"1 hour before the destination." At the top of the ship, an invisible speaker vibrated with a clear mechanic and recorded voice.

  Rotating the corndog in his cup full with ketchup, he brought it closer to his face as it was torn into pieces.

  'I guess the food here are decent'

  Hanging on the rail, his blue reflection was brightly visible no matter where one looked.

  ‘This is also nice.’

  Trying to have some fresh air couldn't hurt due to the fact that he was already spending 80% of his days in his room, afraid of being caught.

  But he quickly broke out of it after trusting her.

  After all, he was almost certain that no one would catch him with the disguise skill of Travestita.

  Although, there was a person that caught onto him but it wasn't like he could do anything to prevent that. Chances are that the woman was mostly in a stage way higher than Gino and why would one expect him to fight back properly.

  "Ma, what's that!"

  A children’s curiosity rang beside him as the little child pointed towards a fish that he had never seen before.

  Julo, in response to the child pointing, tried to find the fish in the ocean.

  "That's a sunfish." Still not used to the act of disguising as the opposite sex, he tried his best to replicate a female voice as he responded to the child.

  The child turned to him as she observed the stupid looking sunfish. The female voice was working after all.

  "5 minutes until the destination."

  Losing the sense of time with the blinding sun, he was slightly stunned by the announcement but he quickly got ready to depart from the ship.

  Feeling the moisture slowly leaving his lips, he went up to the nearest vending machine before pressing the button where an energy drink was assigned.

  With the drink in hand, he noticed that the exit was insanely crowded with multiple people with all sizes and ages trying to reach it.

  Despite this, Julo didn't rush him with his above average strength as time wasn't that valuable in the ship.

  Although, he is in a rush but taking a few minutes to leave couldn't do any harm. And he really didn't want his lower part to rub anyone.

  "We've reached the destination. Please pack your valuables and make your way to the exit."

  While the other had loads of luggage, Julo on the other hand only had a gun to his name. Which saves the hassle of dragging the luggage but the thought of an official checking his body and finding a single gun brought his mood down and his anxiety up.

  With his cold drink halfway done, he stepped out of the ship after everyone else as the temperature of the air attacked his lungs.

  Coughing briefly before digging through the snow with his feet. He pondered on where he was, Julo examined his surroundings in case for any landmarks visible from where he was.

  ‘Quite visible ain't it.’

  Looking at the giant tower and the snow, it carved an idea on where he was with the surroundings.

  A city where snow falls intensely with a giant clock tower visible from anywhere in the city.

  He suspected this on the ship but Julo wasn't certain as asking where the ship was going would be too suspicious but he was definitely certain now.

  It was Ashnafal.

  The city infamous for its extreme weather and the ominous tower in the middle of the city. The place was quite the place for tourists all around the world.

  Infact, 40% of the people in the ship were all tourists hoping to visit the city.

  Of course, there were some wanted people or criminals in there due to the average poor security of the ship but it didn't exceed the tourist count.

  Walking towards the street, his body temperature quickly changed as the A/C in the ship was way warmer than the surrounding.

  While he was an Uncoiled, the cold still made it unbearable for him to walk around with such clothes.

  It wasn't like he chose to be like this.

  The weather in Nightlight was only rainy and he didn't need clothes for a colder climate.

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  And Travestita didn't quite plan on him going to Ashnafal with a female disguise.

  He could only take the heat while frantically trying to find a clothing shop only for the surrounding shops to be a tourist trap.

  Making a tsk noise, he walked along the street and onto the deeper part of the city to escape the tourist trap but the numbers only seemed to increase slowly instead of decreasing.

  It seems like they knew people would try to go deeper to escape and placed most of the traps there.

  "Ma'am would you like to buy these beautiful gems made of the most precious material and crafted with incredible precision."

  "You'll only need to buy two to get one for free!!! Isn't that a great deal?"

  The persistence of the people around him was slowly annoying Julo even more as his steps increased by a large margin.

  'Ughh, Why did Travestita disguise me with such expensive clothes.'

