“Ladies and gentlemen of Metro City.” The masked face began, its voice heavily tuned to prevent anyone from knowing the speaker's gender.“I come to you today with a simple request. There is one in your midst, who refers to himself as Ghost. In actuality, his true identity is Ethan Jones, once known as Zero, the greatest E-Sports gamer. This man has been foolish enough to touch what he shouldn't and now has brought doom to this city. My request is simple; kill Ethan Jones. “Of course, you are welcome to not do so but I must warn you not to take my words as a joke. If Ethan Jones is not dead by six pm tomorrow, then thirty-six bombs have been placed in six strategic locations in the city. They will go off at my command if my demands are not met. And yes, I would advise you not to try disarming these bombs as they have been set to go off the moment someone other than me comes within a certain range of the device, so my advice is to either do as I've said or doom this city to unpreceden

Ethan didn't make things difficult for them, stretching his arms out so they could place handcuffs on his wrists.“Come on, let's be on our way.”Ethan led the way only to be met with a peculiar sight outside.A series of cocking sounds erupted as Aaron and his agents surrounded Captain Scholes and his company, prepared to fire should they overstep their boundaries.“Dare to come in here and think you can do as you please!” Aaron loudly remarked while glaring at Captain Scholes who immediately felt apprehensive as he couldn't see through Aaron same with Ethan which meant Aaron was likely stronger than him as well.In such a situation, he knew that one wrong move would end badly for him.Who cared about if the state would avenge him after his death if he was already dead?Would he be able to reap any benefits from the grave?So naturally, he could pull out the only threat he hoped would work given the circumstances.“Ethan Jones, you'd best call off your men!... If anything happens to

Ethan went wide-eyed as he realized what Louisa was referring to with Louisa realizing that he understood what she was referring to.“The…”“Don't.” Louisa quickly said, placing her hand over his mouth to stop him from saying the name.“Why?”“It's complicated. But you are right, running away isn't an option, they would keep chasing you down till you can't fight back.”“So let me fight them, but to do that, I need to convince the masses that I am working for them.”“I'll help you,” Louisa replied in a decisive tone.“You would be implicating your family.”“Don't worry, I already considered that when I decided to come out today. It would all be worth it.”Ethan couldn't even know how to feel looking at this lady who had everything but would give it all away in a heartbeat for his sake.“I promise it would be worth it.” Meanwhile, Captain Scholes nearly lost his mind as he couldn't understand how Ethan managed to get a woman like Louisa Goldberg to treat him like this.He nearly spat o

“... Okay, but you call me if you need anything.”“Don't worry, I'm shameless.”“What does that have to do with anything.”“That means I don't have any issues asking for help.” Ethan joked causing Louisa to chuckle.“Be careful, okay?” Louisa said before proceeding to embrace him.Ethan smiled. “I will.”The duo hugged for a little while longer before Ethan broke it off before sending Louisa off after which he went on his way.Once he was alone in an abandoned area, he placed a call across to Poltergeist.“Well, well, if it isn't Ethan Jones. I was expecting your call.” Poltergeist remarked with a seductive smile.Ethan sighed. “I guess you are aware of what's happening in Metro City.”“For the sole purpose of figuring out what the GK Council is after.”Ethan frowned as he recalled something. “The GK Council.”“Yes, they are the organization that killed my mother.”“Why?”“She learned one of their deepest secrets and was planning on revealing it. Unfortunately, they hunted her down wi

Sweeping one last look around, he finally shifted his attention to Lucia who was staring wide-eyed at him, trembling in fear. “Impossible, there's no way you managed to defeat them all.” Ethan sneered. “You have no idea what is possible with me around, Lucia.” “Impossible!... You are just some gamer!... There's no way you can be so powerful!” “You didn't stop to think why such powerful people would be after my life, did you, Lucia?” Lucia trembled as she didn't want to admit that he was correct. She had always seen him as inferior to her, a piece on the chessboard in a game that would see her reach the peak of the world. Now, he was greater, more superior than she could ever imagine, leaving her completely in the dust. Lucia's inflated ego didn't want to admit that Ethan had surpassed her which was why she couldn't accept his victory. She trembled as she backed away, struggling to come to terms with the sight before her. “You made a huge mistake you decided to betray me, Luci