“Where did you think you’re going? You’re staying with me!”
The black lightning becomes more intense around Rex’s body, he looks at Miru coldly, “Flash!!”
SWOOSH!!
Rex’s body disappeared from the spot leaving sparks of black lightning,
He uses his newly acquired skill from the system that he just learned, it is a utility skill that increased his speed briefly.
In a blink of an eye, he turns into sparks of black lightning.
Then suddenly, he appeared beside Miru just a couple of inches from grabbing her neck.
One has to know that Miru is a speed specialist based on her high agility stats, although she is hurt, she’s still a fast Elementalist.
‘Eh?”, she looks to her back and saw Rex right behind her back.
Miru widened her eyes in surprise, she didn’t expect Rex can be this fast based on the fight they had before where Rex barely catch up to her.
Without giving her another chance to run, Rex grabbed her neck and slammed her down back to the warehouse.
Kiru on the side was also shocked, ‘When did he catch up to us?’
BOOM!
Miru slammed to the ground making a huge web-like crack, “Argh!!”, she grunted in pain, blood gushed out of her mouth like a fountain.
Rex knew based on Miru’s stats that she is a glass cannon who can’t take hits, getting slammed two times was her limit.
He then landed beside Miru who is lying helplessly on the ground, he stomped his feet on Miru’s neck pinning her down on the ground.
Miru struggles to move Rex’s feet to no avail, her bones are broken in numerous parts of her body and Rex’s strength is way above her league.
Looking at this, Kiru stopped with his eyes bulged crazily. He then dashes back to the warehouse fuming with anger, “LET HER GO!!”, he shouted angrily.
Hearing this, Rex only chuckles slowly, “Or what?”, he put more force on his stomp making Miru cough blood.
“STOP!!”, Kiru panicked, he looks at Miru with sorry eyes before raising his gaze to meet Rex, “What do you want?”
“What do I want? You’re asking me that?”, Rex laughs.
The white ninjas attack him out of nowhere, and how can he let them go just like that after threatening his and the girls’ lives.
His eyes then turned cold abruptly, “Who sent you?”
Kiru gritted his teeth desperately, his assassin side won’t let him say it but looking at Miru’s condition makes him struggle internally.
Rex studied Kiru’s expression and said, “What are you doing? You’re an assassin, this is the time where you leave and report to your client”, he then grins while pressing his feet on Miru’s neck, “Oh, I know! Is it because this girl is your sister?”
Rex noticed that Kiru and Miru look similar, they are also different from the assassins he knows.
He once met a group of assassins called the Crimson Smile, they are a group of specially trained Assassins during his time in the military. they hardly show any emotion or even socialize, and they are decisive enough to leave their caught comrade unlike Kevin in front of him.
It’s a bit extreme but it’s how they supposed to be, any information about their client cannot be leaked because it is taboo for an assassin.
Based on his perspective, these duo assassins are probably forced to be an assassin.
Hera is watching this from Rex’s back, she sucked in a cold breath, ‘So that’s why my instincts told me to avoid him, he’s a cold-blooded monster himself’.
Her back is drenched in a cold sweat,
Looking at Rex changes her view of him, she can’t see Rex as her student anymore.
Even imagining Rex win against Kevin is not an impossible task anymore, rather, she will not be surprised if Rex totally wins one-sidedly.
Adhara and Rosie on the other side are already used to this, they have seen Rex becomes this cold multiple times.
He becomes like this whenever any of their lives were threatened.
Rex’s ears perked up, he hears something coming their way, “Surrender now, If not I will kill your poor little sister. Time’s limited, make your decision now”
Kiru is still internally struggling, but seeing Miru’s bloodied eyes and painful wail makes him finally let go of his katana.
Clang!
Looking at this, Rex’s smile becomes even wider.
He signals Hera to take the guy’s weapon and restrain him, he wanted to interrogate them later.
Rex can hear the FAA approaching the warehouse because of the explosion from before, he doesn’t want them to capture Miru and Kiru for personal purposes so he decided to hide them.
He opened the system and search for restrain items, he bought two items that are Aura Lock and level four Seal Chain.
Aura lock is an item that can hide an Awakened aura for a day while a level four Seal Chain is a chain that can seal the power of a rank four Awakened or below for a day.
His heart is bleeding because of the costs of these items especially the level four Seal Chain, he sighs, ‘This’ll do’, Rex thought, he then put the item he bought to Miru and Kiru.
The Seal Chain is just like a normal chain but has a weird aura surrounding it, it becomes invisible after it is used on Miru and Kiru. The Aura Lock on the other hand is a tattoo etched on the target’s body, it is a black skull-shaped tattoo.
Kiru didn’t struggle because Miru is still under Rex’s feet, he obediently let Rex do his thing.
He felt his body loses all power, for years of being an Awakened this is his first time feeling like a normal person again, ‘What is this?’, he thought looking at the invisible chain wrapped on his body.
After restraining Kiru, he then lifts his feet before started restraining Miru.
Miru is in very bad shape, her voice is hoarse and she can’t even get up properly alone.
She can only look at Kiru with a sorry expression, she probably felt guilty because of her getting caught.
