Lucifer and Caen continued walking through the empty corridors for a long time before finally seeing a living soul.
The person they saw was a normal guard who seemed surprised to see Lucifer back. His eyes opened wide as if he had seen a ghost.
Lucifer also recognized the guard from before. He had seen this guy a few times. Moreover, he also didn't like this guy.
He still remembered when he had just come out of a test. He had seen a tray with a glass of water placed on a shelf.
Since he was feeling like he was going to die of thirst, he picked up the glass of water and was just about to drink it when this guard snatched the water from his hand.
"This is for the son of Doctor Rao! You can't drink it. I just placed this here for a minute, and any random guy thinks he can drink it? Where's the nurse who is escorting you!"
The guard scolded Lucifer a lot that day. Moreover, he wasn't the only one who was reprimanded for only trying to drink water, but the nurse was also scolded because of this.
Because the nurse was scolded for Lucifer, she also became annoyed with him, in turn causing her to behave worse than she usually did.
The guard stared at Lucifer, wide-eyed. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. The dead kid had returned?
Doctor Rao and the others who knew about this hadn't told him that Lucifer was alive yet.
"Are you alive?" He finally came to a conclusion since he didn't believe in ghosts. The only possible explanation was that Lucifer was alive.
In any case, he had only heard about Lucifer's death and hadn't seen it.
"I am alive," Lucifer said as he raised his finger towards the guard and fired a weak lightning bolt.
"Arghhh!"
A scream left the lips of the guard as soon as the lightning bolt hit him.
Even though his lightning bolt was weak for Lucifer, for others, it was frightening since it left a hole in the knees of the guard, which made him drop to the ground, roaring in pain.
Lucifer started walking towards the guard, who was screaming like a dying animal from pain.
"Lucifer, don't kill him. We need to ask him for directions."
Seeing Lucifer walking towards the guard, Caen reminded him that they needed the guard alive, at least until they got their answers.
"After a long time, we found someone we can ask questions to. Let's not waste this opportunity," Caen said.
Lucifer nodded in response but didn't say anything as he stopped before the guard.
Standing before the guard, Lucifer asked, "Not carrying any water for others today?"
"You have awakened! How is that possible! They said it was impossible!" The Guard exclaimed as tears of pain trickled down his cheeks.
"You should ask that question to the ones who said it was impossible. Don't worry; I'll send them after you," Lucifer said as he sat on his knees.
He slowly took the black glove off of his right hand but didn't touch the guard. He only brought his finger near the guard's face, making him seem like he was going to fire a lightning bolt.
Seeing that finger that had just fired a looking bolt aiming at his face, the guard's heartbeat skipped a beat in fear.
He looked at Caen, who was still looking like Xander.
"You! Why are you standing and watching! You are from APF! It's your duty to save me from Variants! Please save me!" He said strongly.
"Save you from Variants? Hah, it's a good joke. It's the Variants who need safety after what is done to them here," Caen replied lazily as he stretched out his arms and yawned.
"Your life depends on Lucifer now. He is your god, and he is your devil. Do what he says, and you might get to live. I'm not going to interfere in any case. So everything depends on you," he said as a smirk appeared on his face.
"W-what do you want? I will do anything you say. Just don't kill me!" The guard told Lucifer, begging for his life.
"It's so ironic," Lucifer said, shaking his head. "The mighty men who treated me like a slave are begging me for their life. It's all about yourself, isn't it? If weak discomfort you, you can even kill him. But if the strong discomfort you, you can only beg him for life."
"I-i didn't do anything to you. I am innocent. Don't kill me. I am just a guard. I will do anything you say!" The guard told Lucifer, begging him.
"You will do anything? Then tell me, where are the scientists? Where can I find them?' Lucifer asked.
"T-the scientists? All of them are in a hall! Take the third left from ahead and the second right from there. The second door on the left is the Hall where all the scientists are kept until the government comes to take them," the guard informed Lucifer.
"Are all scientists there? Even Doctor Rao?" Caen asked from behind.
At Caen's questions, the guard seemed confused. Why was Caen asking that? Didn't he already meet Doctor Rao and know where he was? Something seems really strange here. He still didn't know the man before him wasn't Xander.
"Answer!" Lucifer said firmly.
"Doctor Rao and Doctor Layman are the only two Doctors who aren't in the hall. They are in their office. To get to their office, walk straight ahead in the hallway where you find that hall. And take a left. The room at the end is the office of Doctor Rao," the guard answered.
"Good," Lucifer said as he gently placed his fingers on the face of the guard.
He had already decided, wherever possible, he was going to use his Decay since that gave him energy.
"Ahh! It hurts! What are you doing! Free m-"
As soon as Lucifer's finger touched the guard, his screams intensified as his body started decaying.