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 ground,

to the black box on the ground, Ren took everything. Most importantly, he also

pass that allowed access to most of the facilities available on the floor they

already planned this beforehand. By disrupting

the place that Ren could use to disable the tracking

Joseph's body, Ren placed the mask on

—Gulp!

mask touched Ren's face, his face distorted

Ren replaced his

was done changing, Ren exited the room. On his way out of

—Click!

*

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

was

nodded his head and

"Morning professor."

"mhm"

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

—Ding!

rectangular box on the right. Within seconds a

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

—Clank!

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

them were

"Who are you?"

step forward, Ren

guard was instantly able to

"Ah, it's professor Joseph."

a friendly smile

your

here to check the surveillance

surveillance cameras?

can't seem to find some of my files. I have a feeling that someone stole

"Stole it?"

surprised look appeared on the guard's

Ren nodded his head.

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

"No problem."

nodded his head and looked

the other guard walked up

per procedures, we need to do a retina

"...Check?"

always been like this. We just need to

to Ren. With a friendly smile, the guard turned on the

professor. Are you sick

—Kracka!

of his hands on the guard's head and twisted. Slumping on the ground, the

"Hiiik!"

"Ahhhhh!"

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

"You!"

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

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

running at full throttle, Ren was able to envision and calculate the most probably counterattack

right kick

swooshing sound passed by his head. Taking a step forward, Ren extended his hand. In a lightning-fast manner,

"Kuak!"

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

"Y-ou're not the profess—Huek!"

"No shit."

—Kracka!

both hands on the guard's head,

Two down.

not waste a single second. Tensing his legs, before they

"Don't get near me!"

"Hiik!"

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

"Stay away!"

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

Ren couldn't make it in

—WHIIIIIII! —WHIIIIIII!

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

—Spurt!

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