The Devilish Assassin Meets The Angelic Detective

"Okay, let's go back to my proposal. Who wants to leave this place alive? I have only one rule, fight, win, and you can leave."

Everyone had different expressions. They all knew that fighting against each other was prohibited.

That was the number one rule of this guild and now, Catseye was trying to make them fight each other in exchange for their lives.

"Me." Someone raised her hand. All the people there shifted their gaze to the one who spoke up. It was Elle.

Some were displeased but some sighed in relief.

"Who is that?" Someone asked.

"The newbie, the new recruit." The lady assassin who talked with Elle a while ago answered their question.

"My dear brothers and sisters, don't be mad at her. It is just natural for her to say that, after all, she is just a newbie here. She is not yet accustomed to our rules here." The man before also supported Elle.

This gathered different reactions from the other members.

"Since someone volunteered already, we need to find another volunteer who will fight her," Charles said excitedly.

This time, many volunteered to fight Elle. They wanted to take this opportunity if this was the only way to leave the place, then they would try.

Besides, they believed that they could easily beat this new recruit.

On the other hand, seeing the hands of people who volunteered, Elle could not help but sneer at them.

'I pity them for their ignorance.' She smiled mockingly at them.

"It looks like our newbie will be beaten up badly on her first day." the lady assassin whispered to her companion.

"Yeah, I think so. How about you? Don't you want to fight her?" the man asked her.

"No, to be honest, I, kind of, like her when I first saw her. Besides, we are trying to recruit her to join our team, remember." the lady assassin shot him a glare.

The man just smiled sheepishly at her.

Others were in the middle of arguments of who shall fight her first when Charles spoke up again to intervene.

"Since many of you want to fight her. I will choose only one. Who among you belongs to the third level assassins?"

There were five who stepped forwards. Other third level assassins did not come today like Black Shadow.

Charles chose the one who always spoke to him rudely a while ago, the one who called Catseye a scaredy-cat.

"This is savage! It looks like our newbie here has run out some luck. Catseye chose the most vicious one from the third level." The man whispered again to the lady assassin.

"D*mn. She is done for!" The lady assassin exclaimed.

Charles spoke again. "You can use your dagger. Everyone, clear the area. I only wanted to see the fighters in the middle."

Soon, the only persons left in the center were Elle and that third level assassin. The man who stood in front of her was large and broad-shouldered. 

There was tension in the area. Everyone was silent and their attention was focused on the two persons at the center.

Seconds later, Charles signaled the start of the fight. Both of them picked up their own daggers.

Everything happened in an instant. One second Elle moved on his back. She moved fast. He was not able to see what was about to happen.

In the next second, the table was flying through the air and the man was flipped back onto the floor. 

She pinned him down on the floor with her boot on his chest and her dagger at his throat.

She pressed the sharp blade into his throat until a thin line of red appeared. In one swift move, she slashed his throat using her dagger.

A pearl of fresh blood gushed out at the edge of the cut. It rolled down the side of his neck. He was killed on the spot not able to fight back.

It bounced around their heads, first in disbelief, then in shock, and finally, in anger. She killed him.

"Oh my gosh! She did not hesitate to kill him!"

"F*ck, did anyone see what had just happened?"

"No mercy! He was not able to retaliate."

"She did not only break the rule. She killed him!"

"Who is this newbie? She is frightening!"

After that shocking event that transpired in that venue for just 20 seconds, a burst of unrestrained laughter echoed in the room.

"It looks like we already have a winner. Haha. You can now leave this place."

Elle flashed her sinister smile at everyone before she left them speechless and frozen on their spot.

When Charles ensured that Elle was able to leave the building safely, he spoke again.

"Oh, by the way, guys...for the information of everyone, this is just a simulation and a test or should I say a warning."

"If you want to be like that person just a while ago, you can accept that mission and come at me anytime. I will be waiting."

"Oh, one more thing. There is no such thing as a bomb. Hahaha. So you are still lucky."

"Oops...before I forgot, I am not the true Catseye. Actually, she visited your headquarter personally and she was with you the whole time."

"You see the person who leaves first? That was Catseye. Hahaha... so how do you feel that the devil is with you all along?"

"Now you decide whether you will still accept that mission, hunting Catseye. She just entered and left your headquarter safe and sound without your knowledge."

"Do you want to go against that devil? Then be our guest. Goodbye!"

The screen went back to normal. Catseye's death card disappeared on the screen. 

After hearing those words coming from Charles, the shock nearly put them on the floor.

Did they hear it right? Catseye was with them all along. The person who just killed their comrade just a while ago was Catseye herself. 

When reality struck them, almost everyone became pale and terrified. The person whom they thought was a newbie, she was actually Catseye.

"Sh**t... I... I just touched... Catseye's shoulder a while ago." The man who joined Elle in the table stuttered because of his fear. Cold sweats covered his entire body.

"I just... talked to Catseye and try to recruit her on our team." The lady assassin's voice trembled. Her eyes flew up in shock, mouth agape.

The other one could not utter any word and just stayed rooted on his spot. In his mind he was thinking 'D*mn, we shared our plan to her about catching Catseye.'

Those who volunteered to fight her a while ago heaved a sigh of relief. They were thankful that they were not chosen to fight her.

They should have been the one lying there, dead and not breathing.

Now the venue was put in turmoil. Not only the venue but those assassins who witnessed and experienced everything, their minds were put under a chaotic state.

They realized that they came up against a formidable opponent... a smart and a deadly assassin. 

They did not wish to come across her once again. They were now scared to death. F*ck the 500 billion reward. They still wanted to live longer.