Chapter 67

Back at the parking lot, the Cullens remained silent as they no longer saw Jack in the distance.

They all felt shocked, to say the least. If they had beating hearts at that moment, they would have all been beating quickly at what they had just seen and heard.

"A beating heart? Is he no longer a..." Edward said, his voice low but clearly heard by the enhanced senses of his family.

Emmett shook his head.

"No, I wouldn't tell you to be careful otherwise. In fact, I feel he's even stronger than before. Much more so," Emmett said before a soft smile appeared on his face.

"He also seems better mentally," he added, his tone clearly showing his relief.

Alice, who had remained silent up until this point, nodded to herself before she spoke up.

"We'll ask Carlisle and then see what we should do with his warning."

"What do you mean?" Jasper, asked curiously. He hadn't even considered Jack's last words before he had disappeared from their sight.

Emmett turned to look at his brother before adding his own take on Jack's words.

"Jack is still my friend. He wouldn't have told me to leave Forks as soon as possible if there was nothing to be wary of. I think we should listen to him; the final decision lies with Carlisle, however." Emmett said before he turned around and brought his legs inside the jeep.

"Let's go. I'll send Carlisle a text message," Alice said as she, too, turned and walked to the silver Volvo.

The rest of the Cullens followed as they each headed to either the jeep or the silver Volvo.

With a rumble, the car engines turned on, and they sped off toward the Cullen Mansion in the woods of Forks.

Meanwhile, tens of kilometers away, Jack was running back toward Port Angeles.

He had almost arrived.

It hadn't taken more than ten minutes for the journey.

"Seems like I'm moving once more," Jack thought as he slowed down until he reached human running speeds.

At that point, he headed out of a forest and started running on the roads. His destination was the hotel he had stayed in for the last couple of days.

"Where do I head to? Archie said to go somewhere on the other side of the continent. However, do I just trust him? What if the opposite of his words is true? But the fact remains that I already saw supernaturals in Forks, while I have never been on the other side of the continent. The existence of supernaturals here is confirmed, while it isn't over there," Jack thought as he continued his run.

More than half an hour later, Jack arrived at the hotel and headed upstairs to his room.

He didn't hesitate; there was no reason to do so. He wasn't attached to this place either way, so Jack simply packed his clothes inside his backpack once more before turning around and heading out of the room.

Going downstairs to the reception, Jack gave his room keys and headed out.

Looking around, Jack quickly found a store that sold miscellaneous items.

Heading inside, Jack quickly found a map, which he put inside his backpack before heading out.

The seller inside had no idea that something had just been stolen, as he read the daily newspaper.

Walking down the streets, Jack held the map in his hands.

It was a map of the entire American continent; both South America and North America were depicted on it.

One place stood out to Jack the most.

"Columbia. From what I know, it's one of the rainiest places in the entire world, especially during these months. I should be able to find a place to hide easily. It also has a high crime rate and even cartels, which could be used as farms for money," Jack thought before he nodded and started walking south.

He would be taking the entire trip on foot; there was no faster transportation than simply walking for Jack—at least no land vehicles could go at his speed.

It took around an hour for Jack to arrive outside of Port Angeles and another twenty minutes before he found himself inside a forest.

"Alright, let's head off now," Jack thought before he disappeared from his spot.

Gravel and dirt flew in the air as he sped up to supernatural speeds.

Hours passed as Jack continued running at high speeds, stopping when there was no cover and continuing his journey at human speeds.

This slowed down his overall speed, and he ended up only arriving in Provo, Utah, by the end of the day.

He had already crossed a large distance in merely half a day and decided that he would stop here for the night.

Heading to a hotel near the center of the city, Jack walked inside.

"Welcome!" a woman behind the receptionist's desk greeted Jack with a large smile; her eyes seemed to gleam strangely as she looked at him.

"Weirdo," Jack thought to himself as he asked her about the rooms and quickly got himself the cheapest room the hotel had to offer.

Getting the keys from the woman, Jack headed upstairs. As he walked, he noticed a small piece of paper had been handed off to him together with the keys.

[ XXX-XXX-XXX ]

It was a phone number.

Jack looked at the paper dumbfounded for a few moments before crumpling it and throwing it away.

With determination in his eyes, Jack walked into his room, only one thought running through his mind.

His hand that had thrown the paper shook slightly before he calmed it down.

It seemed throwing the paper away had caused some kind of harm to him.

*Gulp*

"Lust is momentary; grind is eternal. This is my new mantra. Yes, from now on, this is my new mantra," Jack thought to himself, though his mind involuntarily went back to the woman.

"Ah, damn it! If only I were human," Jack thought, though his high intelligence stat quickly reminded him that she wouldn't have been interested in his human appearance at all.

"This life is so unfair," Jack thought as he closed the door to his room and walked to the bed, lying down and opening his system menu.

"Time to continue grinding for a few hours," Jack thought.

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