Black stood up. "I know there's no way you'd get hit — you're the guy I met with the fastest reaction speed."
"Meat, help him up. Let's meet with the Pop Girl's."
As they walked, a couple of men arrived — they were wearing leather jackets with the Pop Girl's symbol embedded on them.
The man in the middle said:
"Follow us."
The Bringers nodded and kept walking. They reached a facility with a staircase leading underground — it was quite dark, but the man leading had a flashlight.
"Follow me — this is our clinic room," one of the men said. Meat nodded as he helped White walk.
"And Mr. Black — our head wants to see you."
Black nodded. As they continued, they reached the end — a metal door with a 'warning' sign. The man knocked once. After a few minutes, the door opened, and Black entered. When Silent tried to follow, the man stopped him.
"Mr. Black is the only one permitted to enter."
"..."
"Just wait outside for me," Black said casually.
Silent nodded.
Black walked through the door and was greeted by the head of the Pop Girl's.
"Long time no see, Black!" A cheerful voice came from the tallest woman in the room — she was quite fat, wearing a skirt and a short shirt, with a ponytail of full black hair streaked with a thick strand of pink.
[Pop Girl's]
[Lead Singer: Chi-chan]
Another woman appeared, resting on a table — she had short black hair, pale skin, and skull-and-web designs on her necklace, earrings, and rings. "Sigh..." She lifted her head, then dropped it back down and started snoring.
[Pop Girl's]
[Lead Dancer: Lar-Vance]
A chair spun around, and another woman stood up — she was wearing a white polo and a skirt, with white-and-pink double ponytails. Her most noticeable feature was a plain pink mask, plus nose, eyebrow, and ear piercings.
"Black," she said in a serious tone, walking towards him.
"This isn't the first time you guys have caused trouble..." Her voice was quiet but dangerous — her nails were long and colorful.
Black remained silent.
"Tell me who's that monk," she said.
They faced off, standing close.
"You don't know?" Black asked.
"How would I know? I cut Anon from our contract."
Black looked at her seriously. "Huh... What do you mean?"
"Anon's been weird for the last few weeks, so we cut him off..."
"Weird like how?" Black asked.
"You don't need to know." She stepped back and sat down in her chair.
"I see..."
Anon weird? The only reason I didn't let White talk about that bounty is because he might have a friend here... But for them not to know — come to think of it, we're the only other crew here in this territory...
His eyes widened as he realized something.
"I'll get going, Mask!"
The woman in the chair looked at him again. "Did he realize something?"
[Pop Girl's]
[Main Vocalist: Mask]
As Black walked out, he started running. Silent was far behind but quickly followed.
"..."
"I realized something."
He ran straight to the medical room. "Meat, come with me!" he commanded. Meat jumped up and joined him.
"By the way — tell Mask we'll come back for White later," Black said to the man in the medical room. The man nodded.
They kept running. Meat couldn't help but ask: "Brother, why are we running? We left Brother White!"
"I've realized something... We're the only ones here!" Black said.
"Hm, but we got a lead that our target's last stop was here," Meat asked.
"....."
"I know — and that lead came from Anon. And Mask told me he's been weird lately!"
"Weird? He seemed pretty cool," Meat replied.
"..."
"You're right — Silent, Mask cut off her contract with Anon."
"But isn't that normal? She always cuts off something!" Meat said, breathing heavily behind his mask.
"Yes — but cutting a contract with someone like Anon isn't normal. And we're the only other crew in this territory — which means we're in a huge weak spot if another crew or some organization attacks us!"
"...."
Meat's eyes widened as he realized too.
"Don't tell me our territory could have been attacked?!"
Black remained silent.
"..."
Meat grabbed both Black and Silent and hoisted them onto his back.
"Hold on, Brother!"
As he said that, his pants started to stretch — especially around his thighs.