Why are all the people in my chat group rumored to be from the outside world?

For them, the name of the city is irrelevant.

Kevin found a parking space and parked.

The four of them got out of the car and stretched in unison.

"Ugh... traveling by car is so tiring," the PhD student complained with a bitter face.

"I've been driving for six hours without saying a word, and you're the one shouting first?" Kevin rolled his eyes at him, annoyed.

Xing ignored their bickering. Like a scout, she shaded her eyes with her hand and surveyed the rows of shops in the city. Then, with a flourish, she announced, "Comrades, target—breakfast!"

Her suggestion immediately resonated strongly with someone.

Kevin and the doctor's gazes instantly focused on the direction from which the gurgling sound was coming from.

Yu Jin awkwardly touched his stomach: "It seems like... I haven't eaten anything properly since yesterday?"

"Let's go eat first. It looks like those guys didn't chase after us." The professor looked back at the way they came.

"Hopefully nothing else goes wrong." Kevin locked the car and started walking.

"We've already searched this far, what problems could possibly arise?" The doctor shrugged and followed.

Around 7 a.m., a time when the city should be waking up and people should be bustling about, office workers and students are heading to their respective battlefields.

Not wanting to go to crowded places, the group of four set their sights on quiet little restaurants.

Soon, they found a shop, which was...

“I think… the one with more people is more reliable,” Xing commented.

If this restaurant were really good, it wouldn't be completely empty.

Kevin and the doctor agreed wholeheartedly; although it was just to satisfy their hunger, it would certainly be better if it tasted better.

Ember didn't care. He hadn't even eaten a meal in the Dark Souls world, so now that he had something to eat, he wasn't picky.

However, just as they were about to turn and leave, a very faint yet unusually clear scent entered their nostrils.

The four of them stopped in their tracks at the same time.

"This is the place." Xing changed her mind first and strode into the restaurant.

"How should I put it? A jinx?" The doctor covered his face and followed inside helplessly.

Kevin and Ember followed closely behind. They made quite a commotion as they entered, but the store was eerily silent, as if it were completely empty.

But... there are indeed some people.

A suppressed, slightly rapid breathing sound clearly reached their ears.

"Boss, let's order!" Xing shouted towards the kitchen and sat down at a table with a swagger.

The other three also took their seats. A dozen seconds passed, and no one responded.

"Boss? We have a guest, aren't you going to greet him?" Xing raised his voice.

This time, there was finally some noise from the kitchen—footsteps and a woman's voice trying to sound calm. "Coming, coming, sorry, sorry."

A young woman wearing an apron walked briskly out of the kitchen, a stiff smile on her face.

"Boss, why are you taking so long? What are you busy with inside?" Yu Jin asked with a smile.

"Just... tidy up the ingredients." The female boss's smile became increasingly unnatural.

"Oh? Preparing ingredients..." The doctor slowly poured himself a cup of tea. "No wonder, it smells fishy."

"Ah, yes, yes, yes..." The female boss's eyes began to glaze over.

Just then, Kevin's cold voice rang out: "Then the blood on your body... is it pig's blood?"

The last vestige of pretense on the woman's face crumbled instantly, revealing a hideous, twisted expression.

"I didn't want to do anything to you... but you forced me to!" Her originally dark pupils suddenly ignited, turning into burning golden eyes!

A fierce aura erupted, and she seemed to want to use her unusually strong body, which she had developed at some point, to tear these four intruders to shreds!

However, four pairs of golden eyes, even more dazzling than hers, appeared before her!

Meanwhile, in a corner not far from the restaurant, a man in plainclothes, looking anxious, growled into his communicator: "Report! Four people have entered the restaurant where the target is being observed! The target's condition is extremely unstable! I request immediate action!"

"No!" came the resolute refusal from the communicator. "Under no circumstances are you allowed to act on your own until reinforcements arrive! The target is extremely dangerous; you can't handle it alone! Your mission is to monitor and await orders! Acting without authorization is tantamount to suicide!"

"But..." The man was frantic with worry. Before he could finish speaking—

A dull yet violent bang suddenly erupted from inside the restaurant!

"Damn it! They've made a move?!" The man's expression changed drastically, no longer paying attention to the roar coming from the communicator, "Stop!"

A resolute glint flashed in his eyes as he rushed headlong toward the restaurant door—the oath he had sworn upon joining the academy resounded in his mind, and he could not stand by and watch tragedy repeat itself!

With the resolve to die, he smashed open the shop door!

The bloody and cruel scene he had imagined did not appear... The scene before his eyes was indeed stained with blood, but it was completely different from what he had imagined!

Damn it! The enemy is attacking!

"What are you pretending for?" Yu Jin kicked the landlady hard in the face.

“Forced you? Who forced you?” Kevin asked as he kicked.

The doctor remained silent, but his movements were anything but slow.

Xing: "The enemy is attacking!"

The man stood at the doorway, completely petrified.

"What...what's going on?!"

