In a tier 2 area of west peak city, a young woman was sitting in her living room with a wine glass in her hands. After taking several sips, she sighed softly while looking at her watch.
Two bodyguards stood by her side both big and burly with matching uniforms. A thick bloody aura suffocated the atmosphere that would make any normal person feel weak in the knees but she didn't mind.
"hmm seems like Ralphie is late again, unless he has a really good excuse I might have to have some playtime with him" she licked her lips and gave off a sadistic smile.
The sight of that smile made both bodyguards who had gone through countless life and death scenarios shudder ever so slightly.
Suddenly the phone in her hand rang, "Ralph you are late again, don't you know what happens when you keep me waiting?"
Quickly flying into panic, the man on the end of the line hastily replied, "Big miss Kathryn, it's not like that, you know I would never dream of keeping you waiting but trust me when I say that I have found some promising specimen for you that you will definitely enjoy".
Her jade green eyes sparkled while her smile grew wider, "OK I will let you off this once, as long as it is really as good as you say, if not....."
"Trust me milady, no buts, it definitely will be"
The conversation was quick and without any form of delay. The man on the end of the phone was Ralph Dexter and he was a hired servant of the Vine Family.
He sat in a transport van while heaving heavily and sweat dripped out of his body like he outran and avalanche. "That girl is too frightening, she is just 19 years old yet here I am shivering like an old goat".
Ralph turner around to look at the back of the van where several teenagers boys were bound both by their hands and legs. He couldn't help but feel pity for them as he knew they had done nothing wrong to deserve this.
Among them his gaze fell on one that appeared to be half full of life and vitality, the rest were crushed emotionally or had just given up on life.
"I really hope you can satisfy the big miss, if you make it out alive, I promise to give you a better life". The person he was referring to had dark hair and dark eyes that were burning with fighting intent, Michael.
.......
Bill vomited a mouthful of blood, this kid who was once his tenant had now turned to an existence capable of spooking a monster to death with his power.
Leos increasing pressure on his spinal cord informed bill that the latter wasn't joking around when he said he wouldn't repeat himself once as the palm was capable of shattering his spinal cord.
"I-I don't know where he is, after you died the monthly rent was falling short so I..." Bill gulped some dry saliva as he hesitated to repeat his next words for fear of what might happen to him.
"I kicked him out of the house". Leo frowned deeply, the monthly rent was well off by at least 2 weeks before it was due to be paid. This guy was really too heartless.
Furthermore, he wasn't too surprised when he heard him say that he had died as he was expecting that kind of reaction.
"You actually kicked him out three days after I disappeared, you heartless fellow, just because of money you kicked out a defenceless kid before the proper time of his due eviction".
The Murderousness coming from Leo only grew heavier and denser than before, he was currently standing on a thin lime between his logical reasoning and his gut instinct telling him to snap this guys neck.
Nevertheless Bill suddenly bellowed at Leo. "What do you mean before the due eviction? The rent was three months overdue"
"What"!
Leo suddenly gawked slightly before furrowing his brows, what the hell was this old fool saying that the rent was overdue three months.
Having realized the problem, Leo shoved his hand into Bills pocket to bring out his mobile phone.
"See look at the date, its way past the time you disappeared, I don't know how long you think you have been dead but it has been longer than three months".
Slowly taking the phone from Bills hand, leo looked at the date to see that the month of August was long gone and they were presently in November. "What the fuck is going on? did I really spend so much time in that place? What kind of Space is Karos?"
The heavy grip on his back slowly released and the next second, Bill fell to the floor like a sack of potatoes. He gasped for air and rubbed his back furiously in an attempt to alleviate the pain.
Still leo didn't have any plans of letting this old devil off the book so easily, he had listened to him well when he had fabricated his story and something wasn't quite right.
Leo held the phone in his hands and crushed it, then dropped the scattered pieces onto the floor. For some reason, Bills face turned deathly pale upon seeing his smashed phone.
"whatever it takes I will find my cousin, If I ever find out you had anything more to do with this, well dead men don't talk now, do they?"
In the next second, leo headed downstairs and disappeared into the night. Bill sat on the floor for a few minutes absorbing everything that just happened, after a while he got up and headed outside to his garage.
After putting on some proper clothing, he turned on the car and drove away. While constantly checking his rear view mirror, Bill hastily drove towards the upper areas of the city. Leo seeing this slightly frowned, "Looks like that idiot actually had something more to do with Michael".
With a faint away of his body, Leo dashed on the rooftops moving after Bills car with relative speed and safety distance.
Leo was not the naive little boy he was a few days ago or rather 3 months ago before he died, he was now stronger and all his senses were heightened. His sight was at its best followed by his hearing.
When Bill said that he didn't know what happened to Michael, Leo could hear the change in his heartbeat and the small distortion in his facial features. It was so small but enough for him to draw out conclusions.
He was lying, but the more distinguished info, leo didn't know and trying to force it out of him would be too troublesome. Another thing that he found strange was how Bill behaved when he dropped him, he didn't immediately try to get away but instead looked at the phone in Leos hand with a look of concern.
He might just want his phone back but that was too unlikely after he witnessed what happened, there was most likely something important within it even though it was locked.
Both Leo and Michael knew that Bill had his connections with criminals and shady people, it led leo to wonder many times how his father knew this guy before he died. Since leo couldn't get anything out of the phone and he didn't have the time to go around looking for a way to unlock it, he might as well destroy it and see if it would initiate a response.
He then left and stood at a far distance to see if he would get his desires results. Indeed Bill did not let him down. Where exactly Bill was going, he didn't know but he knew that he was deeply connected.
Leo followed Bills car all the way to a Tier 3 area in the city, he was getting rather exhausted after jumping from building to building in his pursuit and was now sweating profusely.
"What exactly are you doing at a Nightclub Bill"
Looking at Bill dismount from the car and head into a popular nightclub wouldn't normally seem suspicious. Leo watched Bill move into the club after a quick inspection by the guards.
It wasn't until he drifted his eyes that he saw the logo of the club on the entrance which Bill had just walked into. His eyes grew wider while a hint of worry spread in his heart.
"What exactly does this guy have to do with the Scorpion gang"?