Janelle and Finlay raced to his side, assisting the old man. The male started: “I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to impose on your schedule, Osiris. I just thought you’d be too busy to attend.”
The old man chuckled. “It’s all right. Hmm, Anubis reached out to me that we are all invited. Since you will be all here, I figured I should come, too. Hehe, I like seeing and talking to young people. This is nice.”
“Why did you call Anubis ‘Commander’ once and then by his handle the next…?” Brian asked as they all watched them assist Osiris to the closest seat from the door. Khepri even moved to give the seat.
“Hm? Oh,. I see… so it was him. No wonder he could simply contact me.” Osiris laughed and nodded as he sat down. He could practically move on his own, but he didn’t want to scold people for showing respect to the elderly
The police sirens were loud and intrusive, but Finlay kept to himself. He had not spoken to anyone just yet. He had a shock blanket on his back, but he was not holding it up in any way. The memories of the short encounter kept replaying in his mind. What the police saw was already the aftermath of the encounter. A quick look would suggest that at least ten of them were on the floor, while the leader was dead on the stage. Since the lights were turned off, no one saw what transpired… aside from Finlay. He clearly remembered how everyone he knew killed those goons in cold blood. Even if aggression was not a new sight, that was also the first time he was faced with a gun to his face multiple times in one night. Two times even involved the gun being shot in his direction. The very next movement he d
Footsteps came from the side, and a person poked their head out of the side. Finlay caught them snooping around, and their eyes met. In the next second, the other person went on his knees and pleaded at Finlay’s feet. “Akhe! I didn’t mean to bring you so much trouble! I should have been more relentless to that guy!” “Erm, you already brought me trouble for doing unnecessary things. It’s best for you to just leave Bastet and Anubis to deal with him.” Finlay didn’t stop Gendry from hugging his leg and begging like a worm. “You work closely with their group, right? Just help them out and don’t do strange things.” “Really? You’re not angry at me?” Gendry looked up and wore an ugly begging face. It’s just that Finlay didn’t shake his head. Finlay only sighed. “To be honest, he got what he deserved. It’s just that he’s
“Hepu, why didn’t you tell them I asked you to come?” Delta chuckled, and Hepu didn’t even look at her. However, he did answer with a voice filled with excitement, “Boss, am I really allowed to make use of all of those? They look complicated, so I just want to watch first before entering.” “Hepu, huh? Who is he?” Wolfram only glanced at the man before leading Delta to the entrance of the laboratory. “Why did you ask him to come?” Delta reached out to tap on the man’s shoulder as they walked by. “He just looked unreliable, but he’s my assistant in my run-down lab. “Since I’m going to be working on something here, I just thought I wanted to share the experience. After all, he’s the custodian.” She giggled. “Upgrading our lab is his job, not mine.” The man stopped
There was only a nod that came after. David looked like he was only hiding his distraught self. After all, his wife died more than two decades ago. Today, the supposed unknown killer resurfaced again. He even seemed to intervene in this case the Red Core was investigating. “…Mr. Colton senior, how much do you know about your wife?” The detective, who was supposed to shut up, struck when his former mentor was the least expecting him to talk. Romeo glared at the stupid man, but David only frowned at him. David responded, “Why are you asking me that question right now?” Brian didn’t even feel a bit scared. “Theodore Bailey didn’t have a good track record. He had been doing underhanded tricks against all his competitors until lately. His name came up as a mastermind to an arson case against one of Finlay Baker’s mark
The wife only nodded. She then kept to herself for a few seconds, but she ended up leaving her seat and looking for Wolfram again. There was something about this case that felt so wrong. It even felt like the worst was yet to come. However, she stopped by the door and smiled in Brian’s direction. “Please don’t take it against him, Sekh. I’ll get someone to treat your wound.” “Nah, go and attend to him.” Brian only dabbed at his bleeding cheek. “Sobek already warned me that Nuub has this very scary side to him. Guess I just had to run my mouth and found out the hard way. Geez, crazy—you and your family are crazy.” “Don’t say that to Zenon. He will throw you in jail.” Delta only laughed and ran off. … Delta didn’t find Wol
Without another word, she left to find other members to arrange for everything else that she needed. Whether she died along the way, she just hoped Wolfram would spare her kids. Even if Wolfram had become her safest space, reality had its way of breaking things apart for her. As for Wolfram, he only asked the agent to report to him when the results were ready. The commander of the Red Core walked out of the lab, followed by the captain who didn’t know how to pacify things. Avalon could only imagine what would happen to Wolfram if Delta’s brother was the one behind his very own mother’s murder. “Oh, Commander, have you seen—?” Hepu just got out of the primary lab with a big smile. He saw Wolfram walking and was about to ask for Delta when he was grabbed by the collar. His back made a loud thud against the wall, but he still kept his mouth shut and hands raised
“Will you kill him for shooting your mother?” Delta lowered her gaze. She had her phone in her hand, but the screen had already gone black. “Carolus hasn’t made contact with anyone since last night. I’m scared that he went after Theodore Bailey just like what it looks like to all of us. Then again, something in me feels like that’s not the case.” Wolfram turned around and leaned against the railing. He finally took a look at the bitter yet plastered smile on his wife’s face. “Leaving his hair behind is too sloppy for him. I saw the few times he moved about. There’s no way he would let his long hair get in the way of his stealth.” He looked away. “One of your little mummies spoke about him getting on the nerves of some master. Do you think… those strands of hair are not meant as evidence… but a message?” “That’s a
Bait? Yes, that was what Yuri said before. Someone used him as bait to lure their mom and kill her. That was why Zenon blamed him for their mother’s death. If only he knew how to keep himself safe, April Colton wouldn’t have to die a terrible death. Wolfram’s head then looked up and frowned at his eldest brother. “Yuri…?” “That detective is quite a person. Keep him around if you can.” Yuri chuckled before turning to the door. An agent pushed in a trolley and served them some food. After all, none of them had slept for the night just yet. Wolfram even took a sip as soon as the coffee was on the table. “As I was saying, his concerns are worth looking into.” Yuri moved his hand to send files to Wolfram’s comms device. “It seemed that Mom was not as simple as we all thought she was. Do you ever wonder why you a