Bad for Business(Private)

Any human surely would have been terrified by the mere sight, but as it were... Neither of the people before the shadow person were human.

Ozaki wasn't necessarily always the most street smart of people. However if there was one thing he was, it was book smart. He did jump back when the werewolf appeared between them. Both out of gut instinct to survive- knowing how deadly a werewolf bite could be, and surprise. And something else... There was an unearthly dread being emitting from the shadow. Well more, it wasn't from the shadow. But there were few things that could make Ozaki feel like this, and werewolves weren't amount them. Was it a werewolf? No. Not unless it had a shadow based talent but... Those eyes and the fear-aura made it more likely it was a shadow person. The fact that the werewolf was not able to truly bay made it a cinch for Ozaki. Definitally not a werewolf.

Ozaki could see his opponent whip out a gun. Immediately Ozaki took up into the air, knowing if he did not the bullet would likely phase through and hit him. He cut into his index finger with his thumb nail and squeezed his palm, forcing the slow pulsed blood to well up from the wound. "Whoever you are, you need to leave. This is none of your business, and you have no reason to get hurt over it." Shadow people in their intangible states were immune to physical attacks. But he doubted that his opponent was going to stick to physical attacks for long if he realized they weren't working, as the bullet he just fired flew right through the shadow.

Logic would say that the person that Rhythm turned into was not a real entity. But even if the ghoul had known what the creature before him was it would have been hard to listen to reason on that. Whether or not this one was real, he was afraid of what he was seeing. He fired off a few rounds, desperate to try and get at the shadow, but with his arms being held as they were he could not actually hit the Shadow. Red whip-like limps appeared from the higher ghoul's back, pulsing with venom as they tried to lash out at the person before them.

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Ozaki, meanwhile, was highly frustrated. He didn't quite know why the shadow person was even interfering. Even if he could get a clear shot from how closely they were grappled, it would only serve to put the ghoul to sleep. Which may very well end up in his death. That wouldn't be a bad thing persay... But Ozaki had had plans for the ghoul. Of all people to practice on, someone who couldn't actually die of blood loss or severe wounds was perfect. But he highly doubted this Shadow was going to listen. Best to wait, even if his instincts were snarling at having his target being taken... He could wait. Waiting was half of the hunt at times.

The ghoul knew that Ozaki was going to come back here at some point, so there was absolutely no point in continuing a fight like this. He could pick it up later when that stupid kid was alone again. He tried to book it out of the alleyway when suddenly he found himself a foot short, and fell to the ground.

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Ozaki had not been pleased that his prey was being taken, but seeing them run off was even less optimal. He could follow them and corner them somewhere else, but he had already committed to getting a bite in. There was no way he was going to miss this opportunity. Ozaki drew up the blood that had welled up from his finger with blood manipulation and formed his fingers into a finger gun, shooting the collected blood and nitro-glyerin mix at him. It exploded on impact, taking his leg. Within moments after that Ozaki landed next to him, yanking the ghoul up part way by his arm to bite down.

The moment he bit into the ghoul the exhilarating rush of his fear overcame Ozaki's sensibilities, and he started gnawing further into the ghoul's arm.

As the Shadow person cloaked the ghoul Ozaki continued chewing, even cracking through bone itself. When the ghoul screamed he aimed to punch the man in the throat to keep him from bringing attention to the alley way. That was when the ghoul's appearance suddenly stopped being himself and became that of Mordred.

Ozaki jumped back in surprise. While he knew it wasn't real, he was still enough of a shock for him to actually heed the tizzy of fear that the Shadow Person caused. Plus... It wasn't like he really wanted to chew through the Ghoul's arm. He just... Couldn't not do it that way. Seeing the visage of Mordred right now was enough to shake him out of his feeding frenzy. But it did not do much to quench his rage, both at the person who the Shadow Person was currently cloaking, nor at the visage they had chosen to claim.

Ozaki wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, glowering at the Shadow Person. He wasn't sure what they were on about, given that they had both attacked the man and now were possibly defending him. "You trying to break up this fight? You should know he has this coming for selling to people who came to this group to quit." The Shadow person couldn't speak. Ozaki could get his journal out now and rip out a page for them to talk, but the Ghoul wasn't liable to remain still for long.

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The Ghoul looked at their new temporary appearance, confused. Nonetheless they could already feel the flesh at their arm and leg begin to stitch back together. Forming a new limb would take a few minutes, but at that point he could get going. "What the hell's going on?! You call for back up or something?"

"Oh fuck." The ghoul swore, realizing immediately who the form was as they revealed themselves. "Wait. Not the real one." If it were the real Mordred he would be so dead for trying to corner one of his kids, heedless of the reason. Doing it had been risky but... He hadn't been planning on killing Ozaki. Just teaching him a lesson on respecting gang boundaries. Something his sire should have taught him. So he could have gotten away with it... Maybe. But if Mordred were actually here he'd be fucked. Either way he might be fucked if this kid actually told his sire what happened. Mordred didn't care nearly as much about gang rules as Regis did.

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As the Shadow Person multiplied into multiples of Ozaki's fears he jumped up, putting distance between himself and the Shadow Person. Mordred, Yuuto, someone else, and someone covered in blood. Most of Ozaki's fears appeared to be people, with only one of them being more of a conceptual thing. That one was more mirroring his hemophobia than anything else, guising as one of the unfortunate souls who had met their end at his fangs when he did not know any other way. Ozaki could probably figure out something with this. He just needed enough light but... He had no cause to fight with this Shadow Person. So instead he pointed at the ghoul and delivered a similar threat to what he had tried to deliver to him earlier. "I find you here again and you'll loose much more than a limb, got it!?" Then took off higher into the sky and away from the scene.

He could continue the fight. But there was little point in it with an unrelated party in the way. If the Ghoul came back Ozaki could deal with him then. Until then... Well there were other, technically more legal targets to go after to practice feeding on. Ones that already had a dead or alive bounty on their heads, namely.