Chapter 213 - 213: The True Enemy

At around 3:00 am, Black Shadow and Elle reached Falcon Cafe. He parked the car on the alleyway in the corner of the Cafe. Since it was still dawn, there were no people nearby and the surroundings were too quiet.

"We just arrived at our destination, Ma'am!" Black Shadow said to catch the attention of Elle, who was very silent at the back. She was leaning her head at the backseat with her eyes closed.

When she opened her eyes, she saw Black Shadow peering at her through the front view mirror. He was wearing his c.o.c.ky smile. 

"How did you find this Cafe? How did you know that Charles and I are working here?" she asked him curiously.

A wide grin automatically appeared on Black Shadow's face. "Well. I have my ways. Haha. Do you think you can hide from me forever?" he was boasting; flaunting his capability at her.

Elle just rolled her eyes in annoyance.

"Anyway, I didn't know that you are also working here. It was because of your middleman that I found this," he said to her truthfully.

"Speaking of Charles, I think you should start praying that he will just be fine, or else I won't hesitate to hunt you down wherever you are. I can infiltrate your hideout or your guild's base once again just to get my revenge." Elle threatened him.

Black Shadow let out a soft chuckle. Amus.e.m.e.nt was evident to his eyes.

"I thought we already have a truce. Are you picking up a fight with me again?"

Elle just ignored his remarks as she glared at him.

"By the way, I am really curious why you stop receiving missions. Are you just randomly killing a person now without payment? I saw the news about Jefferson Gong. You are still brutal with the way you handle things. But I realized tonight, you became soft. Haha," Black Shadow started to strike again with his blabbering mouth.

"This is none of your business. You can now go. You are done here. I don't want to see your face anymore!" Elle firmly said as she tried to send him away already.

"Alright. Don't forget to return this favor of me driving you here. Beat Kevin Azumi into pulp once you encounter him." he reminded her before he opened the car door, ready to leave.

Elle also stepped out of the car. "You don't need to remind me. I am Catseye, you know I never back down in any fight especially if those people will try to go against me."

"Hmm very well. Oh, I just want to give you advice. You should stay away from the detective. He will become your weakness. Love is bullshit. Just forget about your feelings towards him if you really want to survive and continue living. He might become the end of you, someday." Black Shadow said to her seriously as his gaze fell to her wounded arm.

A smug smile crept on Elle's beautiful face as she replied to him:

"Well, my dear Black, let me give you a piece of advice also. Why don't you try to love someone? Don't be a bitter person. Then you will realize that love is not a bullshit thing just like what you think."

Black Shadow burst into a peal of laughter. However, his laugh was dry and humorless and there was a hint of bitterness in his eyes.

After laughing, he paused for a moment as he looked at her straight into her eyes.

"I already did, my dear. Once. But I ended up being a pathetic loser."

Elle was taken aback after hearing his words. She could feel the heaviness in his words. But, in just a brief moment, Black Shadow was able to regain his cool. His expression went back to his cheerful mood as if he had not mentioned those words to her just a while ago.

Black Shadow didn't wait for her to speak another word as he started to turn his back on her, walking in the dark alley. He managed to walk five steps before he halted on his track.

Without facing her, he spoke up again.

"Oh, just to tell you the truth," he paused. "James personally asked me to follow you just to make sure that you can leave the place safe and to see if you are just fine. What an irony, he hated you for killing his father but he still cared about you." He chuckled.

"D*mn. Love could really make people become stupid- a fool. Tsk tsk tsk. A person who's in love is really a very complicated creature." he ranted at her for the last time before he finally vanished to her sight.

Elle was left standing beside her car, thinking about those last words coming from Black Shadow. She had conflicting thoughts and feelings about it.

She was engrossed with her thoughts when suddenly she heard a man's voice.

"Lady Boss. I am Lu. Did you wait that long? Brother Yu sent me here to fetch you." the man asked Elle.

