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Chapter 19 - Chapter nineteen: chased by the red soldier

Micheal's pov:

As l approached his mother's restaurant , l saw him coming over. "Hey good morning" he greeted me, " hi good morning" l greeted back. He gestured for me to go in, " hey, mom" , his mother looked at his direction. "Charlie you aren't going to work today" she said . " I took a day off, l am sorry l forgot to tell you " he explained, while his mom just nodded her head. " Is that a new friend of yours?" She pointed at me, " yes" he replied, what! I'm not his friend. Little does he know that l was sent to kill him. " Don't mind him, l am just a big fan of his" l said with a fake smile, while he and his mom chuckled. I really hope l won't have to kill, l don't want to bring sorrow to his mother. "What would you like to eat, my treat" he said. "There's is no need for that" l declined his offer politely. "I said l'll feed you today , don't refuse", l chuckled " alright then, maybe just veggy filled dumplings , that's fine for me" . "Look l know l'm not rich but l think l have enough money to buy you a decent meal" he said. " It's not like that" he didn't let me finish talking before he went over the counter to order chicken pasta and fried chicken along with the dumplings. He is very generous. "Thank you" , "don't mention it" he said politely. " Excuse me ,I've got things to do. I'll join you shortly" he said before going upstairs. l wonder why he chose to complete his novel, over a million dollars, at first l didn't believe Andrew Chen would be so generous, but now knowing Martha a little, l figured she wasn't lying. Is it because he is so hell bent on making it by writing novels , that he doesn't want any other opportunities of becoming rich. If that's so , then that's completely ridiculous. I want to ask him about it but there is no how l could do that without exposing my connection with Abacus, and old Chen wouldn't like that. Speaking of him, he sent me a voice mail last night but l was too tired to check, let's see what he has to say, " there is a change of plan, kill him before dawn" l froze at this, this isn't good, didn't he said l have five days why would he suddenly change his mind. I went out of the restaurant and dialed Martha's number. *Martha: hello. Micheal: what's going on didn't he said that l have five days, why is he changing his mind on the second day. Martha: Charles announced that he is ending the story tomorrow. And naturally the end of the story will unveil the the death of the character 'Barcus' , so my boss wants him dead before tomorrow.* So that's what happened, l fell slient upon hearing this. Martha called my name several times but l just kept quiet and she eventually ended the call. I went back to the restaurant and sat down . I have no choice but to kill him now.

Charles's pov:

I went upstairs to complete my unfinished chapter. I would finish the story by tomorrow. I announced it yesterday , l wonder what my uncle would do about it. Whatever ,l don't care.____ Darius palmfaced himself after hearing Angela. "This is a nightmare " he sighed. "Let's just keep going , hopefully we will find our way out of here" he finally said after a while of silence. They kept walking around in circles until sunset. "Oh no, it's sunset" Angela exclaimed. "It's okay they won't find us that quickly " as soon as Darius said that a red soldier stood on a rock with a very long blade in his hand. " I spoke too soon" said Darius , while Angela swallowed into nothing. " What should we do now?" Said Angela. " I think...we should RUN" Darius shouted. And with that they both ran as fast as they could and the red soldier chased them. When Darius felt that the soldier was about to use his super speed, he carried Angela in his arms and super sped. After running for a long while, he turned to look behind him and couldn't find the soldier chasing them. So he stopped and dropped Angela, " ah, thank goodness we finally lost him", he said while still looking behind them , Angela was breathing hard because the run, she turned to her front and froze. " Umm, Darius?" She said in a shaky voice. "What?" When he turned to his front , he froze as well. The red soldier was just one meter away from them.