"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
Heart racing, James feared that his mother would be harmed, but he couldn't ignore the person holding his leg right now."Let go of me, Zen!" James slapped Zen's hand hard, making Zen's hand release its grip.Zen was in pain from the blow, his hand was bruised red from that one small blow.His strength is like that of a monster! Zen thought.Not to be deterred, James took advantage of the opportunity to run back out.Zen picked up a rope and threw it. The rope wrapped around James' leg and made the man fall. Zen ran over and touched James' neck."Don't move, James! If you move, I will make your neck rot and you will die." Zen threatened coldly.James was transfixed and his eyes bulged. He glanced at Zen's face. The man had an annoyed expression on his face."Stand up, damn it!" Zen guided James' body to stand up, he followed suit."Walk!" Zen forced James to walk slowly towards somewhere."Where are we going?" asked James full of cold sweat.Zen smiled a little."Where else? We're goi
A tall, strong-faced woman entered the arena. She was the one Henry had assigned to referee the duel. This woman was Michelle Kurt, who was more senior than both James and Zen.Michelle watched James carefully. The confused face of James who was looking for a suitable wooden sword to use made her intrigued. A new kid like James would probably lose instantly when faced with Zen. Although he was Axel's student, he hadn't even practiced for a month. Moreover, the bruises depicted on James' face convinced Michelle that this man must be very weak.The woman turned her attention to Zen. In stark contrast to James, Zen looked in great shape and full of confidence to finish off his opponent. That sturdy body would probably pulverize James in no time. Add to that Zen's expression of holding back annoyance at James, he must be eager to kick the new kid's ass."You're wasting my time, new boy!" said Zen getting impatient seeing James still struggling to find a suitable weapon.James didn't liste
The audience cheered very loudly at Zen's extraordinary skill. The enthusiasm of the audience was so great that their shouts began to disturb the concentration of Anne who was enduring the pain.The enthusiasm of the audience was not without reason. Zen was known as a strong warrior who was arrogant. He never used his superpowers if he wasn't serious about fighting. He went through many missions without using his power of decay, and very few people had ever seen him use it. The first-time viewers would have been hysterical when they saw Zen decomposing the cloth. Zen was seriously fighting James."Damn! Zen is using his ability! It's a rare spectacle, but I didn't expect his power to be that terrifying!" one of the arena spectators said to the person beside him."True, Zen isn't usually like that. However, isn't that too much? His opponent is just a beginner who has only been training for ten days at NEST," his friend replied.Henry himself had not expected that Zen would be so seriou