You Will Only Be Mine-Chapter 340: Ai
"And now, Ai is captured by Dominic. I don’t know where she is and her entire presence is gone. It was as if Dominic just erased both their presences," I explained to the two and they nod their head.
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"We are in a predicament. Letting Ai get into Dominic’s hands is not a good idea. He did say he wants to use her as the vessel for the lord of the night and if he did get what he wanted, we would be in big trouble," James said and I clenched my fist under the table.
Of course, their reason to save Ai is different from mine but it also annoys me a lot. Well, I did join the VEO and did not get executed because I was of some value to them so if Ai is of some value to them, only then they will help me. I really don’t like this organization. But they are my best bet to get Ai out of there so I have to bear with it.
"So, do you think you can track him down?" I asked James and he held his chin thinking a little and nodded.
"Does Ai-chan still have her weapon?" Ama asked me and I nodded. She gave a big smile to that response and stood up enthusiastically. "Then it’s all fine. Every weapon that we make in the VEO for our hunters has a tracker in it. If we know where the weapon is, we will know where Ai is."
"Wait, so you mean…" I asked her baffled by knowing this information and looked at my keychain.
"Yes, we can track you from your katana. That was the reason for giving it to you. We thought there might be times when Ai will not be with you and we won’t really know where and what she is doing so we decided to give her the weapon," Ama explained and I clenched my fist again. "Annoying, I know but that is the "rule" here. Even for hunters who have worked for the VEO for a decade, this rule still applies. I can even tell you right now where Natsumi-chan is."
"You guys truly are disgusting," I spit out my thoughts and James chuckled.
"Well know this, Kazuki. We are going against supernatural beings like vampires. Of course, we will be like this. We take our countermeasures to make sure none of this information is disclosed to most people," James said.
"Then why tell me this?" I asked James and he lets out a sigh.
"Because you are well trusted by Kawazuki Natsumi," he said in a monotone. "She is someone who can easily make the entire board change their decision all on her own and we have to comply. Even if we know where she is all the time, we cannot do anything against her. If vampires are monsters, Kawazuki Natsumi is the monster among monsters. She is the best bet we have against some of these beings and letting go of our trump card just like this isn’t something we are stupid enough to do," James said and I laughed a little.
"Natsumi-san really a different breed of humans," I said and stood up from my chair. "So, when will we know where Ai is?"
"Give me five minutes. I will ping her weapon and it see where her location is," James said and started to type on his keyboard.
I let out a sigh and stretched my arms up in the air. This day has sure drained me. I looked over at Akira and went into a mode of deep thought. I had to decide at that moment between the two choices from the beginning which was honestly very hard to choose from.
For one choice, I sounded pretty level-headed.
And the other, I should probably be in the psych ward.
"I have decided then," I muttered under my breath and looked at James.
He kept fiddling on the keyboard for some minutes and then stopped. He took his hands off the board and let out a big sigh which was not giving me a good signal. "Where did you come from Kazuki?"
"Hmm? What are you asking?" I asked him a bit confused.
"Let me rephrase my question, when did you decide to come here?" he asked me again and I couldn’t quite get what he was asking.
"12:37 Am, why?"
"As I thought," James said and stood up from his seat. "Tsubaki Ai’s tracker is still at the same place since you left there and even now, that tracker is there. Which means…"
"He took out the tracker," I muttered and James nodded.
"This would take a lot longer than I expected. I will inform the S rank hunters to start searching around the place for her I cannot tell you how long it will take. It can take from some days to even weeks. Months even if Dominic is someone who is constantly on the move," he said and I clenched my fists and clicked my tongue. "Look here Kazuki, we are just as worried about Ai as y- "
"I respect you James but don’t lie to me now. The only reason you want to find Ai is that she is useful to you and I get it. That is how the VEO works," I said to him in a spiteful voice. "I hate it but I get it. You said it yourself if you need to beat a formidable force like the vampires."
"As you say, but even though I know you won’t listen to me. Don’t go out searching for Ai all by yourself. Remember, Dominic’s objective is also your blood so having you being out there vulnerable to his attacks would just be a disadvantage to us," he said and I got up from my seat. James let out a sigh and leaned forward on the desk. "At the very least, don’t just head into all this. If you do plan on doing that, ask for help right away. As ruthless as this organization looks to you, we all still deeply care about each other."
"That is true," Ama said placing her hand on my shoulder. "I know you are feeling absolutely awful and frustrated Kazuki-kun but you need to understand that going against Dominic all by yourself won’t do any good either. Let us handle all this and we will inform you what to do with this later."
"Hmmm," I blankly stared at them, and then my eyes drifted towards Akira who immediately understood what she was supposed to do.
I stepped away from the two along with Akira and we teleported back to the place where Ai and Dominic were fighting against us. "Look for that tracker," I ordered Akira and we both started looking for that tracker.
I leaned down towards the ground and started searching. Since it was pretty dark it was getting hard to notice so I whipped out my phone and turned on the flashlight to get better visibility of the floor. I had to find that tracker no matter what.
Why was I doing this?
Well, I wanted to make something sure. I don’t remember seeing Dominic taking out the tracker from Ai’s weapon. Even though when I encountered him, he already had that in his hands but something about this didn’t feel right. I have times when I have just stared at my sword after training and just look at every single side of that blade. Glancing at every inch of that silver that ran out of the sheath. Its handle, I was not someone who specialized in blades or knew much about them but it truly is a beautiful weapon. So was Ai’s.
Moreover, the chip was made by the VEO, so it won’t be in a place you can easily take it out of. Meaning…
"Kazuki-sama, I found it," I heard Akira’s voice and I stood up straight and looked right behind me. She walked right over to me with two pieces of silver glistening in her hands. "These…"
"As I thought, he didn’t take the daggers with him," I muttered and ran my fingers across the blunt end of the blades. "He knew this was a way for them to track us. How much information does this guy have on us?"
I sighed and took the blades from Akira’s hands as they turned back to hairpins and I gripped them tighter in my hands. Akira changed the place to my apartment and I walked over and sat down on the couch. I leaned my head back wondering what to do now but…I honestly have no idea. Any way of knowing where Ai is right now is something I have no clue about. Heck, I don’t even know even if I do find her, how would I get her out of there? I can have the S rank hunters help me with that but still, I don’t know how strong they actually are against Dominic.
"Akira, you are done for the day," I told the noble standing behind the couch.
"But Ka- "
"Please…" I said in a begging tone to her with eyes filled with tears. "I need some alone time…"
She quickly nodded her head and teleported to her place and my head fell forward with my arms starting to shake.
I will lose my mind like this.
"I will not forgive him," I muttered to myself in a murderous tone. "Dominic will pay."
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