463: [Bonus chapter] Am I that incapable in your eyes?

[Bonus chapter] Am I that incapable in your eyes?

"Holy shit..." Gray cursed under his breath as he led Dominic and Axel to where Sebastian was at. The only enemies they encountered were dead, loitering in the hallway.1

'This is insane,'he thought. 'It's like a massacre.'

Gray clenched his teeth and set his eyes ahead. Heaven went before them, and she truly stuck to her promise. She cleared the path. 

'How...?'he wondered, shaking his head as he told himself this was not the time to entertain questions in his mind. What was important right now was that they catch up to her. After all, she just went off on her own, not giving them the chance to change her mind and make better plans. 

But then again, with this level of skill, this might be the best plan they could come up with. Time was also their enemy, after all. And they had to admit Heaven was using every second worthy. 

"Hah..." Gray raised his arm and checked his smartwatch. His face turned dark. "Go on without me!"

Gray leaped to the side to give way to Dominic and Axel. Dominic continued his pace, reaching for Axel's arm as the latter slowed down. 

"Don't stop," said Dominic, not even giving Gray a look. "Enemies are following behind."

Gray raised his brows upon hearing Dominic's remarks, turning his head to his boss and the second young master. 

'The wife is like a killing machine and the husband's observation skill is quite scary.' Gray stepped into the middle of the hallway, facing the direction they came from. "But then again, knowing our bosses can survive on their own takes some burden off of our shoulders."

Gray took a deep breath and closed his eyes. When he reopened them, the corner of his mouth stretched into a smirk. Now that he had no one to protect but himself, he could go crazy. 

"Good thing the young madam is skilled enough," he muttered, walking to a lifeless body nearby to pick up his rifle. "If not, they should've just stayed behind with Fig."

No matter where Heaven, Dominic, and Axel go scream in danger. Deep in his heart, Gray knew that it was impossible to rescue Sebastian with just them. Why? Because they all had to stay behind with Dominic. They were already surrounded before coming here, after all. The only option they had was to wait for the authorities, which hadn't come even until now, or take Dominic, Heaven, and Axel with them to rescue Sebastian.

Obviously, they chose the latter not because they weren't patient enough. They chose this because time wasn't in their favor. The little master was injured. Waiting might cost them his life. 

"I already lost hope with the authorities long ago." As Gray picked up the rifle, which he clung across his body with a body strap, he dragged the lifeless body up in front of him. "Fortunately, we are hired in this gig."

Another glint flickered across Gray's eyes as he positioned his rifle in between the lifeless body's torso and arm. When the approaching footsteps grew distinct, he welcomed them with a round of fire.

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"Oy, oy, oy!" Joker panicked as he refocused his attention on Heaven's situation, only to see danger around her. "In the ceiling — hey!" 

Heaven instinctively gazed up, only to see a broken ceiling and a person behind it. She jumped away from instinct, rolling on the floor to avoid the bullets following her trail. 

"Behind!"

Without looking back, she slipped the rifle beside her torso and arm, aiming at the incoming enemy from behind her.

BANG BANG!

At the same time, she shot the person behind her, Heaven jumped to avoid the incoming bullets from the ceiling.

"Another one!"

Heaven slid to the side, crashing her side against the wall. "Shit!" she cursed through her gritted teeth, seeing that even the ceiling was occupied by enemies. 

BANG BANG BANG!

"Did they think doing that would make it hard for us?" she wondered, shooting the other person inside the ceiling. 'It only made it easier to kill you.'

BANG BANG BANG!

Heaven flinched when she heard another round of shots in the area. However, this time, it wasn't aimed at her. When she turned her head, she caught Dominic and Axel at the other end of the hallway. 

"Hah..." she breathed out in relief, keeping her eyes on the pair of burning eyes looking back at her. "Goodness. Why am I scared now?"

THUD!

Heaven snapped her eyes when the person in the ceiling, whom Dominic shot dead, fell from the broken ceiling. The body landed between her and Dominic, causing dust to ascend from underneath his body. 

"Heaven Liu!" Dominic's voice thundered, snapping Heaven back to the current lapse. He stormed in her direction, eyes burning in anger at her fearlessness and stubbornness. 

"Uhh... wait!" Axel gazed up, only to see a glint from the darkness. 

BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG!

Axel jumped when a long round of bullets fired from his brother and sister-in-law. Yet, his feet followed Dominic as he was afraid of getting left behind. When they reached Heaven, the latter had already got up from the floor. 

"Where's Gray?" was the first thing she asked, only to flinch when Dominic grabbed her arm.

"I don't care what you can or cannot do. Don't run off like that, Heaven Liu," he growled under his breath, gripping her arm even tighter. "If you're going to risk your life, risk it with me. I'm not a child who needs to hide from a woman's skirt."

Heaven frowned, swinging her arm, but he didn't budge. "Dom —"

"I don't like this, new management." His stress on what he called her made her freeze, looking up at him with slight surprise. "Don't run off like that. Basti is also my child… including that one in your womb. I am insulted."

"It's better to insult you this way than lose you."

"You will lose me either way." He hissed, raising his other hand, and pulled a trigger to shoot another person that just come out of the room near the hallway. "Trust me if you want me to trust you. I think I've proven myself enough. Am I that incapable and unreliable in your eyes that you think I'll just burden you?"

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