Impermanence Land

Chapter Three

At the cafe, Harold and Bruno had already finished drinking their coffee. As discussed, the plan is to lure the pursuer to an alley where there will not be any witnesses.

"We'll go to an alley in the northern district." Harold said. "If we get into trouble, you can charm one of the guards at the gate."

Bruno sighs. "I'm hoping it won't come to that. Should we go now?"

"The pursuer won't want to follow two guys into an alley. He probably doesn't want to fight the two of us at the same time. And he only followed you, so he might have underestimated you."

Bruno gives a smile. "I'll show him once I can get him alone."

Harold lets out a small laugh. "Alright! You go first and I'll follow the guy when he's following you."

With that said, Bruno steps out of the cafe and walks to the central district. In order to go to the north district, one must go through the center of town first. Harold waited for several minutes before leaving himself.

Haoyu, or the Yellow Man as Stella calls him, led Stella and Lyla to the public district of town. In this district, there are public buildings such as schools, government offices, courts, jails, and others.

Haoyu nods toward the middle of the district. "That's my office over there. My assistant should be there. I'll have him take over my duties while I show you girls my mansion."

"It's getting pretty late. How about we go some other time?" Stella said.

"Yes!" Lyla joined in. "We won't be able to do much in so little time."

Haoyu smiles. "Oh, don't worry about that. It's only three in the afternoon. I don't sleep until midnight, so we have plenty of time."

"Our bedtime is six!" Stella said immediately.

Haoyu also frowns. "Really? Aren't you girls too old to have a bedtime?"

At this point, everyone is now at the office building in the middle of the district.

"We're here!" Haoyu said. "This is the mayor's office! Come in!" Haoyu opens the door for the girls.

Inside the building, they walk past the receptionist and into the largest room in the building. This is the mayor's room.

A man wearing a tailored black suit and combed black hair walks up to Haoyu. "Haoyu, let's finish today's agenda before we leave."

"Ah, Yuze!" said Haoyu. "Why don't you handle all of that today? I have guests to entertain tonight!" He turns to Stella and Lyla. "This is my assistant Yuze. He'll handle things while we go to my mansion."

"Guests?" Yuze said to himself. He walks to the girls. Within close range, Yuze's eyes are brown in color. He stares at Stella for a while and whispers to Haoyu. "Isn't that…?"

Before Yuze could finish the question, Haoyu interrupted. "It won't matter. Alright, I'm leaving now!"

Haoyu leads Stella and Lyla to the door and then back to his mansion.

In front of his mansion, Haoyu opens the gates and gestures for the girls to go inside. "Here we are!" Haoyu said with a perverted smile. "Come in!"

Stella steps in first followed by Lyla. Haoyu comes in last and closes the door. At first sight, the mansion has two floors. The first floor has two stairways to go upstairs. The furniture and chandelier are bigger than normal.

"You girls can wait in the living room while I change clothes." Haoyu said and walked upstairs. "Oh, and don't go upstairs unless I say it's okay to."

"What do you think he wants with us?" Lyla asked.

"I don't know and I don't want to find out." Stella answered. "He said don't open any doors unless he says so. Maybe he's hiding something? Maybe he's some kind of pervert?"

Before Lyla could respond, Haoyu had returned from upstairs. He had changed his outfit into a yellow night robe. Stella and Lyla look at each other in disgust.

Leaving the cafe and going through the central district, Bruno enters the northern residential district. There are many houses made of bricks that were painted yellow. Looking for an alley, Bruno scans the area from right to left.

Most of the houses look empty, so Bruno just chooses the houses to his left. He walks into an alley between two houses and waits. Harold had followed the pursuer who had followed Bruno into the alley. The pursuer hides behind a trash can. Harold comes up from behind and grabs him by the back of his shirt.

"Hey! What are you doing!?" the pursuer yelled out. "Let go!"

Harold holds onto the pursuer's shirt. "Why are you following us?"

Bruno walks up to Harold. "Let me take care of him. I want to pay him back for following me."

Harold shrugs and looks at the pursuer. "Alright, kid! You'll fight my cousin one on one. I won't interfere."

The pursuer looks Harold straight in the eyes. At close range, the pursuer's eyes are colored white soil. "Tsk! Fine!"

The pursuer throws Soil Spellbomb at Bruno who quickly steps forward toward the pursuer. The Spellbomb lands on the ground and explodes into white soil particles.

At close range, Bruno punches the pursuer. The pursuer takes the damage and is knocked back. Bruno throws another punch and the pursuer comes to his senses and kicks Bruno in his private area. The area where all male feel the most pain.

As if the pain from the private area weren't enough, Bruno had to deal with the kicks. Anticipating the next kick, Bruno grabs the pursuer's right leg and rolls back. This causes the pursuer to trip and fall onto the ground.

Bruno transforms into his Bear form. The pursuer stands up and quickly transforms into a white Dog. The white Dog prepares for Soil Fang, but Bruno continuously slashes at the Dog with Rain Claw. After about three or four Rain Claws, the white Dog was defeated.

"Remember the Dog that attacked me at Shizi Farm?" Harold said. "This person was that same one."

Bruno gives a confused look. "And why would he follow us here?"

"We'll ask him when he wakes up."