After putting it on Miru and Kiru, Adhara approached Rex and said, “Rex, the FAA is coming”
“I know, help me hide them”, Rex replied after restraining both Miru and Kiru.
Looking at this, Hera was confused, “Why do you intend on hiding them?
“Ms. Hera, there must be people after our back so I need to know who. Relying on the FAA will only put me in the dark, so I will be the one doing the interrogating”, he said nonchalantly.
Hera nodded her head, she then asks, “Okay…but how did you know the FAA is coming? I don’t hear anything”
Rex and Adhara were stunned and didn’t answer, they were thinking how to answer, “You didn’t hear it? I hear it too”, Rosie intervenes with a smile.
Hera was confused but suddenly,
VROOM!!
The sound of many vehicles arrives in front of the warehouse, from the sound Rex knew it is the FAA.
Miru and Kiru who now can’t move their body were put in the back of a white truck not far from Rex and covered by a blanket they found.
They can only helplessly lie down lest they want to get caught by the FAA which is worse.
‘At least we might survive if we stay silent, if we got caught by the FAA then we will definitely be executed’, Kiru thought as he signals Miru to stop wailing.
Thud!
Thud!
Thud!
The sound of footsteps was heard from the outside,
Not long after, the warehouse entrance was opened revealing a group of people wearing FAA uniforms.
The leader of the group is a robust old man, his eyes gazed at the surroundings sharply.
He was quite shocked looking at the piles of corpses scattered around the place, his eyes then landed on Rex’s group.
He approaches Rex’s group and said, “Who are you?”
Before anyone can answer, Hera already stepped forward and replied, “We are the representatives of Ochyra University for a tournament in Faraday University, my name is Hera, one of the lecturers of Ochyra University”
The old man squinted his eyes and saw Hera’s uniform, “What happened here?’
Hera explains to the old man about the event starting from when they got here, she didn’t miss out on any details except for Rex saving them from the explosion before.
She feels that it will be hard to believe if she said that, well Rex is a student after all.
Hearing Hera’s explanation, the old man was angered, “How dare they ran havoc here, MEN!! SEARCH THIS PLACE”, he shouted.
The FAA people then started to search this place,
It makes Rex and the others sweat a little fearing they might found Miru and Kiru,
If the FAA found out about Miru and Kiru then they will probably question Rex and the others further, it will be a pain if they manage to do so.
‘Hopefully, the items I bought are not for nothing’, Rex thought.
Not long after, “South CLEAR!!”
“North CLEAR!!”
“West CLEAR!!”
The FAA people reported one by one, their report is like a beautiful song playing on Rex’s ear.
‘They didn’t find them!’, Rex thought relieved, but suddenly,
“I think I hear something!! Eastside!!”
Hearing this, Rex and the others started to sweat.
Miru and Kiru are on the white truck on their east, it makes their hearts beat faster.
Rex held his breath, ‘Shit! They found them?’
The old man walks towards the east side, he wanted to check what’s the sound they’re hearing.
He looks around the place then suddenly, “Please, don’t kill me”
A white ninja survived Rex’s attack, his right arm is chopped off his body and his face is pale in pain and fear.
Looking at this, the old man waves his hand signaling to bring this man.
Rex and the others sigh in relief, they were thankful that Miru and Kiru are not caught by the FAA.
Hera then steps forward and said, “Sir, can you take us to Faraday University?”
The old man glances at Hera briefly before waving his hand.
A man comes towards him and salutes, “Let them fill in a report about what happened before escorting them to Faraday University”
Hearing this, the man salutes again before guiding Rex and the others.
After about half an hour of making a report, they finally resume their journey towards Faraday University.
They are currently in an FAA van heading towards Faraday University, the four of them are sitting on their backs with tired expressions.
“Rex!! When did you get the black lightning?! You’re keeping secrets again!”, Rosie pouted, Rex keeps getting further and further away from her.
Adhara and Hera also got their ears perked up waiting for Rex to answer,
Rex chuckles lightly, “I’m not keeping secrets, I just evolved my elements during our time in the VIP train”
Hearing this, the girls were shocked.
“That’s not fair! How can you evolve your element like that?! Where did you even get the resources to do that?”, Rosie complained.
Adhara on the sides also added, “Yeah, it’s very expensive to evolve an element. Even talented people need at least months of dedication to evolve their elements”
Hearing this, Rex felt overwhelmed because of their attempt to pressuring him to answer, “Fine, I got it from the trip I told you about. I meet an opportunity there, that’s why I got the resources to evolve my element”
Rosie and Adhara’s eyes turn green, “BRING US IN YOUR TRIP NEXT TIME”, they shouted in a union.
Rex can only nod his head helplessly, ‘I can’t possibly bring you guys, not if you’re not a part of SCO’, he thought.
Because of this event, Hera changes her perspective of Rex.
‘Power matching that of a peak rank four, black lightning, and coldly decisive. He will be a great person in the future’, Hera thought while looking at Rex who smiles helplessly under Adhara and Rosie’s pressure.
She chuckles wryly, ‘This guy…’, she can’t believe that this smiling and innocent-looking guy just killed dozens of people about an hour ago.