-Vol 5: A New Life-

-Yuki’s anger!-

It's not that he knew about her something, but after working with DCB for a while, he came to know about some of the important figures around him. among them, he had heard of her name several times. Not only she was a director in charge of a province at such a young age, but she was also a powerful and intelligent hunter. Nobody knew her true level or rank, but there was a guess that she was a Gold ranked hunter whose level probably surpassed 150.

In the past, Kenshin never paid any attention to those characters because he knew he would never have a chance of associating with them. But who would have known about fate’s game? Now he had enough power to make a direct call to people of the same rank as her. Sometime, when he was alone, Kenshin would smile like a loon when he thought about his reversal. Its no less of divine intervention in his life.

Those days, where he would have to bleed half to death, just to earn enough money so that the siblings could eat without going hungry. And today, where he could book a car which was the most expensive in the market without blinking once.

Yuki pulled his arms and brought him into the room of the director through the office. Kenshin noticed that the room was probably a few levels more luxurious than Suguro’s. After all, although both of them were directors, one managed a small city while others controlled a whole province. Although the name of their ranks was same, in comparison it power, this lady’s power was several times higher than Suguro’s.

After comparing the room, Kenshin took notice of the occupant. She was as beautiful as the rumours made her out to be. But although she had a foreign name, Kenshin could see a few eastern traces on her facial features. Her beauty could be comparable to Yuki, but since she was a hunter, she had an extraordinary charisma that Yuki lacked. That glow, which came with being a hunter, she had that in spades. Except for this only thing, Yuki got everything else as the woman.

Kenshin discreetly activated his system;

[Leena Cooper][Human]

[Level 142]

[ATK: 252][DEF: 200][INT: 624]

[Skills]

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‘Hmmm! It seems I can see her general stats. But couldn’t do anything about her skills. weird, wonder why is that so?’ Kenshin was puzzled about this but didn’t think much. There are many kinds of skills and special equipment available in the market to conceal one’s magic so it might be that she was wearing a high levelled equipment to hide her magic. Kenshin had come across this phenomenon once before too. It was when he was in the north, he encountered a person whose stats were blurry and incomprehensible. Getting curious he knocked him out and checked thoroughly. Later he found that it was because of a ring he was wearing, it disrupts one’s radiation emission so that others couldn’t easily tell how powerful the person was.

It was his first time coming across such a device, but he was no more as surprised as that day. This lady must be only intended in hiding her magic. That’s why she didn’t care about concealing her physical attributes. To magic skill users, it was very essential that they conceal their magic emission. There are so people in the world who possess the ability to recognize one’s skill just by feeling their magic. Besides, in high-level dungeons, there also exists some monsters who could track a person from miles away just from their magic’s unique signature. Hence it became essential for magic skill users to conceal their magic emission to avoid future troubles.

“Hello, Miss Cooper. I am Muto Kenshin. Nice to meet you.” Kenshin introduced himself politely.

“Hello. I am Leena Cooper, but you seem to know me. I am Yuki’s friend, nice to meet you too.” Leena also introduced herself. Although her rank was many times higher than Kenshin, still he had enough status for her greet him politely. Besides, he was also her friend's friend, so it was no trouble to greet him. Leena wasn’t an egotistical woman, she was pretty down to earth, making her popular among everyone.

“Muto, I heard from Yuki that she was kidnapped by someone whom she caught red-handed in the past. That man seemed to have a link to those people. Is that true?”

“Yeah. I have fought with one of their people just now. He was strong, he also has a weird constitution making him protrude bone spurs from his joints. He was very ferocious and almost a battle maniac. I almost died twice by his hands.” Kenshin explained his fight to her, trying to make her understand the situation.

“I see. How did you defeat him?”

“I am a flame skill user, I burned him to death.”

“Ho! Is that so. Now to the next question, how did you find Yuki so soon?” the lady narrowed her eyes and questioned Kenshin.

“Lee! What the hell are you asking?” Yuki was a smart woman, she understood the drift of her friend. It made her very angry that she was suspecting Kenshin.

“But Yuki! Didn’t you find it strange? You are only a few minutes there, and this man has already reached there? Mito isn’t close from here, even by car it would take a few hours. In the first place, how did he find your location?” all the questioned Leena asked were valid. In fact, these are the biggest loopholes that could lead a few trouble for Kenshin if an official investigation was to be done. These questions also didn’t anger Kenshin as he knew it would be asked sooner or later.

“No! I don’t think so. Kenshin isn’t like what you think. Do you take me for a naïve woman?” Yuki was angry. She was someone who had fallen out with her mother for Kenshin, what does this friend amount in front of that?

Kenshin was very touched seeing her advocating for him. It made him very happy. He was glad that Yuki believed in him. So he decided to clarify these doubts, least she also fall out this friend of hers.

“Ahem! Lady Leena. What do think I am? I mean, my occupation?”

“What kind of question is this? Isn't it's obvious that you are a Hunter!”

“That’s right. I am a hunter, and I have skills. Among them, I have a particular skill that could follow the lead of someone or something with whom I am familiar with. I just used that skill and followed the lead. If it not for me being not using that skill an hour later, I would have found her even before that.” Kenshin explained. His explanation contained 21% lie, but the rest was the truth.

“Are you kidding me? you think I fall for that lie?” Leena slammed her hands on the table and bellowed angrily. She had her suspicion the moment Yuki appeared and explained everything. It's just because she didn’t want to hurt her so she didn’t ask for Kenshin’s files before, or else she would have already launched an investigation on Kenshin’s background.

“Wha! Why are you angry?” it's not Kenshin who asked, its Yuki. She looked enraged that her friend was suspecting her Kenshin.

That day, Kenshin also realized, just how much Yuki loved him.