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105: Whispers Of The Past
The steel black gates of Hiro Carter’s mansion loomed like a great hall of doom on this particular morning.. Ren stood before the same gates he used to look forward to seeing, rethinking his decision about coming over, and attending his cousin’s wake. Hiro paused and turned around when he realized that his nephew had stopped following him. “What are you doing?” “Go ahead, uncle,” Ren said in a quiet voice. “I've come all the way here. Surely, I wouldn't turn around now.” “Who knows?” Hiro countered in a bitter, broken voice. “I can no longer tell with you, my boy.” Ren winced at the bitter ring of the endearing term that used to carry an emotional weight before a lot of things changed. He itched to remind his uncle that he was no longer his boy, but he kept shut out of respect for what the day represented for his dead cousin. After a moment of trying to persuade him to go in with him, Hiro eventually left Ren alone. After long moments of standing there, fighting an emotional
104: The Path Of Emotion
“Uncle Hiro, what are you doing here?” Ren demanded as soon as he pressed the call icon on the biometric. On the screen, Hiro Carter stopped struggling with the guards mounted at the gates, and his head shot up in surprise. “What is this, Ren? Ask them to let me through!”“Why are you here?” Ren repeated in a colder voice, and Hiro seemed to catch the undertone this time. “I'm here to understand what has come over you, Ren.” Ren threw his head back and chuckled quietly. He could not believe that his uncle would come all the way here just for his wellbeing. Now that he had a different idea of Mizuki Carter painted by Rei, he could envision the woman commanding her husband to find his nephew and berate him. “Its been two weeks since the tragic death of your cousin, two weeks!” Hiro’s voice broke over the speaker. “My son is gone. And you, whom I thought like a son to me, have not visited for a single day.” He shook his head. “This is not you, Ren. Mizuki has been saying it, but I'm
103: Dare Question The Prophecy?
“See? Someone's being a snake indeed.” Ryker’s voice carried an unspoken threat that discomfited Ren. “Mr. Blackthorn, I really don't know what this is about. If you don't mind, I would have to get back to—”“Quit playing dumb and return to your duties at Oakhill, Mr. Carter. We had a deal, remember? You have your wife, don't you? So why do you keep trying to mess with us?” Ren shut his eyes and leaned against the wall. He could not argue with Ryker Blackthorn for long because he knew. Anything could have happened, even though he had no memory of it. After all, he was possessed by two entities who could as well be doing him a lot more harm than good. “One week. That's all we're giving you to get your shit together and return to the hospital.”“Hold on a second,” Ren ran his fingers through his hair and pulled. “This deal…can you remind me what it's about again?” “Project approval. Figure out the rest.”Before Ren could ask further questions, the line clicked dead in his ear. He st
102: The Fragments That Stay
It’s been two weeks since Ren Carter last saw his sister and his aide. These weeks have passed in a blur. He was barely functional, except for the occasional visits to the academy where he was queried time and time again about what transpired in the biotech lab. He stopped going to the hospital, neglected his duties as director without any care in the world. The calls poured in day by day, the emails too. The calls from home were ignored and declined. Hana let him grief in peace, despite having her own concerns about her story. His life was equal parts grey and fucked. He had never felt any more useless. The only thing worth looking forward to was the routine visits to the medical wards where his team of Ninjas had been mandated to maximum bedrest. Their soft banters always managed to lift his moods. On his fifth visit, he powered down the hallways cradling two bouquets of flowers under one arm, and a bag of chocolates and fruits in the other. “Welcome, Headmaster,” Ninjas greet
101: Bloodline Of Immortals
Ren glanced around his surroundings to be sure he was not daydreaming or imagining things. The sight of the skyscraping buildings and complexes filled a little portion of him with temporary relief. Why could a man who seemed like he was from the shogunate era be standing there, talking to him? Why him, amidst the billions of people in the world. “Listen,” Ren shoved his fingers through his hair and took more steps back from the man. “I had the most draining day. I can't entertain another headache. So how about you just go back from wherever it is you came from?” The man chuckled deeply. “Are you going to remain a coward forever? You really think you're going to die if you jump?” “I don't think anything, sire. I just would like to be left alone.”“It is not your destiny to be left alone, Ren Carter.”“What do you mean?” “You were made for a far greater purpose, but as your poor luck goes, you're born into a bloodline corrupted by immortality. A bloodline that has managed to defy
100: The Mountain Of Truth
The assassin would not disclose who sent him to attack Ren. He just launched further attack with everything he got. Moves that were seriously lacking in comparison to the skills Ren acquired during the academy’s Okdu training. Ren was infuriated. He had his hands full trying to defend himself against the assassin, wondering who might have sent him, and what they wanted with him. He also found his gaze straying to his sister’s body every now and then. The story she had told him was still too shocking to be accepted. How could those twenty-eight patients have been alive all this time? Who would engineer this scheme, and why? Why would anyone target him? He just could not understand it, any of the things happening in his life anymore. The police sirens were getting closer and Ren knew this had to end soon if he wanted to get himself and Rei out of there. But how could he do that when the assassin bastard just cut a tendon in his leg? He staggered back, dodging fast as the
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