The Devilish Assassin Meets The Angelic Detective

After hearing the story of the first encounter between Phantom and her father, Elle couldn't help herself from laughing out loud. She just felt happy that her father and her foster father were not that mortal enemies, to begin with.

It seemed that their lives were already entangled to each other by fate. Her father saved Phantom while Phantom saved Elle. 

Meanwhile, Phantom continued to tell her more when Elle stopped laughing.

"Your father was the one who removed my mask. He saw my face during our second encounter. Because of that, he started to investigate my real identity. Your father was the kind of person who wanted to know more about the culprit's background so that he could understand the person."

"For him, there is no such thing as natural evil or pure evil. He believes that everyone has a story to tell. Upon digging about my background, he learned what happened to my wife and my son." Phantom's eyes sparkled with admiration whenever he would think about Elle's father and his generous actions.

"Do you know what your father did behind my back?"

"What did he do?" Elle asked him, her eyes filled with anticipation and intrigue.

"He investigated the case privately. He realized that I became an assassin because of what happened to my family. I didn't ask him to do that. It learned about it when he sent me a message. Funny, but it's true, your father had different ways and methods of how to send me a message." Phantom chuckled as he recalled those moments, feeling a little bit nostalgic.

"What did he find out after investigating your family murder case?" Elle asked Phantom curiously.

The smile on Phantom's face suddenly disappeared. He took a deep sigh before responding to her.

"He said I killed the wrong man. I blamed the wrong person."

Elle was dumbstruck when she heard that. She wrinkled her brows and said, "Then who's the true culprit?"

"At first, I didn't believe him. I thought he was telling me that in order to set a trap for me using my family's case. But later on, I realized maybe he was telling the truth. Because even the moment I was about to kill that person whom I thought who ordered the hit for killing my family, that person denied it. He didn't do it."

"I decided to listen to your father and talk to him. We decided to meet at a certain place and at a certain time. I waited for hours but he didn't come. It turned out that's the day your household got attacked by the members of Los Molasses Gang."

Elle's eyes widened in surprise. "So my father failed to meet you that day because of that tragic incident. You didn't get the answer from him."

Phantom nodded at her, "Yes. I got mad at him. I thought he stood me up. I thought he deceived me. So I decided to confront him or maybe threaten him by using his own family. That's the reason I came to your house that day. But I was shocked to see the scene the moment I arrived at your house."

"Several dead bodies scattered in the different parts of the house, your security guard, helpers, and others. When I entered the house, I saw the lifeless body of your father and mother bathing in their own blood. I felt suffocated after seeing the scene because it was familiar with what happened to my family." Phantom paused for a moment, reliving the scene in his mind.

"I was about to leave but I saw your little body lying beside your father's lifeless body. I saw your fingers suddenly move. I dashed toward your direction to check on you. I was glad that you were still alive. So I carried you in my arms. But before I left I checked your parents' pulse but they were already gone. I immediately called the police and ambulance before leaving. My main priority at that time was to save you. So I brought you immediately to Clara's clinic."

"That's the story why I found you and the reason why I was the one who was able to save you. I saw my dead child in you. At that moment, I really wanted to save you. I am praying that you would stay alive. I promised your father that I would take good care of you back then as a sign of my gratitude for trying his best to reinvestigate my family's murder case."

Elle had mixed emotions after hearing everything. Now she learned the past connection between her father and her master. Their lives were interconnected with each other. Elle felt saddened because Phantom failed to discover who the true culprit responsible for the death of his family.

He was already closer to the truth. Elle's father was the one who got the answer but before he could tell everything to Phantom, that tragic incident happened. The truth was buried together with the death of her parents.

"I'm sorry to hear that, Father." Elle was sympathizing with Phantom. Phantom just shook his head while letting out a soft chuckle.

"Why are you apologizing? None of those was your fault. The person whom we should blame was the one who ordered to kill your family. Their motives are still unclear. I wonder what other cases your father had handled in the past that triggered someone to kill him along with his family. I wondered if it was a powerful person whom he had offended. What a coincidence? Police didn't get any clue in your family's case just like what happened to my family. We both have the same fate." Phantom shared his opinion with Elle.

"Alfonso Ramirez is the only one who can give us the answer to that question," Elle said, a cold glint flashed through her dark eyes.

"Speaking of Alfonso Ramires, I am planning to infiltrate his hideout in City X. Erick and I will do that with the help of some Skull Gang members." Elle brought up the topic of attacking Alfonso's hideout.

"Father, Lu is alive. He needs the antidote of the bio-weapon to survive."

Phantom was surprised to hear that. "Oh, my Lu is alive. I'm so glad to hear that. Then we need to work together. We will come with you. My team is also monitoring Alfonso and his hideout. We can do this together, and work as a team again."

"Yes, Father! We can do that!"