*Bang*
Before the argument could become more messier, Misaki shot Maou's left shoulder, severely injured him as the bullet scratched through.
After the shot in the neck Maou collapse on the ground along with the chair.
Everyone withdrawn from the table shockingly, they weren't anticipated that Misaki would shoot Maou in such gruesome way.
It wasn't the first time she shot one of her own men, she killed who questioned her authority or credibility run this organisation. He's crime was he said "Holding a gun doesn't make her a don. Has guts to pull the trigger," and immediately got shot in the head, in front of everyone, couple of shots on the chest, even after his demise, leaving the crew whispered in fear, "Yeh mate, she is The Don!" meantime the love-struck ones crooned, "Anyway, this Don is a good-looking girl! She's such a hottie, and badass!"
And like this time, Misaki run zero tolerance campaign to any screw ups, holds absolute control over the other members of the organization, is greatly feared for her ruthlessness and willingness to take lives to exert her influence, and profits from the criminal endeavours in which the Athenaeum men engages.
Misaki slowly walked Maou's groaning body, clinging his neck as the blood spews from the wound, staining the floor after it sprayed around the gaming table.
"You know that shot was surgical procedure, you're not that stupid to come here excuse yourself, even after you've failed your task. Tell me why are you here and who send you?"
When near enough, Misaki crouched down near Maou's bleeding body, inquiring with a cold expression.
"Aragh... Aragh... Y... You bitch, you think I wanted to come here!"
"Then tell me, don't waste my time before you bleed to death."
Before Misaki lose interest keeping Maou alive, with last of his strength, he revealed to her in a guttural manner.
"Athenaeum is breathing it's last breath, you all are surrounded by enemies, your group destruction is already counting after... after you send us on the search for the weapon consignment."
"Code Phoenix already on the tail."
*Splitch*
Hearing enough, Misaki's left hand Noryoku expands split Maou's head in three different angle with sharp needle-like blades at their top, while she used her left Noryoku, with dark and blood-red bodily tendrils, she also can generate, broad threadlike structures from her left hand for binding, cutting, slicing or impaling.
With the help of her superior Noryoku combat skills, the Red Cross's leader and Maou, weren't the first Misaki had killed.
She killed numerous military police officers and various kind of law enforcement officers, mutants, humans, soldiers throughout her criminal career. A year before she effortlessly demolished with a mixture of martial arts and gunfire to hunt down half dozens of her rival gang members and callously murdered their boss in cold blood. Therefore, she knows the game better than anybody in her gang.
"Why did you kill him? He was about to say."
"We know already there is to know, and I made a mistake."
Fumihiro question Misaki about the rash action, in response Misaki claim she realised everything.
"Red-cross was working for the Capricorn Union from whole time."
"Wh... What!? Who's this Capricorn Union?"
Everybody in that room were shocked by Misaki's claim, to end their confusion, Misaki explained, lighting a cigarette.
"You see but you don't understand. Every fucker's got their own movie playing inside their head. Every single fuckers are trying to be the Hero in his or her own imaginary story and among those dickheads are Capricorn Union: another Mutant faction, not so extreme in a political spectrum but they hold honour, compassion, virtuous and naively believe they will to create a world where both humans and mutants can coexist, happily and peacefully. Scoffed. Such stupidity, that's why I hate uncultured assholes. Now every greedy officer and criminal got a chance to rape the region."
Misaki continued, exhales the cigarette smoke, going up in the air.
"Red-cross already with the Capricorn, before they came to us for a job, with me killing their leader, it angers them even more."
"What Capricorn Union wants with us? Sure, they are big faction in TYZ like Voltaire, but they're fight against The Imperium."
"My theory is, for achieving their goals, the Capricorn Union first have to bring its other opponents into submission, either join them or gets destroyed."
"Humph... What a fine example of virtuousness. Anyway, what are you waiting for? Teach those bastards a lesson."
Fumihiro's suggestion about a retaliation, impressed most of the Athenaeum group, however Misaki did not like it thus, she opposed, dropping the cigarette. Exhale the deep smoke produced by the burning tobacco into her fleshly mouth.
"No, not now."
"But... Why?"
"Because we have enough enemies right now, Capricorn main objective was to use Red-cross to mess up our operations, they stole Russian weapon Consignment from Budapest and thrown us under Blackwatch's radar, when panic they thought we are forced to join Capricorn before Blackwatch could get us, anyway they succeed because we have that middle-east Mutanic religious fundamentalist Black-flag to deal with, along side with Code Phoenix. Natsume!"
"Y... yes."
After Misaki called, Natsume stepped forward,
"I need you to watch out the Code Phoenix movements Miss Ayana you two keep me informed me about everything."
"Got it. Can Rena come with me?"
"Sure. Meanwhile we focus on the Black-flag, previously we worked without getting Blackwatch attention, but now we have to careful, I made a deal with the devil, black-flag is big international organisation and now they want Payback."
*Ring, Ring*
Once Misaki finished, a phone rang from Maou's dead body, immediately Misaki picked and a womanly voice emerged at the end.
"I hope you'd killed that one once he got back, Antheia?"
The woman at the end was Tereko, the beautiful blonde woman of the Code Phoenix Program, however, Misaki did not knew her, therefore as security, she put that phone on scrambler and took an earpiece.
"Who's is this?"
"Nobody, probably an enemy to your standard. But I know a quite about you, Antheia, you are under various criminal charges, 86 possible homicides, along with arson, vandalism, burglary, theft, shoplifting, white collar crimes like fraud, bribery, embezzlement, forgery, that you, yourself did in past three years, quite the impeccable record for you exclusively."
"What do you want?"
"A threat, just as you know I got three Red-cross mercenaries and they all seen your face, so how long you intend to hide from the Imperium, even you are under our watch list."
"Those men were nothing to me, good as dead and like the threat about catching me."
For Misaki's confident, Tereko can't help but to chuckles
"Kekeke, I must admire your self-confidence, but you made a grave mistake with messing up with Blackwatch operations. Gangsters or group of petty criminals like yours, if stayed into limits, killing, shaking down scrums in the wretched hive I would've respected that."
"If you done with your sophistication horseshit then I should get going."
"Yes... For now. Enjoy the rest of your peaceful life you got Antheia, once I got my claw into you, you won't get away."
Phone disconnected before undisputed threat, with it Misaki went into deep consternation, knowing Caller (Tereko Shiori) knew her profile about her criminal activities recorded by her alias: Antheia.
"What's that about, who was that?"
Fumihiro asked anxiously, seeing Misaki's sullen face,
Without much thought, Misaki proclaimed her Athenaeum.
"Everything will continue on like I said before."
"Bu... But what about Blackwatch, Code Phoenix and that Capricorn Union, they will make a move."
"Yes, they will."
Misaki agreed Fumihiro's concerns about their new rivals in TYZ and the newly formed enemy like The Imperium of Blackwatch Empire itself, she responded to everyone.
"I know how the game is played, we have to watch our back, henceforth temporarily stopped any illegal businesses in TYZ, keep your heads low and Natsume's group will focus on Code Phoenix meanwhile the rest deal with Blackwatch's incompetence around TYZ, internal affairs etc. That way we can found something that detracted them from us, understand?"
"Yes my lady."
As Blackwatch target Misaki's Athenaeum since they meddling into their operation for taking the contract from Black-flag, Misaki decided to keep waiting for cool down, however Misaki's enemies did not applied the same strategy as her.