CHAPTER FIFTY-TWOHe dodged at once behind the flowers planted very close to the quarters and waited for the footsteps to recede, but they appeared to be very slow, even though they were heavy.He remained behind the little garden for almost a minute, waiting anxiously for the footsteps to stop, and when he peeped through the garden, he was unable to see anyone, just footsteps approaching from miles away.“Who the hell could that be?” He asked himself, and peeped again, lifting his head a bit, but his efforts to know who was approaching seemed really futile as the path across seemed very much empty.Suddenly, the footsteps stopped, but he wasn’t sure if it was safe to come out, and so he waited for a few seconds to be sure that they were not going to come back.When he was sure that it was safe to come out, he slowly tiptoed out of the back of the garden and continued moving back to the van, but was so careful with his steps and scoured the entire area with his eyes just in case anyon

CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR“Keep your hands where I can see them! Turn around slowly!”Riley raised his hands in full surrender, and his heartbeat increased instantly, as his heart began to throb frantically against his chest.“Turn around! Do it slowly!” The voice commanded, and Riley obeyed at once, turning around slowly to face the bodyguard whom he thought he had escaped from.He gasped slightly seeing that the bodyguard held up a gun toward him which pointed directly at his forehead.“Oh, Sir. I am sorry, Sir. I didn’t realize who it was.” The bodyguard apologized instantly, looking at Riley’s uniform.For a second, Riley was confused as he watched the bodyguard apologize, taking down the gun instantly, with a little fright in his eyes. Riley was so carried away by the tension in his body that he forgot he was an S rank Arcade.As soon as he realized the reason behind the bodyguard’s sudden reaction, he instantly aligned with the actual situation and brought down his hands immediately.“

CHAPTER FIFTY-SIXSeeing that as an opportunity to get away from saying the truth, Riley took leverage on it at once.“I have to go, Mum. That’s the alarm for work,”“Wait, what? We are at your work place? Won’t you get into any trouble? What if someone finds us here?”“Calm down, Mum. This is the only safe place I could think of. I need you to remain calm, I will get you something to eat, I know you must be hungry.”“What about Sammy? He needs his meds as well.”Riley scratched the back of his head with his left hand, unable to find a possible solution to the situation at hand. His mother fixed her eyes on him, waiting to hear what he was going to say.“Alright, Mum. I think I have the perfect solution to this.”“Okay?” Mrs. Ederson said softly, leaning toward her son, and hoping that his words were going to be enough to soothe the anxiety in her body.“Okay. I am going to get his meds and bring them to you along with what you will eat.@“How? Are you going to go to the apartment? Pl

CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHTHe moved closer to the first door in front from his left, and he could see that the room was filled with a lot of outfits of different colors, belonging to S-rankers.“Nice!” He exclaimed with two nods, also smiling as he admired the outfits that made him long to wear any of them.Next, moved to the next room, and he could see that there were a lot of weapons hanging on the four boards on the wall, beginning from guns of different sizes, shapes, and colors, to crossbows, bows, and arrows, and some other strange looking weapons he had never seen before. He looked into the room for a few more seconds, until he was satisfied, and decided to move to the third room.Slowly he walked, until he got to the room and looked through the casement door, but the room was almost empty, as it had just a strange black device in the middle of the floor, shaped like a cone.Safe stayed at the device for a while, unable to comprehend what it really was, as it had strange carvings all

CHAPTER SIXTY“If you need anything, anything at all, please, do not hesitate to come to me, I will be glad to help,” Jeff said with a smile, extending his right hand toward Riley for a handshake.“Thank you so much, Jeff. I won’t forget that.”“You better not, don’t be a stranger,” Jeff said with his smile unpaired, as he shook Riley’s hand gently, before letting it go after a few seconds.He walked toward the door leading to his office, and as soon as he held onto the handle, he pulled it and pushed the door open. He took a step forward into the room but stopped suddenly.“Before I forget…” He said calmly, turning to face Riley who was still standing at the exact position he left him, and taking a glance at the décor of the room. As soon as he heard the words from Jeff, he lifted his head toward him and waited to hear what he had to say.“How have you been settling in? How is your first day as an S-ranker? Any special activities?” Jeff continued, smiling at Riley who started to thin