Chapter 139 – Theophane
"Fuck!" A man cursed under his breath, running through an alley so hidden it was swallowed by thick darkness despite the morning, a putrid odour clinging to the air with infuriating intensity. "Where did that damned woman run off to?"
He looked around forty years old, blue hair, one blue eye. He was blind in one.
His words were directed at his teammate. A woman with light grey hair and a mask covering her face except for her black eyes. Both of them wore a blue vest with the insignia of a lightning bolt boldly stitched across the back.
"First, we need to stop." The woman said, her eyes narrowing as she scanned the twisted alleys around them. "Running blindly like this will get us nowhere. That woman knows this area. We will lose her if we keep going like this."
"That is exactly why we need to be fast and not stop, you bloody idiot." The man snapped, his heart hammering frantically against his chest.
