The Marvelous Elijah’s Return

Who is my target?
When the door cracked open, Scorpio stopped sharpening his blade and raised his gaze to stare at his man calmly walking
inside, and then he asked in a dead tone, “What is it. Target?”
Lowering his gaze to the floor, Target hesitated and then mumbled, “There‘s an older lady out there asking
about you.”
from every time he rubbed a little too roughly against it.
Flinching, Target took a step back and then mumbled, “She wants you to do a job for her, and she claimed to have the money to
pay.”
For a moment, Scorpio didn‘t even react or look up. Then he said, very softly but with enough annoyance in his voice,
commanded, “Bring her to me.”
After a slight bow, Target eyed his boss before walking away without another word,
and Scorpio continued to sharpen his blade.
A couple of minutes later, the door opened again and Madam Jewel walked inside, clutching onto her purse with her face etched
with a look of disgust. as her eyes darted about the room.
After her three bodyguards joined her inside, Target shut the door and eyed his boss, waiting for a reaction.
“What do you want?” Scorpio asked, laying his blade down and picking up another
one.
With a frown and a nervous glance at her bodyguards, Madam Jewel sighed, staring at him, and said, “I got a job for you.”
Pausing, Scorpio looked up at her for a second, and then at Target, and understanding his boss‘s signal, Target approached
Madam Jewel and tapped her on the hand, saying, “Ma‘am, you can sit he-”
“Don‘t touch me!!” Madam Jewel lost it, jumping away from Target and glaring at the look of confusion on his face.
“Please refrain from touching, my madam!” Kent warned, his eyes cold as he glared at Target.

“Okay, Okay!” Target exclaimed, holding his hands up and backing off slowly.
Frowning, Madam Jewel reached into her bag for a hand sanitizer, taking some of it with trembling fingers, and dabbing it onto
her hands and wrists.
“Are you sick?” Scorpio asked in a deadpan tone, resting back in his chair.
“Excuse me?!” Madam Jewel shrieked, turning around and shooting him a glare.
“Are you ill with something contagious and don‘t want others touching you before you pass it on to them?”
“You–”
The rest of her words stuck in her head as the realization of the knife on the table came to her and she froze completely.
For a moment, Scorpio glanced at Target and then back at her asking, “What do you exactly want from me?”
“Fifteen thousand dollars...” Madam Jewel answered instantly, her eyes darting between the knives and him. “To kill a man for
me. A clean job that will not lead back to you or me.”
Silence filled the room, and after another tense pause of hesitation, Madam Jewel finally lifted her gaze and stared right at
Scorpio as he asked, “Who referred me to you?”
There was a look of slight reluctance on her face as she lied with bold eyes, “Well, my driver. He claimed that you are the best in
the game.”
“Was... I was the best until I took one for a client, lost it all, and went to prison while
he still walks free... I have served my time and just got out. Now, you–”
“That‘s why I want you to be the one to handle this job... you are trustworthy. Also, He‘s just a nobody and no one will care about
his
death... you have nothing to worry about. And once the job is done, you can get a
five thousand bonus... Twenty thousand dollars in total.”
Silence fell over the room again, and Scorpio sat back in his chair, thinking it over

for a few seconds before asking, “Who is my target?”
Smiling triumphantly, Madam Jewel reached into her bag, took out a printed photo of Elijah, and placed it on the table in front of
Scorpio.
Looking at it closely, Scorpio narrowed his eyes and looked up at her, “Is this my
target?”
Yes.‘ Madam Jewel nodded firmly, smiling widely. “He‘s just a regular guy... So, can you kill him or not?”
Quietly, Scorpio picked up the picture, looked at it for a while, and then tossed it back down, saying, “|| can. But I need a smoke
to decide.”
“What? But...B–ut,” Madam Jewel mumbled, watching him stand up and walk around the table, then left her in shock, walking
out the room.
Finally, the last group of employees joined the rest in the lobby of Investistic Co. and Elijah stood in front of them, watching their
faces as the mumbling began among them.
“After having a meeting with Dean Hayes and his son, we are getting summoned again by this guy,” A lady whispered, frowning
hard at the sight of Elijah. “What could he
possibly want?”
“To beg us to stay... After all, without the Hayes‘s continuous pumping of money into
this company, its revenue alone can not sustain the workforce salaries... so maybe he‘s going to plead with us to give him time.”
The dude beside her scoffed.
A snort interrupted the whispers, causing both parties to turn around and stare at the other fellow as he mumbled, “Well, he‘s not
going to know what hit him when we all quit and walk out of here!”
“All of you are fired from Investistic Co,” Elijah announced in a loud voice, making
everyone go silent from shock

They all had a look that indicated that they thought Elijah was joking with them, but seeing him standing in front of them with a
deadass serious expression didn‘t give them any more chances to doubt him.
“What did you say?!” A dude shouted in disbelief, feeling like he was imagining
Elijah‘s words.
“You all are hereby dismissed from the Investistic Co. All the employees working here are free to clear your desk and leave the
premises.”
An employee turned to his buddy and mumbled, “This guy can‘t be for real. The company is experiencing
bankruptcy. Without workers, this place will crash. Does he even know what he is doing?”
“What do you expect from a man that spent most of his first marriage waiting for his
wife at home, without having any career or ambition, except staying at her heel?” The other guy gritted out through his teeth.
“I feel sad for Peach, allowing this dupe to marry her. What a waste.”
“I can say she‘s stupid for even allowing this fool to run this company after she just got her hand no such a bit of good
opportunity.”
Seeing them just standing the and mumbling, Elijah hesitated for a second, and then said, “If any of you are still standing here
after fifteen minutes, I will take that as you wanting to continue working for this company.” “Who wants to work for this shitty
place...” A guy blurted out from the crowd. “Instead of you getting down on your knees and begging us to help you save it, you
are putting on a show! What a Joker!”
Following the direction of the voice, Elijah‘s sight rested on a dude with a smug smirk on his face, who was glaring right at him,
almost challenging him.
“That‘s good. I don‘t have a place here for your arrogance, so gather your stuff and
leave!” Elijah said, his voice carrying a commanding tone that made everybody flinch under his coldness.
The guy looked a bit embarrassed, and then he walked out of the crowd, mumbling

under his breath.
“Who else wants to join him?” Elijah uttered calmly in a loud tone. “If you leave today, you are free to pick up whatever the
company owes you in salaries on Monday.”
Shortly after those words, every employee started walking off to gather their things, and then they were leaving the building one
by one without any
hesitation.
Soon, it was just Elijah, Ryan, Dice, and Rookie standing in the abandoned lobby of Investistic Co, and an awkward silence
settled in the atmosphere as Ryan and Rookie waited for their boss‘s next move.
For a moment, Dice looked around, and then at Elijah, wondering why he would fire
all the employees at such a crucial time.
“I guess none of them had the company at heart... Just as I expected.” Elijah sighed, turning his head to meet Rookie‘s eyes,
and added, “I need you to update the company website and upload hiring information for all the positions needed to run this
place to its full capacity, and whatever Elmer Hayes was paying those that just left, increase it with better work benefits.”
‘Those fool... He was testing them.’ Dice thought as it finally hit him.
With a gentle nod, Rookie replied, “I can do it right away.”
As Elijah looked over at Ryan and was about to speak, the sound of the elevator suddenly “ding,” startled them, and their
attention was immediately directed toward its doors.