Chapter 16: Interested in learning more about Kassel College?

Yu Jin and the others never expected what was happening to this world.

They were just having a meal when they smelled blood. In order not to wrongly accuse an innocent person, they went into the restaurant, and to their surprise, they were right.

His bizarre behavior, coupled with the fact that he acts like a self-destructing truck after just a few words, confirms that he's a high-risk hybrid, the kind that could turn into a Deadpool at any moment.

The group wasn't in a particularly good mood to begin with, and then you jumped in?

If I don't take it out on you, am I supposed to gently persuade you not to turn into Deadpool here?

After Yu Jin and the others finished fighting, they immediately felt refreshed.

It's a troublesome matter, yet it's come knocking again.

Seeing the person standing blankly at the door, Yu Jin's brain immediately started working. He first glanced at the boss lying on the ground, and then at the man with a blank expression.

The final result was obtained.

They've trespassed on someone else's hunting grounds!

"Stop hitting her! Stop hitting her! Something's wrong!" Yu Jin quickly pulled the three people who were still kicking the proprietress.

The crowd was puzzled, but seeing the look that Yu Jin gave them, they also turned their gaze to the blank-looking man outside the shop.

They instantly arrived at a similar conclusion to Yu Jin!

Xing gave everyone a look; it was time to run.

Everyone nodded silently, but just then, a large number of footsteps came from afar.

Before they could react, the entrance was already packed with people.

A group of men carrying real weapons stared menacingly at the scene inside the store.

Seeing the familiar symbol on the other person's body, Yu Jin felt as if one wave had just subsided when another was about to rise.

Without making a sound, he sent a message in the chat group saying that he was preparing to run away.

Yu Jin tensed, ready to break through the wall and escape at any moment, but just then, the gun barrels slowly lowered, and the young man in the lead asked Yu Jin and the others, "Who are you? Why are you here?"

Ah, didn't your old headmaster tell you who we are?

The four people who had just fought their way out of the Kassel College siege were thinking to themselves.

Suddenly, the professor had a flash of inspiration and immediately opened the chat group.

College student: "Could it be that only a few people know our information?"

University student: "Yesterday, Ember was hunted down because he got close to someone that Kassel College values ​​highly."

The college student said, "They didn't try to suppress the news by not telling everyone our information, or perhaps they didn't tell everyone for the time being."

Programmer: "It seems like it's not impossible."

College student: "I have a bold idea!"

College student: "Perhaps we can complete the task."

The doctor, who had been standing at the back, took two steps to the front of the group, his expression excited, as if he had found his people.

"I knew there were people in this world who could handle these things."

"Otherwise, the world would have been in chaos long ago."

Are you a government agency?

"Or perhaps no one knows about the organization hidden in the shadows."

"I...can I join you? Although I don't have as much power as some of my friends, I will definitely dedicate everything I have to the organization."

The doctor's behavior was just like that of a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur) teenager, and his excited reaction after discovering that his fantasy had come true.

The group of people gathered at the door looked at each other. In the usual way, they would choose to erase the intruder's memory and let them return to normal life, but this intruder was clearly one of their own.

The person standing at the front, leading the way, entered the store.

"Let's talk about these things later. Our priority right now should be dealing with that... dangerous person you took down." The leading man's tone was somewhat strange as he said this.

Given the current situation, who is the dangerous individual? It seems uncertain.

As soon as he finished speaking, the people behind him quickly sprang into action, and before long, the female boss who was about to go berserk was tied up and taken away.

After they finished doing these things, the leader turned his attention to the four obedient people.

"...Would it be convenient to find a place to talk?"

Not long after, in a coffee shop, Yu Jin and his three companions sat down with the third-year student who was leading the group.

"Nice to meet you, you may call me Leo."

"ash."

"Merlin."

"Adam."

"Black Tower."

Hearing these names that didn't sound like real names at all, Leo simply took a sip of coffee and didn't ask any further questions.

"Tell me, what's going on with you guys?"

The doctor took a deep breath; success or failure hinged on this moment.

His expression was serious. After looking around, he cautiously asked, "Superpowers, right?"

Leo paused slightly, his hand holding the coffee cup. What superpower? He's a little dragon man, for crying out loud!

The doctor continued speaking.

"Starting a few days ago, for some reason, several of my friends and I have become stronger and stronger, and this is the key reason."

The doctor pointed to his eyes, the meaning of which was self-evident.

Golden eyes.

Leo looked at Ember, Star, and Kevin, and the three asked softly, "The same for you?"

The three nodded like chicks pecking at rice.

Leo fell into a brief silence, but in fact, he was receiving signals from the communicator in his ear. Although he was the president of the Lionheart Society, he was ultimately just a student. These kinds of things were usually not handled by him, but by other professionals. However, the four people in front of him were somewhat special.

Their lineage might be very high!

The half-breed lying on the ground, completely unable to resist the impending depravity and rampage, is the most powerful proof.