Several minutes later Sinai and Alucard stood over top of 4 unconscious souls and one genuinely terrified one. She held a hatchet to his throat just as he had done to her not too long ago. For a group of bandits they weren’t all that great. It was clear they were using the fear they invoked to do their job without resistance. “I am going to ask you this once, if I don’t like the answer” she raised her arm and brought the hatchet down right next to his ear with a loud thud “I move to my left.” She didn’t bother to ask if he understood. If for some reason he didn’t understand, he soon would. “what do you do to the children?” Sinai asked
“uh um uh” the man stuttered which only caused Sinai to raise her hatched arm “no no no no! boss like them. Boss likes them” he answered frantically but her arm continued to rise “no no its not like that. Not like that he doesn’t like them like that. He keeps them…most of them “
“what do you mean most of them?” Sinai asked leaving her arm raised 
“h-h-h-he. S-s-sold a c-c-couple. To rowdey... I swear we never kilt one. “
“how many have you taken”
“uh 16!” he yelled as Sinai swung the axe down half way to scare him. 
“is this boss of yours the one who told the townsfolk to start sacrifices?”
“I don’t know nothing b-b-bout that. Swear. “ 
Unfortunately she was inclined to believe his ignorance. She swung on him anyway, the hatchet skinning his ear. She took a step back “your boss, is he The Evil One?” she asked him in a dark quiet tone. He nodded as a light wafted over them. Some men from the town. She looked at them as they held their torches “do you recognize any of these men?”
“no” they all answered 
“good. These are the ones that have been stealing your children.” She said as she turned and started walking away
“where are you going?” 
“to put an end to this.” She retrieved her Zanpakuo from Alucard before they both Shunpo’d off in pursuit of the one that got away