Chapter 112 - Boris

Raine suddenly felt awkward with Tyrone's reply. He looked agitated.

"Aren't you being too sensitive? Are you on your period?" Raine scoffed, ignoring Tyrone's dark face.

"And you always think everything is a joke. Aren't you tired of playing around?" he countered with a frown.

Raine frowned as well. "Why would I get tired of something fun? Give me that!" She snatched the ointment from Tyrone and hissed, "Wait for me outside with the others. I can manage this on my own!"

Tyrone stood up and left her alone in the room that instant. Raine annoyingly tossed the ointment and started getting dressed instead as she buzzed, "What an oddball!"

Only Raine, Tyrone, and Lyne went out that night because Raine instructed Levi to stay with Mia and Aire.

Tyrone was the one driving the car, and it was the first time Raine sat on the passenger seat. Lyne felt uncomfortable in the backseat since she was always in the passenger seat. Meanwhile, their Boss always stayed in the backseat.

'I feel like a third wheel here," Lyne awkwardly mused. The deafening silence was making her go crazy already. She could tell that there was some tension between their Boss and Tyrone, as if they just had a lover's quarrel.

"Boss, you should see the video and photos Dan sent…" Mia suddenly spoke in their wireless earbuds. 

Raine looked at the screen and her eyes widened in disbelief.

"Who the hell is that?!" she burst while looking at the face of a woman who looked exactly like her, though she had a different hair color and style.

"Boss, she looks exactly like you. I already researched her. She's Keira Chan's sister. Not by blood; the Chans adopted her. She's the woman who saved Keira and her husband Zach back on the indigenous island. She's from the tribe, and the Chan Family groomed her from there. Boss, do you somehow have a lost twin?" Mia explained.

Both Tyrone and Lyne looked at the screen inside the car. Raine had a creased forehead, "I want to meet this woman personally and see for myself. As far as I remember, I'm an only daughter."

"What's her name?" Raine whispered, not bothering to read the report about the woman who exactly looked like her.

"She's Mara Chan, Boss. They just registered her as a citizen of country D last year. She basically has an unknown origin beyond that she came from the indigenous tribe of an untouched and isolated island where Zach and Keira were found…" Lyne, who read the whole report in a flash, replied.

"It says here that it took Keira a year with a group of doctors in her private island and facility to establish Mara well so she can adapt in our modern world, physically, mentally and emotionally." Lyne continued. Her curiosity was piqued since the resemblance with their Boss was undeniable. They were a replica of each other. The only difference was their aura since their Boss had that wild and dangerous aura, unlike Mara's angelic and demure appearance.

Raine had a blank expression, but she was in a conflicted state deep inside. She didn't know why, but she felt something whenever she saw Mara on the screen. She couldn't explain it, but she felt a connection… And it was not something she should disregard.

"I will personally deal with these matters. For now, let's not make a fuss over it and focus on the tasks at hand. Our main goal was Xander Yang's case and our preparation against the Convel Society." Raine simply commented as she turned off the screen inside the car.

She looked at Tyrone and directly asked, "Who do you think looks better? Me or that Mara?"

Lyne coughed at that sudden question, although it was not for her. "I'm sorry, my throat is suddenly itchy," she whispered as she shut her mouth.

"You look the same so it's hard to tell. Maybe I can decide once I see that Mara personally. I can differentiate then," Tyrone plainly answered.

Raine twisted her face and no longer spoke. 

Tyrone stopped the car when they were in enough distance from the target place. 

"I will go and handle the talking first…" Tyrone said, but Raine opened the car door while she scoffed. 

"I always prefer the frontline."

She walked out of the car first and put on her mask. Lyne quickly followed. Tyrone brushed his hair and followed too. 

"So impulsive," Tyrone murmured and Lyne heard it. 

She chuckled and said, "That's our Boss… but she always gets what she wants with her ways. Whatever it is."

"Impulsiveness often leads to failure," Tyrone snorted. 

Raine ignored Tyrone's buzzing. She stopped by the time they had enough distance from the door and turned to look at Lyne.

"Secure the area, Lyne. Make sure no one would get out alive," Raine instructed, and Lyne quickly encircled the bar with a barrier that could hold for as long as thirty minutes. Any mutants that would pass that barrier would feel weak for about five minutes, giving Lyne enough time to finish them off in their helpless state.

It was a high-technology recently invented under Doctor Janus' supervision, and it would be the first time Lyne got to use it.

Raine's eyes turned red as she walked towards the bar and barged inside. The bar was located in a remote area without any security since most customers inside were mutants who preyed on humans, who would then have a stopover at the place or if a mutant intentionally lured them there.

Raine's target was the werewolf who was banished from the Night Crawler Pack of Convel Society. If she wanted to win the fight against Convel, she would need to capture someone familiar to the Convel Society… Boris

Based on their research and investigations, Boris often hung out in this bar around this time. Mia confirmed it through the road CCTV footage.

All eyes went on her, so Raine gave the men inside a sweet smile, "Hello, Boys…"

Those who instantly recognized Raine's eyes immediately got up from their seats, trying to flee.

"There's no need to panic. I just need one werewolf, and his name is Boris. Can you please hand him over so we can end this discussion? Or Boris, can you please spare us any bloodshed and come to us peacefully?" 

However, five huge men stood up, blocking Raine as one spatted, "You have to go over us first, Bloody Eyed Hunter. Let's see what your tiny body's got in there…"

"Five idiots wanting to stand in my way, I see… Get it over with then."

Raine rolled her eyes at the insignificant threats before her. The idiots were taken aback at her nonchalance, but they lunged at her anyway as they stumbled in their large and lumbering figures.

Typically, she began her assault.

One punch and kick, and idiot number one insignificantly fell to the ground. Idiots number two and three fared a bit better as they swiped at her fruitlessly before tripping over some chairs and fell victim to a series of vicious kicks to the chin. Raine shook her head in disappointment as she placed her feet on an empty chair.

"Is that all? Just show Boris already." Raine impatiently snorted.

The three remaining idiots were clearly offended by her mocking tone. Renewing their attacks, the three actually tried some coordination as they alternated their attacks one after the other against her.

"Now we're getting somewhere!"

Raine dodged and weaved through the barrage of limbs lunging at her. Her lithe body coiled gracefully across the bar floor, her legs sweeping underneath idiot number three before swiftly rocking idiot four right in the chest. 

Two down, one more to go.

"You…"

"Had enough?"

Clearly, the last idiot standing has not had enough. Being larger than the rest, he used his size to try and cover as much of the bar floor as possible. Raine deftly adjusted to fighting against the huge man. However, using his significant weight to turn his strength against him,

"What the-"

Without even batting an eyelid, Raine had already caught one of his heavy punches with both arms and began heaving. With his own momentum, Raine flipped the man over her shoulders and slammed him right onto the ground.

Silence…

"Okay, can the real Boris please stand up?"

Her voice echoed across the stunned bar floor. Nobody made as much as a beep or blip as Raine stood victorious in the middle of all the carnage.

Eventually, a rather imposing figure stood up from the sides of the floor. "What do you want, lady?"

Looking at him, Raine smirked as she finally found her quarry. Standing tall and bear-like, the mammoth of a man was as menacing as he was probably strong. "I want some information."

"Information, huh," the man huffed. "I don't have to give you anything."

"Who says I'm asking?" Raine chuckled. "Do we have to do this the easy way? Or the hard way?"