  His clothes were one of the biggest factors in the persistence as they were of top quality.

  They weren't exactly ideal for blending in but it wasn't like Travestita was trying. In fact, she was playing around with his body.

  He couldn't bland her though. Having fun while working was a blast for the other people even if he was the one getting clowned on.

  The ‘calm’ atmosphere of the city quickly changed with an unidentifiable force emitting around him.

  "Would you like to know where women like you can earn money quickly?"

  A slender built person creeped out of an alleyway as two other people stood watching him.

  Wearing heavy jackets, his mind was filled to the brim with greed as soon as Julo appeared in his view

  Blocking his way, Julo stopped before clenching his fist.

  The man smiled as the surroundings darken with the man grinning even more.

  However, the surroundings flashed with lights in Julo's imagination as his face was immediately transformed into a stunned expression as Julo broke the illusion almost instantly.

  'Another mind domain. Tsk, I didn't expect to meet another one so soon.'

  Julo didn't expect to meet an Uncoiled here but since he had always been in guard, he quickly managed to break the illusion.

  Not letting them react to the situation, his elbow made immediate contact with the skull of the main assaulter with his drink still in hand as the cold wall’s mold was chipped off by his impact.

  Crimson blood, frozen within contact of the air as it fell to the ground midair.

  Staring blankly at Julo, the other goons took a step back before dashing through the air in the opposite direction.

  From the looks of it, the only Uncoiled was in Julo's hand.

  His eyes narrowed at his skull as his worries skyrocketed seeing the frozen blood.

  Trying to make sure, he dragged the body to his face, examining closer at the damage to ensure he didn't kill anyone.

  His worries faded away at the slow yet steady of the heartbeat of the unconscious person.

  While he might suffer a few concussion, Julo's mind would truly break if he killed one more underserved person.

  That wasn't to say the person in front didn't deserve it due to the possibility of him being a trafficker but he could wait to collect more evidence.

  His body dragged across the floor as Julo entered the nearby alley as his hand swiped across his face.

  "w..h." Not even allowing a single what, he increased the force with double the speed.

  "Huekkk, don't kill me, I was just following orders." The man, remembering Julo's previous actions, begged for mercy at his hand.

  Examining his muscles, Julo was quite surprised that he managed to take him down.

  If he had tried to use his brute force, he would've easily crushed Julo and it seems like the only reason he beat him was the shock of Julo breaking his Versile’s effect.

  “Ma-Ma’am l’ll give you everyth-everything I have just don't kill me.”

  His arm extended as his skull hugged the wall.

  “Who are you?” Still trying to maintain the voice, he asked

  “I-I’m from a gang group in the dis-district over there

  Looking at the direction he pointed, his mind screamed to turn back at him.

  With incredible speed, Julo turned to him with invisible sweats and sighed briefly after.

  ‘He could've killed me when I turned.’ He noted a mistake that could've been avoided before staring at his eyes.

  His leg lunged forward as he knocked him out with one swift motion with no additional blood coming out. Clenching his hand, a sharp pain crawled through his body as he hit the wall followed by the immediate regret of him thinking he was stronger than before.

  The drink still in his hand, poured over to his lips with no additional liquid coming out.

  He waited another 5 seconds while walking to look inside the bottle.

  ‘Frozen. Tsk.’

  It seems like he would have to wait until the solid block of ice liquefied.

  Or he could just liquefy it himself.

  Thinking of the two options available, he quickly made the decision to the latter as the water melted in response to his power before dropping down to his throat.

  ‘AH.’ Even though it was a liquid now, it still had the temperature of the solid ice cube.

  The coldness burned his tongue as the sidewalk was suddenly blasted due to him spitting it out.

  ‘Nev-Never doing that again.’ Somehow stuttering in his mind with the burning sensation still active, a serviced apartment building entered his view.

  The huge building amazed him with his face lifting up.

  He walked towards it with incredible speed as he even considered using his full speed but he quickly dismissed the idea.

