Chapter 10

## Chronology

**Gently Brush My Hair** (優しく髪をかきあげて, *Yasashiku Kami o Kakiagete*, Yen Press: **Gently Brush Back My Hair**) is the 10th chapter of *Plunderer* manga.

## Plot

Both Barons agreed to "play" the game of Startheft Bout and wager their own stars. Once the game begins, Hina worries at Licht Bach and wonders if he can win, as he has lower counts in comparison to Sonohara Mizuka's count. Pele Poporo found something's odd about Licht and the Barons in general, for example like how Licht managed to almost defeat Jail Murdoch back in Hoemmh despite inferior counts. Pele then ask Nana Bassler if she knew the truth behind the Barons, which she remains silent.

On the other side, Licht tried his best to reach Mizuka but he couldn't keep up with her speed due to her bullets keep following him. The bullets managed to hurt him which caused him to be knocked out to the building. While falls down, Licht saw the blood on his left hand while he stands up. Once he stand up, Licht begins screaming which releases some kind of aura surrounding him. Hina noticed that Licht's count increasing while he screams, which the others is shocked as the count won't automatically increase without fulfill a person's desire. Nana then denied Lyne Mei's words and said it's possible for the Barons to increase their count whenever they like, which is the exact reason why they were referred as the "Legendary Red Baron".

Once Licht's count increased to 57000, Mizuka states that she is glad that Licht is finally willing to kill her, as shows with his killing intent. As she tries to attack, Mizuka realizes that her hands is shaking and couldn't move, which allows Licht to attack her off-guard. Once Mizuka got attacked, Licht keep slashing her from every angles in his speed of flash to the point she couldn't counterattack. Soon, Nana calls everyone to leave behind Licht as soon as possible, while he standing at the top of the building and screams again. Nana explains that every Barons has the ability to increase their count by "exchanging" their personality to a person named "Schmelman", where they would no longer the same person as before and becomes more violent than before, in the worst scenario they may not even able to return to their normal selves again once they became "Schmelman".

Soon, Licht successfully defeated Mizuka while in his violent personality. After the defeat, Mizuka's count reduced from 32000 to 16000. Nana revealed that she has been in the "Schmelman" form these whole time, while blames "them" for turning both Licht and Mizuka into mindless monsters which leads Hina and the others into confusion. When Mizuka awaken, she realizes that her whole hands covers in blood and began crying, as she's not the type of girl who enjoys violence like her "Schmelman" self does. Licht then grabbed Mizuka's neck and told her to continue their fight rather than screaming like a crybaby, which he soon threw her away for her "cowardly". As Licht is about to kill Mizuka, Hina went to stop him and begging him to return to his normal self. At first, Licht was going to kill Hina for stopping him but then Mizuka shoot him with her gun and told him that she was his opponent. Licht then said it's fine and he will grand her wish of wanting to die as he "promised" earlier.

While Licht walks around, Mizuka thought that she and the other Barons deserved to die and that they would sent into hell for the amount of crimes they committed in the past 300 years, most specificity their involvement during the Abandonment War. However, she is hoping her wish to be granted before her death, which she wants him to gently brush her hair like in the past for one last time. Once Licht reached Mizuka, he begins to kill her with his Ballot. Before he could do so, it was stopped by Jail who revealed to be still alive. Jail tells Licht that if he want to kill Mizuka, then he need to kill him first beforehand.

## Characters

By order of appearance:

* Licht Bach
* Sonohara Mizuka
* Hina Farrow
* Lyne Mei
* Gespenst Zerlegen
* Nana Bassler
* Jail Murdoch