The Author's POV

Chapter 262

"Here for me?" Joseph questioned. "What do you want from me?"

"…"

—Clank!

Without answering, Ren, who was disguised as Mark, closed the door behind him.

"What are you doing?"

Finally noticing that something was amiss, Joseph took a step back. With his hands behind his back, Joseph tried to take out his communication device. Flipping the communication open, he warned.

"I don't know what's going on, but I suggest you get out right now."

"…"

Joseph's action did not go unnoticed by Ren, whose legs muscles tensed.

—Bam!

Releasing the tension, he quickly appeared before Joseph, startling him.

"Hiiik!"

With a black box in his hands, Joseph tried to dial a number, but before he could get to it, Ren had already appeared before him.

"Huek—W-what are you doing?!"

Grabbing onto Joseph's forearm, Ren clenched his hand. Joseph instantly lost all strength in his hand and the small box fell to the ground. His face paled dramatically.

"I don't know why you're doing this, but I'm warning you to sto—Huek!."

"Shut up."

—Thud!

Ren increased his grip.

Instantly, Joseph fell one knee to the ground. Glaring at Ren, Joseph raised his voice and threatened.

"What do you want from me!? You know if anything happens to me, death would be the easy way out!"

"What I want from you...?" Looking around the room, Ren lowered his head and coldly looked at Joseph. "I want two things."

"What two t—W-wait...this voice?"

Joseph abruptly stopped talking. Lifting his head up, his mouth stammered.

"T-this voice…is that you 876?"

Having spent over two months with 876, how could Joseph not recognize his voice. The color of Joseph's face bleached completely. His eyes trembled uncontrollably.

"I-t can't be? No, I must be imagining things."

"..."

Without saying anything, Ren coldly placed his hand on Joseph's throat.

"Huek!"

Placing his other hand on his face, a blue glow enveloped the room. The moment the glow dimmed down, Joseph's eyes opened widely. The monstrous scar-riddled face, Joseph would never forget such a face. It was 876.

"876!"

Like a goldfish, Joseph's mouth opened and closed repeatedly.

"Eight..eight months…how is this possible? You were faking it for so long?"

Ren silently nodded.

"H-how? It shouldn't be possible" Joseph muttered out loud. No longer caring about the hand that was gripping his throat.

"I'm sure that the serum works how cou—khu"

"Shut up." Cutting Joseph off, Ren tightened the grip of Joseph's throat.

"W-hy...!?"

—Kracka!

The sound of bones breaking resounded, and Joseph crumpled to the ground, with a look of indignation and terror on his face. Before he died, he managed to mutter one last word.

"H-how?"

"..."

Joseph's lifeless body

through his pockets. From his dimensional space to the black box on the ground, Ren took

access to most

had already planned this beforehand. By disrupting the cameras and communications, he would

the place that Ren could use to disable the tracking device installed

everything that was on Joseph's body, Ren placed the mask on

—Gulp!

face, his face distorted continuously. Before long, his facial structure changed and wrinkles appeared on his face. He looked exactly

Ren replaced his

done changing, Ren exited the room. On his way out of the room,

—Click!

*

the ins and outs of the facility he was in. He knew where the lab, canteen, and

was now disguised as

his head and

"Morning professor."

"mhm"

turned left. Stopping right before a thick metallic door, REn looked towards the side

—Ding!

box on the right. Within seconds a green light flashed and the doors to the surveillance

of his body. He was preparing himself for

—Clank!

large monitor at the very end of the room. On it were over a hundred rectangles displaying different areas of the facility. Below them

were

"Who are you?"

forward, Ren hoarsely said. "It's

the guard was instantly able to recognize

"Ah, it's professor Joseph."

on a friendly smile and relaxing, he

brings your here

here to

the surveillance cameras? How

find some of my files. I have a feeling that

"Stole it?"

surprised look appeared on the guard's

Ren nodded his head.

I would like to check something...Or at least, I want

"No problem."

and looked

the other guard

professor, as per procedures, we need to

"...Check?"

always been like this. We just need to record whoever comes

to Ren.

way professor. Are you sick

—Kracka!

placed both of his hands on the guard's head

"Hiiik!"

"Ahhhhh!"

taking advantage of

"You!"

he fumbled to draw his weapon, Ren had

his head. Unfortunately, raising his arm, the guard moved right

in his head running at full throttle, Ren was able to envision and calculate

kick

step forward, Ren extended his hand. In a lightning-fast

"Kuak!"

the guard's throat, a hoarse sound escaped from the guard's mouth as he fell on the ground. With both hands on

"Y-ou're not the profess—Huek!"

"No shit."

—Kracka!

both hands on the guard's

Two down.

did not waste a single second. Tensing his legs, before they knew it, Ren had already

"Don't get near me!"

"Hiik!"

from his dimensional space, Ren slit the throat of two of the three

"Stay away!"

underneath the table, the last individual tried to press the emergency button. This did not go unnoticed by Ren, who quickly shot his

Ren couldn't make it

—WHIIIIIII! —WHIIIIIII!

to him, the last individual pressed on a button that was underneath the table.

—Spurt!

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