Mercenary

Chapter 1.

Bright don't know why he agreed to come to this establishment in the first place. He hates coming to this kind of place but he has a doubt to be set down and he has no choice but to agree if this is where they would want to meet. He waits behind a long line of queue. He was a little surprise that there were a lot of people coming to this event.

When it was finally his turn the usher stops him. "Verification please." The usher asks.

Bright opens up his hand, showing off a small badge, hoping that the usher would let him in. The usher nods. "You may enter."

Bright enters the banquet hall and buttons up his blazer. The formal attire is starting to suffocate him. There was nothing but a stage and standing tables full of people with cups of alcohol. He searches for the person he's looking for and walks towards them, sliding past the crowd.

"Ah you made it." Green smiles up at him, lifted a cup of champagne.

"I'm just here to discuss business and nothing else." Bright answers coldly.

"Always the cold one aren't you." Green laughs. "I won't start discussing until you have a drink in your hand."

Bright snatches the cup from Green's hands. "I already have one now."

Green shakes his head at how bold Bright is. He takes another cup of champagne when a waiter walks past him. "So you come here to seek for clues?"

"Yeah." Bright answers shortly.

"I have little to no information about the monster and person that you are seeking. However I think it would be worthwhile." Green blabbers off.

Bright rolls his eyes. "I am here for information, so if you'd be so kind to stop beating around the bush."

"If you want my information. You got to wait until after the event." Green answers back.

Bright makes an irritated click in his mouth and turns away from Green. Just as he takes a step away from Green, he grabs onto Bright's arms. "Fine. I'll answer all of your doubts but I'll answer half of them now and half of them after. How does that sound?"

Bright glares at Green for a while and decides to stay if it's for the benefit of his future business. "So the first thing about Gulf is that he is sneaky and resourceful. He knows who is fit for the job and who's not."

"So you're saying that I shouldn't continue his mission?" Bright asks with a lifted brow.

"He chose you didn't he?" Green lets out an exhausted breath. "Did you bring the details of the mission?"

Bright takes out his phone and fiddle his fingers on the screen for a moment before Green's phone as a short ring. Green checks his phone and looks at Bright. "This is the Monster he wants you to kill?" Green asks, looking at a picture of what seems like a dog at twice the size of a human with jaws with bigger proportion to its head. It was leaping towards the camera with its jaws wide open.

"Yeah." Bright answers shortly. "I can't even get proper detail about this creature."

Green's eyes raises as he passes back the phone to Bright "If my hunch is correct, it's probably a guard hound that got affected by the radiation from the nearby chemical plant. You can tell it by the chains around it's neck."

"So you're saying that this is going to cost me more than what he's offering?." Bright explains.

"It depends on how long it has been alive." Green says.

"If that's the case then I should be careful." Bright answers.

"That's not all, Bright." Green retaliates.