172 Private Meeting (2/2)

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Raven who's under a disguise of a middle aged man, went near the entrance of Victor's office.

He noticed someone's there but he didn't know who it is. Both of them gazed at each other and Raven saw the man reached out to his pocket. He brought his hand on his lips and spoke a few words. After he was done, Raven felt the badge inside his pocket buzz, he reached out to it and sank his perception once more.

'Follow me and be discreet. If you notice anyone following us, stomp really hard to let me know and walk the other way.'

Raven's brow shot up, he realized that the man in front of him was actually Victor under a disguise, he then thought 'Is there really a need for all of this secrecy?', but he didn't say anything. He had no idea how this organization truly function just yet so he was in no position to comment about anything.

Victor then lead the way while he maintained a safe distance behind. He was in a constant look out just in case someone was following them and so far, none entered his observation radius.

After taking many twists and turns, both of them arrived at a rather secretive location. It was a place completely deserted by people, close to one of the danger zones inside the kingdom.

Raven's sense picked some things off around him. He sensed another person but he couldn't pinpoint the exact location where he/she was hiding. Another thing was that, there is some sort of a barrier not too far away from them that's preventing his observation to go through. It didn't matter if it was his Energy Sense, Spiritual Sense or Tremorsense, all of those were blocked by this thing.

Sudden, the bush nearby them shook which greatly alerted Raven. His eyes narrowed and he quickly threw out a couple of needles towards it. The needles were enhanced by his energies thus making them sharper and deadlier. Raven heard a groan from the bush and it sounded like a man, he moved like a phantom and appeared beside the pinned down guy, his fingers were clutching a few needles as he brought them close to the man's neck. He then asked with a threatening tone…

\”Make any unnecessary movements and these needles will find their way into your throat.\” Raven felt the man tensed up under his threat. \”I'll ask a question, you answer. Blink once if yes, blink twice if no, if you don't know the answer then don't blink.\”

\”Stand down.\” Raven was about to ask some question when Victor grabbed his shoulder. \”He's not an enemy. He's guarding the place.\”

\”Oh.\” Raven's cold eyes disappeared like snow in the middle of a summer. He then quickly retrieved the needles that pierced the guy and tapped some parts of his body. He then stared at the guy and said: \”My bad. I'm new here.\”

Victor watched this scene while holding back his laughter. He then thought, 'What a kid! He made him eat a loss. How's he going to react to this?'

\”God damn!\” The guy exclaimed after catching his breath, he clutched his chest with a hand and looked wearily at Raven, then to Victor. \”I just fucking saw my whole god damn life flash before my eyes! I genuinely thought that I will die! Holy shit!\”

The started spitting out more profanities as he felt the rush in his heart. Just a few seconds ago he was genuinely convinced that he will die, a few seconds after that he was saved, his poor heart was having a difficulty processing all of this. He then faced Victor and said:

\”Why didn't you tell him that I was here!?\”

\”You were clearly aware that aside from us members, almost no one comes here. Plus, you obviously know that we are coming, you won't be out lookout for at least a decade if you didn't have any skill. You obviously want to scare him for your own amusement, unfortunately he's better compared to you so you ate a loss.\”

Victor berated the guy harshly, from Raven's point of view, the two must really know each other or else the situation will be more tense right now.

\”Alright, alright! You win! Enter now, the rest already arrived.\” The man threw his hands up and gave up, he then looked at Raven, he smiled then said: \”You're very good, we're lacking people like you. I hope you stay.\”