Chapter 5

I made it to the harbor without any trouble, so I got here pretty quick.

But even though I said that, I wasn’t able to reach the kidnappers.

I quickly parked the car and started to look inside the store house and other structures where they fix boats.

I’m really worried on what they might do to Folia and Ivana, so I search the each places without resting.

“Damn it! This is the 8th one I’ve looked into now!”

*Bang!*

I hit my clenched fist on one of the containers placed near me.

About 10 minutes or so has passed and I still don’t have a single clue where they are, could it be that I got my deduction wrong?

“Shit! Where the hell are they!?”

“Excuse me sir? You’re not allowed here if you’re not part of the crew, so if you could just…”

I don’t want to make too much trouble to the people here, so I’s about to head to another building.

“Hmm!?”

But from the corner of my eyes, I spot a familiar man.

Though I said “Familiar” I’ve only seen him once and that was when I tried to save Ivana and Folia, in other words he is one of the kidnappers.

Since I was really loud, he was able to notice it was me and quickly ran towards the rear exit.

But did this guy seriously think that I would let him get away?

“Hey! Wai— what are you guys doing!?”

I was about to run after him, but I was stopped by the ship repair crew.

The men grab on to my arm and started to push me back.

Damn it! I need to get these guys away from me, but I can somewhat tell that they aren’t part of the kidnapping, so hurting them I out of the question.

Wait a minute…I guess I can use that trick. I feel sorry for them but…

While they continue to drag me out, I close my eyes and ready myself.

Alright James, remember that feeling, let them feel how piercing and twisted fear is.

*THUM!*

The atmosphere around me started to distort and the 7 men who grabbed on to me trembled and let go of me.

3 fainted to the ground while foam coming out while of their mouths while twitching, 2 drop down to the ground and even pissed themselves and the last two stood still while trembling and mumbling something.

But there is one same expression I see from all of them, they have really teary eyes.

It kind of weird to see grown men cry like this, but seeing as I’m the cause, I should just leave them alone.

Though I said all of those things, some of them I still blocking my way, so…

“Move a side.”

As soon as I said those words the not only did the 4 men, excluding the 3 fainted ones, ran in a panic towards the building’s walls, so did all the workers that’s far away from me.

Oops, I guess I made the area of effect too big.

I really want to apologize properly, but I don’t have the time.

Since a few minutes have passed since the kidnapper ran, I dash straight to the rear exit.

It was a good thing that I noticed him running to the right before the door closed.

When I got out of the building, I only saw one path that goes to the right so just ran straight.

As I continue running, I also glance to the sides, just in case he hide inside on one of the buildings.

“Huh? Wait…wasn’t that the…”

Since I passed it a few steps away, I went back.

I while I took a glance the inside of building, what I found was not the man I was chasing but the van they used as a get-away vehicle.

There might be some clues inside the van, so I came inside in what seems to be a small parking garage.

While I do want to find clues inside the van, but it would seem that I found a better way of finding out where the girls are.

I quickly turn my body and grabbed on to the arm that was about to swing a wrench at me.

It was one of the kidnapper I was just chasing, he was about to hit me at the back of my head, but I easily stopped him and punched him in the stomach.

But that wasn’t an ordinary punch I gave him, I made sure that his insides will keep vibrating and move intensely, so he is feeling quite a lot of pain.

He quickly fell on his knees and his eyes started to water in pain.

“Guha! Wha—what the hell did you—graaa…do to me!? Guu!!”

He started to squirm on the floor will groaning and couching out his spit.

Even though he asked me what I did to him, I don’t really have any obligations to answer him, so I grab him by the neck with my left arm, slam his body to the side of the van and raise him.

With my sudden action, he looked at me from above complete with fear and despair.

“Please, s—stop.”

“I didn’t give you the right to speak, did I?”

*Crack*

“Gyaaaaaaaaa!”

That small crack sound was the sound of me breaking his pointing finger, by bending it to the left.

His pointing finger now looks like the letter “L”.

I don’t have time to do this, but if I played detective and find clues, then that would waste even more of my time.

That is why the fastest way of me finding them, is by asking one of the accomplice.

“Now then, I’m going to ask you one question and you better answer me fast because I’ll only be counting to 9.”

I’m not sure if he got what I said, since he is still screaming and rapidly moves his body as I lift him by the neck, but I’ll still ask anyway.

