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Chapter 8 - Chapter 8: Hidden Danger

"White hair, red eyes, long white hair sorry, long white hair, wears a black facemask, white windbreaker, has some sort of a body transformation Aspect."

[ Scanning ]

[ Looking for similar details ]

"None sir." The A.I reported

Dark Whip's secret hideout.

A crimson haired man sighed in disappointment as once again, they failed to search for the two kid's whereabouts.

"It seems both of them are from Undercity." The A.I reported.

Elliott sighed. He had heard a lot of that place ever since he came to this city a few days prior.

A place where the unfortunate lived. The bad part of the city. The place with the highest crime rates in the entire city.

A place where many doesn't even dared to enter.

"Are kids from that place that strong?" Elliott can't help have this thought crossed his mind.

The way the white haired kid fought, his fighting style, his Aspect. Its nothing kids his age should be capable of. Its not something that teenagers should had learnt in the first place.

The fluidity of his movements, his control over his own body, it's unnatural.

Not to mention, the second kid.

The redhead's control over his Aspect far surpassed many heroes.

"Find me the information of every people in Undercity." Elliott suddenly said.

"I'm sorry sir, but most people who lived in that part of the city rarely registered themselves."

Elliott rubbed his temple, feeling the annoyance coming.

Two kids. Both of their strength rivaling many heroes and they are out there running wild.l

A thought suddenly came to his mind. "The kid's jacket."

"I'm sorry sir?"

"The kid's jacket. When he used his Aspect to ran away, he had formed a pair of wings on his back"

"When he did so, the wings had ripped through a fabric of his jacket. There should be a trace of DNA on the jacket. Have you found it?"

"I'm afraid no sir. There are not even a single strain of DNA cell on the piece of fabric that you've had brought over."

"Damn it!" Dark Whip smashed his fist to the wall, leaving a small cracks.

While all of this is happening, in the very centre of the city are three towers that stood out from the rest. Cybercity, at the very least the Uppercity is extremely advanced.

With towering buildings decorating the night sky, neon lights filling the streets. Such sight is something that can only be seen in movies.

However, these three towers represent the three of the biggest corporations in Cybercity.

The city glowed beneath the midnight sky, towering skyscrapers pierced the clouds, and neon veins lit the concrete jungle with the pulse of digital life. But above it all, untouched by the filth and fury below three monoliths loomed:

The Hummingbird Corporation.

The Celestine Enterprise.

The Echelon Corporation.

The three buildings signify the existence of these three corporations. Business, invention and even the hero industry of Cybercity are under their monopoly.

The highest floor of Echelon Tower.

The office was dim. Velvet shadows painted the walls, while chrome-lined furniture and obsidian shelves whispered luxury. A faint glow from a tablet flickered across the angular face of the man sitting behind the desk — lean frame, wild green hair, sharp cheekbones, a resting glare that could fracture egos.

The man sat on his chair, watching coldly at the tablet on his grasp.

A video recording of Karen's fight with Dark Whip. One might wonder, how could he gained access to the recording considering that their fight took place on a rooftop.

Simple.

The recording was recorded in a first person point of view.

Dark Whip is a hero of the United Federation of America. The reason why he is currently in Cybercity is because he had been invited by the Echelon Corporation, a company in the leading of H.Ex Arm (Hero Extension Arm) research to test out their new invention.

A set of high tech nano suit designed to be capable of increasing the combat prowess of it's wearers. Naturally, as it is still in its prototype phase, the Echelon Corporation had installed a hidden camera on the helmet.

Under the dimly lit room, the man's crimson red eyes narrowed.

He watched intently as Karen fought against the top ranking hero of the U.F.A.

His movements, his skills and even his usage of Aspect clearly showcased his potential.

Smash!

The man raised the tablet before activating his Aspect. Razor sharp claws pierced through his flesh, destroying the tablet.

The tablet fell to the floor. A few blood dripping into the shattered screen of the tablet.

The sounds of footsteps are heard and the door of the office was opened.

A woman with brown hair styled into a bobcat entered the room. The woman is none other than the woman whom Karen had saved at the alleyway.

