"You heard the man. Let's go dragon hunting!!"
On the rainy day, James Ross, Mike, and Bell Old-city, and the blue gentleman Hein Eduard, with a few police officers, were close to the Blood Tower. The police car stopped in the road, prompting Hein Eduard to pull over.
"Why did you stop, Alpha Two, over?" He said on the walkie-talkie.
They responded, "Alpha One stopped in front of us, sir. Over."
The blue gentleman got worried, "Don't stand there, Alpha Two, check on them, out."
The officers in front of Hein's car exited, "Copy that." One of them said. They went to check on Alpha One, who suddenly stopped.
Hein Eduard didn't hear back from the officers who exited their car, so he walked out of the car and moved the walkie-talkie closer to his mouth, "Do you copy Alpha two?"
There was no response, and the walkie-talkie signal got cut.
"Fuck!" Bell knew that they were in trouble.
Ross exits the car, "Eduard, something happened to Alpha One and Two. We should look at what's going on."
The blue gentleman nodded, and they were about to go check, but they stopped when they heard, "Wait! Don't go yet." Mike's voice.
Ross looked back, "Mike? Do you want come with us?"
The Old City's eyes got widened from Ross asking him, "No, no, no. I'm not coming." He said, "I just want to tell you to be careful, and don't think I am scared because I'm protecting Bell."
Bell laughed, "I don't need your protection, Mike!" An argument started between the married couple, so Eduard and James left.
Before going, Hein got an umbrella from the trunk and gave it to Ross.
They walked closer to the car in front of them and saw the officers standing there, not moving.
"Why did you guys stand there and not answer?" One of the cops was horrified and was having trouble talking, "Si-si-sir, you have to see this!"
A figure dressed in a plague doctor costume, holding a lantern in its right hand, stood on the dead bodies of all officers in Alpha One, including civilians. The first cop car that stopped was very damaged from front to back.
Hein Eduard stepped forward with Ross, "Who the hell are you?!" They said simultaneously. They pointed their gun at the plague doctor's head with the cops.
"Put your hands in the air!" One of the officers said. "We have the right to shoot if don't!"
The plague doctor didn't raise his hands in the air, making the cops fire their guns. However, each bullet passed through the figure's body. They did no damage. After that, they are plunged into total darkness when the light from the lantern vanishes.
Cops panicked in the darkness, pulling the trigger and lighting it up with their bullets.
James was about to fire his laser from XI0, but the laser gun didn't rise, making him angry. He had enough Flow energy left, but for some reason, it seemed completely drained. Other abilities of Model XI0 didn't work as well.
"Work, work. Why are you not working?!" He yelled at his arm.
'I have enough Flow in capacity, so why can't I use my left hand?'
A cop looked up and saw an evil liquid emanating from the plague doctor's body. It was drawn to cops from their scent of fear. The cops, who were terrified and screaming, had the fluid touch them.
A few officers fired at it to stop it, but their effort was futile. The liquid drained the cops' bodies into skeletons.
The blue gentleman looked behind him, "James, what are you doing? Help us!" Ross was hitting his left arm to work when he heard a noise. He stopped hitting it, took a flashlight, and saw everyone disappear.
James Ross, feeling uneasy, looked everywhere, confused about where the cops and Hein Eduard had gone. When his light flashed down, he saw the skeletons for the first time, scaring him.
"What in hell?!"
The plague doctor vanished from the pails of corpses and reappeared in front of Ross, whispered, "The Great Darkness... The Great Darkness is coming, James," into his ear, and tapped Ross's forehead. Disappeared.
***
Wake up! James, we arrived." Hein Eduard said.
'What was that nightmare?'
James stepped out of the car, looked up, and saw a giant skyscraper in the distance, placed near the beach, surrounded by a cluster of other buildings.
Fourth Corner Harbor is the third famous trading hub of the Color Kingdom, where many trading ships dock their boats.
Ross pointed at the skyscraper, "Are we going in there?" Hein Eduard looked through the binoculars and saw the red neon sign, "Blood Tower".
"Yes, that's the place." Hein Eduard said. "Before I forget. He gives us this." Eduard opens his car trunk, picks up pieces of Broken Heart, and gives them to everyone. After doing that, he unlocks a secret compartment containing four rings, which he then gives to James, Mike, and Bell, and keeps one to himself.
Bell Oldcity reconzied what the golden rings were, "Aren't these Disguise Rings?"
The blue gentleman nodded.
"You must have met the king if you have four of these rings."
Hein Eduard nodded, "Yes, of course."
Bell and Mike were shocked by the blue gentleman's responses.
"Wow, we never had a chance to meet King Romeo the Second," Mike said.
Hein Eduard put his hand on James Ross's shoulder, "You are the same rank as me. You could have met the king by now." Ross gave the blue gentleman the side eye.
Hein changed the topic: "The cops without rings should be careful of getting caught." He stopped and approached the next few officers.
"You guys without Broken Hearts should stay outside."
