"Alexander Jansen, the head of the organization would like to see you."
Jansen stopped his movements while practicing resistance techniques. The direction of his gaze spontaneously shifted to a guard coming toward him.
Jansen turned his gaze to Matthew, who had been training with him. Matthew gave a nod of his head as if to let Jansen go. Although they both looked confused.
"What's the need?" asked Jansen, who walked up to the male guard.
"You can only know after dealing with Mr. Frank. Come on, follow me."
Jansen's brow furrowed even more after the guard man answered. He felt a little irritated because the guard man in front of him was not friendly at all.
Unable to resist, Jansen followed the guard. He had been thinking about Frank, who had become the leader of the organization.
Even during training, Jansen couldn't fully use his concentration. Part of his focus was on Frank. He remembered that before he almost died in the tunnel that night, Frank had been chasing him to get the virus research documents.
It wasn't long before Jansen arrived in front of a grand door. The door opened slowly to reveal a large room.
"Ah, Mr. Frank," said Jansen when he saw Frank sitting on the throne.
A few meters in a straight line from the door of the room, there was Frank along with two humans who seemed to be on guard. They had pale faces and looked at Jansen very sharply.
Jansen's steps finally arrived at the bottom of the steps of Frank's throne. While the guard man beside Jansen bowed, Jansen just looked at Frank expressionlessly.
"Mr. Frank, I've brought someone you'd like to meet," the guard said.
Frank gave the code for the guard to leave. After the man stepped away until he was out of the room, Frank stood up and went down the stairs.
"Alexander Jansen," Frank called, then stopped a few meters in front of Jansen.
Jansen still didn't move. He deliberately did not take his eyes off Frank. A lopsided smile appeared on his face.
"Why do I find you so familiar?" asked Frank, who was looking at Jansen intensely.
Jansen's eyebrows shot up. He refrained from bringing up the past between them.
"We've never met before, Mr. Frank," Jansen replied. "Or you met someone who looks like me."
Frank still wore an expression that suggested he was interested in Jansen. For a few seconds, he seemed to be searching for Jansen's lie. His eyes narrowed suspiciously.
"Ah, I did meet someone who looks a lot like you. Even his name," Frank replied.
"Did you call me into this room just to suspect me?" asked Jansen.
Frank stuffed both hands into his pants pockets while chuckling.
"Actually not suspicious, I've felt attracted to you since I saw you in the fighting ring," Frank said without hesitation.
Jansen had expected Frank to suspect him. Especially since he used his real name without a disguise.
"I feel very lucky that you noticed me, Mr. Frank. But if you're thinking of someone with evil plans, I'm not like that," Jansen said calmly.
Frank let out a long sigh as he put his hands on his waist.
"I'm not saying you're someone who plots evil, Jansen. Instead, you remind me of someone who makes me furious with him."
Jansen began to find an opening to pry more information out of Frank. He could clearly guess who Frank was referring to.
"Do you have someone you hate?" Jansen asked. "Ah, that someone must have made a big mistake."
"To be honest, he was a naive person who acted like he could save the world," Frank began to explain.
Jansen didn't answer. As he watched Frank walk around him, he tried to restrain himself. He had to control everything he wanted to say.
Also control his feelings of anger at Frank's betrayal. Or confirming to the point who killed him in the tunnel that night.
"I told him to cooperate nicely, but he refused. He thinks those useless parasitic monster creatures can be removed from this world," Frank said with a cynical laugh.
"You mean those parasitic monsters can't be exterminated?"
"Do you believe that nonsense?" Frank asked. "If they could be eradicated, the world wouldn't be in such a mess, right?"
Jansen didn't believe Frank's words. Before coming to the future, his research showed that every parasitic virus could be eradicated.
Starting from viruses that have just spread in the human body to viruses that have already multiplied into monsters. They have their own treatments.
One of the most important things is that viruses that have already entered the human body can be prevented from developing.
If Frank had managed to get his hands on the research documents, they should have understood that. But why did the organization seem to let parasitic viruses flourish?
