The Black Swan Behind

90 His Name Is Black

When Mezu drew closer, Emma immediately jumped to the side with a flip and landed on her hands. As soon as Mezu was about to turn around, Emma had already turned her body upside down. Her two legs were on top, spinning like a propeller, then hit Mezu’s face with her foot in succession.

Emma’s kick that used the thrust made Mezu instantly fall to the side. Seeing that Mezu’s head was already on the floor, Emma immediately jumped back, now with her two feet stomping on the side of his head.

As soon as Mezu was about to try to get back up, Emma quickly lifted her leg straight into the air and smashed it down so that the sole of her feet hit the side of Mezu’s head again.

The strong sole hit made Mezu’s ears ring for a moment. His head ached so badly, it felt as if his eyes were going to pop out of his skull. Blood was also seen flowing a little from his nose. He winced because he felt like he was going to faint. His blurry vision still could see two legs with black pants and shoes standing in front of his face. Then a second later, the two legs disappeared.

But, Mezu once again felt the presence of the figure who was now on his body. Mezu was no longer able to fight back. His head which was in charge of controlling all his limbs, was already in a state of crisis.

“Now, who broke whose bones?” Emma asked beside the man’s ear.

Then, Emma positioned her lower body under Mezu’s head, then, wrapped her arms around his neck. She put both hands on Mezu’s jaw, whose face was already very puffy from running out of breath. Then..

CRACK!!

Emma let go of her hands which had become powerless after forcing a tremendous amount of force to break the monster’s strong neck. Then, she stood up, staring at Jita Kyoei who had almost finished defeating the group of Hell Gate’s reinforcements. She admitted, the group had a lot of members. No wonder. It’s because they could pay a lot of men from the money of enslaving the women. This made Emma even more annoyed and eager to destroy the group.

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Calvin and Troy, who had been watching the black helmet man fight against Mezu, couldn’t help but shake their heads in admiration. Honestly, so far they have never seen a way of fighting as the black helmet man did. Besides being agile and great, he even had a clever and quick-thinking brain. Now, they didn’t wonder why he was able to raid Hell Gate’s main headquarters by himself.

Emma saw Calvin and Troy who were a few meters away, watching her. She only realized that she was in the worst possible situation. If the two of them found out who she was, then all of Emma’s goals in coming to Handway City would be ended.

As soon as the two of them were about to approach, Emma immediately shouted, “Don’t come any closer! What do you want from me?”

Calvin and Troy stopped their steps. On the other hand, all members of Jita Kyoei have finished defeating all members of Hell Gate without remaining.

“We want to know, who are you and what your goal is? You should know, the news about you destroying the Hell Gate’s main headquarters had been spread everywhere.” Calvin answered.

Emma thought for a moment. Of course, she didn’t know about it. Emma was different from Calvin. She never knew information about any gangster group other than the Hell Gate that she was lately after. The fact that now, her figure became famous, gave a little sense of misgivings in her heart.

“You don’t need to know who I am. But, I only have one goal. I avenge my best friend by destroying the Hell Gate group. The one who killed Roger Timothy was Kei Matsumoto.” Emma answered with additional information.

Troy and Calvin immediately turned to each other when they heard the news. It turned out that Gozu was just a scapegoat for Kei’s crimes. The guy was actually worse than trash.

“I didn’t know Roger had any friends. Are you a student at Jardin University?” Troy asked curiously.

Emma chuckled, “What do you know about Roger? You guys even just kept quiet even though you knew he was a victim of bullying. And also.. you don’t need to know anything about me. I don’t want to have anything to do with anyone.” she answered.

“We have the same goal,” Calvin added. “We also will destroy Hell Gate. But, you know that Hell Gate is very powerful, don’t you? I’m not sure, if you do it alone, you will succeed. Wouldn’t it be better if we cooperate?” he continued.

Emma thought about the offer. Of course, it would be better to work together as Calvin had said. But if it had to be like that, the risk of her identity being exposed would be much greater. After all, even if Emma refused, those guys would still be hunting down the evil gangsters like their original mission, right?

“I’ll move on my own. Thanks for the offer,” Emma shook her head and walked away.

“Where are you going?” Calvin asked as he saw the man in the helmet go upstairs instead, even though the exit was in the front.

Emma didn’t answer and instead kept walking. Calvin and Troy glanced at each other, before following in her footsteps.

They all went up to the top floor which was the roof of the building. There actually was a large room guarded by two men.

