And so the two of them began running, but they did not make it. The boy Yuu-chan had thrown the stone at grabbed his arm and pulled.
The sixteen year old’s physical strength was powerful.
Yuu-chan’s twelve-year-old body could not resist. He was slammed against the wall of the alley.
“Gah!” Yuu-chan yelped in pain. Still he turned toward Mika and said: “Run!”
But even if he said to run, Mika knew he could not escape.
They were in a confined world.
A terrible underground world without blue sky.
The boys had seen their faces. If Yuu-chan were caught, then they would also know about Mika’s, and Akane’s and the children of their orphanage’s whereabouts.
What would they do if it happened?
The girl the boys had assaulted was about twelve. Akane was eleven. She was pretty. It was possible they would rape her in revenge.
Then, what could they do?
What could they do?
Mika stopped and began racking his brain.
The boy grasped Yuu-chan’s neck and pressed him against the wall of the alley. He said:
“You brat, are you stupid? What were you thinking, trying to oppose us?”
Yuu-chan glared at him and replied:
“You are stupid! What are you doing, attacking another human? Aren’t the vampires the ones we have to defeat?!”