43 I guess Im not importan (1/2)

I continued to stare at Joker in surprise. He seems pretty friendly? I was expecting someone more...savage after hearing the white suit man's (who's apparently called Nathan) warnings.

I wonder if he'll answer my questions if I ask nicely?

Just as I was making up my mind about whether or not to risk it, Joker suddenly stopped talking and snapped back to his senses.

He turned and glared fiercely at Alex. If gazes could kill, he probably would have died a few hundred times already.

”Bishop....you have some things to explain to me now, don't you? Why is this young lady here at 2 in the morning?” He said to Alex with a threatening face. ”I don't ever remember telling you to bring her here, I even once told everyone to not touch her. You're disobeying me? I don't care what background you have but if you don't tell me truthfully then I'll break your legs and throw you on the streets.”

Alex immediately jumped into a flawless kowtow, rubbing his forehead against the ground.

That's some amazing flexibility.

”I seriously didn't mean harm! After you mentioned her once I got some men to investigate her and found out that she was just a normal girl with no background...so I brought her here to bring to you as a little gift since you like her so much. Nobody will notice her absence, she's a victim of bullying so after you finish with her we could just frame her for suicide! I'm seriously not rebelling against you-”

Joker's face got darker and darker the more Alex blabbed on but he didn't realize since his head was down.

I have a feeling that Alex isn't gonna last long if he continues.

”Stupid idiot. Do you think I had my eyes on a normal girl?! Do you think my tastes are that low?! You have no strength so you should at least have the smarts to make up for it, but you don't have that either!” Joker roared in frustration. ”Do you think a 'normal' girl could have beat up 20 of our men and disarm two with guns with a few kicks?! Where did your brain go? There's no way someone like her has a simple background you retarded bastard!”

Alex froze and slowly looked up at Joker's raging face.

”B-Boss.....”

Joker ignored him and kept shouting.

”Did you perhaps forget the fact that she once saved me?! No normal person could possibly help me when I'm in a tough situation. In the first place, I didn't like her because of her looks! It's her talent that could be of use! You should stop jumping to conclusions after only seeing the tip of the iceberg!”

Oh? Does he want to use my talent? He sure dreams big. Although it does sound interesting to work for these guys, I'm not willing to do it for free or for money.

Joked mercilessly kicked Alex in the stomach which sent him flying onto the body of one of his unconscious men.

I heard the snap of ribs from that kick.

Even though he was groaning in pain, Alex didn't dare get up and simply curled up pitifully.

Looks like the gap between a bishop and Joker is quite wide.

Finished with dealing with Alex, Joker smiled at me.

For some reason, his smile sent chills up my spine.

”Well since you're here, we might as well talk a little bit right?” He said.

Although it was a question, his tone obviously meant it as an order.

I stiffly nodded my head.

I obediently sat down on the chair that he gestured me towards. He leisurely sat down on the couch and grinned.

”Hah.....and I wanted to introduce myself properly at first. As you probably know by now, I'm Joker. That fool over there is Alexander Boyar and his family owns quite a large company. He paid for his position, that's the only reason I still tolerate him in my gang.”

Gang? So I'm guessing they aren't Yakuza after all?

He seemed to read my mind and kept talking.

”My gang isn't Yakuza, that's just a name we use to avoid some unwanted attention. The real Yakuza aren't complaining, we got them under our control a long time ago. We aren't like them at all.”

I nodded again to show that I was listening. Is he really supposed to be telling me this kind of stuff?

”We are called the Chessboard. In fact, we currently have Japan's underworld completely under our control. The country is split into three sections and a king rules each one. I'm sort of like their big boss.”

Chessboard huh. But he's called Joker which has nothing to do with chess, what a weird guy.

”We came here 10 years ago and we only have one goal in Japan, to find the rumored grandchildren of the tyrant of North America, 'Z'. We are hunters.”

My blood froze.