Haesol flinched. Her instincts were warning her. 

Nakamura had a bright smile on his face, but there was something very wrong about it.

“If you have something to say, you can talk to me from there."

Nakamura stopped walking at Haesol's slightly sharp words.

“Well, I guess this should be good enough. Thankfully, the sun casts long shadows here."

She didn't know what he was trying to say, but as she furrowed her brows, she felt a change come over her body.

“W...what did you do?”

She tried to move, but she couldn’t. She couldn't move to an unnatural degree.

Nakamura grinned, “I just touched your shadow.”

Nakamura's long shadow had connected to Haesol's shadow.

“Ennngggrk.”

Nakamura was a master of a large guild and was one of the contenders to become Japan’s most powerful Awakened. His Rank and ability were famous, and she berated herself for only remembering it now.

No, she’d never imagined he would attack her. In the end, the result was inevitable. He was one of the prized Awakened of Japan. He was Daken Guild's master.

Shadow Ninja Nakamura.

“Ooh-ooh-oohk.”

Haesol gritted her teeth as she tried to move her body. She might have been taken unawares, but she was an A Rank Awakened who had gone through the hellish training of Alandal.

When she exerted every...