Chapter 76 - Black Dragon And White Tiger

Ayami was dumbfounded from what he said, but she recovered later on. She shrugged it off. "Suit yourself."

Then she turned around and closed her eyes, while her back faced Kayden. Kayden frowned at her actions.

'Does she have no self-awareness?'

Unknown to him, Ayami was caressing the gun hidden in her belt bag. If he tries anything funny, then she'll just shoot him. 

Moments later, she heard Kayden speak to her. "Are you sleeping?"

"…" No response.

Kayden got off the bed, making Ayami tighten her grip on the gun. Minutes later, she heard the sound of the door opening and closing.

Ayami opened her eyes and looked at the closed door in surprise. "I wonder where he is going at this hour." She muttered to herself, before shaking her head. Not my business.

It was a relief that he took the initiative in going out, or else she would have waited for him to fall asleep, before leaving. Ayami took out her phone and sent a message to Marie, telling her to lie in wait in some other place.

"We'll continue this tomorrow."

Marie wondered why there was a change of plans. Something must have happened.

***

Black Dragon. A notorious group well-known to Neon City. Black Dragon is a group that controls a third of the underworld and was equal in strength to another group named, White Tigers. 

The White Tigers were different from the Black Dragon. They were well-known for their good deeds, but that was only on the surface. The two groups' ideals always clashed, making it difficult for the two to get along.

The last group, the most powerful of them all, were not-known except for the two bosses of the group. The two bosses kept a tight lip on the third group, afraid that the hidden group would erase their existence even if the two worked together.

Not like it will ever happen.

Even if the two were on the brink of extinction, they would NEVER get along. The two groups fought ferociously, with not one of them raising a white flag. 

These days, the two groups were in a temporary truce. The two will not interfere with each other, as long as they don't attack the other first.

But now, it seems like the peaceful times will come to an end.

On the main base of the Black Dragon group, the executives were having their meeting. 

"I heard that a branch of ours was attacked." An old man with a wide beard and an almost balding head spoke with a grim expression. This old man was one of the executives of the Black Dragon.

"What's more, is that the manager of that branch was kidnapped."

"Tsk. It's already been three days and they still haven't caught the culprit. Haa… What a useless bunch."

The executives complained and complained, but one man remained silent. He was seated on the head seat, behind him was the symbol of the Black Dragon.

This man was the boss of the Black Dragon, Luke. A perfectly sculpted face that emitted a great amount of coldness to the point you could freeze from being stared upon, a well-built body and long legs. 

Luke cleared his throat, making the people inside the meeting room quiet to the point you could hear a pin drop. "Report." A one word order made the assistant report everything in full detail.

The assistant handed him a white cloth with a big red star and circle and five small stars surrounding it.

"Boss, I suspect that this belongs to those white pussies." An executive said. "Based on our intel, they were contacting another group not based in this city. And I don't think there is any group living in this city that has a symbol like this. So it's either it was an outsider helping those white pussies or a small group that we have yet to find, but the latter is not likely as they won't have the power to do that."

"So it was those white pussies, eh?"

"Then what are we waiting for, let's attack them!"

"No. We should plan first before facing them head on. There is a possibility that they will declare war on us. We don't know how strong the other group is." The old executive said. Then he turned and looked at his boss.

"What do you think, boss?"

"We should observe the other party for a while." Luke said. Then he commanded like a domineering king. "Gather all the forces and keep an eye on the White Tigers. Keep a small part to keep an eye on the city."

"Yes, Boss!" The executives excitedly spoke with a shrewd smile on their faces. 'Finally, some action!' was what they thought.

Meanwhile, sneaking around the city, was a pair, a young man and woman, walking discreetly to make sure they weren't caught. 

"Ayami, are we there yet?" Kayden asked in a whisper after yawning. There was a bored look on his face as he walked behind Ayami. Ayami didn't respond to him as he had already asked this for the nth time, and also, she was frustrated with him. She didn't want to speak to him as much as possible.

"Are you still sulking? It's not my fault it wasn't the secret you want to hear." Three days before, Ayami was excited to hear the secret about the academy. She was curious about the secrets and she also wanted to sell this information for a high price in the future. Who knows? There might be someone who had a grudge with the academy.

'The academy has a lot of dealings with the underworld.'

Aren't you just saying that the academy has an even stronger backing!?

And so, Ayami decided to postpone her plans as she wasn't in a good mood. But three days passed and the time of her deadline came. 

Ayami had Marie come back to Golden Spoon City to deal with her family and now she was stuck with this guy. She didn't know how long Marie could stall for time so she needed to hurry and finish her business here. It was her fault too. She couldn't bear the guilty conscience from seeing Marie getting punished in her stead.

If only she didn't get her emotion ahead of her.

They arrived at another part of the city which was the White Tiger's den and headed into the alleyway. They walked through the alleyway, avoiding the patrol. It was much harder to infiltrate than the Black Dragon.

They then arrived at a two-story building. This time, Ayami didn't knock and went through the entrance, instead, she went straight to the manager of this small branch through the window with the help of Kayden.

Tap. 

Ayami landed lightly at the manager's office. The manager didn't notice a single thing as he buried himself in the paperworks the higher-ups forced him to do.

Slowly, Ayami went behind him and then covered his mouth with a white cloth laced with a sedative. The manager struggled, making a mess and creating a loud sound.

Ayami smiled. Good, the more noise you make the better. Struggle more and more.

A moment later, Ayami let go of the manager, who lost his consciousness. If she could, she would have carried this man for a more dramatic effect. Unfortunately, it will get in the way when they run away later.

Ayami quickly searched through the documents and grabbed something she found useful. Then she made an even more mess in the room.

Ayami could hear the footsteps coming near. She had no time to waste, so she simply dropped the white cloth with embroidery. She quickly ran to the window and jumped. 

She had nothing to worry about as there was someone who would catch her. The next moment, she softly fell on the arms of the young man. 

"Are you crazy!?" He whispered shouted and glared at her. "Next time, warn me if you're going to do that."

Woah there, next time? Why are you so sure that I will let you follow me again?

Kayden quickly dashed away with Ayami in his arms. "Hey, put me down!"

"No, we have no time." He said seriously. But then, he smiled at her and spoke in a joking manner. "Just kidding, I just want to know what it feels to be in a rush while carrying a girl and being chased."

"Do that later! You can do that as many times as you want, but not now!" Ayami growled at him. But then, she realized what she just said and quickly facepalmed.

"Aren't you crazier than me? Why are you doing this at a time like this?" She said after calming down. "Ugh, just put me down now! It's faster that way."

"Over there!"

"We found them!"

Ayami panicked in Kayden's arms. "They found us!"

What should she do? Shoot them?

"But can they catch us?"

"They have guns, idiot!"

As Ayami shouted at him, the people chasing after them started shooting.

Now what?