155 The Cause for Espionage (1/2)

Day 5 – 9:40 PM – 2nd Grade Building, Queens Row Elementary School, Queens Row Area A, Bacoor City, Cavite

Odelina watched in shock of what she had just witnessed. After the apocalypse, not only her but people with superhuman abilities appeared because of the effects the source of the outbreak, Mutagen, caused. When the soldier which her Master called Alderick vanished in front of them, she thought that it was an ability of another Mutator. However, she now knew that she was mistaken. She was also mistaken about that ability her master displayed and used when treating Failed Mutators like her.

The two men in front of her were actually the beings they called Espers.

Even in the olden times, topics, rumors and information about Espers existed. Still, this became mere speculations and nonsense to the eyes of the populace due to various reasons.

Espers were people who had supernatural abilities that revolve around extrasensory perception. Telepathy, Clairvoyance, Psychokinesis and Precognition were said to be the four types of extrasensory perception and were branching further to multitudes of abilities from pyrokinesis to psychometry.

However, Odelina's knowledge about these kinds of things was too little and she did not know what abilities her Master and Alderick had were called. After all, her Master did not mention anything about it to her.

Since their enemy was already caught, Odelina approached though she did not dare remove her armor without her Master's orders. Even though Alderick's legs were injured and he could not stand anymore, who knew if he could do anything else with his ability.

However, it seems that her worries were baseless. She could see that Alderick could do nothing but clutch his head while his eyes and nose continued to bleed.

”Are you willing to answer my questions now?”

Odelina heard her Master speak to Alderick while kicking the soldier's assault rifle and combat knife away. He also removed the pistol on the soldier's waist.

However, as a response to her Master's question, Alderick suddenly showed a regretful look for a short moment before biting something hidden inside his mouth. Blood spurted on his mouth and he lay motionless on the concrete pavement behind this two floor classroom building.

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Mark frowned while looking at the dead body in front of him. Actually, even though there was a huge chance that what he deduced was true, there was still an allowance of it to be a mistake. Yet, since Alderick decided to kill himself with poison hidden in his mouth, it showed that there was no doubt for his assumptions anymore. He never expected for Alderick to suicide though.

However, there were a few things bugging him.

”Odel, drag this guy into the room where I treated Captain Dela Rosa's son. Wait for the captain to return. I'll get something from the car. I'll be back shortly.”

Mark ordered Odelina while contemplating.

”Yes, Master.”

Odelina replied and proceeded to pick up the dead body and made her way back to the secluded room.

Mark on the other hand left and hurriedly returned to their vehicle.

The area was not too far from the parking area compared to the building the military used as barracks. Due to this, it did not take long for him to arrive.

The scene around the parking lot, the school square, the vacant area around the principal's office and the open covered court of the school were different from the time they arrived this morning. A large number of vehicles filled the place from public utility vehicles like passenger vans, jeepneys and multi-purpose cabs to larger vehicles like freezer vans, military trucks and even dump trucks.

There also a lot of soldiers pacing back and forth while quite a number of people who seemed to be dressed with working clothes were working on modifying some of the vehicles.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please clickfor visiting.

Sounds caused by gas powered electric generators and power tools overwhelmed the sounds of gunshots echoing at the borders of the settlement.

Mark noticed that the soldiers and workers working on the vehicles had unfamiliar fluctuations. When he walked around the settlement this morning, one of the things he did was to familiarize himself with fluctuations of the people inside the settlement. It finally dawned to him why it seemed that it was planned for the 11th squad to join up with them. Likely, this squad was tasked of searching to surviving workers, might be construction and iron works workers from the industrial areas nearby.

This way, not only that the soldiers could make up with their lack of man power, they would also be able to modify vehicles that would be used to transport the refugees.

Ignoring the busy scene, Mark made his way to their vehicle. The soldier on shift to guard the vehicles under the order of Captain Dela Rosa saluted to him. Mark did not spend too long inside the MB Sprinter and left going back to the area where Odelina was waiting.

Something has been bugging him when he felt the energy he felt from Alderick when he activated his ability. From what Mark knew, Alderick's ability should be Photokinesis. It was the ability to control light around the user according to his will. By controlling bending the light away from his body, Alderick was able to erase his body from the recognition of the sense of sight of his enemies. To the energy Alderick used to control the light around him, Mark could not help but feel a certain familiarity.

When Mark entered the dimly lit room once more, Captain Dela Rosa was already there waiting. When Mark noticed Alderick spying on them, Mark told Captain Dela Rosa to return here immediately after escorting his son away before he feigned his leave. Surprisingly, it seemed that the squad captain was not bothered about the death of Alderick who supposed to be one of his men.

”You already heard of what happened?”

Mark asked the squad captain after he closed the door.

”I did. To think that I'm also right.”

Captain Dela Rosa replied.

”You already suspected it?”