175 Joining Forces (1/2)

”Hahaha, look at this guy. If you think you're going to fool anyone with that kind of lie, atleast make it sound realistic. You traveled alone and you're saying that you killed one well equipped group from the Brotherhood? Then let me tell you this. I can kill hordes of rotters by myself and would only get in trouble if there's mutated rotters around.”

Reena mockingly said to Jun.

Jun ignored him and only looked at Lolita. ”Do you have any pictures of Marcus? Or do you know where I can find one?”

Reena wanted to burst forth in anger upon getting ignored by Jun. It was only because she knew that it was her that has a problem with Jun while the man was professionally trading for information.

Lolita replied in a hurry, so her friend wouldn't have a chance to talk.

”Well, Marcus has been a barangay official for more than 10 years. He was able to renovate his old house to his dream house after his years of service. You can easily find it after you reach Uno Supermarket. Just turn right, then you will find a red painted house if you walk for a bit on Col. Guido Street.”

”Thank you. That's all I need, do you have any information that you want? If not, I'll pay with what I think is the right amount of information.” Jun said.

Jun waited for Reena and Lolita's answer. He was anticipating whether they have some brilliant question in mind when a serene voice came from the side.

Lourdes joined the conversation and asked Jun, she said, ”Are you really planning on killing Marcus?”

Albeit being surprised, Jun easily composed himself and answered, ”Yes.”

Lourdes said, ”How confident are you?”

”As long as I get close enough to reach him, his death is guaranteed.”

”Then let me help you.”

The two stared at each other, and neither of them looked away until both of them confirmed that they were true to what they were speaking.

”If Lourdes is helping you, then also count me in.” Mellissa said without raising her head from the book she was reading.

Lolita turned to Reena and finally found her giving a sigh of 'acceptance'. Reena glared at Jun and said, ”I'm only doing this for Sis Lourdes. If I find out that you're only talk with no actions, then I'll be the first to smack you!”

Jun later found out that Lourdes' husband was caught trying to gain the Teleport Portal's Rune and was killed by Marcus to warn the others.

The information exchange became an impromptu meeting due to the weight of the target operation.

Jun's plan to finish his quest became easier as he gained some helpers along the way.

The meeting tackled about how the operation would go, and how to achieve it.

The first thing that they had to do was to introduce each other to themselves. Everyone gave basic introductions of themselves including their skills that they were comfortable of sharing.

Jun learned that all four women only had 2 skills until now. There's a possibility that they haven't tried controlling the energy manually, so they couldn't learn skills.

It was understandable since Jun was only able to think about the matter when he met Edward, who could control energy to protect any part of his body.

As Jun's mind wandered about Edward's wondrous ability to control energy, he suddenly thought of a good idea for Edward to improve.

Lolita Alvaro, 24 years old, a psychologist. She shared two of her skills, the first was called Stimuli Control. The skill can make the target feel random things after physical contact. The effect could be decided by Lolita. Her second skill was a utility type called Relaxation, it could cancel any effect from any stimuli.