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

space to the black box on the ground, Ren took everything. Most importantly, he also took a small black card

pass that allowed access to most of the

He had already planned this beforehand. By disrupting the cameras

the place that Ren could use to disable the tracking device

mask on

—Gulp!

Ren placed the mask on his face. The moment the mask touched Ren's face, his face distorted continuously. Before long, his facial structure changed and wrinkles appeared on his face. He

Joseph's clothes off, Ren replaced his clothes

way out of the room, Ren didn't forget to lock the

—Click!

*

and outs of the facility he was in.

who was

nodded his head

"Morning professor."

"mhm"

before a thick metallic

—Ding!

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

the door, Ren tensed every muscle of his body. He was preparing himself for

—Clank!

the doors opened, Ren saw a 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 three individuals staring intently

them were two

"Who are you?"

Ren

the guard was

"Ah, it's professor Joseph."

a friendly smile and relaxing, he

your

just here to

the surveillance cameras?

to find some of my files.

"Stole it?"

surprised look appeared on the guard's

Ren nodded his head.

That's why I would like to check something...Or at least, I want

"No problem."

his head and looked towards the

the other guard walked up

as per procedures, we need to do a retina and fingerprint

"...Check?"

this. We just need to record

small rectangular silver box, the guard walked up to Ren. With a friendly smile, the guard turned on the

professor. Are you sick or something? Your voice sounds a

—Kracka!

hands on the guard's head

"Hiiik!"

"Ahhhhh!"

throughout the room. Ignoring the screams and taking advantage of the

"You!"

and as he fumbled to draw

elbow, Ren aimed for his head. Unfortunately, raising his arm,

cool-headed. With the chip in his head running at full throttle, Ren was able to envision and calculate the most probably counterattack measure

kick towards the

his head. Taking a step forward, Ren

"Kuak!"

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

"Y-ou're not the profess—Huek!"

"No shit."

—Kracka!

the guard's head,

Two down.

attention towards the three remaining individuals, Ren did not waste a single second. Tensing his legs, before they knew it, Ren had

"Don't get near me!"

"Hiik!"

two of the three individuals,

"Stay away!"

the table, the last individual tried to press the emergency button. This did not go unnoticed by

Ren couldn't make

—WHIIIIIII! —WHIIIIIII!

Ren could get to him, the last individual pressed on a button that was underneath the table. Instantly the whole facility turned red as

—Spurt!

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