I wonder if he'll answer my questions if I ask nicely?

Just as I was making up my mind about whether or not to risk it, Joker suddenly stopped talking and snapped back to his senses.

He turned and glared fiercely at Alex. If gazes could kill, he probably would have died a few hundred times already.

"Bishop....you have some things to explain to me now, don't you? Why is this young lady here at 2 in the morning?" He said to Alex with a threatening face. "I don't ever remember telling you to bring her here, I even once told everyone to not touch her. You're disobeying me? I don't care what background you have but if you don't tell me truthfully then I'll break your legs and throw you on the streets."

Alex immediately jumped into a flawless kowtow, rubbing his forehead against the ground.

That's some amazing flexibility.

"I seriously didn't mean harm! After you mentioned her once I got some men to investigate her and found out that she was just a normal girl with no background...so I brought her here to bring to you as a little gift since you like her so much. n.o.body will notice her absence, she's a victim of bullying so after you finish with her we could just frame her for suicide! I'm seriously not rebelling against you-"

Joker's face got darker and darker the more Alex blabbed on but he didn't realize since his head was down.

I have a feeling that Alex isn't gonna last long if he continues.

"Stupid idiot. Do you think I had my eyes on a normal girl?! Do you think my tastes are that low?! You have no strength so you should at least have the smarts to make up for it, but you don't have that either!" Joker roared in frustration. "Do you think a 'normal' girl could have beat up 20 of our men and disarm two with guns with a few kicks?! Where did your brain go? There's no way someone like her has a simple background you r.e.t.a.r.ded b.a.s.t.a.r.d!"

Alex froze and slowly looked up at Joker's raging face.

"B-Boss....."

Joker ignored him and kept shouting.

"Did you perhaps forget the fact that she once saved me?! No normal person could possibly help me when I'm in a tough situation. In the first place, I didn't like her because of her looks! It's her talent that could be of use! You should stop jumping to conclusions after only seeing the tip of the iceberg!"

Oh? Does he want to use my talent? He sure dreams big. Although it does sound interesting to work for these guys, I'm not willing to do it for free or for money.

Joked mercilessly kicked Alex in the stomach which sent him flying onto the body of one of his unconscious men.

I heard the snap of ribs from that kick.

Even though he was groaning in pain, Alex didn't dare get up and simply curled up pitifully.

Looks like the gap between a bishop and Joker is quite wide.

Finished with dealing with Alex, Joker smiled at me.

For some reason, his smile sent chills up my spine.

"Well since you're here, we might as well talk a little bit right?" He said.

Although it was a question, his tone obviously meant it as an order.

I stiffly nodded my head.

I obediently sat down on the chair that he gestured me towards. He leisurely sat down on the couch and grinned.

"Hah.....and I wanted to introduce myself properly at first. As you probably know by now, I'm Joker. That fool over there is Alexander Boyar and his family owns quite a large company. He paid for his position, that's the only reason I still tolerate him in my gang."

Gang? So I'm guessing they aren't Yakuza after all?

He seemed to read my mind and kept talking.

"My gang isn't Yakuza, that's just a name we use to avoid some unwanted attention. The real Yakuza aren't complaining, we got them under our control a long time ago. We aren't like them at all."

I nodded again to show that I was listening. Is he really supposed to be telling me this kind of stuff?

"We are called the Chessboard. In fact, we currently have j.a.pan's underworld completely under our control. The country is split into three sections and a king rules each one. I'm sort of like their big boss."

Chessboard huh. But he's called Joker which has nothing to do with chess, what a weird guy.

"We came here 10 years ago and we only have one goal in j.a.pan, to find the rumored grandchildren of the tyrant of North America, 'Z'. We are hunters."

My blood froze.

My dad was right after all. The hunters really do have people looking all over the world.

Ugh...I'm so screwed. I seriously wish they don't realize they're looking for me. If they do I hope they haven't tracked me back to my family yet.

"Yeah don't worry Yuri, I know that it's you."

I don't normally swear but...s.h.i.+t.

Cold sweat started running down my back and I tensed up.

It's not like I'm scared of getting hurt, that's already happened to me too many times to count.

But bringing my family into this is unacceptable.

I never expected to run into them here so I didn't bring any weapons. My tracker was also jammed before I left. This is the worst situation possible.

I quickly scanned the room for possible escape routes or weapons. No windows, one door, and no weapons apart from the two empty guns on the ground.

I seriously regret not keeping those guns.

"You are seriously good at staying low-key huh, even the government didn't have much information on you. You weren't easy to find but I luckily coincidently ran into that day. Hey hey, relax a bit I won't turn you in. You're useful to me after all." He chuckled before leaning back and propping his arms up.

Confusion surfaced on my face and I didn't even try to hide it.

"Look, here's the thing. There's this group called House of Beginnings, you know them as hunters, who are all currently trying to find a way to bring down your dear grandpa from his throne over all of North America and take over. Each continent apart from Antarctica has a leader, Asia, Africa, South America, Europe, and Australia all have one like your grandpa. However, they're all in a treaty and they won't take action directly against each other until a World War happens or something like that. I don't really know the specifics since I'm not that highly ranked. But basically, finding you and your siblings are only one side plan and it's not even prioritized so it's no problem if I don't turn you in since they don't have high expectations in the rumor actually being true. Sorry to say, you're not that important."

.....This is a larger scale then I thought.

It does hurt when someone tells you that you're not important right at your face though.

"HOWEVER, if they really do manage to get their hands on you then the entire world balance would change once they take over North America since it is one of the strongest continents. I don't really want this to happen so I'm betraying my superiors. n.o.body but me knows who you are, not even the 3 kings who work under me. As for how I found out, you could just say that I'm super lucky to have run into you and recognize you, okay?"

Okay. I don't really care how he found out about me as long as he keeps quiet.

"So! Since I'm risking my skin to save you and your family, you owe me big time! I can tell that you aren't a normal high school girl. Just your fighting prowess alone is enough to beat up a king, and you're not even close to reaching your full potential. As for your brains, I don't doubt their capability seeing how you're the daughter of one of the smartest women in the world. I bet your IQ is crazy high."

Er.....I think he might be overestimating me here. I admit I'm good at fighting, but that doesn't mean I'm smart...

"Therefore!"

Oh, he's still not done.

"In fact, I fancy you quite a lot. I'm only 22 after all, it's uncommon to find women around my age who have such high potential. It would be nice if you willing agreed to be mine but judging by your personality there's no way that's gonna work out. I don't like forcing people." He said with a wink.

".....You're only 22?"

Wow.....he's only one year older than Kai.

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How is he around my age? I'm only 17, there's a 5-year gap.

"....Why is that the part you focus on.....? Whatever just pretend you didn't hear anything then. Knowing that I feel romantic interest towards you doesn't look like it would change anything." He muttered while exasperatedly shaking his head.

I shrugged. I got used to these types of conversations a long time ago. He's probably just interested in how I'm different than the average person.

"Yuri, you're gonna work for me! And you're not allowed to decline or else I'm gonna rat you and your family out!" He finally enthusiastically declared with a wide smile on his annoyingly handsome face.

I mentally sighed and wondered what I should do next. I did sort of expect him to say something like that.

Obviously, I can't refuse him. I'm basically under his control now....I really do hate this sort of feeling.

"Don't worry you won't be bullied. You're gonna be the Queen of the Chessboard!"

"Queen? Seriously?" I unconsciously blurted out.

Isn't a Queen really high ranked in chess?