Chapter 345: Scapegoat (2) (2/2)

”I will be doing an inspection on this branch for the next while. Do as you usually do.”

With that, Scithe walked by the two officers and disappeared down the corridor, leaving the two of them stunned.

They weren't sure how they were supposed to take this information. Was there a hidden meaning? Were they supposed to take it at face value?

”What… what do we do…” Fin's confident sneer was nowhere to be seen. He looked more like a wounded pup who had been abandoned by his owner.

”…”

Thorn remained silent for a long while. Clearly, she too was confused. In the end, she spoke hesitantly.

”This may be a test… The first thing Commander asked about when he came to was about this Leonel character. It's clear that his goal in coming here was related to this young man. But, he became apprehensive after hearing we already had dealings with him.

”On top of that, Commander came through the private pad only used in special circumstances… It's obvious that Commander wants to use us as scapegoats… It's clear that this Leonel's background isn't as simple as we once thought.”

Fin shivered at these words. It seemed that he too had already thought of this, it was just that he didn't want to believe it.

”But… This is still an opportunity.” Thorn said slowly. ”If we can kill this Leonel secretly, or manage to kill him in an above board manner without bending or violating any rules, I think there's a chance we can turn this disaster into a chance to rise up the ranks.”

Fin clenched his jaw. ”It's already impossible to kill him secretly. The only chance is to use the latter option.”

”… Agreed.”

The only question was… how could they manipulate this Leonel into making a mistake worth his life?

Deep within the corridor, Scithe, who the two thought had already left, curled his lip. It seems he was quite satisfied with the conclusion the two officers had come to.

With that, he turned and truly walked away completely.

'This is still interesting, though...' Scithe thought to himself. 'This branch seems to be on high alert for fugitives, but why be on alert to the point of coincidentally arresting a Third DImensional ant?'

It was quite the coincidence indeed. Their organization had two conflicts with Leonel, neither related to the other. It seemed that there was something interesting going on in this quadrant.

Since he was here, he might as well dip a toe in and profit as well.

**

What the two officers and Scithe had no idea about was that as they were speaking, the young man they were plotting the death of was already at death's door.

Leonel lied convulsing in a pool of his own blood.

By now, Little Tolly was hopping around anxiously, but the little guy had no idea what to do.

The scar along Leonel side seemed to be growing more and more vicious with each passing moment. From afar, it looked as though Leonel was boiling from the inside out. The scar was like a burning hot coal, shining with a blazing red-orange light.

It was as that moment that an already terrible situation seemed to get worse.

The scar finally stopped growing and began to rapidly shrink. But, with this shrinkage came a violent suction energy. Not only was Leonel's own blood suddenly swallowed from around him, but the vitality within his body was being rapidly drained.

Soon, Leonel went from a human that was bursting at the seams to a skeleton without an ounce of meat left on his body.

His eyes sunk in, their whites flickering about wildly. He looked like he was truly at his end.