"There is no virus that cannot be eradicated, Mr. Frank." Jansen deliberately provoked Frank a little.
Frank's steps behind Jansen stopped.
"What are you saying?" Frank asked. "You don't know anything."
"Just like an infected woman can stop acting aggressively when I close my eyes and tell the citizens to be quiet, the virus works like that."
Jansen turned around and looked at Frank through a calm gaze. A smile of formality curved up. Despite the fact that Jansen was already feeling the urge to confront Frank.
"They will be able to atrophy or regenerate inside the human body if we get in the way," Jansen continued calmly.
Frank immediately narrowed his eyes at Jansen. Suspicion was clear from the look in his eyes.
"What did you just say? How did you know about the virus?" Frank asked.
Jansen flinched, and that made Frank feel instantly threatened.
"Hey, who the hell are you?" Frank stepped closer to Jansen and grabbed him by the shoulders.
"Mr. Frank, you're not going to do violence to a training member, are you?" asked Jansen deliberately insinuating Frank.
"Oh, or are you used to doing this without anyone knowing?" Jansen continued his question while glancing at Frank's hand on his shoulder.
Frank grinned. "After what you've been saying since earlier, I feel more and more like you resemble someone from the past."
"You keep talking about it, Mr. Frank. Why are you likening me to him?" Jansen asked deliberately provoking Frank.
Frank stepped slowly closer to Jansen with a sharp look.
"He was so good at business that our business always made a huge profit. But he refused my offer," Frank said.
After saying that, Frank let out a rough breath.
"I was trying to expand our business to make it more profitable. He's really naive, just like what you said about the virus."
Jansen curved his smile wider.
"Maybe you're using something that shouldn't be traded, Mr. Frank. There's no way a good businessman like him would turn down a big profit unless there's something to lose," Jansen retorted.
Frank furrowed his brow and looked somewhat taken aback. Slowly his face showed Jansen concern.
"I've heard of someone trading viruses with no regard for humanity. Ah, if I become like someone you hate, I'd rather kill you," Jansen continued.
"I didn't do that," Frank said, but his expression implied a lie.
Jansen laughed briefly.
"I'm not saying that person is you, but the virus trade is very profitable indeed. By the way, where is the person you hate now?"
Frank exhaled a rough breath. "Maybe he's dead."
"You killed him?"
Frank's eyes bulged. But at that moment he looked panicked.
"Don't accuse me!"
"Ah, it wasn't you who killed him. But someone you hate used to be the leader of the organization. Why did you take his place?"
After hearing Jansen's question, Frank stiffened without being able to move.
Then Jansen approached Frank, and whispered, "Isn't it strange that you replaced the leader's position, when you weren't good colleagues?"
"You..." Frank hung on as his jaw hardened.
Frank growled, then he raised his hand and snapped his fingers.
Just as Jansen looked back, a long tentacled hand grabbed his neck. He glared in panic as he realized the guard-human beside Frank's throne was a half-human parasyte monster.
Jansen raised his head and looked at the guard-human's tentacle hand under his face. He didn't expect that there was a half-human parasitic monster.
"Why does your face look surprised?" Frank asked with a sardonic smile.
Jansen tried to take in oxygen. Several times he tried to remove the tentacle's hand from his neck.
"Tell me. Who are you?" Frank intimidated.
Jansen's eyes were closed. He was having trouble breathing.
"Are you..."
Jansen laughed. "Do... y-you think..."
[WARNING! YOUR HEALTH POINTS ARE THREATENED!]
[YOU HAVE 3 RECOVERY CHANCES. ONE CHANCE HAS ALREADY BEEN USED, DO YOU WANT TO USE THE REMAINING RECOVERY CHANCE?]
[SAY 'RECOVERY' IF YOU AGREE]
"Recovery," Jansen muttered very softly.
The longer Jansen's chest was very tight along with the lack of oxygen he could breathe.
Then he heard the system's voice.
[Jansen, you can use the 'Immune Shield' as I detect a virus starting to enter your body]
[Activate your 'Hand-Attack' skill. The more you use it, the more points you can increase your skill level!"]
