The Strings Being Pulled

Ch 20

These past 30 minutes have been just getting more tense by the minute. There's been a lot to process but at the same time Greyson acts more impatient by the minute.

"So that's it?" Anna asks.
"Yes." Greyson nods.
"Well then, guess that concludes it and I'll go talk with our leader." Anna replies.
"One last thing!" Greyson says bluntly.

His hand goes to his pocket and then the door locks, there aren't any windows. None of us look shocked, Greyson has a smirk on his face. Not a good one as he pulls out a gun from a drawer.

Everyone pulls out their guns and pistols, there's another door but five men come out of it holding a gun each.

This room isn't very big so if someone were to pull a trigger then we'd be deaf for a good while. The guns are just here to scare us and chances are theirs are empty while ours are meant for last resort. Well, doesn't seem like any of them would use a silencer with the fact they don't seem all that smart.

"I think I forgot to mention that one of you killed a valuable members of ours last month." Greyson points his gun to Anna.
"Oh right, well that was just a little revenge for killing multiple of our members last year." Anna states.
"Now, a life is very important so why not pay $100 000?" Greyson responds.

If what he's saying is true then I guess this was his plan all along. Greyson isn't the boss or leader of Sushi but probably just a normal member. They most likely knew this would happen so The Ophels decided to bring me and Liza here to make this more even.

If they really did keep a close eye on us then there's a good chance they know I don't need weapons to kill in an instant. Peter doesn't seem to know but I think Azula or Falker probably do which is why me and Liza ended up here. It was in anticipation of what could happen here.

"But we don't even wanna pay half that price." Catorce states.
"You, the demon." Greyson's gun points at me now.
"What?" I ask.
"Come here." he commands.
"No, that gun is empty so why should I take it as a threat?" I reply.

He doesn't seem bothered but his hands are shaking a little, although his expression is the same the rest of the men faces are upside down. My guess was right, as Anna, Catorce, Peter and Liza lower their guns a vein pops out of Greyson's forehead.

"Are you even the boss?" Liza asks.
"No, he isn't." I answer.
"True, we knew this was a setup so let's capture these guys to find out the truth here." Peter smiles.
"Just knock them out?" I ask.
"If you can." Catorce shrugs.

I proceed to knock them out in a second, Liza not surprised while the others haven't processes what happened.

"Damn, I'm not gonna question this but we should look for any hidden cameras." Anna states.
"How did you two figure out he wasn't the boss?" Peter asks.
"A feeling and I guess the fact he was terrible at acting." Liza answers.
"Everything he said didn't make sense, dropping $20 000 just like that is suspicious." I reply. "And the fact he was very willing which is strange because it's obvious the last meeting went wrong."

Liza nods, no one says anything so we start searching for hidden cameras. I find a few cameras but Peter finds a lot of microphones that were recording live. We end up tying up the six men that are knocked out including Greyson, Anna writes a note and tapes it on Greyson's forehead.

'Get better actors, unless you bring back our members you've captured in the next week then you can expect a massacre at Flimson street 789. Wouldn't want that to happen now? If that's not enough then we can leak info about you to the police.

- Your friendly neighborhood hottie'

Catorce breaks the door lock with a random metal object and we head out. It's pretty quiet inside the mansion, other than Anna and Catorce discussing something there is no other sound than our footsteps.

"I just realized, Liza, do you know how to use guns?" Peter asks.
"I used to paintball when I was 15 but nothing else." Liza answers.
"Oh damn, I should teach you." Anna states.

Liza smiles and nods, she seems so perfectly fine about this and just goes along with whatever. I'm not saying it's a bad thing but it feels like the fact she decided to follow along with me after I burnt the village and the fact she joined The Ophels without hesitation feels like she trusts too easily sometimes.

I might just be overthinking but whatever her reasons are, as long as she doesn't get hurt then it won't be a bother. I wonder why she was so quiet earlier though, I'm not gonna ask now but later.

"Mr Demon, can I ask you something later?" Liza asks in a very quiet tone.
"Yeah, you can ask me anything, anytime." I nod.
"Thanks." Liza smiles.

Wonder what she wants to ask me about? I take one look at the mansion, there's someone at the second floor of the mansion. The person is wearing sunglasses so I can't see the eyes, I head into the car and notice Peter has a serious look on his face.

"Ignore the man, it's better to not stir up more trouble." Peter states, I nod Liza looks behind her and she quickly looks back.
"Who are they?" she asks.
"He's the boss, a dangerous person that you don't wanna get involved with." Peter replies.

I feel someone touching my hand, I look down and see Liza's hand on mine. I look up and see a nervous look on her face. As Anna starts driving, Liza lets go of my hand. Her breathings shaky, there's a sad look in her eyes. I place my hand on her shoulder, she looks at me surprised while I give her a smile.

She tries to force a smile but I shake my head. Liza looks back down and closes her eyes, I can only guess something must've triggered her emotions and it wouldn't be the first time.

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