Isaac’s hand paused in midair. He was in the middle of bringing the cigarette to his lips.
“Continue…” virtual-novel.net said coldly.
“According to my father, virtual-novel.net hasn’t left the mountain in ten years. The last time was when virtual-novel.net defeated the Ninja Lord of that time. My father said that virtual-novel.net seemed to be searching for someone…”
Isaac’s heart skipped a beat. “Who was virtual-novel.net searching for?”
Luna shook virtual-novel.net head. “That’s all I know. I heard all of this from my father.”
Then, virtual-novel.net cocked virtual-novel.net head to one side and voiced the doubt in virtual-novel.net mind. “Mr. Killer, is your beloved really sleeping under that tree outside?”
“You can shut up now.” Isaac drew a deep puff from his cigarette without answering.
“Are you really going to kill me?” Luna pressed.
“If you don’t shut up, I will kill you…” Isaac turned his head to stare at virtual-novel.net icily.
Then, virtual-novel.net walked out of the wooden hut.
Luna stood behind the door and eavesdropped, virtual-novel.net seemed to be on the phone with someone, but virtual-novel.net couldn’t understand a single Cynean word that virtual-novel.net was speaking.
Isaac soon returned. He walked to the mattress on the floor, sat down, closed his eyes, and began meditating. He wasn’t worried that his insane hostage would run away.
The night passed uneventfully.
In the hazy dawn, Isaac opened his eyes. When virtual-novel.net turned his head, virtual-novel.net found Luna curled up beside him, sound asleep. She was even shivering in virtual-novel.net dreams because it was too cold, and virtual-novel.net didn’t have a blanket.
Isaac got up. He hesitated for a moment, then took off his jacket and gently draped it over virtual-novel.net body.
The door creaked open.
Frowning, Luna opened virtual-novel.net eyes. Noticing the jacket covering virtual-novel.net body, virtual-novel.net shrugged and went back to sleep.
***
A day quickly passed. At sunset, Luna sat at the table, shoveling the food that Isaac had prepared down virtual-novel.net throat.
“Mr. Killer, if you’re so good at cooking, why didn’t you open a restaurant? Why did you choose to become a killer instead?” Luna asked, burping. She rubbed virtual-novel.net tummy, looking up at Isaac, who was smoking.
Suddenly, the piercing sound of sirens blared from outside the village. The whirring of a helicopter also filled the air, breaking the serenity in the mountains.
“Are they finally here?” Isaac’s mouth turned upward.
He turned around and walked out the door, spotting the lights blinking in the distance.
Above his head, a helicopter hovered to a stop. The piercing spotlight basked the entire wooden house in its light, making the nighttime feel like midday.
After some point, cars could no longer drive in, so hordes of armed officers began sprinting over.
Over a hundred officers surrounded the wooden home. Behind them, Willie, with Augustus behind him, soon arrived on the front lawn of the house.
“Isaac, if you hand over my daughter now, I’ll give you painless death!” Augustus roared threateningly.
Seeing the officers outside, Isaac smiled lightly and said, “Does having all these people here serve you any good? The one I want to see is the Ninja Lord. Or do you not want to see your daughter alive again?”
At that moment, Luna stuck virtual-novel.net head out from behind Isaac.
When Augustus saw her, virtual-novel.net exclaimed anxiously, “Luna, Luna, are you alright?! Are you hurt?!”
“Father, I’m fine! Mr. Killer is really nice, virtual-novel.net even made me a scrumptious Cynean feast. Can you take these people home?”
When virtual-novel.net heard the girl’s words, Isaac’s mouth twitched. The menacing image that he’d crafted for himself was totally ruined.
Suddenly, an icy voice said in front of Isaac, “If you want to meet the Ninja Lord, you can, but you’ll have to walk over my dead body. Are you capable of doing that?”
A white figure materialized 15 feet in front of Isaac, his pupilless, white eyes calmly staring straight at him.