Me and My Detective

The sun has set. I said goodbye to them, left the gym, and headed to my next target. I let Xin follow that man after he left Aven alone. Aven seemed fine, but his look was a bit of a fright; I could see it. He flinched, his eyes dropped, and his face was pale.

'Aven owes him money. Seems like that man offered him something, and Aven didn't have enough money to pay.'

Something?

'They didn't say the exact word. But that man gave him a threat.'

Threat!?

'Turn left...A body.'

The thread...is a body? What the hell is that!?

'He said it like that 'If you don't pay me the money, how about the body instead' Like this!'

So, Is he a loaner!?

'I don't know.'

You're not good at spying.

'What? I told you everything that I heard.'

When it comes to me, you spy on me in everything.

'I'm your shadow! I see and know everything!'

Pervert.

Then I see the man with the beanie. He's about to turn to the tiny alley.

Xin, makes him slip.

'Um.'

Xin sprints himself and appears invisibly in front of the man, causing him to trip his foot and fall to the ground.

Then, I quickly jump to the front before he gets up.

"What?"

The beanie man.

"Hi."

"Who are you?... Ah, I saw you at the pharmacy earlier."

"..."

"I know what you want."

"You know?"

I ask.

"I saw...what you were asking for."

"..."

"Did Aven send you to ask me?"

"..."

"Do you have money? If not, don't bother..."

He asks.

"Like a rain falls."

"Hmpt...for what? You don't have one of them."

He asks and looks at the dark area on the floor behind me.

"You mean this..."

I tell him, and then Let Xin spread out behind me, and the beanie man moves his eyes along with him.

"Ha...Yours is even bigger than that boy."

Aven? So he has the shadow.

"However, you have to wait."

The beanie man.

"Why?"

"I don't have to tell you...just wait, and I'll contact you."

He tells me and is about to turn away.

I grab his shoulder and push against the wall.

"Fuck..."

"Why do I have to wait?"

I ask.

'Cool, you look cool, Roelle. Can I do next!!?'

"I don't have them right now...and...fuck! You're strong!"

"Thanks, but I need it right now."

Which I really don't know what the hell he is talking about.

"I know girls, and everybody wants them these days. It's a mad world we live in. But the sellers are out of stock right now. They need more time to get one of those."

"Aren't you the seller?"

"Haha fuck no, I am just a middleman."

"Tell me, who is the seller?"

"..."

"You don't fucking want to know."

He pushes me away and steps closer to me.

"You're just a girl. Don't find any trouble."

"Aven owes you money, right?"

I ask, and he looks at me differently.

"How much?"

"Heh."

He smirks and walks away.

"Or he owes it to the sellers, not you."

"Hmpt!"

He hurriedly turns back and pushes me to the wall.

"What the fuck do you really want from me, girl?"

"I want what Aven wants..."

"I'm fucking told you you have to wait...And Aven can not get any more of them if he won't pay me!."

"So I ask how much?... if I pay you his debt...all of it, you tell me the seller's name and leave him alone?"

I ask him with a steady face.

"!!!"

His eyes are wild.

"Are you fucking serious?"

"I think my face is very serious right now."

I answer.

"Tell me, and I will pay everything."

"..."

His body is shaking.

"Why do you want his name?"

His...

"Because I really crave those..."

Those... what... Xin.

'I don't know!'

"That we cannot mention in public."

I continue.

'Nice.'

"You cannot get to him that easily."

"Just leave that to me. You don't have to care."

"!!"

"Why are you scared of him?"

I ask after seeing his reaction.

"!!"

"Two million."

He tells me.

"..."

"Two million, too much, eh?"

Xin, back me up here.

'How?'

Play along.

"Are you sure or just messing with me because I'm just a girl?"

"Hahaha. You don't have enough of that...then fuck off."

"*Snarl."

Xin spreads out into a form and presses him to the ground.

"Ha...ha...Arghhhh!!"

That...

"TELL ME THE NAME, WHERE TO FIND IT, AND TELL ME WHAT EXACTLY HE OWES YOU *Growl."

