The Devilish Assassin Meets The Angelic Detective

Elle's mind wandered back to what happened two years ago, thinking of how she ended up in this difficult and complicated situation.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

«{ FLASHBACK: 2 Years Ago… }»

Bryan and Brother Yan were supposed to save and rescue Elle however, a sudden blast happened on the rear side of the ship. 

With the strong impact of the explosion, metal and steel debris started to collapse one after another, thus blocking their way going to Elle.

Brother Yan convinced Bryan to return to their boat while he would find another alternative path going to his Lady Boss's location.

The two men were rushing that they failed to notice the figure on the other side who was approaching Elle. The person was brother Lu.

After hearing from Brother Yan that Elle stayed in the middle deck to lure and divert the attention of the enemies away from Erick's team, Lu couldn't bear to wait as he was worried about their Lady Boss's safety.

He left his position after getting permission from Brother Yan. Lu returned to the middle deck, feeling determined to help and assist their Lady Boss.

By the time, he arrived at the middle deck, Elle and the others were all gone except for the remaining Dark Knight's members. Lu immediately searched for Elle and Master Phantom.

He just got out of another entrance in the middle deck when he heard the blast nearby. He turned to look at that direction and he saw the familiar figure of their Lady Boss lying on the ship floor unconscious.

"LADY BOSS!" He exclaimed in horror. His eyes filled with panic and deep concern for Elle. He dashed toward her direction.

The horror he felt intensified the moment he saw her bleeding. She had different gunshot wounds at her back. He kneeled beside her, tapping her shoulders while trying to wake her up.

"Lady Boss! Lady Boss! Can you hear me? Please wake up!" Lu mumbled anxiously.

He got no response from Elle. He checked her pulse. At first, he couldn't sense any. Her pulse was very weak. He put his finger near her nose. She's breathing! 

Lu felt relieved when he learned that she's still alive, though her pulse was very weak. Amidst his half panicking state, his mind still managed to think quickly.

"I need to stop her bleeding," Lu mumbled to himself.

He tore up some fabrics of his shirt. He checked her- full body scan- searching for her wounds. He confirmed that Elle's wound was at her back.

He gently tilted her head and rolled her body on one side to have a clear view of her wounds at her back. He saw two bullet wounds, one on her left shoulder, and the other one was on the lower part just near her left kidney.

But there was something that caught Lu's attention while treating and binding her wounds using the cloth of his shirt and Elle's black cloth mask.

There was a dart looking bullet on the upper portion of her shoulder which was one inch away from her nape. There was a residue of green liquid coming out of her wound and that dart bullet. It was similar to the dart bullet of the tranquilizer gun.

But that green liquid looked familiar to him. When he searched the memory in his mind, he remembered the night they rescued brother Xu and Brother Ling in the Bio-weapon facility of the Dark Knight.

When he gazed back to Elle, he saw the blood oozing out from the corner of her mouth. Lu's eyes widened in fright.

"F*ck! They used a bio-weapon gun when they shot Lady Boss!"

He already touched the bio-chemicals when he removed the dart out of her body. It was too late but he didn't care even if he would also be exposed to the bio-weapon. His determination to save Elle didn't waver. 

She was his priority. He had sworn to himself that he would protect their lady boss even if it cost him his life. He was willing to sacrifice his own life just to save her.

Unfortunately, he had no time to bring her to where their boat was located. It was very far from their current spot. And the bombs that were planted in the different parts of the cruise ship started to explode one after another.

After the consecutive blasts, the smoke and fire engulfed the M.V Athena, spreading fast in the different areas on the ship. He had no choice but to carry his Lady Boss and jumped into the water.

The Ship was gonna sink and the biggest explosion was about to happen. Lu jumped into the water while carrying Elle into his arms. 

Brother Yan was just five minutes late when he arrived at Elle's previous location. Lu and Elle were already gone.

Brother Yan had no choice but to run to the other sides, searching for their Lady Boss who disappeared. 

He thought maybe Elle was awakened that she managed to stand up and walked around. But unfortunately, he didn't see her.

Meanwhile, when Lu and the unconscious Elle were already on the water, he wrapped his arm around her waist and began to swim away from MV Athena using sidestroke.

When he felt like he was losing his strength Lu grabbed some floating debris near him. He settled the unconscious Elle in that improvised floating device so that he could pull her to shore by holding onto the floating debris and towing it while he swam.

He wished that Master Phantom and his brothers would be able to see them floating in the water. If Master Phantom's team couldn't see them, then Lu prayed that some fishermen or coastguards would notice their presence despite the darkness of the night.

Every minute and second that passed, his Lady Boss's life was also being put in great danger. So he tried his best to swim faster with all his remaining strengths and energy. 

With his current strength, it was impossible for him to swim until they could reach the shore. His struggle was real. But he didn't give up nor lose hope. Since there was an explosion that happened in the seat involving one cruise ship, he was positive that coastguards would come.

So in the end, Brother Lu remained true to his words. He was the one who saved and protected their lady boss with his own life.