Chapter 394 - 394: Subjugation (1/2)

Lillie's tired of people trespassing her home, touching her belongings, and invading her privacy.

Most of all, interrupting her sleep.

”You've chosen the worst time to come here.” She told them. ”So what you're going to do is answer my questions truthfully. Cut the roundabout tactics and go straight to the point. Otherwise, this guy's brain will spill on the floor and stain my carpet—which I'm also not looking forward to.”

A sleep-deprived Lillie is a b*tchy Lillie. And these guys found out in the worst possible way.

”Who are you, why are you here and who sent you?” She asked the basics.

Shi was trying to silently communicate with them through his eyes. His glare tells them not to spill a word, and they understood him.

But could they escape from this?

”And don't even think about escaping,” Lillie interrupted their thoughts. ”While you were busy exploring my closet, I've signaled my people of your presence. They've already blocked every possible exit route you can think of. Presumably, you manage to slip my grasp, my people will kill you on sight. Either you take this chance to try coaxing me not to kill you, or die trying to escape.”

They'll die if they try to escape and they'll die if they don't talk; there's neither an assurance that she'll let them go if they did.

Furthermore, they're not like those suicidal bastards who value the mission and its secrecy more than their lives.

So either way, they're screwed.

”We're called the Four Hors.e.m.e.n,” Seifuku answered with a grit of her teeth, lowering her head in shame for tattling.

But she's the second-in-command. When the leader's unable, she decides which path to take that's the most promising for their survival.

And this choice was the best among the worst.

'I'm sorry, Shi. But you know better than I that none of us, you included, wishes to die today.' Seikufu bitterly thought, biting her lip.

”...we're an elite group of criminals that specializes in spying, collecting information, and assassination.”

By telling her all of this, she hopes it frightened Lillie Bai to a point where she won't dare threaten them like this.

People were usually intimidated when the word Underworld was uttered. Not to mention, they're one of the Uncrowned Leaders—though, with their current situation, they're ashamed to even call themselves that.

Lillie Bai was, by no means, the least bit intimidated. She was giving them looks that say, ”So what. It doesn't change the fact that you're nothing but dirt in my eyes.”

Yeah, that's exactly how Seifuku translates Lillie's uninterested look.

Outfoxed by someone who might not be a Demon, it would destroy their reputation and dignity.

But the others wouldn't blame them too much. No one from the Underworld had yet to defeat Lillie Bai and the Bai family's forces.

They heard Vermillion Dragon tried to steal the White Phoenix Empire in the past years, only to receive a massive loss.

Shi's being held hostage at gunpoint by Lillie Bai, his hands are cuffed behind him—Seifuku won't question where she got those, nor judge why she has them—and the rest of them were guarded by the large beast behind them.

She's not certain if Lillie Bai speaks the truth, whether they're indeed surrounded and cornered by her people.

Seifuku strained her senses. She sees and hears nothing, no movement, and not a shadow of a figure. The curtains of the french door they've entered from fluttered from a gentle gust of wind.

There seem to be no one outside.

But it's still too risky to make any sudden movements. The way Lillie Bai holds her gun should not be ignored nor taken lightly. She has an air of confidence, not a slight hesitation in her form.

Shi noticed Seifuku looking around. Unlike the rest of his comrades, he knows Lillie Bai wasn't bluffing. He saw her dialing something on the telephone before she handcuffed him. It must've been the alert message.

He tried communicating this to his comrades by blinking morse codes when suddenly, the large wolf snarled.

His fur bristled in aggression, glaring directly into his eyes as if warning him.

Sh*t! Don't tell him this guy figured he was communicating with them? That's impossible, right? Animals don't have that kind of intelligence!

Storm saw the stinky human doing something suspicious with his eyes. He knows human actions enough to regard the sequence of short and long blinks indicates something else.

”Hmm...” Lillie Bai hummed.

Shi heard soft shuffling behind him. Then, his vision darkened.

Lillie Bai covered his entire head with a pillowcase.

”Continue.” She gestured to Seifuku who stared at her in mixed horror and amazement.

'The wolf is not normal!' The four intruders all thought. 'And neither is Lillie Bai!'