Chapter 161 - Brotherly Bond (1/2)

Ray opened up his status screen to have a look at the new skill he had just obtained. If Ray's theory was correct and he gained a new skill every time he saved a life, it meant that the True infected would have been able to kill everyone there.

He wasn't able to gain a skill of the students because he saved them all before but he had received a new skill for saving the life of Ann Woodwock, Martha's mother.

This skill can only be used when the skill Doppelganger is activated. The user is able to swap its real body with one of its clones no matter how far apart they are from each other. Once this skill has been used there is a cooldown period of one hour.

The skill was useful for Ray, Ray always had a worry in the back of his mind that if he went out hunting one time and the Academy found he was missing or was under attack, there was nothing he could do. It would take him too long to get back. This solved that problem for him.

Although, even if the clone was able to take his place in training and be seen, the clone was unable to interact with people. It didn't have the ability to speak.

When Ray closed his status screen, he was surprised to see another message appear and it was from Von.

”I would like for you to call a meeting between the Red wings and inform them of how to deal with a True infected. I also have a request. I would like to invite Wilfred, Sir K and Ann to the meeting.”

Ray knew what Von's intentions were, he was most likely asking Ray permission to invite these three people into the Red wings. Ray actually thought it was a good idea as he always welcomed more power and these three were strong but would they even join? This was his main concern.

The other concern that Ray had was he had indeed found out how to defeat a True infected but was unsure if the others could use the same method as his.

Ray sent a reply back to Von agreeing to call a meeting tomorrow. Ray then immediately sent a message to all the member of the Red wings. Just as Ray had finished, the sound of the door opening to the Dorms roof was heard.

”Hey, how are you doing?” Gary asked as he came over to join Ray at the ledge. ”It's been a while since it's just been us two hasn't it?”

”Now that you mention it, it has.” Ray didn't know why but it was as if he was avoiding Gary without even realising it. He had long decided to invite Gary into the Red wings but something was holding him back.

”What's wrong?” Gary asked.

”When you found out Amy had died, how did you deal with it?”

Gary looked out at the city before giving his answer.

”I haven't Ray, even though everything that's going on with the city at the moment I still think about revenge every single day. It's like there's a weight on my heart that just won't go away until I find the people who killed my sister.”

For the first time, Ray felt like he could really connect with Gary, he currently had the same feeling tugging on his heart. Ray hoped the feeling would have gone away so he asked Gary. The answer Gary gave was not what he was hoping for, it meant Ray would have to deal with this pain until he had dealt with the Shadow plague.

”Gary… I want to invite you to this special group I'm a part of.”

”I know about it Ray.”

Ray stood there for a moment.