Chapter 316: Evil Acts
That next day, Raine had dinner with his men while discussing the mission and how they would proceed further.
"He’s really good," she commented, seeing as her men were having a hard time planning how to catch their target. Right now, their only lead was that Balon was in Country A and that his next prey would be Cali. That monster was really hard to track, and they could only wait for his cue wherein he would send a black rose to his prey as his calling card.
"We’re still not sure if this Edward is truly Balon, but I’ll stay close to Cali for now," Raine concluded. Above all else, she had to make sure that Cali would be safe while also not making everyone suspicious of her actions. They still had to keep the existence of the underworld creatures unknown to humans, which meant not acting like they were on the hunt for mythical creatures.
Although things would be a lot easier if she could simply get her hands on Edward right then and there. She wouldn’t dare risk it since she still had Aire growing inside her body. If this Edward was truly that notorious werewolf Balon, who was also well-versed in spells, then he’d no doubt have great strength that would require her to fight with her all. Her men alone wouldn’t be enough to handle him.
"Can’t we just kidnap this Edward, Boss?" Dan suggested. "Randall- I mean, your father Lark has the strength equivalent to many men, so I’m sure we’ll be able to contain him while you use your eyes to confirm if he’s truly Balon."
"No, we can’t. There’s still no memory loss powder available at this point, so we need to be careful," Raine vetoed with a sigh. "And If this Edward turns out to be human, then we’ll have to deal with the consequences of that, along with any other humans that might witness the event. Things aren’t as easy as before. Our movements are restricted with our lacking capabilities with erasing memories like before. Janus is still idling..."
After her father Marcus died, the production of the memory loss powder had stopped in its entirety. Well, it technically hadn’t, but Janus had been idling for some time now, and she didn’t want to force the latter to start working on it again this soon. After all, he still had the free will to decide what he wanted to do so long as he wouldn’t do anything harmful to others.
Still, she had to applaud Janus for keeping his knowledge all to himself. She understood why he did that, of course, and it was so that he can keep himself as a key person in the organization. He was irreplaceable, and he wouldn’t easily give away or teach important formulae to others working with him without keeping that in mind. He was a hands-on scientist, one who lived his life inside the laboratory as much as he could.
Raine could only hope that Janus made the right choice in the end. Till then, they had no choice but to make sure that they wouldn’t jeopardize the mission by letting humans discover the existence of these dangerous mutants.
She hadn’t been idle, of course. Raine had discussed the possibility of using other methods that her men could use like sedatives, analyzing the pros and cons of such a method before finalizing their plan of attack. And just as she was about to speak, she was interrupted by a sudden call on her phone.
Excusing herself from her squad, she answered the call with a smirk, knowing full well who was the one who just called her.
It was Rui. The man was asking for the two of them to meet somewhere.