This time around, it was Logan's turn to be stunned and speechless because this would be the first time he was seeing Odette really serious about something before.
So he couldn't help but watch as she floored it before pulling the car onto the shoulder of a quiet stretch of road in the night.
Looking around, it seemed like a place filled with empty warehouses lining each other from side to side with streetlights spaced too far apart to do much against the dark.
Then she killed the engine and tried to step out of the car.
But Logan tried calling out to her.
"Odette, wait..."
"Please, stay here, young master. I can handle this, trust me." Odette met his eyes in the mirror, but just right then, the four sedans slowed and stopped in a loose arc behind them.
The arc was formed in a way to box Odette's car in against the warehouse wall, so as to prevent them from trying to escape.
Then the doors of the sedans opened, and several men stepped out of the cars.
There were at least a dozen of them with their guns already in their hands.
But Odette confidently stepped out to meet them with the cane in her hand as she stared at them with a calm but very deadly look on her face.
"Kill the driver and kid in the car, but leave the woman for the boss!" The leader of the ambushers shouted, and gunfire immediately erupted as the men aimed straight at Odette.
This instantly caused a chaotic storm of muzzle flashes lighting up the dark street as Odette moved quickly before the first shot could even touch her.
Her body moved so fast like a ninja in movies, and it twisted sideways in a blur.
Even though the bullets kept cutting through the empty air where she'd stood a half second ago, Odette continued to move by weaving through the gunfire as though she could see every shot aimed at her.
This allowed her to easily close the distance to the nearest man at quick speed as she pulled the edge of the cane away to reveal the shining metallic blade in her hand.
The thin, curved blade easily slid free from the hidden sheath before striking a nearby gunman's throat, shocking everyone witnessing the scene.
Her speed was simply out of this world, and her aim was even more terrifying.
The poor gunman never even got a chance to aim at her properly.
And he didn't even have the chance to make a sound because it happened so fast, and all he knew was the sensation of feeling steel piercing straight into his throat.
A wet gurgling sound of struggle managed to escape his lips as he dropped to the floor with his hands scrabbling uselessly at his own neck.
Meanwhile, Odette yanked the blade free from his body, then she spun into the next gunman.
He tried swinging his arm to hit her head from behind with his gun, but Odette ducked under his swinging arm before slashing and opening him up from hip to his collarbone in a swift, fluid movement that left the gunman shocked.
Blood instantly splayed across the pavement, and he collapsed without making a sound.
The third man tried to grab her from behind whilst the others fired successively, but Odette swiftly drove her elbow back, aiming it straight into his throat, which instantly crushed his cartilage, then she swiftly spun his body to absorb the bullets aimed straight at her.
His lifeless body fell to the ground, and everyone tried to instantly refill their bullets before aiming even more at her, but Odette swiftly moved through the chaos to find the gaps as she carved through the fourth man, opening his stomach, then she aimed her blade at the fifth, taking his head off with a single vicious arc of her blade which instantly caused his head to roll on the floor.
Now, the street had gone slick with blood within seconds with bodies scattered across the asphalt in every direction.
But still Odette was a half-elf with a mission to ensure her young master's safety as her blue eyes became even colder whilst she turned her attention to the remaining gunmen, ending each of them one after the other.
Meanwhile, inside the car, Logan watched everything unfold through the windshield...
His hands were pressed against the door as every instinct within him was screaming for him to hide because if he stepped out he might really die, and if he did, that means he would certainly not see his mother or Odette ever again.
However, another part of him felt like he should step out and try to help.
Since he clearly wanted to improve his strength, stepping out during a fight like this might truly improve his confidence, but the reality of being shot by a bullet also scared him as well.
Now, he was caught up in a dilemma of just remaining in hiding whilst hoping Odette would be able to handle everything on her own.
Or he could just man up and step out of the car to join the fight since his goal was to one day fight against Ignacio and his network of informants.
*Exhales*
Logan exhaled softly as he made up his mind, but he could certainly feel his heart beating very fast.
And just right then, a new screen appeared before him.
[New Quest Available.]
[Quest: Be A Man Or Remain In Hiding.]
Staring at the quest displayed before him, Logan tightened his fingers into a grip.
For some unknown reason, it felt like he could read the incomplete words displayed on the screen saying to him:
'Be a man or remain in hiding like a pussy between a woman's legs.'
'Fuck you, system.'
'I love you, but you can be quite annoying sometimes.'
'Alright, you win.'
'I'm going to man up and fight.'
'I might like what's between a woman's legs, but I certainly ain't a pussy, okay?'
'Alright then, let's do this.'
Logan steeled his mind and stepped out of the car with his twin guns materialising in his hands out of thin air.
"Die motherfuckers!!"