The Alchemists

Jean kept calling and calling but Marion still didn't pick up her phone. The next call, he found that Marion's cellphone was now turned off.

"Who are you calling?" Billie asked.

"My friend. Uhm ... we'd better get out of here, she can take good care of herself." Jean was very anxious, but he drove forward too and pulled out of the basement parking. His car was bullet proof so he did not need to be afraid in case another attack occurred. All around them, police and security guards were moving swiftly and combing the perimeter of the parking area.

Not far away, Rosalien removed her gloves while shaking her head in a pout. She wrapped the gun in both gloves and then tossed it in a trash can. Takeshi looked at her in disappointment.

"What was that for?" Takeshi asked in a flat voice.

Rosalien answered still with pursed lips. "To prove that I'm right."

"I didn't know you had become this bloodthirsty," Takeshi chided. "I don't doubt your words earlier that those two people are not ordinary people, so why do you feel the need to prove that you are right by shooting at the singer?"

Rosalien only shrugged. She walked away leaving Takeshi frowning in surprise. He had known Rosalien, his foster sister, for a very long time and she had an unusual personality. One would never have thought that underneath her small body and beautiful face was a really strong and cold-hearted assassin.

Her life used to be very hard and she enjoyed every murder that became her mission. Among those 15, Rosalien was the assassin who had the highest level of assignment, just because she was an expert and liked her profession.

Takeshi and Mischa only worked to make a living and spent their remaining time to enjoy life. Rosalien however lived for her work.

While following Rosalien, who walked casually, Takeshi thought that maybe his foster sister suddenly went crazy because she felt bored since she hadn't had an assignment for almost two months.

Since the Rhionen Assassins were disbanded, they accepted practically no more clients. For the other assassins, this was not a problem because they had a life outside the group.

In fact, for some, this had been a good opportunity to retire and start a new life. All of them had amassed a great fortune from the assignments they took in the past decade alone.

Only Rosalien could not leave her old life behind. That was why she held a grudge against Aleksis, which she considered to be the cause of their group's dissolution.

Takeshi and Rosalien used a special device to reflect light that obscured their appearance when captured on a CCTV camera. That was why both of them were relaxed enough to walk out and mingle with the audience who were now trying to get out of the venue but had to face the police search one by one.

The closure of the gates by the police caused an enormous traffic jam and a crowd of thousands of people were panicking. Rumors had spread that there had been a shooting inside the basement parking lot targeting Billie Yves.

News search helicopters and additional police surrounded the location and made the atmosphere even more tense. Marion deliberately had turned off her cellphone when Jean called because she did not want to be detected by her preys.

At the first shot, she hid behind the car and immediately calculated the direction of the shot. She silently rushed out and came onto Takeshi and Rosalien.

Marion was furious to see this annoying girl at will and for no apparent reason shooting at Billie Yves just to prove that Neo and Endo were two trained people. She quickly took a photo with her cellphone when Rosalien threw the gun into the trash and then quietly followed them.

Takeshi and Rosalien may be members of the best assassin group in the world, but they were no match for Marion who had lived 100 years longer and mastered various reconnaissance and martial arts techniques far more proficiently.

"You will pay your debts for Neo, motherf*ckers..." Marion cursed silently. She followed the two while pretending to be one of the other spectators and tried to pass the gate that was guarded by the police.

Marion walked briskly behind Takeshi and Rosalien who calmly went through a police check to get out of the venue. Police and stadium security teams had installed low-level x-ray scanning gates and efficiently ordered all those who wanted to get out to pass through that door.

The massive screening carried out by the police quickly filtered the innocent fans as no metal or gunpowder had been detected on their bodies, mimicking airport security checks which was capable of handling thousands of people in a short amount of time.

When it was Takeshi and Rosalien's turn to pass through the scanner gate, Marion moved swiftly toward Max, Billie Yves' chief of security, whom she had known briefly. She grabbed the big tall man and showed him the photo on her cellphone.

Max was surprised to see the picture display. He professionally talked with his walkie-talkie to his men who were guarding the scanner gates with several policemen. Rosalien just walked through the scanner at a leisurely pace. The scanner gate didn't make any sound.

"Sorry, Miss ... please wait here for a moment. Our boss wants to see you." Max's subordinates respectfully intercepted her from following those before her who were allowed out.

Rosalien looked surprised. She did not expect to be stopped by anyone. No one was ever suspicious of her cute little face. She turned to Takeshi who immediately approached her after passing through the scanner gate.

"What's going on? Are you suspecting my girlfriend?" he asked in a fierce tone.

Max's men were used to dealing with various people, so they were not affected by Takeshi's rude attitude nor Rosalien's pretend innocence. He calmly waited for Max and Marion to appear.