97 New Plan (1/2)

Both Katherine and Wuxing were silently staring at each other, trying to figure out the other but in either of their minds were there thoughts of giving in. They were not the kind of people who would put down the weapon first, trusting their lives to a stranger without certainty that they would be alright. Wuxing did see Katherine before in the headquarters but she saw him for the first time today as she never looked at other males.

Creak.

Just as they started their silent battle, the doors to one of the toilets began to open. Both Wuxing and Katherine reached out with their other hand towards their second weapon, aiming at the doors at the same time only to see a fat, forty years old man walking out in his tank top while drinking soda.

Thud.

The moment he saw a gun and a katana being aimed at him, the man froze and dropped his soda on the floor. He immediately raised his hands up and begged in panic, ”Please don't kill me!”

”Get out.” Both of them replied at the same time, once again in perfect synch which made them surprised but it didn't divert their attention from the man. Fatty looked at the both of them and hearing no other orders, he slowly moved towards the exit with his back against the wall as if he was glued to it before running away just as his foot crossed the line of the exit.

To Wuxing surprise, Katherine was the first to talk as she praised him without changing her expression, ”Nice reflexes.” Too bad her katana was still laying on his neck which made her praise less pleasant. He could feel it was so sharp that any of his neck movements would slice his throat.

”Thanks. Yours are not bad as well. How about we move from here to a cosier place so we can have a nice chat?” Wuxing smiled gently and proposed, knowing they needed to speed up their conversation in case someone else came in.

Katherine didn't have any problems with that and nodded, proposing as she side glanced at his gun, ”I agree. Drop your gun first.”

Wuxing quickly rejected while saying, ”Oh no, please. Women should naturally go first. I'm, of course, a gentleman. I wouldn't go against the traditions.”

”My mission is to find you, understand the situation and kill if necessary. Do you think I won't dare to slice your throat right now? By the way, your pistol is dripping with water.” Katherine said as she pressed her katana closer to Wuxing's throat, forcing him to back his head away to the wall. He looked at his golden Beretta and also saw water dripping from the barrel but it didn't mean that the gun didn't work.

”So you want to check if my pistol shoots? Shall I pull the trigger then?” Wuxing asked with a smile, wiggling his gun in his hand to make all the water drip out of the barrel.

”Killing an active Seven Star Special Forces General is a great offence which gets you a death sentence, you know that?” Katherine asked to confirm if he was aware of that fact but then Wuxing shrugged as he revealed, ”Same with a Captain but I already killed one today.”

When Katherine heard that, her eyes squinted as she quickly figured out that it was him that killed Long Qing. Technically, this was good news for her as this way her mission was already half done. She only needed to figure out what to do with Wuxing and her mission would be finished.

”You shouldn't have told me that.” Katherine said coldly, her words sounding like a declaration of death. Everyone knew that killing a fellow Seven Stars member without a reason was punishable by death so everyone needed to have solid evidence to prove they were guilty.

”I know you won't kill me. You are too meticulous in every mission you do. Here, I will be first. You are lacking puzzles to close the case.” Wuxing said with confidence and as to back up his claims, he lowered his gun, putting it back into the holster that he had fastened around his arm.

Seeing she still didn't kill him after he lowered his gun, Wuxing smiled wider and added, ”I can feel that the way you do things, you make sure you know everything before you make a decision. You definitely read all my files and probably already figured what happened so I am not worried.”

Just as he said so, they heard some shouts coming from the outside of the toilet and voice of one particular man they just met not too long ago, fatty, ”Officer, they are in the toilet! They were about to kill each other!”

”Are you sure? Calling out a Police Officer under a false claim is an offence.” The Police Officer asked, not at all in a good mood as their lunch break was disturbed due to fatty panic. They did not have a choice but to go with him and check what is going on. If there were really people fighting with a gun and a katana, it would be quite the case.

The three Police Officers pulled out their guns and shushed the fatty before walking towards the toilet building from both sides before entering at the same time with their guns ready.