Chapter 81

A knocking sound on the opened door forced her to open her eyes. It was very early in the morning, yet the maids woke Nai up in order to get her ready for the important day everyone knew about except her. She was forced to eat breakfast even though it has been a long time since she did that to the point her stomach got upset after a few bites, took a warm long shower with strong scents, stood for hours while maids were measuring her and preparing her, and finally, wore her long black dress and got ready to go

The maids walked with Nai until they reached a room with a huge black closed door, then they bowed and asked her to enter when she got asked to. She stood behind the door calmly, recalling the pain in her heart that was caused by those people, and feeling anger spreading through her body, however, she remembered her uncle's cold smile that cooled down her burning feelings. The door opened, and a bright light forced her to half close her eyes, however, she walked majestically over a black carpet all the way through that empty hall until she reached a table with four men.

"Hello my dear, welcome to the nest's center", the mafia snake said with a warm smile

"I thought I would finally meet him", Nai said calmly, moving her eyes to see the men around her, yet suddenly, her eyes stopped.

"Why won't you believe that I'm the mafia snaaaakkkkke?" The man said sulkingly just like a little boy regardless of his old age, yet once he realized that she was actually staring at another person, the look in his eyes got cold.

"What.. are you doing here?" she said, pressing on her fists with a frown on her face as she was looking at the person she expected she would meet at that place the least, her deskmate, the handsome boy with blue hair and eyes.

"I can say the same thing to you", he said calmly as if seeing her didn't shock him at all

"Oh so you know each other, great, there are only two to introduce. Well, sweetie, this man here is the northern mafia leader, known as the demon killer, Rev", the snake said, pointing towards a man that looked in his thirties, calm yet scary, with a dead look in his eyes that had no sparkles at all. "The other one here is the southern mafia leader whose name is VL, or the villain lord", he said, pointing towards a man wearing a mask that covered his whole face, however, the mask couldn't hide the cold deadly aura surrounding him.

"So that means you are the eastern leader, or to be exact, the dusk", she said, looking at Beran with a cold look as if all her anger faded away

"L, call me L", Beran said as calm as he always is

"Well, L was the youngest one here. He climbed the stairs really fast just like you with a 3 per day average of successful missions. You are the youngest now, yet he is still the highest ranking mafia leader", the snake said, then he stood up, and everyone else did, and he said "Welcome, my black lady"

That night kept feeling unrealistic for Nai. Every time she woke up, the first thought that came across her mind was that it was all a dream, however, even if it felt like an illusion for her, she was the best at being the worst. The average went from 5 missions per week 8, yet she was still unsatisfied. Only the highest ranking mafia leader can take control after the snake's death, which meant having to defeat Beran for her to be the heir, however, she was forcing herself way too much. Six hours sleep per week, one meal every two days, yet it was all not enough. Nai started losing her mind slowly, with the thirst for blood and death growing inside her with every soul she took away, however, no one, not even her dead uncle himself was able to pull her out of that mess she entered by will

Nai woke up at night after being haunted by a nightmare. She got used to that long ago, yet that one felt different, however, that nightmare gave her an idea.

"You wake up, are twenty minutes enough for you now", Ice, who was working on his laptop said

"Shut up, I have to go", she said

"Where?" he asked

"The rooftop", she answered, and he knew right away that she got an idea she needed to think about deeply with the help of some fresh air, so he went after her

"Killing the mafia snake is already hard enough, why can't I kill the four of them? if they all died, I would be the highest ranking mafia leader, which means I would become.."

"The mafia's new snake, but what are you thinking of?" he asked

"a bombing", she said with a smirk.

