Chapter 270 - 270: Shes Not Dead! (1/2)

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.