the guys

Yoichi: Y-Y-Yuu-kun, please help me!

Yuu: 'sup Yoichi, are you being bullied again?

Yoichi: W-well, actually...

man 1: Please wait, Yoichi-san. We've heard that you've been chosen to be part of the elite corps known as the vampire annihilation force!

Xiao Qiangwei: '...What?'

man 2: please accept our apologies for bullying you. Would you take us as your underlings?

Xiao Qiangwei: 'Jesus... These two are more shameless than the Mighty Heavenly Sword Region...'

[later]

Xiao Qiangwei, Shinoa, Yuu and Yoichi were in front of the doors for a forbidden area because the previous leader of the two bullies came inside.

Yoichi: So, Yuuji-kun...

Shinoa: He has not been force by our organization, which means that... His heart might have been devoured by a demon.

Yoichi: what happens to someone whose heart is devoured by a demon?

Xiao Qiangwei: They stop being humans, and their body absorbs too much demonic energy, becoming demon themselves, and the only method to save them is breaking their weapon, make a new contract with it, or remove all the dark energy inside them.

Shinoa: oh? How do you know it?

Xiao Qiangwei: who do you think killed the failures? Right now let's see if Yuu can save the day before the guy becomes a demon.

Shinoa: eh? what are you tal... king about...

she turned around and didn't found Yuu anywhere, then she entered the forbidden area and found Yuu in the ground with the cursed weapon in his hand.

Shinoa/Yoichi: Yuu!

Shinoa: why didn't you stop him?!

Xiao Qiangwei: he needs to be stronger, I can't be always with him, one day we could separate from each other and I can't save him, so he needs to train to get a stronger weapon. Then look, it seems he won.

Both Shinoa and Yoichi turned and seen Yuu that was getting up with a smile

Yuu: now the axe belongs to me!

Xiao Qiangwei: nope, it doesn't.

Yuu: what do you mean?

Xiao Qiangwei: first of all, it isn't easy contracting with a demon, second, if you want to kill vampires, you need a better weapon, not that excuse of a cursed gear.

Yuu: eh? is it really that weak?

Xiao Qiangwei: give it to me.

Yuu: ok...

then Yuu gave him the axe while Shinoa and Yoichi were panicking

Shinoa: wait, if you touch it... nothing happens?

she was warning Xiao Qiangwei before he came at contact with the weapon and nothing happened. Then he raised the weapon with both hands, and unexpectedly to everyone watching him, he brought down the weapon snapping it in two pieces with his knee.

Xiao Qiangwei: see? For weapons like Shinoa's or Guren's or the other types, I need a bit more strength to destroy them, while this was fragile.

Yuu: oh...

Xiao Qiangwei: it's ok, I am sure yhat you will enter the vampire annihilation force now, and you will get a better weapon instead for that trash

Yuu got a smirk at the news and raised his arms upwards

Yuu: YAHHOOOOO!!

everyone smiled at his behavior.

[later]

Xiao Qiangwei was at his room, and was writting a letter, that he sent away with the ice bird

[1 day later/Sanguinem]

Krul just received the letter from Xiao Qiangwei and opened it to read.

"Dear Krul Tepes,

I am back again, and with a really good news, there is a possibility that within 3 months, I will leave the city safely and I could try to fake my death or disappear from them, if it doesn't happen, then it means I didn't have a good chance to do it. But don't worry, no one still suspects anything, and it seems that I will get a cursed gear too.

Say to Mika that I am ok, that Yuu is safe and tell Ferid that he should stop being the pedophile he is being now, I am sure that he is outside taking a kid at his mansion right now.

From Xiao Qiangwei"

Krul: finally... I hope he will come really soon, I wonder how much he grew up...