Return of the Fallen Volume 4 Chapter 37
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Author: Blue_Rat
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Mei squeezed through the crowd and leapt into Tsura’s arms.
“Mama, what’s going on? Why are all these people against you?”
Everyone saw Mei’s cuteness and felt their hearts floating away.
Tsura pinched Mei’s cheeks.
“They’re not against me, they are all cheering me on because I won a prize.”
Mei looked at a weird rectangular box behind her mother. It was made from some sort of metal and had a few symbols behind a glass plate that spun when a lever next to the box was pulled. Mei for some reason felt proud of her mother and gently rubbed her head, similarly to how Kazuki would rub her head.
“Mama’s amazing, good job.”
The crowd cheered and laughed at the sight and Tsura couldn’t help but pull at Mei’s little cheeks playfully. She laughed as well and asked.
“Mei Mei, are you surprised at mama’s strengths? Even mama can show her power. This big box behind me was nothing special.”
Kazuki made his way to Tsura and Mei and gave Tsura a thumbs up.
“Looks like you struck it rich.”
Tsura smiled bashfully again. At first, she was just a little curious as to what this metal box did. She saw the slot for a gold Zeni and her hands moved by themselves. She pulled the lever almost by instinct and watched the strange symbols behind the glass spin up incredibly fast. A moment later 4 symbols identical to one another lined up and a bell rang out right after.
This noise alarmed Tsura and she was just about ready to destroy the metal box but she stopped her self when several people approached her from all sides. She wondered if they were about to attack but none of them had a murderous aura and instead walked up to her with faces full of smiles. Next thing she knew they were all cheering for her and congratulating her. Only when this happened did she come to understand that she hadn’t broken the metal box or done something wrong but instead had won some type of prize.
Receiving the head rub from her daughter made her blush slightly in embarrassment because she really had just found out she had won completely by accident. She didn’t really get to show off much in front of Mei so she bragged a little to her.
While all of this was happening, a pair of eyes swept over Tsura. A second later they drifted over Mei before landing on Kazuki and focused in on him. A few whispers were passed back and forth and a large man nodded along before making his way into the crowd.
As the bells settled and rang no more three women and three men dressed scantily danced around two more men who carried a large chest between them. The crowd separated as these escorts and dancers came upon Tsura. The dancer each placed necklaces made from shiny beads around Tsura’s neck, each one congratulating her as they did. Every single one of the men who gave her a necklace also asked if she would be needing any extra services free of charge. They eyed Tsura up and down and admired her subtle beauty. Now that she was also rich, they found her to be the perfect sugar mama.
Tsura didn’t really understand what they meant by extra services and Kazuki kindly informed her. As soon as she understood her face blushed and then went red with anger before blushing again. She found these young men very enticing but there was no place in her heart for men such as them. A figure of a young man appeared in her head. Although he could be cowardly at times but when he was needed, he would be there. Not to mention how smart he was and how he genuinely took an interest in her. How could these dancing fools compare to him?
The two men in the center slowly set the heavy chest down and threw open its lid. Inside it was filled with jewels, tens of thousands of gold Zeni and hundreds of thousands of silver coins. One of the men who had just set the chest down bowed to Tsura.
“Congratulations on winning one of the many jackpots here. For winning you will receive this chest filled with riches as well as a free week stay at the lavish hotel on the upper floors. This comes with fine dining, entertainment, and 5 sessions at the spa. All of this is of course for free and you may use these facilities anytime you wish. Now if you would please place a drop of blood onto this chest, it will become yours at once.”
Tsura looked at Kazuki who then inspected the chest using his ki. He found several inscriptions carved into it but found none of them dangerous and gave her a nod. Tsura bit the tip of her thumb and dripped a single drop onto the chest. Her blood was absorbed into the inscriptions and right afterward she could tell its function. With a thought, the chest shrunk and transformed into a golden necklace in its center sat a purple round jewel.
