Chapter 4: Code: Prey Denied!

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"It is her?"

"Yes, she just left the café..."

Several shadows watched over the exchange student — wearing a simple tracksuit and a backpack — leaving the café, then looking around.

"Is she spotted us?" yes, it was like the girl with white hair and exotic skin glared right at the hiding figures, squinting her eyes and muttering smiling.

"Scary...!" mumbled a squeaky female voice scared, terrified by that malicious smile.

After a moment, Gillian's gaze continued to wander, scanning the environment.

"No... I think..." mumbled the second boy, watching Gillian sigh and shook her head. "No, she just looked around..." shrugging, the girl on the street put on her headphones, starting her light warm-ups before the shop.

"Huh! That was scary!" spoke up the young man with short blonde hair, and his fellow blonde just chuckled.

"Fufufu... That's Gillian-chan for you!"

"You don't say, Prince Charming..." Genshirou Saji — the newly minted Pawn of the Sitri clan just shrugged, irritated by Kiba's dismissing attitude. Of course, the boy just smiled like he didn't take any offense.

"I said so; her instincts are quite good... she may be a human, but do not underestimate her. After all, she is a suspect. Humans not as weak as many may think." the knight of the Gremory peerage played with the word "suspect," earning a shrug from most of the members around.

"We recognized that Kiba-san..." the bespected girl with heterochromia — Tsubaki Shinra — just hummed, watching the girl who has slowly finished her warm-up exercises and started her light jog.

"Oooo! What a lovely place! Tsubaki-chan! Do you think we can visit it sometime? In school, they say wonderful things about this café! Mostly about the handsome owner." near the queen, squirmed the girl with reddish-brown hair and brown eyes, her oculars basically sparkling with anticipation, her voice wispy and squealing.

"Tomoe! We spoke about this! Our task is given! Follow and observe!" Tsubaki scolded the knight of her "master's" Peerage, adjusting her glasses strict. "We can't risk exposure..."

"But still!" uneasy, the girl with brown eyes looked towards the entrance of the shop. "That two... no! With the new girl, three! They look and feel like an everyday human. And we observed the shop all day. Our whole Saturday messed up! Are you sure the president is right about this?"

Asking the queen of the Sitri peerage earned only her "humph" and a quick turn of the head.

"It cannot be helped! Stop complaining! This was Sona-sama's orders. We can't do anything about it! Kiba-san, you come with me! Momo-san, Saji-kun, you remain with Tomoe, observe the establishment for any suspicious signs. Notify either me, Sona, or Rias-sama about the happenings. You know what to do if anything out of the norm happens."

"Bu-But..." the girl with pure with hair and blue-green eyes turned her head, pouting. "But, I wanted to go with Kiba-kun..."

"Ara! Ara! I could say the same!" Momo and Tomoe glared at each other, their tension almost visible in the air.

"Ah, maybe next time..." and Kiba can't help but keep his gentle smile clear — deep inside sweatdrop. Girls sometimes acted like hungry vultures over a dead body. Sometimes even he was scared of them.

"No one wants to remain with me...!" and Saji — the freshest member of the Sitri household — sniffed miserable, glaring at the "Prince." "I hate you so much!"

"There, there... maybe next time." and the only thing he got was a light pat on his back. How was that fair?!

"Get away from me!"

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