The rain continued pouring across Seoul as black vehicles moved rapidly through empty roads.
Inside the lead car, Aryan sat silently with a gun resting beside him.
Beside him, Nithya calmly checked her weapon.
No fear.
No hesitation.
Only focus.
Rohan sat in the front seat while updating them through a digital map.
"The harbor is heavily guarded," he reported. "Around forty men minimum."
Aryan's expression remained cold.
"Snipers?"
"Three confirmed."
Nithya looked at the screen calmly.
"Too visible."
Aryan glanced toward her.
"You noticed."
"The eastern leader is paranoid. Visible snipers mean hidden ones too."
Rohan blinked slightly.
Exactly correct.
Aryan almost smiled faintly.
Working with Devil felt effortless.
Dangerously effortless.
Meanwhile, at the private harbor near Busan, armed guards surrounded multiple shipping containers.
Large cargo ships waited silently near the docks while rain covered the dark ocean water.
Inside the central warehouse, the eastern alliance leader prepared emergency escape plans.
One nervous member rushed inside.
"Sir! Eagle's convoy was spotted leaving Seoul!"
Fear spread instantly through the room.
The leader's face darkened.
"And Devil?"
Another member answered carefully,
"She's with him."
Silence.
Heavy silence.
Because hearing those two names together now felt terrifying.
Back inside the moving car, Aryan finally looked toward Nithya.
"You don't have to come tonight."
Nithya raised an eyebrow immediately.
"You're still trying to protect me?"
"Yes."
"That's annoying."
"It's happening anyway."
Nithya shook her head slightly.
Impossible man.
But deep inside…
She liked hearing it.
Dangerous.
Very dangerous.
One hour later, the convoy stopped near the dark harbor entrance.
Rain mixed with cold sea wind while armed guards quietly prepared around them.
Aryan stepped out first.
Black suit.
Gun hidden under the coat.
Deadly calm.
Nithya followed beside him wearing all black.
Together they looked less like humans…
And more like rulers walking into war.
Rohan approached carefully.
"Our men are in position."
Aryan nodded once.
"No mistakes."
Nithya looked toward the glowing harbor lights ahead.
"Too quiet."
Aryan immediately understood.
Trap possibility.
He looked toward Rohan sharply.
"Thermal scans."
Within seconds, hidden heat signatures appeared on the screen.
Far more than expected.
Rooftops.
Containers.
Ships.
Ambush.
Rohan cursed quietly.
"They expected us."
Nithya's lips curved faintly.
"Good."
Aryan looked at her.
"You enjoy dangerous situations too much."
"You married me anyway."
Fair again.
Suddenly gunfire exploded across the harbor.
Bullets hit nearby containers while Eagle's men instantly returned fire.
Chaos spread through the rain-covered docks.
Snipers fired from above.
Armed alliance fighters rushed from hidden positions.
War exploded completely.
Aryan immediately pulled Nithya behind heavy cover.
"You okay?"
Nithya checked her gun calmly.
"Yes."
Before Aryan could reply, she leaned out and fired twice.
Two enemy snipers dropped instantly.
Aryan watched for half a second.
Perfect aim.
Again.
Then he smirked slightly.
"Show off."
Nithya almost smiled.
"You noticed."
Explosions shook the harbor while Eagle and Devil moved through the battlefield together.
Everywhere they passed, alliance fighters fell quickly.
Because separately they were deadly.
Together?
Impossible to stop.
One alliance fighter suddenly appeared behind Aryan with a knife.
Before Aryan could react—
Nithya shot him instantly.
The body collapsed beside them.
Aryan looked toward her briefly.
"You saved me."
Nithya reloaded calmly.
"Don't make it emotional."
Too late.
Because something inside Eagle shifted hearing that gunshot.
Nobody protected him.
People feared him.
Followed him.
Obeyed him.
But protect him?
Only Devil.
Finally they reached the central warehouse.
Bodies covered the floor while rainwater mixed with blood outside.
Aryan kicked open the large metal doors violently.
Inside, the eastern alliance leader waited with several armed men.
But unlike before…
He looked afraid.
Real fear.
His eyes moved between Eagle and Devil standing side by side.
"You two really united," he muttered quietly.
Aryan's voice turned ice cold.
"You attacked my home."
Nithya stepped forward slightly.
"You touched my people."
The leader slowly backed away.
"You don't understand what happens if both of you rule together."
Aryan raised his gun calmly.
"We don't care."
The man suddenly laughed nervously.
"The underworld will never accept this balance!"
Nithya's eyes became colder.
"Then we change the balance."
Simple sentence.
Terrifying meaning.
The leader suddenly grabbed a hidden gun and fired directly toward Nithya.
Everything happened in one second.
Aryan moved instantly.
He pulled her sharply behind him while firing back at the same time.
The eastern leader collapsed immediately.
Dead.
Silence filled the warehouse.
Then slowly…
Nithya looked up at Aryan.
Blood stained the side of his shirt.
He had been shot protecting her.
For the first time since becoming Devil…
Fear appeared inside Nithya's heart.