"Where is she?"
Victor whispers to Charles that connected in the other line with his wireless ear buds. He called his trusted right hand immediately after he realized that Irene is not inside the hall anymore. The attack from the amateur gangster did not affect him at all but his heart was worried for the girl's safety.
"I can't detect her whereabouts yet, sir. Do you need us to solving this?"
"Tsk ..." Victor is hissing angrily with the situation. He did not want his identity as a mafia to be made public. It was too risky for him to do anything in the middle of a bright light situation, even if he was sure he alone was enough to defeat them.
"Four in this hall. How many at the outside?"
"Only six. They seems to hover in the registration area and front door only. Detail - new gangster group, whole organization less than hundred. Target - the minister of education." Charles conveyed the information that he could get at the time.
"Stay low for a while. Just find Irene at all cost." Victor gave the order before their line was cut.
'Look like they hacked the communication system so that no one can be called for help. ' Victor made his own estimates. For an amateur that type of hacking move is quite good.
At the same time he saw the face of the minister of education who was in fear because he was being pointed with a gun. The minister was seated in one of the chairs a few feet from the exit of the hall while surrounded by three of the gangsters. One of them leaned against the door. While he and the other guest were told to gather and sit on the opposite side of the wall.
The gangsters seem to negotiate some things with the minister in the moment, not that Victor cares what is all about. But it get to his nerves when he saw the paid bodyguards just stood there in completely silent like didn't know what to do in that kind of situation. How can they accept the work when they doesn't know how to do the work?
'Such a loser...' Victor is cursing in his mind.
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Meanwhile,
Once Irene entered the unmarked door, she slowly walked down the small staircase and apparently the area was connected to the hotel's bottom passage. As she walked aimlessly she finally saw the kitchen there.
Slowly she pushed open the door and entered the room. Her wild eyes looked around in fear, move carefully because she didn't know if there were also gangsters in there. But it's weird when the kitchen area had no one in it at all. Persuading her own heart, she continued to inspect.
"Let's see what we got here..." Irene looks at the cupboard, pantry, cookware, utensil and any other appliance to find what she could use to defend herself. She doesn't have her phone with her at the moment so clearly she cannot call for the police.
"What's this, pepper, oil, glycerin, vinegar... mineral oil... Why mineral oil is in the kitchen? But this is actually fine for me." Irene grab the pepper oil and smell it a bit.
'Cough... Cough...' She tried to hold back her cough in silence. Well, she confirmed that its sting. Then she also grabs a mineral oil that she found earlier.
Using a glass bottle there she mixes the two products to make a tear gas. This is one of her hobbies back then. She used to be famous in her high school as the science nerd. Her deep interest in the world of science and chemistry made her always enter the competition with respect to it. Her interest began to cease for some reason. But, now she thought that she needs to use all of her knowledge.
With what she has now she managed to produce 5 bottles of tear gas bombs. She covered the glass bottle with plastic wrap and tied it with rubber.
"Okay, the place is big, so I need to throw this near the gangster to make it work perfectly."
Irene trying to picture in her mind on how she is going to fight the gangsters later. She doesn't realize herself, why she go that far while she can just hide there hold for dear life.
She looked at her bare feet at the time. Then she walked over again while opening all the cupboard that was there. Searching for other things.
"Found you." She found shabby slippers that definitely belonged to someone and continued to wear them without hesitating. "This will do for now."
Then she did something unexpected. She took scissors and cut the long dress she wore on the left and right just like a cheongsam to make it a little practical for her to run here and there. She also shortened the front and back of the dress. Luckily for her, she was wearing long leggings on the inside.
"Sorry in advance Mr.Victor. This expensive dress clearly cannot be refund now."
Now, she is ready. She came out of the area and wanted to get back to the lounge and hall. Before that her eyes saw something in the room far away from the kitchen. She get closer to it. She is smiling. Whatever it is she only have one chance and she need to conduct her plan properly.