Chương 61: The Encounter
Renir was about to ignore the strange stare when the handsome man called him.
"Your name's Renir?"
Renir looked at him and nodded, "Yes, sir.", while subconsciously being too polite.
"What's your surname?" the handsome man casually, yet confidently, continued.
"... Ennure", Renir was a bit inundated by the domineering aura from the man, "It's Renir Ennure."
"Oh..."
Both stared for a few seconds before the man gently shook his head and said, "It's nothing.", as he walked out of the station.
Right when he exited the door, it was as if the people in there had their insides suddenly lost weight while the atmosphere turned brighter.
Renir sighed. He had no idea what just happened but glad that it was over.
'That's a suspicious man... did he not hear my surname earlier and got curious about it?', he thought, a second later, his eyelids dropped, 'No, maybe I'm more suspicious-looking than him.'
Renir sat down at one of the chairs and tried to recall what happened earlier while processing how to put it on paper as a report. He then began to write.
'I shouldn't point out how I got entangled with them. I'll just simplify the situation, I guess.'
.....
Outside was a shiny black car parked in front of the station and the well-groomed, tall and handsome man comfortably sat on the driver's seat.
"Shit... haha.... no way I just found that Renir this quick." Ernanfo sarcastically laughed at himself while being full of doubt. He was trying to contact his boss at the moment, looking for additional information.
His first plan was to gather all the information about all Renirs in the city. Of course, he chose the police station to get the needed data because they are right under the gang. After collecting the information, he would then contact his boss and try to deduce what he got. But he didn't imagine that he make a call so quickly.
Cringg* Cringg* A few rings passed.
"Boss! You wouldn't believe who I just met.", he chuckled with tight brows, "I already found Renir no. 1 so I just want to know what he looks like, boss."
[Great...] the voice on the other side sounded non-expectant as it should be. But when his boss began to describe the Renir he was searching for, Ernanfo's hands began to tremble.
'Is the heaven rewarding me now?' Ernanfo said to himself with a big smile.
"He look like a boy in his late teens and has a short messy hair. His body was neither fat nor skinny and has a black hair and black eyes on his head. He's also a bit timid and shy.", after memorizing in a quick moment, Ernanfo was sure about it. How many Renir in the world are there? And how many has the same exact description as the one he saw earlier? Although the one he saw earlier was a bit skinny, that was the only difference. However, before he celebrated that he could finally have time for his daughter there was one detail that stunned him;
"But most of all, Renir is crazy strong...?" Ernanfo didn't know what to comment about that. His boss would say something like that?
Even he was just "fine" in his boss' words, but this Renir is "crazy strong"?
Ernanfo's face became solemn as he slightly doubted his boss' words but soon after, knew that he was an idiot to doubt.
In the first place, why would the boss desperately search for an unknown boy in his teen if there was no special characteristics to him?
Ernanfo's own logic was making sense of the situation but stopped as he saw Renir "no. 1" walked out of the station.
"Hm..." he waited for a bit before getting out of the car and followed after. His figure suddenly blended into the shadows of the night.
...
When Renir got out of the police station, he had a strong feeling that he was being followed. He couldn't explain why that feeling was so clear and was hard to doubt. But even if it was false alarm, it doesn't hurt to be careful.
Renir glanced back but saw no one or heard no one. The night was getting deeper and the streets were getting empty, at the same time, his stomach was raging.
"Ack!" he caressed his stomach as it pained.
'If only I have that magical chylefruit in my dream.' Renir sighed and wished for something he knew he couldn't obtain. He looked at his hand as he felt the virtual chylefruit on it.
'It was so soft and tasty when I was really hungry.' Renir gulped as he drooled, 'It even removes all the hunger in just few bites.'
The hunger pangs were painful and was making his body even weaker, especially after an eventful day. However, it was not unbearable to him.
'That dream was a lot harsher than this,' his mentality was adamant to that, 'but that was just va dream and this is real life. I should get something to eat. I'll just pass my problems to my tomorrow self.' Renir's shoulder drooped;
"Is this what it means to be an adult?"
As he questioned himself that and stressed about it, he noticed that he was walking a familiar street, 'Aren't I near at my school?'
