Chapter 331 - Happiest Hostage

Dragon massaged his nape and stretched his neck as he made his way on the living area of the house. Reaching the specified part of the manor, he was welcomed by Ace's loud and threatening voice as he spouted his inquiry.

"What? Why are you not all answering? I'm tired of this sh*t!" Ace halted when he caught's Dragon's figure at the corner of his eyes. He resumed;

"And who is that guy?!"

When Ace pointed out Dragon, everyone subconsciously turned their wary gaze on him. Dragon, on the other hand, raised his brows as he raised both his hands to his shoulder level as if surrendering.

"I'm Ryu but you can call me Shi Chen as well." Dragon innocently responded as if he doesn't feel the hostile aura from them all. Alas, Ace's face twitched hearing him obediently respond as if he really meant no harm. He excused;

"Fret not, I'm your hostage and just wanted to grab some beer for my captor."

"Huh, you're the happiest hostage I've seen." Venus sassed. Among them all, she has the most suffocating aura as if any time soon, she'll attack Dragon if he said one wrong word.

"Hmmm, I wonder what's the boss was thinking to drag him back here." Jack rubbed his chin as he commented on the side. However, the word 'boss' was instantly caught by Ace who's racking his brains since his comrades were lips sealed.

"I am mind boggled as well." X chimed in as he nodded his head and made a conclusion silently.

Riggs: "Tch,"

"Boss?! Who's the boss?! That woman? Did you all lost your minds--" Ace words were abruptly interrupted by the flying bottle of beer to his direction. Of course, with his heightened skill, he swiftly caught the fragile thing without exerting much effort. 

"Nice catch," Dragon nodded as he complimented in satisfaction. It was baffling how fast he left his position earlier and managed to infiltrate their fridge without being noticed. By the looks of it, even though Dragon claims to be a hostage, his situation was far from it!

"Uno right? You should have realized by now the reason why your trusted friends weren't revealing anything… after all, you lot only submitted to one person and I highly doubt there's another person who could make the most dangerous criminal in the world Leon, the youngest ex-general Rex, the most sly illusionist Jack, the uncrossable black cat Venus, the daredevil Riggs, the herculean Tito, the untraceable hacker X, the money-making machine Wren Tanaka and the elusive shadow assassin Uno; follow his orders -- Wow, you made nice nicknames in the underworld." Dragon explicated stating all the nicknames given to them in the underworld. Surely, he was amused by these titles as he only got the boring 'Dragon's head' title. Glancing at Alexander Han on the side, Dragon was reminded of another recruit.

"Ah! Yeah, and another recruit Alexander Han. Wow, at least there's another person here with an uninteresting moniker besides me!" Dragon leisurely cheered before salivating his semi-dry throat with alcohol.

"What… do you mean?" Ace stuttered in a low growl as he scanned the unchangeable expression of his comrades despite their 'hostage' blurted out all their infamous identities in the underworld. Of course, it wasn't them who made up those but their action that they received such titles. After all, the underground community was fond of nicknames to spice things up.

"Damn, how small is the size of your brain not to realize it until now?" Riggs dissed in dismay seeing Ace denying all the facts laid in front of him. Though he was displeased with Dragon's presence and his audacity to jump into their group's affairs alas, what he said were all true. All of them only acknowledge Seraphina as the only person who'd they lay their lives to fight alongside her. He added in ridicule while gesturing a pinch size by his thumb and index finger;

"I can envision your tiny little brain throbbing as it absorbs everything."

"I'm wasting my time here -- You! Head of the triad, I challenge you to a duel!" Venus pointed her finger at Dragon's unaware expression.

"Duel?"

"If I win, leave my wifey alone! She's mine." Venus added with a hazardous glint that flashed across her eyes. With her tone and countenance, she was dead serious challenging Dragon as if she'd already laid her life on the line.

"Yours? Huh, my jealousy already reached its limit -- don't test me covetous little kitty, I already had too many love rivals." The moment Dragon heard her declaration, his pupils constricted as he emanated dark auras within him. 

"Wow, this meeting has tons of ups and downs which made things a lot more interesting than ever," Jack commented with a sly smirk on the side of his lips. Surely, Ace's trust issues and Venus bent jealousy really gave him great entertainment that could suffice his dissatisfaction regarding the unfinished battle between Seraphina and Dragon earlier.

'These madonnas… they are not the only jealous one here, alright?!' Riggs grumbled inwardly. 

Just then, X's who wasn't paying attention to any of their banter received a mail from his own device. Since Seraphina is the only person inside the control room, he knew it was her hence, he opened the content just to see a short message;

[Bring everyone here.]

"Boss calling everyone. Kill each other later." X announced apathetically before taking strides back to where Seraphina was waiting. Alexander Han who was tired to hear and even chime into their passionate discussion followed X from behind.

"Oh, that's my wife calling, laters." Dragon who heard X instantly hopped to go back to Seraphina who he missed after not being with her for several minutes.

"Hey, snap out of it. You'll meet your beloved boss." Jack tapped Ace's shoulder who was in a daze. Riggs on the other hand only clicked his tongue in mockery before following the others.