Chapter 270 - 270: She's Not Dead!

On the same night, police investigators and coastguards responded immediately after they received the report regarding the M.V Athena that exploded on the coast of South Carolina. The reporters got a hold of this information also.

After docking in the port, Bryan and Erick's parents brought Erick into the hospital since he was wounded. He got shot after protecting Elle during their encounter with the Azumi Twins.

Captain Jason and the rest of the team stayed behind to give their statements about the previous incident. Because of this, the Dark Knight wouldn't have a peaceful night tonight.

The authorities would investigate the connection between the owner of M.V. Athena and the Azumi Twins. Dark Knight's operation would be compromised once the investigation would start.

They should clean this mess and hide their trace as soon as possible or else the Dark Lord would surely erupt in fury once this incident would get out of their hands and might affect their other operations.

Alfonso Ramirez had no choice but to travel back to City Z tonight. He was still in the countryside when he received the reports of this incident from their men. He was the one who would be blamed for this. This operation was his responsibility, to begin with.

He was confident that everything would go according to Azumi's plan but in the end, the outcome was very different from their expectation. He was utterly disappointed.

According to them, Catseye was killed but the price they paid just to kill her was too much. Now, he was put in a difficult situation. He couldn't consider this as a joyful occasion. It seemed that they had more losses than gains.

'Is Catseye's life really worth this much?' This was the thought in Alfonso's mind after thinking of the possible consequences. He was cursing inwardly as he remembered his last phone call with Kelsy.

"She dared hang up the phone when I was not yet done talking to her. [email protected]!t!"

He was now boarding his private plane. He was rushing back to City Z before another complication would arise. He even contacted their people in the authorities to help him fix this problem.

He must ensure that the Dark Knight Organization would not be implicated in this incident.

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*** At Arison's Residence ***

It was already 10:00 o'clock in the evening but James was still up. After getting Elle's rejection of his proposal, James occupied himself with the company's matter as well as Skull Gang's operation. He wanted to keep his mind busy or else he would keep thinking about Elle.

He was in his study flipping some doc.u.ments when his phone rang. It was a call coming from Spike.

Since James was very immersed in what he was currently doing his phone rang for some time before he was able to notice it.

A deep frown appeared on his tired face when he learned that it was Spike who was calling him. His interest was piqued. Spike won't disturb him at this hour if this was not something important.

James immediately pressed the answer button and the call got connected.

"What is it?" James promptly asked him.

"Boss… something big happened tonight." Spike replied to him.

"Alright. Go on." James just continued flipping the doc.u.ments using his other hand as he listened to Spike.

"A cruise ship owned by Dark Knight Organization exploded and sank in South Carolina's coast at around 9:00 o'clock this evening."

James's lips twitched into a triumphant smile after hearing that.

"Whoah. That's a piece of good news. I am also planning to do that but it seems that someone already took this job for us. To whom do I owe this great act? Who is responsible for this?"

Spike paused for a moment as if he was hesitating to continue. He was not yet done telling him the full details but James already thought that it was great news.

Spike was wondering if James would still consider this as a piece of good news once he learned the full details.

"Hey, Spike. Are you still there? Did you not hear me?"

Spike cleared his throat and apologized to James for his silence a while ago.

"Sorry Boss. I am still here. Yes, I heard you."

"Good. So tell me what exactly happened."

Spike could sense that James was now in a bright mood because of what he had told him. He continued to supply him with more information, slowly and carefully. He didn't want to shock him.

Actually, when he learned about the incident he was also shocked. So now, Spike was not sure how James would react after knowing the whole story.

"I heard that the Joint Task Force was involved in this."

James frowned and asked Spike curiously, "You mean, Erick's team? The team that was assigned to Catseye's case?"

"Yes, Boss."

James couldn't help letting out a chuckle upon hearing that.

"Wow. I should commend them for that. But wait, why did they do that? Bombing a cruise ship? I can't believe it!"

James could no longer suppress his laughter. He found it very amusing.

"Actually, they were not the only ones. I heard that Catseye and another pair of assassins known as Azumi Twins were also involved."

Just a mere mention of Catseye was enough to make James become more interested in this. His laughter immediately stopped. He was now all ears to Spike as he put down the doc.u.ments in the table.

James straightened on his seat and probed, "Elle was also there? What happened? Did the Joint Task Force catch her?" There was a hint of worry in his voice.

Then James heard Spike take a deep breath before he continued speaking to him.

"According to our source from the investigation department, the Joint Task Force was there for a rescue mission. The Azumi Twins together with some men held Erick's parents as their hostages."

Astonishment flickered through James's eyes but he just kept silent as he didn't want to interrupt him.

"I think Catseye was there to help them. They said it was Catseye who planted the bombs on the cruise ship. Boss, Catseye was the main target of the Azumi Twins and I guess the members of the Dark Knight Organization were also there to assist the Twins."

James knitted his brows and his face became frosty with a sudden surge of anger illuminating in his eyes.

'They wanted to hurt, Elle. I won't let the Dark Knight do that.' He promised to himself.

Cutting the chase, James asked him."So what happened to Elle? Is she safe?"

"Boss… I am afraid to tell you but... Catseye was killed in that encounter."

There was a moment of complete silence when Spike said that.

After what it seemed like forever, James's voice was heard again from the other line.

"Come again? What did you say?" There was a hint of confusion and uncertainty in his voice. But it was more likely a denial.

Spike became more anxious. He didn't know if he could repeat those words again knowing that James would react negatively.

'[email protected]! Why do I feel like a storm is about to come?' Spike thought to himself.

Now he was regretting calling James tonight. 'I should have let him watch the news rather than informing him personally.' Spike mumbled to himself.

Spike knew that this would be the number one news on the television and the internet. Catseye belonged to the most wanted criminal and her death would shake the underground world and the country.

But for some reason, Spike decided to inform James right away the moment he heard the news from their men. He could not deny the fact that James truly cared about Catseye.

He knew that James would not be happy to hear this bad news. He was also concerned about how he would be able to take this. But Spike had no choice but to tell him.

"Catseye died in this mission," Spike said to him once again.

Thud!

The phone slipped on James's hand as his grasp loosened after hearing again that shocking bad news. Spike's last sentence kept repeating in James's mind.

It seemed like his world just fell apart. Then his heart constricted inside his chest- an alarming feeling of tightness as he felt very suffocated. His mind was in shambles. He couldn't believe it...No! he didn't want to believe it nor accept it.

"No way! She's not dead! She's not! She can't die!"