Chapter 143 The Snatch (2/2)

He had tried to find various plausible reasons to get Kay to stay behind, but it was useless. He even tried to get Nitocris to support him but instead, Nitocris validated Kay's point. If he was the only one captured, Kazuya wouldn't even see him until the whole brainwash episode was over. If they were both captured at the same time, then Kazuya wouldn't be able to wait and would get them to his office immediately.

Kyle had the confidence of escaping if he was captured alone, but that would entail higher risk and too many things could go wrong.

Kyle even wanted to use a decoy. Have an MIB agent take her place instead. Kay scoffed at that idea, pointing out that their disguises were good but not to the point that they could pass off as someone else when it's close-up. They could replace Rheia because the MIB agent hardly went out and most of the time, the face was only partially seen.

Kyle was ready to go insane at that point.

It was at that point that Master Shifu simply stated, ”Your greatest weakness is your sister. If you cannot overcome this, she will forever be your Achilles Heel.”

His mind went BOOM.

Kay was being stubborn, that's without question. Yet, he was also being stubborn, for not allowing her to grow. If this was the best route, then it was the route he should take. He should not let his personal feelings for her cloud his judgment. If he was willing to use a decoy, it also meant that he was acknowledging it was the best method.

The only thing he had against the plan was using Kay.

Master Shifu was right. He had to overcome that. Kay needs the experience to grow stronger. Kyle needs this experience to be stronger as well. To let Kay face it.

But it was hard, damnit!!

So here they were, offering themselves as bait. He knew that the e-hailing cab signal had been intercepted. His phone, like Kay's, had a special programme in it which would alert them whenever there was a hacking attempt. Then, it would be up to them to allow it or not. The signal would also be traced and the information sent to MIB.

He then looked up upon hearing a vehicle approaching.

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Joe slowed down the car and stopped right next to the twins. He waited patiently as they got in.

”Hi!” he greeted them warmly, tapping a device on the car to start the mapping journey. It was required by every e-hailing cab to ensure that the driver followed the designated route. In truth, they had already canceled the ride and tampered with the device so that it did not send any signals to base.

Thus, in the company's system, Kyle and Kay had canceled the ride and no one came to pick them up. This would cover their tracks. Furthermore, it gave out false reports to base that the current driver and car had picked up another client further way from here.

”Mall T, right?” he asked cheerfully.

”Yes, please. Thank you,” Kyle replied politely then proceeded to talk to Kay, silently indicating that they weren't interested in any 'small talk' with the driver. Joe could catch on this and felt it was for the best. Trying to be cheerful and friendly was really taxing for him.

Joe made the volume of the radio a bit louder and hummed to it, seemingly not paying any attention to anything other than driving. He was confident that his passengers would not realise that he was not taking the route to Mall T, as they were too deeply engrossed in talking with each other. Hardly looking outside.

Joe scoffed to himself.

These were just kids. No matter how you looked at it, they were kids. Stan was being overly cautious. Joe's face scrunched up in annoyance when he remembered Stan's constant reminder and warning about the mission. He was even supposed to use the knock-out gas. On a couple of harmless kids?

Whatever.

Despite his misgivings, he still proceeded with it. If he didn't, he'd have to answer to Stan - worse, Nitocris. Everyone knew that the true boss was him, and not Kazuya. The latter merely barked orders, fucked around while Nitocris was the one that planned everything, cleared up the messes Kazuya made and most of the time, turned things around.

Joe took out the knock-out gas which was in a small ball. He flipped open the cap, watching the small smoke being released before throwing it underneath his seat. He didn't want the kids to take the ball before it had done its job, so it had to be placed in an area that would still get to them yet out of reach.

He then placed a small, portable gas mask over his own face, which covered his nose and mouth.

The gas was something Dr. Dre had developed, so it was fast acting. Joe observed them through the rearview mirror. He saw that the twins were frantic at the sudden smoke that spiraled out but before they could do anything, they were knocked out.

Joe then opened all the windows and called Stan, saying simply, ”Snatch successful.”

As Joe drove leisurely to HQ, anyone who saw the car would only see two kids sleeping peacefully at the back. Joe showed his pass at the entrance and drove to the underground car park.

There, the rest of the team were already there, waiting with two wheelchairs.