“Sorry about that, Harold. Sir Chris is jumpy after what happened to him.”Oliver claps his hands together when he noticed the scar on the man’s neck. The special private’s grasp was so tight that it left a bruise on the area.“Tell me about it. Hey, at least he’s on our side.”The guy groaned, wincing from the sting that the mark had caused. He was now gently pressing ice on it so lessen the swell.They both chuckled as they threw a glance at the person, recalling that immense pressure that they suffered from the fellow a while ago.The force of it was strong enough to cause them to freeze in place, which gave the impression that the man was truly powerful.It felt comforting that they had him there right now, though Oliver still did not know what the man’s ability was. Just having him there was sufficient to put them at ease.“Yeah, but I don’t get it. These guys. What would they attain by abducting the sergeant?”He went back to their topic at hand, having recovered from the shock

In the middle of pier eight, three individuals were gathered within a room in a makeshift apartment made of wood.One of them was lying on the bed, hands bandaged, while the other two were arguing.“I told you we should have brought those things.”The tallest guy among them grumbled and cursed while he stomp on the wooden boards. All of them felt destitute because of their failure.“What are we going to do now? They will find us because of the traces we left.”The only woman in the group mumbled, tearing up as she could not move her hands and ended up being wounded because of her folly.“It’s not like we had a choice.”The third member groaned, clenching his fist in anger because they couldn’t do anything.“Did you guys feel that?”The first fellow states, feeling the sudden change in the air, together with the trembling on the floor.“You’re being too paranoid, we still have a chance to...”Before the second guy could finish his sentence, the roof falls down, rubbles spreading everyw

“Now that we’ve cleared that out. Can you tell your friends outside not to attack us?”Harold forced a chuckle.Not wanting to show that he was concerned or worried about it.Somehow with how their conversation went, and how the trio currently had this look of awe at the special private, as they had this glint in their eyes while gazing at him.“Yes, I would really want to avoid any kind of violence.”Sir Chris sighed with a smile on his face.With a snap of the man’s fingers, the roots that had returned to normal a while ago now became thicker and started wriggling at the ready. Some even had twisted to create a more screwy looking points on their tips.While Oliver made an armor appear on his chest and head that had this metallic blue glow, along with baring the claws in his gloves again.“What do you mean?”Arnold frowned, feeling the instant change in the room’s atmosphere. The area now had this thick, almost choking air, making it hard to breathe.The surprising thing was it didn

“Sir, they seem to be getting ready for a big attack.”Harold whispers, noticing the rise in energy of the two guys that were there.Both were bent on fighting up to their last strength, but there was one thing that was noticeable in them.“Can you increase the space a bit more?”Chris requests.After evaluating the current size of the area, there was a slight chance that things may go out of control, considering that the energy that the youngster was storing up was stronger than before.“Again, sir?”That made Harold frown with a pouty face.It was already taking all of his concentration to keep that pocket dimension intact and increasing it would force him towards his limit.From a measly twenty-four square meter room, the area was now ten times bigger than it was before.“Sorry, but please bear with it. Seems I’ll need more arm space to calm these guys down.”As he knows his own capacity, he understood that the field they were in was not big enough to release his special roots.As

After a few hours of driving and they finally arrive at their destination, from the road, they looked down on the buildings that were being taken over by the lush greenery surrounding it.It resembled the one that was in the city, much like the main headquarters of the research department.White walled, intricate architecture that had a mix of futuristic design and durability against attacks. It boasted several large concrete buildings that faced each side of the compass.“So that’s the place. Seems to have been abandoned for quite some time.”Chris rubbed the bottom of his chin as he contemplated on the setting and surroundings of the area.Also, he could feel something off about it, which was the reason they stopped there.“Three years to be exact, sir.”Harold was checking on his phone to make sure that he had the proper information to give.That only caused the private officer’s face to turn even more dark, as a thought crossed his mind at the mention of it.“Why built it near a l