RESTAURANT - LUNCH RUSH
The room hums loud with noise and movement. Xhilo balances a full tray while weaving between tables tired but steady—when a sudden jolt from a passing server makes her stumble. Hot coffee sloshes forward, splashing straight down the front of a sharply dressed, heavy‑set man sitting near the entrance.
He explodes instantly—face red, voice booming loud enough to cut through every conversation:
BOSSY CUSTOMER
"Are you blind?! Do you have any idea who I am? You useless girl—look what you’ve done! You’ll pay for this… and if you don’t have cash, I’m sure you can offer some other kind of goodwill, right? Pretty thing like you—I’m sure you know exactly what I mean.”
His words are lewd, deliberate, meant to humiliate her in front of everyone. He leans close, sneering, hand reaching out as if to grab her arm—when a calm, cold voice cuts through the air like steel. "Take your hand away. Now."
Then Kaito steps between them, his voice calm but freezing the air around them. One sharp look is all it takes—and the man’s eyes go wide with sudden, terrified recognition. He knows exactly who stands before him, the true owner and heir of the whole empire that runs this mall, this restaurant, every branch for miles.
No more arrogance. He stammers, backs away fast, and practically bolts out the door before anything else can be said—scrambling like a rat that finally sees the cat it mocked.
Kaito watches him go with a cold, knowing glint. He pulls out his phone, sends one short, silent command—“Find him. Dig up everything. Report back tonight.”
LATE EVENING - ABANDONED WAREHOUSE DISTRICT
His men tracked him easily—found him hiding, thinking he’d slipped away. By the time night falls, the truth is laid out clear, this man is exactly the monster his words revealed—an abusive manager who’s spent years exploiting staff, harassing women, threatening anyone who spoke up, thinking his position made him untouchable.
Kaito arrives wearing his sleek, Japanese mask, features carved sharp and fierce in the dim light. He walks straight to where the man is held, trembling and bound.
Low, cold, absolute—no mercy left. "You thought running would save you? That you could insult, threaten, and hurt people then walk away?"
He steps closer, and without hesitation—he brings his heavy boot down hard, once, twice—crushing both of the man’s hands completely, until bones snap and the man screams, curling uselessly.
"These hands were used to grab, to strike, to take what wasn’t yours. Now they will never work again."
He nods to his men beside him, voice flat and final.
“Finish it—so he never has the chance to hurt anyone like that again.”
His enforcers carry out the rest—permanently ending the threat he posed—while Kaito stands watching, unmoved. He leans down close, mask inches from the man’s broken face, and delivers his final judgment.
"Consider yourself fired—permanently, from everything you ever had. You are nothing now. If I ever catch even a glimpse of you anywhere near my places, my people… or her… what happened tonight will be the smallest mercy you get. Disappear. And never let me see your face again."
RESTAURANT / NEXT DAY
Back at work, Xhilo only hears rumors the rude man vanished overnight, his position gone, no trace left. She remembers how Kaito stepped in to stop him, how calm and powerful he was—her hero, always there when she’s in trouble. She never suspects that the “disappearance” was exactly his doing… or how far he will go to remove anyone who even breathes wrong near her.