Under the Veil of Night

"Rei, don't be ridiculous! The Red Gang is one of the biggest gangs in this city. If you charge ahead unprepared, you're just heading to your grave," Tommy persuaded while trying to move. His action caused his throat to itch and sent him into another coughing fit.

"They're on our list of targets anyways and even if they're big, it doesn't mean they're invincible," Kanae said in a matter-of-fact tone. "I'm just pushing the schedule forwards by several weeks. There's nothing you should worry about."

"I'll protect you from afar. Oro is currently busy, so he won't be able to help you out. Is this fine with you, Rei?" Shiro asked.

Kanae nodded. Her eyes burned with rage and determination. The only thing that could make her angry was when someone close to her got hurt. The three of them were surely included in that group, which was the reason why Kanae didn't want to see them getting hurt at all.

Since the Red Gang dared to hurt her friend, she would pay them back. Additionally, she hated those who dealt in drugs the most. Eliminating them would be for the best.

"Shiro, why are you supporting her?" Tommy asked in bewilderment.

Shiro shrugged. "Is there anything you can do to stop her?"

Facing that question, Tommy couldn't answer. It was true. There was nothing he could say to persuade Kanae. Once this girl was set on doing something, she would see it through until the very end. Her determination was too strong to be hindered by any shallow reasons.

"Be careful," in the end, this was all Tommy could say.

Kanae changed her clothes and prepared her swords. This time, she would be the messenger of hell for them massacring the entire gang. Although it was not her principle to do things so ruthlessly, she couldn't forgive them for hurting her friend and destroying the lives of so many people.

Her second reason for doing so was not as strong as the first one in her heart. After all, she favored the reason affected her personally rather than something like that.

Finishing her preparations, she returned back to the clinic and made a call to her sister.

"Laura, I'm going to be late tonight. You should rest earlier."

Laura groaned as she listened to her sister's request. "Sis, you've got to rest properly! I'm leaving food for you in the refrigerator; you only need to heat it up. Don't you dare mess up the kitchen!"

"Alright, you're the best, Laura."

"If you want to reward me, return home earlier and accompany me!"

"I will do my best."

Kanae turned her phone off and looked towards Shiro. "I'll be going first. Do you know the location?"

Shiro nodded. He watched as Kanae strode away as he recalled her conversation. It seemed that the powerful Rei was nothing in front of Laura. He had to make sure that he get on that girl's good side if he wanted to have a bit of influence over Kanae. Well, just a bit was fine as he wanted to brag in front of Tommy and Jason.

It took Kanae some time before she reached the Red Gang's hideout. The place was hidden rather well, which made it hard for ordinary people to find this place. However, for Kanae, it was extremely easy. Looking at the guards in front, she readied herself.

Taking a deep breath, Kanae observed her surroundings. It was still October, so there was no snow. However, the temperature has started to drop slightly, and many people wore thicker clothes. Even the guards were no exception. This slowed down their movement slightly.

Stomping on the ground, Kanae traveled fast to reach them. Before they knew what happened, they felt pain in their necks and fell to the ground lifelessly. After that, Kanae moved to where the other lookouts were positioned and eliminated them one by one.

Kanae moved towards the main building. Several men finally noticed that something was wrong. They saw Kanae and charged towards her, but she didn't retreat. Her nimble footwork and impressive swordplay immediately finished them off as they fell to the ground in mere seconds. Even until the end, they didn't know what actually hit them.

BANG!

"Who is it?" a man was pointing a gun towards Kanae.

Kanae paid no heed to the gun as she charged towards him. He shot the gun, but Kanae evaded to the side and sprinted immediately. Her knee hit the man right in his stomach as he flew backwards onto the ground.

Finishing this, Kanae snuck inside and saw a group of wounded men inside one of the rooms.

"Young Master is really reckless. He let a young brat injure him that badly."

"Forget about it, the young brat is no more anymore. We already gave him the treatment that he deserves," the other man laughed heartily.

His words caused Kanae's self-control to snap. She could bear with them fighting, but she couldn't bear hearing them purposely hurting her friends like that. At this point, she didn't care about anything else as she made her move on the group of men.

SLASH!

A man fell down to the floor. The others were alerted and quickly readied their weapons, yet several of them fell in the next second.

The man who was laughing before saw a blur coming towards him and hurriedly blocked with his arms, but he still felt pain in his stomach. At that moment, he seemed to recall something as he saw how powerless he was even when he was supposedly one of the strongest bodyguards.

Moving like a ghost,

Leaving no trace except bodies of enemies,

No one can capture his movement,

When you see him, you should just run because he's the legend of the street.

That was the saying people on the street used to describe the strongest members of the three most powerful groups. They were invincible and whenever they appeared, no one would know who had attacked nor what had befallen them. The ghost-like movement of the person in front of him reminded him as such.

"A ghost has appeared," he muttered to himself before he fell down to the ground.

Kanae's movement was no different from a ghost for them as they couldn't follow her speed at all. She passed through the space as though it were no different from an ordinary road.

BANG!

"Who are you? How dare you come here!" a middle-aged man was pointing a gun towards Kanae. His eyes were bloodshot in anger as he saw his men falling to the ground like wheat. The stench of blood permeated the entire area.

Kanae didn't answer and merely moved her body and reached the man's side in a second.

BANG!

The bullet headed towards Kanae, but she stepped to the side lightly. Her hand moved forward and slashed through the man's stomach in mere seconds. The fight ended even before it began.

Time passed by and the stench of blood grew thicker. When Kanae finished eliminated the core members, she walked out from the entrance. There was no need for her to attack the ordinary members. Most of them didn't even know what the core members were doing.

"Get away!" a young man was pointing a knife at Kanae. His hands were trembling as he already saw what Kanae did, but he didn't want to run away that easily.

Kanae passed him a glance. "Little boy, tell the other members of your gang: if you still dare to attack Fiore Group, you should be ready for our retaliation."

The young man was stunned. When did their gang attack Fiore Group? Did their leader become so stupid that he chose to attack the strongest group in this city?

Before he could ask again, Kanae had disappeared.

He gulped down the words he wanted to ask. His eyes wandered to the mess of this place.. From that day on, the name of Fiore Group rang even more loudly than before, and many people put the name on the list of people they could never offend.