Kibo wasn't at home. But her dojo seemed to be lively that night. So, they went to the dojo and found students were jabbering over something. Itu demanded Kibo's location and an explanation of their nightclub, but they seemed to be as hostile as ever.
A girl named Arclight approached. "Why do you want to track down our master?" She looked as rogue as Kibo-a perfect student of hers.
"Because your master is pulling strings from the shadows. She is sticking her dirty nose into the ministry. Tell us where she is," Red said.
The students glowered. They remembered what Red did last time. "Are you smearing our master's reputation?" said another one.
Arclight stepped towards her. "How dare you!" She was ready to punish Red.
Amidst the crowd, Fei Yu threw himself between two girls. "No! Stop!"
Red's world paused for a moment. She noticed Arclight's gaze at Fei Yu. Passionate... lost... and longing. It didn't stay on her face for long. But all that Red knew was she wanted to punch down that girl.
"Fei Yu, step aside," Arclight said. "She is a real loudmouth."
Yes, please. Just start it chick. That girl spent all day with him. Red didn't get to see him around so often anymore.
"Stop!" Fei Yu turned to Itu. "Kibo had an imperial order. Recently, she was summoned urgently to the frontline to oppose the Liquidators on the outskirt town."
June and Itu exchanged a worried glance. They were late because of the girl. Red was annoyed by June's constant whining about eating fast. At first, she didn't tell her that she was a princess, then pushed her to eat by nose. Red bet if she didn't stop at that point, the war between the Legion and the Dynasty would break out. Seemed like it really broke out-the real one, not the catfight Red meant earlier.
Shit...
"Some of us are preparing to join Kibo."
"We are going with you." June's tone pitched with authority.
"If it pleases you, then by all means," Fei Yu said, giving her a curt nod.
***
The troop along with some imperial guards traveled to the attack region that night. June insisted on going with the students in the wagon instead of a carriage, heavily guarded by her bodyguards.
Red's eyes were stuck on the corner where Fei Yu and that girl named Arclight sat side by side. That girl kept talking to him about something mundane in a low voice that muffled without reaching her ears. She heard Arclight was Iron Beak's recent school champion. School champion... Shouldn't Xiang Tzu be joining the troop? Perhaps humiliation sent him to bed.
It was a late night. Some students on the wagon dozed off, and some were giving awkward looks at the trio.
"Red...," June whispered in her ear. "If you want to keep it secret then don't glare at him so often."
The spell broke and realization spread through her mind. She blinked after so long time that her eyes almost hurt.
"June..." She turned around to face her.
"Yes...?"
"Is it legal to bring kids into a battle zone?" she whispered.
"Kids? According to the laws of the Dynasty, no one can be called a kid above sixteen. They are free to make a choice whether they want to join the military or not. And here... no kid is less than eighteen."
A boy who sat beside Itu, facing Red curiously watched the girls chatting. He looked away when Red gazed at him with the expression she regarded as normal. Itu was brooding and deadpan as usual.
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The Nameless Girl | A Fanfic Of Shadow Fight 3
Fanfiction🔞 'The girl' betrayed her sergeant and befriended June, a spy of the enemy country. Because she didn't know which country she belonged to. She didn't know anything... anything about her past. But she badly wanted to know... to know herself, her ori...
