———In the rundown office of the famous and strong detective, Leonis Ren sat in contemplation as he looked at a holographic screen.[You have 1 million CCs in debt to ****]Looking at his credit debt using his digitalizer, Leonis racked back and forth in his chair, expressing his frustration.“Not only I am broke, but I am also in great debt. If I don't catch a big one next week, I'll be damned.”He laughed out of his misery, almost looking like a man who had lost his mind. “I told you to loan for stuff like renovating your office, not hiring mercenaries, and being ripped off in the first meeting!”Sitting across the room was Warren who held a laptop, searching for any bounties that would be worth the risk.In that list, Warren found not only Magi but also Cian, skipping them as they were only worth half a million both. Fighting his mercenaries is a dumb idea when he already paid them.[Bounty List][1. Dokuji Chio: 1,000,000,0002. Sumire: 900,000,0003. Rosa Kuro: 800,000,0004. Tor

——As the next day came in Newyark, the bustling communities of the borderland city were active after the sudden decrease in criminal activities in the place. Alleyways were cleaned and there came fewer fights and hooligans that had claimed they were from such organizations. It was morning as people claimed peace finally dawned on Newyark, an anarchic city that claimed that there was no need for governments. They claimed that they reached peace on their own. ***“I'm in position. Do you copy, Cian.”“Y-Yes. Are we seriously going to talk like this?”Over the line, Magi spoke to Cian using their earpiece. Magi had stood above a high vantage point atop a building that was several miles away from the compound. Instead of his custom pistol, his Grant, Magi had used a high-velocity magic sniper rifle. It was something he was finally able to buy with the money he got from Leonis.Not only that, but using the money, Magi brought enough food and sent all the children to Bahamut's compoun

Following the events of hunting Izumi Riku, Leonis was able to at least haggle around with Magi and increase his cut to around 2 million to lift him off of his debts.He provided the information and did help them out a little, but Magi had thought that even without his help, they could both take down Izumi. Yet, Magi only agreed as a way to pay his debt of saving Cian from Baji. As they part ways, for now, Leonis went back to his office to go back at the recording of the bugs they've planted in the twins. It involved acquiring Unique Magic despite having Elemental Magic, and that had caught Leonis' attention. The twins didn't inform Leonis about it and so, it only meant that they didn't trust him with such information or that they plan to acquire it as well.Seeing Izumi Riku wield such powerful Unique Magic was more than enough evidence that it was true and that it could change the balance between all the clans. It was unbelievable knowledge, and the one who created it remained

***——Locked away in a dark room, Magi was left with nothing but tied hands and feet. He couldn't see anything at this instance, but he could feel that this room had nothing but walls and a bit of breeze that came from somewhere. The bottom of the door had a faint light escape through as Magi quickly crawled to it, breathing in the cold air that came through. This room was closed, and there was no proper ventilation. It was hard to breathe inside and so he decided to breathe in intervals. “Damn it. How did it come to this?”A few moments earlier, after Magi had shown the woman Violet's AI, he had thought that he could convince her but soon enough after that, he was stripped of his weapon and Digitalizer. Sumire, the boss of the Violet Hex, took away the digitalizer where Violet spoke along with Bahamut, all the while leaving Magi in the hands of her men as they told them to bring them. Magi was blindfolded, and as he attempted to use magic, he could feel interference around the

——Moonblight, the City of Lights.As for the reason why such a city has a name, Moonblight is a city that is always bathing in the light of the still moon in the night sky. The Blue Cresent Moon would illuminate a sky-blue color to the city, a light that would be unhealthy for the eyes of those who saw it every night. Soon, as the city developed, lights were invented to counter such light. They would be made in different colors, yellow, red and green, etc. They were invented to fight against the plaguing light of the moon at night, and so, it was granted their famous name.Not only that, Moonblight was famous for its festivities. One of them is the Mixed Magic Arts Fighting Tournament, also known as MMA Fighting Tournament. It was an annual official tournament that is founded by the mayor of the city.In such an event, candidates are to fight round by round, and by elimination, the winner will step forward towards the bracket and fight their next opponent until the finals. Certai