Chapter 21

I only have 3 things: first a unique kind of tattoo, second an exotic old pistol, and lastly a construction site location.

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Inside a big white empty room, Micheal was standing walking, searching for a specific book in his mind.

"Not this one, no, no, no, no…. This." Walking by, he rejects various books, thoroughly checking each book. Later he found what he was looking for.

Inside the room there were only Books and Books, nothing else and the place was very bright but didn't affect Micheal or his sight in any way.

"An antique gun, used in the previous war, which ended a few months back in Japan's favor…." He read the content of the book softly and slowly.

"This tattoo is also unique, even top tattoo artists don't know much about it…." He said in an intrigued tone as it was a strange situation now as not even a single tattoo maker knew about it.

He stopped his reading session and saw a dead body on the floor. Furthermore, he squatted down to inspect the dead wrist where he first saw the tattoo. "Nothing special about it…" He saw the rat design tattoo and was disappointed as there was nothing more to it.

"What happened, Tiger hit a dead end…" Someone said in a mocking tone behind Micheal, so he calmly turned around.

*Tch Seeing zero reaction to his comment, the unknown person clicks their tongue waiting for a response. "I don't think I called someone?"

"Thanks for asking, I am you but smarter, handsom-" He shamelessly said in an arrogant tone and had the same appearance as Micheal.

"And 10 times more narcissistic," Micheal remarked cutting his copy monologue with a chuckle.

"Shut up, I am here to help." Micheal doppelgänger replied with a slightly angry tone as he was getting harsh treatment even though was helping Michael…. Trying to help Micheal.

"Say what you want and F*** Off from here." Micheal rubs his temple in annoyance because of his duplicate.

"..... You remember the radio call you received." His clone suddenly switched his tone from angered to serious.

"Mmm, Yeah, after I knocked out the last man who was hiding he had a radio which gave the location of an abandoned construction site after the bomb exploded." Micheal narrates after he recalled his memory of the previous incident.

"Don't you find it a bit weird that the only useful information you got about them was through them…." The clone points out something which Micheal simply overlooked because he didn't expect that someone could play a long game like this.

"F*** It's a-" He narrows his eyes as he realizes that even this might be a part of their plan.

~~~Meanwhile outside~~

"We reached the location," Cindy informed others and stopped the car a few 100 meters away at a safe distance.

"Shh, don't disturb the prince, who wants to join me and follow me," Anna asked, looking everyone in the eyes, waiting for an answer without disturbing Micheal.

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'I will prove to Boss Zoya that I am better than this unknown man who she proclaims to be her next successor!' Anna said clenching her fist in anger but was calm outside.

'Even Nina thinks I am useless….. I will prove to everyone that I am an equal, no even better than her.' She looked at her sister Nina coldly who always humiliates her, looks down on her, and gets out of the car.

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"But we were told t-" Cindy attempted to reason with Anna, but Nina interrupted her. "It's the first time I am agreeing with Anna, let's roll out and show Boss Zoya that we are better without the help of this incompetent man."

Nina uttered in pure confidence which was enough to convince Tifa, Juri Han, and Lightning as they were new in the organization and the trio knew the success rate of Nina and Anna was very high compared to other members.

In Nina's voice, there was a hint of disdain and contempt for Micheal which everyone ignored, but Cindy caught it, however, thought it would be better to be silent.

"As long as we don't fail the mission everything is fine, right, Cindy." Tifa tries to assure Cindy with a smile and leaves with the others.

"Do whatever you like," Cindy said to no one in particular, looking at the departed figure.

"Trap!" Micheal muttered as he woke up from his memory Library, he turned around to tell others about it, but no one was inside the car.

He immediately goes out and finds Cindy under the car doing something.

"Cindy, where is everyone?" He asked calmly, pulling her out.

"Oh! They left saying we won't be working under an incompetent man like you, Micheal. Men are weak and should be submissive." Cindy repeated what they said, as well as added up some fuel for the spark.

"Is it true, or are you making this up?" Without hesitation, he asked her while getting closer to intimidate her a little.

"W-why would I lie about something like that." She replied, which was nothing convincing.

"Don't hit m- Eh?" He raised his hand to pat her head, but she thought I was about to hit her and close her eyes in anticipation. She was surprised a little by this and opened her eyes.

*Sigh "Really you should first learn to lie properly, Cindy." He placed his hand on her head to pat her. "Cindy Zoya said you were an inventor. Right?" He asked to confirm Zoya's claim while thinking about something else.

"Y-yes, why do you ask?" She inquired with a puzzled expression on her face while looking at the road.

"I think. I have a plan." He stopped patting her head and started telling her about their dire situation.

~~~With Girls~~~

"To be frank, I didn't think you all would be that easy to be captured. Guess what, expect the unexpected. AAAH HAHA" A black short-haired man said calmly sitting on a wooden chair.

He one-sidedly chatted with Nina, Anna, and others who were head to toe tied up, lying on the floor with several wounds, and bleeding badly. He laughed loudly looking at the girls. "We are missing two more girls, Sir James." A grunt reminded him while bowing down.

"Oh yes. As the Master said, they will come later." He muttered in a carefree manner and a low voice, so only his grunt heard him speaking.

"Everything is going according to the plan, Fred," James said with a wide grin on his face and looked at his companion because things went in their favor.

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'Sh**, It's all HIS fault, that's why he didn't come with us! He sold us. Mo***** ****.' Nina cursed Micheal in anger, trying her best to connect some dots.

Various thoughts were brewing in her mind about Micheal betraying them because she hated Micheal for some reason.

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"Nina, I think he will kill us." Lighting shared her thoughts with others while struggling to cut the rope with the small knife she hid.

"Oh, you think so." A long black hair man said, raising his eyebrows as he saw her resisting, and kicked Lighting at her stomach with a lot of brute force.

"AAA! F****" She screamed in pain as he hit directly at her wounds. The pain was not tolerable at all, and she rolled several times.

Juri and Tifa were unconscious, so they didn't do much, but Anna and Nina were awake and waiting for an opportunity.

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'How the hell do they know we will come?' Anna herself asked as they were completely prepared to face their group.

'It was supposed to be a surprise for them, not us.' She was shocked to know this.

"They are so sharp as if they can see the future." 'Just like Micheal said, they have flawless plans from the very beginning.' She recalled what Micheal had said beforehand.

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"What should we do with them?" A grunt asked with a lustful glance looking at all the wounded beauties.

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'This is how I die…but I want to live more.' Lighting thought of as she started losing her consciousness slowly. First, her vision gets blurry, then her strength fades away.

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"Sell them to market or see their organs….*ring ring Hmm…" James answered his dog but was intrepid with a call.

He was about to curse the person but stopped when he heard another voice first and was worried.

"Are you sure, Master…..Ok, I will do as you instructed." He sweated a little and had an anxious expression. "Damn it!" He yells in frustration, throwing his phone away, and breaking it in the process.

"Guys, change of plan, we are going to finish them quickly and leave." He informs his dogs first, instructs them to line the girl up on a single row, and then unsheathes his Katana from his belt slowly. "Any last words….. No, Fine." Not getting any word from the girls, he thrust this sword straight without any delay.

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