章節 7: MISCONCEPTION

"What exactly happened in that place to make Biserka like this?" Mataya whispered, tears starting to fall down her face. She couldn't bear to see her twin sister like that.

***

*Flashback on*

"What happened to Biserka, Ahmed?" Mataya asked Ahmed very impatiently because she was apprehensive about Biserka's condition.

"Biserka is dying. She was hit by a grenade that hit him directly. Luckily, not long after that incident, she was immediately evacuated by my team and immediately taken to the medical experts at your base," replied Ahmed explaining Biserka's condition to his best friend, Mataya.

He continued his explanation and said, "I'm sorry, Mataya, Biserka should not have been in Shanghai from the start. If only I had known Biserka was in Shanghai from the start, Biserka wouldn't be in the same state as she is now."

Mataya was silent when she heard Ahmed's statement about her twin sister's condition. She was so shocked that she couldn't say anything else and immediately left her private room and headed for the medical room in her headquarters.

*Flashback off*

***

In front of the ICU room, inside the main base of the CNY Company.

Mataya looked at her sister, who was lying there dying with various tools attached to her body. Her sister's entire body got burns, making her have to use special bandages all over her body.

Mataya didn't even know what her twin sister looked like under the application. She couldn't imagine being Biserka and feeling the pain of all those burns from the grenade that hit him.

She felt very guilty for her decision to let Biserka take on this dangerous mission.

"Mataya, you have to eat first. Since arriving in Shanghai, you haven't eaten anything," said Ahmed, persuading Mataya to fill her stomach first because since arriving in Shanghai, she hasn't drunk or eaten anything.

"You think I still have an appetite at a time like this, Ahmed?" Mataya replied, smiling with tears still streaming down her face.

Ahmed sighed, hearing Mataya's answer like that, and her attitude of not caring about her health made Ahmed a little angry with her. He also said, "It's your attitude that has always been like this since a long time ago, which I don't like about you, Mataya. I know you are sad and not in a state of wanting to eat or anything. But you also have to care about your health."

"Don't let your concern for others make you ignore your situation," continued Ahmed, advising Mataya.

"But she's not someone else, Ahmed. She's my sister," Mataya argued.

"That's not what I meant, I-"

"Come on, Ahmed, I don't want to argue with you right now. Please leave me alone, please." Mataya immediately cut Ahmed's words and asked him to leave immediately and leave herself alone.

Ahmed took the handkerchief that was in his pocket and wiped the tears that were still flowing from Mataya's face, and said to her, "Okay, I will go. But Mataya, don't blame yourself too much." He immediately left Mataya with the food he brought earlier and his handkerchief.

Mataya pondered what Ahmed had just said and looked at Ahmed's back, who was starting to walk away.

"Yeah, maybe you're right, Ahmed. Please don't assume that it's my fault, nor is it yours. She's a grown woman and already knows all the consequences of her decisions," Mataya said to herself.

"But was it worth it? Was it worth risking her life for this mission? Was it worth it for this mission that she risked everything?" continued Mataya in a trembling voice, frustrated by all this.

"If I may be honest with you, Biserka, this is not worth paying for with your life. Because you are Biserka, a precious gem that God gave me," she whispered again.

***

In Mint.

"What do you mean you can't find my partner?! Didn't you tell me to trust this problem to you, Mr Pavlo?!" Biserka was furious after seeing Pavlo return without her partner Verasha.

"You're so noisy, Miss, can't we talk about this with a cool head?" said Benvolio indignantly at Biserka's attitude.

"Who are you?! I have no business with you, sir, so please don't interfere! And do you think I'm in a state of calmness while I don't know where my partner is now and how she will be after the explosion that occurred in that place?!" Biserka chirped to Benvolio for being very angry with him for saying such words so casually.

"Hey Miss, aren't you the best CIA agent of your generation and also an excellent hacker? Then can you find out where your partner is now?" said Benvolio, who started provoking Biserka and making things worse.

"What do you mean by saying that?!" Biserka replied again, disapproving of Benvolio's words.

Pavlo, who had just been silent and listened to their conversation, couldn't stand it anymore and started to stop their argument.

Pavlo said, "Oh, come on. You guys are no longer a child who has to argue like this."

"Ben, can you give in to him first this time? Please, we are not in a situation that can argue like this now," Pavlo continued asking Benvolio not to continue his words, making the current situation cloudy.

"Tch." Benvolio averted his eyes and sat down on a sofa a short distance away from them.

Pavlo could only shake his head at Benvolio's behaviour.

"Very well, Miss. First of all, I would like to apologize to you because I haven't been able to keep what I said earlier. However, I'm having a bit of trouble finding your partner."

Biserka narrowed her eyes and put her hands on her hips, then said, "What problem do you mean, Mr Pavlo?"

"When I arrived at the crime scene, I didn't find anyone there. According to residents, the victims had been evacuated from there and taken to the nearest hospital. Then I visited all the hospitals around the scene and asked for information on patients at other hospitals. Through the informant I have. However, the results are nil. I can't find your partner." replied Pavlo explaining to Biserka.

He continued, "I have two assumptions at this time regarding your colleague's whereabouts. First, she was not at the scene when the explosion occurred. And second, she was specially evacuated by the embassy team that arrived."

"I'm not sure about your first assumption because I can't trace all the communication tools that Verasha uses. And for your second assumption, what did you say—specially evacuated by the embassy team? Which country's embassy? And why did they take part in evacuating the victims?" Biserka asked, confused by Pavlo's second assumption.

"I'm also not sure the reason why they took part in evacuating the victims. However, according to my informant's information, the team in question or the embassy team that took part was a special team from the Moroccan embassy in China. I also accept that they took part because a colleague of the ambassador was at the scene when the explosion took place."

"Holy shit!" Biserka said after hearing Pavlo's words.

"The correct possibility is your second assumption. My partner must be at the main headquarters of the CNY Company right now. Because the Moroccan ambassador in China is Ahmed, my best friend and also my twin sister's best friend since childhood."

"CNY Company? The aerospace giant?" said Benvolio.

"Yes, what you said is correct, and she is currently at her main base," Biserka replied.

Pavlo was confused why Biserka panicked when she found out that her colleague was at her sister's company headquarters.

He asked, "Then why did you panic when you found out that your colleague was at the headquarters of your sister's company?"

"Security is indeed very guaranteed there, but my sister must not know Verasha's real identity first, for the reason I can't tell you right now. And if my sister has intervened like this, it means something bad happened to Verasha. Ahmed's team might mistook Verasha for me, judging by the explosion at the venue and the special item I used to use only with my sister was on Verasha." Biserka explained at length to Pavlo and Benvolio.

"Then isn't it easy? We need to take Verasha back from your twin sister," said Benvolio very casually in his words.

"No, you're wrong. Security there is very tight, and not just anyone is allowed in. Unless you're already registered in my sister's data, you need a special sign to access the entrance and official identification also a special invitation to meet my twin sister there."

-to be continued-