IN THE CAGE

122. BLACKER

"I've been spending too much time at the gym lately." The words that came out of Joseph's mouth at that moment sounded like a complaint, a whimper that combined with resentment.

"If it goes on like this" said Joseph, he stopped talking for a moment and glanced at Fawn who was leaning against the balcony railing. "I can-can be a man with a body like a bodybuilding athlete."

"Isn't that good?" Fawn responded.

Under the September night sky, Fawn and Joseph again spent their time drinking coffee together on a quiet second-floor balcony. Of course, outside this balcony, many bodyguards are passing by with mysterious missions that Fawn and Joseph do not know. They were only outsiders here, their existence was like invisible.

"You know I used to say a lot about me not wanting to die in vain, right?" Joseph spoke again. As if the Fawn plate response is not enough to be a sign that the girl is lazy to talk. "Now, after being unemployed for almost 2 months here, I think dying while working is better than being bored to death."

"Don't dramatize, Joe. You won't be ready when death suddenly greets you. For now, let's just say it's a vacation." Fawn said that with policy and calmness that made Joseph remember why the girl had a higher position than him. However, what Joseph did not know, despite being wise, Fawn felt that Joseph's words had a point.

Fawn felt her life was like an apple slowly rotting on the table. Not touched at all. It was as if life energy was slowly fading from his body, leaving him in the same dull void and life.

He simply got up, circled around the house, paying attention to the state of the mansion without being involved at all in it, reading the movements of the people there. Then, when the situation is still the same, not yet sustained to the extreme stage, Fawn will end up in the same cycle again. Keep observing.

"I wonder Mr. Ace has not yet appeared before this gate and razed the Caspian family mansion. What is he waiting for, really?"

"If you say that," Fawn responded. "Evan is the same, right? Why hasn't he attacked the Hunter family?"

"If that's the answer, then it's clear. The Hunter family isn't a family you can just attack. Plus, they live in the hills, they have high defenses. We who attack from below will die before we hit the doorbell of his house."

"Once again, you're too dramatic."

Fawn knows that geographically, the location of the Ace mansion on top of the peak is indeed very strategic. They have positions that make them able to defend and are able to attack enemies effectively. However, just because the position is strategic does not mean that the position has no weaknesses.

Fawn felt, Evan was still smart enough to know how to guerilla the Hunter family mansion. What needs to be discussed is the skill of Ace bodyguards. They're like monster nests.

"I heard all the problems regarding the business were taken over by Mr. Max."

Fawn nodded. He also heard the same information.

"Then, it means that now the opponent of lord Ace is lord Max, right?"

"That's how." Fawn nodded again.

"If the situation is like that, I don't think there's any reason for Mr. Evan to lock up Indi's boss again, right? I mean, if the one who controls all the problems and all the affairs concerning the Rashid family and you are Mr. Max, Mr. Evan should not be involved anymore."

Fawn took a sip of coffee in his hand before paying attention to the light of the vehicle that broke through not far through the forest curtain. A car seems to be approaching here. In the evening when the time has shown at 10.

"I don't think Mr. Evan is the type to lose his hand just because Mr. Max decided to get involved in the matter." Fawn said, her mind split in two. Wondering about who came and on the other hand, he analyzes Evan's decision in the situation Joseph explains.

"He's a competent man" Fawn murmured. "At least, even though he was incompetent in the eyes of master Max, master Evan felt himself competent. Man like master Evan was chosen to be the leader and has proven his leadership in the last three years as the best number 2 leader after master Ace. Such a man has a high ego..."

A black RV car entered the gate, Fawn's eyes following the car which continued to enter the private garage used only by Evan Caspian.

"A man with a big ego like Mr. Evan is unlikely to be out of hand to a problem he has worked on in part. They're thirsty for appreciation and credit."

Right, from the very beginning, the result of this dispute was about appreciation and credit alone. Who could defeat who would end up becoming a god.

Revenge means nothing to Margot.

For Ace, it might be a relief to have been freed from his brother's curse.

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5 Hours earlier.

'Buy me Caramel Macchiato and chipotle.'- those messages came from Margot, landing on Vera's phone just before Vera entered the front gate of the Hunter residence. The security guard who was in charge of guarding the gate had just opened the gate for Vera, letting the girl in. Vera who received the message from Margot let out a long sigh. Not long after, his head came out of the car window.

"Close the gate again" Vera told security. He returned to his seat before turning the car back towards the highway.

"Damn it," Vera swore before throwing her HP into the passenger seat.

While Vera drives the black sedan towards a ready-to-eat restaurant, a black RV looms over Vera's car trail. Following Vera's movements over a not-so-distant distance to make her lose sight of Vera's vehicle, but not close enough to make Vera suspicious. And, it worked. Vera parked her car in the parking area without feeling alarmed.

With heavy footsteps, Vera entered the red restaurant. Vera's eyes scan left and right, paying attention to the number of her customers who are mostly teenagers. After arriving at the cashier's desk, Vera makes her order and waits at an empty table. While waiting, Vera unlocks the phone and plays a game.

Until finally, after ten minutes had passed, Vera's order was ready.

Vera came out of the restaurant with a paper bag. Vera please, this is Margot's last order. He did not want the woman to prank him by sending him additional orders after Vera at the end of the gate. That's vexing. Also, remind Vera again about the whereabouts of Felix who was actually able to make Margot's order. His boss was just happy to make him tormented.

Vera continued to curse in her head until the curse was muffled by another feeling.

Vera, halfway to the car, took his attention to some black-clothed people not far from her car. More like five people.

Vera initially tries to detect them from the face, but she doesn't know anyone. Then, Vera's attention was on the ring that covered the little finger of the people, the ring on the little finger was the identity of the Caspian family bodyguard. Vera recalls someone named Rishan wearing a ring in the same location and ugh.

They must have targeted me.

Vera does not need eagle eyes or sharp instincts to be able to read the situation he is facing now. The point is, he's in bad luck now.

At that time, even though Vera had the option to run immediately, Vera chose to keep going. He regulated his breathing, keeping his heart beating in a normal rhythm.

It won't end for long, five people shouldn't be a problem. At least, that's how Vera thought before she felt a hand touch her shoulder, was quite rough and twisted. Vera brushed the hand away instantly and gave a twisting kick that made a space between her and the five people who were now circling her. The paperbag containing Margot's order had already fallen on the ground.

Vera is in standby mode, legs open in the horses, hands ready to reach the gun on her back.

One attack came from the left, at high speed. Vera dodged the fist while counterattacking it by punching a larger opponent in the knee. The man fell down with one knee on the ground, and before he got up, Vera added to his attack by elbowing the man's face with her knees. It was strong enough that his opponent fell to the ground.

After that too, attacks came in alternately. Without waiting for one against one, they swarmed Vera with attacks that Vera could not shake everything. A portion of the punches and kicks made it to Vera, making the girl bounce with blood running down the corners of her lips and temples.

Vera-kendati receiving attacks from all directions also managed to reduce the number of her attackers to three. Two people have been uprooted, one of whom Vera believes has died because. The other one, Vera hesitates, does not move, but Vera's attack on her neck is not enough to kill.

Vera's breath.

When he managed to tear down one more person without having time to grab the gun on his back, Vera was about to attack the next person...

Vera felt a strong stun landing on her waist. Surprised him. Darkened his whole view. Blacker.

Before Vera realized what was going on back there, a fist had already sealed her consciousness. It fell on the ground. Face mingled with sweat and blood.

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