Translation to English
Part 5 – Man With The Mask
'What the hell?!'
That was the first thing Cloe thought when she saw the scene and discovered that a stranger was pointing a finger at her.
Without time to think, she pulled out her knives and threw them at the enemies in front of her.
"!aaaaaah!", "!How.. aaaaaah!?".
Two fell to the ground.
Without waiting, the other men shot at the girl and the masked man attacking them.
But the masked character was faster and approached them in the interval of distraction.
To the first he blocked the weapon when he turned around and made him kneel with a kick to the back of the knee, then with the weapon he still held he returned it to the subject's face incapacitating him.
All in 1 second.
With the same weapon, he fired a burst at the other two near him.
Seeing that they had already noticed his direction he jumped horizontally to the left and barely evading the shots, then as he fell he did a quick spin and stabilized in an instant to shoot them.
At the same time, Cloe pulled out her weapon and between the two they riddled the traffickers without giving them many chances to shoot.
They could have put up more of a fight, but the coordination of the attack was too fast and left them confused.
Your worst weapon can be your mind, and overthinking can cost you dearly.
Seeing it was over, she approached cautiously at the man with the gun pointed.
Personality #4: "I don't want your transport girl"
'Girl!' either this was an old man or he wanted her to kill him.
'Wait, why am I getting upset?, as if I cared what they called me.
"Who are you?"
Personality #4: "As if I was going to answer you"
Turning back to where he had knocked out one of the traffickers he pulled out his weapon and shot.
"!Bang!", the last sound felt particularly cold.
"Was that necessary?"
At that moment, the other airplane was already taking off into the air.
Personality #4: "You shouldn't leave loose ends"
With a cold gaze that felt like they could see through her, that was something she did to others, not something done to her.
"Well, in any case thanks, but as you said, that transport is mine"
The masked man ignored her and approached the airplane and lowered two large bundles of money.
Then he left them in his suitcase.
"All this for money?" his voice showed surprise at first and then contempt, but the following words from the subject made her rethink the image of him that had just formed in her head.
Personality #4: "I don't recommend you use the airplane"
He said that while putting the suitcase on his back and turning to leave.
"And why is that?"
Stopping, he turned and looked directly in her eyes; an icy pressure took hold of Cloe's legs, but without looking further he turned toward the distance, where the sound of the plane engine could be heard but could no longer be distinguished by the darkness.
Following his gaze, she looked at the blinking lights on the airplane's wings.
At first Cleo didn't understand, they had already escaped, there was nothing more to think about; but then a click was heard and something gleamed in the distance, approaching very fast to the airplane.
"!BOM!", a huge flash was seen in the sky.
The airplane was torn to pieces and what little was seen were its orange charred remains falling.
Personality #4: "Your companions should have left the tunnels to the center, if not they should have taken the western route, they must be having a hard time, if I were you I'd go help them"
Without more he turned around and headed to the tunnel.
"How do you know where my companions are?, who are you?!"
However, she received no answer and was ignored.
'Bastard', she disliked and was enraged, he had just warned her about using the airplane and that helped her, even she would eventually realize it, but he warned her, at least he wasn't on the opposite side of her, although he was very arrogant.
She decided to turn to the other side and reunite with her team before something bad happened to them, plus she had to inform them that they would have to change their escape route.
But as they walked away something happened, "!!cracks" several branches were heard breaking.
Turning to see what it was they stopped to look.
Several shadow shapes moved in the background of the trees approaching the landing strip.
Personality #4: "Run"
Hearing the low voice of the man she looked further ahead, soon she saw silhouettes of several men in black clothing, some with red shoulder pads and others with yellow ones.
"What?"
In the end a man with a silver patch could be seen.
Personality #4: "I said run!"
Grabbing the girl's wrist, he dragged her quickly to the tunnel. Upon entering he pulled out a credential and passed it through a monitor, sealing the door completely.
Cloe was stunned, they were the same men who had attacked the traffickers' facilities, but this time there were more than 50 that she could see.
Different from those who had attacked at first, something told her they could be something worse than what they had to fight.
"Who were they?"
Not bothering to answer he released the girl's wrist and began moving rapidly through the tunnel.
"Hey wait"
As she followed two steps behind him, she could tell they were the same height, and that his voice was that of a young boy.
As they advanced she began to think about her situation and that of the mission.
Didn't have to make too many connections, but it was quite plausible that the target which Miss Kalika had sent them for was the same one for which there was war between two factions. Maybe it wasn't connected or maybe it was, but the coincidence for which the traffickers fought the unknown subjects was that they wanted the same target, 'could that be why Miss Kalika sent us to bring him?!'.
Continuing in silence, she couldn't hold back the doubt any longer and asked.
"Heiss?"
At that moment he stopped dead, from the surprise, Cloe almost collided with him.
Personality #4: "Apparently everyone came to visit me. But I don't know anyone from your faction"
Turning slowly, he looked at her and asked.
Personality #4: "Can you tell me who you are"
A silence took over the place.
"….."
Without a sign of movement from Cloe, Heiss turned completely around and looked at her fixedly.
A mixture of cold pressure took hold of the masked man, different from the murderous thirst.
The terror mask only had one eye through which you could see, the other was covered by a fake one with red fragments that contrasted with the red background and black iris; a white mask, terrifying smile and light blonde hair decorated the mask.
His appearance made him more terrifying, giving some unease to Cloe who still couldn't see through him.
Personality #4: "If you're not capable of answering then don't expect me to answer your questions, the only reason I don't kill you is that you seem to want me alive, that's why I have a theory of who sent you, and as a favor to that person for what they did at the hotel I'll stay quiet"
"…I"
And at that moment she saw how he moved his hand to his face, slightly moving the mask and letting the eye that was previously covered by a thin cloth be seen.
Personality #13: "But if you end up stabbing me in the back, I'll burn you on a pyre tied up with your friends"
She felt like she was talking to another person.
His words cut deep into her and a stern look appeared on her face.
She looked directly into Heiss's black eye as if to say she understood clearly.
Personality #4: "Good", putting the mask back on, he turned around and continued walking.
Personality #4: "Your companions are in the center of the tunnels when I found them, they should have left through the entrance toward the center of the complex"
"That entrance collapsed"
Personality #4: "Then they should have taken the tunnel detour to the west, a bad decision"
Arching her eyebrows and then frowning, she asked.
"Why?"
Personality #4: "Because it's likely the district will attack from that side, just like we almost encountered them a moment ago"
At that moment, Cloe's eyes opened in surprise. She was not unfamiliar with the stories and interactions of the district, she herself had seen how they fell into traps over and over again by the Principality of Kazakhstan.
"¡Is there a district in this country?!"
She knew the districts were in different countries, like the one in France and Kazakhstan, but had no idea where the rest were located.
Personality #4: "It's likely they'll try to cut off our path from all directions and send vanguards to eliminate you; They could fall under the attack of one of those vanguards"
That meant their only way out would be the same way they came in, from the northwest. It would be very dangerous since those vanguards came from the west and would see them leaving in that direction, that rethought things again.
Personality #4: "I'm going to the center, from there you'll have to continue alone"
Looking at the back walking in front, she decides to confirm, it's not as if she was capable of getting him out of the facility alive without her companions and a backed-up plan, she intuited that he already had a way out.
"It's fine"
The rest of the way they went in silence.
The only thought going through Cloe's mind was the scene from a moment ago. That green-eyed gaze changed for a brief second to a light gray and then to a dark black. Something she hadn't seen anyone else do.
Except Miss Kalika.