Owen patted James' shoulder several times. He tried to calm the shaken man down."James, they'll be fine as long as they don't know the identities of the monsters. You don't have to worry about them for now," Owen said.James shook his head. He didn't feel that way. He recalled the time at work when someone died just because they accidentally saw the scales of a monster.A chill ran down James' chest. He quickly turned around and walked quickly out. Owen immediately panicked. He came out from behind the storefront and grabbed James' hand."No James! Don't! Trust me, they'll be fine out there! You can't leave NEST unless you're ready!" Owen prevented as he reassured James.James glared at Owen."Let go, Owen!" James let go of Owen's hand and walked steadfastly towards the exit."James!" called Owen, but James didn't care. Everyone in the room was watching them, as they seemed to be arguing.Anne sensed that something was wrong, she quickly finished her milk and walked over to Owen who
Zen looked down on James with an annoying smile. he stood puffing out his chest. On the other hand, James felt very disturbed by the inclusion of this person in his conversation."Move Zen, I need to talk to Henry." James said shifting Zen's body away from him. Unexpectedly, Zen's body was moved easily."Henry, please let me out for a moment. This won't last long." James pleaded.Henry shook his head."No James. The surface is very dangerous for people like you. People with superpowers without proper training will only make them weak in the face of monsters. You'd better calm yourself down and train your body until you're ready. Your parents will be fine, I'm sure of it." Henry replied while patting James on the shoulder."Huh? Does that mean if I'm stronger then I can just come out?""That's not entirely true, but not only that. All the humans in HORNET don't know much information about the monsters, nor should we be careless while on the surface." Henry retorted.James was adamant,
James entered the training room and slammed the door loudly. It’s voice was so loud that it startled Axel who was waiting for him. James walked quickly to Axel and stopped right in front of him.He looked at the guy who often looked down with piercing eyes. The look of someone who was upset."Axel, I do want to see my parents, but fighting Zen is not a good idea! He'll maim me for life!" protested James.Axel clasped his hands together with a thump. He smiled widely and chuckled happily."Y-you're going to win, James!" he said regardless of James's protests.Axel pranced around happily. He loved this situation so much, he imagined that Zen would bow down to him and ask for forgiveness.On the other hand, James became annoyed with the behavior of the human in front of him. James grabbed Axel's wrist to make him stop prancing. Unexpectedly, James' hand was immediately rejected by Axel. The look on the man's face changed briefly."Sweat! Don't touch my sweat! There's a lot of bacteria!"
"Sure! I'll follow you!" James accepted Anne's invitation without hesitation. They both left the training room, Axel couldn't do anything to stop them.James and Anne entered the research room, then Anne knocked on a room. When the owner of the room opened the door, James could see that Lisa was the owner of the room."Anne? James? Why are you here?" Lisa asked."James and I need your help. We need to talk in a quiet place." Anne said seriously.Lisa then looked at her two friends. She then opened the door to the room fully."Come in, Professor Miguel is away and won't be back anytime soon. We can use this room."They then entered the room. Lisa locked it and made sure no one came near. Then Lisa came over to them.Then Lisa sat down in front of them."What are you doing here? Is it about the duel with Zen?" asked Lisa matter-of-factly."See, James, you're famous." Anne smirked slightly at James."Have you even heard about it?" asked James.Lisa nodded. The news had reached her ears w
The police car was speeding along amidst the glittering lights of the street. They were not on patrol, but on their way to a house on Blue Hill Street, a small neighborhood in the middle of the city.They stopped the car in front of a small house there. Even though it was ten o'clock at night, the house lights were still on. The two policemen who had previously checked James's house got out of the car.Ethan and Benjamin, the names of the two policemen. They were investigative police from the Landfield Police Department. Of course, their real identities were monsters, just like their colleagues at the police station. The police station in this city no longer had humans. Everything was dominated by monsters. With their position of control over the security field, the monsters began to use it to protect their own nation, and didn't care much about ordinary people."It's annoying when the Chief of Police assigns tasks late like this. We were given a case that's halfway through anyway. Li
Mark seemed hesitant about Benjamin and Ethan's invitation. Several times he took his eyes off the two policemen. The boy was actually still deeply traumatized by the massacre in front of him half a year ago.Exactly a week before he was adopted by his parents, he traveled with his friends and the orphanage officials. As they stopped for a meal, Mark was suddenly kidnapped by a man in a black mask--Ryo Krugger, and he was taken hostage. Three orphanage caretakers along with seven police officers were mobilized to search for him, while the other children were left with a caretaker of another orphanage.By the time they were found, Ryo Krugger and a man in a white mask--Zen, who carried a scythe--were waiting for the seven. Ryo pulled out a short shotgun and a dagger, and pointed them at the police and the three caretakers of the orphanage."You've had enough of playing orphanage caretaker. You've caused a disturbance by eating the homeless human children you picked up last month. You b
Keeping Mark alive was a big mistake for Zen and Ryo. Mark apparently remembers Ryo's face and the smell of the two of them. A week later the monsters hunt Ryo who is doing a mission in the middle of the city. Ryo killed them one by one and interrogated them. From the interrogation, he found out that the monsters can find someone through their smell, and Ryo is their main target. Ryo is hunted down to be killed and to find Zen. Knowing that his partner was in danger, Ryo reported the incident to HORNET. The organization acted quickly. They created a special cloak to disguise their scent. However, they couldn't find a solution for Ryo's face that was already known by the monsters. HORNET finally made the unilateral decision to dispose of Ryo for the safety of everyone in NEST.Ryo drank a serum that made him forget everything related to HORNET, and then he lived his life on the surface. Zen had negotiated with HORNET several times not to do that to Ryo, but was ignored by the higher-ups
James looked disappointed when he found out. He turned to Anne, but she also looked confused. The blonde woman seemed to have no other way but to ask Lisa for help.Lisa stood up from her seat. She adjusted the position of her glasses. The bob-haired woman squinted slightly at James."Please don't ask me to do something like this again. Especially when you're only doing it for your own benefit. You are a man, you should be stronger than us women," Lisa said.Lisa walked over to the door of the room and opened it."If you have nothing more to say, please return to your places immediately. My other coworkers might see you in this place if you linger here." Lisa said coldly.Unable to argue, James and Anne left the room. Lisa then closed the door without saying anything."Looks like you've lost your chance, James. You can't leave NEST like I did." Anne said.There was no reply from James. He just contemplated what Lisa had just said. James felt that what Lisa had said was true. James nee