Chapter 18: How can this get even more confusing?

So much noise is coming from outside the flat.

I knew it was a bad idea to let the idiot open the door.

Maybe it’s some Jehovah witnesses asking for money.

Or worse, agents coming for the census of the population.

Or maybe the worst option…

Schwa forgot to pay her taxes!

She’s taking so long to come back…

Well, of course she is, that stupid girl is not supposed to be here so they must be asking her infinite questions!

This is crap, she might be saying bullshit to the federal agents!!

I walk to the lobby and try to peep at the front door.

The light of day enters through the glass doors of the building and slightly hurts my eyes so I take a few seconds to understand what’s going on.

What is that idiot doing on the floor?

And this stranger doesn’t look like a government official.

All the red flags are wavering quickly in my head and I hide myself in when my eyes almost met those of the newcomer.

What a terrifying look, that person has.

I rush to the computers room and barricade it with some chairs.

I still have the bunker if something happens.

I turn the camera videos on so I have a view of the outside.

It turns out the person isn’t alone but has two companions behind.

I put my headphones on.

“Schwa, can you hear me?”

“For fuck’s sake, Abhi! I’ve been trying to reach you for so long!”

“My bad, something crazy happened…”

“Me first. If she ate everything in the fridge or broke something, it can wait. For now, two people are coming to the hideout, so they might ring. Don’t open the door before I come in, act like it’s empty, okay?”

“Two? But I see three.”

“Oh my god, they’re already here? This fucking short man did nothing at all! Wait, three?”

“Yeah, and the stupid girl got stabbed.”

“SHE WHAT?!”

“She thought it was you at the door, except I told her you would never forget your keys, but she opened without thinking and now she’s on the floor losing her blood.”

“I wish I died in that building.”

“Now, now, don’t say that, look at the bright side of things, she won’t destroy our belongings, eat our food, and take hours in the bathroom trying different kinds of shampoo anymore.”

“Yeah, but she was partially responsible for our loss so I wanted to stab her myself.”

“What loss? You didn’t kill the target?”

“Oh, I forgot to tell you, yes, I did kill her but the client is dead. I don’t know how the agency found out but we have a corpse in our basement.”

Hearing this news, I lose strength in my neck and it can’t support my head anymore, thus falling on the table in a loud bonk.

“SO WE’VE SPENT 10 HOURS REANIMATING HIM FOR NOTHING?!”

“Don’t talk about it, I want to cry.”

“And where are you now?”

“Heading home, of course, but it will take a bit longer. What are they doing out there? Wait, are you safe right now?”

“I locked myself in the computers room and I’m looking at the camera. I plan to barricade myself in the basement if they enter the flat.”

“Figures, good reflexes.”

“I’m learning from the best.”

“I would have already killed them, though!”

“Yeah, you’ll have to teach me how to do that. Wait, they’re moving. It looks like they’re talking.”

“Can you hear it?”

“Only partially, it seems like the microphone is bugging or they’re messing with it somehow.”

“What do they look like?”

“One is very tall and thin, something like 180 cm, wearing a dark blue suit with a black bow tie and sunglasses that they keep on their dark curvy brown hair that is tied in a high ponytail.”

“What? That doesn’t seem like someone from the Triads.”

“That’s the one who stabbed the idiot, praise her soul, they have a simple knife in hand.”

“And what about the others?”

“They’re two men with Chinese clothes, one blue and the other red. The blue one is slightly shorter. He’s the one speaking with the stabber. They seem like they’re arguing.”

“These are from the Triads. What is the pattern on their clothes?”

“White and black clouds. The blue one has short straight black hair and a piercing on the lower lip and another on the right eyebrow. The red one has long straight black hair and eyeliner, he seems uninterested in the situation. They’re both wearing golden bracelets at their left hand.”

“Clouds… Tian… The sky. That’s the two guys who were supposed to come.”

“Ah, they started moving. The tall person seems to be menacing them with the knife.”

“I’m almost there… Abhi… What are they doing now?!”

“I-I can’t describe it with words… The time I say something, ten other things happen!”

“WHAT ARE THEY DOING?”

“They started brawling! And it’s a sight to behold!”

And now I wish I could watch this with snacks.

