Lucifer had also seen the two dead bodies that were lying in the back of the helicopter.
"So we finally meet face to face, young Lucifer," Caen said softly, glancing at Lucifer. "Now, I do know you are thinking about attacking me, but please listen to me first. I am not your enemy."
He pointed at the dead bodies that were lying on the floor. "Those were your enemies, and I killed them."
" I’m with the people opposing them. I broke inside and killed the guys to help you escape. If you just wait for five minutes, I can prove it. You can see the proof with your own eyes as well. All the enemies who fought you are going to be killed."
Lucifer didn’t move or attack. He was clearly confused by the words of the man. It didn’t seem very clear. He wasn’t an enemy? The others were going to be killed?
"You wouldn’t lose anything in five minutes. If I can’t prove my words, you can kill me. Also, if I was an enemy, why would I kill those guys? Trust me for a bit here," Caen said. "It’s like a child’s play for you to kill me anyway."
"Who are you?" Lucifer inquired as he started stepping closer to Caen, who was still piloting.
"Before knowing who I’m, let me explain who the people attacking you are. That will help you understand us better," Caen said.
He was somewhat worried as well since Lucifer was more like a psychopath from what he had seen. He wasn’t sure if Lucifer would actually kill him right there.
His fighting prowess was good, but his main ability was shapeshifting. He wasn’t made to fight, especially against someone like Lucifer. Also, he couldn’t be diverted for long since he was piloting the helicopter.
"The people who attacked you are from the Awakened Protection Force. In short, they are called APF. They are a government-run agency that is entirely made of variants. Their whole purpose is to catch people like you that don’t play by the so-called rules that they have made."
"They arrest people like you, take them to their prisons, and experiment on them. After they use the variants that they capture like expendable commodities, they execute them."
Caen kept explaining, exaggerating a few things Intentionally.
" In short, they are an evil organization that works against us innocent Variants while masquerading as the heroes of justice that work to protect ordinary humans." Caen provided the explanation, which was somewhat modified to further create hatred in Lucifer’s heart towards them.
Lucifer heard the explanation, but he didn’t stop walking towards Caen. By the end of his sentence, Lucifer was standing only a few inches away from him.
His hand was right above Caen’s head. There were only a few centimeters of a gap between Lucifer’s hand and Caen’s head. Fortunately, he wasn’t touching his head or the decaying powers that would have killed Caen.
Thump! Thump!
Caen’s heartbeat was fast, and a few drops of sweat trickled down his face as he worried for his life. He didn’t know if Lucifer was testing him to see if Caen would attack him now or if he was seriously going to kill him.
He could only take the risk and hope that it was a test of faith.
"They are from APF, huh," Lucifer muttered as he looked straight ahead towards the helicopter that was flying in the front. Lucifer had seen Flourance entering that helicopter.
Opening his small lips, he asked, "who are you then?"
"I don’t think you have ever heard of us. We are a group of people who fight against the fascist government and its lapdogs like APF for us Variants’ rights. You can think of us as an organization similar to APF as we are also made entirely of Variants, but there is a big difference between them and us," Caen answered.
"What difference exists between you two?" Lucifer asked.
"Rather than fighting to oppress variants, we fight to protect their rights. We don’t wish for Variants to live and die on the wishes of a handful of inferior humans. We wish for Variants to rule and get their rightful position so that we aren’t used again to satiate humans’ greed," Caen replied.
"We believe that you already know about the inferior humans. They treat Variants like toys. They experiment on us and even kill us like we are nothing. That’s why we wish to show them their rightful position," he continued.
"Our goal is somewhat similar to you but on a larger scale. I believe we can help each other," he added. "You have strength, but you lack knowledge. We have knowledge and strength, but we need even more strength. We both need each other."
Hearing the words, Lucifer fell into deep thought. It was true that he lacked knowledge but trusting someone was tough.
"Alright. Prove that your words are true and show me what you can do for me in the next five minutes, and I will consider. If you can’t prove it, I will kill you first before wiping them," Lucifer threatened Caen before he retracted his hand, giving some relief to Caen.
"Of course, right away," Caen acknowledged as he smiled.
Even though Lucifer gave him time, he didn’t move back. He kept standing there like he was waiting to see what was going to happen.
"Since we are friends, I will tell you what our plan was. We had found out about you through our resources and knew what happened to you. We knew that you would attack the Dillon Research facility, so we sent our more powerful team there to help save you from the onslaught of APF."
" The secondary team was sent here since we had noticed the movement of APF here. I am the leader of the team. I am called Caen," Caen introduced himself as he continued explaining the progression of events.
"Anyway, I found out about the plan of APF to capture you, so I made a better plan to save you without fighting them openly.