Chapter 164 Stress Reliever (1/2)

It took Kay a couple of days to get the information that Kyle had asked for.

It was 11pm and Xing Han was snoring away already in bed while Kyle was studying the file at his desk. He couldn't believe the contents of the e-mail.

”Is this what Rex Industries was really about, or was this simply something they slipped in since Rex Industries was already established and above board?” Kyle wondered aloud.

There were several reasons why it took Kay two days to give Kyle the information.

First, she had to ensure that opening the email did not set off any alarm notification to the sender. Geting the email was not a problem since Kyle just gave her the username and password. Once she could safely open the email, she noticed something unusual with the way the email had been worded.

The content it self sounded pretty harmless. It was all about some shipment that was pending and the delivery order. Normal stuff. However, Kay's sharp eyes noted there were some unusual symbols in places that, at first glance, appeared to simply be a typo.

Upon deeper inspection, however, Kay managed to figure out that embedded in that symbol was a code - or a 'backdoor' code to certain files. It was those files that were of interest.

Kyle was reading those files right now.

A file of 10 names. Pictures of people. With prices.

Kyle clenched his teeth.

It was frustrating.

He had no name of the buyer or seller or even the distributor. There was nothing to go by other than now, he knew that the thumb drive he had taken must have had something to do with this sort of secret. All he had thought he had copied were doctored accounts but why go through all of that just for it?

Problem was, he never looked at the whole file when he copied it. He had merely seen the first page and knew that something was wrong since one of the figures was incorrect. He had copied the entire file and was planning to look at it at a later time.

That later time never came, of course.

Even if he was to retrieve that memory, he would not have been able to know what was the secret that was contained in the thumbdrive. He needed to wait for time to pass, retrieve it and take the necessary action for revenge - and at the same time, protect his family.

Kyle rubbed his forehead.

It's this constant waiting game that ate at him. The uncertainty. The worry. The time that he needed to let pass before he could do something more satisfying. The stress that built up since he retrieved his memories two days ago hit the all-time high.

At this point, scaling the walls at Gym5 wouldn't cut it. He needed to vent. Like, now.

He sighed, deleting the file.

Kay had a copy which was kept secure in MIB vault, so there was no worry about the file being lost or stolen. He peeked at Xing Han and was satisfied that he was deeply asleep.

Going to his closet, he opened up a secret compartment and took out the items necessary to change into Ice. Putting that secret compartment had been easier than expected. It was done by the MIB during the school holidays when no one was around.

In the bathroom, Kyle locked the door and proceeded to transform. He put on the contact lenses and blinked at the different shade of blue that now stared back at him. He took out a roll of tattoo-paper that had the dragon printed on it, carefully unrolling it.

Standing to one side, he placed the transferable paper on his arm and slowly, carefully, peeled it off, leaving the dragon imprint on his arm. The tattoo was a pain to put on and take off, but he had to admit, he liked the look of it. Perhaps, in the future, he would get one for real.

Kyle could imagine the look on his parents face if they ever found out about it, though. He grinned. That would be fun though, don't you think?

He put on a form fitting black singlet, slim black pants and a denim jacket. Slicking back his hair with some gel, he then peeled out the fake skin on his earlobe that covered a pin prick and wore the earring stud. He looked at his face in the mirror and sighed.

That youthful innocence wasn't quite Ice yet.

Taking out his make-up palette, he began his work. It was ironic, really. As Kylie, he hardly wore make-up and his skills had been the utmost minimum of 'foundation, blusher, and lipstick'. Now?

Now he knew how to use that stupid blender, how to do shading and all that. What a pain. That's why he normally used a mask when he went out as Ice but for today's purpose, the mask would not be enough.

Once he was done, the youthful part wasn't quite gone but he did have sharper features and he looked older - about 17 instead of 14. The innocent bit was no longer there, especially when Kyle started using his cold persona.

Kyle quickly returned to the room and in total darkness, kept the items back and slipped out the window. The location of their dorm had also been chosen specifically for the ease of Kyle to be able to slip out easily. Courtesy of Kay's hacking skills in allocating the room to him, of course.

It was near the corner and the back of the building, so Kyle simply scaled the wall to the side and jumped to the nearby tree, going down and out the wall.

As Kyle jumped down the wall and looked back to Sakura Academy, he had a grin that was both captivating and chilling at the same time. It made his handsome face even more outstanding but there was a menacing aspect to it that people couldn't help but shudder if they saw it.