The Devilish Assassin Meets The Angelic Detective

The Dark Knight's men were surprised when suddenly police patrol cars appeared on site. This was not looking good for them. They could see that the police patrol cars were escorting the people who rescued Matt Carter or in other words, they were protecting him.

They had people in the police departments but they were sure that the Dark Lord didn't mobilize them for this mission. The leader ordered his comrades to retreat. There's no way they could catch Matt Carter, especially now, he was surrounded by police officers.

"Dark Lord won't be happy to hear this." One member showed his disapproval.

"We are too late. We are outnumbered this time. We might get caught. It will complicate things if the Dark Knight members will be caught by these policemen. We are not sure if they are one of us or not." The leader explained to them.

"We have Snake. He can protect us. If we return now then the Dark Lord will punish us. We failed the mission," he insisted.

"He needs us. He won't punish us for now. Two days from now, there will be an exchange between the Dark Knight and the Skull Gang. We have an important task on that day," The leader said, reassuring the others.

With that, everyone agreed on retreating. They stopped pursuing Mr. Carter. Now, they just needed to prepare themselves to accept the Dark Lord's wrath.

Meanwhile, Erick and Officer Kim together with their other comrades continued escorting Brother Yan and Mr. Carter. Phantom and Brother Yu were also following them behind. Phantom smiled the moment he saw the Black sedan cars had stopped pursuing them.

As agreement before, Brother Yan brought Mr. Carter to their hideout. When they made sure that no one was following them, they got separated from the police escorts. Only Erick followed them.

Erick thanked Officer Kim for his help before they went to separate ways. Officer Kim was glad that he was able to give support. Working with Chief Inspector Detective was a great pleasure for him so he didn't mind it at all.

Soon, Mr. Carter and others arrived at their hideout where Elle was waiting for them. She was worried sick when she learned about what happened to Mr. Carter. It turned out the Dark Knight Organization was also after him.

Elle could somehow put the pieces of the puzzle together. Now, she understood why Mr. Carter knew how to make an antidote for those bio-weapons. He must be working before under the Dark Knight Organization. This only meant he was involved in the operation of the bio-weapon facilities.

She was eager to know his story. This time she believed that Mr. Carter had a lot of things to explain to them. More revelation was about to come out from the past.

She heard the motorcycles arrived at the front gate. She knew that Master Phantom and others arrived together with Mr. Carter. She went out to welcome them. Erick was also with them. 

She immediately ran toward her husband and threw herself into his arms, hugging Erick. He caught her and engulfed her in his arms. He couldn't help but chuckle because of Elle's action.

"Hey, what's wrong, wifey? Can you be more careful? Don't run like that," Erick softly said to her while stroking her hair.

"I and little Lee just got worried about you. You have an encounter with the Dark Knight's men today. They are dangerous people. We couldn't help but worry," Elle explained to him.

Erick let out a husky laugh once again before kissing her head. 'I love this woman so much!'

"Cough! Cough!" Phantom cleared his throat to let the couple know that they were not alone.

Brother Yu and Brother Yan were the ones who felt embarrassed to watch the couple. They felt like they were unintentionally feeding them dog food.

Mr. Carter and Phantom, on the other hand, were just grinning from ear to ear. Then Phantom asked them to enter the house first. He assigned Brother Yu and Brother Yan to stay on guard outside.

Phantom, Mr. Carter, Erick, and Elle entered the house. They headed straight into the living room. Elle gave Mr. Carter a glass of water. She could see that he was sweating a lot. Everyone was now sitting in the living room facing each other.

"Thank you so much, everyone, for helping me. I didn't expect that you will come to rescue me. Because of you, I escape from them." Mr. Carter expressed his gratitude to them.

"When I received your call, I had a bad feeling that something bad might happen in times like this. So I made a preparation. It happened to me 18 years ago. I don't want anything like that to happen again. I'm glad I listen to my instinct." Phantom told them.

"When I received your last message warning me not to go in your place, I called Erick right away and asked for his help. I'm glad we are not late this time," Phantom added, the relief was visible in his face.

"Father, do you want us to give you both some privacy? I know you two have to talk about your wife. Maybe it is inappropriate for me and Erick to stay here and listen to your conversation?" Elle said to Phatom.

But Phantom shook his head. "No, you can stay. You are my family now. Honestly, I'm a little bit nervous, can you accompany me and listen to what Mr. Carter is about to say?" Phantom held Elle's hand. She could see the fear and uncertainties in Phantom's eyes.

His family was his weakness of this brave man in front of her. She could understand his feelings as of this moment. Phantom had been looking for an answer for too long. And now, it seemed that he would be able to get the answer he was seeking.

Elle just nodded at him, giving him a reassuring smile. Erick also stayed with them. The three of them averted their gaze to Mr. Carter, waiting for him to start telling them what happened in the past.

"I don't know where to start. But as I have said in my message, the Dark Knight Organization had something to do with the death of your wife, Beatrice, and your son." Mr. Carter finally spoke up.

Phantom balled his hands into fists at the mention of his wife and sons. He could still vividly remember the scene of that bloody night in his mind. His wife and his poor innocent son were bathing in their own blood inside their house.

"So it's Dark Knight? But why? What did my wife do to them to deserve that? They didn't even spare my poor child." Phantom asked Mr. Carter through gritted teeth.

Mr. Carter lowered his gaze. He couldn't bear to see Phantom's eyes filled with hatred and pain for losing his family.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Morgan. Please forgive me. I think it's my fault. This happened because of me. Because your wife helped me before," Mr. Carter apologized to Phantom. He didn't know if Phantom would be able to forgive him or not.

Phantom's expression darkened when he heard that. "What did you do? WHY ARE YOU SAYING ITS YOUR FAULT? DON'T TELL ME YOU ALSO HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THEIR DEATHS!"

Phantom looked like he was ready to beat and kill Mr. Carter right now.