ORGÁNOSI I: Broken Mask

ANTECEDENT: CHAPTER 34

ANTECEDENT: CHAPTER 34

INFILTRATING the mansion where Chaos was being held, Atticus understood why his boss wanted to do this alone. Midnight Velasquez was an indomitable killer when alone. He didn't require elaborate weaponry or an unlimited supply of ammunition. All he needed was a dagger.

Infiltration was easy as breathing to Midnight. He was well-trained in this kind of tactic, having perfected any underhanded means of fighting, preferring the silent approach to avoid noisy confrontations.

He could focus more when there were no gunshots blazing in the background. Just pure silence and the sound of dead bodies dropping to the ground.

Midnight attached the magnetic device to the wireless router and spoke to Love through his earpiece. "Are you in?"

Love replied without delay. "Yes, boss. I'm digitally mapping the mansion's layout based on the coverage of the CCTV cameras, and I'll send it to you and Lockridge, just in case."

"Hmm. Can you find Chaos?"

"Looking for him right now."

Maybe because he just made a mistake, Love was more focused and meticulous.

Moments later, Love gave Midnight an update. "He's in the basement."

Atticus breathes out. "So original."

Then they heard a commotion outside. Someone was trying to force open the security room door from the outside. And there were voices outside frantically shouting in Spanish.

Midnight motioned Atticus to open the door. "Open it."

Atticus looked at Midnight, like he had lost his head.

Midnight sighed and gripped his dagger. "Open it. I'll take care of it. Just watch my back."

As Midnight commanded, Atticus sighed, then opened the door. He wasn't sure if the people outside were caught off guard, but before Atticus could blink twice, someone fell to the floor, blood splattering everywhere.

A series of gunshot reverberated, but in a matter of seconds, everything become silent again and the floor was covered in blood and strewn with dead bodies.

With a glance, Atticus saw Midnight standing outside the door, his bloodied dagger clutched tightly in his hand. With an unchanging expression, his boss started walking away.

"Let's go get Chaos." He spoke.

Atticus followed after, carefully looking at the trail of dead bodies his boss left behind. Utterly ruthless. Not sparing anyone. If they weren't gutted, they were brutally butchered.

"Go take care of them." Midnight told Atticus when they rounded up the corner and saw a group of armed men aiming their guns at them.

Midnight throws his dagger at the opponents' neck and then hid behind the wall to wipe off his bloody hands, leaving Atticus to fight alone.

Atticus achieved victory without difficulty. After defeating the four men, he pulled Midnight's dagger from the fifth opponent's neck before walking over to Midnight to hand his dagger over.

Then hey heard Love's voice in the earpiece. "Take the right hallway. There are four men down there. Then take the passageway to your left, then you'll see a heavy steel door guarded by four heavily armed men. That's the door to the basement."

"Hmm." Midnight accepted his dagger from Atticus and told Love, "Do you have a clear view of Chaos?"

"No, boss. There is no CCTV in the basement, but I saw him being dragged there."