As she heard what Nicole had said, she was suddenly reminded that she's an odd one
'Why is she excited about me punching her boss?'
Ilaya waited for her to speak and Nicole said to her
"Well, there's nothing much to say. The boss is good to her family and ruthless towards her enemies. She's also a fair one and even apologizes to her subordinate when she made a wrong decision. She's also rather good at leading her family. She's decisive and quick to make good judgement"
Nicole suddenly got annoyed as she said to her
"But, she's also impulsive! She's often rushing to a decision that's resulting in the Yakuza losing members! Anyway! I can say everything about her until the sun sets, so let's not get to that!"
Ilaya nodded as she thought about Ivana
'Hmm.. I kind of get what she's saying. I also felt those qualities from Ivana. That said, she's really impulsive. What would she do if I became her enemy? Is she not afraid of me getting my revenge? Or is she confident that I will not give her any danger?'
As Ilaya was deep in her thoughts. Nicole noticed the pistol besides her and said
"Ilaya, do you want to try shooting the gun"
Ilaya became startled as she looked at her worriedly. Then, she stammered as she said
"N-Now? Aren't we going to startle and bother the people around us? At least, we need to find a remote area where we can shoot those guns!"
'Are you also impulsive!?'
As Ilaya panicked, she saw Nicole pick up the pistol beside her as she pointed it at the tree trunk. Then, as she attempted to fire it, Ilaya hurriedly grabbed her hand holding the pistol
"W-Wait! Now that I think of it, it's too early for me to shoot a gun! So, we'll go shooting next time, okay?"
Nicole glance at her as she laughed
"Hahaha. You're way too cowardly Ilaya! You really need to remove that attitude of being shy at everyone! I have decided! For the duration that you will train under me, I'm going to make you a confident soldier who doesn't care about the opinions of others!"
Ilaya let go of her hands as she sweated bullets. She suddenly felt regretful about stopping her
'This… It seems that this is going to be much harder for me compared to training my body!'
Ilaya screamed internally as she prepared for the upcoming challenges that awaits her
…
Ivana reached the headquarters as she parked her car. She headed inside as her subordinates greeted her when she passed. She nodded to them as she said to a member near her
"You. Call my staff members and tell them to gather in my office. I'll wait for them there"
"Yes boss"
Her subordinate replied and nodded. Then, Ivana passed them as she walked upstairs to the second floor. She reached her office as she looked at the daggers that were stabbed at the back of the door. After staring at the for a bit, she walked towards her seat as she sat in it
As she waited. She thought about their conversation with Ilaya about their powers. Then, she sighed and said said to herself
"In the end. We ended up talking about the surface level of the important information. We need to dig deeper about our source of power to find my cure…"
Then, she whispered sadly
"But… Can I even be cured of my curse?"
Ivana wanted to continue their conversation earlier. But due to Ilaya's abnormality, she's almost scared to death by that event and could barely walk after that. Ivana then glared at her legs as they've failed her and showed such embarrassing scene to Ilaya
She shook her head as she thought
'I wonder what's that murderous will that I had experienced. Is it from Ilaya? No. I can release a killing intent due to my experience in fighting. I've fought for years and honed that skill. Ilaya meanwhile is a softie that didn't fight anything. She's a peaceful one. That said, she said that she had an amnesia and doesn't remember anything. Is it possible that she's also a killer as well?
But, the feeling I got from that murderous will being directed at me is… boundless. If my scale of killing intent is about 8 out of 10, then, that killing intent that I felt is over 20'
Ivana then murmured
"Its just a feeling but, that type of killing intent can be achieved by killing thousands. Or even more. I need to be really careful when dealing with her. If she attacked me earlier when I could barely move. Then I'm dead"
As she said that, she tilted her head as she noticed a discrepancy
'Ilaya was targeted by the serial killer. Which means that the killer subconsciously directed his killing intent at Ilaya. But, she told me that the killer didn't react strangely. If the murderous will that I felt is directed at the serial killer. I'm very certain that he would have died long ago from fright alone'
Ivana touched her arm as she felt goosebumps appeared in it
'Then, when I directed my killing intent at Ilaya, I also unleashed my aura. Is it possible that the killer didn't feel that murderous will because he didn't have an aura? And unleashing my aura became a channel causing me to feel that murderous will?'
Ivana then shook her head
"No. I also unleashed it many times in front of Ilaya, but I didn't feel it. It only appeared when…"
Then, Ivana laughed as she said
"I felt it when I punched her. It seems that my description of a mother's wrath is very apt"
As for whether she will kill Ilaya, she decided against it. She will prioritize getting rid of her curse than possibly suffering a catastrophic damage if Ilaya rampaged
She's wounded the last time they exchange blows. And that's a different case this time. She can even feel when killing intent is directed at her, so that lowered the success of an assassination. She really is like a deer. Quick to detect danger
As she played with her dagger. A knock sounded at her door. She felt people outside as she said
"Enter"
The door opened as she saw her staff members enter the room. They greeted her before sitting in the chairs in front of her
Then, she started the meeting by asking
"What's the current situation in the city?"
The 1st lieutenant said to her
"So far, the city is currently peaceful. But the other groups are quickly recovering that it's suspicious. I believed that they'll take action in the following weeks"
Ivana then turned towards the unassuming man as she asked him
"What about the Intel department? What information did you find out"
Then man then said to her confusingly
"I received Intel about the vice leaders of the other groups taking the lead to recover their losses. It seemed that they're making a lot of moves that their leaders gave them their full support. It's so strange"
Ivana pondered for a bit before saying
"There's indeed something suspicious about their movements. As we know, those brutes are only good at fighting. They didn't have much brain cells in their heads. The fact that they're making good judgements is really strange"
Then, she asked the general manager
"Kirako, what about our businesses? Did you notice something strange?"
The general manager, Kirako replied to her
"Not at the moment. We're still operating as normal. My only worry is that I noticed that a large batch of weapons that we sell was bought by an anonymous buyer. That secret buyer also bought a lot of weapons in the other groups. Just a while ago, we received a request for more weapons from the buyer"
Ivana thought for a bit before saying
"Proceed with the transaction. But also investigate that person. I have a feeling that those weapons will appear in the upcoming fight and be used against us. But I'll gladly accept their money as they will buy from the others if we refused to sell our goods anyway"
As Kirako nodded, they continued their meeting and ended after an hour passed. Soon Ivana was left alone in her office, deep in thought