“Where did you take the girls?”

“Shit! It hurts, it hurts.”

“Tch, by the way when I said I would count to 9, I meant I’d be using your fingers…9.”

*Crack*

“Gyaaaaaaaaa!”

“Now I’ll ask you again! Where are the girls!?”

“I—I can’t…”

“That’s 8.”

*Crack*

“Gyaaaaaa! Guuuuu…I…I can’t tell you…or he’ll ki…”

“7.”

*Crack!*

“Gyaaaa!! Guhaaa!!

The last finger that I haven’t brake yet is his thumb.

I grab on to his last remaining finger on his left hand.

“OK! Alright, I’ll tell you where they send them! Just please, please stop…”

He finally gave in.

“We…ghuu…we send them by a small boat, there’s a Yacht out on the sea, to the north-east at the pier…hah…hah…it belongs to the ringleader. He said he’ll use the red haired girl for ransom.”

“…...What about the other girl, the black haired one with glasses?”

“I…I don’t know…they might sell her off or...or they might even…”

Damn, now I really need to get to them!

“Look man, I’m just a henchman, I don’t know anything so please, just let me go…”

He seem to be telling me the truth.

*Crack*

“Gyaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!”

“If you’re lying, I’ll break the others.”

I’ve already said that I’m in a hurry so I just threw the guy to the side and ran to the pier.

I was in luck! When I got there, I found an unmanaged motor boat!

I quickly took off the rope that’s tied to the pier and hop on. I then pull the string that starts the engine.

With my 2nd try, engine started to vibrate and its propeller spun.

I grab at the steering rod and lower the engine to the water.

*VROOOOOO!”

The motor boat ran straight to the sea, I then steer it to the North-East.

“So he wasn’t lying to me after all.”

It only took me about 5 minutes to finally reach the Yacht, but I couldn’t get close to it since I noticed that there are thugs guarding it, so I maintained distance.

“Guess I’ll just swim there, but before that…”

I took out a tool box I found while I made my way here and took 2 screw drivers.

“Alright, this will do. Now then…humph.”

*Splash*

I put the screw drivers on my back pocket and swam all the way to the yacht.

When I made it to the yacht, I observed the yacht’s frame; fortunately I could pierce the frame as long as I put enough force and accuracy.

*Thung* *Thung*

I started to clime the lower part of the yacht, but because of the noise it makes 2 men came over and look below.

They were holding on to what seems to be a machine gun, but before they start shooting and call for more thugs, I use my muscle in my arms and darted my way upwards.

Before they even react, I made a round house kick to their chin and they quickly got knocked out.

“Sheesh, and I just got here to—ah. Damn, I should have left one conscious.”

I forgot to get some information.

“Hey! Who the hell are—guha.”

Well, I guess that won’t be much of trouble for me, seeing as their so many to get info from.

By the way, the reason why the guy earlier got quiet all of a sudden is because I’m giving him a strangle hold while I put the tip of the screw driver in the middle of his collarbone.

“If you don’t to get hurt, you better tell me what I want to know. Two girls just got on board, where are they?”

“Heh, I kid like you won’t do it, so why will I tell you anythi—“

Is that so…

*Gucha*

Since he isn’t cooperating with me, I stabbed him on his right leg.

“Gyaaa—hmmp.“

He is giving me a shocked look, as if he could believe on what I just did to him.

“Just because I’m young, doesn’t mean I don’t have the guts to end you here.”

I tighten my hold.

“Now talk, where are they?”

I put a slight killing aura while I cover his mouth. His knees started to tremble and his eyes getting teary.

It looks like he is willing to talk, so I slowly remove my hand and loosen my hold.

“The red haired girl is…is on the 3rd floor, in the boss’s room…”

“And the other one? Where is she?”

He must have thought that I’m only here for Ivana, since her family is rich.

“The other one? I…I think they took her to the basement.”

I tighten my choke, he then starts to cough.

“Don’t think about it, tell me where she is.”

“She’s there, I swear she is! I was about to go down and join the other guys!”

“……I don’t need you anymore.”

“Eh?”

He already told me enough, so I grabbed the back of his head and…

*Blaam!*

Slammed it to the wall, as he his body slides down the wall…

*Wham!*

I hit the back of his head with my knee.

Now that I know where they are, I need to save them.

