"What…is this?" Scarlett muttered as she looked at the gooey liquid in her hand. She grabbed it and stretched it with her eyes widened.
She couldn't comprehend what happened for the first few seconds then she looked at Leislet for answers.
The other was also shocked albeit with less intensity since she knew this liquid and saw it in action before.
So, she looked at Scarlett back and said with gritted teeth.
"That's ooze. One of Acht's soul artifacts he bought. It's basically a liquid that he could fully control. He probably shaped it to be in a similar form to his body. There was also the fact that this place is dark and we couldn't see. Dammit! He played us really hard." She said as she clenched her teeth.
"But why? Why is he running from us? Wait, don't tell me…" She asked on the spur of the moment. But then, the truth weighed down on her and she looked down.
Leislet nodded her head with a grim look.
"He probably saw the news about his identity being exposed and he probably became suspicious that we leaked it or we betrayed him."
"Why would I ever do that?! I would never betray him even if it was the end of the world." Scarlett shouted loudly.
Leislet shook her head and answered her question with a logical answer.
"Think about it. Why wouldn't he lose trust in us when he didn't feel the presence of anyone there to leak his identity to the media? So, it's the most rational thing to assume in his situation after all. We can't blame him."
"We need to clarify this misunderstanding as soon as possible!" Scarlett said with a hurried tone.
"How could we do that when he escaped us? We need to first find him again and then we could explain everything." Leislet responded.
"For now, we must extend our stay in Evernight until we find him again. However, this time, it would be even harder to find him after this accident."
Leislet muttered as she looked up at the starry sky and thought to herself with a dreamy look.
'Please, Acht. Return to me. I would never betray you in my life. I would rather betray myself than betray you.' She thought.
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"Fuuuuh. That was a close call." Acht muttered as he rested his back on a wall in an empty part of the city he found after running for 30 minutes.
His plan had succeeded and he was able to lose Leislet and Scarlett from his pursuit. He could finally rest and think properly about what to do now.
"I need to find the tracking chip they planted in me. Where could it be?" He pondered before closing his eyes.
What he was doing was a full body scan to all of his body. He wanted to check every part no matter how small it was.
A few moments later, he finally found the anomaly. It was easy to find when he was searching for that exact thing. But, when he was oblivious to this tracking chip, he would've most likely never detected it.
It was put on his right calf, exactly under his skin.
So, without any hesitation, he pulled out a small dagger and positioned his right leg so that he could have a better look at it.
Then, with the dagger, he dug deep into his own leg as if it was nothing. The pain was tremendously strong but forget about a scream of pain, Acht didn't even show a sign of pain on his face.
He was so accustomed to the pain that his tolerance to it became impressive.
Then, after going deep enough, he started slicing off a chunk of his flesh where he detected the chip. Blood squirted everywhere crazily. However, Acht didn't stop or hesitate as he kept cutting off his own flesh calmly.
Then, after cutting off a good chunk, he pulled out the chip and looked at it.
It was a small circular object the size of Acht's thumb and was made out of some kind of metal he couldn't identify.
'Good. Now, this should make it easier to deal with the matter.' He thought as he looked at his own leg.
He could visibly see the muscle tissues wiggle and link together at an inhumanly fast speed that no normal person could even dream of.
With each level up, Acht's body evolved quickly and it reached a level where it was impressive how much he could do with his own body now.
Then, he stood up to leave the place and look for a good place to spend the rest of the day.
However, a call came to his phone.
He looked at the caller and he immediately knew who the caller was. It was Lein.
He hesitated to pick up the phone at first but then he decided to pick it up. Lein would never call him for anything that is not important.
"What?" He asked coldly.
"You need to come now. A person you might know came to visit us. Hurry up!"
Then, without waiting, Lein cut off the call before Acht could even ask who it was.
He had a suspicion that it could be Leislet or Scarlett getting captured but soon forgot about that idea.
Reaching the bar from the position they were in would at least take 20 minutes at their fastest speed which is impossible to do in such a short interval.
So, without further to do, he blasted into the horizon. He jumped from one building to another and soon reached the bar where everyone should be.
When he entered, he found every Nightingale member including Lenny sitting there with a solemn look.
Then, he looked at the anomaly who was also sitting there casually with his legs crossed as if he was the owner of the place.
"You…" he immediately knew who he was.
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