Jansen actually didn't understand what this annoying system was saying. But he saw the system screen change to display many locked skills.
There were two skills that didn't have a lock symbol. The caption reads:
[Hand Attack/Lv.1 (Beginner)]
[Strong Kick Attack/Lv. 1 (Beginner)]
"Activate the Hand Strong Kick attack combo," muttered Jansen.
[REQUEST ACCEPTED!]
Not long after, Jansen felt a different sensation flow in his body. Like a foreign power that made him not limp.
Jansen immediately gripped the tentacle hand around his neck. With all his strength, each of his two hands twisted in a different direction.
Then when the tentacles' grip loosened, Jansen painstakingly kicked out while twisting his body. He did not let go of his twisting hands and deliberately pressed his legs to twist as well.
"GUARRRGGHHH!"
[WARNING! HEALTH POINT ATTACK REDUCED BY 50 POINTS!]
[CONGRATULATION, YOU RECEIVED 150 'HAND ATTACK' SKILL LEVEL POINTS!]
[CONGRATULATION, YOUR STRONG KICK ATTACK SKILL INCREASED BY 200 POINTS!]
"Feel it!" Jansen cursed at the half-human monster.
"RUARRRGGHHHH!" "STOP!" Frank called out an order and the parasitic half-human monster stopped its attack. The half-human monster's tentacle arms instantly moved backwards after being twisted relentlessly by Jansen.Jansen moved out of the way with his breath catching. Sweat poured from his temples. He stared at the half-human monster that had turned back into a human. 'What kind of monster is that?' Jansen thought as he watched the half-human monster before him. In all the time Jansen had been researching parasitic virus monsters, he had never found a parasitic monster that could control shapeshifting. The first parasitic virus that Jansen discovered turned humans into full-fledged monsters. So how did the parasitic virus develop into this? "You," Frank said, pointing at Jansen in exasperation. "You haven't answered my question." Frank approached Jansen. As Frank moved, the system screen in front of Jansen's face changed appearance. [WARNING! YOUR HEALTH POINTS ARE REDUCED BY
"Ah, shit..."Jansen walked backwards with a dumbfounded expression on his face. His entire body froze watching the figure of a man staring at him intently. The form of the man beside him was human, but Jansen saw that both his hands were covered in sleeves. Jansen already felt an uncomfortable feeling. His mind pictured the half-human parasitic monster in Mr. Frank's room a few hours ago. "No one is allowed to wander around during the late hours of the night. Rules are rules," said the stranger beside Jansen. The stranger's tone implied a small growl. Although his gaze was intense, there was still a calmness to it. "I didn't do anything. I just accidentally saw this room," Jansen replied awkwardly. "Go away. Don't let me forcibly evict you," the man retorted threateningly. Jansen did not move immediately. He held his hands low as he watched the man in front of him from the ground up. At that moment Jansen's curiosity was somehow drawn to the two arms of the man in front of h
"What did I just witness?" muttered Jansen under his breath. Now Jansen leaned one side of his body against the wall. His adrenaline was pumping after witnessing what was inside the giant incubator room of the monsters. In all his years of research on monsters, he had never built an incubator room to confine monsters. So why was the Parasitic Creature Eradication Organization doing that now? [JANSEN, YOU HAVE A MISSION TO COMPLETE!] "Argh!" Jansen growled in annoyance at the sound of his system. Jansen raised his head and looked irritably at the system's blue LED beam in front of his face. "Why are you giving me a mission to the document room again? Who exactly are you? Why did you bring me to this year?" grumbled Jansen who spoke to the system. [Jansen, you must calm your anger. You must complete all the missions to get your questions answered] Jansen let out a harsh sigh as he laughed sarcastically after hearing the system's words. In his opinion, it was not something that d
