4 With pleasure

Bang!

Bang!

"Open the goddamn door, I'm not some experiment!" Ren called out in desperation.

The blood smell wasn't sitting well with him, it brought back sick memories he had tried to keep hidden in his subconscious.

Bang!

Kicking hard on the door, he groaned in pain.

"I am not crazy, do you hear me!" He yelled, knowing they could hear him.

"Ma'am, what do we do now?" A middle-aged male questioned his leader in worry.

Arisa looked to her side at the timid male with disdain.

She knew perfectly well what he wanted to say but also what he needed her to do to test Ren.

"How about we start with you losing your teeth?" She hissed, drumming her finger on the desk, her focus still on Ren.

The male gulped and stared at the raging Ren who was demanding to be let out.

With the flick of her hand, she created a simulation of the very monster that had plagued Ren.

'This should be fun!'

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Ren took a calculative step back as he watched the body of the dead female mutate, forming a realistic representation of the monster that had plagued him.

'Not again?!'

He had wished there was some way of scaling or breaking the wall.

He had graduated from having a window, to having none and with sealed shut doors.

'Monster, why this monster again? I thought I had gotten rid of you?'

"Who the hell saved me?!" He yelled so those on the other side could hear him.

[Lovely day, host. How would you rate your day?]

A voice spoke in his head as he noticed a red translucent interface written as it said in his thoughts.

'Lovely? You call this lovely?' Ren questioned, wary of the monster which had not made a move for the time being.

[Venator Sui, level A unlocked]

[Level 1]

[Sui (Level A): Blood manipulation]

[Phantom detected: 1]

[Liberated: 0]

[Exp: 0]

[Level up points: 0]

Feeling a rush of adrenaline course through his body, he staggered back in shock.

The status bar that displayed before him, made him scratch his eye as he thought it was a side effect of some hallucinating drug that was injected into him.

'None of this is real, none of this is real?' He shook his head.

Watching out from the one-way glass, Arisa smiled at what she had seen.

"He has finally awakened the first stage of his Sui." She clapped her hand gleefully.

The male had wanted to slip out so badly, but the intense glare from Miss Arisa kept him from making any rash decision.

'Why was I chosen for this?'

Gulping, he straightened his posture, pushing back his blue hair.

Calling on his system, he lightly tapped the screen and a holographic keyboard emerged below his hands to record all that was going on at the moment.

The ground trembled under the familiar bulk of the monster approaching slowly, almost like it was trying to ascertain Ren's next move.

[Threat detected: Phantom level A approaching]

On its head was a floating red translucent status bar with the words–Phantom A [100%]

Ren opened his eyes, a green glow in its wake. He had remembered what had happened back home.

'You're going to pay for what you did!'

Raising his hand, he made a slow and agonizing clench with his fist.

The phantom screeched in pain as one of its limbs was forcefully ripped out, crimson blood spurting out.

Phantom A [70%]

Rage clouded his thoughts, a sadistic smirk laced his lips as he suspended the blood that was meant to splash in his direction.

Ren looked at the bubbles of blood strangely. He was confused and mesmerized at the same time. Temporarily stunned by such an anomaly.

Losing interest as soon as he had gotten a grip on mastering his movements, he released his hold on it.

Splat!

Rrrrgh!!!

The phantom let out a scream, slashing with its claw in his direction, aiming at him with its other limb.

Reacting quickly, he simply sidestepped. Watching its claw bore into the floor.

'Were you always this slow?' Ren thought as he stepped on the phantom's claw.

Crrkk!

It let out another screech in pain the moment the claws were reduced to short flat pieces of what was left on its finger.

'You would never control me, ever again!' He gave a quick and final clench.

[Blood blast]

The phantom shrieked, trembling under his hold. Its body rumbling and tiny movements trailed under its scaly skin.

Boom!

In an instant, the whole room was covered in blood from the phantom's body exploding from the inside.

Blood bathed the walls, obstructing Arisa and the male beside her from getting a glimpse of what was going on.

[Phantom Liberated]

"Ma'am, that's like your S–"

"Shut it, I know," Arisa said with a smile, amused by what he could accomplish if given the time and training.

"He could be so much more." She said as she placed her hand on the glass, smiling at the destructive ability he had in comparison to hers.

Thud!

"What just happened?" Arisa questioned upon the noise heard.

The male simply shrugged, unable to give a response due to their vision being restricted.

Rushing to the door and pulling it open. She desperately searched the area.

Looking downwards, there Ren was, unconscious but spared from the blood bath.

"The mental strain and usage drained you, right?" She questioned in a low voice, squatting to have a closer look at his sleeping form.

"Ma'am... they're back!" The male rushed to the doorpost, hyperventilating and crouching to catch his breath.

"Very well then, it's time for him to meet the team!" She said in a whisper, getting up and walking out of the room.

"What about him?" The male referred to Ren, his words laced with spite.

Her black heels halted to a stop at his words.

"Get him cleaned up and transport him to the sixth floor." She replied, looking over her shoulder.

Throwing an arm over his shoulder, he pulled Ren up, assisting his body weight with his.

"With pleasure." The male's demeanor changed drastically into a devilish smile.