" Echo, can you see the people who are following me? " Lucian asked as he continued to walk.
Based on Lucian's location, Echo first searched for any nearby cameras and after finding a camera she had a proper vision, then she recognised in the crowd which men were following Lucian.
(Yes, I can see them there are 28 men, most of them seems to be carrying different types of weapons.)
" Nice, now recognise the leader among those people and then send a message on his mobile from his boss's number, asking them all to go back. " Lucian said as he kept walking away from them.
(Yes sir!! I'm working on it.)
Lucian was walking into the crowd as they all followed him, only Perry and Jerry were lagging behind because of their injuries, they haven't even seen who they were here to capture.
Just as the goons were getting closer to Lucian the leader of the bunch recieved a message on his mobile from their boss, ordering them all to return immediately because of an emergency.
" Let's stop for now, there is an emergency and boss is asking us to return immediately. " The leader said.
" But what about that guy? He will get away like this, should I stay back to catch him? " One of the man suggested.
" No, he's gone anyway, let's just leave. We know where to find him the next time. " Then all of them stopped following Lucian and went back to their gambling house.
(They are gone.)
" Good, keep tracking them, I'll deal with them later. " Saying that, Lucian continued with his shopping.
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After leaving Tess at home, Lucian left the house in a cab with his destination being the gambling house, he was planning to start a bit early today and it was around 7 right now.
' After going into that Chasm I'll return to the other Earth, I have done some of the things I had in mind and I'll do the rest the next time I come here, but before going back I should deal with Mason's group. ' Lucian thought, sitting on the back seat of the cab.
[ So what are you planning on doing with them? Two of their friends are still missing, their families and police are currently searching for them.
Your connection with Tess might lead the police to you, and you are yet to become her legal guardian. ]
' That's no big deal, I can take care of it. ' he replied.
" Echo, help me become Tess's legal guardian. " He spoke into his mobile.
(Okay, I can do that.)
[ And what about the police? ]
' I will take care of it if they do come to see me. ' he said, and looked out of the window, there was going to be an even bigger bloodshed today.
Soon Lucian arrived at his destination, the location of those men's mobile was different from the gambling house he went to last time, it was like their base.
" Zero how many people are there? " Lucian asked as he walked towards an old building that previously used to be a primary school.
[ Hmmm, there are more than fifty- wait seventy two to be exact, counting everyone there. ]
" Are they all just goons? Or are there other people too? " He asked.
[ Eleven of them are the people they have kidnapped and kept here, rest are goons. I believe their level is higher than what you think, this is just one branch of a big organisation they are part of. ]
" So are they connected with the underworld? " He questioned as he got closer to the building.
[ Not directly, the leader of the whole organisation is connected to someone in the Underworld.
So attacking this branch will make you the enemy of the whole organisation and if you fight the organisation, then you would probably have to face people from the Underworld. ]
" Then it's fine, I would have to fight the people who are holding onto all the Chasms anyway, but tell me, aside from bats and sticks, are there any dangerous weapons? " He spoke, looking at the few people guarding the entrance.
[ Almost all of them have knives, and more than half of them even have guns so be careful. ]
" Hmmm Echo, take care of all the surrounding cameras. " Lucian said since it wasn't dark enough yet, so he decided to wait a little longer.
(Yes sir, it'll only take less than a minute and I'm done with your earlier task, I have sent the documents on your mobile.)
" Okay, Zero what's the name of their organisation? " He asked, there were three men standing at the entrance, they were chatting and laughing as they smoked.
[ The place where you won all that money is just a small branch, and the branch just have code names based on numbers and this one is 51.
As for the entire organisation, they have quite a lot of illegal businesses, such that gambling would be considered a small thing. That organisation is called 'The Harmony House'. ]
' Harmony huh, must be quite rich. ' Lucian thought as a smile appeared on his face, then he noticed two familiar people in the distance.
Perry and Jerry were walking away from the base since they have to go home and take medicines, their bodies were still suffering quite a lot, but the boss at the base forced them to come even in their current condition.
" Hey how are you both, Jerry and Perry? " Lucian spoke, suddenly appearing in front of them.
" Uwaaaaah!! y- You?!! W- We are sorry, please forgive us for the l- last time. " Jerry spoke, as he almost kneeled in front of Lucian, attracting the attention from the couple of people in the surrounding who soon walked away from there.
" Y- Yes, we don't need any of that money so sob p- please just let us leave, we won't show you o- our face ever again. " Perry said, their fear increased by the pain they were still feeling.
" Hey hey, I am not angry at you both. Actually I am really happy to meet you again, let's forget about the old times, what do you think? " Lucian said, placing his hands on their shoulders.
" U- Uh... Okay, thank you then, so c- can we leave? " Perry spoke, he had a bad feeling about this.
" Why are you in such a hurry, let's talk for a moment. I want you to do something for me. " He said looking at their scared faces.
" W- What do you want us to d- do? We a- are no longer doing anything i- illegal. " Jerry said, he felt cold sweat running down his body.
" Yeah right, you both must have come to that building to pray to God, right? Anyway, I'm not asking you to do anything illegal, just collect a couple of things for me. " Lucian spoke, increasing the strength in his grip slightly.
" O- Okay we will do whatever you want, p- please just don't hurt us again. " Perry mumbled in fear, as he felt the grip on his shoulder.
" W- What do we have to collect? " Jerry asked.
" First, in a bottle you have to collect... " Lucian explained both the things he wanted the two brothers to collect.
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