Morning, Monday, December 18, 2006
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(Arnold POV)
As Sistine and I separate at the church entrance I begin my expanding [Ki Sense]. So far I am only sensing the ki of the man and the rise of Sistine’s ki. Hm, judging the amount of ki the man emits Sistine should have no trouble handling him. Not like she would have any trouble.
Hwooooooo haaaa....hwooooo haaaa
I steady my breathing in order to concentrate more. Shit I am only sensing the ki of the man, Sistine, and some insects. That guy really did a number on this town. Well, at this point I am almost desensitized to killing harmful people and deaths. It may seem cold other people but my lifestyle doesn’t permit feelings like guilt, mercy, or compassion. Of course once in a while Sistine and me come across a massacred town like this with survivors or not and I get some feelings of remorse and guilt. I help heal the survivors after all I am not that cold, but not beyond that. I can’t completely kill those emotions since that would be bad for my relationship with Sistine.
Sistine is too emotional and immature at times like this. I don’t blame her because she doesn’t let her emotions blind her and instead uses them to become stronger in order to prevent at least one more death. The only thing I can do is to support her. After, she is way too strong in terms of will and power. Just as I am about to give up I sense a ki that is rapidly diminishing. Using [Ki Haste] I arrive at the body in no time.
Coming closer I see that it is a 6-7 year old boy with severe burn injuries. After examining the boy I cast [Ki Heal], healing his external and internal injuries. However, this is not enough since he has probably lost a lot blood since his ki keeps diminishing. I transfer some of ki in order to stabilize him for the mean time. While stabilizing the boy I sense a massive ki concentration. Sistine is probably done and just in time. With her [Blood magic] the boy will be properly stabilized. I gather corpses that aren’t too damaged to use as a blood source.
I take out a blanket out of my {Storage Ring} and put over the boy. I check the status of the boy to see if he has any other abnormal conditions besides blood loss since the boy was pretty close death it may have damaged his soul. I pour ki into my [Eye of Identification]....
Name: Daniel Merino
Level
Race:
High Human
Age:
6
Sex:
Male
Condition:
Blood loss
Strength:
2(30%)
Vitality:
2(20%)
Agility:
2(30%)
Ki:
2(3%)
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Mana:
2(3%)
Abilities/Traits
Level
Mind magic (Inherent)
1(5%)
Eye of Retrocognition (Inherent)
2(20%)
Survival Empowerment(Inherent)
MAX
Marksmanship
1(10%)
…...well it seems things got complicated. I am more shocked than worried because after all this was my first time seeing one of the rare high humans and a very talented one. Never thought I would meet one in my life. I am excited because of the rare sight and worried because Sistine will probably want to take care of the boy so he doesn’t get mistreated. I could hide it from Sistine since if we don’t play this right we might get dragged in a power struggle between the 3 Great Clans and criminal organizations. Or I could kill him right now and end all futures problems. Yep, definitely not happening she knows me too well and it's scary when she gets angry. Besides I am not keen into taking innocent lives especially young ones.
Oh God, I am getting a headache just thinking of what's to come especially the emotional outbursts of the boy after he wakes up. And more importantly our well deserved vacations are getting fucked up. Well if I leave it to Sistine she will probably take care of his emotional state. I need to come up with countermeasures for the future. Since a while ago I haven’t sensed any big ki concentrations. That means Sistine’s fight is now over.
When I head to her I see her sitting and brooding about something. Probably on how we let this people get killed. I stop walking and control my facial expressions so as not to let her know of the boy yet.
"Hey, Sistine stop wallowing in regret. We did what we could. We didn't have a way of knowing about this until we heard about the rumors on Acapulco. I think we did our best considering we were on vacations. We couldn't have done better with our current power."
Sistine looks up to me and hugs me. Its at times like this that really make me wonder if she really is the future of the Vampire clan.
"We can't be everywhere. So cheer up alright. I've got a bit of good news I found a survivor. Follow me I need your help to get him patched up."
After getting her emotions in check I lead her to the boy. She seems surprised. While she uses her [Blood magic] to recover his his blood I try thinking of what to tell her without it getting out hand. After she finishes I work up my courage and face her.
“Hey Sistine I need to tell you something. I need you not to do anything reckless after I tell you this.”
“What is it?”(Sistine)
“This kid had both mana and ki and his race is a High Human.”
“..........”(Sistine)
Sistine is too shocked to react. So before she reacts and drags me to her pace I take the lead.
“I know what you are thinking and yes you will take care of him and will help him. But we need to think on how to take him without the humans or Clans knowing. If we somehow manage it you’ll take full responsibility of him.”
Sistine begins to make a smile. I know that it is the kind of smile that has relief, worry, and sadness at the same time . I see a plan forming in my head but I’ll need time to flesh out the details. Meanwhile there are other things that need to be taken care of.
“Let’s make this town look like it was ransacked by a drug cartel since it seems common here. Lets see….you take care of the holes with [Earth magic] and burn all the houses that were blasted on. After that make big hole in a place with plenty of place so we can put the corpses in and burn them so it looks like a clandestine grave. It‘ll make thing believable. I’ll use [Ki blast] to make bullet holes and drop some of my bullets.”
“Alright. You know it always surprises me when you come up with thing like this.” (Sistine)
“Thanks for the compliment I guess?”
“So after that what is next?”(Sistine)
“Don’t know I haven’t thought that far. For now let's finish up things. I’ll put the boy in some house that is not demolished.”
Sistine and me begin our tasks and after a while we finish. I sit down and stare at the fire that is burning all the dead bodies. I look up at the sky and let out a deep breath that lets out all of my worries. If the 3 Great Clans or others learn of this will be in deep shit. After all if the knowledge left behind the ancestors High Humans were a dominant force on battlefields. In the past they were caught and enslaved for their trait of [Survival Empowerment] making them a very valuable fighting force. The 3 Great Clans will probably protect him but at the same time expose him to dangerous people and use him. Sistine believes in that everyone has the choice on how they want to live their life. Sistine is living proof of that with her defiance to the some of the elders of Vampire clan.
“Don’t worry we will manage somehow”(Sistine)
“Yeah I know.”
I look up at the sky once again and start wondering on why I always let myself be lead by Sistine into trouble.