Casino Bloodbath
Ciel was weaponless currently, however Azik was not. He knew that he was also too far to successfully close the distance between them before a rain of bullets would fall upon him. Perhaps his corpse may have been indestructible but the present him was not.
Luckily for Ciel, there was someone else situated just beyond his reach. Of course that was none other than the burly man, Max Nunez. Ciel used the time it would take Azik to fully draw out his gun to close the distance between himself and Max.
Max meanwhile still appeared in a state of confusion regarding everything which was unfolding. Then before he realized what was happening and before he could do anything, Max had his throat assaulted by a swift jab. As Ciel performed his attack with one hand, the other reached inside Max's jacket and took hold of his gun.
However, by the time he had succeeded in retrieving the gun, no matter how swift and perfect his actions were, Azik simply had a far greater advantage over him. Azik's hand had already retrieved his gun and fully aimed it Ciel's way.
Ciel meanwhile had yet to even raise his gun, however he did not fear what was to come next. Just as Azik was about to pull the trigger, Ciel calmly tilted his head slightly, raising his gun as he did.
BANG!
Azik unleashed the first gunshot, however it failed to reach Ciel's skull and instead merely obliterated half of his left ear. By the time that first shot was over and before Azik pulled the trigger once more, Ciel had finished raising his weapon.
BANG!
Just a moment after the first bullet was sent forth, the second one reverberated loudly within the casino's expanse. Ciel then saw Azik's head jolt backwards violently as his body lost all its strength and fell onto the casino's floor with a thud.
Ciel immediately turned to Max which was still recovering from his previous strike and without hesitation he directed the gun's barrel Max's way.
BANG!
Once more a gunshot boomed loudly within The Royal Casino.
Ciel now stood before two corpses. All around him the people had entered a stupor of fearful frenzy as they scattered forth in all directions. Ciel examined them with cold indifference for a few moments, uncaring about the stream of blood which currently traveled down from his obliterated ear to his left shoulder.
When he finished his brief observing of the panicked crowd, Ciel took a few calm paces towards Azik's corpse before then reaching out for his gun.
Hmm, both are part of The Regular-Grade…
He examined the two guns before securing the second one within his pants and walking away. After what he had just done, Ciel knew that he could no longer continue forward with his previous plans of joining The Red Tiger Gang. Now only a bloodbath awaited him.
Ciel was the only figure which was currently taking calm steps towards the direction of the exit. All around him the others were too fearful to notice his leisure, much less care about its source. As he walked, Ciel could already see the men donned in black suits approaching in his direction. Discerning them was not difficult as they alone went against the panicked current.
Before they could catch a glimpse of him, Ciel took it upon himself to raise his gun and welcome them.
BANG!
BANG!
BANG!
*****
Within The Royal Casino, upon a room forged of steel alloy and possessing lavish furniture, two figures were currently present. One was a man with blue eyes, short dark brown hair, and possessing a beard of the same color upon his chiseled jaw. He wore an expensive gray suit and shiny laceless black shoes. Before him was the second figure which was currently sprawled atop the sole desk of the room.
She was a beautiful woman with pale skin, golden hair, and calm green eyes. She wore a black bodycon dress which wrapped tightly around her voluptuous figure. Her perfect collarbones and slender shoulders were left bare while her dress ended just above her knees, barely hiding away the set of milky white thighs beneath its cover.
The woman wore a seductive smile as she posed herself upon the desk, all for the pleasure of the man before her. That man too had a smile of his own equipped, however his was one of utter carnal desire and raging lust.
The two had already been drinking leisurely for some time now until at last the tension erupted and he would be able to indulge himself. Within this moment the man found the suit he wore, something which he went through great care to keep clean and untouched, as nothing more than a nuisance.
He would tear it to shreds if it dared to obstruct him from what was to come.
And yet, before either could quench their lust, the man suddenly heard the door of the room be knocked.
TAP!
TAP!
TAP!
The abrupt knocking were not light ones, echoing into the room like that of loud drums. The noise immediately filled the man with intense fury as he yelled out.
"Did I not say to leave me the fuck alone for the next three hours?!"
Behind the lavish wooden door, the knocking ceased before a hesitant voice rang forth.
"Sir. I–I'm sorry for the disturbance, but there is an incident occurring and no other head but you is present tonight."
The man's brows knitted tightly together, his anger and irritation only boiling further.
"I don't give a shit what the disturbance is! Deal with it yourselves! Use a damn bullet if you want, just leave me alone!"
Once more the voice behind the door hesitated, however in the end they continued to speak.
