Chapter 7: A trap laid in plane sight
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From Adam's digitized eyes, he watches his target, Darren, in silence from a rooftop a few hundred meters away from the location of the red theater; recon drones manifest from his body, no bigger than fireflies, and spread across a one-mile radius. Using them as means to stalk, and record information. The one Adam had placed on Darren a few minutes prior, returns, to the golden eye hunter assimilating it into his soul sanctuary.
When meddling through his soul sanctuary. Adam, sees, flashes of different images and audios. playing inside of his head; Through the depths of his mind, he shifts and shuffles around various pieces of information, searching for specific ones that offer more detail for him to explore.
After a moment of silence, he stumbles, upon a set of detailed images. That play scenes of Darren, leaving out from the red theater. during the hunt, Adam, had against him and watched as he was running away. hiding for a period to escape his grasps: As he continued to watch, Adam noticed that a group of people was watching the fight across from him atop a roof. From a few guesses, he had to conclude that Darren's effective escape sequence was somehow connected to this. The sequence abruptly cut off, and it seemed as if Darren had been teleported away by someone.
"I'll need to spend some more time, watching and studying his patterns to see where he'll lead me."
Following this, Adam's golden mantle began dissolving into sparks of gold. As he opened his Palm, and while placing his right hand onto his face. He began forming digital sparks of hollow energy around his face, which manifested as a digitized black mask to cover his eyes and disrupt nearby security systems when looking at him.
Shortly after, he weaves from his imagination. A black double-layered poncho with a hood attached, he quickly unholstered his hand cannon and covered it up with his poncho as he leaped down from the rooftop, landing stealthily in the city streets. He activated silent step walking, seamlessly blending in between the large crowds of the city.
Orange Rain began to pour down upon the city's streets, a sign, That red spice was being used. As people who smoked it would blow gases into the air, mixing them with the atmosphere.
However, for Adam's plan, this was a stroke of good luck. By taking to hunting Darren, he can achieve two goals simultaneously: capturing Darren and using the bounty to lead him to more red spice production in this city.
Although, his most important goal. Is to find the group of thieves, report his findings to federal alliance. Clear out any excess threats to the city.
As the rain continued to fall upon busy cities streets. There, was Only one thing, that ran through Adam's mind at the moment. It is to protect, those, who could get caught in his fights like what happened previously at the red theater.
Adam was cautious about his output, as the foes he'd faced were vastly stronger, than mundane people and using high-level moves would cause significant environmental damage during combat. With His recent bounty involved in hunting after his biggest challenge: the white palace criminal, Hazanoki Walker, the bandaged string swordsman.
Whom said he would return to fight Adam and challenge him again in duel of sword vs gun.
In the present, Adam, still lost in thought, catches a whiff of a strong scent wafting through the air. His ears perk up, and his eyes narrow as he follows a hollow energy trail, heightening his senses to a greater degree.
As he followed the trail, his third eye split open for the second time, his instincts screaming that someone of his kin was nearby. Unable to discern whether they were friends or foes, he cautiously stepped to the side of the building and made his way down the alleyway, loading his hand cannon with a total of five rounds.
He exhaled calmly, readied his aim, and turned to the alleyway, aiming his gun down the narrow path. His eyes widened as he stepped back, seeing a tall young woman no older than him standing there. Her eyes were a striking shade of pink and blue, and her flawless brown skin contrasted beautifully with her long, full black hair that cascaded past her ears.
From what he could discern, she had a highly athletic build. At least one tattoo was visible to him, a three-star pattern on her right stomach. Her outfit consisted of a black long-sleeve shirt, matching baggy joggers, a loosely hanging studded dark blue belt, and black boots with knee-high socks. Alongside dark blue jacket she leaves open.
The woman's third eye opens as she closely examines Adam from head to toe for a brief moment. The atmosphere becomes awkwardly silent, but then the eye slowly closes, and she begins speaking in a surprised yet upbeat tone: "I wasn't expecting anyone from team C to be so far out here, but I'm glad it's someone my age, at least. Oh, sorry… if that was rude to anyone."
Adam, lets out a heavy sigh. his chest rising then quickly falling back down as he holstered his gun.
"No need to worry Kamina, team-c will be an ally through and through. If anything, I'm glad to have met a familiar face while I travel on my hunt."
Kamina's head turned slightly her tone now curiously: "hunt? Wait.. are you one of those bounty hunters that I've been seeing popping up the news recently? I know my older siblings are working alongside the federal alliance goals
But I didn't pick you as the kinda of person who'd be into the whole bounty hunting stuff after all."
Adam thought to himself then spoke in response.
" well… the main reason I took up bounty hunting. Isn't to do it for purely just killing, or the fame of it all, but to travel the greater cosmos and explore for myself. what it is out there in the world, yet to be seen. It just happens to be that I fight and hunt down bounties in between all of those hobbies
Although I still am on this hunt, would you mind helping me out for a bit? At least until we can get rid of this red spice refinery that's nearby in the area. Than you could head back to whatever you were doing in this city anyway."
Kamina stood there, contemplating for a few moments before finalizing her thought. With an expression of excitement and curiosity on her face, she exclaimed, "Yes, I would love to." Shortly after, her eyes began to glow with shades of blue and pink as she launched herself into the air using Burst Flow and began floating.
Adam followed suit, launching himself into the air with a burst of energy and beginning to float. He raised his hand to signal Kamina to follow him, catching the scent of the trail for Darren, the man he has been hunting. As he flew through the air, he noticed something in the distance, spewing out an orange mist.
"Looks like we've found our mark Kamina, let's go!" Adam & Kamina fly off into the distance, Heading towards the giant red spice refinery.