358 The Act, Enemies Assumptions and Reaching the University (1/2)
Day 58 – 11:22 PM – 2nd Floor, Bacolod Inasal Restaurant, Naga Road, Baranagay Pulang Lupa Dos, Las Piñas, Metro Manila
Clearing the infected in the parking lot, everyone could finally proceed to eat lunch. However, aside from the little girls and Mei, the others were looking at Mark who ate lunch as if he had done nothing odd.
Ignoring the awkward and confused stares toward Mark, Mei finally asked.
”Gege, are we being followed?”
”Yep. There's only one person though.” Mark answered nonchalantly after swallowing the food on his mouth. ”Probably a scout from those guys that created the roadblock there.”
The confirmation Mark gave them caused quite a surprise. None of them noticed and Mei only picked the thought after observing Mark's strange behavior.
Karlene could not help but try to turn her head around trying to look around for any clues but before anyone else could stop her, her head was held by Spera stopping her reflexive actions.
”I'm sorry but miss shouldn't try to turn your head if there are people following you around. That can alert the enemy and make them either wary or more aggressive. Both circumstances are not good since Sir is obviously trying to lure them in.”
”That's…”
Karlene looked awkward as she saw Mark nod at what Spera had said. With Spera's current expression, it seemed that she learned what she had said the hard way.
”Have you been followed and chased around before?”
Mark asked making Spera stiff. It looked like she was still holding some wariness towards him. In the least, it was getting better and she still answered.
”I've been careless using my portals before I became a member of the organization. Because of that, there are other people who managed to get me on their sights.”
As she answered, there were a lot of expressions appearing on her face. It seemed that she had it rough that time.
”Master, why are you luring them? Shouldn't you just need to deal with the scout and things will end? It is kind of strange seeing you pretend to be weak.”
Odelina asked.
”Why should I? They can't do anything to us at all here so there are more benefits if they come in full force that just killing the scout they sent. Besides, I don't want to waste more time raiding their place so it's better if the blood sacks come to us on their own.”
Marks said with a rather dark smile on his face.
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Day 58 – 11:32 PM – PureSilver Pulang Lupa Rooftop, Naga Road, Baranagay Pulang Lupa Dos, Las Piñas, Metro Manila
On the roof of the supermarket just on the other side of the road from the restaurant, a silhouette of a person could be seen prone on the hidden slope of the roof.
The person was no other than Royce who easily caught up with the vehicle even if it left first before him. It was because of the trail of decapitated bodies lying in the middle of the roads the vehicle passed through and his abilities.
In their group that was called Dark Greed due to their leader's unusual greed for almost everything, he was the best in terms of speed and stealth. This speed and ability to stay hidden did not only come from the abilities he had from being a so-called Mutator. Back before the outbreak, many of their current members worked for a smuggling syndicate and their primary products to smuggle into the country were foreign illegal drugs and weapons. They were the suppliers of many local underground groups in the area.
In that syndicate, his role were mostly being a messenger while sometimes, he also received tasks such as scouting, assassinations and cleanups. In those four roles, moving fast while being stealthy was required. Even before the outbreak, he was already a seasoned veteran in this line of work.
After he was bitten however when he was caught in the middle of a deal with another drug syndicated and was bitten by one of their men that had turned, however, he did not turn like the one that bit him and became a Mutator instead.
He was not the only Mutator in their current group but there were other seven of them. Nevertheless, he was special among them all. It was because he was a Mutator with two abilities.
The first one was his lower limbs were stronger and faster. Not only that but his limbs could absorb release and absorb strong impacts enabling him to run fast, jump higher and land from great heights with no difficulties.
As for the second ability he had, he could change the color of his skin and hair at will. It enabled him to blend into any surface that had a single color. Like right now, his skin was green colored making him blend unto the roof of the supermarket. Even if there were flying infected to pass by, the only thing they would notice was his black clothes but not the other parts of his body.
Royce continued to observe the targets that were currently eating at the second floor of the restaurant. Although it was quite hard to see from this distance, in the least, he would not risk getting found out if the light from the sun was accidentally reflected while using a pair of binoculars or another scouting instrument.
He was a cautious person. Or else, he would not have survived in the industry he was in.
From the time Royce saw the aftermath the vehicle left behind, he knew that the vehicle he was tailing was an amazing one. He was further amazed as he saw the vehicle in action. There was also the fact that while the vehicle was stained with blood and guts, it remained mostly unscathed despite the number of infected they encountered on the way.
Observing the people from the vehicle however, what he concluded was that there seemed to be only two people capable of fighting in their group. The third person who seemed to have strength but it looked like the man was lacking in skill and fighting experience. As for the others, he did not think much of them. Four small girls and two older ones, all of them did not even look like they were capable.
”It seems like it was just a bunch of rich kids.”