After Hein Eduard finished speaking, people with the key that allowed them to enter the skyscraper went toward it. They were close to the Blood Tower entrance, but they hid in the parking lot, which had no cameras.
They put on their Disguise Rings on their ring finger, activating them. A flash of light emanated from the golden rings, scanning the skyscraper to identify one of the people inside it.
[Scanning the area]
It was scanning people's appearance, age, sex, skin color, posture, height, and other physical attributes. Biscally copying everything about the person it was studying. The disadvantage of this ring is the timer and the awkward situation of meeting the person.
[Disguises Complete]
The rings changed the four of them. James Ross transformed into a pretty young businesswoman with red hair wrapped in a ponytail. She had a suit.
'Wow, this ring is awesome. It turned me into a woman!'
Bell Old-City transformed into a middle-aged man with numerous tattoos, accompanied by his granddaughter, Mike. He transformed into a nine-year-old wearing a black shirt with a green dinosaur that said "I Love Dinos."
Hein Eduard's skin color changed from white to black, while his hair became braided.
"Get your pieces of Broken Heart ready." The blue gentleman said.
The ones with the hearts went to the entrance. A line of people was standing around, waiting to be let in by two bodyguards with massive neck and face tattoos.
James went forward after the other three had successfully entered without raising any suspicions.
"Do you have a ticket?"
Ross wondered, "You mean this?" He gives the piece of Broken Heart to a bodyguard. He was let in. Suddenly, he felt he needed to go to the bathroom, so he went to the men's, forgetting he was now a woman.
On the stage in the middle of the lobby was a man with a microphone who spoke, "Welcome... welcome, guests, to our fabulous Den, where you can eat, drink, and party, for the price of free. The only thing needed is a broken heart."
Mike was looking for Ross, "Where's James?" Asked Eduard.
"He went to the restroom."
***
Ross was in a men's restroom when he quickly remembered he was in a woman's body, as reflected in the mirror.
'Fuck you idiot!' He yelled to himself, tired of quickly leaving the restroom before any men came, but with his luck, a man entered, blocking his way.
"Oh, a lovely lady. Can you kiss me?!" He instantly wanted to kiss the woman, but she refused, and he grabbed her arm forcefully.
'Great, I have this asshole to deal with!'
"Please, let me go?" James said in a soft voice. The man got angry.
"Bitch please, I want quick kisses before anyone comes!"
Ross wanted to beat this guy to a pulp, but he needed to remain calm and avoid any reckless actions that could expose him as the enemy. He got an idea. He whispered into the man's ear and said,
"Please release me, I will kiss you!" The man got happy and let her hands go, but he was still blocking the way.
"Before you kiss me." He circled her body, "Take your clothes off!"
'I will make you have no future!' She grabs a paper spray from her purse quickly, which Bell gave her before she transformed into a woman.
"Hey, bit-!" Before the evil man could slap the woman, a paper spray went into his face. Started burning him, yelling in pain, then Ross kicked his nuts after seeing his legs were open. The man fell to the floor from the pain.
He left the restroom, but he was blocked by two bald men, pointing guns at his head.
One of the men said, "Put your hands in the air. We will shoot if you don't, A-rank investigator James Ross!"
Ross was surprised by how they found out that quickly, so he played dumb.
"I don't know that man over there, whose name was James Ross?" He pointed to the man on the ground, "Please, kick out that man, he's evil!"
The bald man moved his head to look, ignoring the man on the floor, and stared at Ross's face. "Show the tablet, brother."
The other bald man showed a tablet; on the screen, Mike, Bell, and Hein were tied to the chair, without any disguise.
Ross was shocked, 'That was quick!' On the side of the bodyguard was a gun. Ross tried to grab the weapon, but failed when the bald man next to the first bald man with a dragon tattoo kicked him before he could hold it.
After the kick, The Disguise Ring wore off, turning him back.
"Ugh, fuck!" He yelled in pain. The nanobots didn't protect him.
"I told you, brother, time and time again, not to kick our eneimes hard when we are going to arrest them!"
Ross tried to get up, but his limbs were not working for some reason.
'Huh? Why can't I get up?' He tried and tried again, but couldn't. He didn't understand why his limbs were failing him.
"Oh, brother, look, the rumor was true about those rings." They got closer to Ross, and continued, "When they wore off. They make your limbs paralyzed for a short period."
The other brother looked at him, "So you're saying he wouldn't escape until we bring him to the Dragon?" The bald man with tattoos nodded in agreement.
Instantly, without a fight, Ross was captured and taken to the same place where others were trapped in the basement.
They entered the room, tossing James.
"Last one of the inturders we caught sir."
On the left side of the wall, a Russian woman was confidently sitting on a barrel. In the middle of the room was the Dragon. He had a red fedora and a suit, holding a wine glass in his right hand.
"Good job, Ariadna and bald twins, arresting the intruders." He looked at Hein's face, "Now what brings the police to my bar?"
"Blood Dragon Alucard, we are here to arrest you for crimes of everything evil!"
To be continued.