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?"

"..."

lifeless body on the

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

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

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

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

taking everything that was on Joseph's body, Ren placed the mask on Josephs's face. A blue glow enveloped

—Gulp!

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

clothes off, Ren replaced his clothes

room. On his way out

—Click!

*

and outs of the facility

of a corridor, Ren, who was now disguised as

nodded his head

"Morning professor."

"mhm"

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

—Ding!

it on a small rectangular box on the right. Within seconds a green light flashed

tensed every muscle of his body. He was

—Clank!

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

were

"Who are you?"

Ren hoarsely said. "It's

his eyes, the guard was

"Ah, it's professor Joseph."

on a friendly smile and relaxing,

your

to check the

surveillance cameras? How

some of my files. I have a feeling that someone

"Stole it?"

look appeared

Ren nodded his head.

why I would like to check something...Or at

"No problem."

nodded his head and looked

nod, the other guard walked

that, professor, as per procedures, we need

"...Check?"

always been like this. We just need to record whoever

box, the guard walked up to Ren. With a friendly smile, the guard

Are you sick or

—Kracka!

manner, Ren's placed both of his hands on the guard's head

"Hiiik!"

"Ahhhhh!"

taking advantage of the chaos, Ren quickly turned his attention towards

"You!"

unable to react in time, and as he fumbled

raising his arm, the guard moved right and blocked

had 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

kick towards

guard's body language, Ren bent down. A swooshing sound passed by his head. Taking a step forward, Ren

"Kuak!"

sound escaped from the guard's mouth as he fell

"Y-ou're not the profess—Huek!"

"No shit."

—Kracka!

the guard's

Two down.

not waste a single second. Tensing his

"Don't get near me!"

"Hiik!"

of two of

"Stay away!"

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

make it in

—WHIIIIIII! —WHIIIIIII!

underneath the

—Spurt!

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