The Black Swan Behind

103 The End of The Hell Gate

Ron looked at Gozu who was finally overthrown by Troy and Frank. Jita Kyoei’s group was indeed very strong. And as it turned out, it was still much stronger than Hell Gate. The big man already collapsed on the floor due to Troy’s powerful Triangle Choke.

Seeing Gozu being hurt again made Ron even angrier. He shouted along with another attack. However, all of these attacks were successfully repelled and responded swiftly by Calvin and Black.

During the fight, Emma felt something was off. She could clearly see the deep sadness on Ron’s face. It was as if the man was sorry for something and worried about a lot of things. For some reason, Emma’s heart was touched when she saw the figure of the man who was already battered, still trying to stand up to attack again.

Calvin felt sorry to see Ron who already seemed unable to stand up. Even though Hell Gate had fallen, it actually didn’t obvious what else Ron was holding on to that made him just keep attacking with a body condition that was no longer possible.

“Just give up! Stop this! You’ve lost,” Emma exclaimed with a sad face that no one could see.

Calvin nodded and added, “Hell Gate has collapsed. You have no more men. There is nothing left for you to defend,”

“Cough! Cough! No! Cough!” Ron struggled to get up from his fall, coughing blood back onto the floor. His chin was red with the blood he had been vomited out, “Hell.. Gate.. will.. n-never.. collapse..” he clenched his fists and went back forward to attack.

However, Ron’s limp steps could be avoided by Black just by moving her body a little. He really couldn’t fight anymore, “Hell Gate.. is my family.. We.. will not.. be destroyed.” He slowly muttered by turning around to attack.

“Stop this, Ron! You can’t fight us anymore!” Emma exclaimed again, feeling sorry for the man’s pathetic condition. She had no longer desire to fight anymore by seeing the condition of the opponent in such a pity state.

.....

Ron shook his head, “NO! Hell Gate.. has always been the strongest! You all.. don’t know.. what we’ve been.. we’ve been through.. to become.. this.. strong..”

BUGH!!

Finally, Ron Smith fell. He lay face down on the floor, gasping for breath.

“BIG BRO RON!!” His two men who had been just watching in fear, exclaimed.

“Stop! Don’t hurt our brothers again! Fight us instead!” One of the men shouted as he ran towards Ron.

“Hiyaa!!” They both attacked Calvin and Black at the same time, but were easily dodged and responded with a blow that instantly knocked them down.

Emma glanced at Ron who looked like he was about to get up again. She moved a little closer to him because his lips seemed to be moving. Emma’s brows furrowed as she heard Ron say softly...

“Don’t.. hurt.. my brothers,”

Suddenly, the main door of the building burst open. Everyone inside immediately jumped in shock, thinking that it was the police. Fortunately, it turned out to be only two men in black suits who entered while running towards Ron and kneeling beside him.

“Ron! What happened?!” Garry exclaimed as he rolled Ron’s frail body onto his back.

“You guys..!! I will kill you!!” Exclaimed another man who was a member of the brothers.

“D-don’t ..” Ron still managed to hold the man’s hand. Then, he continued to say weakly, “They.. are too strong. You.. can’t.. can’t fight,”

The faint sound of police car sirens was getting closer and closer. Everyone in the building immediately moved and looked at each other with worried faces.

“The police are here. We have to run away of here,” Ian said to all members of his group who had been watching Ron’s fight.

“Ian is right. We need to avoid trouble,” Troy said to Calvin.

“We’d better go now,” Calvin unzipped his jacket and was about to leave.

But Emma seemed to be staring at Ron who was surrounded by his two men.

Ron looked at his two brothers with sad eyes, “Go.. Don’t wait.. for me.. Please.. take care of Mezu ..” he whispered.

Garry shook his head with tears in his eyes, didn’t expect it to end like this, “I won’t leave you, Ron, just like you who never left us alone.”

“Still.. you have something to take care of. Hell.. Gate.. will not.. die. You.. take care of our family.. Hurry up, go..” he replied before coughing again and almost losing consciousness.

“Black! Aren’t you going?” Asked Calvin who had stepped into the back door.

Emma flinched, coming out of her muse. Then, she immediately stepped away from the location before glancing back once to see the earlier scene.

