Free Web NovelChapter 216: Chapter 215 - Context
Point-of-View: Neo Cronje
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"Hey, how’s it going? You settling in okay?" I inquired, as I walked through a portal.
"Oh, that startled me. You should really wear a bell or something," Came the response.
Today’s the 25th of October, and I was visiting the facility that Tara had been placed in charge of before she was killed, to see how her replacement was doing. It wasn’t someone from Harmony, it was one of the people who had recently acquired a license from this very facility.
Joseph Hayles, a local businessman who runs a chain of sex stores, and possessed the Dark Skill. He’d already mastered it well enough to use basic mind control techniques, and he volunteered for the position, so after we made sure he was capable enough, we set him up in here.
Thanks to using those Dark Skill techniques on him, we know that his intentions aren’t bad, and he seems like a nice enough guy...but I don’t know, something about him is sort of off-putting, it’s hard to explain.
"Having any trouble with anything? Is the facility running smoothly?" I asked him.
"Mhm. I’ve uploaded the footage from all the interrogations I’ve carried out to the private server Harmony set up, and I haven’t received any complaints about any of them, so I think I’m doing alright so far," He nodded in response.
It’s that calm, self-assured, but somehow not cocky, confidence of his, it makes it seem like he’s got something up his sleeve.
"Good to know. Contact Harmony if there’s anything you need to report," I replied, as I opened a portal to head back out.
"Oh, one moment, please. Has my request been approved?" He inquired right before I could go.
"Huh? Oh, not yet, at least not as far as I know," I shook my head. freёwebnovel.com
He’s made a request to have someone train him in both the use of powers and hand to hand combat. We put him under Dark Skill techniques to find out why, and his response was that he wanted to be able to defend himself if something happened.
Thanks to Liling and Chaos, it’s public knowledge that Hell exists and are planning to invade. The governments of the world, the UN and any other international bodies have tried to cover it up, but to very little effect.
And then there’s conspiracy theorists coming up with wild conspiracies and making things even worse, so that hasn’t helped matters either. It’s honestly no wonder that crime has become so widespread and rampant lately.
"Ah, that’s too bad. I’ve dabbled in martial arts before, but only as a hobby, I doubt that’ll be nearly enough against literal Demons," He sighed wistfully.
I was pretty suspicious of him at first, but I think I’m starting to figure him out a bit. He’s a purely selfish person, his priority lies in his own self-interest.
That said, he does seem to have his own principles and morals, he doesn’t have any intention of manipulating or screwing over other people. It’s more that he wants to immortalize himself.
Fame, money and recognition, those are the main reasons why he volunteered for this job. Since it’s so crucial, a lot of money is offered to those who take on the role of trainer for people who want licenses.
Harmony isn’t footing the bill, of course, that’d be the world governments. In fact, the paycheck was one of the main reasons why Tara relented and accepted the job, even though she really didn’t want to.
"Well, anyway, I’m leaving now. Keep doing what you’re doing, I guess," I shrugged, as I headed into my portal.
"Sure, will do!"
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Point-of-View: Inoka Fonseka
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"Is this even possible? And it seemed like such a good idea too," I sighed to myself wearily, as I took a puff of a cigarette and slowly exhaled through my nostrils.
After Neo showed up and said we should all get stronger, I got an idea...what if, on top of us getting stronger, the Demons get weaker?
But at the moment, I’m the only one who can weaken Demons in such a manner. Well, I suppose that the Light Dragon might also have that power.
Unfortunately, it’s not something that can be easily taught. I’m talking about how I used my bones to pierce Demons and inject them with Light Energy to poison and weaken them. So far, I’m the only one who can do that.
So, I got to thinking, is there any other way to do so, without using my bones, so that others can weaken Demons too? And then I thought, what if I can make bombs of light energy?
Something like smoke bombs that, when inhaled by Demons, would have the same weakening effect on them as when I inject light energy directly into their bodies?
And if we can mass produce something like that, we’ll have a powerful weapon to use against the impending Hell invasion. Like Neo said, it’s unlikely that we can convince other Deities to train us, even though Harmony are currently in the process of locating them as we speak.
I was currently working with flour, trying to infuse the powder with light energy...but it wasn’t getting stored. Yeah, I should’ve figured that it wouldn’t be so easy to pull this off.
I haven’t told anyone about what I’m doing yet, I was hoping to unveil it out of the blue and surprise everyone. Oh, well, so much for that.
I reluctantly took out my phone and gave Neo a call, deciding to see if he’ll be able to help with this any. Specifically, I want to know if there’s any powder or other similar substances than can store energy.
"Yeah, hello? I already got you smokes and beer two days ago, so-...," He began with a sigh.
"It’s not that, I’m calling about something else. Do you know of any powder or something that can be infused with energy? Specifically, light energy?" I asked him.
"Huh? Why do you ask?"
"Just for something I’m working on, could be helpful against Hell," I replied, as I took another drag of my cigarette, before putting it out in the ashtray.
"Uh, I don’t know, I’ve never heard of anything like that. I can ask the intel division or one of our researchers about it," He responded, before suddenly adding, "Or, I could connect you with one of them and you could ask?"
"Hm, how about this? You call them and ask, and if you find anyone who knows about a material that fits the description I’m looking for, then connect me to them," I counter-suggested objectively.
"Well, alright, I suppose that makes the most sense."
"Oh, yeah, how’s the search for Deities going?" I inquired curiously.
"I’m not involved in that, so I don’t know the details, but I did hear that it’s going well so far. I believe the plan is to get descriptions of what each of them are like from Bastet, and then determine which of them will be the most likely to help us," He sighed, sounding like he wasn’t exactly convinced that it was going to work.
Can’t say I blame him about that, I have the same doubts. The Deities we’ve encountered so far haven’t exactly shown that they have very high opinions of us.
Bastet is a bit better now that he’s spend so much time around us, but he was pretty condescending at first. I was honestly surprised when Zoraiz and Alexis revealed that they managed to convince him to train them.
I did try to get in on that action, but he turned me down, saying that he’d only made the deal with those two, and had no intention of allowing any additions. He also seems to have gotten his fill of being petted by them, so it likely won’t be too long before he ends their deal.
"Well, anyway, let me know as soon as you find someone who can help me with this, I simply lack the knowledge to pull this off on my own," I sighed wistfully.
"Sure. Don’t expect a response right away though. I’m busy with something else at the moment, so yeah."
"Oh, I see. What exactly are you upto?" I asked him.
"Well, let’s just say that I’ve got my hands full with a Witch hunt."
"Uh, you’re hunting Witches? Don’t we need all the allies we can get, so why would you-...?" I began in confusion.
"No, that’s not what I-...I’m looking for Witches to ally with, I’m not hunting them down or whatever. I just thought it’d be a cool line, that’s all," He muttered in response.
"Oh. I mean, I guess it was kinda cool, it just didn’t quite fit in terms of context."
"No, that’s okay, you don’t need to make me feel better about it, I know I bombed it."
"Uh, yeah, okay. Well, later then."
"Mhm, later."
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