Three days later, on Saturday, Dylan drove Fiona and Iris to school because they were going on a museum trip with their class. Before the twin sisters left, Dylan hugged them one by one, then placed his hands on both their heads.
"Don't get separated, okay? Stick with the group, and don't mess around there," Dylan said.
"Yessssss," Iris replied cheerfully.
"You're such a nag, hehehe," Fiona added.
"I'm a nag for your own good. Now go get on, or you'll be late," Dylan replied, stroking both their heads.
"We're going now, big brother," both replied, turning and running, then looking back to wave.
Dylan waved back at his two sisters. As Fiona and Iris started boarding the bus, Dylan pulled out his smartphone and began taking photos of his sisters busy looking for seats on the bus, then cheerfully waving at him.
"Dling," a message arrived. He checked it; the message was from his family group chat. His four girlfriends were at his house and asking what time he was coming home; some were asking him to bring food and drinks.
Aaron said he was dropping off Clara with some forgotten items because she had moved two days ago. After replying to the message, he saw his two sisters seated together by the bus window. He took another photo, but suddenly, "Bwooom," a holographic screen opened.
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Quest : Prevent a suicide bombing.
Target : A man wearing a brown long coat and a flu mask.
Location : City Museum.
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Rec skill : Flash step, search area, ray vision, pickpocket, vanish.
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Reward :
- $15,000,-
- 420 skill exp points
- New skill Charm level 1
- New skill Body double level 1
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Auto quest mode ? [yes] [no]
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"Huh... the museum?" Dylan muttered in his head.
He immediately looked at the bus in front of him and saw his cheerful twin sisters sitting next to the window. He realized that his sisters were heading straight to the bombing location.
[The enemy is starting to move, sir.]
"Huh... what do you mean?" Dylan asked.
[With the death of their last obstacle, they are now beginning to act.]
"Who was their last obstacle?" Dylan asked.
[Maya's grandfather.]
"Dling," a message arrived in the family group chat. Maya said she had received news from Mike that her grandfather had just died at the hospital three hours ago. Dylan's face instantly went dark. He looked back at the bus, and without a second thought, he pressed YES. Dylan walked into the school, then disappeared, and using his flash step, he climbed the school fence and jumped onto the bus just as it was pulling away.
After the bus was moving, Dylan lay flat on the roof. He took off his hood so it wouldn't be blown away by the wind. He shifted to the side and turned, then he craned his head down. He could see a female teacher singing and clapping, and all the elementary students, including his two twin sisters, were cheerfully singing along.
"I won't let that bomb go off... we can't fail, C.A.T.S.," Dylan said in his head.
[Ready, sir.]
"Who exactly is our enemy, C.A.T.S.?" Dylan asked.
[The clue is a terrorist organization operating behind the scenes of world governments.]
"Why do they plan to bomb the museum? What's so important there?" Dylan asked.
[In the exhibition building next to the museum building, there is currently an exhibition of a newly discovered black gemstone from an ancient ruin's tomb. They intend to take that gem and create a diversion by using a bomb to blow up the museum, without caring about the number of casualties it will cause.]
"That's going too far... my two sisters are heading there... bastards," Dylan replied angrily.
Dylan kept lying flat on the roof of the bus, remaining invisible, until the bus finally reached the museum. Dylan could see that the museum was indeed crowded because there was an exhibition in the exhibition hall, and the museum was connected to it by a bridge-like corridor.
So, visitors could enter through either the exhibition hall or the museum if they wanted to see the museum first. The elementary school children's trip agenda was a study tour to see the museum itself, with no connection to the exhibition in the adjacent exhibition hall.
As soon as the bus parked, Dylan immediately jumped down, and with his flash step, he ran inside the museum. After passing the security checkpoint and entering the museum building, Dylan reappeared and put up his hood, walking with the crowd, pretending to be a visitor who wanted to see the gem in the exhibition building next door.
He glanced left and right, seeing many guards, police, and armed security personnel patrolling inside.
"Hey C.A.T.S., this museum is heavily guarded, and there's a security checkpoint at the front. How could the suicide bomber get in?" Dylan asked.
[Use skill search area, sir.]
Dylan immediately used his search area skill and his ray vision skill. He looked at the visitors near him one by one and scanned other areas of the museum, searching for any abnormality on a person's body or if they were carrying something strange. A green marker would appear on the 3D map.
Suddenly, "Thud," someone bumped into Dylan from behind. He turned to see a man walking unsteadily, with a pale face, his hand clutching his stomach tightly, and his eyes unfocused, even though he was walking straight ahead, looking like a controlled zombie.
There was a green marker on his stomach. Dylan immediately grabbed the man and pulled him back until the man was against the wall. He quickly ripped open the man's shirt, and his eyes widened to see a fresh surgical scar that was still bleeding on his abdomen. Dylan immediately used his ray vision on the stomach and saw a bomb implanted inside.
"Huh... the bomb is inside his stomach?" Dylan asked.
[Don't move, sir.... you have the wrong target. Please don't panic. Just let the automatic system handle it.]
"What do you mean, the wrong target? It's obvious this guy has a bomb in his stomach," Dylan asked, annoyed, in his head.
[Take a look around, sir.]
Dylan looked around. He was inside the 3D map and saw five green dots besides the one in front of him, scattered throughout every corner of the museum, though none had entered the exhibition hall next door. Suddenly, Dylan vanished on his own, and his feet headed toward the museum entrance.
He saw the elementary school children just entering and heading straight for the exhibit of ancient animal skeletons or dinosaurs. Dylan opened his quest screen once more and looked at his target.
"A man wearing a brown long coat. He's the one carrying the detonator," Dylan said.
[That's right, sir. He's inside, and we're getting close.]
"Alright, let's go, C.A.T.S. Sorry for panicking and screwing up the automatic targeting," Dylan said.
[No problem, sir.]
Dylan kept running, getting ahead of the crowd of elementary school children who were still waiting for the students from the second bus. He entered the dinosaur room, then looked around and searched for the person with the characteristics written on the screen, even though his feet were walking on their own toward the next room, the ancient stone age civilization room.