The Black Swan Behind (Beauty of Fire)

“That’s right,” Danis and Damian answered simultaneously. Then Black just nodded slowly.

Danis took a deep breath and then turned his body to the masked man standing beside him, “By the way, I want to thank you for trusting me to lead the last mission,”

Emma smiled widely, “I knew you would make it. Congratulations!” he tapped the shoulder of the boy who was much taller than her.

“Thank you! I couldn’t have done that without your support,” Danis said with his head bowed respectfully.

“I can see you are talented. That’s why I chose you. I suggest you to hard so that you could be more useful for many people in the future,” Emma said.

Danis nodded firmly, “Got it! I will remember your words,”

“You’re amazing. Thanks for helping RJC,” Damian took the time to say this to Black. Although he had to look cool as one of the RJC core team, this youngest man in the core team couldn’t help but admire Black.

The Creeper was the only group that had bothered RJC this far. One of the biggest reasons why RJC was forced to recruit students from martial arts studios was because the Creeper was constantly trying to seize their territory.

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With the disappearance of the Creeper, they didn’t have to waste money anymore by adding members. And of course, the members also didn’t have to hold back the sadness in their hearts when they charge exorbitant fees to Redvalley residents.

The elevator doors opened on the floor they were going to. Emma went straight to Marcel’s room. The two guards who were standing in front of the door immediately shifted with their heads lowered. They no longer stood in the way of the Black who was reported to be the special guest of their leader, Marcel Douglas.

Inside the room, Marcel was seen busy with some documents with Kenny standing beside him.

“You come,” Marcel said as soon as the door to his office was opened from the outside.

Emma nodded, “I want to take back the documents I left yesterday.”

“I’ll get it ready right away,” Kenny said as he took out his cell phone. Then he was busy with the object to give orders to his men.

“There’s no way you came just to pick up the document. Let’s talk about sharing the profits from this mission,” Marcel smiled as he folded his arms on the table.

Emma shook her head, “Actually, it’s possible. I did come to get what I needed. Those are the contracts of the Chingsu District workers,”

Marcel frowned. Previously, he hadn’t thought that Black was serious by saying that he didn’t want a share of their profits from taking down the Creeper, “Are you sure? Even just one percent. Don’t you want that? You know that’s a lot of money,”

Emma smiled sarcastically, “I don’t want to use that dirty money for my personal use,”

“What about your group? Where did you get your money from?” Marcel asked again.

“My group?” Emma muttered to herself. She was silent. She had no group. It was just her. Emma had no idea that with Rachel, Black would now finally be seen as a group. Indeed, Black numbered two people. Yet Emma never thought that she had a group. Then she immediately shook off her thought. She looked back at Marcel who was still looking at her with a curious face, “You don’t need to know anything about us,”

“Ah.. Of course,” The man said to himself by leaning his back against the back of the chair. “If you’re sure don’t want a share of the proceeds, at least let us know if you need some help. We don’t like being indebted to other people,”

“Seems like you want to end this relationship, huh?” Emma chuckled.

“I want it just to be cooperation at a time. We don’t need to depend on each other or know each other after this.” Marcel replied.

Kenny secretly glanced at his boss and nodded once, ‘Those are the right words, Marcel.’ he said in his heart. As much as possible, they should avoid Black.

Emma nodded. In fact, she didn’t mind that at all. Since the Creeper had fallen and Rachel’s grandfather was out of debt, she didn’t need RJC anymore. Just like RJC who didn’t need her anymore. From the start, Emma’s intention in cooperating with Marcel was only to borrow his army to carry out her mission. “Okay. That’s fine too. I also feel that there is no longer a link between us,”

“Then, is there anything we can help you with?” Marcel asked again.

“Hmm..” Emma thought by tapping her chin with her finger, “Ah.. Maybe you guys can help me distribute each contract to their owners.”

“Is that all?” Marcel asked. Of course, it was an easy thing for him.

Emma nodded, “Simple, isn’t it?”

