Chapter 8 - #8 Masquerade ball (2/2)
”Haha, Lili, you can't be serious!” Elizabeth was speaking with a girl around her age with shoulder-length black hair and a white dress.
”Yes, that's what he said! I couldn't help but cry while laughing when I heard him, hehe.” Lili answered with a slight giggle while covering her mouth with her hand.
”Are you having fun?” I approached them and asked in a monotonous tone.
”Huh? Who are you? Do you know him, Eli?” Lili was the first one to ask while Elizabeth's jaw dropped down.
”How? I thought that I was careful enough...” Elizabeth ignored her friend and instead asked me with a shocked expression.
”You should trust your uncle's judgment more.” I just mentioned her uncle and she closed her mouth to think about it.
”Eli, who is it?” Lili asked with an interest leaking out of her eyes.
”Well...my new bodyguard exclusively only for today” She finally answered.
”I see, you don't look like a usual bodyguard. I am Lili, nice to meet you! By the way, I like your silver wolf mask.” Lili immediately went for a handshake and I accepted with a nod.
Then I said to Elizabeth not to mind my presence. I went some distance away from them and started observing other guests.
The position where she is standing right now is pretty good, there are no windows closeby. As for guests...
I noticed a few men approaching Elizabeth and Lili, one of them offered Elizabeth a glass of wine with a charming smile and she accepted while blushing.
...I take back my words...she might be slightly smart but she is naive.
I thought and quickly approached them and snatched the glass of wine before she could drink from it.
”Wha-?” Elizabeth was surprised by my sudden intrusion but she didn't say anything.
”Hey! Who are you and why are-” The man who offered a drink to Elizabeth immediately started shouting at me but I couldn't care any less about him and instead sniffed the wine.
Hmph! Even if it is odorless, I was trained enough to recognize whether something is poisoned or not.
I drank the glass of wine in one go and then turned at Elizabeth.
”Sorry about that but I was ordered that you can't get drunk” I told her and winked at her before leaving.
”You, wait-!” The man called out to me but I ignored him.
So it's that kind of poison...Not so potent but the amount would be enough to kill a girl like Elizabeth in 2 hours. However...how was he able to tell that this is Elizabeth? There are numerous guests with fox style masks and pink hair. Yet, he approached her like he already knew that it's her.
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'What that wink was supposed to mean? Did he actually tried to...no...that can't be! I have to act normal. Still...if it was truly poisoned, why would Jack drink it? I hope nothing bad happens to him but since he drank it so easily he should know what he is doing...I really wonder if it was poisoned or not, I will have to ask Jack later.' Elizabeth nervously thought while trying to act normal in front of others.
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”Anyway, it was all I wanted to talk about, have a nice evening ladies!” The man who offered the drink to Elizabeth said goodbye while nervously looking in my direction.
He must be thinking that I will fall down at any minute, heh. Thankfully, the girls talked with him long enough for the effect of poison to fully disappear from my body.
Now...let's follow him, I doubt that they will try to kill her in the middle of the ball and since their attempt failed he needs to report it.
I quietly followed after him while merging with the crowd not to get spotted by him.
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'Hm? Where is Jack going?' Elizabeth thought when she saw Akashi leaving her alone.
”Lili, let's follow Jack.” Elizabeth said to her friend and Lili just nodded her head because she was also curious where he was going. Both of the ladies were actually keeping an eye on what was Akashi doing the entire time.
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I followed the guy for a while until he led me to the 2 vans standing near the forest. I took advantage of the terrain and climbed up the tree and started to jump from the tree to tree to get closer.
When I finally got as close as I could, I noticed 4 more people with guns ”hidden” at their belt.
...I hate fighting against guns, not to mention the distance between us...I will need to focus a lot for this.
*sigh*
I sighed and draw 2 of my poisoned mini-daggers.
I will be able to kill 3 of them instantly but 1 more with the gun and another one who led me here will remain.
I jumped from the branch and rushed towards the guy who was the closest one to me.
”Wha-!” The guy heard me jump down from the branch but when he snapped his head in my direction I already slit his throat.
”Hey what happe-” The guys heard the sound of the body hitting the ground so they turned around and when they turned around, 2 of them already found my mini daggers in their neck. While the last one found the time to take out his gun and aim at me.
”Stop, you fuċker! Who are you?! Who sent you?!” The guy with the gun bombarded me with questions.
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”L-Lili...tell me that what we are seeing is a dream...” Elizabeth asked while she was trembling and her friend was too shocked to answer her and neither her situation was different.
They both followed Akashi and when they saw the sight of how he ruthlessly started killing people without saying anything to them, they couldn't help but feel fear towards him.
However, when they saw the last guy aiming his gun at Akashi, they also couldn't help but worry about him even though they were afraid of him.
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”Hoo? The hell itself sends me, apparently, it's running low on residents.” I said with a smile and focused my eyes on his fingers near the trigger.
”You are still in the mood to tell jokes?!” He was enraged by how I was joking after killing his colleagues and was about to pull the trigger while aiming at my head.
...Now!
*Bang* I waited until it was apparent that he is going to pull the trigger and leaned forward right at the moment when he was about to pull it, dodging the bullet.
”Wha-? You-!” He was surprised by my sudden evade but he quickly recovered from his shock to pull the trigger again but it wasn't fast enough and the dagger pierced his tight.
”Arg! F-fucker!”
*bang* *bang*
He got enraged due to pain and started mindlessly shooting at me but it was too easy to dodge the bullets now that he was affected by the poison.
The poison I have applied on that dagger wasn't the one that would kill but the one that would cause hallucinations and although it wouldn't work that quickly, it still made his vision blurred.
After he shot all the bullets in his pistol's stack, he quickly tried to reload but he was unable to even grab his reserve stacks attached to his belt.
I guess the poison is starting to do the work.
I thought and leisurely started to walk towards him.