Separation

Shui was a little worried about Kate, but he could sense that she wasn't too far away and that they were still in Silver City.

"I better get out of here."

Eager to see her again, Shui opened the door of this room without checking what would be waiting for him.

"Huh? Where the heck did you come from?"

"Intruder!"

Shui came out and saw two men dressed in lavish clothing while being served by scantily-covered women. Of the two men, one shouted at Shui while the other maintained a frown. If this was just a brothel or a similar kind of shop, he wouldn't be worried, but he happened to be in the estate that served as the mayor's residence.

'Why the hell did I end up here of all places?'

While Shui sighed and held his head, men in the Earth Realm rushed into the room with artifacts and spells ready to fire.

"Wait wait wait, I'm sorry for showing up unannounced but this was an accident."

"Are you telling me that you accidentally appeared in my spare closet?!"

"Uh, well, yes actually."

"Kill him!"

"Wait!"

Shui thought that he would be forced to push his weakened body through another fight, but when the other man spoke up, Shui saw hope.

'Maybe I can get out of here without having to fight.'

However, the man's next line destroyed that hope.

"I think I recognise him. I think he's the one that killed your brother, Troy."

'Killed his brother? What the-'

"What?!"

The man who had been shouting at him, Troy, trembled with several complex emotions, but anger was definitely one of the strongest of them.

"Uh, wait, let's calm down. I don't know your brother. Maybe you're mistaking me for someone."

"No, I'm sure. It's hard to believe that there's another pretty boy that looks similar to you in this area. Your name is Shui, isn't it?"

"..."

'Tch, was this guy there at Cyrus?'

Shui didn't recognise either of their faces, nor did he know that certain forces had started to create wanted posters for him. Shui considered trying to deny his claims, but he could tell that at this point there was no way he could get them to believe him.

'What a pain.'

"Gonna let you know that this wasn't my fault, but sorry."

Even Miss Spirit felt guilty for the fact that her portal got him in this mess.

"No, this just isn't my day."

"You won't even bother to refute it, huh? You murderer! Capture him!"

Troy's order changed from 'kill' to 'capture', but no one thought he was being merciful. Everyone knew that a worse fate than death would follow if Shui ended up in his hands.

"Hah, look,"

Since he had no other choice but to confront them, Shui dropped the scared act and pressured everyone in the room with his aura and pure killing intent. The women merely fainted, but for the men who could resist it, their faces quickly went pale.

"I don't want any trouble here. If you really do know who I am then, do you really think these guys will be enough to stop me?"

Now that Shui threw off the nice guy attitude, the two men who knew of him remembered about how he effortlessly killed someone at the peak of Earth Realm. And considering that man was the guard of his brother, Troy knew that he wasn't a pushover.

'No, even if he defeated Jin, surely these guys can hold him back until my uncle or my father notices.'

Like this, Troy managed to convince himself that victory was possible however, the other man had started looking for a way to escape.

'Damn it, I didn't think he would seriously appear in front of us. Was he watching me?'

This man was one of the few lucky ones who weren't around Trin when he as killed by Shui, and therefore managed to survive. He came here to build a connection with one of Trin's brothers, someone with a high chance of succeeding the mayor of Silver City, and thought things had finally been going well. But now that Shui had appeared he wasn't sure if he could escape death a second time.

"What are you waiting for? Get him!"

Shui had a small hope that he could intimidate them enough to back off, but since that failed he only shrugged his shoulders and took out Sui.

'I have to make this quick. I might be able to fight someone in the Sky Realm, but in my current state it would be risky.'

When the man beside Troy saw Shui take out a blade, he was surprised at first because he never heard of him using a weapon, but in one swing he proved that he and this blade were made for each other.

The guards who had charged at him in accordance to their young master's orders, were all diced up in an instant. Furthermore, this wasn't even done through a technique, all Shui did was decide where he wanted to cut, and swung his weapon at speeds that only left faint blurs.

As blood and gore filled their sights, the two men quivered in fear despite not being new to murder scenes. When Shui looked at them after killing the guards, Troy was on the brink of wetting himself while the other man quickly brought out a defensive artifact. He immediately praised himself for this quick response since Shui then charged at them with his blade ready for another swing.

"Ah! Stay away!"

Troy screamed hysterically and closed his eyes to escape from the reality before him.

'Ugh, what a disgrace.'

The man beside him was disgusted by this cowardly side of Troy, but deep inside he knew that he could only restrain himself because Troy was screaming for the both of them.

The man had faith in the shield that was placed in front of him, but he also couldn't help closing his eyes when they entered Shui's range.

"Wow, I didn't know you would have such a bad reputation. To think you could so easily bring two grown men to this state," Miss Spirit commented.

"Hmph, these two are just cowards."

They thought that Shui would surely try to kill them, but he instead jumped over them and smashed through the wall.

"Huh?"

Once they realised that he chose to escape, both of them shouted the same thing at the same time.

"Don't let him get away!"

With Shui's speed, he thought that it wouldn't be hard to escape. However, he forgot to take into consideration his weakened state.

'This?!'

About a minute after he left the mayor's state, he sensed a massive array that covered the entire city starting up. Furthermore, he could also feel someone at the peak of Sky Realm scouring the city to find him.

If he was in his normal state, then with Mutation Control and perfect aura masking, he wouldn't need to fear getting found by anyone in the Sky Realm. In fact, even in his current state he didn't think he would get caught. But if this incident managed to move a Master...

'Tch, I can't stay.'

He wanted to see Kate one more time, but he couldn't let her get caught up in his mess. While on the run, he recorded a message as well as the Wind portion of the Four Element Technique into a jade plaque and used talismans to send it to her.

'Sorry, I'll have to come back at a later date.'

"This still isn't my fault but, sorry."

"I know. Even if you're the one who made me end up there, it was my own actions that led to this. When I get back I'll just have to work extra hard to please her."