"I'll need a damn good reason not to throw you out the window." The green haired man glared at the female secretary in annoyance.

The female secretary shrieked seeing the glare from the cold rich ceo who will definitely be ruthless to others but spoil his wife and children rotten.

"I'm-I'm sorry sir but the I-I found some news.' As she spoke, the female secretary trembled all over.

"If it's about the kid with the Necron's Ring, then forget it." The man reached out to his desk and pulls out a packet of cigarettes.

"But-."

"I've already found out about it." The man said, his eyes darkening as the scent of cigarettes filled the air.

"Another bastard of the old man. One that posess one of the rings of Necron."

"That means his 'incubator' was powerful enough to give birth to him." The man chuckled, his fingers caressing the ring on his finger, "Who am I kidding? Knowing the old man's fetish, he probably just forced his seed upon that poor woman."

Knowing his-their- old man's psychopathic nature, the fact that the child is here breathing and living already means that the woman had somehow survived not just the labor but also the baby making process. A miracle considering not many little women survived a night with their sperm donor.

"Find all informations about the two."

"That bastard half brother of mine and that wind user."

"I don't care how, I want all of their infiemations on my desk by tomorrow morning."

Silence engulfed the room.

The man glared at the woman, "Still standing there? It seems I will need a new secretary as the current one is too useless!"

"Yes-yes Mr. Seishiro, I will do it as fast as possible!" The woman immediately ran away.

She afraid if she stayed any longer, she will be fed to the fishes.

Seishiro snorted as he watches her leave. His attention turns down to the ring on his finger.

A silver ring with a skull engraved upon it. Similar to Karen's with the only difference being that Seishiro's ring has a crown engraved on the skull and instead of a hollow holes for eyes, his had a pair of small crimson rubies.

"Another illegitimate half brother, another problem." Seishiro sighed in annoyance.

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"You guys are home." That was what Wak Tolak had planned to say the moment he saw the two kids entering the bar.

However in the end he remains silent.

He doesn't dare utter even a single word.

Not when Makoto is dragging the unconscious Karen across the wooden floor.

"Help-Wak! help me!" Makoto shout, sweats pouring down his forehead as he dragged the unconscious Karen.

Despite his average height and body proportion, Karen is heavy. Extremely heavy.

The two had originally wanted to returned home right after their mission. Who would thought that Karen's drawback of overusing his Aspect would kicked in, causing him to lost control over his body and fell from the top floor to the ground below.

At that time the two were still standing on the rooftop on their way down when Karen suddenly stopped moving.

"Karen, you okay over there buddy? Need a Lunatic - oh my god he is falling!!!"

Indeed, Karen had been standing too close to the edge of the rooftop and ended up falling the moment his drawback kicked in. This resulted in him falling down to the ground as his body weight increase from the increase of his molecular density.

Makoto's shriek had alerted the nearby law enforcers.

"Freeze! Police! Give us twenty Cybercoin and we'll pretend we see nothing!"

In the end, Makoto had to give twenty dollars for each police officers that had seen him.

Since when do you idiots ever care for Undercity crimes!!

Makoto can only inwardly complained as he dragged Karen's body across Undercity to Saranjana Bar.

"What happened?"

"He's dead! The kid is dead!" Makoto curses out as he can't no longer take it. His body instantly fell to the floor.

Karen's body was too heavy!

Way too heavy for a human!

How the hell is it even possible for him to have such weight while being so skinny!

The truth of the matter was, Karen is not that skinny. For teenagers his age, he can be considered somewhat lean and even fit. It's just that his clothes are slightly loose fitting, creating an effect that he looks skinny.

Suddenly, Karen's body stood up.

"Ah you're finally aw-"

Karen's body flashes, appearing right in the kitchen.

Karen ignores the looks Wak Tolak and Makoto is giving him. Instead, his focus is completely on the fridge in the kitchen.

With a simple pull, the door of the fridge was ripped apart. All the foods inside are revealed.

In the next second, Karen starts preparing meal. Using his arm as a pan.

Makoto and Wak Tolak: "....."

To be continued

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