“Kind sight revoked….”

*** The next day ***

A message popped up in their neural implants.

“Kai, Melvin….. I am being followed. Some armed people have been following me for a while. I don’t know what to do. I am sharing my location.”

Kai wrote a reply in a flash. “Great work lady Jiselle! Head towards the docks and hide in container number G-M14. Tell them Kai Kyosuke sent you. They will hide you. Help is on the way.”

Kai and Melvin stepped out of the SCS building and headed towards the docks in a hurry.

They saw a lot of armed gunmen patrolling the area. The two split up. Melvin was to find Jiselle and take care of the grunts. Kai was to find the person who was coordinating the attack and take care of it.

“Remember. Scan container G-M14 with your interface. Only we can access it. Go.” Kai whispered and vanished into the shadows of the containers.

“Well, well. Time to test out my toys!” Melvin said with great gusto.

Melvin took out a dozen golden-yellow circular spheres out of his pocket and they started hovering over his hand with faint glows emanating from each.

Melvin released a thick smoky layer using his mutant skill-set throughout the area to cover the vicinity of the docking area.

“My ‘Aurum Billiards’ will knock you guys out of the park!”

Melvin created a Verzonal link between the spheres and himself. “I am the stick and these are the billiard balls. Let’s gamble!”

The billiards scattered in the air and started attacking and knocking out the various soldiers who were stationed near and above the uncountable number of containers in the area at a lightning fast rate. Faint traces of electrical jolts were aiding the process even faster. The metallic clangs and sparks as the objects hid their targets and each other in a blinding frenzy and the smoke created an amazing spectacle.

Entire scores of gun wielding fiends started falling. There were unorganized screams and shouts as they tried to make sense of the strange objects and the smoke. Some say they saw a whiff of golden hair and opened fire only to get knocked out by something.

***

Kai walked through the shadows, using the cover of the ensuing chaos to follow the digital trail that his neural implant showed. The boss of the thugs was inside one of the control units.

A guard spotted a moved in the shadows and moved in to check. But the only feeling he felt for a while was a searing pain as he was brutally punched and knocked out with a single bone shattering punch to the left cheek.

Kai scouted ahead. He baited all the guards around the area and beat them all down to the last inches of their lives.

He was moving close to the control centre of the adjacent units when a saw a woman fighting a few guards.

Celine was taking out a few guards and shot quite a few of them non-lethally.

One of the guards was running away. A quick kick to the knee from Kai halted him for good.

“Kid!!! I told you lot to stay away. What on Earth are you doing here? Are you out of your mind?” Celine blurted out.

“We can discuss that later. As for my safety, my resume can speak for itself.” He moved out of the way to let Celine see his handiwork of broken bones.

“How… What…. Okay. But, we are going to have a talk later. “Celine responded. She was shocked but she knew better than to argue with results.

The two of them moved towards the locked main door of the small building.

“The door is locked. Stand guard. I will get it open.” Celine said.

“No need.” Kai responded. He used his neural interface to disable the quantum alarm system and tore open the door with his bare hands.

Celine looked shocked. She was about to say something, Kai interjected.

“Yes, I am a mutant. As for your upcoming reply, my answer is that, Yes, I know you do not mean to discriminate. You are just shocked. Now, let’s go.”

Celine smiled playfully. “Alright genius….”

They moved into the building and saw heavily armed people with high end rifles.

Kai pulled out a gun from his suit. It was a black desert eagle with silver spots.

“I am getting tired of this game. I will end this now.” Kai uttered.

He moved in sight of the enemy troops. Every single gun from each floor was pointed at him as they opened fire. He was quite disinterested in their shenanigans. Even before they could react, he shot several bullets and injured them faster than a human eye could react. He reloaded at his own pace and kept taking down the hordes of soldiers.

Celine was in a state of shock as she saw a single person take down swathes of people before she could blink.

A lone attacker, seeing the chance lunged at her with a knife.

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She broke out of her trance and disarmed the guy and kicked him back. The guy was about to pick up a stray gun but he never got the chance. Kai tackled his arm and put him to the ground with such force that his arm broke. He stomped on his head and smashed his head into the ground. He was left twitching on the ground.

Celine already had her gun pointed at the assailant.

“Be careful Miss Irving.” Kai said.

“I was in control. But thanks.”

“I know you were. You are welcome.”

Kai walked up the stairs and moved towards the final room. He could sense only one heartbeat. The mastermind was inside.

*** Melvin’s POV ***

“That’s the last of em! Now, it is time to retrieve the damsel in distress!” Melvin chirped as the smoke cleared.

Scores of beaten up militants were lying unconscious.

He moved towards the designated container and opened it using his neural interface.

He heard a girl’s scream. Henry was defensively shielding Jiselle with shaking hands and a metallic wrench.

“Oh!! It is you! Melvin! Oh I am so glad you came. When I heard the sounds outside and the door open, I thought we were done for.” Jiselle breathlessly aired out.

Henry laid down the wrench and plopped down.

“I saw her running towards the dock while I was running some errands and came after her. I told Ms. Celine about my doubts regarding Mr. O’Riley. A bad guy almost entered this place but I whacked him with this thing. I was sure death was upon us when you opened the door…” Henry explained.

“Calm down! Help is here. It is safe to leave. Our dear Kai is taking care of the big bad boss as we speak.”

*** Kai’s POV ***

He was standing outside the door. He sighed once and kicked the door apart.

He heard a yelp inside.

“So, I was right. It is you. Mr. O’Riley.”

The frightened man stood up. The colour had drained from his face. A message read on his transponder. “You have failed. We shall not entangle ourselves with you now that you have managed to ire the wrath of your current assailant. Goodbye”. His client had ditched him.

