Chapter 63 The Floran Colony 18 (1/2)
”Wait!” Lenny stopped Peri that was about to walk away. ”You still need to help John to find a colony.” Lenny spoke.
”I know. I won't back down on my promises.”
”And I should just trust you?” Lenny reached for his revolver.
”It's your choice whatever you trust or not.” Peri readied her spear.
Both stared at each other. The intensity of the standoff was so great that the Florans behind Peri just kept silent and watched as things unfold.
”Wow, I just came and I'm witnessing a quite good show.” A voice suddently could be heard coming from inside the BSS Outpost.
Lenny and Peri turned at the source.
They watched as a young man with red hair and wearing a formal black suit emerged from the backdoor togheter with two soldier wearing a armor that was colored with a mixture of blue and green.
The armors were obvious a lot less bulkier that the Syndicate soldier's armor, but this soldiers' aura was a lot stronger and threatening.
”Jevil...” Lenny recognized the young man at first glance.
Even though he was half dead drunk when he met him, he still remember that person, it really left some deep impression.
”Lenny, good to see you. How long since our last meeting? Three or should I say four days?” Jevil smiled warmly and approached Peri and Lenny. ”And... Who might this lady be?” Jevil curiously glanced at the female Floran and then at the kids behind her. ”Wait... I think I saw you before?” Jevil had the impression he had already seen Peri before.
”Yes, I was one of the Underworld Facility's employee for quite some time.” Peri was unsurprised that Jevil didn't knew her, after all she was just another employee, and Jevil was a very busy man.
”Oh? Maybe I remember you from some report or something alike.” Jevil stopped trying to remember since it would probably be useless. He have a lot of employees and remember I all of them is quite hard.
”What are doing here?” Lenny suspiciously stared at Jevil. ”It's pretty far away from the nearest Ancient Gateway.”
”Oh?” Jevil saw the suspicion and cautiousness in Lenny's eyes. ”Do I make you nervous, unsettling?”
”Yes. After all, you are quite a big deal, and you are now in this forsaken place. It really make people wonder...” Lenny casually smiled, but his hand was still gripped at the revolver in his holster.
The soldiers that were at Jevil's side all turned their sights at Lenny and lifted their guns.
”Nothing much, you know...” Jevil waved his hand and the soldiers lowered their weapons, but they kept staring at Lenny, waiting for any harsh movement so that they could open fire.
”I'm here to meet with... Oscar.” Jevil was looking at Lenny's expression when he said that so he saw the subtles changes in his expression when he said the name Oscar.
”What's your relationship with him?” Lenny's face became expressionless as he coldly asked. His hand gripped harder on the revolver.
”Nothing much, I think.” Jevil started to tease Lenny. ”You can say that I'm a business partner with his... Boss.”
”Ferris... Laparte...?” Lenny's face became ugly to the extreme with the mention of that name.
”Yes, that's the one.”
”Business partner with that blue Novakid's boss?” Peri, that was being ignored all this while, spoke up. ”That mean you are involved in the case of my tribe being hazed to the ground?” Her grip on the spear strengthened.
”Perhaps...” Jevil flahsed a subtle smile at Peri.