Soojin stood in a dim room with soft lights staring at the transparent glass when suddenly someone in a lab coat came in from behind Soojin. Soojin looked behind with his arms folded and saw a man with messy hair touching his shoulders with tiny hairs on his mustache. The man had a carefree expression on his face as he handed a clipboard to Soojin and looked at the patients.

Dr. J, the man whose healing abilities surpass everyone. Even before the "Great Fracture Arrival," he was one of the smartest men and the greatest surgeon and scientist.

Soojin quickly flipped through the reports on it and furrowed his brows as he read. Soojin looked at the man's careless expression and asked him, "Dr. J. I would recommend taking this more seriously." Soojin was serious in his tone as he spoke.

"Why?" Dr. J asked while tilting his head at Soojin.

Soojin looked at him seriously and pointed towards the transparent glass and said, "That kid right there is the little brother of Cale."

Dr. J opened his eyes wide and then slowly glanced at the transparent glass and saw Minho lying on the hospital bed and asked Soojin, "Is that... his little brother?" Dr. J slowly asked while touching the transparent glass.

"Unfortunately... yes," Soojin said as he looked down in anger. Dr. J quickly turned to him and said, "...Does Cale know about this?" Dr. J was sweating as he asked with a fake and nervous smile.

Soojin, understanding his nervous smile, shook his head in response with furrowed brows. Dr. J's fake smile disappeared as he took a step back in fear. "Y-You mean that monster of a human doesn’t know about what happened?!" Dr. J muttered to himself as he held his head and looked down.

Soojin looked at him and then looked away with furrowed brows in worry. "What would Cale do when he finds out what happened?!" Dr. J shouted in worry and anger. Soojin closed his eyes.

As Dr. J was muttering and shouting to himself, Soojin felt a terrifying aura, even more than what he felt from Cale before. Soojin quickly went on guard, ready to fight whatever it was.

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As soon as the door opened, Soojin dashed forward and punched with full force. But instead of his fist hitting something, his neck was grabbed. "UGH!?" Soojin grunted as he felt the strong grip on his neck and looked at the one who had him in his grasp and widened his eyes in response.

"C-C... Cale?!" Soojin said with difficulty. Cale, who had a vertical dark tattoo stretching to his cheek, had a cold face as he grasped his neck and shouted in anger, "Minho... where is MINHO?!" Soojin was having trouble speaking while in Cale's strong grip.

Cale understood it and threw him away. Soojin slammed with the floor and quickly stabilized himself on his feet. 'I just became a C+-Rank... So how is Cale even stronger?!' Soojin shouted in his mind as he sensed Cale's terrifying blood-like pressure. 'I thought I would be able to calm Cale down with my strength now... But this...' Soojin thought in fear.

Dr. J looked at Cale as he was kneeling under Cale's pressure and said with difficulty, "Cale..." Cale glanced at him for a second but ignored him. "Where is Minho?" Cale asked as he stared at Soojin.

Soojin looked at him with fear and pointed behind at the transparent glass. "T-There. They are," Soojin said with difficulty as he kneeled on one knee.

Cale passed by both of them and reached the transparent glass and saw the scene and widened his eyes in anger. Cale exuded an even stronger pressure, which started shaking the entire building. Cale's dark-blood-red aura exuded out, making Soojin sweat profusely as he thought, "This is the Cale we know... When the Fractures started appearing. Cale was like a monster who couldn't control his powers and got cut numerous times again and again but still killed the creature." Soojin stared at Cale's back in fear.

Soojin glanced at Dr. J. "A true monster," Dr. J muttered as his eyes widened in fear.

"Who did this?!" Cale shouted loudly as he looked back. What scared both Soojin and Dr. J was not Cale's answer but his eyes, which were for the first time crying. They finally saw Cale, the strongest, cry. But they were not tears of water but blood.

"T-The Poison King!" Soojin hesitated a bit but shouted quickly. 'Cale, I did not want to tell you!' thought Soojin inside his mind.

"The Poison... King?" Cale whispered slowly. Soojin looked up at him slowly and muttered, "Yes." but was once again shaken by Cale's pressure. "That brat dares?!" Cale shouted loudly.

Cale quickly passed by them and left. Cale's powerful aura disappeared completely. Soojin and Dr. J panted heavily in fear with their eyes fully widened. "What power!" muttered Dr. J in amazement and fear.

'What will Cale do to him...' Soojin thought as sweat dropped from his face to the ground. "Will Cale really kill him?" muttered Soojin as he looked back at the door in fear.