“You trafficker. You sell the people of your apartment. You use their bodies and souls. Your employers give you protection. I deduced it the moment I saw you. Filthy monster. Spew your sob story if you want. I will show you pain.” Kai accused him with cold venomous hatred.

Celine joined in. “ The Kazel Security Force will take you and your dirty agents in.”

“SHUT UP. SHUT UP. So what if I sell these girls and boys? Some lonely nobles or perhaps slavers will pay me like a king. I was extremely friendly and kind. I let them live inside my house. They owe me everything. Their bodies. Their minds. EVERYTHING-“ O’Riley could not finish his words.

Sensei jammed the gun into his mouth and pushed it to the end of his throat. He pressed him against the wall with the gun held steadily. He pressed a little harder. He was inches away from pulling the trigger.

O’Riley could not breathe. Blood started pouring from his mouth and his eyes were jagged and going awry.

Celine tried to stop Kai. “Kid! Hey! Hey! Stop. The law will handle him. We need to trace out the victims he has hurt and save them. We need him alive.”

Melvin’s voice erupted. “Kai! No!”

Kai broke out of his reverie.

Kai was angry. He threw the filthy creature aside with a sideward toss and smashed the back of the gun on his forehead with enough force to break every bone in his body.

O’Riley fell with a very loud thud and blood started pouring from his nose and mouth.

The gun broke into several pieces from the sheer force of the hit.

“You are lucky we still have use for a filthy creature like you. You get to breathe for a few measly days more.” Kai said in a very cold and menacing tone. His eyes were cold and piercing. He was looking straight into the depths of the filthy being.

O’Riley felt true fear. He moved aside and looked up with his blurry vision and saw Melvin, Jiselle and Henry standing outside.

They had heard everything through Melvin’s transponder. Everything was out in the open.

“I trusted you like an uncle…. Why…. Just why…” Jiselle exclaimed in a burst of emotion.

Celine came ahead and put handcuffs on him.

Jiselle was very teary eyed. She could not believe anything. She was feeling incredibly cold. Before she could collapse, Sensei reached forward and balanced her. Melvin wrapped his yellow suit around her and Kai helped her cover her face with his hat.

*** Outside ***

Kazel Security Force trucks were rounded into the area and all the militants were put into the capture trucks and secured for imprisonment in the Kazel Prison city of KazDown.

Celine walked towards Sensei and the rest. The rest of the Force members saluted her.

“Now then, kid. You have got some explaining to do.” Celine demanded.

“Here. Our cards. You will understand the rest.”

“Sensei Consultancy Services…. Sensei…. Wait… Sensei!!! And the chirpy boy is a board member too?!” Celine exclaimed.

“Eh!!! Kai, you are Sensei?!” Jiselle exclaimed.

“Wait….. You did not know that?!”Melvin exclaimed!

“No…. He said he was Sensei’s little brother and the owner of the two buildings…” Jiselle exclaimed.

“This has to be a lie. This young fellow is Sensei. The other is a little older and a board member. And they are mutants and……” Celine was confused.

Kai moved towards Jiselle.

“This may be the right time to tell you. You are a mutant. I would say you are in between Alpha and Omega levels. You can calm down and influence creatures. I know this is a lot but you must know.” Kai said.

Everyone was looking at Jiselle.

“I see….. It makes sense…. Yes…. I am sorry. I am very tired. I don’t think I can think straight anymore. I don’t want to go back to the apartment either….” Jiselle feebly mumbled.

Celine put a hand on her shoulder. “I will care for her personally till she recovers. She is going to need a bit of time. As for you guys, I am in favour of the consultancy. I know the tales. But please be careful. And Henry, come work at my office. We could use someone with a sense of justice.”

They parted ways. Kai and Melvin started going back home.

“Kai….. Are you alright? For a moment I thought you were going to lose it...” Melvin asked gently.

“Yeah…. Yeah…. I am fine. You are unhurt, yeah?”

“Yes. Yes. Don’t worry.” Melvin replied.

“I am glad.” Kai said.

Melvin also thought he heard a feeble whisper “I am glad you were there” from Kai.

“Oioi! Come again?!” Melvin exclaimed.

“You must have heard the wind.” Kai said and quickened his pace.

“Oye! Wait for me!!” Melvin chased after him.

**** Somewhere close by ****

The hooded and hidden man came out of one of the containers placed on the top regions.

“Found you Mr. Kyosuke…!.... That was a sight to behold eh! Guess I should not excpect any less from you. But, you have gone soft huh….. In the past, there would have been a lot more blood, a lot more bodies…. a lot more carnage” the man hummed to himself.

“Guess I should start.”

The man walked into the compound and walked towards the control building where O’Riley had barricaded himself.

He put every Force member to sleep as he walked by and entered the office. He used a neural trace and took all the data he could find.

“Whelp…. I’ll pay O’Cryly a visit….” He gave a crazy and amused smile and left the area.

***

The truck carrying O’Riley had halted for a few security checks.

The man somehow entered the back of the truck.

O’Riley looked up and saw a hooded figure.

“W..ho….Who are you?? What do you want” he yelped.

“Just your dramatic neighbourhood me. Don’t mind me, let me copy your implant data real quick. And, Mukobe sends his regards.” the man said in an amused tone.

He took the data and beat up O’Riley and battered him. He left enough of him alive so that he could talk.

“I am a law abiding citizen. I do not hinder the police. I just beat up those I don’t like. He winked and left the area.”

“Time to pay Sensei dearest a little visit!” He said giddily.

***

The KazDown team opened the truck a few hours later and found a beaten up but alive O’Riley. No one could explain what happened.

===Neo Order – Recorded Case File 1: CLOSED===