The last rays still visible through the porthole of the door were about to fade.
« What do we start with? », Jack asked.
« You told me you knew someone for my clothing problem? Let's start by meeting him. »
When the light disappeared, Yumiel opened the door, only to find several armed men in front of her, pointing at Yumiel and Jack, obviously all human.
« Hey you, you're the ones who killed my brothers-in-arms », the man pointed at the three men Yumiel had killed the day before and thrown across the street.
Yumiel sighed, closing the door behind her and locking it. She decided to ignore them.
« Let's go, Jack, go first, we have to be quick. »
Jack didn't move and stared into Yumiel's eyes before saying
« I'm hungry! »
Yumiel smiled: « You're unbelievable, I actually wanted to give them a chance. »
« Hey you little bitches, I'm talking to you, so if you don't want to end up with a bullet between the eyes, drop your weapons and answer me. »
« TSS not even funny », Yumiel took out blood from her flask, creating five daggers of crystallized blood. There were six of them, as usual, she planned to leave one alive, particularly the one who insulted her.
When the men saw Yumiel making blood come out of a flask and turning it into crystal daggers, they all started to break down, their expressions shifting from confident, determined to frightened, hesitant.
« OH DAMN, A MONSTER! »
To control the five at the same time, Yumiel had to sharpen her senses, but she didn't attack right away, observing their reaction.
« It'll be fine guys, as long as she's alone we have a chance. »
Jack, who was on the side, looked at them with drool dripping from his mouth and then said: « Your brains look delicious! »
Some of the men went from frightened to terrorized, slowly stepping back.
Yumiel saw nothing of interest anymore. Sending her daggers to kill them, in a panic some tried to shoot at Yumiel but died shortly after, cut down by the daggers.
Once all eliminated, she turned the daggers back into blood and put it in her flask, then tore out their hearts, sucking the blood inside, then finished with the interrogation.
« So now, where are you from? What are you doing? You know, blah blah blah. »
The man was scared but still lucid, showing a certain resistance through his gaze.
« I heard that monsters have no mercy, so why would I bother answering. »
« Ahaha, hmm yes I see, tough guy. You see my buddy over there? »
Jack was stuffing himself with the brains of the five men.
« As you can see, he has the annoying habit of eating brains, thus gaining their memories. So now you have two choices. Either you talk and depending on what you say you walk out alive, or I let him devour your brain while I break your limbs one by one. » Yumiel said all of this with a soft and calm voice.
With all the interrogations Yumiel had done, you could say she was becoming a professional in the field.
The man threw a few glances at Jack then returned his gaze to Yumiel
« Okay. We are part of a gang, gathered in the shopping mall next to downtown. We are around more than 100 and our number is still growing. Our goal is to loot and locate monsters. »
« Locate monsters? Explain »
« Our leader didn't give us any details »
« Too bad. Fortunately, your brain will give them to us. JACK! »
The man put his hands in front of him, shouting
« ALRIGHT, fine. I only know that monster bodies sell for a small fortune on the market, and that our leader also has powers or abilities, whatever you want to call them. »
Yumiel looked him up and down before deciding whether to kill him or not. While she was thinking, Jack arrived. « He's telling the truth except for the leader and the market, I couldn't confirm that. »
« That's normal, I'm the only one aware of it! Being higher up in the hierarchy. »
Jack stepped forward to kill him but Yumiel stopped him. « You can go, but don't ever come back here. »
The man thanked Yumiel before running as fast as he could. « Let's go, let's not waste any more time. »
On the way, Jack questioned Yumiel
« Why did you let him go? »
Yumiel expected that question: « Why, huh? To build ourselves a reputation, to find changers, it will make our life easier, but that's not the only reason. »
While running toward the man Jack knew, Jack kept glancing at Yumiel.
« I assume you want the other reason too. (Yumiel sighed.) I aspire to be something other than a monster who kills anyone in cold blood. »
« That's why you took Marie in? I'm telling you, but it was and is a bad idea to have done that and to get attached to her. Now she has become dependent on you, developing affection toward the person who killed her father, having no one else to turn to. »
Jack signaled Yumiel to stop, arriving in front of a store specialized in clothing manufacture.
« You think I don't know that? Yes, I got attached to her, so what? Should I have let her die? I may not like kids, I may be a merciless monster, sometimes even cruel or sadistic. But I still have a HEART!! »
Jack smiled at Yumiel's speech « I'm not judging you, besides I don't even have a heart… How could I judge you? I just give my opinion and I will continue to do it in the future. »
« Fine, then let's go into this store. » The store was more than 3 floors high. The store's emblem was broken, the windows in the same condition. It all looked very much like a robbery.