That person who just arrived was one of the henchmen of Phantom. She texted the person who was called Brother Yu when Black Shadow and her were on the way to Falcon Cafe. She couldn't trust Black Shadow that's why she just asked him to drop her in the Falcon Cafe. 

Since she couldn't drive, Elle asked Brother Yu to send someone to meet her at the Cafe. Yu was the leader of this group, the most trusted man of Phantom among all his henchmen. On the other hand, Lu was the youngest among them. He was only twenty years old. 

Phantom's henchmen didn't know about Elle's identity as Catseye. They were calling her Lady Boss because they knew her as the foster daughter of their Master Phantom.

"No worries. I also arrived here just a few moments ago. How's Charles's condition? By the way, good job for rescuing Charles." Elle patted him on his shoulder.

"It's our responsibility to assist you Lady Boss or else Master Phantom would severely scold us if something bad would happen to you and Brother Charles." Lu politely said to her as he scratched his face, feeling a little bit shy.

"Regarding brother Charles's condition, he was still unconscious when we brought him to Dr. Clara's clinic. She was already examining him when I left," he said as he informed Elle.

Elle already instructed them to bring Charles at Dr. Clara's clinic. The doctor was also a close friend of Phantom. Every time Elle would get injured, Clara was the one who would treat her wounds. She also helped Elle before for her PSTD's treatment.

"Alright, let's leave and go there as soon as possible. I want to make sure that he is just fine. You drive. The car key is inside." Elle said to him.

Elle was about to enter the car when Lu suddenly stopped her.

"Lady Boss. What happened? You're bleeding. Let's apply some first aid to your wound first." he said with his concerned voice. He was staring at her hand.

Elle just shook her head."No worries. This is just a graze. We can do it at the clinic."

Lu frowned but he also nodded in the end. Before he went inside the car, he gave Elle his handkerchief.

"Use this to wrap your wound. Don't worry, it is clean. Your wound will not get infected." he said as he joked at her.

Elle just looked at him helplessly before she accepted it. 'A very persistent sweet little kiddo.'

After a few seconds, they left the place and proceeded to Dr. Clara's Clinic.

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*** At Arison's Mansion ***

James and Spike were currently having a conversation at James's study. They already brought Selena back to her room. James asked their family doctor to examine her. Fortunately, everything was fine on Selena's end.

"Boss, how's Selena?" Spike couldn't stop himself from asking James.

"The doctor said she was just fine. Aside from being asleep, there is no negative effect from the drug which was injected to her by Catseye." James said to him that made Spike feel at ease.

"What is your next move after this, Boss? What should we gonna do about Catseye." Spike asked James curiously.

James was sitting on his chair while tapping his fingers on his desk. He was thinking.

"Let's leave Catseye for a while. I will be the one to handle her. We should focus on how we will get our revenge against Dark Knight. Besides, they are our true enemy here. They just used Catseye to eliminate my father." 

There was a hint of hostility in his voice.

Spike just nodded in agreement. They somehow suspected that there was a strong organization who was responsible for Jorge's assassination. And they were aware that Dark Knight was one of their competitors in the underground.

However, they could not make a move recklessly without evidence since Dark Knight Organization was also a very powerful organization in the underground world. They didn't want to offend them.

For a long time, Skull Gang and Dark Knight never had a confrontation. Even though there was undeniably a power struggle or battle between the two organizations but no one took an initiative to wage a fight against each other.

Not until, Dark Knight ordered the hit on Skull Gang former Leader, Jorge Arison. With this truth, James would not stay still and do nothing about this. The war between those two powerhouses was about to start.

Spike broke the silence when he remembered something. "Boss, I think those men who interfered with us when we were catching Catseye's middleman before were sent by the Dark Knight Organization."

"I think they knew that we were hunting Catseye and they were trying to stop us from knowing the truth. They looked like they also wanted to eliminate Catseye in order to bury the truth behind your father's death."

James's face darkened after hearing Spike's statement.