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?"

"..."

staring at Joseph's lifeless body

the ground,

access to most of

cameras and communication devices. He had already planned this beforehand. By disrupting the

also the place that Ren could use to disable the tracking device installed in his head. Albeit

Ren placed the mask on Josephs's

—Gulp!

the mask on his face. The moment the mask touched Ren's face, his face distorted continuously. Before long, his facial

off, Ren replaced his

his way out of the room, Ren didn't forget

—Click!

*

the facility, Ren more or less knew the ins and outs of the facility he was in. He

of a corridor, Ren, who was now

guard nodded his

"Morning professor."

"mhm"

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

—Ding!

Ren swiped it on a small rectangular box on the right. Within

tensed every muscle of his body. He

—Clank!

On it were over a hundred rectangles displaying different

were

"Who are you?"

step forward, Ren hoarsely said. "It's

eyes, the guard was instantly able to

"Ah, it's professor Joseph."

smile and

brings your here

just here to check

surveillance cameras? How

files. I have

"Stole it?"

surprised look appeared on

Ren nodded his head.

at least, I want

"No problem."

and looked

the other guard walked up

need to do a retina and

"...Check?"

this. We just need to record whoever comes

up to Ren. With

Are you sick or something? Your voice sounds a

—Kracka!

manner, Ren's placed both of his hands on the guard's head and twisted. Slumping

"Hiiik!"

"Ahhhhh!"

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

"You!"

and as he fumbled to draw his weapon, Ren had already appeared

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

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

right kick towards

his head. Taking a step forward, Ren extended his hand.

"Kuak!"

moment Ren's hand hit the guard's throat, a hoarse sound escaped from the guard's mouth as he fell on the

"Y-ou're not the profess—Huek!"

"No shit."

—Kracka!

hands on the guard's

Two down.

single second. Tensing his legs, before

"Don't get near me!"

"Hiik!"

a dagger from his dimensional space, Ren slit the throat of two of the three individuals, leaving behind the last

"Stay away!"

tried to press the emergency button. This did not

make it

—WHIIIIIII! —WHIIIIIII!

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

—Spurt!

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