238 The Mastermind Behind the Horde, The Situation Shifting Against the Settlement Forces (1/2)
Day 36 – 12:42 PM – Settlement Defensive Wall, Port of Real Settlement, Barangay Ungos, Real, Quezon
At the time Mark vanished from the experiment site, General Faustino atop the wall could not help but shake his head. Even if Mark was a strong individual according to the reports he received, it seemed that he was an impatient person. For the second time, he left without waiting for the assistance to arrive. Furthermore, with him vanishing like that, it would be hard for them to use the drones and capture his abilities on camera.
On the back of the platform, the scientists and personnel controlling the drones and monitoring the video feed were frantically searching for Mark.
”Where is he? Quick, search around!”
”He's not by the main road!”
”He is not at the western side either!”
Those kinds of conversation could be heard among them.
”There! Found him!”
One of the monitoring personnel shouted after seeing Mark appear above the room using the zoomed camera of the drone he was controlling. Even though Mark was not really part of the experiment, the general ordered them to monitor his movements. After all, it was not good to know nothing but the things in the written report. They needed to see his exact abilities. Even though they did not have any ill motives, having someone strong like him around and not under control could become dangerous even if he was not hostile to the settlement.
”That ability is really something.”
Professor Suzuki said as he viewed one of the videos that caught Mark's disappearance.
”Have you discovered something?”
General Faustino made his way towards his side and asked while also peering at the monitor.
”I'm not really an expert in this field but I can say that his vanishing ability is not an ability a Mutator can have, or at least, not an ability that a Mutator can use without transforming first.”
Professor Suzuki rewound the video and paused at the scene at the exact time Mark turned into mist and vanished.
”Look at this.” The professor pointed at the effect where Mark was enveloped in black mist. ”There is a blur at this part behind him while he turned into that mist. I can't say for sure but it looked like a tear in space fabric. At first, I thought his ability is something like teleportation but I guess it's more like a warp ability. Furthermore, there is a trail of mist here as he moves. To me it's not just a special effect but a residue effect of him tearing through space while traveling through a portal or a subspace. I wish I can study his ability more but what we can analyze with just these videos is limited.”
Professor Suzuki then played the video once more in slow motion and continued.
”Travelling through a space tear or a subspace should not be possible for a human body to do. A human body will not be able to withstand it. There is a possibility for transformed Mutators since during their transformation, their cells, genetic makeup and even constitution changes to something that deviated from the theories of science severely. Although we don't have one around, there might be a Mutator that can travel through a tear in space after transforming. Mark however did not transform at all. It was as if there is a certain invisible energy around his body negating the side effects of traversing space in nothing but pure human flesh.”
”Then Professor. Is what Jones said about his ability, true?”
”I really can't say for sure but the possibility is very high. Since it is not a Mutator Ability, this Mark is very likely to be one of those rare people with superhuman psychic abilities. An Esper.”
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While the speculations about him was being discussed atop the wall, Mark was already observing the strange group of infected in the middle of the horde. Even more strange was that the group was not moving like the other infected that was blindly charging towards the defense line. It was as if they were observing the situation first. It was a very strange behavior for the infected.
Mark counted the number while hiding on one of the roofs, the group was not very large, they only consisted of thirty mutated infected but each of them looked nothing that could be compared to normal infected. The outer line of the group was composed with infected that had armors, bulky bodies and were even larger than a tank. The inner parts of the group were composed if infected with various appearances and for sure, these mutated were different types.
BOOM!
A stray rocket flew near the group. Unexpectedly, the [Armor Types] in front immediately moved to try and block the rocket. Unfortunately, the rocket did not reach the group but fell about a dozen meters before them. Still the [Armor Types] stood their ground and caught the full brunt of the impact from the explosion.
”They are protecting something.”