Chapter 9 - #9 Completing the Mission: Reward (R-18?) (1/2)

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”W-what was that?! Did your bodyguard just dodge the bullet? And numerous times at that? Who the hell is he?” Lili asked with a shaky voice.

”I- I don't know...My uncle was the one who recommended him as my bodyguard. I know nothing about him.” Elizabeth replied to her friend while watching Akashi with her wide-open eyes.

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”D-don't come near me!” He started to slowly retreat but he quickly tripped and fallen on his ȧss due to the poison. He even started waving his gun at me as if he had a dagger in his hand.

I guess I won't get much information from this one...

I dejectedly thought and swiftly slit his throat, not giving him even a chance to cry out in pain.

I turned to the last remaining guy who just watched the entire exchange with a shocked and afraid expression. When he noticed that my attention was finally on him, his legs failed him and he has fallen down on his ȧss as the previous guy.

”Eek! Please, don't kill me! I remember that you are that girl's bodyguard! I will tell you anything you want, I know the ones who helped us with all of this!” He started to quickly speak and as I was walking towards him, he even peed himself.

”You tried to kill Elizabeth and practically even me with that poison...As for those behind it...I already know” I said and threw the dagger at his heart, quickly ending his life before he could say anything more.

I collected my weapons and wiped away the blood from them with the last guy's white clothes.

”Girls, you can come out, I won't bite.” I said while attending to my weapons, looking if any of them are damaged.

”...” No one responded to me so I decided to look towards the dark forest at the exact place where they were hiding.

”Come out, we don't have the entire night, I still need to take you home.” I called out while typing a message to someone from the organization to clean this mess.

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”*Eli, I think that he really knows.*” Lili whispered to her friend with a forced smile.

”*...That's not possible, we were completely quiet. He must be paranoid so he is trying his luck out.*” Elizabeth replied with confidence.

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”*sigh* Princess, don't make me go after you to pull you out of there by your nice ponytail.” I said and started to slowly walk towards their hiding position.

”Who the hell do you call princess?!” I heard an angry shout coming out of the woods.

”You, of course, Elizabeth!” I called out to the woods and after a few seconds, I finally saw their silhouettes coming out of the woods.

”*I told you that he knew! He is really amazing*” Lili whispered to Elizabeth but I was still able to hear her thanks to my superior hearing.

”*Shut up...*” Elizabeth replied and focused her attention at me while keeping her distance from me.

”You know princess, I was actually protecting you...So no need to be so afraid and if you are worried about those bodies...I am working on it. You can also call your bodyguards here, so you will feel safer, you are after all still in danger.” I said mysteriously with a smile as I started moving the lifeless bodies into a trunk of one of their van.

”Ugh! Don't call me princess!” She answered while pouting her lips. She also took out her phone and contacted her bodyguards due to my warning.

I was finally done putting all bodies into the van so I jumped on it and tried to take a little nap while waiting for Elizabeth's bodyguards.

”...How can you be so at ease after killing so many people?” Lili was the one who asked me but her voice was no longer shaky, I guess she already accepted the fact that there are a few dead bodies inside the van I was resting on.

Many? I guess I shouldn't ask that...

”Well...they tried to kill me and take the life of a person I am responsible for.” I answered with a closed eyes.

”Was that wine really poisoned? And why would you drink it? How come you weren't affected by it? Who are you exactly?” Elizabeth started to bombard me with her own questions.

Eh...annoying.

”Yes it was and as for other questions...Go ask your uncle, I am at my work so I need to keep my professionalism.” I replied to her with a slightly tired tone.

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'Grrr, how is that professionalism?! Fine! I will ask my uncle, so you can keep sleeping on the van full of dead bodies!' Elizabeth thought and stomped with her foot.

'...I really wonder who is behind that mask' Lili ignored her friend's actions and continued observing Akashi who was lying on top of the van.

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”Young lady! We are finally here! What do you mean by the danger?” Both of her bodyguards approached both girls while looking around with confused expressions.

”Well...Jack sai-” Before she was able to answer, dagger pierced through one of her bodyguard's head in the location between his eyes.

Before his body hit the ground, some of his blood sprayed at girls since they were relatively close to him.

”Aaah!” Both of the girls turned around and covered their eyes with their hands.

”What the fuċk are you doing?!” Russell asked me with an angry expression when he noticed me having another identical dagger in my hand.

”What do you think? I am weeding out scums” I said and threw the dagger in my hand at his leg and he quickly dodged to the side but unfortunately for him, I wanted for him to dodge.

When I threw that dagger I immediately jumped from the top of the van and delivered a kick into his head while he was busy dodging.

”Not so tough now, musclehead huh?” I muttered when I looked indifferently at him lying on the ground, unconscious.

”W-why did you do that?!” Once the girls recovered from the shock of seeing someone being killed so close to them, Elizabeth shrieked out at me with moist eyes.

”I already told you...you were in the danger but don't worry. You are safe, now.” I told her with a smirk.

”...What do you mean?!” She gave some time to think about my words before she asked me with a slightly calmer voice.

”It's exactly as you think...They are the ones why they were able to find you so easily.” I confirmed her suspicion.

”B-but...that can't be.” Elizabeth muttered with a shocked expression while looking to the empty space.

”Think about it...How was it possible for that guy to find you so easily? He approached you like he already knew who you are. How come he knew what kind of mask and dress you will wear? Tell me who all knew about this information.” I explained.

”...My father and m-my bodyguards.” She said with a defeated expression. I guess she saw too much blood today.

”I kept Russell alive so your father can take care of him and discover who is targeting you. I am already doing more than what I was asked for, I am doing this only because of your humble attitude even though you are the daughter of an important person.” Although I said this, I also didn't want to left the job half-way done, even though it's not required from me to complete it.