134 If You Were Not There (1/2)
Inside an apartment somewhere in the city.
Rufus and his six colleagues were in a panic mode as they hurriedly packed their luggage.
”Quick! We have got no time!” Rufus took the red suitcase in his hand, ”The government dogs would be here any minute.”
”It is all due to that masked bastard,” A woman named Yuizi cursed as she gathered explosives in a bag, ”We can't even plan things perfectly.”
The government had stepped up security in the city after the attack on police headquarters. Thanks to the attention brought by the masked man, the government was now on a lookout for revolutionaries.
Rufus grudgingly nodded his head while opening an encrypted video conference app on a tablet.
A few seconds later, a man was visible on the tablet screen. If Zed was here, then he would easily identify this man especially by the tattoo of ouroboros on his right wrist.
”You only have five minutes,” the man said with a slight hint of panic in his voice, ”stay low key otherwise you would definitely be caught.”
”I know,” Rufus said as he and his team left the room, ”What should we do with the plan?”
”I don't know,” the man said sounding displeased, ”But whatever you do, don't forget my part of the deal when you carry out your task.”
”You can rest assured on that,” Rufus said as he entered the elevator, ”Just make the conditions right and we would handle everything.”
”I will,” the man said.
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Dream Rise House.
Inside a bedroom on the second floor.
Kiba looked at his reflection on the mirror. His expression was unsightly with his eyes being bloodshot.
When Kiba looked at his own reflection, he didn't saw himself but rather a bloodthirsty demon.
His hands were stained with the blood of countless innocents who were killed for no reason other than to satisfy his bloodthirst.
”Damn,” Kiba struck his fist on the mirror.
BANG!
The mirror shattered in small fragments which fell on the floor. Kiba glanced down and from the small fragments, he could still see his reflection.
Before there was only one reflection, but with hundreds of mirror fragments, there were a hundred reflections of his bloodthirsty form.
”How could I let myself carry out such an act?” Kiba felt extreme anger at himself to give in to his instincts.
*knock*
Kiba turned around after hearing the sound of the door being knocked.
”Enter.”
A droid silently entered the bedroom with a tray consisting of two syringes filled with yellow and red liquids.
”Claudia,” Kiba took a deep breath before continuing, ”Have you found anything from the scan earlier?”
After leaving Athol's house, he had undergone a detailed medical examination to find out details on why he did what he did.
[[No, sir.]]Claudia's voice came from the micro speakers embedded on the walls.
”As expected,” Kiba lied down on the bed.
[[I assume what happened today can be attributed to the attack of Psychic Hunter.]]
”...I wish I could blame that monk,” Kiba sighed in frustration, ”But sadly the monk isn't responsible.”
In the last four years, he had only lost control twice. The first was when he killed the investigators on the wasteland. The other time was today.
He could justify the first loss of control since he had used his full powers. The greater the powers he used, the more was the risk of being affected by his basic instincts.
Then there was the anger inside him against the monk so it wasn't impossible for him to lose his sanity for a few moments.