Chapter 165: Justified Anger
Yulyv picked up speed even more to try and get to Riyala! He just needed to touch her once! Just once!
Shink! Shink! Shink! Shink! Shink!
Yulyv’s danger sense immediately buzzed as he felt multiple projectiles heading his way and he turned to see more than fifteen wind-arrows all heading for him! Yulyv was forced to stop in his tracks and he waved his hand angrily to destroy the arrows with his own wind attack! Yulyv glared at Gina angrily and his eyes trailed towards the staff that she held in one hand!
Yulyv could tell from her mana that Gina was not that strong. She was only a C Rank and she wouldn’t have stood up to him on any other day! But the staff that she was holding was an artifact and Yulyv was certain that it was helping her boost her attack!
More attacks came from both Riyala and Gina and Yulyv abandoned his initial plan and fell back into the shadows behind him! Both Riyala and Gina stopped their attacks temporarily as they looked around cautiously. Everything in the house was on fire and the walls of the building had been broken and torn beyond repair. There were sirens and shouts coming from outside and Gina knew that Jason would be here soon, so they only had to hold out until –
"GINA!"
Riyala suddenly shouted from the side when she saw a shadow move behind Gina and Gina turned around with wide eyes! A spell was already on the tip of her tongue and she stretched her hand out towards the attacker, preparing to release all her magic!
Slash!
But before she could do anything, a knife slashed across her midsection and Gina felt pain travel through her whole body!
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[The SMD Building]
[A Few Minutes Before The Phantoms Attacked.]
Jason walked through the halls of the SMD building with a heavy frown on his face! The agents that he passed moved out of his way quickly once they noticed his intense aura and Jason turned the corner of the hall and began heading for the door at the end.
"Jason! Jason, wait!"
Behind Jason, Keitha and a number of other agents were following along quickly to try and make him stop! Keith had grabbed Jason earlier to try and stop him, but Keith was shocked when Jason easily broke out of his grip and kept moving. It was impossible to stop Jason right now unless he stopped on his own and with how intense Jason’s aura was, Keith knew that Jason was not going to stop for anything! Keith looked at where Jason was heading, and he was able to immediately recognize the door ahead of them! That was the Director’s office! What the hell did Jason think he was doing!? Keith swore and tried to speak up again!
"Jason –"
Jason calmly pushed on the Director’s door and the door went flying off its hinges! It slammed into the wall on the opposite side of the room and Jason calmly looked towards Millicent. Millicent was inside the room along with another SMD agent and she was staring at her broken door with wide, disbelieving eyes! Her eyes trailed from the door over to the person who had broken it and she frowned.
"What is the meaning of this?"
Jason calmly walked into the director’s office and stood opposite her before asking.
"Did you really think that those two would be capable of killing me?"
The Director’s brow furrowed for a moment before she suddenly recalled that today was the assessment and she had sent the twins to make sure that Jason didn’t make it out of the Red Gate! The mere fact that Jason was standing in front of her instead of the twins could only mean one thing! They had failed!
’Those fools!’
The director kept her eyes locked on Jason as she slowly began to stand while speaking.
"I’m sorry, but I don’t know what you’re talking about. And barging into the room of the Director of the SMD is not something a mere superhuman has a right to do–"
Jason suddenly flashed across the room faster than anyone could follow and grabbed the director by the neck! Jason slammed her against the wall and she cried out in pain as she felt his powerful grip! How in the world is he so strong!? Wasn’t he just an A Rank a few days ago!?
Jason seethed in her face.
"Your next words are going to determine if I kill you right now or not. Who ordered you to have me killed?"
"W-What...?"
Millicent stammered out in shock, and Jason’s hand immediately tightened!
"Grk!"
Millicent held onto Jason’s hand with a terrified expression on her face! Jason’s hand was like an iron clamp blocking her windpipe and she couldn’t even draw in any breath at all! What sort of power was this!? He was fucking strong! Millicent tried to speak, but she could only release a strangled cry as Jason’s grip tightened even more! Millicent knew that any more pressure than this would break her throat!
Millicent dared to look into Jason’s eyes and she immediately felt her heart rate spike when she saw the cold emptiness in there! There was no emotion at all and she knew right then that Jason would feel nothing about killing her!
"Jason. This isn’t how we do things. Let her go."
A hand grabbed Jason from behind and tried to drag him back and Jason turned sharply to give Keith a hard look! Keith was frowning angrily as he pointed at Millicent!
"If you kill her now, then you’ll be the criminal! She hasn’t been convicted by a court, so you could be choking an innocent person for all you know! Let her confess at least!"
"Innocent?"
Jason seethed in disbelief and Keith looked away with gritted teeth! Keith knew that it was foolish to think that Millicent wasn’t guilty of all this. There was no way she wasn’t the one that made the twins go after Jason! But that was no reason for them to act like barbarians! They were already preparing a case against her, so they couldn’t just take the law into their own hands!
Outside the door, there was already a crowd forming as many people who had seen Jason heading for Millicent’s office gathered around. They all looked into the room with shocked gazes and no one could even dare to try and get involved since they had no idea what was going on!
"Move out of the way! Move!"
A voice shouted from behind the gathered agents and most of them moved out of the way immediately when they saw who it was! Liam, the correspondent in charge of all superhuman-related matters, forced his way through the crowd and shoved the last person standing at the door away so that he could get a look at what was going on inside!
Jason was still holding Millicent by the neck with Keith standing at the side and giving Jason a hard look, and Liam called out.
"Jason! What the hell are you doing!?"
Jason turned to glance at Liam before he turned away in disinterest and Liam immediately headed into the room with a folder in his hand!
"Look, Jason, you need to let her go right now. There’s an Enforcers convoy on their way here to take her away. I already filed a legal case against her and they’ll handle things. You can’t kill her."
Jason grit his teeth in annoyance as he looked into the reddening eyes of Millicent! Millicent was already starting to turn purple from the lack of air and Jason had never wanted to kill anyone as much as he did at that moment! But Jason wasn’t going to kill her. Jason wanted to know who it was that was behind her. The twins weren’t able to give him much since they weren’t told everything, so this was his only chance to figure out who wanted him dead.