At first, Leon ignored the call, but they kept calling, so he picked it up.

[Hello. Am I speaking to Leon?] the male voice asked from the other side.

“No,” Leon replied.

[Do you know where he is?]

“No.”

[Then… Can you pass a message to him when he comes back?]

“No.”

[Umm…] The man’s voice on the call sounded in trouble after hearing Leon’s replies. [Tell him that the detectives are on their way to his apartment.]

“…!” Surprised, Leon dropped his phone, but he managed to catch it before it could hit the ground, thanks to his super reflexes.

“This is Leon,” Leon said in a clear voice. “Is there anything I can help you with?”

[Actually, the detectives are asking for you, so the university gave them your address along with the nine other students.]

‘The case should be labeled as solved! What is wrong with that detective?!’ Leon couldn’t take the risk of MR.L coming to his apartment with his team of officers.

Leon took a deep breath and controlled his anger. “I am not at my apartment right now. Actually… I am near the university, so I will go there.”

Leon kept the phone away from his mouth and said, “I will be there in 15 minutes.”

[But you said you are near the university, Leon,] a different male voice spoke.

Leon could easily recognize that voice. It belonged to Mr.L.

“That’s closer for me,” Leon uttered in a calm voice.

[That’s great news! Only if the other nine were as cooperative as you, then life would have been much easier for everyone.]

Leon was talking calmly on the phone, but his face showed pure rage.

“I will meet you at the university, and I will make sure this will be the last time you call me,” Leon uttered with a smirk on his face.

[What was that?]

“I said I will make sure this will be the last time you call me. After all, you are doing your job, and you will pay for it.”

[Right. And yeah, while you are at it, bring Anna with you too.]

“…!” Leon frowned his face and uttered, “Excuse me?”

[I went to Anna’s house, but she wasn’t there. So I had her phone tracked at its showing near your apartment. She is with you, right?]

“I am not sure. Leon glanced at Anna, who was eagerly waiting for her next torture.” I am not at my apartment, but I recall her telling me about it. She wanted to ask some questions about her uncle’s death.”

To avoid similar situations, Leon had turned off the tracking on his phone, and he had applied a jammer in his phone that stopped the trackers from tracing his phone from network signals.

[I see. I hope you can get here in under 20 minutes. Or I might have to go pick her up at your apartment.]

After that, Leon hung up the call.

He stood in silence for some second and kicked the table. The tools on the table spread across the room, and the table was smashed to the wall, which shattered on impact.

“Fucking detective!” Leon yelled on top of his lungs.

He turned to Anna and glared at her. Then, he walked to the chair and kicked Anna in the chest.

The chair fell and bounced once, but Anna was still tied on it.

He exhaled sharply and untied Anna.

“Mm?” Anna tried to say something, but her mouth was still tapped.

Leon pulled the tape from her mouth, and the blood spilled on the floor.

“…” Leon looked at her swollen face and wondered, ‘How am I going to show her face to that detective?’

Anna spat the remaining blood in her mouth and asked, “What’s wrong? You are letting me go?”

“The detective wants to meet us,” Leon uttered in an annoyed tone.

“Again? What is wrong with that dude?!” Anna shouted in anger.

Anna and Leon left the room and made their way to the bathroom.

“Whoa!” Anna exclaimed after looking at her face in the mirror. “I look horrible.”

Leon pondered for a while and said, “How about you call the detective and say you can’t come? Also, mention that you forgot your phone at my apartment.”

“That won’t work,” Anna stated.

“Right. Since you are the one who gave the testimony, you will have to be present,” Leon sighed and asked after looking at Anna’s face: “What are you going to do about your face?”

“That’s why I told you not to hit me in the face…” Anna opened her mouth to see if she was still bleeding, but luckily there was no bleeding.

“Give me 5 minutes.” Anna grabbed her bag from the living room and locked Leon out of the bathroom.

“What are you doing?” Leon asked from the other side of the door.

“I am applying make-up to cover my wounds. Now let me do it quietly because it gets wrinkly if I speak in between.”

“There is no way make-up can cover up everything,” Leon muttered under his breath.

After five minutes, Anna came out of the bathroom, and Leon was genuinely surprised after seeing her make-up skills.

Her face looked exactly like it was before Leon tortured her. There was not even a scratch or sign of wounds on her face.

“Why does it seem like you are used to this?” Leon wondered with a blank expression on his face.

“I have done the make-up course, so I know how to use my skills. I can hide any wounds or create fake wounds using make-up, and I get a lot of money from it,” Anna replied with a puffed chest. It was a proud moment for her.

After that, they caught a cab and made their way to the university.

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Author’s Note- What a weird relationship.

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