Chapter 22 Margaret
Chapter 22 Margaret

Although Rum's lectures were very boring, I have to say that his fighting skills were really good. There were many things that I could incorporate into my own fighting skills, which also benefited me a lot. The morning was quickly over with our fight. Rubbing my sore arms, I said goodbye to Rum and prepared to go to the cafeteria for dinner.

When I came to the cafeteria, I happened to see Sister Bei talking to a woman. And from Sister Bei's face, she seemed very unhappy.

I just walked to Sister Bei's side, and before I had time to speak, I saw the woman sitting opposite Sister Bei stood up and said arrogantly. "That's it, Vermouth. Just write your subordinate under my name. Goodbye." The woman left with a sarcastic look on her face. But Vermouth sat there with a serious face, thinking about something.

"Sister Bei." I called tentatively.

"Ah? Oh. It's Bing. Want to have dinner after training?" Vermouth came back to her senses from her thoughts and looked at me.

"Yeah. I just finished training. Come over for lunch." I put my hands behind my head and said calmly. "Why are you unhappy, Sister Bei?"

"Uh? Hmm..." Vermouth frowned. "You saw that woman just now. She is Margaret, another top killer in this base. She was sitting here talking to me just now because she wanted to take another person from my group."

"Huh? Can't you choose your own subordinates? Why do you want to ask Sister Bei for people?" I asked puzzledly.

"Haha. Anyway, you will be mine soon. It doesn't hurt to talk to you." Vermouth picked up the wine glass on the table and took a sip. "Bing, you haven't eaten yet, right? Come eat with me. By the way, I'll tell you about that woman."

"Yeah~" I agreed happily. Then I sat opposite Vermouth. After all, this was about the Golden Killer. The more I knew, the better it would be for me.

After ordering the dishes, I ate while listening to Vermouth.

"There are three gold medal killers in this base. They are Gin, Margarita, and me." Vermouth lit a cigarette, took a puff and said slowly.

"Hmm." I looked at her intently while chewing my steak.

"Although we are both gold medal assassins, our missions are generally different. My main mission is to infiltrate various parts of the world to obtain the intelligence needed by the organization. Gin is the executive officer of this base. He is responsible for cleaning up the traitors of the organization. He also accepts the direct orders of that gentleman." Vermouth grabbed the wine glass. After taking a sip, he continued. "And Margaret accepts assassination missions outside the organization. Make money for the organization. So she rarely shows up at the base."

"Are you happy about the drama with Bei Xiexie?" I was chewing a large piece of steak in my mouth. At the same time, I looked at Vermouth with my eyes wide open and curious. Don't say I'm greedy. This is food that only the gold medal killer can enjoy. Although it's just a simple steak. But whether it's the seasoning or the cooking time. It's a very rare taste. It's not like the steaks that ordinary members eat, which are cut out of a large piece after being roasted.

"Haha. It's ice. Just swallow it first." Vermouth couldn't help but sneer at the look on my face.

Hmm. Gulp. I quickly swallowed the food in my mouth and grabbed a drink next to me and gulped it down.

"Huh... I mean, what does that have to do with Sister Bei being unhappy?"

"Ah. That's what I'm talking about. The reason why that woman can become a gold medal killer is because there are reasons for those killer missions she completed." Vermouth frowned.

"Hmm? Why?"

"Well. Every time she goes on a mission, she brings one of her men with her. And the purpose of bringing her men is not to help her complete the mission. But to replace her when the mission goes wrong. For example, she wants to kill someone. As a result, her whereabouts are exposed after the killing. At this time, she will shoot and injure her men or even directly shoot and kill them to replace her and escape." Vermouth became more and more angry. I frowned after listening to her words. Using other people's lives to pave the way for yourself. Although I am also a killer. But I will never abandon my partner and escape alone.

"Well. This has nothing to do with Sister Bei." I asked.

"Hehe. You know what Bing is saying. Because of what this woman did, she became a gold medal killer. Her achievements were built up by her countless subordinates. And after that, because she was taking missions for the organization to make money, the abilities of her subordinates naturally couldn't be too bad. So the organization gave her a convenience. Every year, she can take two subordinates from our other gold medal killers to her side. And she can choose at will." Vermouth's eyes began to become angry.

"So, she just took away a capable person from Sister Bei?" I frowned. "Ah, that's it. Everyone who followed her became a stepping stone for her to become a gold medal killer, and in order to limit the strength of other gold medals, she constantly forced outstanding talents to her name, but she didn't let anyone survive until now. The damn woman just took away my most capable subordinate. Now I don't even have anyone to use. If she wasn't a gold medal, I would have wanted to kill her a long time ago." As she said, Vermouth pinched the cigarette in her hand angrily.