Xin.

"Zhen Yong in Doldrums, and that kid owes him two million. If he won't pay me, I'll be dead."

Oh, I should use this plan from the beginning.

"So what about the body?"

I ask.

"What...You were listening?"

"TELL ME WHAT ABOUT IT. *Growl."

Xin.

"AHH!! If he doesn't pay, we'll have to take him to the seller!!"

"When?"

"Ha...let me goooo."

He screams.

"TELL HER!"

Xin.

"7 days, Zhen Yong gives me until next week!"

"!!"

"I'll take care of it."

I speak up.

"What?"

He's confused.

"You. Stop going to the Gym and leave Aven alone. Got it?"

I step closer and look down at him.

"Ha..."

"GOT IT!?"

Xin.

"Fuck! Even if I let him go, that kid will crawl back to me again. He's addicted to those pills..."

Pills?

"That's why he owes me a lot... He comes back and asks for more...I warn you, girl... if you take that pill, you will be obsessed with it."

"Why?"

"Who wouldn't want to be free of your own shadow...If it can eat you alive."

He explains and looks at Xin.

"If I see you with him again, you'll be the one who will be eaten alive."

I threaten him.

"!!!"

"Understand!?"

I repeat.

"..."

"UNDERSATAND!?"

Xin.

"Fuck! Yes!!"

"Let him go."

I tell Xin.

"*Snarl.."

Xin growls at him.

"What are you doing?"

I ask.

"Playing along."

Xin.

"Just let the man go, please."

"Fine."

Xin.

"ARGH!!!"

That man gets up and runs away immediately.

'How was I?'

Cool, very cool detective.

'Hm-Hm, Hahaha I know.'

Then, what should we do next? We know this guy is not the loaner; he is the middleman selling the pills to Aven. The pills probably help him from his shadow, but we still don't know what exactly the pill can do or its effect. And Zhen Yong is the main seller in Doldrums village. 

That means…

'Roelle!!!'

"Ha!!"

I am dozing off while walking myself to the apartment and almost get hit by a car.

Almost.

"*Sigh…"

Then I turn to the right, pass one block and get upstairs to my room.

The Apartment

I remove my jacket, t-shirt, and pants and head to the bathroom.

'Roelle, shoes.'

"Ah…"

I move myself and sit in the bathtub with my lingerie hanging my legs outside the tub. Before I bend my body to touch my shoelace. Xin forms himself into a strong form and takes off my shoes for me.

"You…almost got hit, you know that."

Xin.

"Ah…I'm sorry."

"..."

That means…

"The loan and the eviction and other debt are different stories."

"..."

"Too messy…Aven…What should I do…"

"...Your body is hot…You think too much."

"Hmmm."

I put my hands to cover my face and push my hair back.

"Turn back."

I turn my back to Xin and he takes off the rest of my body. Then, Xin turns on the water.

"If he is in the village, why don't you ask for that psycho pudding?"

Xin suggests.

"Mmm. I don't want to cause any trouble for him."

"...Then what are you going to do?...your body is going explode…it's not your problem."

"I know…but they…"

"Important."

"Yes."

"..."

"I can offer them money, but they won't take that for sure. 2M. for that beanie, three-month bills…total around 15K, and the loan money is 1.2M. At least 4M."

"..."

"What the Fuck!! Why did Aven loan that much money, and why are those pills worth 2 million!?"

Then I scream out after realizing how much money he owes.

Since I am a Mid-Rank fighter, if I attend the match, I'll get 800k per match and if I win I'll get another 800k. I have to attend at least three matches and I have to win. 

"3 matches in 1 week."

"Are you serious?"

"Mmm, there's no other way…and Geez I forget. There's percent share for Mr. Laith…then at least 4 or 5 in…1…week…"

"No, I won't let you."

Xin.

"Too much?"

Maybe I'll just find the first 2 million for that beanie…But all the debts are overdue, and I don't know when they will come for Aven.

"Your body will…No, I won't let you…Tell him."

"..."

And another thing: How can we find the Zhen Yong guy?

"...I'll tell him."