Chapter 401 - 401: Use Me As Human Shield

"Elle??"

Elle was utterly astounded when she heard that voice.

"Y-You… you are the new Catseye?" Elle stuttered in disbelief. 

She couldn't believe it. He was the last person in her mind who would act as Catseye.

Meanwhile, Catseye froze in his spot like a statue, all eyes on Elle. It seemed like his brain had stopped functioning for a moment. He was trying to distinguish if this was real or only imagination.

Because the two of them were very focused on each other, they didn't notice that Samuel Sy had already picked up the dagger which was dropped by Catseye on the floor.

With his last remaining strength, he got up and plunged the dagger to Catseye's right lower part of his abdomen.

"Noooo! Charles… watch out!" Elle exclaimed to warn him but it was too late. 

The tip of the dagger was buried to his flesh and blood started to ooze out of his wound when Samuel Sy drew the dagger back and fell on the ground.

"Argh!" 

Samuel Sy was bathing with his own blood having multiple stabs. Charles, on the other hand, covered his wound using his bare hand to stop the bleeding.

Elle was not mistaken. The Catseye in front of him was Charles. Though he was wearing a mask, she was very familiar with his voice. That also explained why he was quite shocked to see her right now.

Elle immediately ran towards Charles.

"E-Elle… is that you? Y-You are real right? I am not imagining… tell me." Charles begged her desperately.

Elle's tears started to fall down her face as she bobbed her head as a response. "Yes, Charles. It's me. I'm alive."

After hearing that, Charles immediately pulled her into a tight hug. He didn't care about his wound. All he could think of right now was Elle. 

'She is alive! She is alive! Thank God!' Charles thought to himself as his grip on her body tightened. 

'I could touch her. I could feel her warmth. She's real!' He was rejoicing. 

His eyes became watery as well. The tears rolled down from the corner of his eyes. This time, after two years, he cried because of happiness. These were tears of joy.

"You're hurt!" Elle reminded him.

"Don't worry. This is not fatal. What happened to you?" Charles chuckled. He didn't want to release her yet from that tight embrace.

"Charles…I have so many things to tell you. I owe you an explanation but this is not the right time to do that. You have to leave now. This place is already surrounded by cops." Elle informed him. Her voice was filled with concern towards him.

Charles frowned upon hearing her words. "How could that be possible? I was certain that no one knew about this place and cops couldn't trace me here."

Elle looked at him helplessly, "I think you are still an amateur. You didn't even wonder how Erick was able to know that you came to attack Samuel Sy that night. They planted a spying device on him because they knew that he would be one of your targets!"

"Oh, that's right! I was surprised to see your husband suddenly appear in front of me that night. I hated him. I should have plunged my dagger into his body that night!" Charles lamented to her.

"Aww!" Charles grunted and automatically released Elle from that hug because of the pain.

Elle squeezed his wound after hearing his statement. How dare he think of harming Erick?

"Hey, hey! I'm just kidding. See... I didn't even touch even a single strand of his hair that night!" Charles defended himself.

"I even save him!" He added exasperatedly.

"I know! But you know I don't like people threatening my loved ones… including you. Hmm… you also owe an explanation. Let's talk again after you successfully escape here. That's our main priority! Erick is also on his way here now!" Elle scolded him once again.

The two of them already forgot the existence of Samuel Sy who was slowly dying. Elle decided that she would not kill once again but it didn't mean that she would try to save Samuel Sy. 

Her main focus now was Charles and how to help him escape. He was also wounded. Cops already surrounded the entrance and exit of this building. They were just waiting for Catseye to appear in front of them.

Snipers were also scattered around the area. She wanted to help Charles but she could ask Erick to help her. It was against the law, helping a criminal escape. So she would just take the whole responsibility for this and would not involve Erick with this act of protecting a criminal.

Elle was still biased. She knew that Charles committed a crime by killing someone. But she couldn't bear to see him getting caught by the police. This happened because of her. He was just helping her to get her revenge against those people who killed her family.

Elle immediately grabbed the dagger and tear some portion of Samuel's Clothes. Charles just watched her move across that room with confusion written over his face.

After she was done, she gathered those fabrics and went back to Charles. She covered his wound using those pieces of cloths and tied it using the longer one. She did that to stop his bleeding.

Charles was touched by her action. He felt like crying once again. The cold and frightening look he was having a while ago was long gone. It was now replaced by gentleness and soft expression as he looked at Elle.

"Make sure to treat this wound immediately. Now, what we need to do is to leave this place safe and unscathed."

Charles bobbed his head frantically as if he was an obedient child listening to his mother. Elle let out a soft giggle before handing him the gun which was given by Erick.

Charles looked at her confusedly and said "I brought my gun."

"I know. But let's make Erick believe that you are able to steal this gun from me. Let's go now and you must grab me. Use me as your human shield. Snipers are everywhere. I will not allow them to have a clear shot on you."