96 Helplessness 1 (1/2)

Sofony was about already about to open the door to where Gio was when Clarissa's declaration froze her.

Being called b*tch did not unfazed her one bit. It was after all a rambling of a cornered enemy.

'But what did she mean about that one? What useless baggage?'

A second later, her eyes dilated as she thought of what Clarissa could possibly mean.

'This woman...?'

'She's planning to mind-control my friend or sister again?'

Gio never came to her mind as he never had any chance of encountering Clarissa before the time she gave him the ring.

It was different for Wendy and Steffy though. They were all students from the same school! And Sofony couldn't be with them all the time!

Even though she already hypnotized them to never listen to anyone else who wants to control them, it would still not guarantee complete immunity. Also due to lack of points, she had yet to give them the same ring which Gio had!

'This is so...damnable!'

Sofony's body trembled, her anger probably reached the highest peak today but thankfully she still retained a bit of reason.

'Sofony, don't lose your temper! Think of what to do!' she whispered thrice to herself.

The downpour of bullets was still ongoing. Sofony paid points to know how Clarissa's barrier works so she knew that before the thirty minutes were up, Clarissa wouldn't be able to move away. The system said the barrier could shield the user from all attacks. However, its user wouldn't be able to leave unless he or she could teleport!

'This is bad, it means I won't be able to sneak attack her too!' With a heavy heart, she thought as she watched the bullet shower.

Sofony's eyes grew increasingly icy. Either due to anger or the self-hypnosis, she wanted to kill Clarissa to see if all her mind control will be canceled after her death! This was why she hated that she'd have to wait for thirty minutes!

Now she could only inhale and say, 'Stop it for now. Stop wasting ammo. Resume it thirty seconds before her barrier expires!'

While the system was laughing at her decision, hurling insults for whatever nonsense it could think of, she dashed into the room to bring Gio out of the place. She planned to leave Clarissa's life and death to fate. But for now, she wanted to check if Gio was still okay. Then after that, she'd bring him away and ask his people lurking around Wendy and Steffy to tighten their watch.

After pushing the door open,

”Gio, I'm sorry! Are you...alright...”

When Sofony looked at the scene inside, she was dumbfounded to see everyone on the floor, except Gio. He was unhurt and was only slightly sweating. It was a mystery how there was not even a drop of blood on his clothes or body when red puddles were all around the unmoving thugs messily scattered around him. Since all of them looked deader than the dead, Sofony gasped in shock, her breathing getting ragged as time passed.

'H-he... killed them all.. within three to four minutes?'

'T-this..'

Even though Sofony knew he was someone with bloodied hands, as she laid eyes on those he had just killed, it was hard for her to not get shaken. It was her first time being near to many corpses. Okay, it was actually already her second. However, her first experience was with people killed through an explosion, while the people here were killed personally by a person!

”Sofy?”

Her mind was recalled to her body when she heard his voice. She saw Gio looking around, his brows knitted. He was probably wondering if he heard correctly when he could not see even a shadow of her.

She bit her lips and decided to not think of the corpses around him. There were other pressing matters to consider! She currently had no time to think of what's wrong and moral!

She brought out the invisible powder again. She hurriedly strode towards Gio and scattered it all over him.