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" . . . " Talking

' . . . ' Thinking

` . . . ` Bitbeast talking, if any

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Jason defended himself, "He's lying! I got nothing to do with this! Believe me! Don't believe that bad guy!?"

Kai was shocked but he was not sure. He turned his head to Michelle and asked, "What do you think?"

Michelle was silent in her thoughts.

Lily's dying words rang in her mind. 'Don't be fooled!'

' Jason is actually . . . Voltaire . . . Voltaire . . .'

However, Michelle shook her head, "Zenithar is lying. I believe Jason's innocence."

Kai smiled, "I also want to believe in Jason's in innocence."

A man in police uniform, however, handcuffed Jason as well.

Mica cried, "No! Why are you still arresting Jason?"

The man spoke plainly, "Because he killed a suspect right in front of the police. He's gonna be charged at murder."

"You cannot do that! Sister, do something!" Mica pleaded.

Michelle was in a delimma. But Jason spoke again, "Never mind if I go to jail. I just want to let people know the truth."

Mica looked at Jason tearfully as he was put to the police car. "Sister! You refused to help him!"

Mica ran to Michelle and sent a kick to Michelle. She hit her sister. It was unexpected so Michelle was jerked back. Kai saw this and directed a punch at Mica.

Michelle raised her hand to catch Kai's punch, "Let me deal with her!"

And so the sisters fought each other. A shout stopped both of them.

"Michelle! Mica! You have better things to think! What about Mother!" Michie wailed.

Both Michelle and Mica dashed to Michie. They were clueless as to what to do. But a yell from Tyson caught their attention.

To their horror, Hui Lan laid on the floor with blood splattering from her heart. They rushed to their side. Tala was not laughing anymore. In his hands was a small knife filled with blood.

Tyson had started to fight with Tala. Tala had the upper hand, as Tyson's strokes were messy as a result of his anguish, but Tala still had a hard time defending because Tyson fought as though his life is worthless.

"You beast! Killed my grandfather and grandma!"

"That woman's not your real grandma, why are you defending her?"

"I treat her as one! Go and die!" Tyson shrieked.

Ray wanted to stop Tyson but he stopped at Kai's wave of his hand.

"Let Tyson fight with Tala. We will attack Tala when Tyson's down."

"What makes you sure that Tyson is inferior to Tala's skills?"

"Wait and see what I mean." Kai smirked.

Meanwhile, Michelle put Hui Lan's head to her lap as her sisters stood behind her. Michelle tried to stop the bleeding but her granny kept on prying her fingers open.

Michie cried, "Granny! What can we do when you're gone?"

Michelle sighed, "Why did you recover Tala's acupuncture point?"

"I . . . wanna die with . . . Matt . . . Can I . . . touch him?" The old woman struggled to get up. Michie hastily carried Tyson's grandfather to her side. Hui Lan touched his hand and closed her eyes. A smile was on her lips as her limbs went cold. Michie howled with anguish and fainted.

"Michie!" Michelle called and narrowed her eyes. She looked loathingly at Tala. Then, she walked to Judy, who was still at the scene, and whispered, into her ear. Judy nodded and left the scene

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True to Kai's words, Tala defeated Tyson and stabbed him. Kai's face expression turned to worry and punched Tala away. Ray caught Tyson's falling body and covered Tyson's wounds with his hand.

Michelle walked to Tyson and said, "Don't kill him or you'll commit Jason's mistake. You will get your revenge, don't worry."

As soon as she finished, she went over to Tala and Kai; and whispered to Kai, "Let me deal with him."

Tala staggered at Kai's punch but he regained balance and attacked Kai and Michelle with his weapon.

With bare hands, Michelle caught the sharp edge and broke the knife into half. With the knife's back, she knocked Tala's stomach hardly. Tala spitted saliva from the blow. He dropped to the floor groaning.

Michelle sneered, "I'll never forget how you treated me the first time we met."

Tala said desperately, he does not want to fail this mission and face Voltaire's wrath, "Michelle Kitz. On behalf of Kari, let me go please?"

Kai's eyes widened as he heard the name 'Kari'. Michelle and Kai both turned their heads away, "Why should we after you destroyed her life?"

Tala asked, "Why did you want to forgive her but not me?"

Kai scoffed, "She had a good heart whereas you don't have one."

Kai walked away from Tala, followed by Michelle, leaving Tala alone at one side. Tala screamed desperately, "Don't leave me alone! No!!!"

