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Chapter 30 - Something in the water

Yuno's sword flew out of his hand. He zoned out for a second before he picked it back up.

"Wow, it worked. Thanks," Rye said.

"You are a good teacher," he added.

"Let's go to the site of our next victim," Yuno instructed. Using the array they went up to the fourth level.

They appeared in a wilderness, deep in the woods was a house.

"Who was killed here?" Rye asked as they walked to the house.

On a solid pile of rock sat a white mansion. Before they could knock on the door it opened.

"Yeti, this is Rye Kappa. He is looking into the death of your father," Yuno said to a pale white man with well-defined muscles.

He was in only shorts and flip-flops.

"Yeti? I thought you said he was dead," he whispered into Yuno's ear.

The man invited them in. The whole place was freezing, Rye rubbed his hands against each other.

"People usually take the name of the most prominent member of the family. It becomes kind of a family name," Yuno explained.

"Yeti Elmo," the pale man introduced himself.

"It will be of huge help if I could see the body," Rye said thinking out loud.

"I'm afraid that is impossible. The forger came for it," Yuno replied.

"Actually, he didn't. I froze him and let it float in the sea," Elmo confessed.

Yuno bit down as he smiled.

"Where was he found?" Rye asked Elmo.

"I will show you it is on the way," Elmo said. He picked up a shirt and threw it on.

They followed him back into the jungle. They walked in silence for a while.

"This is it, this is where I found him," Elmo said all of a sudden.

"What is he?" Rye whispered into Yuno's ear.

"I am an ice elf," Elmo said and walked away.

"You need to stop doing that," Yuno commanded.

"What?" Rye asked with a frown.

"Whispering in my ears," he replied.

They followed Elmo deep into the jungle until they came out the other side.

A beach stared at them, with water that went on forever.

"Where is everybody?" Rye asked as he looked at the empty beach. 

"I live alone," Elmo said and ran into the water.

"He's joking right?" Rye asked and Yuno shook his head.

Rye chased him into the water.

"Rye, wait be careful," Yuno called out to him before following them.

They swam for a while and Rye asked, "Where is this floating ice?"

"We are almost there," Elmo yelled.

From a distance, Rye saw a shadow swimming towards Elmo.

"I don't think we are alone!" He yelled at the others.

"Of course not, we are in monster-infested waters," Yuno said.

"Someone should have told me before I got in. I think I saw one heading your way," Rye cautioned them.

"Don't worry it is probably Morty," Elmo yelled back at him as he continued swimming.

'Morty! Did he name the sea monster?' Rye thought just before the water beneath Elmo exploded.

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