"Sir… W-Well the thing is, within the ground floor, an unknown person is firing down on us. We have already responded with all the men present and still…"
The voice behind the door suddenly gained a new cadence of fear etched into it, however, this time it was not towards the man he was speaking to.
"H-He has not died yet Sir… He has already killed over fifteen men."
Hearing this, the man's full focus was immediately taken away from the beautiful woman to his side as his back turned straight and his expression deadly serious.
Someone is attacking us? Is he from a rival gang? And if he has already killed this many then is he like me?
The man turned to face the beautiful woman who was collecting herself and smiled apologetically to her.
"Sorry love, we will have to do this some other day."
Saying nothing more, the man promptly exited the room and joined the startled figure behind it. Soon, the two were out of sight.
*****
Ciel was no longer within the same state as he had been from the start of this ordeal. His clothing was now drenched by crimson splashes, both by the blood of others and that of his own. His left arm alone bore three bullet wounds, a consequence of Ciel using it to shield himself from incoming fire.
His right shoulder, and left thigh were in a similar state. However, despite his injuries Ciel was unbothered by them. After all, if he escaped the casino successfully then Rin would quickly solve any issues he may have in regards to injuries.
Ciel was already near the entrance doors of The Royal Casino, however, not only had the doors already been sealed shut but two Red Tigers were situated behind two massive pillars which rested on the right and left corners. The pillars were not near the entrance nor each other, yet Ciel would not be able to advance without dealing with them first.
Ciel himself was momentarily taking cover behind a thrown down slot machine, its holographic specs damaged by the fall and currently showcasing endless fireworks which seemed to lag from time to time.
The remaining Red Tigers which were present before had not left the area but instead were but corpses scattered all throughout the floor. Those which managed to survive were barely holding onto their lives while a few decided to retreat with the promise of returning with heavier weaponry.
If such a promise was kept, then Ciel might just die upon this night.
He had been able to contend with The Red Tiger Gang's Royal Division members for the simple fact that they lacked any weapon which was not of The Regular-Grade. Furthermore, the previously panicking crowd had allowed him to sew confusion upon who exactly was the killer.
Yet the horrified herd had already vacated the casino and those that didn't were hiding throughout the casino's expanse, far from where the slaughter was unfolding. All this was what left Ciel within his current predicament.
With little time to act, Ciel at last grasped the handgun which he had taken from Azik's corpse and readied to move. Then from behind the fallen slot machine he soon dashed out while unleashing two simultaneous barrages of gunfire upon the two pillars.
As he did he chose to close the distance between himself and the nearest pillar. The moment he did and turned its corner he was met by a muzzle aimed at his head.
BANG!
The Red Tiger did not hesitate to pull his trigger, however even then it was not enough. Ciel had already anticipated such an obvious attack as such the moment he met the gun's muzzle he had already stretched out his hand towards it, using the body of his grasped gun as a means to shield himself from the bullet. Of course that was not enough and the bullet soon penetrated the held gun and nearly passed clean through his palm but failed to do so fully in the end.
This provided the needed opening and soon The Red Tiger's lifeless body fell to the ground after the echo of a gunfire.
Ciel's cold stare then turned to The Red Tiger situated upon a pillar not far from where he stood. He was prepared to take action against him and at last escape from the bloodbath which he had been instrumental in forging, when suddenly a furious voice boomed forth.
"Fucker!"
Ciel then felt a presence appear behind him. A powerful grasp engulfed his shoulder before he could react and he was sent flying a few feet into the air. A second after, he crashed into the floor, just a meter or two away from the fallen slot machine.
Ciel was confused as to how the figure managed to reach him so quickly yet he did not hesitate to raise his remaining gun and fire forth.
BANG!
BANG!
Ciel's attacker, a man cladded in an expensive gray suit, suddenly had his head jolted back violently as two bullets cleanly landed upon his skull.
However, the man did not fall. He merely staggered back slightly before then slowly raising his head once more. Ciel then saw something troublesome. The man's head, which hosted a set of blue eyes, dark brown hair and a beard of the same color, was thick and bulky, at least his forehead was.
So much so that it appeared as though the man wore a helmet of steel underneath his skin. And right above his brows was a wound surrounded by torn flesh which unleashed a stream of blood that trickled down between his brows. At the center of that gruesome injury were two bullets etched shallowly within shattered white bone.
It appeared that the man's skull alone was enough to reject the two bullet's touch of death. The moment Ciel realized such, confusion surged within his mind along with a single thought.
An esper?