CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO“I will be right back, Mum,” Kai said with a whisper.“Did you say something?” Gerald asked, following Dave’s eyes as he looked toward the D-quarters as well.“Me? No, I was just thinking about the guys I went to the dimension with, they were really close to me.”Gerald said nothing for a few seconds, while he kept his eyes in the direction of the quarters for a while before he sighed and returned his face to Dave.“Sad what happened to them. I guess no one is really prepared for all of this. It just happens in a flash and takes whoever it wants.”“Yeah,” Kai responded softly to the words he heard from Gerald, even though he wasn’t really sure of what they meant.They continued walking through the path by the right side of the building until they got to a corner, where a blue truck was parked. Gerald pulled out a car remote from his pocket, and pressed the button twice, causing the car to make a beep sound.“Is that your car?” Kai asked at once, with his eyes admir

CHAPTER SEVENTY-FOUR“Door unlock,” Gerald said, looking at the door, and he got a response from a male automated voice that was similar to the one Kai heard at the headquarters.“Identification please.” The voice said from inside the door, and Gerald looked at Kai with a smile on his face, signaling to him to do the needful.“Eem, Kai Rivers,” Kai said, stepping right in front of the door while Gerald stepped away.“Identification confirmed! Welcome, Mr. Rivers!” The voice said at once, and the door made a clicking sound, causing Kai to look at the handle at once.“Go on, grab the handle.”Following Gerald’ words, Kai slowly grabbed the handle and pulled it down gradually. The door opened at once, and he turned to look at Gerald.“Go ahead, it’s all yours,” Gerald said with a smile, gesturing to Kai with his hands to step into the house.Kai looked into the house, but he wasn’t getting a clearer view, and to ease the curiosity that lingered inside him, he stepped into the building at

CHAPTER SEVENTY-SIX“Mm-hmm. So, chap-chap! Let’s go grab some food, now that you have mentioned it, I think I am famished.” Gerald pretended to be yawning, but it was very much obvious to Kai that he was taking it.“I need to get some drugs, Gerald. It’s really important.” Kai turned to look at Gerald, with his face as plain as it could ever be, probably because of the tension that remained inside his mind and lingered each moment he was reminded that his family was still unattended to and could have been sick.”“Oh, no!”Gerald exclaimed loudly, loudly, but Kai got really confused, wondering what he had to speak loudly.“What is it? Did I say something wrong?”“Are you dying? Is that why you looked so unhappy? I am so sorry, I didn’t know you were passing through all of that. Tell me, was it because of what you went through in the dimension?”“What? No! What the hell are you even talking about? I am not dying, okay? How can you even think about that?”“Oh, “ Gerald said with a little

CHAPTER SEVENTY-EIGHT“Yes, that. My father used to work with a scientist just before he retired, and he told me about most of his experiments, and how people called him crazy for being very ambitious. Today, the discovery of Professor Gerald’s tone has changed the story of the universe.” Gerald said with a smile, and then he increased the speed of his steps, forcing Kai to walk faster.“His story was always my source of motivation, and when it was time for me to touch the Awakener device, I was really hopeful that I was going to awaken a good talent. It came as a surprise that I was an S-ranker, even my father couldn’t believe it. But here I am.” Gerald concluded with a smile, and then he spread his arms apart and kept them that way for a few seconds. He brought them down gradually and turned his face to the left.“There, that's the Cafeteria.” He said calmly, and then he turned toward the passage by the left, while Kai did the same.The sweet aroma of the food that cascaded into Dav

CHAPTER EIGHTY“Right. You sound so sure.”“I know it. Maybe you should talk to the girl we met downstairs, the one you were admiring.”“Who? Jessica?”“Mm-hmm.” Kai nodded in affirmation.“Hell, no. I disagree.”“Why not? She is hot.”“I know, but she looks like she has a boyfriend.”“How can you tell? Have you ever seen her with anyone?”“That’s the point, Dave. She doesn’t speak to anyone, no one at all. All she does is do her tasks and leave. She barely attends any social gatherings.”Gerald shook his head, but it was unclear to Kai why he did that.“That still doesn’t prove anything, Gerald. If you care about her, I think you should go for it. Who knows? She could be the one for you.”“Nah, I think I will pass.”“Here you go! Ready and steaming.” Selene appeared unnoticed from their back and placed the two plates she was carrying on a tray in front of them, one after the other. The aroma of the mashed potatoes and the grilled fish went straight into their noses, and they took it a