
All of a sudden, the quiet, romantic restaurant was startled with the sound of footsteps and briskly walking on its marble floor.
Suddenly, all eyes looked towards the sound of footsteps coming from. With questioning and sneering eyes they try to find out who the suspect who deliberately behaved in the village in this upscale restaurant.
The Caucasian couple and the Chinese girl did the same thing, with an unhappy look on their face, turning their heads towards the direction the sound was coming from. But, when the European man turned his face and looked at the direction the voice was coming from, he looked startled and his face was a little pale.
He saw a woman wearing a mask. White mask often used for drama show ‘Phantom of the Opera’. A mask that is not only beautiful, but also has a very important meaning for the Man, because it is his mask, belonging to the Phantom of Chaos.
Why is it now worn by the newly arrived woman?
The Chinese girl in front of him could of course see the facial changes that occurred on his partner's face. Seeing the look on the face of the man who had looked elegant and calm now turned a little panicked because the woman wearing the Phantom mask, the Chinese Girl felt something wrong here.
This Chinese girl was not an indiscriminate woman, she was named Cynthia Hong, an initiation stage wolf fighter who was the granddaughter of Paul Hong, the only brawler manifestation of the martial path that is now affiliated with the Indonesian government.
The European man himself was named Henry Cooper, a British citizen who had for years joined Chaos since they operated in the Middle East and Africa. After so many years of joining, Henry only met the real leader of Chaos no more than five times. For their daily lives, each task is more decided by three people who become the pillars of Chaos, himself as Phantom, Shadow, and Clown.
For months operating in Indonesia, Henry never even met with the Chairman of Chaos. He felt that his superiors might not even be in this country. Therefore, he felt safe to play around a little with the rulers of the dark world in this faraway land of Southeast Asia.
But now, Henry saw the mask that had given him the identity and position worn by a woman. But his clothes were very covered, from head to toe. The clothes also look loose but are made in such a way as not to hinder the movement of the wearer. For a glance, Henry even thought if the clothes are still in the Burqa category of a Muslim woman.
“Who are you? That’s my mask!” henry shouted in English in a loud voice while pointing at the woman who had just arrived and was now standing not far from Henry and Cynthia's table.
The woman just shook her head slowly and replied with English very fluent and hard to guess her accent, “This is no longer your mask.”
“Don't joke!! The mask was given to me by the Chaos leader including all his authority to lead Chaos!!” henry shouted as he stood up from his seat.
Cynthia watched everything quietly, her one hand quickly sending a message to her Grandfather about the development happening at the moment. Cynthia did have dinner with Henry on Paul's instructions.
Today, Paul is quickly sliding into this restaurant after receiving a short message from his favorite grandson. One thing that made her worry, Cynthia told him that there seemed to be internal conflict in Chaos' current body. Therefore, he had to come, at least Paul had to ensure the safety of Cynthia.
The woman wearing the Phantom mask just chuckled as she pointed towards Cynthia, “What are you planning to do with this girl?”
“Nothing! She's my acquaintance. We only have dinner here,” replied Henry firmly and quickly.
The woman laughed at Henry's response.
A second later, a group of security officers who each used rubber clubs were seen running towards their desk which was slightly on the edge of the room. When she saw the security men arriving, Cynthia raised their hands and pulled out a card for the Chief Security who led her men.
“It's Hong family business, take away all the customers in this room. The Hong family that will bear all the losses due to the events tonight,” Cynthia said short in the direction of Chief Security.
Chief Security nodded his head in understanding, just a glance at his head, “ when two elephants are fighting, do not let the rabbit interject in their midst, no doubt the rabbit will only be the victim of the wrong target and will not change the course of the fight,” and that's what he did, get away as far as possible, because he knows that this is beyond his authority and power again.
Not until one minute, in the room now there are only three people. Henry standing by his desk, the Phantom masked woman standing with her arms folded in front of his chest and Cynthia sitting at his desk texting him with her smartphone.
The woman only glanced at Cynthia who was still actively playing her fingers on the smartphone that cost tens of millions of rupiah. Then he smiled and spoke fluently in Indonesian and spoke to Cynthia, “You told Paul? He came here, right?”
Cynthia was shocked to hear the woman's question with fluent and fluent Indonesian towards her, unknowingly her smartphone fell onto the table in front of her. A cold sweat also started coming out from Cynthia's back. He was sure that the woman wearing the Phantom mask was Indonesian. There was no way an outsider could speak so fluently even though he had studied for so many years.
“You? Who?” asked Cynthia a little nervous, she thought that the masked woman was an overseas person, just like Henry Cooper who was next to her, but it turned out that she was an Indonesian citizen.
The masked woman did not answer Cynthia's question but turned her eyes towards Henry, “You intend to cooperate with the Hong family right? Do you know if it violates the rules of the organization?” he asked Henry to come back in English.