Netori: Stealing The Hero's Party!

Chapter 432 An Aggrieved Sister

Coming upon the dead bodies of her siblings, Baylee dropped to her knees. Her eyes and mouth wide with shock, she remained motionless for an hour or so before her mind finally began to accept the reality in front of it.

ʼWhat happened here?ʼ Through teary eyes, she stared at their corpses, half burnt where the gun had shot through their bodies. Alongside them were many men and a handful of women, every single one of whom Baylee recognized in an instant. ʼD-donʼt tell me…ʼ

Piecing things together one by one, she figured something was wrong before her siblings were murdered and given the fact that they were body naked while the others had their clothes burned into their skins, it didnʼt take her long to find out exactly what had transpired.

”Meowri…It has to be her.” Knowing the owner of the inn better than anyone else, Baylee was certain that the cat-girl had something to do with the situation, especially since the group of outlaws lying on her siblingʼs body reminded her a lot of the pirates who would bid and tire themselves on the priestʼs family.

The sound of approaching steps from behind echoed inside her head. She listened to it closely with her eyes still fixated on the bodies of her siblings. Only ever breaking eye contact as the woman behind her began to yell, did Baylee turn around to face the loud-mouthed cat.

”Oh come on, as if you cared about them! Now help me find that girl who did this to my place and Iʼll give you free drinks and everything else you want for a whole week!” Glaring down into the eyes of the aggrieved sister, Meowri couldnʼt believe the pain reflected in Bayleeʼs eyes.

She knew the spirit puppeteer had kept her siblings away from prostitution and raised them by selling her body in her inn, and yet being an opportunistic woman, Meowri had sold them off the first chance that sheʼd gotten.

Taking a step back at the unexpected grief of the oldest sister of the deceased, Meowri held her hands forward to keep Baylee at a distance.

”Look, sister…” Stopping at the edge of the first stair leading down, she tried to force a somber look in her sharp eyes. ”It wasnʼt my fault that they died, you know I wouldnʼt do that to them. J-just help me find that girl and both of us can have our revenge!”

In from one and out from the other, Baylee couldnʼt care less about whatever deal the cat-girl had to offer. Slowly up to her feet, her hand outstretched, the spirit puppeteer forced the demi-human to grab her own throat. Still weeping over the loss of her siblings, Baylee squeezed her fingers and in turn the cat girl was forced to do the same.

”W–WAIT–UAGGH!” With the cracking sound of her throat, Meowriʼs heart sank like an anker all the while her body with a rush with a chill cold enough to numb the pain shooting throughout her body.

Feeling her eyes slowly beginning to bulge out of their sockets, she watched on in horror as Baylee moved closer and in turn, her body skidded backwards. Holding onto some control of herself, she tore through her boots and sank her claws into the wooden floor, and yet with the woman in front deadset on killing her, Meowriʼs paws kept clawing at the edge of the staircase.

Barely held by her toes, she came face to face with the woman whom sheʼd taken far too much for granted.

Staring into her eyes, Baylee thought of nothing but what she wanted to do to the demi-girl.

”Iʼve heard the pigs will eat anything as long as itʼs inside their pen and canʼt fight,” smiling faintly at Meowri, Baylee glanced over her shoulder and whispered to herself. ”I wonder if that fall can cripple you enough for them?”

”B-Bay-Baylee, j-just listen to me okay?! D-donʼt do this! Iʼll give you everything you want, I-I sw-swear!” Looking back into the eyes of the begging woman, the smile on Bayleeʼs face dropped in an instant.

In its place was a grimace on her lips and a hint of rage in her eyes. Moving her head right next to the furry ears of the demi-girl, she brushed her offer off and instead spoke in a whisper.

”Iʼm gonna make you jump from her again and again and even if you have to drag yourself up with your broken legs, Iʼm gonna make sure every bone in your body has crumbled to dust. That way, whatever agony you experience from being eaten alive canʼt be worse than having every bone in your body broken.”

The mere thought of crawling up the stairs with broken legs only to throw herself back down the steps was enough to shatter the remaining pride of the cat-girl, and thus with a look most somber, she began to beg.

”M-MORE, BAYLEE! ANYTHING YOU WAN–” However, she couldnʼt beg for long, for Baylee was tired of hearing her voice and just threw her down the stairs.

Hitting the back of her head against the step and then continuing to fall with no control of her body to prevent further injury, Meowriʼs body crushed its bones upon its own weight. Screaming through the pain, her voice alone sent everyone else still left in the building rushing right out.

They feared the girlʼs return and didnʼt spare a second to look towards the staircase to find out what exactly was going on.

”AGHH! THISS HURRTTT! MY HAND IS BROKEN! BITTCHHHH!!!” Crying like a little girl and even cursing out her tormentor, Meowri tried to touch the injured spot on her head. However, with her hand caught under her own weight, a ligament of her right arm was torn off, making her arm dangle lifelessly to her side.

Hit with the realization that her hand was already gone, she looked at it with a tremble in her eyes.

”N-no way…” She whispered before slowly looking up at Baylee.

Staring back at the catgirl, the spirit puppeteer slowly began to descend down the steps. The sound of her boots echoed in Meowriʼs ears, each a haunting gonk heralding her encroaching death.

”Weʼre not done yet, pussy cat~” Whistling her way down the steps, Baylee kept staring into the catgirlʼs eyes, showing her exactly what her grim reaper looked like.

A hundred and two falls, a hundred and three, two hundred and four, and the count came to an end.

Note: As promised, Arc 3 truly begins!