 

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“Hey you, what the fuck are you doing?” I ask.

The person looks at us, then at the body, then left and right before looking at us again.

“This might look like something it is not.”

I can’t tell their gender based on voice, clothes or body shape.

“You’re literally holding the weapon of crime.” I say while pointing at the knife dripping with blood that they’re holding tight.

“She’s not dead, don’t worry, I never miss.” They say with a shrug.

I approach slowly after giving a look to my partner.

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“What the fuck are you talking about? Come with me.”

“No please, don’t call the authorities!”

“I won’t do that, I just want to ask you some questions.”

I know TIAN HUO is waiting for my signal to engage.

I try to reach for their shoulder but they answer with a slash.

Of course, I avoided it.

“Are you trying to make it worse?” I ask.

“Please understand, I hate being touched.”

“Who is this?”

“My little sister.”

“Why is she lying on the floor?”

“I stabbed her.”

“Why did you stab your sister?”

“She was being disobedient.”

“Is this a valid reason to commit a crime?”

This dialogue makes me remember the shidi I bullied during my time at Shensu Shu…

Actually, I feel like I’m not legitimate at all to ask this question!

“You have to beat reason into these children.”

“Are you going to leave her to die?”

“Of course not, I would already be saving her if you didn’t interrupt.”

“Then, let me look at it.”

I bow to have a look at the girl’s wound, yet at that moment, I feel the knife scratch my cheek.

“Don’t fucking lay your hands on my sister.” They spit with a terribly serious look in their eyes.

With the few seconds I could observe their sister, I can tell they look related.

I put a hand on my cheek and notice that a slight line of blood appeared.

“So, you didn’t choose diplomacy, then we will save your complaint in the grievance book.”

At this signal, TIAN HUO jumps at the opponent with a bullet-fast punch.

What I expected to be finished with a blow, seems like it will take far longer.

The enemy not only avoided it but found the time to scratch his arm while he was retracting it.

In a single moment, we both noticed.

It’s been a while we haven’t fought an opponent like that.

“I didn’t know this island counted people this talented.” I say with a smug.

“Oh please, I’m just a normal citizen.” They shrug in return.

My partner and I look at each other and in perfect rhythm, the choreography begins.

Jumping, kicking, catching and throwing each other with great speed and power, we try landing blows one after the other, yet none of them reaches their target.

So frustrating.

Considering their frail body, if only one blow could hit our target, they would be done.

How long has this person trained to be able to match some of the Shensu Shu’s best fighters?

In the middle of a battle, I hear them humming.

It’s like they’re making a melody from the combat.

Little by little, they stop just avoiding our blows, as if they got used to our rhythm, they start being able to scratch us with their knives between our moves.

Some kind of hit-and-run.

Completely overwhelmed, I try out synchronizing myself from TIAN HUO.

When he tried a kick, I waited for half a second before following up with a palm blow.

And that miraculously worked.

My palm hit their torso, breaking their momentum.

For the next few seconds, they shouldn’t be able to breathe.

“NOW!”

TIAN HUO hits their legs and they fall head on the ground.

But when I get closer and crouch to see if they’re unconscious, they jump on me and put their knife under my throat.

Incredible, they still have the strength to keep on.

“Please stop. I don’t wish to kill you, we have questions to ask.” I speak.

Yet their evil smirk didn’t leave their face and their knife pushes my skin slightly but strongly.

“What the fuck are you doing, you motherfuckers?”

Some woman’s voice rises from behind us.

I sigh. Another problem.

“Who are you?” Asks TIAN HUO.

If he’s speaking, that means this person is not anybody.

I give a look behind my back while trying not to get my throat sliced.

A busty woman with white hair is pointing some kind of monstrous gun at us.

“I’m your bodyguard, gentlemen of the Triads. What kind of fucking mess are you doing in here?!”

Wondering how to explain the situation, the knife menacing me suddenly gets away.

“Hahahaha, I give up, I give up.”

That person who was so difficult to reason with suddenly raises their hands in defeat.

Their eyes seem to shine with a new light.

“And who the hell are you?” She asks.

“I’m this girl’s dear sister, coming to take her back… And who are you?”

“I… I’m this girl’s kidnapper.”

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