The Black Swan Behind (Beauty of Fire)

308 Men’s Group and Women’s Group

“Did in the war earlier, you have sent all Jita Kyoei’s men?”

Troy shook his head. “Jita Kyoei is huge. But only a few members are active. We still have some followers, but they don’t want to get involved in street fights. There aren’t many of them either.”

“Emma, ??Jita Kyoei has principles that we don’t want to...”

“I know,” Emma cut Ian. “Of course all of your members will follow the principles of the leader: put personal interests first and don’t want to get your hands dirty. Now, you are feeling the consequences for yourself,”

Troy and Ian were stunned by Emma’s sharp words. They could only shake their heads slowly.

“Damn it! She’s really Black. My brain still can’t put this out,” Ian said while massaging his forehead which suddenly ached.

“Can you put your mask on again, Emma? Because we’re used to receiving that kind of attitude from Black,” Nicko said with a laugh. He was also surprised, but he found it funny about his friends’ reactions to Emma’s attitude which seemed to have changed drastically from what they knew.

Emma laughed along and nodded. “Seems like I was a bit rough on you guys this whole time, huh?”

“You can be rough and tender. You’re great in any way, Emma. And... a little scary, I think,” Calvin said with a chuckle.

.....

Emma held Calvin’s shoulder. “Trust me, Calvin. I’m also a bit confused right now about adjusting my attitude. I’m used to being tough when dealing with men in situations like this.”

“You guys better get used to it,” Kathy said with a chuckle.

“All right. Then, how about we get on with this right away? I’m already sleepy,” Linda said before yawning.

“Oh, sorry. Ok. let’s get on with this,” Troy replied.

“Dragger still keeps some of the women on Jen Marrie Street as ladies workers. Actually, that’s one of the biggest reasons we want to take over, or even close down the street.” Emma explained.

“How about we go straight down Jen Marrie Street? There’s also the Dragger headquarters building there. Let’s see how Pablo reacts,” Ian said.

“What if he refuses?” Rachel asked.

“Then we destroy the base,” Emma answered.

“If you want to do that, then we have to do it as soon as possible before their strength returns,” Frank replied.

“First, we need to find out if the Black Hole people have been secretly waiting at Dragger’s base knowing we are coming,” Nicko added.

“Give us some time. We’ll sneak over there to check the situation,” Emma replied.

“What? Sneak?” Calvin repeated with a frown.

Kathy nodded. “We’ll go undercover. It’s the easy thing and we’ve done it before. You don’t need to be so shocked, Calvin.”

“Some of the girls here have excellent make-up talents. They can make our faces look different,” Poppy added.

“No. It’s very dangerous.” Calvin answered firmly.

“Look, Ladies. Many of the Draggers already know Black is a girl’s group. After the last battle, they must have tightened their guard over Jen Marrie Street. If you girls get caught, it will be very dangerous.” Nicko explained.

“You guys talk as if we can’t fight them,” Linda said with her arms folded across her chest.

“Dragger is a very strong group. They are no match for the...” Troy stopped his sentence.

“Women?” Emma filled in the blank. Then she chuckled. “Were we still not enough showing our strength? Do we need to fight again like the incident when we defeated RJC?”

Emma’s words made Calvin remember the incident Emma meant. At that time, Calvin fought against the Black. Didn’t that mean he was fighting against Emma?

He immediately looked at Emma with widened eyes. “E-Emma, at that time, we...”

Emma nodded. “I know, I lost to you. However, I almost won to you too.” She said, without realizing what Calvin meant.

Calvin shook his head quickly. “Not that, Emma. But I had...”

“Good grief!” Troy clutched his head in frustration. “Does that mean I beat up a girl? I seriously almost broke her arm! Tell me that who I fought that day wasn’t a real girl! I beg you,”

“Unfortunately, it was a girl. And that person was me.” Rachel answered with a straight face. “I admit your power,”

“F*ck... I’m going crazy...” Troy muttered.

Ian rubbed his best friend’s back. “Don’t mind it. It’s passed and it had happened. We didn’t know that they were women.”

“Your friend is right. Let’s just say that at that time we were men. The proof is that we are still fine now. If you guys continue to act like this, it will be clearer for you to say that we are weak.” Rachel said.

“What Rachel said is true. You have seen for yourself that we are not the women you have always thought we are. Just because we are women, it doesn’t mean we always become objects that men can hurt. We are strong women who can protect ourselves, even others. You should always remember that and stop this drama.” Emma added.

“So, when will the disguise be done?” Linda asked with another yawn. She was so sleepy and tired from the latest fight. Her cheeks even hurt if she yawned too wide because she had been hit.

“How about tomorrow night?” Emma asked.

“Sure. I’ll check the street conditions using the drone.” Kathy nodded.

“I’m going with you. I know what we have to do as comfort women.” Britney raised one hand.

“Hey...” Nicko immediately turned to her with a disapproving look. Britney just stared at him with her beautiful eyes that blinked several times. Nicko then could only let out a long sigh before returning to his original sitting position.

“Are you... seriously going to do it?” Troy asked the girls.

Emma looked at Troy tiredly. “How much do I have to make speeches to you, Troy?”

“All right.. all right..” Troy raised his hands as a sign of giving up. “But we have to accompany you all,”

Calvin nodded. “At least let us keep watch around there, Emma. We don’t know what will happen.”

Emma sighed and nodded in understanding. “All right. You guys can stay out of Jen Marrie. We’ll be using the communication device as usual,” Then Emma turned to Kathy. “Do we still have it, Kathy?”

“My team has made enough after all my devices were not returned by them,” She stared at Nicko with narrowed eyes.

“Sorry, we were drenched in sweat the other day,” Nicko replied while scratching the back of his head that didn’t itch.

Kathy just sighed. “In the future, I will make them waterproof.”

“Okay. I think that’s all. We should also rest after the long battle just now.” Emma said.

“Have you ladies gone to the hospital? I see you all got hit pretty bad,” Calvin said as he stood up with a very worried face.

“We are doing it, but gradually, from those with the worst injuries,” Emma answered with a nod.

“Then. Thanks for inviting us over and clearing our curiosity about the Black base,” Ian said.

“Black Swan,” Rachel corrected.

“Ah, yes... I mean Black Swan.” Ian nodded.

“Hey, Martin. Can you stop embarrassing us?” Calvin stared at the figure of a guy with a scar on his eyebrow, who was busy eating various snack jars on the table.

Troy just stared tiredly at Martin. He was never useful in every meeting. But earlier, that stupid kid kept on whining asking to come to Black’s headquarters, especially since he already knew that Black was Emma Hilland.

Poppy chuckled, “Do you want me to pack the snacks for you to take home?” she asked Martin.

Martin looked at Poppy with sparkling eyes. “Can I?”

Poppy nodded. “Of course. I’ll take food boxes in a moment.”

“There’s really no need for that, Poppy. This guy will spoil if you treat him like this.” Frank said.

Poppy shook her head as she stopped walking towards the bar counter which was attached to the small kitchen. “That’s no problem, Frank. I can make some more. I’m glad you liked my and Rachel’s biscuits.”

“Oh, you two made these yourselves?” Martin turned to Rachel and rose his eyebrows high.