  Entering the building, his eyes were greeted with bright lights as two ladies welcomed him in.

  With the man at a counter, he took a deep breath and got ready to tell Julo everything exactly as he memorized.

  ‘The lady's pretty, I should try to recruit her.’

  Julo walked to the counter, oblivious to the thought of the man wanting to recruit him, as he stood there.

  “Would you like to rent a service apartment or are you here to play on the second floor of the building?”

  “Play?” Julo didn't know anything about a playing floor in a service apartment as he naturally assumed the building only had apartments.

  ‘Wait is this a tourist trap?’ He thought of the possibility of the building being another trap but it wasn't like he could leave randomly now.

  ‘I’ll listen to the price.’ He reassured himself.

  “Yes! The second floor is mainly reserved for a social place, poker tables and many activities to socialize with people! The price of the apartment is also incredibly cheap with them getting even cheaper with the longer you rent. As you can see, the two elevators can lead to the apartments or the social floor! Although it has some beers, it has a lot of kid friendly foods and there's also a kid friendly zone you can put in! If you're also looking for a job, you can contact our manager which will review your capabilities. However, the bar doesn't allow any erotic activity to happen so you'll have to do them in the apartment. And with the price of 1.2k dollars you could most definitely afford it!!! And we accept payment from all kinds of currency other than the joke ones of course.”

  Memorizing all of the key points he thought were important, he nodded as he reached for his pocket. Trying to remember everything about this place was quite challenging due to his usual habit of forgetting everything but if he wanted to have a higher chance of surviving due to a country then he would do the necessity.

  While only having a couple of thousands to his bank account and of course, a gun, he instinctively felt that this place was the most valuable place to stay in.

  Despite not wanting to spend his remaining money, he took out his card registered on the ship before swiping it.

  His AGI was really a life saver as she had all of the data his laptops had. Although he had no clue on how it fitted inside the gun, he still trusted his only companion he had at the moment.

  ‘They serve beer huh. I shouldn't drink them in the current situation.’

  ***

  Rip

  As the clothes of the criminal were ripped apart by an unseen force, they were also pulled by the clothes, briefly stalling them.

  And yet, that brief was enough for 4 shadows to block the direction of any possibilities of an escape.

  Seemingly in a checkmate, the clouds drifted apart, letting the moon hit a water tank and the shadow of it became visible.

  With the only option of an escape appearing before his very eyes, the shadow called from him as it pulled him back to his original place, the dark.

  A darker shade of a shadow crawled up the tank before his appearance blocked the moon.

  Taunting the officials below, especially one with the sword that gave him much trouble, he turned with an almost instant movement.

  A red shade of irises filled his view.

  He panicked at the random sight as his leg almost slipped out of the tank but fortunately his balance was good enough.

  ‘What’s she doing here?’

  A short woman that had unnatural red irises and with a barely noticeable purple hair under the full moon, blocked his way.

  He had no idea how he got there but he wasn't gonna ask her.

  Raising one arm and liquefying it into a shadow, it reformed itself with a sharp point as it aimed directly at her throat.

  “AHEEKKK!”

  Black smoke raised from his arm as it enveloped the water tank.

  Feeling his perfectly fine shadow arm turn into a gas, he felt every pain of it forcefully being removed from his Versile's pathways and it no longer considered it its own.

  Not even a second to scream again, his ribs cracked as he fell down from a dodgeable kick. Even if it was dodgeable, the degree of the pain that was crawling throughout his body made it impossible.

  If that wasn't enough, another point of a shoe struck his spine, racking up even more pains.

  Completely immobilized, the man was quickly put in handcuffs as they looked at the female above.

  A person that seems to be a swordsman, raised his weapon as it dragged the freezing water vapor in air, forming a barrier of liquid around the sword.

  With another hasty slashing motion, all of the liquid turned into a slash before rapidly closing the distance between the woman.

  As it grew closer by the minute, all that remained was the gas that turned when it got too close.

  In the midst of it, she disappeared without a trace.

  “Hm.”