Red Hair Hunt
Shinazugawa Sanemi strides towards the narrow and overcrowded urban district with visibly poor human living conditions. If someone with no identity can reasonable appear in Yokohama, then there's no doubt residing in slum is the best way. Unlike fake identities that would have no proof of existence beforehand, staying in slum as if he's a resident here all the time is more credible. The crowd here are gathering of people that the government itself turn a blind eye on after all. Suribachi City where there are more fighting with fire-arms and Ability users would be more of his dish but under the strict watch of the Special Division due to the growing forces settling there made it simply impossible. Few years would be enough to verify his existence in the slums so maybe he could move there when the time comes...
He manage to "find" a proper settlement after cleaning up some scum occupying a place. Sanemi's character solves his problem ahead decisively in rough but reasonable approach. This is highly different to Ayanaki Rui's cautious and meticulous planning. Rui basically control Sanemi in the ways she thinks on "how would Sanemi act". Now, Sanemi just need to settle here for some time while showing clues of his Wind Breath as a Gifted.
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A black haired girl with a messy medium length hair cut swiftly passed in the narrow alley. Akutagawa Gin is a resident of slum here in Yokohama. She's currently running away after getting today's "spoils" to meet up with her brother. She stop a few steps away from a depilated house similar from most of the residence here.
"Brother, I'm back."
"Um, welcome back, Gin. Shinra and Mikan just drop off earlier saying there's *cough* *cough* more mafia rampaging on the eastern part. It seems like there trying to find some red hair child or something. We better stay away from the time being."
"I see...Brother, your coughing frequently lately. Are you okay?"
"Not a big deal. I won't let this hinder me."
The one who welcomes Gin was her brother, Akutagawa Ryunosuke. A short, choppy black hair with side bangs that reach his chin and whitened at the tips, similar facial features with the girl but his fierce glare on his eyes is seemingly a permanent expression that make his face give off an entirely different feeling . Both siblings were born here in slums and they have also grown accustomed towards the harsh living conditions here. They are group together with other orphans who were also residents here.
Gin puts down the some cash that she "pick-up" above the old cabinet near the sink, then start preparing for dinner. Hot meals are rare for slum residents on lower depth but it's not without. Her brother happen to be a rare Gifted that makes their situation slightly better than others.
Although worry and concerns were never missing, orphans here doesn't have much leeway to do so, moving forward without knowing how tomorrow's "reality" would hit has been and will always be the custom for slum residents.
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The life on slum is nothing unexpected for Sanemi. Althought he's only 10 years old, he was "set" with a poor background, living in a home no different from the environment here. It has been 2 months since he settled here and he noticed the disturbance on the eastern parts lately. As the Port Mafia leader's illness keep worsening, his madness continue to spread on Yokohama.
He wasn't the type to avoid these things, he even welcomes their willingness to make trouble because he's in need of some object for venting. He settle in slums for 2 months laying low without having a decent fight. He feels like his body will get rusty if this continues.
Many men in black suits with black shaded glasses keep circling in the slums to find a red haired kid who verbally insulted Port Mafia. Unreasonable and excessive retaliation was ordered to the Mafia personnel hunting this "red haired kid" for execution. The problem was under the short meeting, there was no useful definition to recognize the "culprit" except for having a red hair.
The result? A mass slaughter was ordered by the leader against all the red-hair children in the city. These cause many ordinary citizens to get involved and got into hiding. Places like slums that originally gives a sense of disgust and fear now serves as a hiding sanctuary.
"This is endless... searching in these areas is no different that diving in sewers trying to catch a needle."
"Well, we can only follow. But, it should be over in quite a few days. It's impossible to keep wasting man-power like this."
"Clang!"
As the two men-in-black were talking a sudden sound attracted their attention. In a narrow alley full of garbage bags on the side, there's a little boy hidden in between. The boy wasn't able to properly contain his movement leading the situation now. Coincidentally, the boy who became visible to the two Mafia personnel was a red haired kid. Knowing that he could only accept his unlucky fate, the kid trembles if fear as one of the men raises his gun pointed to him.
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Akutagawa Ryunosuke rushes to the eastern part of slums despite the late time. He just receives the warning about the Mafia's movement a few days ago from his companions but Hitoyoshi Uta, whom they were worried about because of his red hair, haven't even return. He wasn't aware of where Uta is but he keeps having this premonition that he's actually within the eastern part of slums. And now, his bad premonition seems to be getting stronger and stronger.
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*Bang!*
A bullet fired at a close distance follows the trajectory pointing the red haired boy. As if accepting his own demise, the child closes his eyes remaining immobile. Somehow, a strong gust of wind from above enters his skin perception before the pain of being hit by the bullet.
*Click!*
Realizing the expected pain didn't seem to arrive, the boy opened his eyes and witness the scene before him.
A scary looking white haired kid in kimono holding a wooden sword looking to towards the two men-in-black who looked as bewildered and petrified as him.
On the floor was a bullet perfectly split into half.