“Too simple,” Marcel replied. He thought it wasn’t commensurate with the service Black had rendered to his group, “Anyway, the motorbike I lent to your friend. He looks good riding it. Think of it as a gift from us. Please don’t refuse this one. I have no other ideas other than this.”

Emma was silent for a moment and then nodded. Come to think of it, it was pretty decent, considering Rachel didn’t have her own vehicle, “Fine if you insist,”

Then Emma got up from her chair and stuck her right hand before Marcel’s face, “Well, it looks like our business is ended here. I hope you can run your business wisely and not harm the civilians. You understand what I mean, don’t you?” She emphasized the end of the sentence.

What Black said made Marcel and Kenny’s eyes twitch. They understood what he meant. It seemed that Black indeed intended to become a Super Hero to uphold justice in Handway City.

Marcel rose from his seat and shook Black’s hand, “Thanks for your help. Of course, I always make the best policy for my business. You don’t have to worry.”

“Right. I’ll be monitoring until the end of the week to see if all the employees have got their contracts back. Please don’t disappoint my trust,” Emma said as she prepared to leave.

Marcel just smiled and nodded once. Then when Black had turned around and disappeared from behind the door, he looked at Kenny in horror, “You’re right. He’s so scary.”

**

Several days passed. As Emma expected, now all Chingsu District employees had received justice. Marcel kept his promise by ordering some of his men to return the work contracts directly to each employee’s house.

With the down of the Creeper, Marcel finally decreased the fees rate for Redvalley residents to be more reasonable. He had also stopped looking for additional members because there were no more groups that interfere with his territory.

But the dispute between RJC and Jita Kyoei was still not over. That was because Marcel refused to return the martial arts studio students he had already recruited. Even though the Creeper was no longer there, Marcel still had to be on the lookout if another group may take over the Creeper’s position.

In that dark world, gangsters were like parasites. If one disappeared, then it didn’t take long for a newcomer to take its place. That was because their principle from the start was to eat or be eaten.

Although the situation between his group and Jita Kyoei was still tense, Marcel Douglas was able to breathe a sigh of relief. He no longer needed to lock his grandmother in the house just because he was afraid that the Creeper would hurt his grandmother.

As promised, Marcel invited his grandmother to go together to Madame Art Street. He said his four girl-friends, including Emma, ??would be going there too. Marcel was happy to see his grandmother so excited to go. Even now, Marcel still felt guilty because he had hurt his grandmother at that time. Therefore, he still tried to please his grandmother as much as he could.

It was a beautiful five-star restaurant located on Madame Art Street. Marcel and his grandmother were sitting at a table that Marcel had reserved since morning. They waited for the four ladies to come.

It wasn’t that Emma and her friends arrived late, but it was Lilian who was too excited and insisted on arriving at least half an hour early. She was afraid that her grandson’s friends would come first but she and her grandson had not yet arrived. It would be so embarrassing because Marcel was the one who booked the table.

“Marcel, how do you think I look tonight?” Lilian asked while combing her hair, afraid it would be a mess because the wind was quite strong outside.

Marcel smiled gently, “You are very beautiful as usual, Grandma. But you are much prettier tonight.”

Lilian laughed shyly, “I’m still confused as to why you don’t have a lover until now.”

“Why are you so excited to meet my girl-friends? You’re acting like it’s your first date.” Marcel asked with an amused smile when he saw his grandmother take out a small mirror from her purse to see the condition of her makeup for the umpteenth time.

Lilian sighed, “Of course, it’s because one of them perhaps could potentially be your lover. I have to show her that I, as your grandmother, am a classy woman who has raised her grandson very well. So she could see that my Marcel is a very nice man and deserves to be her partner.”

Lilian’s explanation made Marcel’s heart melt. He had indeed lost a mother figure but he swore that his grandmother succeeded in replacing a mother place perfectly, “I would throw away the most beautiful girl in the world if she dared look down on my grandmother. You don’t have to try so hard to be liked by the girls, Grandma. Instead, they have to work hard to be liked by you.”