Darius put his hands behind his back and smiled. "I wouldn't be standing here, and we wouldn't be on opposing sides if you could find out the truth. The actual truth, not a convenient one." His gaze turned cold.The officer narrowed his eyes. "I hope you realize what you're saying, Darius."Darius raised an eyebrow. "Of course. You, though …"He slowly approached the officer. "You show up here and claim you're gonna find out the truth. In other words, anything that helps you achieve your objective is the truth. It doesn't matter whether it's what actually happened."The officer's gaze turned menacing. "I've already made myself clear, Darius. You made a huge mistake, and that's why you need to come with me. Obeying me is the only way you'll get out of this!"Darius rolled his eyes. "You're all talk and no walk. If I were your boss, I would've fired you in a jiffy." He looked at the officer scornfully.The officer started to tremble with rage. If looks could kill, Darius would already b
Then, Darius channeled his life force to his leg and stomped on the ground. He moved so quickly that regular individuals didn't even see him coming. He shot toward the officer.The officer frowned and quickly stepped back. At the same time, he cried, "You're an enlightened martial artist, Darius. How can you treat me like this?"Darius raised an eyebrow and smiled. "It's amazing that you even know I'm an enlightened martial artist! You know that, but you know nothing else about what I'm like and what I'm capable of."His smile didn't reach his eyes. He looked at the officer mockingly. "I thought all bad guys were intelligent, but you've proven me wrong." He rolled his eyes and snorted.The officer trembled with rage. "I've been nice to you this whole time, Darius. Now, your actions are telling me that I was wrong to do so! I have to make you pay for this!"Darius sneered. "I didn't expect this of you. I should be the one saying those things, you know. I tried being nice, but you're th
The officer gulped and stared at Darius in horror. Darius smirked. "You look terrified; that's laughable. Didn't it occur to you that you were slandering an innocent man when you did those things?"More black life swirled around Darius as he spoke. The officer shook his head vigorously. "No, wait! You already know what happened to me. You might not have meant for that to happen, but that's the only reason I started going after you!""No." Darius cut him off. "It's not that I didn't mean for that to happen. I had nothing to do with it at all." He rolled his eyes. "And now, I see how dumb you are."After pointing out the officer's stupidity, Darius stretched out his arms. Black life force swirled around him. It formed a replica of him, which darted at the officer. To the officer's horror, the replica lifted him off his feet.The officer trembled violently, and his eyes widened with terror. Then, he squeezed his eyes shut, looking pained. He knew he couldn't go against Darius. He waited
Darius' breathing sped up. He didn't expect to run into yet another one of Dream Investment Group's experiments. He shut his eyes to conceal his fury. To the outside world, he and the person behind Dream Investment Group had yet to truly stand against each other.Few people knew of this, and Darius wanted to keep it that way. Still, he felt like he was on the losing side whenever he had to face Dream Investment Group. He exhaled and tried to keep his anger from showing.The officer smiled at him. "Look, you're getting mad because I tricked you." He looked pleased with himself.Darius exhaled again. His expression was calm when he looked up at the officer. "Do you know you're an experiment?"The officer's eyes widened in shock. "What? When did you …"Darius raised an eyebrow. Instead of answering, he said, "You look surprised. But it's not because you're an experiment. It's because I know you're an experiment. You already know about the former."He tucked his hands into his pockets and
"I believe you're desperate to know where your family is and what they're doing," said Darius.The officer paled and shook his head in despair. "No, you can't do this to me."Darius' attention was on his phone, so he didn't see this. That didn't mean he was oblivious to the officer's actions, though. He dialed a number as the officer watched in horror. As the phone rang, the officer suddenly felt a surge of strength.He lunged at Darius, wanting to snatch the phone away. Unfortunately, he was still a weakling in Darius' eyes. Before he could even get close, he was swept off his feet. He landed on the ground with a crash, his hands scraping against the ground by Darius' feet.Darius didn't even flinch. He looked down and showed the officer his phone. He said icily, "Let's wait for an answer to your claims, shall we? I want you to listen to this phone call calmly. Otherwise, I'll take it to mean you've still chosen to help the bad guys despite knowing your family's in trouble."He held
"If I could choose, I wouldn't have wanted to become who I am today. I wanted to be kind," rasped the officer.Darius narrowed his eyes silently. The man on the other end of the line heard this. He roared, "What have you done to my man, Darius? Why is he saying things like that?"Darius shut his eyes and exhaled. He didn't answer the man. Instead, he said mockingly, "It's a little too late for you to wonder about that. Everyone here heard our conversation, and I'm sure many of your experiments now know the truth.""You coerced them into agreeing to become your experiments by holding their families hostage. You promised you'd let their families off the hook and treat them well. But those were all lies! I wonder what will happen to you now that they know the truth." Darius hung up.He looked at the officer, who was staring at the ceiling blankly. He struggled to say, "Darius, I think enlightened martial artists like yourself and the person behind Dream Investment Group can save me. But
The officer enveloped the crowd in his white life force. Soon, the horrified looks on their faces disappeared.Darius crossed his arms and watched silently. He nodded and smiled. "You seem to be familiar with this."The officer nodded. "I specialize in cleaning up after you people, after all. You'd be able to do it with your eyes closed after a few times."Darius raised an eyebrow. "Do people like me constantly create messes like this for you to clean up?""There's no point in trying to probe me for more information. You won't get what you want. I'm used to dealing with you enlightened martial artists," the officer said calmly. He even smiled.Darius' smile widened. "It's been a while since I've last met someone as interesting as you."The officer retracted his life force and crossed his arms. "The name's Gabriel Andrews. I'm in charge of enlightened martial artists like you."Darius said, "You're a conundrum. You're polite and impolite at the same time."Gabriel smiled at that. "Well
"I know a little something about the person behind Dream Investment Group. It's something that no one else knows." Gabriel gave Darius a complicated look. "I also know there's something wrong with my body and emotions."I've prepared myself to retire and rest after this is over. I didn't expect you to give me such a surprise, though." He sat opposite Darius.The crowd had dispersed so they could talk in peace. Gabriel seemed somewhat haggard as he said, "I know bits and pieces of everything. I've never tried putting them together, though."Darius looked calm. He didn't seem surprised by Gabriel's sudden switch from hostility to anticipation. He looked at the ground as his mind raced. He didn't really know how to deal with these experiments. Their emotions seemed rather unstable.It was as if they'd been designed to deal with enlightened martial artists like himself. Darius raised an eyebrow. A small smile curved his lips but soon faded. He sat up straight. "You guys were created to de