Hide And Seek With Mr. Devil

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Artiona Novaliege.

We're on a huge table, rummaging the papers thoroughly and making plans than can be done in two months. I think we're here for about six hours now and we're still not done in what threat and who we should start with.

"You need points before being in the ranking that's why there's a huge possibility that the chaos is because they wanted to earn fear.", paliwanag n'ya at idinikit ang note na 'yon sa white board na nasa harapan namin. I requested it since this is his plan, I need to know how one thing is connected to another. "Hindi namin alam ang identity ng isa't isa.. I mean, they knew me but I never know them."

Nanatili namang nakapatong ang kamay ko sa palad habang nakatingin sa kanya. "Why's that?", nakataas ang dalawang kilay na tanong ko.

"I am not interested.", simple n'yang sagot na ikinailing ko naman. May kinuha naman s'yang tatlong litrato sa lamesa at muling idinikit doon. "The weakest is Alivarez, and the greatest is Emerald. She's a hard one."

"Oh! Si Emerald na nga pala ang kumuha ng misyon ko.", kaswal kong sabi sa kanya. Napakunot naman ang noo n'ya. "She's going to kill you."

"Is this why you accept the mission?"

Tinaasan ko s'ya ng kilay. "For her?"

"Yeah."

"No way! I accepted this because I want to.", pikon kong sabi at saka tinignan ang iilang papel. "Masyado ring magulo ang buhay ko sa agency. Emerald told them I was the one who betrayed our organization."

He crossed his arm and stared at me. "And?"

"And then, you sent that box and asking for me. Actually, sa tingin ko ha, ikaw ang may kasalanan ng lahat. Kung pinakasalan mo nalang s'ya at hinayaang maging wife to be mo edi sana 'di mangyayari lahat 'to!"

"Her father wants to kill me. What do you expect me to do?"

"Exactly! Kung pinakasalan mo nalang si Emerald, hindi ka ha-huntingin ng tatay n'ya at ako mismo ang papatay sa'yo.", sambit ko naman na para bang may nabuo nang plano sa isip at saka tumango-tango.

Lumapit naman s'ya sa'kin and he leaned on the table with that dark expression. "I never wanted to marry her so stop imagining things."

"After all what happened, sasabihin mo sa'king ayaw mong ikasal sa kanya?", natatawa kong tanong at sinalubong ang tingin n'ya.

I got alerted when he clenched his jaw and looked somewhere. "Kailangan kong mapaniwala s'ya and to earn their trust. I acted as much as sincere as I can but.. I just can't stand her.", paliwanag n'ya at hindi naman ako sumagot. "Why are we even talking about this?"

'Bakit nga ba?'

Inalis ko naman ang tanong sa isip at iniba ang usapan. "Let's just say.. Emerald is in love with you. You can use that to make use of her.", seryoso kong sambit na mukang pinag-isipan n'ya.

"Should we test it?", tanong n'ya naman at umiling ako.

"For now, let's focus to Alivarez. Ilang buwan ko rin s'yang sinundan and I already figured out his schedule. Malapit na rin ang graduation ng iilang school malapit sa district n'ya and for sure, he will attend one of those so let's start with that.", paliwanag ko at hinilera ang mga pwedeng ipambanta sa kanya, kasama na ang recordings at picture n'yang malaki ang pwedeng ikasira sa kanya.