15 Deadly Encounter (2/2)

Dumb is lying on ground slipping in and out of unconscious while bleeding from his mouth.

”Look. I know you two are just following orders, but even dogs need to know who they are biting. This is me being lenience like your boss wanted to show me. How ironic. Any who, if I see you two in Los Angeles again, I will break you and your family. As for your boss. Don't worry, he's already dead. He just doesn't know it yet.”

I make my ultimatum before exiting the alleyway.

Since I didn't get to wash down my dinner with a nice cool champagne, I stop by a vending machine.

I choose a bottle of sprite from all the soft drink available. I press my ring against the small display that indicates the cost of the drink.

”Hail Hydra”

The message appears before the vending machine spit out the drink I wanted.

I empty the bottle to satisfy my thirst and annoyance before stopping at an ATM.

The same as before, the supercomputer disguised as the ring allows me fill my pockets with impunity.

The ring wirelessly hacks into any computer when it is close enough. It can do a lot more than that in the future as Hydra becomes more and more advance.

Hydra will always be more technologically advance than anyone or anything in the world.

This includes my other organizations.

”Selene, where is the first suspect?”

[Locating Suspect. Suspect Found.]

Selene navigates me towards the suspect.

I found her waiting outside a homeless shelter along with many others. The hood is no longer covering her face and hiding her identity.

With that, Selene immediately identifies her through the surveillance network.

[Halle Maria Berry, born August 18, 1966. Father, Jerome Jessy Berry – Incarcerated. Mother, Judith Ann – Deceased.]

Selene then summarises the history for me to digest. It appears that her father murder her mother in a fit of rage. He was sentenced to a lifetime in prison afterwards.

Halle spends most of her childhood in an orphanage before running away before she was 15.

She manages to find her way to Los Angeles, living day by day without any futures or plans. Due to her looks, some people has already approach her for one thing or another.

Mostly sex.

Like most people living in Hollywood, she has a dream to be a celebrity.

But it is just a dream.

[Operator. Repository data regarding Halle Maria Berry is out of sync.]

This is a problem. A lot of data I have taxingly gather from the future can no longer be used. In my real past, her father didn't kill her mother. She didn't become homeless.

While Halle did struggle to get notice due to being black, she didn't have to stoop so low.

And another thing, the bitch steals from me.

No one steals from me and gets away with it.

I head towards the shelter and stand before her.

”Hey! Back of the line asshole.”

One of the homeless in the queue calls out.

I didn't even know there is a queue. Everyone is standing everywhere.

Halle notices me when that person calls me out. Her eyes widened as she recognised who I am.

She did steal my wallet after all. Whether she still has it or not isn't my concern. The act itself deserves some punishment.

And before I could say anything, I was seeing stars.

”Fuck! You bitch!”

Halle bolts after she sends my balls to hell.