NOVEL NEXT Chapter 627: He's From Another Group
I wasn't really expecting much to begin with and… Well… Yeah… I was right to think that way.
Most of the things that were being sold here were mostly daily necessities that the people on this station might need.
Clothes, shoes, synth food, small furniture and some entertainment stuff here and there.
Honestly, there's nothing much here for us and we've basically gone shop to shop just to see if there was at least something interesting.
Yumiko did buy something at least.
When we went to some miscellaneous store, she took something off the shelf and paid for it before stuffing it in her coat immediately so I didn't get a good look at what it was.
With how she acted, I'm pretty sure she didn't want anyone else to notice either.
I decided not to ask her about it and just pretended that I didn't notice. Maybe it was a personal thing that she found.
Anyway, the guy was still following us though he always made sure to maintain his distance and never approached us directly.
The fact that he was even pretending he wasn't following us by acting like he was checking out the stores as well. That's how I knew he definitely did not have something good in mind for us.
Still… I'm not sure what his purpose really is so I made a plan with the other girls to meet up to capture this guy.
We could do it right now, of course, but I thought that having someone that could read minds on our side would make things go faster.
Thus we were basically just stalling here while waiting for Amber and the others to arrive so that they could snatch him up.
There was, however, one person who didn't really think that was a good idea though.
"Boo… I think Daddy should just let me eat him," Renata muttered as we stepped back onto the street again.
"The plan is to find out why he is following us, Renata… If you eat him, we won't know."
"I can eat him slowly? Then he might explain it so that I can eat him faster?"
"You're just hungry, aren't you?"
"Mmm… A little?"
Unfortunately, I didn't have any food on me so maybe I need to remember to bring snacks specifically for her from now on.
But for now…
"Are you fine with eating anything?"
"Mmm… I want Daddy…"
"You want to eat me?"
"Mmm… No, I want to taste Daddy."
"What does that even mean?"
She puffed up her cheeks and stretched her hand towards me, as though asking me for mine.
I decided to trust her and gave her my hand.
She then grabbed my hand and stuck it in her mouth before she started sucking it.
"Mmmmmm~ Daddyyyy~ Tastes so good~"
I was so surprised that I didn't react for a good minute before I quickly pulled my arm back from her.
She licked her lips, "Ahhhh~ That was good~ I'm not hungry anymore~"
Err… As long as she's satisfied I guess?
I'm still going to remember to pack snacks if I'm going out with her from now on, though.
Good thing she did it out of view so I don't think anyone around us saw that… Otherwise they might think we're perverts or something…
At least it looks like my hand wasn't covered in saliva so it's similar to me pushing my hand into her body like the last time.
My Codex then gave out a notification beep and I checked to see that it was a message from Amber telling me that they were reaching us soon so we should prepare for them to 'intercept'.
I nodded at the other two and we continued our stroll through the street, taking the time to check out each store to see if there was anything interesting in them.
Unfortunately, nothing caught my eye and when we left the next store, I found the girls walking towards us from the other side of the street.
We exchanged looks but pretended we were strangers and Mara should be reading Yumiko's mind to confirm who the target was and relaying that information to the rest.
We passed by them and I had to try my hardest not to turn around or it might make the guy suspicious.
But when we reached the next store front, I turned towards it while peeking behind me, only to see my girls walk past the guy before Amber turned around to grab him from behind.
The guy struggled for a bit but she had his mouth covered so he could not scream and they dragged him down an alley without a sound.
"Let's go," I muttered, turning back to head down towards the alley they disappeared to.
The guy was still struggling in Amber's grip and she was definitely making use of her Psionic ability to enhance her strength or something because she was not even budging at all from the guy trying his best to break free.
I approached them and the guy, despite seeing me, was still struggling as if he didn't know why he had been taken here.
"Stop struggling or I will start breaking arms," Amber threatened.
That seemed to work as the guy slowly calmed down, though his eyes continued to glare at everyone around him.
"I'm going to release your mouth and you will not scream or say anything unless we ask you to. If you make any noise, I will snap your neck. Understood?" Amber asked.
The guy nodded slowly.
Amber then moved her hand away from his mouth but kept her arm around his neck.
I nodded at him, "Why were you following us?"
He narrowed his eyes, "I wasn't. Why would I be following you? You think too highly of yourself!"
"You can stop lying. Our memories aren't that bad. You were the lookout in front of that door and you've been following us ever since we left that place."
"You're delusional, what are you talking about? I don't know what door you are talking about. I'm only here because it's after my work hours and I'm relaxing!"
Mara tapped me on the shoulder and I understood what she wanted so I stepped back.
She looked at the man, "Who do you work for?"
"Work? Why is my work any of your concern?!"
"Who do you answer to?"
"I answer to myself!"
"Where do you work then?"
"Like I said, it's none of your business!"
"Why were you following them?"
"I already said I wasn't following them! Are you not able to understand?"
"Did you plan to do anything to them?"
"What? I already said I wasn't following them, didn't I? Why would I even plan to do anything to them if I wasn't even following them to begin with?!"
"Would anyone miss you if you were dead?"
"Woah… Ok, ok… Let's all calm down here… Let's not get too hasty, ok?"
Mara stared at him for a while before she straightened herself, "Are you absolutely sure this entire thing was just a coincidence and you never planned to do anything to them?"
He gulped, "Yes… I swear I'm telling the truth!"
"If we release you, what are you going to do?"
"Ah… If you're worried that I would report you to the security or whatever… I can promise you I won't do that? Ok? I understand! A couple of pretty girls and then some stranger just happens to be in the same area… That definitely looks suspicious, but no harm done right? Let's all just pretend that nothing happened, alright? I won't say anything, you girls let me go and we all forget this even happened!"
Mara once again stayed silent for a moment more before nodding at Amber.
She looked a little disappointed but released the guy from her chokehold.
He quickly stepped away from her, "I… I promise! I'll go now, ok? I saw and heard nothing!"
He then quickly ran off without even looking back, disappearing out of the alley.
We all waited for him to disappear before I turned to Mara, "So… What did we get? I assume you got something despite what he said?"
She nodded, "Seems like he was trying to get information on you, Captain. He got word that you had a large cache of weapons and wanted to see if he might be able to check where your ship was docked at."
"That's odd… His boss already showed he knew where our ship was docked at so why would he need to figure that out? Assuming it was Feng that asked him to do that? Is it just to make sure he was right?"
Mara shrugged, "Interestingly… I got two different answers when I asked who he worked for and who he answered to. At first I thought it might be the main boss and then his superior, but I also received two different answers when I asked where he worked."
"What does that mean?"
Yumiko turned to me, "It means that this guy is working for two different groups, Mistress. And the other group wants to get your weapons before Feng does."
Ahhh… Crap.
Don't tell me we're getting involved in a gang war…