# Chapter 124
Bang—
Thunderous sounds echoed without fail wherever Haylen went. Finally, Fenil, who couldn’t stand it anymore, spoke up.
—Boss, are you planning to demolish the entire headquarters?
Not only doorframes but furniture was also being mercilessly destroyed. At this rate, the building might collapse completely. If that happened, civilians would die despite their efforts.
“I’m leaving the important parts intact, so it’s fine.”
—That’s not the issue.
He was controlling his strength just enough to prevent the building from collapsing. That was sufficient; there was no need to be considerate of anything else. Haylen changed the subject as he broke another perfectly intact door.
“Any update on Raymon’s location?”
—Just a moment…
“…”
—Found him. He’s in the director’s office, but the location seems strange. It looks like it’s been expanded.
He thought it was odd that no matter how much he destroyed, Raymon wasn’t showing up.
“Got it.”
The director’s office wasn’t too far. Haylen increased his pace and walked toward where Raymon was.
“You, you are!”
There were interruptions along the way, but Haylen dealt with them with a single gesture.
“Kuhek!”
Someone slammed against the wall let out a painful groan.
“Would you mind getting out of my way?”
He spoke in an imperious voice to those who were cautiously watching him. The pressure was so intimidating that they wanted to run away immediately, but they couldn’t. If they didn’t stop this man now, greater damage would occur.
“What is your purpose for coming here?”
“Do I need a reason?”
No matter what reason he gave, they wouldn’t let him go peacefully. Haylen gave up on conversation and moved his hand.
Those who were preparing to attack were instantly slammed to the floor.
“It’s obvious I came to kill.”
Haylen smiled like a picture.
* * *
Everything became much easier after joining up with Melia. For now, Alice was stored in a card, as were the other test subjects.
But her ability had its limits. Melia muttered with a troubled expression.
“Cards… running low.”
“Don’t use them to the point where it becomes dangerous.”
If she used cards recklessly, she wouldn’t be able to use her ability at the most critical moment. Since Melia couldn’t protect herself without the cards, it was important to use them within reasonable limits.
“But—”
Melia began to speak while looking at the remaining test subjects.
“Leave the rest to me.”
As if to give her strength, Alex appeared with Zenon, stroking her head. Zenon looked at Melia for a moment before turning his head away.
“…”
He stared blankly at one spot. Zenon stopped breathing at the clear sight of Kay before him. As if he couldn’t believe it, he repeatedly closed and opened his eyes before calling out to him.
“Kay…?”
Seeing Zenon’s obviously confused appearance, Kay hastily spoke.
“Later, I’ll explain everything to you later.”
Kay had been thinking he would eventually face Zenon in his original form. But now was difficult. He didn’t have time to explain everything to him.
Zenon barely moved his stiffened body at Kay’s gaze, which seemed to beg him to let it go for now.
“…Alright.”
Though he had countless questions, Zenon desperately suppressed them, thinking he would catch Kay after everything was over.
“…I’ll go on ahead.”
“Be careful.”
Melia, who had twisted her expression coldly as soon as she saw Zenon, turned her body. Since Alex and Zenon could handle the rest, Kay simply saw her off. As Melia walked outside, Alex spoke to Kay.
“Kay, I need your guidance.”
“Please take care of this area first.”
At Kay’s gesture, Alex lifted with telekinesis a woman who was lying as if collapsed. Taking advantage of this moment, Zenon looked at Kay desperately.
“…Can I touch you just once?”
He wouldn’t ask anything now. But he was anxious, wondering if this might be an illusion he had created. Kay, seemingly understanding Zenon, hesitated for a moment before nodding.
“It really is… Kay.”
Warm body temperature was transmitted through his hand. The face of Kay, which he had drawn countless times in his mind, was being touched. Zenon’s eyes began to well up as he carefully caressed Kay’s face. He couldn’t believe it. That Kay was alive.
Overwhelming emotion swept through him, so intense that he wouldn’t mind dying in this moment.
* * *
The floor kept shaking. This building had been constructed with meticulous attention to soundproofing, so ordinary noise shouldn’t be heard, yet there were constant thudding sounds from outside.
“What on earth is this commotion.”
Eventually, Raymon, who couldn’t stand it anymore, frowned. With an angry expression, a researcher who had gone to check outside spoke hurriedly.
“Th-that… The villain organization ‘Alice’ has attacked this place.”
Raymon narrowed his eyes, recognizing the severity of the situation.
“…What’s the scale?”
