CHAPTER 11: Toilet wars

"That damn maid" Rey could finally curse after gurgling his mouth with tap water for a few times.

The rinsing did wash off the sweetness embedded on his tastebuds, but his tongue still felt like a solid slab of concrete.

"Should've chose a better spot."

He spoke before lowering his body and leaning it towards the tap for another round of deep cleaning.

Slowly but surely, one of the toilet stalls behind him opens.

A figure suddenly strikes, like a starving raven at the edge of losing its sanity. As if he knew it beforehand, Rey shuffled to the side, letting the strike of his sword miss before grabbing onto his outstretched arm and toss it towards the wall in front of him. He hit the wall on the back hard, as the mirror shatters into pieces, but he manage to get back up quickly.

"You already realized me?"

The figure pat off the glass shards off his coat as he spoke. Tall, slender, black, at least in terms of his clothing, no offence.

He is wielding two katanas in his hand, wearing a black scarf and an equally black top hat as well as another black again sunglasses. In fact, he is wrapped up so tight that aside from the smoke of his cigarettes that added a dash of white, he is basically invisible to the naked eye in the dark.

"Should've said that you smell like smoked beef."

Rey joked, the main replied with a cold chuckle.

"What do you want." Rey raises his fist as he poses his fighting stance. He take a quick glance at his current situation.

The toss is a nice counter, but this also causes him to very conveniently be wedged in between him and the door, which is the only exit. The washroom is long and shaped like a tube, which meant there maybe a little bit of advantage for him.

Getting close up would be a lot more easier, but he shouldn't underestimate those blades too.

One wrong move and he may lose and arm or a leg. This isn't some puny thugs at the bar, he is a professional, someone he shouldn't be underestimating.

"Let me guess, a redheaded ginger wimp call you to do this?" Rey asked out, it isn't hard to guess the source.

"I am just following what I am paid for." The man spoke coldly before jolting towards Rey. He waved his sword sideways, Rey backs up and immediately lean close towards the wall, dodging another chop of his.

"Looks like he really wanted me dead." Rey alerted himself in his heart. He kept the distance, waiting for the window of opportunity.

"Bingo!"

Yuki shouted as she toss the last card off her hand. "I won!" She raised her hand high, delighted." "Congratulations, Miss!" The waitress beside clapped her hand, celebrating her victory.

"Now lets play another round...." While she was shuffling the cards, the accidentally tipped over Rey's glass that was placed exactly at the edge of the table.

The glass wobbled, losing it's balance before stumbling down on the ground and shatters into pieces.

"Oh, my bad." The waitress stuck her tongue out, apologizing for her clumsiness. "I get the broom and mop, wait here, don't got anywhere."

She reminded before heading towards the washroom to grab the mop "Y-yeah." Yuki replied, but felt a sense of weird tingling feeling deep inside her.

Why does she felt that the sound of shattering glass is coming...somewhere else?

"Gah!"

Rey backs up, the sharp edge of the blade slice through his arm protecting him, leaving two cuts, not deep, but not shallow either.

"Where is the supposed advantage?" Rey grumbled in his mind.

Another chop, Rey immediately kick open the toilet stall beside him, using the door as a shield to block it out.

"Oho, a strategist."

The man let out a satisfied laugh before leaping onto the sink beside to overcome the obstacle. Rey duck another attack as he backs up into the toilet stall. The man continue his rampage, Rey dodged his hits, but is unable to counter neither one of it. As he backs up further and further, his back touched the cold marble wall behind him, there is no path left.

"No way to run, no way to hide."

The man two of his katanas high for a dicing, but Rey surprised him once more by using the metal pipe of the toilet washer lying around him. He blocked the hit, before encircling the pipe around his wrist, with the nozzle spray pointed directly at his face.

"I will take this"

With that, he pulled down the trigger as a concentrated jet of water sprayed right at his face. The man let out a grunt, and Rey uses this long-awaited window to kick him hard in the guts.

Forcing him to let go of his katanas as he backs out from the toilet stall. "Who the hell are you!?" The man wipe off the water drenching his top hat and scarf.

"I?"

Rey grab onto the two of his newfound weapons. "I am just a Streaming Agent." He spoke as he enters his battle stance. Arms crossed, two blades on his shoulder like the revealing fang of a saber-toothed tiger.

It had been long but he still remember every single bit of it, the might of a swordsman was carved deep into his bones.

"And I won't let anyone harm my client."

The man gulped as he took a step back seeing such aura, he could indistinctly see a shadow behind him.

A vague but clear figure, of a blood red demon, eyes gazing right onto his puny soul.

"I-I am sorry" He totally lose his cold as he stumble a few steps back.

"I-I am really sorry! I am just following order-"He turn his head and decided to leg it. He isn't paid enough for this shit, but jus as he was about to did so, the staff of the broom hit him right in the head.

The scenes in his eyes began to twist and turn before finally blacking out as he fell to the ground with a thud.

"Today, we have our headlines, regarding how an owner of a maid shop had successfully defeated a dangerous criminal, all by herself! What would you like to say about the incident today? Miss Yao?"

"Nice, all by herself."

Rey spoke sarcastically as he sat on the couch in front of the television.

"I am just alone at the shop with two customers. One of them was cornered by the criminal, I heard his screams, so I came for his rescue!" Yao smiled in front of the camera as she spoke the goddamn truth.

"Yeah, definitely not because the fact you needed a broom." Rey took a slurp out of the instant ramen in his bowl.

Through the cameras, he could see people started to trickling into her shop, looks like that is one great way of advertising.

But Rey gotta gave her the credit for hitting that guy in the head, although Rey could've done it himself, she still got the bravery for that strike.

Anyways, no one is in vain either way.

"Hope she is doing well in there..." Rey drank down the salty savoury goodness of the instant noodle broth before heading to the kitchen to dump the container off.

"H-hello?"

Yuki adjusted the camera, but still unwilling to let go of the lens, she seems quite hesitating and a bit shy, complete contrast over the cheery her during streams.

Although she didn't have many viewers in each stream, and there aren't a lot of long-term fans, but this is the world she is going to show. Either way, she is a nervous wreck.

"F-first, I, uh, I am going to apologize for starting it late." She stammered. "I, uh, had to go for some shopping with a friend after listening to your voice...." As she spoke, messages started to appear in the comment section:

[Happyier055: What voice?]

[Lol-lipop: Your clothing?]

[Hahhaf: Lol, that was too old school.]

[Dreamistaken: Should've tried something newer of this age.]

[Sadist000: Your grandma wove it for you?]

"S-So, I bought this for you all..."

Slowly, she let go of her palm, and it took a second for the viewers to get a great look at her.

She is wearing a classical, typical black and white maid dress. With white pantyhose, her golden hair tied into ponytails while wearing white silk gloves.

"S-so, y-yeah..."

She zone out for a moment, maybe because of the gushing blood in her mind caused by embarrassment, but she was instantly snapped back by a scent of smoke. "W-wha?" She lifted her head up, and found the Box squished full with viewers.

The chat section is so crowded that the system started to crash. Buffs and donations flooded in so much she could've heard someone saying "Noah go get the damn boat".

Worst of all, her setup is over heat, and it is starting to set up on flames.

"W-what!"

"What is that smoke!?"

"R-Rey! I-it overloaded!"

"Put the fire out first!!"

"I am trying!"

"Where is the fire extinguisher?!"

"I-it is in the kitchen!"

"..."