…
From the background, Ernanfo was completely blending with the shadows as he wittingly move at the right time and at the right spot. His footsteps unheard through the air.
From his view, he just witnessed Renir fondled the air while drooling, 'Is this kid having a fantasy? I guess every man is a little perverted at that age.' Ernanfo found it funny but at the same time, found an unreasonable rage, 'He better not go near my daughter!'
The overprotective father just got angry out of nothing. But he did not know his rage was actually reasonable, yet.
'I'm getting in a bad mood, I should end this stalking quickly…'
...----
Renir suddenly heard something from behind as he immediately turned around. He saw the suspicions man who asked him about his surname, intimidatingly standing there where there was no one just a second ago. Renir was surprised but quickly recovered since he already knew that someone was following him right from the beginning!
He didn't have the chance to say anything before the man pulled his long leg in one swift move!
"Hmph!"
'If I was fine and you're crazy strong, then this shouldn't hurt you, right?' Ernanfo said while his eyes widened due to the swing his long leg accompanied by great force and speed, directing a kick from one of the Two Fellnigh Elites towards Renir!
'Fas- Ack!' Renir wanted to dodge but the increasing fatigue and hunger could only make his arms defend his torso.
Thud!* On impact, Renir felt as if a big bike struck his arm! His defense could only slow down the kick but was unable to block it and lifted him off the ground. Even his chest received a large portion of the impact.
"Huh?" Ernanfo raised an eyebrow as Renir landed on the ground, his large backpack saving him from the landing.
'Damn it...! He lifted me up by a kick even though I have a heavy bag on my back.' Renir frowned. He looked and saw his arms trembling uncontrollably, even to the point of numbing.
Renir looked at the man who just kicked him and felt danger as he asked, "Who… are you?", his weak voice was barely audible to Ernanfo's ears.
Ernanfo looked troubled and scratched his head, 'Shit, look like I jumped to conclusions. I put more strength in that kick than usual...' he didn't know what got to him.
Maybe, he was a little irritated.
"Ahah... sorry kid.", Ernanfo just took out his wallet after a forced laugh and put into Renir's bag a thick cash out of the wallet as if it was nothing, "Got the wrong person." he said before nonchalantly walking out of there and leaving behind Renir on the ground.
Renir, who couldn't even lift a finger of his body whispered, "Seriously.... who are you even expecting?"
Then darkness blinded him, his consciousness faded out....
"....."
Renir felt his body swinging from time to time.
"..ey..."
'Is someone calling me?' Renir was gaining consciousness.
"Hey..."
'Ah!' When he got his senses back, he felt acute pain from both his forearms.
"Hey!"
"Huh?" Renir hardly opened his eyes due to the bright sunlight. When a shadow loomed over his face, his eyes were about to close again and let him fall into a deep sleep again, when…
"HEY!"
Suddenly, a loud voice covered his ear and made him looked at what was in front of him, or rather, who was in front of him.
That who was a she with light skin that was lightly tinted with red and elegant facial features. In short, she was pretty. And also, he was very familiar to.
"Imee..?" he murmured.
"Oh, you're finally awake. Yes, it's me so please get up and stop embarrassing both me yourself." Imee whispered with red cheeks and embarrassed expression.
When Renir heard that, he saw that beyond Imee were students, specifically, students from his school based from their attire were walking passed by them while giving him strange looks.
Memories from last night flooded Renir's head and he remembered that he was lying on the cold pavement right now.
"...." Renir finally felt the embarrassment and tried to sit up but momentarily failed as the pain from his forearms forbid him to do so. Yet, he managed to ignore those pain in a matter of a second before sitting up and then standing up.
As he stood straight with his mind still in a slight haze, he met scolding.
"What are you doing there? I thought you said you're going to find a job, so what did you find instead, a thug that I said you need to be careful of?"
Renir watched as Imee's expressions change from embarrassment to anger, then to worried. He felt bad that he was a bit happy to be scolded because she was worried about him but also, the fact that she found him first thing in the morning.
"A thug?" Renir remembered not the four thugs that actually tried to rob and kill him but the mysterious man that made a mess out of him, "Maybe?"
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