Before the knocked out man falls to the floor, I was already making my way to the lower ground.

(3rd person POV)

At the underground level of the yacht is where most of the so called luggage is being kept.

Though the normal luggage her are supposed to be furniture or other big sized objects, the things that are kept here are people.

Or to be more precise, the business that is being done here is Human Trafficking.

The mastermind of this shady business is a black merchant named Miggsy Kloy, usually he will be doing business somewhere else, but unfortunately he heard rumors about one of the Weorold Academy’s Founders own daughter in high school is mostly unguarded when heading home.

And so, he thought that the young high schooler is an easy target.

When he finally got a hold of her, he was very happy that he got an extra girl to sell.

That extra girl is no other than Foltesia Chilton.

“Kyaa!”

She was thrown inside in what seems to be a cage and not only that, it was obvious that it wasn’t clean for days, maybe even for weeks.

Folia groan as she lifts herself up.

Her legs weren’t tied, but her hand we’re, so she thought that it would be hard for her to fight back.

She then looks around for a weapon to protect herself, given that there are 5 thugs that are on guard.

But what scares her most is that they might stop guarding her and do something else.

When she looks around the cage she was shock that she wasn’t the only one inside.

3 little girls are inside, trembling while wearing something that is close in being call rags.

(These girls are taken to!? but their so young!?)

Are the thought that went through her mind.

If she is planning to fight back, then that would mean that she will need to keep these girls safety in mind. But…

(I can’t do that, I’m not trained. The best thing I can do is to keep myself safe, but even I’m not guaranteed that I’ll be fine.)

She was down hearted on noticing how weak she is.

(I might have a slim chance if I got myself a weapon, but I can’t really leave these girls alone.)

While she tries to think up of another strategy, one of the 3 girls that seems to be at the age of 7 plead to take her back home and grab on to one of the guards.

“Tch, shut it you little brat!”

But the man raised his arm and swings it towards the girl.

But Folia’s reaction was faster so she rams the man on his side by using her shoulder.

“Leave her alone you scum!”

From her anger, Folia shouted at the man.

But given the situation she’s in, her shout would just make her future plans fail.

“What the hell is up with this chick!?”

Anger can obviously be seen at the man’s eyes, his companions on the other hand made a taunting laughs, which made the man that Folia tackled even angrier.

“Ghrr…this bitch got a lot of guts.”

As the man got up from the floor, one of his companions steps inside the cage and crouches down while maintaining his stare towards Folia.

“Hey guy, isn’t this the first time that we actually got ourselves a teenager? I mean all we kidnap are kid because of our customer’s sick taste.”

“Now that we think about it, hehe, yeah, you’re right about that.”

“Won’t that mean she is unneeded goods?”

What Folia feared is happening. These men now have nothing but lust in their eyes.

They slowly walk closer to Folia, while smirking and laughing, as if they’re nothing but wild hungry hyenas.

But not all 6 men are after Folia’s body.

“Hey, we can taste test the other good to right?”

“Yeah, the tighter the better. Come here brat.”

One of the men grabs the hair of a 10 year old girl and dragged her out of the cage.

But Folia quickly act and push through the surrounding thugs and once again did a tackle at the same man she tackled before.

“I said leave them alone! You sick bastards!”

She then blocks the 2 men by keeping the 10 year old girl behind her.

The girl is clearly scared from what happened and clings on to Folia’s back and upon seeing this; the other 2 girls started crying.

Folia then looks behind her and tried to calm the girl, but even if she did, she won’t have any ideas on how to save them.

The man that Folia tackled twice quickly stood up, filled with anger.

“Alright that’s it, if you want to be fucked that badly, fine! I’ll do you first!”

*Slap!*

“Kyaaa!”

The man slapped Folia with the back of his hand and made fall to her knees. He then grabbed her hair, forcibly raised her and slams her to the wall.

“Grrr…let go of me!”

“Heh, still acting tough, huh? But let’s see if you can still keep that act after…this!?”

*Riiip!*

The man grabbed on to the collar of Folia’s shirt and tore it.

Folia swing her arms, but since they are tied together, it was easily caught.

Seeing Folia still having her fighting spirit, the man called for his friends.

“Hey, help me out with this girl!”

The 5 remaining men walked towards her and lift her just so they can put her down on the cold steel floor.

Folia’s body is now spread open and with her naked chest exposed, the men’s lust grew even stronger.

