Conrad Series 1: The Servant

WAKAS

This will be the end of the first installment of Conrad Series, The Servant. Thank you so much for reading!

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WAKAS:

Blood started dripping down my hand as I held my black katana tightly. I could feel the blood on my body from the people I killed. Hundreds. I wandered my eyes around the dark room before I turned to see the old Chinese man kneeling in front of me, pleading for his life. And I know he'll be one of the nightmares that will haunt me.

"W-Who are you?! D-Don't kill me! I-I can give you money! How much?! P-Please! Maawa ka!"

Halos lumuhod siya at halikan ang aking sapatos habang nanginginig pa, hindi alam kung hahawakan ako o tatakbo palayo.

Whatever he chooses to do, he'll end up in one situation. Dead.

I glanced at him without remorse.

This piece of shit. Maawa?

Why should I feel sorry for them if they are involved in human trafficking in some regions of Visaya? Mga menor de edad ang dinudukot at ibinebenta nila sa ibang bansa habang ang iba ay pinagmamalupitan pa na parang hayop.

Hindi ko kayang ibigay ang awa sa kanila.

"Hush." I softly slapped his fatty face using the back of my bloody hand. "I am not that bad. I will kill you fast. Don't worry," I whispered.

I didn't wait anymore for his stupid words; I took my handgun from my waist and pulled the trigger through his throat.

Napakunot ang aking noo nang tumilansik ang kaniyang dugo sa aking kanan pisngi. Binitawan ko ang walang buhay niyang katawan, kaagad kumalat ang kaniyang dugo sa malamig na sahig ng basement kung nasaan kami. I didn't feel anything as I looked at the bodies that I had killed with my own hands.

Maybe this is what will happen if you work in this kind of job for more than ten years.

I'm not even afraid to die.

Kaagad akong inabutan ng towel na kulay puti ng aking kanan-kamay nang masiguradong ubos na sila.

"All are secured and cleaned. Most of the rescued are minors. They're under monitoring, Pluto," imporma ni V habang palabas na kami.

Maraming nagkalat na bangkay sa aming dinadaan. Hindi ko na maalala kung paano ko winakasan ang kanilang buhay. Halos kalahating oras siguro ang tinagal namin.

I just realized I made a bloody mess. Good luck to the cleaning team, huh?

"Are you sure that this is your last mission? Are you retiring now? You're still young; you're just thirty one, Pluto," mababa ang kaniyang boses, animong nagdadalawang-isip pang magtanong pagkatapos ng mahabang katahimikan.

Hindi ko siya nilingon, walang hirap na inakyat namin ang mataas na bakod. Muli kong nilingon ang abandonadong gusali.

"You sound like an upset girlfriend, V. I will retire so I can still use and appreciate all the money I made in this job. Ayoko naman umalis ng hindi na ako nakakakita at lakad," bagot na sabi ko, tuluyan kaming nakatalon sa kabila ng mataas na bakod.