Chapter 156 - James's Wrath

Erick and Elle went back to the house. Erick immediately checked the evidence Elle was talking about.

Suddenly, Elle received a phone call from Charles. She excused herself and let Erick see the culprit's phone while Elle left him for a while to answer Charles. 

Elle: "Hello?"

Charles: "Hey, we have bad news."

Elle: "What is it?"

Charles: " I thought you captured those three bastards."

Elle: "Yes, James's assistant is there waiting for you. He is expecting the police to come. Did you pretend that you are police officers?"

Charles: "Yes. We even wore a police uniform but the problem is when we arrived the house was already empty. We did not see the assistant you are talking about."

Elle frowned after hearing that. 'Did the true police officers arrive before Charles and Master Phantom reached the place?'

Charles: " Where are they? We are dying to torture them! I already think so many ways how I will deal with them, only to find out that they are already gone!"

"How can Master and I vent our anger if they are not here" Charles added, frustration and disappointment were evident to his voice.

Elle: "Just come back now. I will ask James about that. Maybe the true police officers arrived first."

Then Charles hung up the phone. Seconds later a realization came to Elle.

'What if James uses his power as Skull Gang's leader to teach those fools a lesson? There is a possibility that he did not hand them over the police.'

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***At Skull Gang Headquarter***

Unknown to Elle, the moment they left the house where the culprits brought them, James's men which was lead by his right-hand man, Spike, transferred the three culprits to one of the Skull Gang Headquarters.

After dropping Elle to Erick's place, James immediately headed to their headquarter where his men are waiting for him.

Skull Gang Headquarter had a secret dungeon where they would put their prisoners and sometimes they often used that place to torture Skull Gang's enemies.

The three men who were responsible for kidnapping James and Elle were tied down inside that prison, waiting for Skull Gang Leader's judgment which would be given by James.

They already received and suffered some beatings from James's men. They even fell unconscious several times but Spike together with others would always have ways to wake them up.

Their body already felt numb from the beatings. They were squirming in pain. They regretted accepting the job given by that actress.

If they knew that this would happen to them then they won't even touch even a single strand of Elle's hair.

For goodness's sake, that actress had only given them one hundred thousand and now their lives were at stake. That price was not worth it.

"Ahh... Please stop already... It's too painful..."The thin man was crying in pain as he pleaded to them.

"Please... spare our lives." A plea coming from the Chubby man.

They already knew that they were doomed as they could see that these people in front of them were not ordinary thugs.

They were asking and begging for mercy, shouting and screaming in pain, when James arrived in the place.

The men just stopped beating the three persons when they saw James. He was emanating a murderous and terrifying aura as soon as he entered that room.

He looked daggers at the three men who immediately became petrified when they saw him. A chilly glint flashed through his eyes and a sinister smile appeared on his face.

"I negotiated with you using my money for so many times but you were arrogant and stubborn." James started to speak with a threatening tone.

"I had told you so many times don't ever hurt or touch her with your filthy hands but you did not listen." His tone was firm and cold at the same time.

"You did not listen to me... How dare you?!" James let out bone-chilling laughter that rendered the three persons motionless and frozen with fears.

"You. Touched. Her. With. Your. Dirty. Hands and even Tried. To. S.e.xually. Assault. Her." James emphasized every word he said.

He was grinding his teeth from anger. The three men could not speak because of fear.

James signaled one of his underlings to untie the thin man and put his two hands on the table in front.

The thin man looked terrified and nervous.

"Boss... what are you.. going to do? Please... forgive me... I regretted it already. I am sorry for not listening to you." The thin man stuttered as he was panicking right now.

Believe me... I did not ... Ahhhh!!!"

The thin man was not able to finish his words when suddenly James picked up the knife and stabbed the hand of the thin man which was placed in the top of the wooden table. 

"This filthy hand of yours touched Elle. I won't ever forget that..." James was holding the knife firmly as the tip of the knife dug further in the thin man's hand.

The man screamed in agonizing pain as James twisted the knife, forcing it in further to the man's flesh until its tip reached the wooden table.

Blood started to flow from that wound. James repeated the process to the other hand of the thin man.

His scream and whimper mixed with his begging and crying reverberated inside that room. James did not show mercy.

He would not be satisfied until he saw this man suffered too much to the extent that he would wish to die.

James was still in the middle of torturing the thin man when his phone started to ring. It was an unregistered number but still, he decided to answer it.

"Who's this? What do you need?" James said with his stern cold voice. He was unhappy because of the interruption caused by that phone call.

"Hello James, This is me... Elle." James's expression softened as soon as he heard Elle's familiar voice from the other line.

The frightening and merciless expression of James a while ago suddenly disappeared.

"Hey, is something wrong?" He asked her softly.

Spike and the other Skull Gang members inside had mixed reactions seeing their Boss talking with someone using his gentle voice right now. Shock, disbelief, and amus.e.m.e.nt could be seen in their faces.

His mood and behavior turned around 180 degrees the moment he answered that phone call.

"Well... I just want to ask if you already talked with the police?" Elle asked him.

James turned to look at the three men and signaled them to keep quiet and not to make unnecessary noise as he answered Elle with a simple "Yes."

"Hmm... okay. I think we need to convince them to admit and be witnesses. They should reveal to the police who is the mastermind."

"I am also planning to sue Chlarice. I will also surrender the evidence to the police. Erick already has the culprit's phone. He said he will help us with this case."

Elle decided to take her revenge against Chlarice using the police since Erick was already aware of the incident.

She called James right now to ensure that he won't do anything to the three culprits since she needed them to be a witness.

She knew what James was capable of doing. He had the tendency to kill those three persons using Skull Gang's power.

The moment Charles informed her that they did not see the culprits, she suspected James had something to do with their disappearance.

And she assumed that he was torturing them right now. She even heard someone's whimpering the moment the phone was answered a while ago.

"Alright. I got it. Don't worry. I will help you." James responded to her.

"Thank you so much Chairman Arison. Don't turn back on your words." Elle thanked him with her bright and enthusiastic tone.

James could not help himself but chuckle with her remarks.

"Yeah... You know I am a trustworthy person. You have my word, my dear savior." James assured her.

"Ok. I will remember that. Bye." Elle hung up the phone after saying that.

Minutes had passed after that phone call but the smile on James's face still remained. He was looking at that unregistered number on his phone while smiling foolishly.

His men were dumbstruck to see that kind of reaction from him but they just turned a blind eye and pretended they had not seen it. 

'So I guess, this is her number.' He could not explain but knowing her number just now, he felt really happy. His terrifying aura was now nowhere to be seen.

He saved it before he turned back his attention to the three men.

"Well... I guess you are still lucky. Honestly, I am planning to kill all of you after torturing you but since my lovely savior informed me that she needs you then I will let you live for now."

"Are you willing to cooperate with me?" He asked them.

The three men nodded vigorously in agreement, afraid that James would change his mind.

"Very good. Don't disappoint me. I will not hesitate to kill you even if you are already inside the prison." James warned them.

After he was satisfied with their answer, James gave his order to Spike.

"Make preparation. We will hand over them with the police. Clean this area after I leave."

"Copy Boss."

Before he left, he spoke again to the three culprits. 

"By the way, don't ever mention to the police what happened to you here. Remember, your lives are all in my hand now. I can kill you anytime."

'Now, I need to confront the Mastermind of this...Chlarice.'