Chapter 91 - Arrest

Cody got out of the train station while Cyril followed him about 15 steps away.

Cyril doesn't have the confidence to be able to follow this person like a professional spy. However, since they are in the busy street, he felt that this distance should be fine and wouldn't look too suspicious.

Though he does have a Traceless Scarf with him, there are too many people right now and it activating the Artifact might just attract unwanted attention.

'Where is this guy going?'

Cyril realized that they have arrived at a flea market as Cody started looking around at items being sold by the vendors.

'Seriously? So, you wanted to shop for some clothes now?'

He felt curious seeing how Cody is looking for various pants or shirts.

Anyway, Cyril decided to just wait for a while until he find an opportunity. It would even be best if he manage to find out where this guy is staying.

'Xagan, do you think he already noticed me? Does he have some kind of detector?' Cyril asked after waiting for about a minute.

"That's worth 2 days, Contractor..." Xagan replied immediately.

'Ugh… Never mind. I don't think he noticed me yet. There are too many people anyway. Let me just buy some clothes as well.'

Cyril replied as he did what he just said.

He bought a white shirt for himself while keeping an eye on Cody…

Finally, after the latter bought more than five different types of clothes, he left and continued walking around the street.

He seems to be walking aimlessly but Cyril thinks that Cody is actually trying to shake him off.

As he started getting worried that, he realized that as soon as Cody entered an alley, he was blocked by three suspicious men.

Cyril didn't follow them closely but did his best to listen to their conversation while acting like he's just passing by.

"Give us your wallet!"

As soon as Cyril heard this, he sniggered…

To think that a man who just fearlessly attacked the Awakened Association is being robbed right now, he wouldn't believe it if he didn't see it at all.

"Aack!"

"N-no, please!"

"We're sorry!"

"Ooof—"

As expected, he heard some whimpers in the alley after a few seconds. Cody dealt with them as swiftly as possible.

'Hmm… This alley is not bad…'

Cyril looked around and noticed that there's barely any people passing here in the back alley.

If he would act against Cody, this might be the right time. Anyway, they just created a commotion here, might as well add some twist and make it seem like a robbery case for the police.

Step. Step. Step.

Cyril arrived at the dark alley to see the robbers unconscious.

At the very least, they are still breathing and only suffered a concussion.

"Hmph! There's more? Are these people your lackeys?"

Cody asked not realizing whom he was speaking with.

Well, he couldn't properly see Cyril's face as well due to the light behind him.

"Come, I'll put you to sleep as well. Don't worry, this will be quick." Cody grinned with his unholy face as he approached Cyril.

"No need…"

The young man fearlessly approached Cody.

The middle-aged man is just six inches taller than him, so he didn't feel too much pressure. Cody was also not too wary of him so he immediately enveloped this person with his Spiritual Energy!

"W-what?!" Cody wanted to grab Cyril's neck when he noticed the incredibly thick Aura pressuring him

"Y-you're a B-Rank? No, an A-Rank Awakened? I… I'm…" Cody stuttered as he was too surprised about what's happening to him. He had never expected to happen this to him!

He wanted to beg forgiveness but it was too late… He felt pain in his stomach and was soon hit on his head to put him unconscious.

Thud!

He dropped to the ground just like the other robbers.

"That's quite easier than I expected?"

Cyril hasn't used his S-Rank Aura aggressively against another Awakened until today.

It made him surprise how much power he holds with just his Aura alone! He didn't even use his Artifact yet!

'How scary… No wonder those S-Ranks are too arrogant and so wealthy… Even though they are busy, they can probably handle the most difficult tasks that even multiple A-Rank Awakened couldn't take easily.'

Anyway, Cyril now has a better view of how powerful he was.

'It's quite exhausting since I'm not experienced yet but fully controlling my Aura shouldn't be a problem in less than a year.'

Cyril mused as he decided to find some valuable things on the man's body.

Of course, his main target was still the Rank-C Artifact that would allow him to change his appearance.

"Found it!"

Inside Cody's black bag was a white mask emitting an Aura suited for a Rank-C!

He didn't immediately hide the item but continued looking. He checked all the contents of the bag and realized that the ominous items that Xagan mentioned were actually Goblin Grenades!

"This lunatic! Why did you bring these things here?!"

Cyril sweated seeing the grenades cover by a thick and special fabric. No wonder no one noticed it until now.

Cyril quickly check if he could no longer find anything more valuable. Unfortunately for him, this man's other items weren't that valuable. Just some normal D-Rank items.

'Well, might as well take them all.'

He thought that the grenade wouldn't probably explode yet so he took off Cody's bracelet, necklace, and knife that didn't even manage to protect him from his oppressive Aura.

'Wait… This man has an alias of a Half-Vampire… However, I can't find any clue that he's one…' Cyril pondered.

Since Cody doesn't have a trace of being a vampire right now, he can only think that this person might've actually benefited after the Vampire Outbreak and found some inheritance, or perhaps, he really became a vampire slave or even a Thrall!

'Well, that won't happen now…' Cyril smirked as he decided to finally call the attention of the Awakened Association and the police.

Soon, several cars arrived at the scene to handle the grenades and to arrest Cody finally bringing a close to the case