The Sweetest Night Flower of Wakanda Chapter 9
T'Challa, Tamu, Nakia, and Okoye left Wakanda for South Korea that very same day. Klaw and his associates already had a gigantic head start compared to them. It's important to make up as much ground as possible to get there in time for the exchange between buyer and seller. They wouldn't get a chance as good as this again if they missed it. Klaw is far too crafty. It's taken this long to even catch a whiff of him. If he disappeared the chances were slim, little to none to catching him again.
This group took one of the jets to get to Busan. Their version of a jet moved at much faster speeds than regular ones as a hovercraft. Once they got a certain distance in a calculated span of time the group was able to relax knowing they'd reach the destination with time to spare if not little.
T'Challa wasn't the only one to get an upgrade for this mission.
The weapons Tamu was given are a pair of sais. But, no, these are not any ordinary sais. They are made out of pure vibranium. When used in the right sequence of combinations they can create powerful shockwaves. Basically it's close to the same basis as T'Challa's new suit. Kinetic energy will build up through contact in combat and that's how the shockwaves will originate.
While this mission required a serious air to it Tamu could not help but to be very excited. It's not often that she left Wakanda. The amount of times she left Tamu could count on one hand. So each time she did it was seeing new things. Even though Wakanda is very advanced held next to other nations that doesn't mean she couldn't be in wonderment by everything she saw and heard. Every new culture was an good experience for her.
As they rode in the car to that Nakia was directing them to a casino run by someone she knew T'Challa watched Tamu from the corner of his eye smiling. He was glad she could experience stuff like this if not for a little while.
Soon enough the group of four reached their destination deep inside a marketplace in downtown Busan.
After parking the vehicle in a designated and strategic spot they all exited with Nakia leading the way considering since she's been here before in passing.
"This way," said Nakia.
T'Challa was wearing a suit for the occasion hiding the necklace for his suit well with Nakia, Okoye, and Tamu wearing dresses. All had to in the place they were heading to otherwise they'd stick out like sore thumbs. It's extremely crucial not to be noticed.
Okoye and Tamu each had something to complain about. Only Tamu was more silent than Okoye.
For Tamu she found the dress she was wearing to be too constricting for her tastes although it did conceal her twin sais quite well.
Okoye, well, her problem wasn't nearly as practical.
"Bast willing, this will go quickly, and I can get this ridiculous thing off head," said Okoye, flicking at the wig she wore on her head in annoyance and discomfort.
For the Dora Milaje it is custom for them to all have baldheads. In this case if Okoye went walking about without hair then it would be a dead giveaway who was present. They couldn't risk it so Okoye has to tolerate it for now.
"It looks nice. Just whip it back and forth," said Nakia, smiling.
"Yeah, it looks good on you," said Tamu.
Okoye scoffed "What? It's a disgrace."
Finally the group reached their destination. A woman selling fish seemed to be the one person Nakia was looking for.
"Hello, Sophia," greeted Nakia, warmly going up to the woman. "Good to see you."
Sophia didn't think so. She looked at Nakia and the people behind her in a mixture of displeasure and suspicion.
"Who are these three," demanded Sophia, speaking in Korean.
In Wakanda people were very bilingual especially the nobles. So they all understood exactly what the woman was saying.
"My friends from Kenya. Very deep pockets. They're good," assured Nakia.
Disagreeing, Sophia countered "Good for trouble…like you?"
There was a tense silence as whatever happened in their past to make Sophia say that weighed heavy on all of them. Even on Nakia's face they could see that she was a bit worried herself about that.
Then a smile broke on this woman's aged face, proving she'd just been pulling Nakia's leg all along, Sophia nodded at a person she had standing by the door inside her establishment. On cue he pulled aside the tarp so the group could enter.
Grinning, Nakia said "Thank you!"
The moment the four of them walked inside they were immediately faced with two members of Sophia's security detail. They each walked through a metal detector and when it was proven they had no signs of metal, signaling dangerous weapons, on them the two men on each side of the double doors opened them. Out they walked from the fish market and inside a glorious underground casino.
The fish market was just a carefully enacted front to hide the true purpose beneath the ground.
"Spread out," ordered T'Challa. "The buyer is likely already here."
Now all they had to do was find them.
They then began to split up to cover more ground in the room and perhaps figure out who the identity of the buyer is before Klaue had a chance to get there.
Okoye went one way while Nakia took T'Challa's arm. Tamu went to head the opposite, but T'Challa stopped her grabbing her wrist. He then discreetly pulled her to his free side convincingly offering her his arm.
"Stay close to me," he whispered.
Tamu then got what he wanted. If things turned ugly T'Challa wanted her to remain close by so he could protect her. Though partially annoyed Tamu didn't object. Best not to when he was like this. He'd just become even more unbearably protective.
Authors Note:
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