"Can't the gold medal killer be killed?" I asked the question that I had been wanting to ask. After all, I will definitely leave the organization in the future. So the more gold medals I can kill, the better it will be for me.

"Well, no." Vermouth frowned. "Unless he betrayed the organization. In fact, she had already betrayed the organization when she abandoned her men. But since none of her men came back alive, no one can confirm it. Although we, as gold medal killers, know about her evil deeds, we can't do anything about it." Vermouth's brows were frowned. I also knew that I couldn't ask any more.

"Well, Sister Bei, if you need me, I'd like to be your assistant~" I smiled at Vermouth with my little white teeth bared.

"Eh? Haha. Bing. You should finish your training before you help me." Vermouth was a little stunned after listening to my work. Then she laughed happily. "Haha. I feel much better after chatting with you. Thank you, Bing. But don't worry. It's only a matter of time before you become my subordinate, so if you want to help me, you have to train well." Vermouth grabbed the glass and drank the last sip of wine. "Okay. I have to go get busy." Vermouth stood up and said. "I brought some lavender from outside last time and sent someone to deliver it to you. Goodbye, Bing."

"Well~Goodbye Sister Bei~" I replied with a smile.

————The scent of orchids, the scent of lavender, the scent of home & the wings of angels, the wings of demons, the wings of guardians————

After Vermouth left, I put away my smile. I thought about the conversation just now. If what Vermouth said just now was true. Then Gin, who was sent out to complete the mission. Did he go to the United States to deal with the traitor or did he receive a direct order from that gentleman? And that woman named Margaret. If I became Sister Bei's subordinate, would she ask me to go there one day?
I thought about the future. The organization should have started research on APTX-4869. But it is impossible for me to get in touch with it now. Shiho is still young. It is impossible for her to receive the research mission so early. It will take at least ten years. But how will I survive in these ten years? Even if I delay the training, it will be over in eight years. In the next two years, I will be under Vermouth's command. If I am really chosen by Margaret, the danger will increase exponentially. The only way is to kill her before she kills me.

I held my chin in thought.

"...Ice?" A sweet voice called me out of my thoughts.

"Hmm? Ah. It's Ling." I turned around and saw Ling and the others.

"Bing. Come down quickly. That's not the place for you." Ling frowned and whispered to me.

"Hmm? Oh." I realized. Sister Bei had already left. So I was a little conspicuous sitting here. Forget it. I'll think about it later. For now, I should train myself well. Only in this way can I survive.

Leaving our seats, the four of us went to the training ground. After sending them to their seats, I went to the dagger training ground. The coach was still Rum. Compared to the fighting in the morning, the dagger seemed a bit boring. Rum simply asked me to choose the dagger I liked and then started teaching. Before the training, I already had my own dagger, which was the British SAS. So I didn't choose from Rum. Instead, I got straight to the point. The training project was to swing the dagger, stab, pick, chop, and split. The training object was the dummy developed by the organization. This dummy has similar muscle tissue to a real person, but it doesn't bleed. The subsequent practice was that Rum and I practiced with specially made wooden daggers. What I had to do was to protect myself, not to be hurt by Rum, and at the same time try to hurt Rum as much as possible. After about two hours, I got tired of this kind of training. Because except for the lack of physical strength, I was basically never hurt by Rum. And in the end, I used my cleverness to remove the dagger from Rum's hand. This made Rum angrily announce that I could leave the get out of class, blowing his beard. Because removing Rum's dagger meant that my dagger training for the next six months would be over.

I was also very embarrassed about this. I was a little angry because of dodging for a long time. And my arms were too short to hurt Rum. So I could only take off his dagger to vent my anger. I didn't expect that I could stop training for half a year because of this reason. In the next few hours, Rum and I discussed and decided to return to the fighting training ground for sparring again. This would help me the most.

When I returned to the fighting arena, I started sparring with Rum. Although it was difficult to parry, it was not difficult to hide. Occasionally, I could also make some counterattacks. This was the best way for me to strengthen my physical ability. So. I spent the afternoon under Ling's stunned expression. Until I came out of the fighting arena in the evening, Ling was still staring at me with the eyes of a monster. (Ling and I trained in opposite ways. I used a dagger and she fought, and I fought and she used a dagger. The same was true for Taichi and Mary.)
In the cafeteria, the four of us sat together to eat. It seemed like this was the first time the four of us had a meal together. During the meal, Ling didn't talk to me as usual. Instead, she kept looking at me, which made me feel very uncomfortable.

"Um. Ling. Do you have anything to say?"

"..."(stare...)
"Don't look at me like that."

"..." (Continue staring...)
"I'll tell you..." I said helplessly. "Say something?" I smiled helplessly at Ling. Because Ling didn't say anything. And Mary and Taiyi didn't dare to talk to me.

"Monster..." After a long time, Ling uttered a word.

"Aha?"

(End of this chapter)