Ray questioned, "What are we gonna do with Tala?"

Michelle closed her eyes and replied, "No action is needed. Voltaire and Boris will deal with his failure," She smirked evilly.

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Ray looked at Tala's position and saw many ferocious dogs biting Tala and dragging him away. Tala screamed painfully. Ray could not bare that scene and returned his gaze to Tyson and the rest.

Tyson was resting on Max's lap with his lips pale. Michelle walked over to Tyson and acupunctured Tyson's wounds to stop the bleeding.

Matt Kinomiya and Hui Lan's body were placed side by side beside where Michie and Mica were.

Lily Kwan's body was still at the hall with Mr. Dickinson.

Michelle called her phone.

Soon, ambulances came and carried the wounded to the hospital.

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The next day, an announcement to postpone the match was passed to the competitors as they were all shaken by the Dance ball incident . . .

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At Tyson's ward . . .

The Bladebreakers were all there in a meeting.

Kai started, "In two days' time is the competition, I doubt Tyson can battle. So, Max, Ray and me will play the quarterfinals. Are you okay, Tyson?"

Tyson lied on his bed, unusually quiet. "No comments, Kai. You decide."

Max tried to cheer Tyson up, "When you recover, you can go and eat the buffet as much as you want."

"Food is unimportant to me now. Where will be Grandfather buried?"

"Don't think too much. Michelle is preparing for the funeral. She says that if possible, she would like both your grandfather and her granny to be buried together." Kai spoke.

Tyson replied, "It's a good idea to do that. Give thanks to her. How's her palm?"

"Just a small cut, that's nothing compared to your heartbreak, Tyson. She told me this. Umm . . . I hope you'll recover fully to be the real Tyson we knew of in these three years." Kai blushed a little.

Tyson closed his eyes and smiled slightly, "Michelle changed you too. You're no longer the sourpuss and I really hope you'll stay that way. Thank you anyway."

He looked at Kai comprehendly.

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Michelle signed her name on a paper and tears flowed down her cheeks at last. She even surprised herself with the tears. She stood up to shake the hand of her mother's lawyer before exiting the lawyer's office.

Michie was the driver on the seat in the car. She wore long black blouses and fastened her hair with a white ribbon. She looked solomn as she opened her mouth, "Ready? Where do we go?"

"To the police station to bail Jason. Michie, Mica is not here so I'll speak my mind here to you." Said Michelle as she sat behind the car.

"Sure."

"Mother left me to decide whether or not to become the Director of BBA. I don't I'm fit to take over from her. It should be Mica, not me. What can I do?"

"Sis, she should respect Mother's decision. You need to respect her decision too."

"Also, I do suspect that Jason maybe involved with the whole incident yesterday. Before the shooting, did you see Jason winking at the window?"

Michie queried surprisingly, "Then why did you support Jason's statement?"

"I don't want to arouse suspicion. Also, evidences are a must. My foremost thing to do now is to investigate without Mica's involvement."

"Why?"

"Mica is too emotionally with Jason, if she reveals my suspicion, we'll never get to the bottom of things."

"Right." Michie replied.

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Michelle and Michie left the police station without Jason.

"What do we do now?" Michie asked Michelle. "Jason is not only a suspect but also been charged officially. Don't you think there's something fishy?"

"Maybe someone is trying to conceal some facts we are unaware of."

"Clever girl, but can you be still alive?" An eerie voice was heard.

Both girls swung around to see a man with purple hair behind them. The man stepped out of the shadows and Michelle and Michie gasped. "Boris Balkov!"

Boris stuck a pole at Michelle. Out of instincts, Michelle dodged the pole and ran away with Michie by the hand.

Boris did not go after them. Instead, he laughed loudly, "You'll never be able to get away from me now that I'm playing the game of 'Hide-and-seek' . . .

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Michie panted heavily whereas Michelle was still not panting.

Michie asked curiously, "Why are you smiling?"

"We can allocate their whereabouts now. Revenge is near for us." Michelle's eyes glittered with confidence. "A bug is placed to him. Don't worry, he won't find it out."

Michelle asked Michie to drive to the hotel where Judy Clifford and Mr. Dickinson were there . . .

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Judy called politely at Michelle, "Director, what is this meeting for?"

"Crushing Voltaire's plans." Michelle smiled broadly.

"What?!" Both Mr. Dickinson and Judy called.

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