The Ninth Secret Bureau

Chapter 4 “Strange Creature Part 3”

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Just like that, the momentary peace in the room was shattered.

Idle didn’t care that he got attacked though, rather he’s more intrigued by the sizzling sound coming from his hand that had been pierced by that pen. Despite the intense pain, his expression didn’t once flinch.

To be clear, it’s not like the young man couldn’t feel pain, he definitely could. Rather, it’s because Idle didn’t fear such a sensation.

Grabbing the pen, he jerks it out with one chug of his free hand. It’s brutish in what he did, ripping the mangled skin apart as well, but it did the job. Now there’s a gaping hole in that wounded hand with veins dangling out due to the force used.

At the same time this was happening, the freak who was stalking on the ground issued out a howling animalistic roar and pounced at Idle. Its speed was incredible, leaving only a blurring shadow in its wake as it charged for its target’s neck. The thing wanted to go for the kill like a predator.

Yet, the creature never saw it coming, not even in its wildest dream. Idle may be a human, but he was far superior in terms of speed.

The guy did not dodge nor move; instead, he grabbed the assailant by the arm with the right and rewarded it with an elbow to the chin with his left, thus pummeling it into the ground with an audible thud. Using this opening he himself created, Idle promptly stomped down at that neck to restrain its movement.

Pleased with himself after hearing the miserable scream of the creature, Idle grins and revealed his set of shiny white teeth. Normally this would be an expression of friendliness, but in this case, the guy’s appearance was terrifying like an alpha predator playing with its food. And sure enough, Idle didn’t wait and bit down at the waving arm closest to himself.

At a rate the naked eye could perceive, the strange creature’s arm exploded into a puff of green smoke after being chomped down on.

From a scientific point of view, ghosts are no more than a lifeform in a different type of state from the living. To be exact, it’s a polymer of unconventional material energy. Except for ten percent still being unknown to science, the rest of a ghost’s makeup are comprised up of negative particles.

This compound was usually harmful to the living, meaning metahumans too would find it difficult to stomach a ghost. The best outcome of eating one would be the erosion of the stomach and require surgery, the worst was a heavy dose of poisoning that could knock a human down in mere minutes.

In Fatty Ho’s department of supernatural affairs, only Idle had the power to consume the dead. He’s a temp worker, and all temps are given a codename for their job. As it so happens, his codename also hailed from this ability: Devourer.

As the title implies, he’s a human that could devour all supernatural lifeforms.

Boom!!

With this muffled sound, Idle suddenly found himself flying out several meters away after being kicked by the creature. As coincident would have it, he ended up landing on the only desk in the room and caused it to collapse under his weight. It’s shoddily made to begin with so the wood shards and dust from the crash filled the room instantly.