Chapter 167: RIGHT HAND MAN
With a slight hesitation, Adrain spread the door open for it to fit his body before he entered.
When the tortured man saw Adrian walking inside, he mouthed the word, "Help me" but unfortunately for him, Adrian was an accomplice and not a hero.
"Boss, you asked me to come over," Adrian reminded as he took a seat. The room was dark and the only source of light came from the window but since it was still dark outside, a light bulb that blinked was placed in the middle to brighten the place up a little bit.
Viper grabbed the bottle of alcohol that was lying on the table and sipped from it. He placed it back on the table and answered,
"That’s because I have good news for you Adrian. I’m promoting you to be my right-hand man."
Shock could be seen all over Adrian’s face when he heard the good news. Being promoted as the right-hand man, that only meant one thing, Viper trusted him completely, and now, he could finally ask the favor he had been wanting to ask since he joined in the business.
"Thank you so much boss," he appreciated.
"Don’t thank me, you deserved it. You have always done anything that I’ve told you to do and you even kill when I ask you to," said Viper, if only he knew that Adrian’s hands had already been stained with blood.
"No problem boss but can I request a favor from you?" asked Adrian.
"Sure."
Viper stood up from his seat and reached for the sharp scissors that were in the basin which contained several pieces of toes and fingers. He walked towards the man who had refused to pay his debt and placed the cold pair of scissors on his bloodied skin which felt like electricity to him as he jolted.
The man opened his earlier closed eyes and was about to spout another sentence filled with words of apology but Viper glared at him, which resulted in him clamping his mouth shut immediately.
"So what is this favor you want?" Viper asked.
Adrian first cleared his throat before he spoke,
"Boss, you already know about the woman I love and that I want her back together with me so I was hoping you could help me get her back from Ethan Anderson."
"What can I do?" Viper shrugged. "Ethan is a powerful man and you know that. He’s not someone whom you can easily mess around with, especially his girlfriend," Viper responded before he stabbed the sharp scissors into the shoulders of the tortured man and immediately, he yelled out in pain.
"AHH!!"
"But he stole her away from me. It’s only right that I take her back. She loves me and so do I so please, boss, help me," Adrian nearly snapped. He believed that after those years of Erika living with him, she couldn’t fall out of love for him.
He hated it when someone mentioned how powerful Adrian was because it only reminded him of how powerful he used to be before that man bought his company.
A man from outside quickly rushed inside when he heard the yell and took out a cloth to cover the man’s mouth. Even though they were in a secluded area, they shouldn’t be taking any chances.
The scissors hung on the stabbed shoulder and Adrain couldn’t help but grimace at the sight. He had killed a person before but he had never tortured someone before. Death was certainly better than to be in this position.
Viper grabbed a clean cloth and used it to wipe his hands clean before taking another sip from the bottle of alcohol. He called the other men from outside and ordered them to throw away the man’s toes and nails before he left the torture room with Adrain trailing behind him since Viper still hadn’t given him a reply.
The two men walked until they reached the weapons room and Adrain wondered why Viper would go there. Was he planning on killing him for making such a demand? he thought to himself. Unsure if he should also enter the weapons room, Adrain stood at the door instead and watched as Viper played with the harmful weapons that were hanging on the walls.
"What do you think of this gun?" Viper asked Adrain as he pointed the pistol at him.
With a nervous look, Adrain tries to force his mouth open,
"I-it looks good", he managed to speak.
Viper sized the gun before he kept it aside and shook his head before saying,
"Good but too small. I prefer the big ones that can blow the brains out and the guts will splatter on the ground." He rummaged through the other guns while Adrian tried to stay aside to not be mistakenly shot.
After picking a Thompson M1921, he said,
"I like this one. It’s heavy and can kill with no stress. Do you want to give it a try?"
Adrian stood, staring at Viper as the man pointed the gun at him, as if ready to shoot him with it. In their gang, if anyone disobeys or betrays Viper, he will see himself in hell next, even though it was for the slightest thing like forgetting to retrieve money from a debtor.
"B-boss, please don’t kill me," Adrian pleaded. He still had an uncompleted mission and he didn’t want to fail so soon without completing half of it. He stared at Viper who stared back at him with glaring eyes before a smile crept on his face.
Viper put the gun away before commented,
"Did you think that I was going to kill you? Come on, you are one of my favorite workers, be my right hand man so there’s no reason for me to end your life so quickly", he responded. His tone sounded half casual and half threatening and Adrian didn’t need to be told twice before he understood Viper’s words.
"Thank you boss", he appreciated as he slipped his hands on his clothes.
Viper hummed before picking up another gun and asked,
"So tell me, what exactly do you need my help with?"
