CHAPTER HUNDRED AND TWELVETwo of the men standing close to the car grabbed Mira as soon as she was out of the car, while she struggled fruitlessly.“Shit!” Riley locked Mira’s door at once, and then he remained in the car while he watched what was going on.“Let me go! Let me go! Riley! Help! Help me!” Mira screamed as the men dragged her to Seth, who sniggered as soon as she was brought to him.“Well, well, well. Look at that! Such a beauty! Such a lovely young lady.” Seth said calmly with a smirk on his face while he looked at Mira, who whimpered as she looked at him with apprehension written all over her face.“Please, don’t hurt me.” She cried, sniffling to suppress the tears that were about to fall from her eyes.“What do I do now? Think, Riley! Think!” Riley said to himself as he watched what was going on in front of him.Seth looked at Riley, who was still inside the car, thinking about the best action to take, and then he waved at him while maintaining the smirk on his face.

CHAPTER HUNDRED AND FOURTEENThe men quickly moved to Riley and grabbed him at once, making sure that there was no way he was going to break free from their tight grips. Riley remained calm as they dragged him to Seth, even though his heart kept on throbbing forcefully, and he was really not certain of the fate that awaited him.“Here he comes! Isn’t he cute?” Seth sniggered victoriously as soon as he saw that the men had grabbed Riley and were dragging him closer. He turned to look at Mira with a smirk on his face.“This is such a wonderful moment for both of you! Your superhero boyfriend just saved you from the hands of a villain. Me! I am the villain in this sweet love story. Can you imagine that?”“You've got me now. Can you let her go?” Riley said to Seth as soon as the men dropped him a few inches away from Seth, who nodded in satisfaction before he sniggered again.“Look at that! The hero to the rescue! I am loving this!” Seth moved the dagger in his hand closer to Mira, and sh

CHAPTER HUNDRED AND SIXTEENAs soon as the men shut the barn doors, they got into the van and drove off at once. Three of them stayed with Riley at the back while one drove the van.Riley looked at the bracelet in his hands as it continued to buzz slightly, sending little electric shocks into his body.“Is this actually working? Has it shut down the System temporarily?” Riley thought to himself as he looked at the bracelet, filled with a lot of uncertainties. He had hoped that the System was going to help him out, but his hopes came crashing down when he didn’t hear the voice in his head.“Are you in there? Can you hear me? System Lady? Urgh!” Riley grunted in so much frustration, turning to look at two of the men who already had their eyes on him. He could have thought about fighting them, but they were so muscular, and they had guns strapped to their pants. Riley looked at them one after the other, including the third man standing close to the barn doors, and he was discouraged.“No

CHAPTER HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN The men dragged Riley through the path that led to the windmill, with his feet having to stomp through the rocky soil that almost gave him blisters under his feet.“Move! Keep on moving! Faster!” The man behind him ordered at once, pushing him with both hands and almost causing him to stumble upon a little rock that was almost buried in the ground.Riley continued through the path amidst the exhaustion that he felt all over him. He tried to stop to take a break, but the men didn’t seem like they were ever going to let him do that even for a few seconds.After they had walked through the path for over ten minutes, they eventually arrived at a farmhouse that looked quite different from the rest of the buildings on the farm. It was bigger and better that it was so difficult to believe that it was really a farmhouse.“What’s this house for?” Riley asked with a low tone, but the men refused to give him any response even when he turned to look at the one by his

CHAPTER HUNDRED AND TWENTYLarry stared at the screen of the tablet in his hands for a few seconds, and then he cleared his throat and moved closer to Dave, who couldn’t take his eyes off him.“Now, let’s have this turned on,” Larry said calmly, and then he pressed a button by the side of the device Dave was strapped to, and it made a humming sound before it started to vibrate for a few seconds.“What’s that? Why is it shaking?”“Oh, that? It’s just warming up. Don’t worry, it’s not going to kill you, or maybe it would; I haven’t had it tested on real subjects yet. But I am sure it is going to drain you. Brace up for the impact.” Larry warned, even though he really didn’t care about whatever awaited Dave after that.“Why are you doing this? It doesn’t look like you need money. What do you need the System for?” Dave asked with a low but audible tone, looking at Larry, who suddenly stopped operating the tablet he had in his hands and turned to look at him.“You don’t get it for you?” La