Iris quickly turned to Tommy when she heard that Eva's best friend had just died. No wonder she saw everyone in the house wearing black clothes. Iris thought it was their organization's dress code.
"I'm sorry, Tommy. I didn't know about that." Tommy smiled a little as he saw Iris looking down with a guilty expression.
"Relax, we all understand," Tommy said to lighten the mood. Iris would try not to say anything reckless now.
"Did something happen?" She asked, tilting her body slightly so she could face Tommy.
Tommy's expression turned sad. Iris felt like Miles was a very influential person in the organization. Even Tommy, whom she saw was very quiet, could express such open sadness.
"Miles... Our leader. Now the position of chairman has fallen to Eva. That's why she is very depressed at this time. Both us and Eva, we both lost a friend, family, and chairman. This is the most painful blow for us while working as The Hunter."
And Iris automatically fell silent again. She had been gloomy since Eva told the dark story. Exactly how dangerous is this demon? Does he have superpowers like Superman?
But from the story, she heard if the devil can stay alive even though his body is destroyed. She doesn't know what madness happened against them. She couldn't imagine it.
"I'm sorry to say this, Tommy. But I-"
"You won't believe it until you see what they look like." Tommy immediately cut off her words before she said it herself. Iris couldn't reply, "I know. It's a common thing." He continued to relax.
"Yeah. Maybe after seeing it, I can change my mind and break all the logic in my head."
Tommy chuckled lightly at how annoying a woman like Iris is when talking about logic. He took his cell phone out of his pocket and handed it to her.
"Give me your cell phone number. If anything happens, you can call me. After returning to base, I'll tell the other members to keep your cell phone number."
Iris shook her head while shrugging her shoulders. Her hand gently refused when Tommy handed her his cell phone.
"I don't have a cell phone, Tommy." Her honest words didn't make Tommy believe it at all. "But I can give you my apartment's phone number."
Tommy was speechless, and it turns out that there are still people who do not have cell phones in this civilization. She pocketed his cell phone back and didn't need the number for her apartment.
"I'll ask Eva to prepare the phone for you." He said and immediately started the car engine.
Iris was, of course, surprised to hear that Tommy would ask Eva to buy a cell phone. They don't know each other if Tommy suddenly has amnesia at this time.
"What? No, no. I don't want a cell phone. I'm a little anti-social with strangers. You can reach me on my apartment phone. Really! You can talk to me directly." Iris said, trying to convince Tommy.
An annoyed Tommy rolled his eyes lazily. "Don't worry. Eva won't put that cell phone charge on your credit card. It's hard to give you information if we can't message you."
"Ah! ... Message, yes." She smiled awkwardly while scratching her head. She felt so embarrassed after saying that to Tommy.
Tommy went back on his way to take Iris home. After a long journey, they finally arrived at the Los Angeles border, where she lived.
A white Ferrari Portofino stopped right in front of a small apartment that was a bit worn. Iris, who got out of the car, seemed to be in the spotlight of the people passing by around the apartment.
"Do you live here?" Tommy asked to pay attention to the structure of the surrounding buildings.
The apartment was painted a faded brick red and was slightly mossy at the top. On the right and left are also apartments but have different paint colors.
Iris pointed at the balcony on the third floor where she lived. "You see the balcony with lots of pots on the third floor? I live there with my mom and dad, three of our." She said, which made Tommy nod.
"I've already messaged Eva. Some of our members will come tonight to deliver your cell phone. Make sure you're at home at night." Tommy put his phone back in. Iris shook her head in surprise.
"Are you guys a bunch of billionaires? It sounds like a phone, like a piece of hotdog to you. I don't want it. I can raise my own money and buy one at a price I can afford." Iris crossed her arms and looked at him with an annoyed expression.
Tommy deliberately looked the other way and made a gesture as if he didn't care what she said. But suddenly, they were startled by the barking of one of the pedestrians' dogs.
She, of course, looked at the dog carefully because the dog barked straight at them. Iris scratched her forehead lightly while looking at him.
"Well, I do hate animals." Without realizing it, his expression changed drastically. "Then I'll go inside. Bye Tommy, thank you for taking me."
