Hanmo comforted Shiden in his embrace.
For a while, the teacher and student just sat on the floor like that and shared each other's warmth silently.
Suddenly, someone knocked on the paper-thin wall.
Hanmo asked, "Who is it?"
"It's the maid, Mr. Hunter," a womanly voice said. "A young man just appeared outside the mansion asking if he could meet Mr. Hanmo and his disciple, Young Master Shiden. He seems to have been a classmate of the Young Masters."
She never got another answer from Hanmo.
Hanmo turned his icy blue eyes in absolute horror to look at his disciple.
Shiden's lips met Hanmo's, but that was not the horrifying part. The young man pushed down his teacher with his bare hand against the man's open chest and used the terrifying power that only Shiden could use.
Hanmo's face changed.
Along with the frightening kiss of death, Hanmo's form began to distort like a balloon.