“I’ll go first; this bitch is pissing me off for a while now.”

Though Folia is still flailing her body the kidnappers notice that her eyes is starting to get teary and her body slightly trembling.

“Hahaha! What’s wrong? Can say anything anymore, too scared? Don’t worry; I’ll make you feel good soon enough.”

The other men with free hands, tried to take her pants and underwear off, but since Folia is moving too much, they decided to just rip it apart with force.

As he look at her from above, he starts to unzip his pants.

(No! Why is this happening!? Sis, please save me!)

Folia screamed inside her thoughts.

She is scared, really, really scared. All those words she said against the man were nothing but an act, a bluff to keep her from panicking.

But now that the men have her held down the floor, she has no longer any way to escape.

(Please! Save me………….James!!!)

Suddenly, her body stopped trembling.

(Huh? My heart suddenly became calmer.)

The feeling of fear inside her slowly but surely started to fade.

(How can I be this calm…could it be…could it be because I call his name?)

He called out a man’s name, a man that he just met yesterday.

(How can a man I just met yesterday make my heart feel so calm, no, actually my heart is beating faster, but not because of fear…but because of…)

She finally understood, she finally found where that thumping sound comes from.

It might be very simple for something like this to happen to her, but she doesn’t care.

Because she finally understood her own feelings, her feeling of…

(Love, I feel in love with a man who I just meet! He might not look like it, but he’s smart, the way he deduct things is amazing! As for his body, I could easily tell that it’s really well toned and an experienced fighter, a man that I have never seen before in my life.)

Her heart won’t stop beating for him; just a thought of him is giving her courage.

(He’ll be here, I just know it! He’ll save not only me but also these children from these men, I’m sure of it!)

She has her composure back.

“……Heh, with a toothpick like that? Why don’t you make love with an ant, I bet you would be a perfect match together.”

“Why you fucking bitch! I’m going to kill you!”

He raised his arm again, but this time his hand is clenched.

“………………Huh?”

His fist hangs in the air.

“What the hell…”

He started to feel something cold from his right hand.

As he slowly looks at his hand, he notice a red lines from his arm, he followed the red line going to his fist and finally notice that…

“Gyaaaaaaaaaaah!!!”

A screwdriver is pierced through his clench fist.

From the scream of their companion, the other men let Folia go and quickly stood in a panic.

“Wh—what in hell!?”

One of the kidnappers turns his head towards the only door in the room, but what he saw an incoming fist.

“Guhaaa!”

The man next to the still falling goon tried to look for the culprit, but he wasn’t able to see anything, he just felt something solid hit his lower chin.

As for the 2 men who held Folia’s right arm and right leg, failed to notice who or what could have knocked the other two out cold.

The only thing they notice is that the sides of their cheek felt like it collided with something, as if something got between them and hit them at the same time.

*Thud* *Thud*

The one that held on to Folia’s hands only notice something moved so fast that only a blur could be seen.

After knocking out the 2, the blur jump towards him, he was about to run, but it was too late.

*Slam*

Something gripped his face and then forces his head to hit the hard floor.

The last man how is standing on top of Folia looks around, only to see his friends moaning in pain on the floor.

“Wha…what in the world if going on!?”

As he turn his head left and right in a panicked manner, the culprit who knocked 5 grown men to the floor within only seconds, stood in front of him.

“Hiiiii!!!”

He screamed instantly as soon as he met his eyes.

This feeling was a first for him, this feeling he is having right now isn’t fear but something even beyond fear.

It was strange, what he sees in front of him is clearly a body of a human man, but the feeling he is getting when he looks at his eyes and the aura around him, it’s as if he is staring straight to the eyes of a raging, merciless and powerful god! Looking down at him as if his very being itself is nothing more than a bug to step on.

There stood the man that Folia wish to meet, from the bottom of her heart.

The man she fell for.

There stood, James Moriarty.

hey guys! ZYLOS101 here!! sorry for the late post, i've been baking pies! so many orders! anyway, just 2 more chapters and this arc will end and i'll continue James Moriarty in Vol.2 hope you guys like the next volume. by the way i'm planing something at the next chapter, so wait for it please. oh and tell me what you guys think about today's chapter. you words really helps me keep going after all. these will be my last words for this chapter, "GO WATCH GATE! ITS AWESOME!!!