Many in the crowd looked on with pure envy. The man bowed again and congratulated her once more before he turned and left. The dancers as well gave a bow before they too left. Of course, the male dancers stared at her with fiery and lust-filled eyes but Tsura looked at them with disdain.
Mei was swinging Tsura’s hand back and forth, begging her to transform the chest again because she found it to be interesting but Tsura kept insisting she would only show her if she was well behaved and only later when they were all alone. Tsura was no fool. She could see many eyes staring at her new necklace. This caused her to tuck it down her cleavage between her large breast and out of sight.
“Shall we take this casino up on its offer and go to your room or should we go ahead and leave. I’ve already won more than enough and you, heh, you definitely won enough, or maybe now that you’ve tasted gambling, your greed has been ignited.”
Tsura’s had to admit she felt an itch in her heart now that she won. Not only did she win but she won an actual fortune and it had been as simple as putting a coin in a metal box and pulling a lever. She wanted to try more of this so-called gambling but then she remembered.
“Kazuki, wheres Nunully?”
Kazuki hadn’t seen her for quite a while and wondered that himself. Shaking his head, he said.
“No clue but she couldn’t have gone far. This place has how many floors? Either way, let’s find her, and then we’ll decide whether to stay and relax a little or head out and…”
Kazuki had been mid-sentence when several men approached from all sides. Kazuki could tell right away that these weren’t patrons but instead were fighters or guards. Each one had a weapon at their waist and had good, strong frames. They also collectively stared with a menacing glare. A large man with thick bulging muscles stood at the front. Several guests enjoying themselves could see that something was up but they all knew who ran this place and walked away lest they get caught up in something unfortunate.
The man who seemed to lead these guards stood tall and spoke commandingly.
“You three, come with me right now and don’t make trouble. My boss has called for you.”
Kazuki remembered hearing a certain name from the bar owner.
(Degra wants to see us?)
Tsura instinctively pulled Mei behind her and Kazuki asked.
“I don’ts kno y your boss wishes ta cee us but we were just about to leave so.”
The man grunted in annoyance.
“Fine, I knew this would be bothersome. No one ever wants to just come quietly.”
The man snapped his fingers and pointed at three of them and the men and women surrounding him responded in practiced forms. They each drew their weapons and approached menacingly. Kazuki gave Tsura and Mei a knowing look and they acted at once. Kazuki’s hand was beside one of the heavy slot machines. Extending some strength, he launched the machine at one of the nearby would-be attackers. The slot machine came flying over and slammed into the woman, sending her flying back.
Kazuki then took a step forward and appeared in front of one of the men and gave him a backhand. Teeth and blood flew from his mouth before the man himself followed the momentum and was sent flying away were he proceeded to crash into a table sending money scattering to the floor. Even though most of these guests was well off, something instinctual went off in their minds and they dove to the floor to scoop up as much money as they could into their shirts or pouches.
Tsura grabbed one of the men by the arm and swung him about like a rag doll, striking others and laying them out with the flailing body in her grasp. Mei didn’t sit still either. She jumped into the air and landed on one of the female guard’s shoulders. A cruel smile stretched across Mei’s little face as she kicked the sword in the woman’s hands away and it was sent hurling at the man in front of her. The man was pierced in the leg and while he screamed, Mei punched down. The woman underneath her was knocked unconscious right away from Mei’s overwhelming blow and her knees buckled under her.
The woman was lucky that Mei had remembered to hold back. These people may have drawn swords on her but they didn’t seem to want to kill her but to capture her. So she recalled Kazuki’s words and didn’t kill them. Only if they truly wished her dead would she kill them because Mei was a good girl that listened to her mama and Kazuki.
Mei then picked the unconscious woman up over her head and tossed her body at two more guards, smiling the whole time she did it.
The man leading these guards had no clue how this situation had flipped like this.
(Weren’t they just poor farmers!?)
The threes movements were too quick and all of the guards were lying on the ground either knocked out or groaning in pain with broken limbs. Kazuki took another step forward and appeared before the man. Picking him up by the neck, Kazuki smiled.
“So, y isit, ya boss wonts ta cee us?”
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