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 on the ground,

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

pass that allowed access to most of the

all of the security cameras and communication devices. He had already planned this beforehand. By disrupting the cameras and communications, he would be able to buy himself enough time

note, that was also the place that Ren could use to disable the tracking device installed

body, Ren placed the mask on Josephs's face. A blue glow enveloped the

—Gulp!

Ren's face, his face distorted continuously. Before long, his facial structure changed and wrinkles appeared on

Ren replaced

he was done changing, Ren exited the room. On his way out of the room, Ren didn't

—Click!

*

facility, Ren more or less knew the ins and outs of the facility

corridor, Ren, who was now disguised

his head

"Morning professor."

"mhm"

guard, Ren nodded back and turned left. Stopping right before a thick metallic door, REn

—Ding!

box on the right. Within seconds a green light

Ren tensed every muscle of his body. He was preparing himself

—Clank!

saw a large monitor at the very end of the room. On it were over a hundred rectangles

them were two

"Who are you?"

step forward, Ren hoarsely said. "It's

the guard was instantly

"Ah, it's professor Joseph."

smile and relaxing,

brings your here

here to check

surveillance cameras? How

find some of my files. I have a feeling

"Stole it?"

look appeared on

Ren nodded his head.

I would like to check something...Or at least, I want to make sure no one

"No problem."

nodded his head and looked towards the

the other

need to do a

"...Check?"

just need

the guard walked up to Ren. With

the way professor. Are you sick or something? Your voice

—Kracka!

the guard's head and twisted. Slumping on the

"Hiiik!"

"Ahhhhh!"

and taking advantage of the chaos, Ren quickly turned his

"You!"

as he fumbled to draw his weapon, Ren had

aimed for his head. Unfortunately, raising his

failed, but Ren remained cool-headed. With the chip in his head running at full throttle, Ren was able to envision and calculate the most probably counterattack measure that the guard would use to

kick towards

a step forward, Ren extended

"Kuak!"

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

"Y-ou're not the profess—Huek!"

"No shit."

—Kracka!

on the guard's head, Ren twisted his

Two down.

waste a single second. Tensing his legs, before they knew it, Ren

"Don't get near me!"

"Hiik!"

dimensional space, Ren slit the throat of two of the three individuals, leaving behind the last one, who was leaning back in absolute

"Stay away!"

individual tried to press the emergency button. This did not go unnoticed by Ren, who

make it in

—WHIIIIIII! —WHIIIIIII!

a button that was underneath the table. Instantly the whole facility turned red as

—Spurt!

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