Enma and Aeri were drenched and exhausted. The night was cold. The area seemed deserted. Nothing good was happening around here. The oldest saw people with guns walking far away. It wasn’t safe to stay around. Aeri pointed multiple lights sources from far away. So many colors, blue, red, orange and pink. There was definitely people there. But they at least weren’t holding guns. The girls felt uneasy when they arrived. It was what we could call ? the hottest part ? of the neighborhood. Lots of alcohol and drugs that’s for sure. Lots of brothels, AI prostitutes and real ones. It wasn’t the first time that Enma saw people using robots that way, unlike Aeri who used to stay in her room all day.

  ? We should ask someone about father. ?

  Aeri ran to a bartendress. She tried to get her attention but failed. She started panicking, imagining the customers mocking her. Her sister hailed the woman.

  ? Excuse me miss. We don’t wanna bother you. We’re new here and you must see a lot of people coming by. ?

  ? That’s true, what can I do for you ? Looking for someone ? ?

  ? Yes, we’re looking for our father, Jeff. Brown hair, brown eyes. Two daughters from the wardened cities. ?

  ? Sorry girl. There’s a lot of guys like that. ?

  ? Yeah, we were told that earlier. ?

  ? Can’t help you with that. But I must say, we all saw the news here. Now I’m not interested in wardeners stuff and all. I don’t really care about the shit they give us. But some will be. You might wanna be careful. Especially with what you’re carrying. ?

  ? Thank you, another thing that we were also told earlier. We won’t bother you anymore. Good night, miss. ?

  ? You too girl ! ?

  Aeri bowed to the bartenderess and hurrily joined her sister who had already left.

  ? No one knows our father, no one saw him. What are we gonna do now ? It’s not like we can count on him but the one time we actually need him that bastard is nowhere to be found. ? said Enma while clenching her teeth.

  ? We should use our DNA to find him. We’re at least half him. It should work right ? ?

  ? That’s soo… That’s actually not that stupid. Might not work though so don’t get your hopes up. ?

  Aeri happily nodded. She wasn’t good with conversations, she wasn’t good with school either, but she was glad to be able to help her sister a bit. Enma scanned the area. The walls, the ground, the trash cans, everything was covered up in DNAs.

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  ? The traces are too corrupted. We can’t use them. ?

  Then Enma thought about her dad. About drugs and the fact that he was a drug addict. She ran back to the bartendress.

  ? Sorry to bother you again, do you know what type of drugs we can buy with the common money and where ? ?

  ? Is that a clue to find your father ? ? asked the bartendress amused.

  ? I think so. ?

  ? Well I wouldn’t want that type of father that’s for sure. Around here the common money isn’t worth anything. Unless you’ve got a few deals with the wardened cities. And there’s not many people around here who have the ability to deal with wardeners. But if I were you I wouldn’t approach them. They’re not part of the good ones. ?

  ? Please, we have no other way. ?

  The bartendress took some time to think. It really wasn’t a good idea. But she also didn’t want to see those girls wandering around her bar, it would cause her too much trouble.

  ? Fine. I don’t know anyone. But Those types of people, they’ve got territories. They claimed some parts of the low cities. So if you wanna go to them, you need to go there. You see the big building there ? ? She pointed her fingers toward the east. ? They took that part of the cities. It was to show the wardened cities that we exist, to prove them wrong or whatever. They say that from the sky, this building is at the same distance from the wall that is the thing from you guys, how is it called again ? ?

  ? The Judge and Law of the Wardeners. The building where all the politicians work. ?

  ? Yeah right ?scoffed the bartendress ? stupid name. Anyway, Don’t act too high and mighty there, okay girls. If you sense danger, you run. ?

  ? Understood miss. Thank you again. ?

  ? You’re welcome. ?

  Enma ran back to Aeri.

  ? We’re going to the east. ?

  ? I heard. ?

  ? Good. ?

  The two sisters started walking towards their new destination. They didn’t see the shadow bats surveilling them at every corner of the road. But they started to hear an echo that made them shiver.

  ? Isn’t it unfair ? ?

  Their ears started rigging. Their bodies turned cold and they passed out. While they were unconscious. Two people stormed out from the shadows. They tapped the girls shoulders to see if they were alive. After that, the two people carried the girls to their car. And they rode towards the east. They were bringing them to a person who is only known as ? the boss ?.

  ? The boss ? was a middle aged man. He appeared out of nowhere in the low cities with guns and took control of the east. He was the hand in the shadow. No one knows what his goal is but they know that he is the only one who is actively protecting the low cities from the wardened cities. He was the reason why the wardened cities are not invading them. No one knows his name, or his history. But he holds power. A power that he would never give up. And he was ready to do anything for that. He arrived at a time of chaos and put some order into this world. Of course what he did could be considered reprehensible. The life in the low cities is never tender towards the weak. The wardened cities were already dejecting their toxic air and products into the low cities. No more. That is why when he heard that the daughters of Alayna Idliome, who had received an AI and robotic transplant, were wandering in the streets looking for their father. He thought that maybe he could use them. He was even more pleased when he heard his men confirming the capture of the two girls.