Black Night; White Day

Chapter 3: Hesitation

My eyes could not believe what I was seeing. My whole body was trembling. What is going on, why is Erina on the target list.

"Zen! What is the meaning of this?"

"This... This is your target for tonight and we want you to kill her."

"Why? What did she do to the syndicate to be a target?"

"That is none of your business, your only role here is to carry out the orders we give you."

Powerless, I was not able to do anything once again. First I have betrayed Rizana, and now they want me to kill the girl I like. What a nice life I am living right now. I was not able to speak out but somehow Zen could sense the uncertainty in me.

"Kuroyasha, if you cannot complete this mission, I will find another person who will."

"Zen! Tell me why her? Why must it be her out of all people?"

"Even that is not up to me to decide. The higher ups apparently decided that she was somehow a threat to the future of the syndicate."

I was surprised the words coming out of Zen's mouth. He called harmless Erina a threat. A threat to the syndicate. She is like an idol to people and she has no knowledge of the syndicate. Even my twin sister Rizana who is probably the closest to me, does not know that the syndicate exists.

"Threat!? What threat could an eighteen-year-old girl pose for the big and powerful syndicate?"

"Kuroyasha... Stop making me repeat myself... I am getting angry. I myself do not know how and why she is a threat, but I do know that if the syndicate were to give me an order to kill someone I would do it. End of discussion."

"But..."

"If you are not up to it, I will summon Shiro to fulfill this task, and you will face the consequences of the Elders."

Threatened in both ways, I am lost in my thoughts. If I were to reject this mission Rizana would probably be captured and used as hostage against me. However, if I were to accept this mission Rizana would be safe but then I would have to kill the girl I like. I finally understood the meaning of "Life is not fair". You must be prepared to sacrifice something in order to keep something precious.

After a while Zen told his men to summon Shiro. Almost a minute later Shiro appears. Shiro is one of the four Yashas and is a rank below me. His has the appearance similar to that of a "white demon" because of his white hair and kabuki mask, which is as white as snow, hence he is also known as Shiroyasha. I had also heard some rumors before that Shiro was also able to control ice.

The four Yashas of the syndicate are very unique because we all have what we call Galia. Galia is the term for the "supernatural" powers we have, but scientific research proved that it was a genetic mutation that cause people to have these supernatural powers. Galia was first discovered thousands of years ago when the genes in our body started to mutate. The likelihood of a person being a Galia user is one in one hundred million. Most Galia users prefer not to use their powers as it attracts attention from the rest of the world and there are crazy scientists out there who would do all sort of nasty experiment on them.

The syndicate is a special case. Instead of trying to dissect and research on Galia users, they instead use Galia powers to achieve their goals. The syndicate discovered I was Galia user when I was 8 years old and financially struggling. At that time, I was surrounded by some local gangsters at a back alley and they wanted me to give them what little money I had. I refused them straight out. Surprisingly, Zen was watching how everything was unfolding from the sidelines. I was scared, hungry and desperate. Those gangsters then charged at me but then I used my Galia powers to hide in the shadows. Confused, as to where I went the gangsters gave up trying to find me and left. After the gangsters left Zen suddenly jumped down from a tall building looked around.