“It’s dangerous if it continues like this…”
Raymon, who was gripping the armrest as if about to break it, ground his teeth.
“…These bastards.”
Attacking in broad daylight, not even at dawn, meant they were that confident. Despite knowing that he was here.
“Is the barrier complete?”
“It’s complete, but not refined.”
Anyway, if they were attacked this far, everything would be for nothing. Deciding there was no need to consider further, Raymon ordered.
“Proceed.”
“But—”
“Are you going to make me say it twice?”
It was powerful enough to contain most S-class heroes. But if asked whether it could eliminate all S-class superpowers, that wasn’t the case.
More research was needed to get that far. Though aware of this fact, the researcher obeyed Raymon’s words.
“Understood. Where should we place it?”
“Here, at the entrance. If I’m the target, they’ll definitely come here.”
Watching those busy with preparations, Raymon murmured.
“Is this the end today.”
It was such a faint voice that no one heard it. Raymon’s eyes sank pitch black, like someone facing death.
* * *
Thanks to their diligent efforts, they were able to transfer the test subjects faster than expected.
“That’s the last of them.”
Kay spoke as he watched Alex lifting people with telekinesis from the last room.
“I’ll put them somewhere safe.”
“Understood.”
Since they had defeated all enemies on the path they came from, there would be no difficulty for Alex and Ben to escape. More importantly, they needed to dispose of the experimental data first. Even if Raymon was gone, someone might restart the experiments with this data.
—Kay, I’ve lost contact with Boss.
A crisis struck Kay in the midst of this.
“I’ll go right away.”
—You should go to the director’s office.
Kay frowned anxiously. Contact wouldn’t be lost unless something significant had happened. He was about to rush to the director’s office immediately, but stopped at Fenil’s next words.
—Copy the classified information too. Then destroy it.
“Under…stood.”
Even if he went, he had to complete the task assigned to him first.
“Ben, could you tell me where they keep the classified information?”
“This way.”
Kay ran quickly toward where Ben was pointing. He wanted to handle it quickly and go to Haylen.
Entering the room, Kay transferred the information from the computer to a prepared USB. While the transfer was in progress, he moved to destroy the documents.
“The documents…”
It would be good to burn them, but setting a fire could burn the entire building. Yet shredding them would take too much time given the quantity. Other methods would also take too much time.
“I’ll take care of it.”
“Ah… I’ll leave it to you.”
Ben, who read Kay’s troubled expression, spoke reassuringly. After everything was done, they could gather them in one place and burn them; it wouldn’t be too late.
Only then did Kay’s expression soften as he pulled out the USB containing the classified information. After deleting the information on the computer and completely destroying the hard drive, he hastily moved on.
“Are you going to where that person is?”
“Yes, I think you should retreat now too.”
They hadn’t been discovered so far, but just to be safe. Ben nodded in agreement.
“…Be careful.”
“Yes.”
Kay’s calm expression crumbled, revealing a face overcome with anxiety. Ben didn’t turn his gaze away until Kay disappeared from his sight.
* * *
Haylen, who had destroyed the door leading from the director’s office to another laboratory with his superpower, greeted Raymon with a leisurely smile.
“Were you hiding like a rat?”
“As if.”
Although Raymon was well aware of the danger of Haylen’s ability, for some reason his calm attitude made Haylen frown.
As soon as he took a step forward, a barrier activated. Raymon smiled with satisfaction as he watched Haylen trapped within the transparent wall.
“This is…”
It wasn’t unexpected. They had already used it at the abandoned factory, so they would likely use it again this time. He frowned once more as he looked at the people tied up in the back.
So they were using barrier superhumans to create a nullification barrier.
Energy emanating from the barrier superhumans was being sucked into an unknown machine. They must be using their abilities as a resource.
“I see your level.”
“I’ll take that as a compliment.”
Though Raymon sneered with one corner of his mouth lifted, he countered like a sly old fox.
“Now the rat has changed.”
“If I thought I’d be caught by something like this, I wouldn’t have come here.”
Although it was a space that naturally drained energy, Haylen slowly applied force to his entire body. But the barrier, which had clearly developed, didn’t budge at all.
“Did you come to kill me?”
Haylen, who had been focusing on breaking the barrier, looked at Raymon with eyes full of murderous intent. Raymon was genuinely surprised when he read the affirmative meaning.
“Unexpected. To think that you would have such thoughts.”
He had been acting as if everything was boring and didn’t care what others did. Raymon had thought that attitude would never change. After scanning Haylen, Raymon uttered words without inflection.
“I’m going to die soon anyway.”
