James opened his eyes slowly. He saw the bright white ceiling reflected in the light. He felt dizzy, his head was spinning. His body felt strange like all his energy was drained.James got up and sat on the side of the bed. He felt his chest. Strange, nothing hurt. James was sure that many of his bones were shattered earlier."I'm still alive?"When James tried to stand up, the dizziness in his head kept him in place, so he just sat up while holding onto the side of the bed. His eyes darted around like he was in a state-of-the-art hospital."Where am I?" wondered James.It wasn't long before Lisa and a man in a white robe and glasses came into the room."James! Thank goodness you're awake! Are you feeling better?" Lisa came directly to hold several parts of James' body, highlighting his pupils with a small flashlight."Ah, I feel so dizzy. What happened to me?""You were injected with HORNET's regenrator serum. It's an amazing healing serum for superhumans. Your body will be fine," Li
"Zen, Anne has great potential. If you train her, she will become a great force for HORNET. The stronger we are, the more human lives we can save!" said Henry, trying to convince Zen."Tsk!" Zen snorted and turned around, walking irritably towards the exit."Where are you going, Zen?""Assign someone else to be the babysitter! I only want the extermination mission! I still have plenty of business with those monster bastards!"Zen walked haughtily out of the room, leaving a dizzy Henry clutching his forehead.On the other place, Sisca dragged Anne into an interrogation room. Then she left the blonde woman with a man with a sinister face and thick beard. He had three monster nail marks on his cheeks.Gordon Reinhart was the full name of the big man. He was known for being very strict in following the HORNET rules. He was the one who explained to everyone who joined HORNET how important it was to follow the rules for their safety. This includes disciplining people who act out. Rumour has
The woman looked at James with a horrified smile. James didn't like it at all. Her smile reminded him of his parents' smile when they turned into monsters. A smile from someone who intended to hurt him."HORNET will give you extra protection and lots of money! All you have to do is lie down and follow the scientists' procedures, then-""No! I don't want to!" James cut her off.She furrowed her brow, "You have to listen to me first-""Enough! I don't want that position! I don't want to be considered a tool by HORNET!"The smile on the woman's face disappeared, and she realized that her words had scared this new person. She leaned her back against the chair and sighed."I'm sorry, I must have scared you. Let me tell you, my name is Giselle. You can relax now," Giselle said softly.James was already suspicious of Giselle. He kept his suspicious gaze on Giselle."Anne, the person who just joined HORNET, which division is she in?" James asked."Anne? Are you referring to the blonde woman w
James was so surprised he had to fight even two days after he almost died from the fight. Axel took a few steps back, then picked up a wooden sword, a straight sword of medium size."Y-you can take the weapon behind you," Axel said in his typical stammering style, similar to a mentally unwell person. He swung the wooden sword a few times to gauge its weight.James looked back, seeing a variety of wooden weapons. He walked over to them, and he also touched them. All the weapons were very unfamiliar to him. James didn't find any projectile weapons at all. Everything was just melee weapons."No pistol or crossbow models?" asked James, still looking for projectile weapons among the wood."Y-you won't find any, James. The training weapons in this place are only melee weapons," replied Axel, walking to the centre of the room.James scratched his head. He had never used a weapon before. Of course, choosing a weapon would be difficult for him. He didn't know what weapon would suit him and mat
The medical room was a lonely place in NEST. The people here preferred to use regenerator serum instead of treating them manually. Even the medical staff here provided more regenerator serum than medical supplies. Most people just came in, injected the serum, and slept elsewhere.Thea, the ponytailed female medic, handed a shot of regenerator serum to James, who was applying ointment to his bruise."You, just use this, your body will soon heal as before without any major risks. You will only feel sleepy," she said kindly.James shook his head as he smiled kindly back at Thea."No, I've had enough of this," he replied as he showed the ointment.Thea shrugged her shoulders, then returned the serum to its original place."Though it would be easier if you used the serum. It's rare for a HORNET to use the manual method like you.""I had a bad experience using that thing. I'll just use the traditional way to avoid the same thing happening," James replied.Thea realized that James was the ne
Anne still doubted Sisca's words. James had no basis in fighting, surely he would find it difficult to train like Anne was doing now. "James will get beat up." The blonde woman said with a frivolous smile. Sisca took a regenerator serum from her pocket. "You're the same way, battered. Catch this!" Sisca threw the serum and Anne caught it. Anne looked at the object in her hand, then furrowed her brows. She felt that it shouldn't be used on small wounds like this. The woman wearing a white sports bra pocketed the serum, not intending to use it. Sisca surprised to see that. "Why aren't you using it? I dare to beat you up because i brought that serum for you. You need to use it to get better!" Sisca protested. The sexy woman in front of Sisca only replied with a small, haughty smile. Instead, she returned to her boxing stance. "That serum would be very useful in a dangerous situation. Wouldn't it be a shame to use it on this small wound?" She said. Sisca tapped her own forehead, s
Axel chuckled mysteriously. He laughed as he continued to crouch down and stare at the tiny ants walking hand in hand. To Henry, it bothered him a lot."You're not planning anything bad, are you?" asked Henry suspiciously.Axel glared at the ants and chuckled even louder. He then killed the ants one by one by squeezing them with his index finger. Honestly, it was not a comfortable sight for Henry."L-little ants. Destroyed! D-dead!" he said with satisfaction.Henry felt a tense aura from Axel. This wasn't the only time he had behaved like this. He crouched down."You don't have to kill those innocent ants, Axel." Henry held Axel's wrist. Making the man become quiet. Axel was a person with mild down syndrome, so he sometimes had the thoughts of a child. But he wasn't a weird person, he had the power to produce a liquid full of bacteria like Komodo dragon’s saliva, it came from the sweat on Axel’s palms. As a fighter, Axel is extremely dangerous if he is already using a sharp weapon. H
Eight o'clock in the morning is when the NEST residents have breakfast. Inside the large room, about 400 people eat every day. Although HORNET has more than 900 members, most of them still mingle outside with the monsters to gather information and look for other superhumans to rescue. The others monitor their movements from inside the NEST and are ready to send help when a member sends a distress signal.James grabbed some bread and cappuccino for breakfast this morning. It had been ten days since he had eaten the same thing for breakfast. The other HORNET members looked at him and smiled down at him. However, James didn't care at all. He continued to leisurely devour his bread.The reason why people smiled down at him was because James had various bruises on his face from his strenuous training with Axel. He was considered a freak for refusing to use the regenerator serum. Almost everyone in the room knew James, the strongman who didn't need a regenerator."Hey handsome, can I sit h