The silence continued in the alley as Oliver saw Nolan's body on the ground and stared in disbelief.

“Hey, Nolan!” No matter how much he called, the vampire remained paralyzed, making Oliver grit his teeth in frustration until he quickly ran to Nolan and crouched down thinking. 'It's not possible.'

As soon as he stopped, Oliver grabbed Nolan's wrist trying to feel his pulse, but he still didn't feel anything making the vigilante squint in confusion and frustration.

‘During the entire fight I avoided hitting vital points, even the arrows I spared.’ Oliver clenched his teeth and mumbled. 'How did this happen?'

However, the silence didn't last long and in the distance he heard sirens, getting up quickly while questioning himself.

‘His screams attracted attention, someone must have called the police.’ Oliver picked up his arrows irritably knowing he couldn’t waste time and pulled his hood down even further.

But again something made his eyes widen when he heard something on his side.

Turning his face slightly, he saw the building that was behind him and almost all the windows were closed by curtains, but one on the fourth floor stood out and from there came a low conversation that seemed to come from a group of young people and Oliver could clearly see a cell phone pointed in your direction.

His decision making needed to be quick and Oliver needed to escape, once again piercing the bow through his body as he ran towards Nolan's body, passing him and jumping to the roof, taking one last look as he clenched his teeth in frustration and jumped again. away from there while mumbling.

'Shit.'

Some time passed and from the top of a building far away, now invisible, Oliver could see the alley where he had fought which was now lit by sirens.

'I can't do anything against them, this shot in the foot couldn't have been worse...' Oliver turned and ran back through the buildings while rambling. 'The fight showed me fighting a creature who soon turned into a young man, depending on how they edit, they could easily frame the green vigilante for murder, but that's not the worst of the problems.'

Oliver reached the roof of his building and was rushing down the stairs, arriving in his room while taking off his hood and throwing the bow aside, quickly grabbing his notebook and starting it while searching for recent videos.

'Even though I haven't shown many of my skills, the gunslinger can get information from this fight and it's going to be terrible.' Oliver bit his finger irritably as he updated his internet guide constantly waiting for the video to be posted. ‘I have to take it down as quickly as possible.’

With that concern, time passed quickly, the day dawned sunny and Oliver was already sitting in his bed following the news on his cell phone, having spent the entire morning awake.

'There is nothing.'

Sliding his fingers quickly across his cell phone screen, he searched for any news in the last 12 hours, but found nothing about the green vigilante or even about Nolan's condition.

All that calm would bother Oliver, but he would soon get up when he saw that he was getting closer to college and then looked out the window thinking.

‘I need to confirm something.’

He knew that restlessness would get in the way and so he wore a long-sleeved shirt to cover the wounds on his arms after putting bandages on his forehead and face, trying to leave the ones on his forehead hidden in his hair as he left the house again heading to the place where the fight had taken place.

As soon as he approached Nolan's house, Oliver looked in the direction of the building where he had been filmed and again saw the windows closed by curtains, especially those on the fourth floor.

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As he got closer, Oliver slowly turned his eyes towards the corridor and as soon as he saw the interior, he frowned and then turned his eyes forward, clicking his tongue as he thought.

‘I already have some names.’

Continuing his way after a while Oliver arrived at the cafeteria and sat at the table again checking the latest news with his notebook, but there was still no report or news about Nolan's death or even the video of the vigilante on the internet.

As he continued to search for information on the internet, Oliver soon noticed people passing by looking in his direction, commenting on his injuries. As soon as he looked sideways, Oliver could see a familiar face showing concern as he passed by.

Oliver just pressed his fist to his cheek trying to hide the bandage with a slight smile as he thought.

‘Since this vigilante thing started, I get a lot of attention, but no one comes to talk to me. Do I stink?’

In the end, some time passed and his classes continued, until the time of departure there was nothing new about what he was looking for and soon he left college heading towards his job.

Oliver passed through the exit gates and continued walking, but opening a slight smile as soon as he heard it.

“You got hurt pretty bad, huh?”

“It’s incredible how a single fall down the stairs can hurt someone who’s skinny, isn’t it?” Oliver turned, keeping a slight smile as he saw Lirana near the exit, wearing simple pants and a colorful blouse. "How are you?"

“I’m fine, you don’t look like much.” Lirana raised her head and because she was closer she could see that in addition to the injuries there was a tired look and some dark circles under her eyes, causing her to sigh and then speak. "Let's talk a little."

She spoke walking towards the park and Oliver gave a slight tired smile followed by a yawn, just following her as he put his hands in his pockets.

After some time, they were both at the bus stop.

As soon as he looked back, Oliver felt that that presence in the forest had diminished even though there was still something, but in the end he soon began to listen again.

“Did they find you again?”

“No, this time I went after it.”

“Didn’t I tell you to hide?”

In the end, Oliver pulled over and crossed his arms saying:

“I wanted to, but too many dangerous people found me and are in the city, I think you noticed too.”

“I know, but... what happened?”

“I thought you didn’t want to get involved, Lirana.”

Oliver spoke with a slight smile and soon the girl had a surprised look that soon became irritated.

“I didn't want to, but you left those bandages on your face to attract attention. I thought you wanted my help.”

“It wasn’t your attention I wanted to get, but in the end it was a mistake.” Oliver took off the bandage and Lirana looked at him with doubts, but then he continued. “Being hot-headed earlier made me make some bad decisions, but now I can analyze it more coldly and if you asked me to stay out of this I will do what I said and I won't involve you, because now I'm going to be hunted and for good reason. .”

Lirana continued to look thoughtful and then Oliver turned to her, after explaining the whole situation from the previous night as some people passed by in the distance, in the end Lirana looked down, still a little shaken and thoughtful.

“He died and in the end when you went to the crime scene there was nothing, are you sure there was a cell phone filming you?”

“Don’t talk like I murdered, please.” Oliver lowered his eyebrows, looking uncomfortable, but soon looked back at the streets, saying. “Yes, I have more acute senses and I could clearly see a cell phone due to the little light that entered the room, but I also couldn't see the faces, perhaps they are right now running to sell the footage and depending on the company, the green guard will be considered a criminal depending on what they show there.”

“But that doesn’t explain why they cleaned up the scene and the way he died was…”

Oliver raised his head and soon saw the bus that would take him to work approaching, at the end, he got off the stop and said.

“I have some theories, but I'll need to act again soon to prove it, at least before the vampires notice what happened to Nolan.” He approached the street and Lirana continued to look worried, but soon Oliver turned around. “You don't have to get into that either, they haven't noticed you yet and like I said, I still have a name. Let’s just pretend again that this didn’t happen, both the gunslinger and the vampires don’t need to be problems for you either.”

At the end, the bus stopped in front of her and Lirana lowered her head while Oliver got on, immediately going to sit down while through the window he saw Lirana still staring at him, but soon turning around heading towards the park.

Oliver just sat down more comfortably and sank into the bus seat, saying to himself in thought.

‘I’ll find my way.’

Time passed and, far from there, it was possible to see a boy through the window.

His hair was black and his face was familiar, but his body was clearly tired and thinner than it should have been, he was one of the vampires that belonged to the trio that Oliver had faced.

He was sitting in a chair looking tired and soon two other people came to welcome him, from the top of a building, invisible a few kilometers away, Oliver was staring at that window, still with his bright green eyes, seeing the trio of vampires that had attacked him. while thinking.

‘The same day I found Nolan, I found you.’ He stood up, removing his invisibility while maintaining a serious and focused look. ‘I’ll be more careful this time.’