The Devilish Assassin Meets The Angelic Detective

At Falcon Cafe Secret Bas.e.m.e.nt...

Three pairs of eyes were silently observing the monitor. Elle, Charles, and Phantom were looking at the CCTV records for last week.

As security purposes, Elle ordered Charles before to install secret CCTV cameras near the vicinity area of the Cafe, since it was also one of their secret hideouts.

She gave him that order especially when she learned that one of James's men had successfully followed her the night when she rescued James.

She doubled the number of hidden cameras surrounding the area of Falcon's Cafe.

That was a smart move since today they were able to use those cameras to know that there was a mouse lurking around their hideout.

"Yeah, that's him. The customer who asked about your whereabouts last week." Charles pointed the man on the monitor.

Elle paused the clips and observed the man's appearance.

"He does not look like a professional one. Probably an amateur. His face did not even make it to the top 500 list of wanted criminals." Elle laughed from that. 

"That's also my thoughts," Phantom said as he massaged his chin. He liked doing that every time he was thinking.

"Haha... if that so, what is he doing here in the tiger's lair? Is the mouse trying to commit suicide by offering his life to the tiger itself?" Charles commented as disbelief and pity appeared on his eyes.

"Tiger's lair? This is the devil's lair." Phantom corrected him.

"This is Interesting. I wonder who is the ignorant dumb fool who sends this little mouse here." Elle shook her head.

"One thing is for sure. You are his target. Because if he planned to rob this Cafe, why ask about you?" Phantom shared his thoughts.

"I agree," Charles said with certainty. "By the way, have you offend someone?" he added.

"I have offended a lot of people but I don't know them. Too many to mention and others are just insignificant ones." Elle replied.

"I mean not as Catseye but as Elle." Charles cleared what he meant.

"Hmm... I don't remember. I think it's better to ask that mouse." Elle's signature demonic smile appeared on her face as she pointed the man on the monitor.

"So what are you planning now?" Phantom was the one who asked her.

"Simple. Just play Cat and Mouse game." Elle chuckled after saying that.

"Whoah I like that. It looks fun." Charles said excitedly.

"Too vicious. Be easy on him. I am afraid he might die immediately without even revealing the person who sent him. You might scare him to death." Phantom reminded her.

"Master, why are you worrying? Elle said she will just play cat and mouse. Is there something to be afraid of?" Charles asked him confusedly.

"That game means to play with or tease someone before turning violent or vicious, like how a cat toys with a mouse before killing it." Phantom explained to Charles.

"Oh...poor mouse." Charles could not imagine what would be the reaction of that man if he learned that the person he was targeting was not an ordinary girl whom he thought was very weak.

"Do you think he will come today?" Ell asked them.

"Yes... he was dying to see you since last week." Charles promptly said. "Plus, I told him that you will be back today," he added.

"That's good. Hmm... then I should be getting ready now to lay a mousetrap." Elle smirked at them.

"Do you need our help?" Phantom asked her.

"Don't worry Master. I can handle this alone. But once I find out who is responsible for this maybe that's the time to bother both of you." Elle smiled at them sheepishly

"Since someone is waiting for me at home, I would like to ask you to give the mastermind a lesson for me." Elle winked at them after saying that.

Phantom laughed because of her last remarks while Charles frowned at her.

"Well, I have to leave the Cafe to the both of you again. Hmm... I need to isolate myself from other people in order to lure the mouse and start making his move."

Elle stood up and stretched her arms before she left the secret bas.e.m.e.nt.

As expected, the man who was looking at Elle came in the Cafe. He pretended again as a customer.

After making sure that his target was present today, he communicated to someone before leaving the Cafe.

Poor guy, he was confident but unknown to him, the cat already had her eyes on the mouse and locked her target. The cat would soon make her move.

Elle simply informed Charles and Phantom that she was about to execute her plan. They just nodded at her.

After bringing some money, Elle left the Cafe. She was trying to observe first how skilled this man was.

She walked along the street pretending that she was not paying attention to her surroundings. Elle smiled as she learned that the man started following her.

"Tsk Tsk Tsk... even his stalking skill seems like an amateur for me." She clicked her tongue and mumbled to herself.

Elle entered in one convenience store. It looked like she was just buying some stuff unaware of what was about to happen to her.

The man stopped in a corner near the convenience store, his location had a clear view for Elle to see what he was doing.

"He does not know how to hide to his target." Elle shook her head in disappointment once again.

She saw him picked up his phone. He was communicating with someone.

"Well, nice one. You have some accomplices with you huh. Let's see how many mice I am playing with today." Elle mumbled as she smiled mockingly at the guy's reflection.

A light flashed on Elle's eyes as she noticed that the man had a gun. She saw it when the guy turned around who seemed like he was looking for someone.

Elle picked up something inside her bag. She had a small pocket knife, a safety torch with an electric shock effect and her pepper spray pistol.

She smiled while looking at those items. "I did not know that a time like this will come where I will be able to use these."

'Well, I am using these as Elle and not as Catseye. Daggers and real guns are exclusive only for Catseye.' she thought to herself.

She put the knife and the torch on her pockets. When everything was ready, she left the convenience store.

This was the time to lure her target in a place where there were no people. She continued walking until she reached the secluded area in the city with no people around.

From the corner of her eyes, she could see that the man got excited when he saw her going to the secluded area hidden from the eyes of many people.

He thought everything was going well according to his plan. He thought he was lucky that his target was giving him a nice opportunity to attack.

But he had mistaken, he was the one walking on the mousetrap right now. He was the one delivering himself to the devilish assassin who was in disguise as the damsel in distress.

After minutes of walking, they finally reached the most secluded area in that place.

"Oops... I think I am lost. I should call Charles. I forgot the street. I thought I am taking the right way." Elle told herself, loud enough for the man following her to hear.

She was intentionally giving the man the hint to make his move. And as expected, she did not fail.

The man immediately showed himself and approached her with a gun pointing at her.

"Hello Miss Beautiful, nice to see you here. Don't move and don't shout or else I will shoot you." A sinister smile appeared on his face.

The man wearing a cap was six-feet tall but had a thin body built. His face was covered with black sunglasses and a mask.

"Don't hurt me please, I will give you all my money here. Take it. But please don't kill me." Elle said as she pretended to look terrified.

She wanted to know his motive or what was he planning.

'Will he shoot me right away to kill me or he will do something else.' Elle was waiting for the man's next move.

Than man surveyed here from up to bottom. Then he laughed mockingly with her plea.

"Oh, I am not here to rob you, Miss Beautiful," he said to her after laughing.

"Then... are you going to..kill me?" Elle said with her trembling voice.

The man was enjoying the scene in front of her. A beautiful lady who looked so terrified was pleading at him.

The man shook his head. "Wrong again. I am here to kidnap you."

'Funny... someone sent this guy to kidnap me?! How ridiculous? Do I look like a daughter of a wealthy billionaire?'

"Are you sure I am the one you are looking for? It must be a mistaken identity. I am not rich. I am only a cashier at a Cafe."

The man burst into laughter once again.

"Haha, you have so many questions. If you want to live just follow me quietly."

"Oh, by the way, I have not mistaken your identity. I am a hundred percent sure that you are the right target." the man assured her.

They were in the middle of this conversation when someone behind spoke up which immediately caught their attention.

"Hey Elle, what are you doing here?"