589 The Odd Girl, The Intrusion of an Eye in the Meeting (1/2)

Mark jumped back in utter surprise. It had been a very long time since he had last felt this way.

If he remembered correctly, he was still in preschool at that time.

When Mark started to develop his Emphatic abilities, although he would still get surprised from time to time, it was not as impactful at this.

And why Mark would not feel surprised? The girl's presence only appeared after she finished her sentence. It was as if she was a ghost that suddenly popped up there without any sign.

The moment her presence appeared, however, Mark knew in an instant that this girl was an eye. It was because her mental fluctuation had a distinct pattern that was similar to Ninth.

Furthermore, no one would think that she was human, even at a glance after seeing her face. She had three eyes. Usually, one would think that she only had an extra eye on her forehead. While that was correct, her eyes were all far from normal ones.

It was because all her eyes had vertical slits. Even the eyelids were symmetrically shaped left and right.

Anyone that would see her would think that she was a monster.

Well, in the least, she looked better than the one that became The Great One's puppet, who had a single large eye covering half of his face.

Still, because of her sudden appearance, everyone in the room went into alert and defensive stances. One word from Mark and all the combatants in here would attack.

”Everyone. Don't make any move.”

Mark said in a warning. He knew that his people were all waiting for his command to attack. But even if he did give it, there was no way that they would win. Some of them even knew that fact by the feeling within their guts.

”Ooowaaa... What's wrong with you people???”

The girl annoyingly spoke. It was questionable whether it was how she really speak or if she was taunting everyone.

No one responded to her question, however. Instead, Mark asked his question in return.

”What does an Eye want from us now?”

Mark was frowning at this point. Of all the things he did not want to encounter at this moment, it was the Apostles of the Observer, the Eyes. There was no ill intent coming from her like Ninth. However, there was a distinct feeling that was pushing everyone on edge whenever the Eyes were present.

”Eh?” The girl reacted in an unexpected way. ”You know what I am? How?”

Things became confusing at this point. Even Mark was frozen for a bit.

”Now that I thought about it... How did you know about the Second Wave?”

Sure enough, it drove everyone into confusion.

The people here did not know what an Eye that Mark mentioned was. It was expected that they would be confused at the sudden appearance of this strange girl.

”Hey! Tell me! How did you know about us?!”

The girl suddenly appeared in front of Mark from the spot where she initially appeared. No one in the room was able to follow her movements at all. It was as if she was not walking or running at all.

It was not even exaggerated to say that she was teleporting instead.

Furthermore, the way that the girl asked that question was a bit like a kid that was about to throw a tantrum.

Thus, Mark answered with one word.

”Ninth.”

That was the safest answer that Mark could give at the moment.

Still, that answer seemed to have surprised the girl.

”What?!”

She said out loud.

And then...

She vanished.

This made everyone even more confused. Everyone looked around, searching for the silhouette of the strange girl.

However, none of them managed to see even her shadow.

”Boss, what is that?”

Huey could not help but ask. As the person with the highest senses in his room, he could tell that that girl was not something they should fight at all.

And to that question, Mark replied honestly.

”Remember the source of the news I mentioned before?”

”A person akin to an apostle of a god?”

Huey replied.

And there, Mark nodded.

”That's right. That girl is one of them.”

This caused a commotion in the room. None of the people in the room could believe what they had just heard.

And there, Mark made a prompt decision.

”I already said the news of what will happen in the future. I think it's fine to end the meeting here.” Mark then spoke louder. ”The meeting will end here. I will write about what preparations we will need to do in the future. In any case, just continue what all of you are doing these past days until I give further instructions.”

Mark then looked around a bit.

”It looks like that girl left for now. But she will return for sure.” Mark returned his gaze to the people in the room. ”They are an unstable bunch. More dangerous than the infected. It's better if none of you are here when she returns.”

Hearing that, many of them felt scared and left by Mark's instructions. Mark should have the capability to handle her at least. As for them, they were just humans. Something of the higher plane was not something for them to meddle with.

There were some people that wanted to stay with Mark, not because they were not scared, but because they wanted to be beside Mark if things went awry. However, Mark forced all of them to leave. It was easier for Mark to handle things if he was alone.

Thus, those that wanted to stay had no choice but to follow the ones that already went out.

Now, the only one left inside the meeting room was Mark. He also chased out Mei and the others. If it was just a normal circumstance, Mark would let Mei stay with him. However, who knows what would happen.

Sitting on the sofa, Mark waited.

About ten minutes later, Aephelia came, bringing Mark a drink after confirming that Mark was the only one in the room.

After handing the drink, she immediately left per Mark's order.