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?"

"..."

body on the

through his pockets. From his dimensional space to the black box on the ground, Ren took everything. Most importantly, he also took a small black card that hung

was a free-access pass that allowed access to most of the facilities available on the floor

goal was to disable all of the security cameras and communication devices. He had already planned this beforehand. By disrupting the cameras and communications,

Ren could use to

mask on Josephs's face. A blue glow enveloped the room, and Ren's mana depleted

—Gulp!

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

clothes off, Ren replaced

Ren exited the room. On his way out of the room, Ren didn't forget to lock the

—Click!

*

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

was now disguised

his head

"Morning professor."

"mhm"

nodded back and turned left. Stopping right before a thick metallic door, REn looked towards the side of the door where the words [Surveillance room] were

—Ding!

took from Joseph, Ren swiped it on a small rectangular box on the right. Within seconds a green light flashed and the doors to the surveillance

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

—Clank!

On it were over a hundred rectangles displaying different areas of

were

"Who are you?"

Ren hoarsely said. "It's

was instantly able

"Ah, it's professor Joseph."

friendly smile and relaxing,

brings your

to check

the surveillance cameras?

can't seem to find some of my files.

"Stole it?"

appeared on

Ren nodded his head.

check something...Or at least, I want

"No problem."

guard nodded his head and looked towards the

other guard walked up to

per procedures, we need to do a retina and fingerprint

"...Check?"

been like this. We just need to record whoever

up to Ren.

the way professor. Are you sick or something? Your

—Kracka!

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

"Hiiik!"

"Ahhhhh!"

the screams and taking advantage of the chaos, Ren quickly turned

"You!"

react in time, and as he fumbled to draw his weapon,

his head. Unfortunately, raising his

With the chip in his head running at full throttle, Ren was

right kick towards

bent down. A swooshing sound passed by his head. Taking a step forward, Ren extended his hand. In

"Kuak!"

the guard's mouth as he fell on the ground.

"Y-ou're not the profess—Huek!"

"No shit."

—Kracka!

both hands on the guard's head,

Two down.

attention towards the three remaining individuals, Ren did not waste a single second. Tensing

"Don't get near me!"

"Hiik!"

out a dagger from his 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!"

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

couldn't make it in

—WHIIIIIII! —WHIIIIIII!

was underneath the table. Instantly the whole facility turned red as

—Spurt!

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