"What happened?" Ren can sense that something is not right in the air.
She looks at him. Her face is blank. She only has one hour before they send people to kill her. DH will wipe her out since she"s been hacked. She"s sure the hacker isn"t kind either. Who would want to hack an inner member of DH if they don"t want to mess up with DH? With those skills, the hacker can"t be an ordinary person. Whatever is the reason, her ident.i.ty is leaked to a threat. DH will definitely erase a wounded leg that can"t be used anymore.
What should she do? She has known that things will be like this. Money and power come with a price. Didn"t she enjoy having the power to destroy lives with a few strings of codes on her laptop?
Nina smiles coldly. She closes the laptop. She turns off the phone and leaves it on the laptop. They will destroy it when they come. If she keeps them with her, they will find her sooner. An addict won"t be able to resist turning on her laptop or phone.
Ren"s eyes follow her movement. Just what"s wrong? She"s acting strangely suddenly. Is she going to kill him? Oh, no! He doesn"t know the ending of the manga that he"s been reading for more than twenty years. He hasn"t played the games that he brought recently. Most importantly, he hasn"t met Rie and her son. How could he die without seeing her again?
"Lady kindness, please don"t kill me," He shouts after her. "You won"t feel happy. I am just a useless guy. I am sorry for rejecting your advances, but I am a traditional man. I can"t kiss the woman I don"t love. How about we date for a while before we do that? Once my heart is moved, I will give you my body without any hesitation? I promise you that."
But Nina has bigger problems than dealing with a virgin guy who wants his heart to be moved before giving up his body to her. She opens her wardrobe and grabs a bunch of clothes. She finds a small bag. She can"t take much. Credit cards are huge NOPE. Cash. She needs a lot of cash -- and a gun. She pushes away the wardrobe.
Ren"s heart is pus.h.i.+ng his way up, wanting to jump out of his mouth. Is she going to bury him in that way?
"No, please don"t do that. You know what? You can have me now. I don"t mind my body being used." He needs to know the ending of that manga. Twenty years are not just nothing. He will really die if he dies without knowing. Who cares about honor now? "Nina, you like me. Don"t kill me. I will give you my body."
Nina walks out of the room. She doesn"t have a second to waste. Ren"s eyes bulge out when he sees the knife in her hand.
"Rie chan, I am dying." He cries out with tears. "Please come and save me. Where are you, Kiyohira? Is anyone listening? There"s a crazy woman here who wants to kill me."
"Will you shut up?" Nina glares at him. "I am trying to think here."
Ren shakes his head. "There"s no way that I am shutting up while you think of the ways to kill me."
"If you don"t shut up, I will do this to you." Nina stabs the wall. To Ren"s surprise, the knife digs into the wall. She tears open the wallpaper with the knife, revealing the different currency. She"s been prepared for a time like this. She"s a hacker connected to the cyber underworld. With a few taps on the keyboard, another hacker broke through her defense today and brought her the ruin. It"s life and a matter of survival. Yesterday, she was someone who ruined others and today, someone else destroyed her. Just that, she didn"t expect that someone would break her defense this soon.
When Ren sees the empty s.p.a.ce behind the wallpaper, he gulps down. She has everything ready.
She glances at the clock. She has only 40 minutes. She decides not to take much. She takes the clothes out of her bag. She can always buy them later. She starts packing the bag with money. Money speaks. It"s the most powerful tool in the world. This tool can sway nearly anyone"s heart. She needs to leave the country.
Ren closes his eyes when she suddenly starts undressing in a hurry. She picks up the jeans, a simple white s.h.i.+rt, and a black jacket. She puts on a baseball hat. She takes the gun that she keeps beneath her pillow.
He peeks at her. Seeing her fully dressed, he is relieved. The gun makes his heart jump, but he gets the situation now. She"s running away. She doesn"t have the intention of untying him. If she leaves, how long it will take for someone to find him?
She hangs the black bag over her shoulder and starts walking toward the door.
"I will die if you leave me."
Nina"s footsteps stop. She creases her brows. It"s none of her business if he dies. She"s no longer part of DH. She doesn"t need to keep her promise to Rie. Besides, she hasn"t harmed him.
"I will die of hunger," Ren speaks with a loud voice. "My clothes are wet too. Untie my hands before you leave."
She comes back to him quietly. She looks at him with a smile. Ren lets out a breath of relief. The woman isn"t heartless.
His relief doesn"t last long. Suddenly, she points the gun at his skull. "Do you think that I am like your friend, Rie? Do you think that I have a weakness too and you can exploit that weakness?"
He looks at her with shock. "How do you know Rie?"
Chuckling, she presses the trigger.