The Devilish Assassin Meets The Angelic Detective

Black Shadow showed James the necklace that he found at Reaper's apartment in which he believed that it belongs to Catseye.

James stared at it with a frown. "What is that?" he asked.

"Of course, a necklace!" Black Shadow laughed at him mockingly.

James shot him a glare.

"I know that is a necklace. What I mean is why you are showing that to me?"

"My birthday present to you." Black Shadow said, annoying James.

James started to get impatient with Black Shadow.

"Alright... Don't get so worked up. I will tell you."

"I think this necklace belongs to Catseye." He said to him truthfully.

James was dumbstruck for a moment after hearing that.

"You have some money, maybe you can investigate persons who bought this kind of necklace." Black Shadow suggested.

Black Shadow handed over the necklace to him and James accepted it.

"By the way, after checking it, you need to give that back to me. I should keep it." Black Shadow reminded him before he left.

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On the other hand, Elle could not still find the letter that she wrote for Erick. She decided to call Sarah.

Elle: "Hello, Mom."

Sarah: "Yes dear?"

Elle: "I just want to ask whether did you see a card at Erick's desk in his study."

Sarah: "Oh... I forgot my dear if I have seen one. I just tried to clean Erick's room since I got bored of just waiting in the house. Why? What is written on the card?"

Elle: "Oh okay Mom. It is not important. Just forget that I ask. By the way, how is he?"

Sarah: "He is having a conversation with his team right now. Don't worry about him. He looks fine. Just take your rest for a while."

Elle: "Hmm okay Mom."

Sarah: "By the way, did you punish my son already Elle?"

Elle: "En... sort of Mom. Why?"

Sarah: "Haha I wonder what punishment you gave him."

Elle: "Not much Mom. I just scolded him a little."

Sarah: "Oh, is that so. I thought you did something that's why Erick was in a very good mood."

Elle: "Hehe... just tell me Mom if he is behaving well or not. I will not let him off so easy this time."

Sarah: "Hahaha I like that Elle. You should discipline your man."

Elle: "Don't worry mom. So far, he is very obedient."

Sarah: "Alright... You should take a rest now then come back after. He looked sad and disappointed when he saw you leaving a while ago."

Elle: "Okay Mom. I will come to the hospital tomorrow morning."

Sarah: "Hmm I think someone will be sad if he heard that."

Elle: "Hmm... just tell him to wait for me Mom. Then tomorrow I will surely reward him for being patient and obedient.

Sarah: "Hehe... Okay, dear. I will tell him that."

After their phone conversation, Elle informed Phantom and Charles that she would meet them at her place in 30 minutes.

Since she felt relieved that Erick was fine, now she could think clearly of what to do next especially that Assassin's Guild started their move against her.

'I will find that letter again, next time.'

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At Elle's place...

Phantom and Charles were already sitting in the living room while waiting for Elle.

Charles was leaning on a couch, chewing some gum and staring at the close door in an impatient, and an expectant manner.

He was really excited to see Elle. There were lots of questions he wanted to ask her.

Phantom sat opposite him with his arms crossed. He watched Charles quietly.

After a while, Phantom could not bear to watch Charles further having those expressions.

"Hey... even though how long you stare at that close door, Elle won't just appear. Why don't you call her and ask if she is already coming?"

"Hmm... never mind Master. I think she is on the way now."

"By the way Master, I am dying to know, who is the person Elle visited at the hospital last night?" Charles asked him curiously.

"I could not believe you. Don't you really have an idea?" Phantom muttered with disbelief.

Charles just nodded vigorously.

Phantom's eyes rolled skyward because of Charles's ignorance.

He sighed deeply before saying "Okay. I will enlighten you so listen carefully."

Charles sat down properly on his seat as he anchored his attention on Phantom.

"I think... there was an encounter that happened between Joint Task Force and the two assassins, Black Shadow and Reaper."

Seeing Charles was listening to him attentively, Phantom continued.

"I don't know what exactly happened but I am sure that something bad happened to Detective Lee."

"That incident pushed Elle to kill Reaper and go against the Assassin's Guild."

"What?! Why do that in the extent of putting herself in danger? She was putting her life on the line, Is he worth it?" Charles's brow slanted in strong disapproval.

Phantom just shrugged and smiled at him meaningfully.

"I could not believe her!" Charles exclaimed.