Emma, ??who was in the front, instantly knocked out the two guard men with her fists. Then, she broke down the room’s door by kicking near the doorknob.

Emma’s uninjured foot kick was hard enough to knock the door open as the knob broke. Suddenly, a women’s voice came from inside.

Calvin, Troy, and their friends who were behind the black helmet man, were gasped to see a group of girls languishing in the stuffy room. They were young women with pretty faces, consisting of girls from fifteen to twenty-two years old. There were about twenty-five women in total.

“T-that..” Martin muttered.

Ian nodded, “Imagine, they made heaps of money using those poor girls. What a bunch of assholes!” he said.

“Please, don’t hurt us.. We haven’t made a sound as you asked..” One of the girls cried.

Emma shook her head, “We’ve come to free you girls. Hurry back to your home and don’t be caught in this kind of trap again. Got it?”

The words that the man in the black helmet made with his robotic voice made the girls cheer with joy, “Thank you! Thank you very much!” they said while hugging each other in gratitude.

Emma smiled sadly at the scene. She could understand the feelings of the girls, because she was a woman also. Being a victim of harassment was every woman’s nightmare. Especially, if they have to give up their bodies to become a source of income for criminals. That must be really scary.

“Guys, guard them until they returned to their respective homes,” Troy ordered all his members.

“Got it!” They answered.

Nicko approached the group of girls with a sincere face, “Don’t worry. We are good men, not like them. We will take you home safely.” he said. He understood, maybe after what the girls have been through, it would leave a deep trauma on their mentality.

“I hope, at least one of them goes to the police to report this,” Emma said subconsciously to Calvin who was standing beside her.

“There may be, but it will be in vain,” Troy said.

Calvin nodded, “Handway City has very strange laws. They discipline their citizens, beautify the city, yet seem indifferent to gangster activity. All crimes related to those thugs had ended with the case closed. Even in Roger’s case, if his parents didn’t pay much money, it’s possible that Gozu was still roaming freely now.” he explained.

Hearing Calvin’s explanation, Emma gritted her teeth in annoyance. She also remembered Calvin’s story about his childhood. How he lost his older brother as the victim of bullying, and the authorities and the media kept silent and covered up the case. With each passing day, Emma realized how strange the city that she thought was beautiful and peaceful.

“By the way, I’m impressed by your fighting technique,” Troy said suddenly.

“Thanks,” Emma replied quickly, then, walking away.

“If you really don’t want to tell us who you are, at least tell us what we should call you,” Troy exclaimed, staring at the black helmet man’s back. His eyes seemed to sparkle.

Troy really admired a man who was strong and rich in fighting techniques. Just by watching that person fight with Mezu alone had made him unknowingly applaud several times while watching the fight.

Emma looked back at the figures of the two tall men, “You can call me Black.” she said with a smile they couldn’t see.

Troy smiled broadly, “Sure, Black. Hopefully, we can meet again in the next fight.”

“I know you’re a good person. It’s not hard to notice.” Calvin added with his arms crossed on his chest.

Then, the man in the helmet finally disappeared from behind the door that led to the stairs.

“You seem to like him a lot. Could it be that you...”

“Shut up.” Troy cut him, knowing what the next word would come out of Calvin’s mouth. “I just admire him. Of course, I like girls. But.. some things scare me.”

Calvin looked at Troy questioningly. He had no intention of asking further questions that he thought would violate Troy’s privacy. But he didn’t mind if Troy would finally tell him a little about himself.

Noticing Calvin’s gaze, Troy then snorted and cleared his throat, “Well.. they’re fussy and controlling. Do you know? Just like Emma. She even forced us to use tissue paper just to eat a single sandwich and fuss over the breadcrumbs that would fall on the floor. They’re surely a pain in the ass.” he explained with a shy face.

“You have a point. But in the end, we need them and must protect them.” Calvin replied.

Troy raised his eyebrows briefly, and then headed for the stairs to come down, wrapping his arms around himself, “We’d better get home soon. It’s so cold up here.”

Just as he was about to reach the stairs, Ian suddenly appeared from downstairs.

“What is it?” Asked Troy who was a bit surprised by the sudden appearance of his friend.

“The black helmet man...”

“His name is Black.” Cut Calvin.

Ian nodded, “You know what? He’s destroying all the properties inside.”

Calvin and Troy looked at each other, then smiled faintly, “That sounds like fun, doesn’t it? Looks like we can help him out for a bit.”