Not long after the leaving of Jita Kyoei, Calvin Lee, and Black, the police finally managed to arrive at the building that looked more like a warehouse. They found about a hundred more men were already lying everywhere on the floor. No one was conscious at all. As Ron ordered, the two brothers ran away before the police could see them.

***

“Thanks for coming to help,” Calvin said to Black who was walking a few steps ahead of him.

Emma turned to Calvin and the rest of Jita Kyoei, “Even though I didn’t mean to, I’ll say ‘You’re welcome’.”

“Hell Gate has fallen. What are you going to do after this?” Troy asked in a casual tone, even though he was really curious.

“I’m not sure. But I hope not to see you guys again.” Emma answered.

“Tch.. You’re so arrogant.” Martin mocked displeased.

Emma just shrugged her shoulders, and walked away leaving them all. As much as possible, Emma did not want to have any further contact with these men as a Black figure. She would keep avoiding them as much as possible in order to minimize the risk that her identity as Emma Hilland would be exposed.

Brumm!!!

A black motorbike was seen coming out of a small alley, and immediately went away at full speed.

Calvin and Troy stared at the figure that was getting further and further away at the crossroads, with suspicious faces.

“I become more curious about that person over time,” Troy muttered with his helmet glass visor was still open.

Calvin who was sitting on his motorbike beside Troy’s just nodded, “Even so, we must respect his privacy. But.. Do you think he is a bit annoying?”

“I think he has a superior personality. But that’s cool too, honestly.” Troy folded his arms across his chest.

“Hell Gate has fallen. Nicko and I have checked that the percentage of students dropping out from Wrestling studios has finally dropped drastically after the attack on Hell Gate’s main headquarters. After this, we can focus on RJC.” Said Ian who was beside Troy.

“Damn it.. looks like that all this time, they were the culprits of many wrestling studios were closed. Actually, Hell Gate could fall not only because of us and Black. As far as I know, they also had problems with Dragger and had clashed several times. Maybe, That was the reason why they were aggressively looking for strong new members.” Calvin muttered thoughtfully.

“Is Dragger also targeting the studio students?” Troy turned to Ian.

Ian replied with a shake of his head, “Apparently not. You know, Dragger is a very strong big group. Also, the members are not just the random men.”

“I hope you guys are still on my side in the future when I target them as a group that I must destroy,” Calvin muttered to himself but with a loud voice.

But, Troy and Ian just stared at each other, without answering him.

***

“You’ve been daydreaming a lot today, Emma.” Kathy surprised Emma, ??who was sitting alone in the cafe chair. Previously, they had promised to meet at that place because now the university was paused for winter break.

“Gosh.. You startled me,” Emma held her chest which was suddenly beating hard.

“Did something happen?” Kathy asked, sitting down in the chair opposite Emma. She handed her a large bag of BBQ-flavoured potato chips that she had brought from outside.

Emma let out a long sigh as she picked up a couple of potato chips and chewed one, “I’m thinking about something, which is really none of my business.” she answered. Then, she glanced at Kathy’s hand which only held a bag of potato chips, “Have you ordered a drink?”

Kathy nodded, “Hmm.. You think about it like it’s your own problem. You’re indeed unique, Emma.”

Emma smiled faintly, “Maybe this is because I haven’t taken ballet classes for too long. I think I’m getting stressed myself.”

“What’s taking too long? You’ve been on hiatus for less than a week. After all, we’re already on a long holiday. So it shouldn’t matter too much.” The girl with a cloud-like ponytail on her head, sang. “Oh, Emma.. By the way, whose problem are you thinking about? I haven’t gossiped in a long time.” she asked in a slight whisper.

Emma immediately put on a straight face, “You really are.. Geez, even if I tell you, you won’t understand because you don’t know the person.”

“Oh.. I thought it was the people at our campus. Is that a friend from where you used to live?” Kathy asked more.

Emma thought for a moment then nodded, “More or less,”

“Is that your best friend? What problem did she have that makes you bothered too?” Kathy asked again.

“He is.. just someone I knew. Actually, I thought that he was a bad person because of his behaviour all this time. But recently, I seem to have discovered a fact that he was acting annoyingly just to protect something.” Emma told with a brooding face.

“Hemm.. Well, of course, people act annoying as a form of their self-protection. Think about it, Emma.. The average annoying person was actually those who have problems in their lives.” Kathy said with a pretentious face.

“Yeah.. You’re not wrong, anyway.. I guess,” Emma muttered with a doubtful face.