Chapter 174 - Calm before the storm [III]

After paying the money which was 1.825 billion, Itsuki finally received the two items that he deeply wanted.

"Mr. Itsuki, this is my personal number. Also Next time, you can join any of our auctions without needing any invitation cards. If you need anything then please don't hesitate to call us." After bowing to Itsuki and Mayumi, the manager left.

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Itsuki took the Buso Renkin, as he felt the connection between him and the Buso Renkin. Holding the Buso Renkin, Itsuki felt as if this object was alive.

'System, scan this object.' Itsuki was really interested in learning more about this object.

Mayumi, seeing that Itsuki was paying more attention to an object that he bought only for 25 million while ignoring the object that which he paid 1.8 billion, was left speechless. "You're so unpredictable."

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Ignoring Mayumi, Itsuki suddenly raised his head as if sensing someone above.

"It's coming"

"What's coming? What are yo......."

Bang!

The next second breaking the glass dome, a man landed on the stage.

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Just looking at this man, Itsuki had a bad feeling in his heart. Suddenly the Buso Renkin in Itsuki's hand started vibrating as if trying to alert Itsuki.

The man is a muscular dark-skinned with green eyes and dull blue hair which is partly covered by a dark grey headband, he was wearing a large grin showing his pointed fang-like teeth. He wears a yellow shirt with the sleeves and bottom part torn off along with a green jacket worn as a makeshift cape with the sleeves tied to his body and pale trousers. He also has purple furry wristbands.

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For a moment Itsuki's face turned pale when he tried to sense this man using Aura. "How is this even possible?" When Itsuki tried to sense this man's Aura, the only thing that Itsuki can sense is endless darkness around him. No matter how much Itsuki tried, he couldn't see anything through the darkness. The Aura coming from his was cold as a corpse. For a moment Itsuki even mistakenly thought of his man as a dead being.

"Mayumi, we have to get out of here." Taking the Keystone from Mayumi, Itsuki held her hand and hurriedly left this place.

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"Who are you?" As the man with unknown origin appeared to be looking around as if he was looking for something, he heard voice. After turning around, he saw multiple people with Pokemon and firearms had surrounded him.

"Trying to stop me with a firearms and Pokemon. How interesting?" The arrogantly folded his arms on his chest and stood there looking at the guards.

"If you tell me, where is the Kakugane then I might let you all live."

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The security guards for a moment looked at each other before laughing out loud.

"Hahahaha! Someone please call the mad hospital. We have one of their patients here."

"Nah, bro. He is a homeless person. Look at his torn out clothes."

"If you wanted money then you could have just asked." Hearing the guards mocking words, The man who was in search of the Kakugane frowned.

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"I gave you all a chance. Now your time is over." Before the guards could understand what he meant, the man with dull blue hair disappeared from his place.

Swoosh!

Moving like a wind, the man easily slaughtered every guard and their Pokemon on the spot. Seeing this all the people in the auction house started running with their might.

The man who was in search for the Kakugane, slowly approached the last guard who now had fallen on his knees as his entire body tremble violently.

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Kinjo, grabbed the last guard who was also the captain of the guards by his throat and lifted him up in the air.

Ahh!

The middle aged man's face turned pale as he violently struggled to breath air.

"Where is the Buso Renkin?" Kinjo asked coldly while looking at the guards eyes. Hearing Kinjo's question the guard look at the direction where previously Itsuki and Mayumi were sitting.

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"I see."

Snap!

Kinjo without showing a shred of mercy snapped that Guard's neck and disappeared. The next second glass breaking sound can be heard.

Bang!

After breaking the glass wall, Kinjo found that Itsuki and Mayumi already had disappeared. "It looks like they run away."

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Meanwhile,

Itsuki and Mayumi, were the first two people to came outside. After coming outside, holding Mayumi's hand, Itsuki started running at an random direction.

"What is happening?" Mayumi asked Itsuki.

