Chapter 74 - Do You Want To Hear A Secret?

"Boss, someone is here to see you." A burly man said after knocking to his boss' office. A middle- aged man raised his head and glanced at the burly man before nodding his head. 

Soon after, two people entered the room. One was a woman with a voluptuous body wearing a mask that covered her whole face and the other, a girl wearing a cap and glasses. He noticed that both of them were wearing gloves, which made him wonder if they were using it for fashion or maybe… something different.

"What can I do for you?" The middle-aged man asked with no expression on his face, as if he always experienced this kind of situation and had gone numb from it. 

"Not even gonna offer us some tea? Or let us sit down?" The girl asked nonchalantly, yet the middle-aged man felt pressure from her words. The girl continued to speak, but this time, there was a trace of disappointment in her voice. "Is this how you treat your new boss?"

The middle-aged man widened his eyes in shock, before color drained from his face. 

"B-boss?" He asked with a voice trembling to the girl he thought to be the assistant of the woman. It seems like it was the other way around. He had heard that the gang had a new boss. No one could have expected that this young girl was the new head of the gang. 

"I apologize. I did not hear a notice about your visit." The middle-aged man lowered his head after gaining back his composure. He needed to apologize quickly, afraid that he might anger this new boss.

"It's a surprise visit or you could say, an inspection." The girl looked around the room and casually sat down on the sofa meant for guests while the woman remained standing by the door. 

"I'll go prepare some tea." The middle-aged man quickly stood up and rummaged to the cabinet. He took out a clean teaset and started boiling some water at the corner of the room. There was a part where you could prepare your tea anytime.

As he was busy preparing tea, he didn't notice the exchanged glance from the two of them. The woman quietly approached the middle-aged man from behind. Her footsteps were quiet like a cat, making it harder for him to notice.

The woman took out a white laced with sleeping drugs and carefully went behind him. 

By the time he noticed the woman, his mouth was already covered with a white cloth and inhaled a sleeping drug, his hands were grasped by the woman tightly. He wasn't able to make a sound or even resist.

Eventually, he slowly closed his eyes as his body turned limp and succumbed to the sleepiness he was feeling.

Ayami glanced at Marie who was tying up the unconscious middle-aged man, before standing up from her seat and looking around the drawers and taking a look at the documents, while she was at it she made a mess. 

When she finally found what she was looking for she hid it inside her belt-bag. Then, she took out a piece of cloth with a big red star and a circle and small five stars surrounding it, embroidered in it. She placed it on the table before going to the window and peering over it. 

She narrowed her eyes, calculating the height from the ground up to this floor. Luckily, it was not that high, but she might get some sprain if she makes a mistake. She can't let that happen as they still needed to run. She can't let that happen as they still needed to run. 

Afterwards, she turned her head to look at Marie, who was now carrying the middle-aged man. "Let's go."

Ayami let Marie go first. After making sure that she had already landed, Ayami purposely knocked down the vase on the table, creating a loud sound and alarming the people outside. Ayami quickly went out of the window and skillfully landed on the ground.

"Let's meet later. Don't get caught." 

"Please be safe, young miss."

The two separated from each other. Their direction was opposite to each other. Ayami navigated through the dark alleyway, avoiding the dangerous people lurking out.

"They said the boss was kidnapped. It was two people, a young girl and a woman." 

"Whoever catches them would receive a great reward."

"Then, what are we waiting for, let's hunt them down. They are only two, but we are hundreds."

Just as she was about to turn on a corner, she heard voices talking to each other. They completely described both Ayami and Marie, making it even harder. 

Why did it spread this fast?

Ayami quickly made a stop and turned around. But then, she also heard footsteps coming her way.

A sandwich!

Ayami panicked for a little bit before calming down. As much as possible, she didn't want to use her gun and silence these people. Such a waste of bullets if she killed these small fries. Besides, it would still cause a commotion even if she had a silencer.

Now what to do? Knock them out? I am not fast enough to—

Suddenly, something unexpected happened, interrupting her chain of thoughts. A hand covered her mouth while there was another grabbing her waist, leading her to the darkest path of the alleyway. She was just about to struggle but immediately stopped when she heard a familiar voice entering her ears.

"Shhh… please don't struggle, Miss Ayami. It's me."

"K-Kayden…?"

What is he doing here?

"Sorry, but please go along with my act. You might not like what I'm about to do." Kayden looked at her with an apologetic expression. He removed her cap and glasses, took a clear look at her as if he was able to see her completely under the darkness.

Kayden pushed her lightly to the wall, as if her delicate body would get hurt. Then, he put his right arm on the wall, leaning towards her while the other touched her waist, sending a warm feeling to it.

It all happened so fast that Ayami could not even react. Kayden leaned to her ears and softly whispered. "Moan please."

"Eh?" Her ears reddened, no, in fact, her whole face was red like tomato. Ayami could only dumbfoundedly stare at Kayden. Kayden sighed as he heard the footsteps approaching them. "They're coming."

"Sorry in advance" Kayden bit her ears and licked them. "Ah!", A loud moan escaped from her lips. Due to her surprise, she wasn't able to control the volume of her voice. Ayami subconsciously moaned as Kayden continued to nibble on her ears, before slowly trailing towards her neck. His hot breath made her body feel like she was receiving an electrical shock.

The footsteps neared them and shone a flashlight on the wild couple making out in an alleyway.

"Woah!"

"Sh*t!"

"That's hot and all, but go get a room, you two!"

"Man, I'm so jealous."

"Lemme join, man."

Kayden stopped his action and glanced at them sideways. His arm were blocking Ayami's face, making them unable to see her face. He stared at them coldly like those eyes were trying to pierce them.

"Tsk. Let's go."

"Sorry for interrupting your hot time."

"I wish I was him."

After they left and their footsteps couldn't be heard anymore, Kayden let go of Ayami and nervously apologized. "I-I'm sorry… Are you alright?"

Ayami felt her legs weaken from his action. It was too surprising. 

"I'm fine. By the way, how do you know who I was? More importantly, why are you here?"

"I asked the guards who the girl wearing a face mask and a pair of glasses was. And I am here to observe a certain student. Miss Ayami, could you tell me why you are here?"

"Drop the miss. And why should I tell you?" Kayden was quiet for a moment before smiling brightly. "I see. Then do you mind if I follow you?"

"I mind."

"Well, you see the academy can't have its students get involved with a gang or any dangerous group. We cannot have our reputation be stained. But I couldn't care less whether or not a student is involved with dangerous people."

"You are not part of the student council or discipline committee so why are you doing this?"

"I just wanted to make sure that the students are safe." 

Ayami frowned at him. She could not understand this man at all. "You are not making any sense."

"Oh, you believe that nonsense?" Kayden asked in surprise. Ayami stared at him, once again, dumbfounded. Kayden contemplated for a while before asking her.

"Do you want to hear a secret?" 

"What kind?" Ayami asked, her eyes sparkling with curiosity.

"I'll tell you if you let me follow you." Kayden grinned. He had nothing to lose. If Ayami agrees, then he could just tell her one of the secrets of the academy. It wasn't his secret anyways. Even if she refused, he could just secretly follow her while she might die from curiosity.

"…Alright."