(Dust): Good evening. What’s your strongest drink tonight?
*Dust’s question was met with silence as the bartender who was a middle-aged men with short grey hair, and grey mustache with brown eyes went about his business cleaning a glass mug with a rag*
(Dust): Oh come on. Bartend me.
*Once again Dust was met with silence and a dark-skinned waitress who had curly black hair, green eyes and wore a yellow shirt with black pants and shoes came up to him*
(Waitress): Read the sign, sug.
*The waitress points to a sign hanging on the back wall of the bar that read: No elves, demihumans, or merfolk. Only humans*
(Waitress): We don’t serve your kind here.
(Dust): Well now that’s a shame. I heard this place had some good drinks I wanted to try.
(Bartender): I suggest leaving. Before it gets ugly real fast. The last elf who came here misread the signals and now eats through a metal straw.
(Dust): Oh really? What are they feeding him? Porkchop? Ground beef? Veggie drink?
*As the bartender was getting ready to talk*
(Dust): No no no. I’m still going. Buffalo wings? Pizza? Salmon?
*The bartender reaches underneath the bar and pulls out a sawed-off shotgun. He points it directly at Dust’s face. *
(Bartender): Do you ever shut up?
(Dust): I can’t help it, I get chatty when I’m nervous. Just like you lose consciousness from a sucker punch.
(Bartender): What?
*Dust grabs the shotgun barrel with his left hand to move it from his face and then punches the bartender in the face where he loses consciousness and falls to the ground. The waitress screams as Dust grabs the shotgun and removes the shells before examining the shotgun*
(Dust): Yeah, mine is better.
Shadow Eye Vol. 5. Coming out April 3rd, 2026.
Author’s Note: Hello everyone. Justin here and this is this month’s Otaku Mind. That’s right, Shadow Eye returns next month for its 5th volume. Very excited for this volume as we’ll be having new villains to face as well as meeting some new characters as well. This volume won’t be as long as the previous volume, but it’ll still be packed with plenty of action, story, and suspense. Look forward to the premiere next month and I’ll see you next time on Project Nitsuj.