It didn't take up to a moment for Allen to realize that he had been set up. "You bloody bastard!" Allen seethed as he clenched his teeth. He was about to go after Phillip when one of the men held him by his arms, preventing him from going further. "Let me go you bloody fools!" Allen yelled and tried breaking the man's hold around his arm but his efforts were in vain. Buff tried running to Allen's rescue when another man grabbed him from behind. The man was about the same size as Buff so it was very easy for Buff to overpower the man and throw him onto the floor. He ran toward Allen and elbowed the man holding tightly to Allen across his face. The man grunted in pain and fell to the floor. "Shit!" The man cursed under his breath as he felt blood dripping from the corner of his eye. "Don't let them escape..." The man muttered as he tried getting up but he felt a pang of pain shoot through his face and it caused him to fall back onto the floor. "Let's get out of here quickly boss!"

Allen began to slow down the car when the road Ultimate had instructed him to take was coming into view. "What are you doing boss!!" Buff screamed out. "Shut the hell up and just follow my lead," Allen said to him as the car was starting to come to a halt. Buff was starting to get angry, he shot Allen a hateful look, he knew Allen couldn't see what he was seeing and just a while ago, he had started acting out of character. He couldn't explain why Allen was slowing down even when those men were on their trail but he wasn't going to let himself get killed over one man's stupidity. The car hadn't been totally fine to a half before Buff kicked the door of the car open and jumped out. Allen who hadn't been paying attention to the conflicts and emotions on Buff's face suddenly turned and watched in silence as Buff rolled away from the car. "Where the hell are you going to?" Allen asked nonchalantly, he wasn't all too concerned about Buff's decision at this point and it was only his

—Do you remember the first night when some people broke into your house and carted away with some things?—"People have always been breaking in and I know that they will continue to break in," Allen said. "But that still doesn't answer my question about me being in a trance." —I need you to remember that particular night when some people broke into your house.—"What night was that, was it at this house or the other one," Allen asked, intuitively pointing his fingers backward. —No this house, it happened weeks after you moved in... Do you remember now?—"Yes yes I do, so what about it?" Allen asked. —Good, I wasn't with you at the time so I wasn't able to warn you about their plans. Those people who broke into your house are your rivals, well they work for your rivals.—"Rivals?? I thought I had only people who were jealous of my success apart from the loan sharks." —These are more deadlier than the loan sharks and when I say by your rivals, I mean that they are your competitors a

Allen agreed to let himself be transported back to the realm where they had been earlier. It scared him at first when Ultimate told him that he had rivals who would go to any length just to see that they see him suffer before eventually taking him out. And the worst was that they had trapped him in a trance that was on a loop, his days were on a continuous repeat but he wasn't aware of it and the fact that this was possible only heightened his fear. "What do I do to wake up?" Allen asked the moment they had been transported back to his room. —A lot of things, Allen, a whole lot of things.— ultimate responded. "Get me started on them, do I need to take a note to jot them down or something?" —You don't need that, first of all, your rivals do not know yet that you've found out about being a trance, and two, they don't know that I'm no longer in their possession— "So we're on a good start, aren't we?" Allen asked, his tone was etched in apprehension that he was barely breathing

Suddenly, the machine emitted a deafening roar, its metal casing bursting apart as a massive explosion ripped through the room. Allen felt himself lifted off the ground, his body hurled backward as the blast wave struck him with incredible force.He landed hard on the floor, his head spinning as he struggled to comprehend what had just happened. But as he sat up, a searing pain shot through his face, and he knew something was wrong.His hands flew to his cheeks, and he felt a wave of horror as he realized that part of his face was burned, the skin charred and blackened by the intense heat of the explosion.Allen's vision blurred as he stumbled to his feet, his mind reeling with shock and agony. He staggered backward, his eyes fixed on the smoldering ruins of the machine as if unable to believe what had just occurred.The room was in shambles, the walls cracked and broken, the air thick with the acrid smell of smoke and burning metal. And Allen's face... his face was a burning, throbbi