FaMo left the underground basement after setting it aflame. The Bermuda gang members watched the fire slowly moving towards them.
In just a few seconds, their bodies were all covered by sweat because of the heat brought by the fire inside the underground basement.
The fire looked like it had a mind of its own as it was slowly approaching them. Unlike the normal fire, it had controlled movement as if it was giving the Bermuda Gang time to think and change their mind.
Tristan and Matthew could see what was happening since the laptop was left inside. They could see the horror in the eyes of those gang members.
They started struggling, trying their best to remove the rope that was binding them. But they couldn't remove the rope no matter how hard they tried.
The fire was only one meter away from them. Matthew glanced at Tristan worriedly.
"Are they really going to burn them alive?"
Tristan let out a soft chuckle. He was not worried at all. He trusted Zhen-Zhen and FaMo aka his father-in-law.
"Don't worry. I think this is their strategy to threaten them. I trust my wife and my father-in-law. No matter how bad guys those men are, they will not kill them," Tristan reassured Matthew.
"Did you forget that my wife can control fire? See the movement of the fire… it is slowly approaching them in a uniform direction. That is not a normal fire. There's no smoke." Tristan explained to enlighten Matthew.
"The fire is not even touching the laptop, that's why we can still watch them. I bet my wife, Sophia and father-in-law are watching them through the CCTV monitor."
Tristan pointed to Matthew the position of the CCTV inside the basement.
Matthew felt relieved after hearing that. Then he smiled because he could see that it was effective. The gang members had started panicking.
Tristan's assumption was right. FaMo and Zhen-Zhen already talked through their mind link.
Zhen-Zhen already created a human form barrier that could protect them from the fire. The fire set by FaMo would not be able to harm nor touch the members of the Bermuda Gang.
It did not take long when FaMo's voice was heard inside the underground basement. He already heard the scream of the gang members, asking them to save their lives.
"Now, are you willing to talk?" FaMo asked them.
"Yes!!! Yes!!! Please save us!
"We will now talk! Put down the fire!"
"Get us from here. We will tell you everything!"
"Hmmm, you have one minute. Tell us everything that we need to hear," FaMo commanded them.
"Save us first!"
"No, that's not fair! Save us first!"
The desperate scream of those gang members echoed inside. Though they were not yet burning, they felt so hot. It reminded them of the fear and pain brought by their nightmare last night.
"John Bancroft!" Someone shouted out of the blue.
"He was the one who hired us!"
Tristan and Matthew frowned when they heard that name, including Sophia and Zhen-Zhen.
"John Bancroft? That is Marcus's friend, right." Sophia mumbled.
Zhen-Zhen nodded her head. She had a keen memory. She could remember John.
Tristan and Matthew met each other's eyes. It was possible since they beat John during the Acquaintance Party. This was his revenge against them.
"That fool… he really dared to pull something like this," Matthew said through his gritted teeth.
But Tristan rubbed his chin, thinking something.
"Who are you? You belong to what kind of organization?" Tristan asked them.
The men still heard his voice so they continued talking.
"We are the Bermuda Gang!"
Upon hearing that, Tristan signaled Matthew to get his phone.
"Please call agent Phoenix and ask him about the Bermuda Gang," Tristan requested.
While Matthew was calling Agent Phoenix, the fire inside the underground basement started disappearing.
But FaMo continued asking the gang members as his voice resounded inside.
They didn't know if there was a speaker inside, that's why FaMo could still speak to them. But they couldn't find one.
"He wanted revenge. They asked us to record a video of Tristan Davis and Matthew Wilkins being beaten and make them beg for their life."
Tristan raised his eyebrow after hearing that. It was a slip of the tongue coming from the gang leader. He said 'they' not 'he'.
That only meant there was more than one person involved.
"Wow, so who are the other people? Aside from John Bancroft?" Tristan asked them again.
That's the time the gang leader realized his mistake. He was not supposed to talk about the involvement of Mark and Daniel.
Matthew was also done talking to Agent Phoenix, relaying the information he got to Tristan.
This made sense. Someone helped John. The Bermuda Gang was not just an ordinary gang. There's no way he would know a member of the Bermuda Gang.
Tristan had become more serious now. "Tell me who are the other guys, or else, we will let you die and be burned alive in that basement!"
When Tristan said those words the remaining fire suddenly became big. It started to scatter again around the area.
Though they were puzzled about the raging fire, the gang members began to panic again, urging their gang leader to reveal everything.
With the raging fire in front of them and the pressure from his members, the gang leader had no choice but to tell Tristan the truth.
"I don't know their names. They just used an alias… Mr. D and Mr. M!"
Tristan and Matthew massaged their temples. They already knew those two men.
Now, they understood why the gang leader told them that they were asked not to kill them.
Tristan: "Mark"
Matthew: "Daniel"
"They never learned their lessons!" Both Tristan and Matthew said in unison. They were both thinking of the same thing.
Tristan just asked FaMo to stop the interrogation when some water poured down inside the basement thus extinguishing the magical fire.
Tristan was about to speak again when suddenly the video call got disconnected.
'Eh, what happened?'
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