"Hey, did you know that today is the start of the parasite monster training?" Joseph asked in an enthusiastic tone as soon as he finished getting ready.Jansen had just entered his dorm room while drying his hair with a small towel. He saw Ryann acting like she was about to punch someone. Jansen stopped walking for a moment, looking at Ryann in confusion. "Oh, hello, you!" Joseph greeted Jansen as the smile on his face spread. When Ryann stopped jumping up and down while punching the air, Jansen resumed his steps towards the closet near the bed. "I don't think I saw you last night. Where did you go?" asked Ryann in a friendly tone. While preparing his clothes for today's serious training, Jansen replied, "None of your business." Ryann frowned somewhat surprised at Jansen's answer. During the silence, she exchanged glances with Joseph, asking about Jansen's reaction through facial expressions. "Oh, right. We're not close enough for me to know what you're doing," Ryann replied
"WELCOME TO THE TRAINING CENTER! ENJOY THE VARIOUS TECHNOLOGICAL FEATURES THAT WILL MAKE YOUR LIFE EASIER. Jansen was speechless as he entered the lobby of the Training Center building. As he walked with Matthew and nearly 148 other selected individuals, Jansen took in the futuristic design of the building. There was a large LED screen stretching across the gate that separates the lobby from the inner building. To the left were six glass-tube elevators, several flying robots, and a high ceiling that curved slightly inward. In the center of the lobby was a circular reception desk, guarded by giant robots on each of its four sides. What surprised Jansen was that there were four humans standing guard at the reception desk. What were they there for? Several weapons were mounted on the right and left sides of the ceiling area. Jansen was confused as to why these weapons were pointed at the lobby floor where he was. "Matthew, did they deliberately place these weapons near the ceiling?
[HEALTH POINT -150] [ALERT! YOU'VE LOST TOO MUCH BLOOD! THE SYSTEM DETECTED YOUR BODY'S WEAKNESS!] [IMMEDIATELY INCREASE YOUR HEALTH POINTS FOR 24 HOURS!] Jansen groaned in pain in his weakened state. His vision was blurry, but he could still read the warnings given by the system. Somehow he was so resigned that he couldn't do anything. Jansen looked at the parasitic human monster that was already lying dead a few meters away from his position. The monster's body was covered in blood. This was the first time Jansen had killed a parasitic human monster. Now Jansen felt no residual energy in his body. He heard the echo of people's voices calling out to him. "Jansen! Are you okay?" From the side, Jansen felt someone panicking while patting his cheek. Jansen had some difficulty moving his head to look up."Jansen! Wake up!" Matthew, who looked very worried, tried to wake Jansen up. Then came Ryann and Joseph who hurriedly squatted on Jansen's right side. They both looked at Jans
"Aish. Shit." Jansen's breath caught in his throat as he looked at the blood oozing from his wrist. Jansen tried to remove the chip device that was about to be inserted into his wrist. From the slightly open incision wound, Jansen tried to pull out the chip device that had not been fully installed. He clearly knew this chip device was deliberately used by Frank to control him. "Argh!" Jansen let out a small groan when the chip was completely removed. The cut on his wrist was still open. The blood flowed quite heavily until Jansen tried to cover it with the palm of his right hand. "How am I supposed to cover this blood?" muttered Jansen, looking around the restroom. Jansen was now in a staff-only restroom that didn't have many cubicles. He had just escaped from some Black Warrior members who were chasing him. Unfortunately at that time Jansen did not find anything to impede the flow of blood from his wrist. "Shit. Why is Frank doing this?!" muttered an exasperated Jansen. Now
Jansen let out a long exasperated breath. Not wanting to stall for time, Jansen then folded the long clothes in his hands. After that, he put it on his upper body and tied it to the back of his neck so it wouldn't slip off. Jansen turned around, looking at his exposed back through the mirror. "At least I'm not walking around with my front body exposed," Jansen said with resignation. Jansen stepped out of the toilet room. He moved slowly as he looked around. He made sure there were no Black Warrior members around. After feeling that everything was safe, Jansen walked quickly down the hallway. Just as Jansen was about to turn the corner, he heard footsteps. "Mr. Frank says there's someone among the trainees he's really interested in. He's different than the other trainees." "Really? You mean, the one Mr. Frank brought to the testing room?" "Yes. That trainee really has unusual strength. He can even kill half-human monsters, and has a strong immunity in his body." Janse