"You could not believe what?" A familiar voice spoke up which came from the direction of the door.

The two men averted their gaze to the owner of that voice. They saw Elle standing behind the closed door as she leaned on it.

'When did she arrive? I have not noticed her going inside. Did she hear our conversation just a while ago?' Charles wondered.

Charles began to have a cold sweat as he looked at the girl whose brows were raised while giving him a questioning look.

"How long have you been there?" It was Phantom who asked Elle. Charles could not speak right now.

"Not that long but enough to hear Charles's complaints." Elle flashed her signature wicked smile.

Charles regretted it. And now he was cowering in fear. He did not want to piss her off right now. Phantom just chuckled. 

"Enough with the teasing, don't scare Charles too much Elle. He might have a heart attack if you keep on doing that."

Phantom was trying to save Charles from the devil's wrath.

Elle walked over and immediately slumped her body at the soft couch as she reached it. She looked exhausted.

"Ahem... Elle do you need a massage? I can give you one." Charles said trying to redeem himself.

Elle slammed her eyes shut and waved her hand as a sign of her obvious disapproval before saying to Charles: "Scram!"

Charles immediately pouted as he buttoned his lips to keep quiet, afraid that if he spoke further Elle would really be annoyed at him.

This scene gathered another laughter from Phantom. Even though these two interact like this, he knew that they both cared for each other.

In Phantom's eyes, Charles and Elle were like brother and sister. Of course, he considered them as his own children already.

After all, they treated one another as a family. He lost his family a long time ago but fate was good to him as he found a new family.

He was glad to meet these two persons. His boring life ended when he started to take care of these two.

He promised himself that he would protect this newly found family no matter what. He won't let anyone hurt his son and daughter.

He was called as a legendary assassin for nothing. He could also get so brutal sometimes.

"Do you want to rest first Elle before we talk about the plans and actions we will do against Assassin's Guild?" Phantom said to her as he noticed her exhaustion.

Elle opened her eyes as soon as she heard Phantom. She smiled at him faintly.

"Don't worry Master. I am just fine. I already have a plan in mind."

'Why am I the only one receiving a cold treatment here?' Charles thought to himself.

"Hmm... so tell us. Let us know how we can help you."

"Are you really sure Master? Do you want to be involved with this? I have started this so I should be the one cleaning this mess."

"Hmm... I told you already. Your fight is also our fight. Am I right Charles?" Phantom turned to Charles.

"Of course Master. Elle, we are always here to give you support and back you up." Charles said seriously.

Elle let out a soft chuckle. "Alright...Then it will gonna be  three men vs an entire assassin guild."

"Don't tell me you are planning to eradicate the entire members of Assassin's Guild?" Charles's eyes were bulging with a stupefied expression.

Elle did not answer him directly. She just gave him a meaningful smile as a response.

"Wait... Master Phantom, do you know how many members does Assassin's Guild have?"

Phantom massaged his chin as he did his mind counting.

"As far as I could remember, Assassin's Guild classified their members into 3 levels."

"First level assassins are those small fry types of assassins, so knowing their numbers is not that important. So let's not count them."

"Second level assassins are the average one. They have skills but I think, we could still easily handle them."

"Third level assassins are those they considered elite or topnotch assassins. Black Shadow and Reaper belong to the third level. There are 30 of them but since Reaper was killed, there are only 29 left."

"D*mn... they are too many. How can we eliminate all of them? It will take a lot of time to do that!" Charles exclaimed.

Elle frowned as she thought to herself.

'I will not waste my time hunting all those flies. I have my personal life now. Besides... I will be busy taking care of my injured man for the coming days.'

"Hmm... who said I will eliminate all of them? Let's just give them a warning first."

"After receiving my warning, if they still want to cross my boundary and commit suicide, then it's the time to give them the taste of the devil's wrath." Elle said as a sly smile appeared on her face.

"So what is our first move?" Charles asked her.

"Hmm... infiltrate Assassin's Guild's headquarters and give them the warning." Elle promptly replied.

"Haha...as expected, this is Catseye's way of intimidating her enemies." Phantom praised her.

"Master... I am becoming gentle now. Just wanna give them a chance to save their lives."

"Haha yeah... I forgot... you don't show any mercy before. Indeed, you are becoming soft now." Phantom chuckled because of that thought.