127 The Escape 2 (1/2)
”Hmm?” When a notification rang inside his head, Leo Jones had just thrown a banana peel on the ground, the whole fruit already chewed up by his mouth and pushed down his throat.
The system's reminder automatically made his head turn to the laboratory's direction. His companion would only give him a buzz if there is danger. Or if Clarissa, his beloved target, tried to flee from the operating table. The case was obviously the latter. Clarissa's Original was avoiding a clash with him, so it could only be the poor lab rat attempting to escape.
He clicked his tongue, thinking, 'What a troublesome lab rat.'
The teleporter kid unceremoniously wiped his hand on the hem of his shirt and laughed. He knew his companion was referring to the crybaby host who somehow managed to send his stalking target under a semi-mad scientist's scalpel.
Shaking his head, he replied, 'Why would I? Points will be spent if we do that, right? It's fine if it will be on her. But if it's on me, no thanks! Hahahaha!'
The Level-5 teenage host laughingly shook his head and teleported. Unknown whether the kid was aware, but this was what Sofony had envisioned when she decided to pass Clarissa to a group of white lab coat wearing non-hosts. The girl didn't know that Leo's real goal was the Original. But actually, even if she came to know about it, it wouldn't matter much because all she cared was him targeting Clarissa.
Her conjectures were proven right the moment he teleported to the laboratory's other exit, dashing Clarissa's hope for freedom.
A minute later, as if the world had suddenly fallen right before her eyes, Clarissa who had almost escaped from the mansion, weakly laid on the ground, unmoving. Her invisible status had been broken and the guy who she had mind-controlled to help deliver her out got blasted to death by the kid, ending up like a sad pile of blood, flesh, and bones.
Not long after, Clarissa weakly raised her head towards the bomber stalker. Hating that she was temporarily muted by Leo Jones' system, her furious reddish eyes seemingly screamed at him, 'Why? Why you again? Damn you! I hate you! Die! Die! Die! Why can't you just drop dead!? Why can't you just disappear from my life!!! Why are you still alive?!!! WHYYYYY??!!!'
Sadly for her, the bomber kid simply laughed, most likely enjoying the stabbing glares from the woman. Two notifications buzzed in his head, one for the murder, one for causing an accident through the banana peel that he threw on a steep sidewalk. However, he paid no attention to either of these, instead, he squatted down and with a boyish smile on his innocent face, he started poking at her soft and smooth left cheek.
”Haha, you're really so beautiful. Even I who love explosives the most can't help but fall for you. Sadly,” the boy clicked his tongue and pouted. He would have looked quite cute if only Clarissa did not know that his brain's loose screws greatly exceeded the number of hers. Now, with him so near to her like this, only half anger and half fear were in her mind.
His ability was once again clouding her reason, his words even brought the negative emotions in her heart to another level. The fear budding from within caused her to order the system to make every knife and weapon stored in her inventory fly towards the teenager.
101 reported right after those flying blades of varying sizes and shapes struck nothing but air, ending up burying themselves on the wall or dropping on the tiled floor.
'He teleported again!' she gritted her teeth after seeing that he disappeared for a few seconds then reappeared at the same place, his boyish grin back to his annoying face and his right forefinger digging into her skin.
Then as if to annoy her and make her despair more, he said, ”I had my system disabled your shop for a whole day. It means until noon tomorrow, you won't be able to buy anything from it. Hehe, I want you to know I actually have enough points to disable you for a whole week, however, I'm not stupid enough to waste my points like that. I'm currently betting that only a day is needed to force your creator out.”
All of a sudden, the sounds of footsteps reverberated from afar, catching both her and his attention. Leo stopped teasing the woman's face, and stood up, his eyes staring at the end of the hall. When he heard the people's footsteps getting nearer and nearer, he shrugged then said one last time. ”I'm sad that I can no longer spend more time today with you, my dear Clarissa. But I understand that I can't be so selfish as to hoard you to myself. Hahaha. See, your fans are already coming for you, eager to dissect you and donate your organs to needy people. Hahaha!”
”By the way, I don't know what items you have in your inventory. However, I don't believe that you can successfully run away without buying something from the system. I want to see how long you can hold on. Hahaha! As a qualified stalker, I will never be far from you! I'm looking forward to you reciprocating my love and devotion by showing me a good show!”