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Chapter 48: Please
The word hung in the air, fragile and dying. Johnny froze. Every instinct in his body screamed to move—to end this—to spill blood until the room fell silent. But he couldn’t. Not yet. Not with Rhea here. The lights hummed above them, steady and cold. The machines whispered. Blood shimmered like oil across the tiles, a sick mirror that reflected everything he didn’t want to see. That single word hit harder than any bullet. Please. He stared down at the man on the table. His chest was split open, ribs pried apart like a cracked door. The heart still twitched inside, begging to keep beating. Johnny’s own reflection trembled on the blade’s surface— how did he get himself in the middle of a mess like this. The boss leaned close, breath hot against his ear. “Make the cut, Doctor.” Johnny’s jaw tightened until it hurt. The room felt smaller. The hum of the lights, the hiss of the oxygen tanks, the slow electronic pulse of the monitors—all of it pressed in, crawling beneath
Chapter 47: The Operation Room
The walls weren’t painted but tiled in white, though most of them had long since been stained—splashes of red and brown that no amount of scrubbing could erase.The room was vast, stretching farther than the flickering lights could reach, filled with metallic tables—some bare, others occupied. The stainless steel gleamed beneath the harsh fluorescence, but even that couldn’t hide the streaks of red that ran down the legs and pooled on the floor.There were people working here—men and women in surgical robes and masks, their faces hidden, their movements mechanical. They moved from one table to the next, performing silent routines as if they were pieces of a larger machine. Scalpels clinked against metal trays. A suction machine whined softly in the corner. Johnny’s eyes swept the room. There were coolers—industrial-grade, labelled not with organs but with codenames, like Project Argus, Batch 14, N-Host 02. A faint mist rose from one that had been left open, a gloved hand reaching ins
Chapter 46: Did you just say Johnny Steele
The room went still. Every sound—the humming lights, the faint echo of the club’s music above—seemed to vanish into nothing. You could’ve heard a pin drop.“Did you just say… Johnny Steele?” the boss asked slowly, his tone calm but his eyes narrowing into slits.“Yes, that’s him. That’s Johnny Steele,” the Pineclub Tiger stammered, voice trembling with raw terror.For a brief second, silence hung heavy again—then, like someone had cracked the lid off insanity, the room exploded in laughter.It wasn’t polite laughter or the kind born from amusement. It was sharp, mocking, the kind that stabbed at the air and bounced off the walls. The guards leaned on each other, howling. Even the waiter cracked a grin, shaking his head. It was as if someone had told the funniest joke of their lives.“You fool,” the boss finally said between faint chuckles, “Johnny Steele is nothing but a ghost story.”The Pineclub Tiger’s eyes darted around the room. “No! He’s right in front of you!”The boss’s laught
Chapter 45: Not for Sale
The music behind them seemed to fade for a moment. Rhea froze. Johnny tilted his head slightly, that familiar grin spreading again—the kind that said he wasn’t sure what was coming next, but whatever it was, he was ready for it.“After you,” he said, his hand gesturing for the guards to lead the way.He couldn’t help but feel proud of himself. Grabbing the still-shocked detective by the waist, Johnny followed as they were led behind the velvet curtains. The lights dimmed. A narrow hallway stretched before them, humming faintly with the bass from the club above. At the end of it was a small elevator, guarded by another man in black.Rhea took a deep breath, her mind racing. She contemplated whether to call for backup. Everything about this screamed trap. But when she turned to Johnny, the quiet confidence in his eyes steadied her nerves. Somehow, this reckless idiot made her believe they’d be fine.The elevator required a special key card, and the waiter inserted his with a practiced f
Chapter 44: Inside
And with that, Johnny slipped his arm around her waist again, leading her toward the glowing doors as the stunned bouncer remained frozen on the ground.The club doors parted automatically, revealing a wash of golden light and pulsing music from within — the kind of sound that seemed to thrum through the bones. The air was heavy with perfume, sweat, and the faint burn of expensive liquor. Somewhere deep inside, the bass dropped again, syncing with Johnny’s heartbeat.He glanced back one last time, catching the defeated man’s stare. The bouncer’s pride was gone, replaced by something else entirely — fear. Johnny straightened his suit jacket like brushing off invisible dust and turned to Rhea, who was still standing there, eyes wide and mouth half open.“Shall we?” he asked, tilting his head toward the entrance.“What just happened out there?” she asked, still stunned.Johnny’s lips twitched into a small grin. “I wouldn’t be able to explain it even if I tried.”Inside Club Elysium, they
Chapter 43: Check the list
Johnny turned to Detective Rhea, and the look on her face told him everything he needed to know. She had no idea it was a private club.Right in front of them stood the human mountain guarding the door — a bouncer so wide he could’ve been mistaken for a refrigerator in a leather jacket.“You’re blocking the road,” the bouncer grunted, voice low and ugly.Johnny slid his hands into his pockets, unfazed. “How much would it cost?”“What?” The bouncer blinked. Rhea blinked. They even said it in unison, as if neither could quite believe he’d just said that out loud.“How much would it cost for us to get in?” Johnny asked again, calm as a preacher and twice as smug.The bouncer’s lips twisted into something between amusement and disgust. “Entry access isn’t for sale to the likes of you.”He swung his fist — a thick, angry blur — straight for Johnny’s face.But Johnny moved faster. He caught the punch mid-air, fingers closing around the man’s knuckles like a trap. For a brief second, the wor
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