Ice froze as her idea was actually logical, however, he tried to stop her

"If they found out, you will wish you weren't born, do you know that? how are you planning on bringing a bomb to that office", he said

"I will think of a way. I need to go now", she said while checking her phone, then she left Ice alone at the rooftop and went straight to the mafia's building

"What is it?" she asked once she entered and found no one other than Beran

"I know nothing. The snake will come soon", he said, and the snake really came just after he finished his sentence

"Nai, L, welcome back to the center. I have a special mission for you both", the snake said, then he sat on his chair, clasped his hands and crossed his legs giving the vibe of a real boss

"A ship will arrive at the western port this evening, I want you to take possession of what is in it", he said

"And what is in it?" she asked

"Something important", he said, and they both knew that he won't give them any further information so they decided to proceed without them

Nai and Beran arrived at the port after two hours, both of them wearing black and ready to shed some blood. Not long after that, a white ship arrived, however, it didn't seem normal, with hundreds of bodyguards waiting for it and a strong sharp atmosphere surrounding the area

"What do you think is there?" she asked

"The fact that he sent the two highest ranking leaders tells that it won't be easy", Beran said

"Ha. When was the last time you faced something easy? even the tests at school are getting harder", she said

"It's just because you are getting more distracted. A smart person like you wouldn't find them hard at all", he said

"Is that a complement?" she asked, taking out her gun and pointing it towards the ship

"Not really, I just read your CV", he said, wearing his black leather gloves and ready to fight.

Nai took a deep breath, then she pulled the trigger

"You missed!" he said

"I never miss", she said, then she shot once again, and the port was buried in flames

"How?" he asked

"It would take us hours to kill all these bodyguards and we may even fail, but we don't actually have to kill them, we only need to keep them away until we finish", she said, then she took out a spray and sprayed it all over her body and his

"Now, follow me", she said, then she jumped down the cabin they were hiding above and ran towards the ship through the fire, and so he did

"What's the plan now?" he asked, liking her way of dealing with things

"I have no plan. Face what faces you", she said

They both entered the ship safely thanks to the spay and to their fast movement, however, they had to take down tens of bodyguards inside the ship, which was pretty easy for the highest two mafia leaders.

"Many of them went north, I will take care of the others here, go now", he said, and she went after them, defeated all of them, and entered the room they secured to find out that the important thing was actually an important person

"Oh shit", she murmured, then she pressed on her speaker and said "it's a person, a man in his forties. He seems harmless and defenseless"

"I see", he said from right behind her, panting and trying hard to catch his breath, and after a while of unremitting eye contact exchanging ideas in silence, Nai and Beran completed the mission successfully by taking that man to the mafia snake.

Nai and Beran entered the center calmly and coldly, with that man walking in front of them with his arms shackled and his eyes covered.

"Welcome back, my dear leaders", the snake said, yet before they could say a word, the chair facing the mafia snake turned around to face them, with Ray sitting on it.

A thunder shocked Nai and forced her body to shiver. She felt dizzy and her world started spinning, yet once her body swayed unconsciously, Beran grabbed her wrist to prevent her from falling down.

"Are you ok?" he whispered without looking at her to prevent any further unwanted attention

"Yeah.. thank you", she said, pulling her arm back and feeling steady now

"I will take my share and leave now", Ray said, then he took the man with him and left

"What was that?" she asked

"That man is the Leo family's young Lord, Ray Leo. The man you brought is the prime minister of this country. He asked me to bring him and I did as an explosive gift for a friend", the snake said with a smile that sent chills down her spine

"Oh, here he comes", the snake said once VL entered the center, yet his entry was the last puzzle piece for Nai to understand everything. She wanted to run, yet she didn't want to be suspected, not after she reached this point. She waited and waited while the snake kept chatting, however, her stomach felt so tight and she felt like throwing up, so she put one hand on her mouth while the other was pressing on her stomach, and she ran out of the room

"What is happening with her? Oh my god is she ok?" the snake said

"The mission was physically stressful, my lord. I think she was pushing herself way behind her limits", Beran said

"Go after her. If anything happened to her, you will die", the snake said, with a death stare hung on Beran and a calm low voice of a boss and a killer.

Nai ran out of the building, not knowing what to do or where to go. She took her phone out of her pocket and she called Ray, regardless of the fact that a call can reveal her true identity and demolish all she worked at.

"Ray.. the car is bombed. GET OUT NOW", she shouted

".... you are late", he said, and she, for a moment, stopped breathing and fell into he depth of the darkness