In a metropolitan city with many tall buildings, a city that never sleeps with constant activity even at night, a chaotic and lawless city full of gangsters and mafias who run their operations—the only large city remaining in one of the three countries left after a world war that nearly wiped out humanity—a party was being held for mafia families in a tall, luxurious high-rise building.
Mafia bosses from all over the city were there to celebrate something, or just to party, or perhaps to hide something. A beautiful, sexy woman with long black hair, wearing a lovely red gown, arrived as a guest and entered the ballroom. Her walk and the sway of her body truly drew the attention of the other guests.
"Wolf 1, Cat 2 is in position and moving," the woman said, pressing the earpiece in her ear.
"Copy, Cat 2... Crow 3, what's your status?" a man's voice asked through the earpiece.
A female server in a complete uniform entered the ballroom, carrying food. She placed it on a table, then stood in a corner, her back to the wall, not moving at all, observing her surroundings.
"Crow 3 is in position... no sign of the target yet," the server replied, pressing her earpiece.
"Good, we'll wait... getaway route ready, Bat 4?"
A van stopped below the tall building and turned into the alley beside it. The van shut off its engine so it wouldn't be suspicious and would look like it was working. The driver's window was open, revealing a burly man in a cap driving the car.
"Bat 4 here, the escape route is clear," said the man, who was wearing a uniform for his van's brand and went by the code name Bat 4.
"Wait, Wolf 1, has the rest of the money hit the account yet?" asked the woman who was disguised as a guest and went by the code name Cat 2.
"Yeah, Wolf 1, if it's not in, we're not doing this. We need the money for Grandma's antique shop," added the server, code-named Crow 3.
"Check it fast, Wolf 1," Bat 4 added.
A young man code-named Wolf 1 on top of a building opened his smartphone. He tapped on it and saw an increase in the numbers in his account. After confirming it, he smiled.
"It's in. I'm sending you the proof... check it out," Wolf 1 said.
Cat 2, Crow 3, and Bat 4 opened their smartphones. They all smiled when they saw the amount on their screens.
"Okay... thanks, Wolf 1, let's finish this fast... we have school tomorrow," Cat 2 said.
"Why do we have to do this kind of work again? We want to live normal lives," Crow 3 complained.
"Crow 3, don't change the subject... we're still on the job... we'll talk about it at home later... Cat 2 is right, we have school tomorrow... finish it quickly, over," Bat 4 replied impatiently, stuck inside the van.
"Everyone calm down... wait for the target to arrive. We have to go to school tomorrow. It'll be a hassle if we fail a grade. We're running low on money," Wolf 1 tried to calm his bickering teammates over the earpiece.
A moment later, a fat foreign man with two guards entered the room to join the party. Cat 2 and Crow 3 immediately turned to look at him.
"Target is in sight... begin operation," Wolf 1 said, looking into the building through his binoculars.
"Copy," his three teammates replied.
Cat 2, disguised as a guest, approached the fat man who was holding a metal briefcase. She started talking to him, flirting a little. The man, of course, scanned Cat 2's face and body with a lecherous smile. Crow 3 went inside and came out with a food cart to swap out the food on the buffet table.
Crow 3 pushed the cart right next to the fat guest and pretended to clean the table while replacing the empty tray with one full of food. Crow 3 glanced at Cat 2 and nodded. Cat 2 pressed something in her bag, and in a flash, the lights in the room went out, and the room became pitch black. When the guests started to panic, the lights came back on. Crow 3 brought the food cart back into the kitchen.
Suddenly, a window shattered, and a bullet went through the head of the fat man, who was clutching his briefcase.
"Kyaaaaaaa, blood!"
Cat 2 screamed to draw attention and backed away. As the guests began to crowd around, Cat 2 turned and pushed through the crowd, walking out of the ballroom and then out of the building, wiping her face as she went. She got into the idling van waiting in the front lobby.
"Okay, let's go get Wolf 1," Bat 4 said, starting the van.
Crow 3, who was sitting in the back, opened the briefcase she had taken and looked at the contents. Inside was a large sum of money, a USB drive containing classified data, and some evidence of illegal transactions that he was apparently going to hand over to another party. After Crow 3 finished examining it,
"Yep, everything's here... safe," she murmured, closing the briefcase.
"Yes, job complete... finally," Cat 2 replied, changing her clothes.
"A beautiful night," Bat 4 replied, driving the van.
A short time later, the van arrived at a tall building and turned into the alley next to it. Wolf 1 slid down a drainpipe and jumped inside.
"Alright, everything's taken care of, right?" Wolf 1 asked.
"All set. Time to go home and sleep," Crow 3 replied.
"There's still one more thing, right?" Cat 2 said.
"Let's go, speed it up," Bat 4 replied, pressing the gas and accelerating the van.
The van drove out of the alley and went down a deserted street to the agreed-upon meeting point with their employer. It stopped by the side of the road and shut off its engine.
"Okay, leave the briefcase and the van with the keys here. Someone will come get them," Wolf 1 said.
"Got it," Crow 3 replied.
After packing their belongings, they got out of the van with only their backpacks, except for Wolf 1, who carried a large guitar case containing his sniper rifle. After they were a good distance from the van, a few men approached the car and got in. "Brrm," the van started moving again. Bat 4 reached back and pressed a remote he was holding.
"Beep," "Blaar." The van immediately exploded and stopped, consumed by flames, killing everyone inside. Residents came out of their homes after hearing the explosion, and several black sedans arrived and surrounded the wreckage. The four of them continued to walk away casually from the crowd, completely unaffected. Bat 4 threw the remote into a bush and turned to Wolf 1 beside him.
"Hmm, so this means we get paid twice, right?" Bat 4 asked.
"Yeah. We get a cut from both sides. Check again, did all the money go in?" Wolf 1 asked.
"Yep, it's all in. Awesome," Bat 4 replied, checking his account and giving a thumbs-up.
"Hey, Wolf 1... no, wait, Noah. Why was my code name Cat 2?" asked Cat 2, leaning forward to look at Wolf 1, whose real name was Noah.
"Tiger was too long," Noah replied.
"Haha, that's true. You're just a little kitty cat, aren't you, Nicole?" Crow 3 asked.
"Little bird, you have no right to talk," Nicole, who was Cat 2, replied.
"Oh, a bird? You're the kitty cat," Naomi said, sticking out her tongue.
"Hmm, but the kitty cat's hands are fast. She swapped the briefcase without the man even noticing," Bat 4 teased.
"Shut up, Nash. I'm not a kitty cat. I'm a tiger," Nicole protested.
"Hehe meooow," Naomi teased.
"Are you looking for a fight?" Nicole asked, annoyed.
"Come on then," Naomi replied, ready to take her on.
"Knock it off," Noah said.
"Let's go home, we have school tomorrow," Nash replied.
"Grrr... fine," Nicole said, pouting.
After that, they continued to walk casually, joking as if nothing had happened behind them. Who were they, really? This is their story, and it all began six months ago.