Apotheosis Of A Demon – A Monster Evolution Story Chapter 69 (1/2)
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at 3rd of August 2019 11:59:19 AM
Chapter 69
“Power down to 12No estimation until restoration”
“Watcher drone efficiency down to 34Deputy Director, at this rate ouldn’t be able to maintain stealthOur indoor equipment are likely to be affected soon”
Reports from staff members arrived one after anotherJace, the Deputy Director of the 4th research center, glowered and spat out his orders
“Cease everything in the Experi experimentsReduce operation of the indoor environmental control system to 40, then move the free power over to the security systemLeave the normal drones alone but order the stealth type to stay stillWe’ll use the me to tell you all this”
“Y-yes, sir…”
daue click as his orders sent the staffaround in a hurry
But his evaluation was an uncharitable oneThe staff here all had the skill and experience to be hired as eht of one or two solutions to the probleeniusHe believed his thinking was superior, perfectHe rejected any ideas that ran contrary to his ownHis constant displeasure and dictatorshi+p tendencies had discouraged the staff hts
“What about her?”
“Y-yes, sir, she hasn’tat the drive-in… should we deploy a team?”
“Not necessary yetTrack her if she attempts to connect somewhere”
Several days earlier, an incident had happened in the 12th research centerAll of its guards were slaughtered
Reports had un, only bladed weaponsConsidering the fact that they’dsystee, the culprit was suspected to be special forces from another co their goal, but at the saiven rise to the probability that it was done by an internal employeeThe corporation had declared as practically martial law
The culprit had been nicknamed the Ghost for the lack of tracks they’d left behindIn a noration, all people involved would have been questioned, but the first to discover the crime scene had been the janitor, and the e had happened until after the corpses were cleaned upSo the staff were ordered to continue working as nor those who had been absent froation depart research’ to those employees not in the know, had reported that a female staff member of the 12th research center who had been on a vacation was heading for this place, the 4th research center
Her name was Jennifer Caride, 26 years oldShe had been scouted as an expert in electronicsWith her background of being a gaadrasia at the 12th research center
The development team was subject to continuous network surveillanceReports showed there was nothing suspicious in her faround or her private life
But norWhy would she coht after the incident too, at that
Most of the developame was a real world, except for a small number of staff members ere closely watched, with even a part of their private life under careful , she’d been a fa had piqued her curiosity, proh the information about the staff members and helped her realize the truth?
In his wariness, Jace had looked into JenniferHe found out she had been frequenting a fan website of the game, but the members of the site had included royalty of a certain country, famous doctors, and celebritiesEven Jace found the place too dangerous to infiltrate
He didn’t have any concrete evidence, but his suspicions toward Jennifer only deepened
She was more than likely to be related to the murders in some wayJace decided to observe her on his own instead of telling the investigation departhts
And at the same time she appeared, the 4th research center’s power level suddenly dropped
He was certainJennifer was somehow related to the GhostYet she hadn’t access any website ever since she’d taken her vacation, the highway ca else suspicious about her aside the
“… wait… what’s this…”
“…o…”
“No s! What happened?” Jace shouted, irritated by the whisperings of the staff ive his orders to the whole facility
“Yes, sir, umm…” “We can’t see anyone in the fifth section!” “Same with the third!”
“What the hell?!” Jace leaned forward at the unexpected report“What happened?! Confirm the situation with the sixth section!”
“Deputy Director, we can’t contact the sixth!”
“Out of the way!”
Jace pushed aside the staff e of a roo been rerouted to the security systeh it was a holiday or late night when they’d all gone houards thereSome watcher drones too!”
“Y-yes sir!”
The staff worked the ter several drones to es captured fro transitally cleaned up to be brighter for easier viewing, yet for soe was still far too dark
“What the hell is going on?!”
“I-I don’t know, sir”
While Jace questioned his staff, the drones continued to show empty rooht there container in the section that had been experiunIt peered inside
One of the young staffin his nauseaA woht with bodies, their throats all torn offThe ie only lasted an instant before it was snuffed out
The whole rooht that looked as if it was taken wholesale fro the silence
“…the Ghost…”
All in the room blanched at the possibility
The serial uards in a single night without leaving a trace was here
“…call back the secret beta testers…”
“…sir?”
“Call the secret beta testers back frodrasia, now!”
The staff were shocked by his orderAn older staffal the soldiers they lent us to deal with the proble our relationshi+p with the er problems here!”
“B-but, sir, we don’t have h of the experi mana required the Director’s approval…”
“The hell can that daic weapons!”
“Then-” The staff member cut himself off upon his realizationHis face lost all colors