The Author's POV

Chapter 483

Beep—! Beep—!

[091]

Typing the codes on the side of the wall, the door of the office slowly started to open.

"Hmmm..."

With my eyes locked on the side of the door, my brows slowly started to squint.

'This number...'

There was something about the number that made me alert. Turning around and looking at the empty corridors of the classroom, I slowly entered the room.

Upon entering the room, my eyes locked on the professor's desk. Without further ado, I walked up to it and placed the folder he had given me on his desk.

"Haaa..."

Right as I placed the folder on his desk, glancing around the place, I let out a long breath as I thought about the state of the room the first time I came here.

Compared to the first time that I was here, it was now a lot cleaner.

Just recalling the state it was in and how many hours I had spent cleaning the place made me shake my head. It was quite frankly terrible.

"Anyhow..."

Turning my head, my eyes once again locked in the direction of the door.

'That number...'

There was definitely something about that number that made me apprehensive. Closing my eyes, I proceeded to use the chip inside my head to jump-start my memories.

They could potentially be just random numbers, however, it was never wrong to double-check.

"Ugh."

At the exact moment the chip activated, I felt a slight tingle in my brain.

'091...091...091...'

Instantly, upon activating the chip, my thoughts became a lot clearer as I started to look through all my memories in hopes of finding just where I had heard the number before.

It wasn't long before I finally figured it out, and when I did, my eyes snapped open.

"Ah! 091! I know who he is!"

Clank—!

It was then that at the exact moment I figured everything out that the door suddenly opened and a figure walked in. His deep voice echoed throughout the whole room.

"...So you've figured things out."

My head immediately snapped in the direction of the person who had come in. He was none other than Professor Thomas. My eyes instantly turned into slits.

Turning around, he closed the door behind him.

Gazing at him, I slowly opened my mouth.

"Professor, didn't you previously say that you wouldn't be coming back?"

"I did."

Professor Thomas nodded his head before slowly walking toward his desk. As he walked, I took a step to the side and allowed him to seat on his chair.

He had the same carefree look as he always had.

"..."

his direction. After a while, interlocking his hands together, Thomas turned

a while since we've last

out from my nose, my eyes

him. Professor Thomas

eyes opened up once

previously talking about back when

was from that simple greeting that I was able to confirm my suspicions

down on

the armrest of the chair, I crossed my legs

look like Professor Thomas? You don't seem to be wearing a skin

entering the Lock was a real

That, I didn't doubt.

soldier for a lot longer than me, I doubted the fact that

doubts were soon clarified as

facial and skeletal structure

"Hmm, that makes sense."

back on my chair and nodded my

Scratching the top of my nose, I

and disguise yourself

security was extremely tight, for an organization as massive as the Monolith, which was by far many times more powerful than the Lock, setting

the Lock security

academy in the human domain, didn't

they understand that the Lock was going up against an organization many times more

"Correct."

091 nodded his head.

again descended

TRIING—! TRIING—!

silence was the sound

glanced at my watch to check who

take my eyes away from my watch, 091 calmly opened his

"You can take it."

at Professor Thomas for a good minute, I decided to answer

"Hello."

—Ren!

sounded rather panicked from

on?" I

mean what's going on? Have you not checked the news at all? Your name is all over the place. Everyone knows that you're 876. Not only that! Over ten professors at the Lock were found

in

death is from 12 : 00 A.M. to early morning, during the exact time you were in the camera surveillance system. With the news of you

toward Thomas, I

see, so this is what you have been

had died were most likely the ones that the

Professor Thomas had been playing was to get me to become paranoid enough to the point that I would

only one that was in the camera system while the deaths happened, the most

whole Ricardo scenario was most likely also on

something off about me. Further increasing

mean oh?! This

could continue, I hung

swiped my phone up and opened the news tab. Upon opening the news tab, the first thing I saw

[Breaking news]

Dover, the missing student from the Lock is in fact 876. Because of his excellent performance at the conference,

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the article and looking through the evidence that was brought forward, I calmly nodded

to do. You guys want

off the phone, I leaned back on the

"Not a bad move."

genius to

the world know that I was 876, they were essentially trying to tarnish my reputation. Had it been in the past,

I was one of

"That's correct."

his head. His impassive voice

stronger you become, the more they expect you to do, and at some point, they start to rely on you. They no longer view

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