"I don't have any idea. What I know is, if you want to survive then you better not stop running. Otherwise, you're dead." Mayumi didn't dare slow her pace and continued to run with Itsuki.

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After an minute, Itsuki's face turned pale as he felt the dark Aura coming towards his direction. "It looks like that being is after me."

Itsuki release Mayumi's hand causing Mayumi to look at Itsuki. "Mayumi, hurry up and run towards the right. Don't you dare stop until you reach a safe place." Then without giving any explanation and shocking Mayumi, the air around Itsuki began to vibrate violently, the next moment Itsuki had disappeared like a wind.

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"What the hell?" Mayumi was completely shocked. She couldn't comprehend how a human could run this fast. Even 4th order Pokemon cannot run this fast. But the situation didn't allow her to ask any question.

Bang!

Mayumi heard another glass breaking sound. She continued to run towards the west direction without stopping even for a single second.

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While after sensing that the dark Aura was approaching in his direction, Itsuki purposely separated from Mayumi and went to the east direction. Itsuki didn't wanted to drag Mayumi in a fight where she might even die considering the fact that she is a ordinary human being.

After separating from Mayumi, Itsuki circulated his Aura in his legs and began to move very faster. Each time he moved the air vibrated very strongly and produced a wind current.

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All this time, Itsuki was running while holding the Buso Renkin, the very same object which Kinjo called Kakugane. The Kakugane has been vibrating all this time as if trying to tell Itsuki something. But Itsuki ignored the Kakugana and kept running until he was in deep part of the forest, a place where no human would see him.

Almost 2 km away from the Auction house, Itsuki finally stopped running. The dark Aura that was chasing after Itsuki also finally stopped.

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Itsuki's heart beat wildly as he saw the man slowly walk towards Itsuki.

"You run this so fast. Are you also a homunculus?" Hearing the man's words, Itsuki showed a shocked reaction.

"Who are you? And what is homunculus? Just what are you even talking about?"

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"If you don't how about homunculus, I assume you also don't know about the object that you're currently holding in your hand." For a moment Itsuki looked at the object called Kakugane.

"Judging how fast you were running, I can assume that you're an Aura user." Itsuki again became shocked and more cautious.

"Let me clear you confusion. This object you're holding not called Buso Renkin. It's called Kakugane. There are only about hundred kakugane in this world."

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"Homunculi are a race of artificial creatures, created with alchemy. Along with the Kakugane, it was one of the only pursuits of alchemy that ever succeded, a byproduct of research on artificial life. They are bio-alchemical creatures which sustain themselves almost exclusively by devouring human beings. Meaning, I live by devouring Human." From his words, it was clear that the object that Itsuki was holding was also made by Alchemy as for which alchemy Itsuki was not sure.

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'System, hurry up and scan him.'

[Master, Scanning will take 5 minutes.] Itsuki secretly nodded his head while staring at Kinjo.

"What is your name? Why are you after this Kakugane?"

"Since I am going to devour an Aura user, it wouldn't hurt to answer some of your questions. My name is Kinjo. I was told to bring back the Kakugane which had gone missing for several centuries." From his words, it was clear that he was working for someone.

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Kinjo showed his large teeths with a grin. "Let a tell you something. To a Homunculi, eating An Aura user is like eating in 5-star hotel. The meat of Aura user's are rich in Aura which makes their meat and blood very tasty." Itsuki was feeling more and more uncomfortable hearing Kinjo's words.

"Now hand over the Kakugane, I will make sure that your death is painless." Kinjo said as he started walking towards Itsuki.

Itsuki tightly held the Kakugane in his hand hearing Kinjo's words. "This Kakugane or Buso Renkin, whatever you call it, today you're not taking it away from me." As soon as Itsuki said the words Buso Renkin, it was as if something magical had happened.

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Suddenly the Kakugane expanded outwards as a dark purple light began coming from the Kakugane.

"How is this possible?"

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