Iris walked into her apartment after she thanked Tommy. She had mixed feelings as she waited for the elevator doors to open. She couldn't stop thinking about all the stories Eva had told her.
They started from the Devil Hunter organization, The Devil, and The Hunter. All these stories entered her mind until she unconsciously got carried away.
After arriving at her apartment door, as usual, she arranged her shoes on a small shelf near the door
"Mom? Dad? I'm home." Iris looked around her dark living room.
She thought it was unusual for the living room to be dark because her mother didn't like it. Her eyes then caught the image of her father watching television.
"Dad, have you eaten? I'm sorry I didn't tell you. I stopped by a friend's house for a while." Said Iris, who immediately grabbed the apron and opened the refrigerator. But her father didn't answer when she spoke.
She took off her apron again and walked over to her father. It seemed that her father had fallen asleep again while watching television. Her hand immediately grabbed the small remote next to her father.
Iris stood behind her father, then pulled the folded blanket into the basket near the closet and walked around the sofa. But in the blink of an eye, her eyes widened in shock when she saw her father.
"Oh my god! Dad? Dad! Oh my god! MOM! MOM!" Iris immediately screamed in fright.
The blanket she had picked up just fell to the floor, covered in blood. Her knees suddenly went weak, and she sat on the floor, inching backward.
"MOM! DAD!" She shouted.
With her own eyes, she saw her father covered in blood with the contents of his stomach spilling out. She was so frightened that she couldn't take her eyes off her father's pale face.
While crying, Iris crawled towards her mother's bedroom door. When she opened the door to the room, she immediately ran over and saw her mother sleeping under the blanket. Iris hastily pulled up the blanket and woke her mother.
"MOM! MOM! WAKE UP, MOM! Oh my god! Thank goodness you're okay, Mom!" Iris screamed hysterically as she grabbed her mother's arm.
"Iris? What's wrong?" Her mother woke up and immediately panicked. Iris kept pulling her mother's arm to get off the bed and out of the apartment quickly.
"Dad... Dad's dead! I don't know what's going on here. We have to get out of this apartment, Mom!" Iris repeatedly walks toward the door and peeks into the living room.
"We'll stay here, Iris."
Her heart seemed to stop beating when a deep voice said her name. She slowly turned around with her whole body frozen.
She looked at her mother, who was slowly getting taller, and her body was also slowly turning into a man's figure with glowing amber eyes. Iris froze with her body trembling in fear.
"...Devil."
Iris inched back away from the demonic figure. Her heart rumbled and raced as her fear completely overtook her body. Her breath hitched as if her lungs had suddenly lost their air supply. Iris trembled in fear. "Y-you killed my parents?" Iris asked, continuing to back away as the demonic figure stepped forward towards her. She wanted to scream for help, but her stiff tongue choked her voice. Her hands touched the floor as she continued to drag her body backward. When she was in front of her mother's room door, she thought to turn around and run as fast as possible. But accidentally, her back hit something in front of the door. "You seem to have misunderstood. It wasn't him who killed your parents. It was me." Iris closed her mouth when her back touched another demon standing behind her. She didn't want to look back anymore. Her head was lowered when she saw the demon's feet approach her. "Why are you doing this to me? … Am I th
Iris felt a hot sensation from the scar Jonathan had been sliced. She saw that demon who became her master walking towards the room's door. She immediately got up and took the blanket to cover her body. "What about my request?" Iris pressured him not to break his promise. But Jonathan paid no heed to her question. "Put on your clothes, Ana." He rebuked while glancing with his scary eyes. Iris was stunned for a moment. She couldn't stop watching him as he picked up the bottle of her blood on the carpet. She hastily put on his proper clothes and stood up to approach him. Jonathan turned and locked her gaze again. "Stand behind me." He gave orders again. Iris complied obediently and stood right behind him. But Jonathan pushed her gently to keep her away from a little. "Too close." He said in a low voice. Iris smiled awkwardly as she brushed a strand of her hair behind her ear. "Sorry." And when Jonathan opened the
