Chapter 24: Chapter 24. Can't Have Everything
As the silence continued in the auction hall the AMC ( Auction's Master of Ceremony) reveled in the audience's shock and awe at the Grimm girl in front of them. I was using my magic to better understand how this impossibility came to be and what I found was the fact that this girl was originally human but was fused with a rare Grimm known as a Mutagen which was a mass of tentacles that could fuse with organic matter. Unlike other examples of this Grimm's ability to record this fusion was on a much deeper level to the point of blurring the lines of a person and creature of Grimm I can only guess how that madman Doctor Merlot pulled this off. The AMC broke the silence.
AMC: NOW LADIES AND GENTLEMEN I'M SURE YOUR WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT I'M SPEAKING THE TRUTH SO LET ME SHOW YOU THE BEAST'S AURA.
The AMC brought out some guards then the guards ready their weapons and attacked the Grimm girl which revealed a black aura surrounding her protecting her from harm. The girl fought against the restraints ready to tear everything and everyone apart but to no avail. I also found something when I peeked into the girl's mind that she is constantly in pain to the point of madness, as I looked deeper into her mind I found that whoever this girl was before is long gone with barely a trace. This filled me with fury because this is different than killing her it's even worse but I soon felt pity for her because no one deserves this. I debated on whether or not to but the poor girl out of her misery because I can't mend or revert her to how she was before even with magic and this is undoubtedly a fate worse than death. The AMC started the bidding and it quickly became fierce to the point that the previous amounts of Lein was lunch money in comparison as the price went higher and higher I was checking out who was bidding for her as to make plans to get her as soon as I can.
( After the Auction)
After I got my ingots I waited atop one of the nearby buildings to spy on who got the Grimm girl because when I tried to use my sonar to find the winning bidder I got nothing which only gave me one more reason to find out who won her. As I waited for the buyer a transport bearing the SDC (Schnee Dust Company) logo drove around and the CEO a.k.a. Weiss's father Jacques Schnee walked out of it, this is unexpected, he had a large security team guarding him which might explain why my sonar didn't pick him up because someone else's semblance in his force countered mine. I used some magic to peak at the security leaders and Jacques's mind to find out their plans and transport route, it looks like they are leaving by airship tonight and are heading straight back to Atlas. This works for me because I can't attack them in Wildgate because of the rules of this place not to attack high profile people to prevent the Mistral counsel from looking into Wildgate and the punishment for it was being blacklisted across Mistral's underworld. After finding out everything I know I made plan's to get the girl plus assassinate Jacques if the opportunity presents itself because I'm not sure if his death will cause Weiss not to go to Beacon but he is a cowardly bastard that causes more harm then good.
I made my way to where Jacques and his security force park their airships to cause a little sabotage and ready an escape route. As night soon followed I summoned a small Nevermore to ride and made my way along the planned route of the airships to meet them there and to set off my surprises that I set up beforehand.
( Hours Later)
They are on schedule, which means that they didn't find the explosives I placed on their airships or if they did find them they still used this route because they are confident that they can handle whatever or who set them. Well, only one way to find out, I took out the detonator and pressed the red button as soon as they came into range... My explosives didn't go off, oh well, time for plan B in my storage bag I pulled out the railgun that Van Kasper used and my own railgun that I made during my travels, unlike Van's railgun mine is in the shape of a bazooka that is designed for power and penetration. The biggest flaw of my railgun is that it can at most fire off 2 or 3 shots before becoming useless and the reason for that is to maximize its firepower for me to see if I can improve Van's design in any way possible. As I took aim atop my summoned Nevermore my railgun charged for a couple of moments it fired an orange arc piercing 3 of the 5 airships in one shot but I found myself falling because the recoil knocked me off my summon, good thing my aura prevented any broken bones.
As I fall I took aim at one of the remaining then fired a direct hit causing the one I hit to crash into the other, which was a pleasing fluke on my part, but I literally crashed into the ground making a crater because the recoil of my second shot sent me flying faster towards the ground. When I dug myself out of the crater that I made I found that my railgun was fried which I will examine later but first lets head to the crash site and get the girl and maybe kill Jacques while I'm at it. I summoned my Nightmare to ride on then made my way to the crashed airships, as I got closer I found that my sonar wasn't picking up anything which means the guy that can cancel it out is wake and alive which also means I better be ready for a fight. I unsummoned my Nightmare then summoned a pair of Nevermore wings on my back to give me a birds-eye view when I took to the air I saw that Jacques security force already set up defensive fortifications. I flew high then landed on Jacques ship to see if the Grimm girl is there, as I quietly tore my way through the ship to the cargo room I found no sign of Jacques anywhere and only a few guards which most likely means that he isn't here, well Jacques gets to live a while longer because my goal is the girl above all else.
I found the Grimm girl asleep probably sedated, I picked her up and put her in a body bag I brought with me because while the bag I enchanted to be able to live in while at Anima's wildlands is ready I don't want to put her in the same place as Noctem just yet. As I zip up the body bag I heard the airship door opening then heard a familiar complaining voice.
Jacques: Captain I am aware of being on my own ship is dangerous because of the attack but I will be damned if I let the cargo I got from the auction be damaged or worse gone after the money I put into it.
I just heard a sigh soon follow probably the captain, well it looks like my luck this week is pretty good because Jacques just delivered himself to me on a silver platter. I drew the railgun I got off Van then checked to see if my sonar can pick them... No luck on that looks like I have to do it with my eyes only as I made my way to a nearby crate to hide I made a hole to peek through. Moments later Jaques showed up where the girl was supposed to be at and started to curse at his missing prize. I pulled my hood over my head then ready my railgun then jumped out of the crate and fired at the CEO. To my surprise, a light blue shield appeared and blocked my shot perfectly, so he carries a hard light dust shield generator on him good to know. Jaques scream bloody and ordered his captain to kill me, I quickly used the last of my magic to teleport to the destination I set up beforehand and I was gone much to Jacques and his captain's surprise.
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