With an expression of enduring pain and fear, that demon crawled away from Jonathan. He could no longer survive because, in his heart, there was already a little blood from the Hunters that made him in pain. Jonathan still set a cold expression as he watched his partner crawl away from him. He violently stood up and kicked the demon until it crashed into the wall. "Ugh! You're a traitor! So you've been the one-"The demon coughed violently while spewing black liquid from his mouth. Iris and Tommy were horrified to see them because the black liquid didn't just come out of his mouth. But also out of the eyes like tears. "Die quickly, buddy." Jonathan immediately stuck the bottle filled with blood into his partner's chest. Iris and Tommy were wide-eyed in surprise, and they quickly fled when the demon suddenly woke up and ran aimlessly. She immediately ran away in fear while taking cover under the table. It was the first time she saw
Tommy, Iris, and Shane returned to the base, and they have been awaited by several Hunters who had been waiting for them there. Shane immediately took them to the lab for treatment while waiting for Eva to return. Inside the lab, Iris could see various kinds of medicines and she assumed this place is the private clinic of the Hunters. Shane then directed her to sit on a chair. "Are you a licensed doctor? I don't want any malpractice to happen to me." Iris asked directly revealing her mind. Shane just smiled as she took some equipment and medicine towards her. "I'm not a doctor, I'm just a scientist. If you want to see my scientist license, I'm fine to show it to you." Shane's words made her roll her eyes lazily.
Inside the Laboratory, Iris sat restlessly for fear that the demons did eat humans. Shane walked to her desk and turned on a large monitor screen right in front of her.But when she saw the picture that Shane showed, she immediately covered her mouth because she wanted to vomit. Even Tommy, who was drinking soda, was immediately annoyed by Shane's behavior.“Oh, man… Can you display a normal image? It didn't pass the censorship!” Said Tommy immediately looked away and looked at Shane annoyed. He wanted to throw his drink can at the sadistic scientist's head."What? This looks normal. These are the scars on the victim's body. You're being overdramatized, Tommy." Shane said with an ordinary expression. Iris, who saw it naturally, couldn't stand it."Ugh! I'm going to the toilet for a bit." She said immediately ran to the toilet.
"Relax, I'm pretty self-aware if I ask for something." He said as if he had no sin in his entire life. Iris rolled her eyes in annoyance.She feels the burden of her life is increasing when Jonathan again asks for payment for all the information she asked for. But the devil has no compassion, she tried to understand it."I already have the status of your slave. If there is a status lower than that, I most likely have no self-respect anymore." Her words made him smile slightly. It was so thin that Iris herself was ins
Iris felt like the dumbest person in the world. Did Jonathan think she was an idiot? She rolled her eyes lazily and put one foot on the bed."I'm not as stupid as I seem, don't worry."Jonathan raised his eyebrows with an expression of disbelief. She immediately felt very hurt."The older we get, the stronger our strength becomes. The devil who killed your parents was a young devil. His age is no more than two thousand years.""Huh? What? The young devil you say? For god's sake!" Iris directly touched her forehead trying to calm down.How many times could she be reincarnated in a period of two thousand years? What kind of destiny is this! And in that long period, they practice skills? She felt goosebumps hearing that."Can control animals, manipulate vision and memory, and predict the future." Jonathan again explained.“What ability is the most troub
Iris and the hairstylist immediately screamed at the same time. Who's her ex-boyfriend? He loves to say weird things. She immediately let her hand from his hand and tried to explain to the hairstylist so as not to misunderstand. “I wanted to change my hairstyle and color because I thought it was too flashy. Can you make it a little more natural?” Iris started negotiating. The hairstylist with a name tag named Wanda nodded and smiled a little, trying to calm down. “Please have a seat and choose the hairstyle you want from our catalog.” Iris thought Jonathan was going to ignore her and was stuck in his thoughts in the waiting chair. But in reality, he was standing beside her looking through the catalog she had just snatched from her hand. "Excuse me? Let me choose for myself.” Iris tried to snatch the catalog from his hands. But he dodged nimbly and walked over to Wanda. "I want y