Scout mission

"This is amazing! Jane, thank you."

"Yeah, this is awesome."

"We could gather a lot of info from this."

Ryan, Neo and Jason told her one after the other but she just gave them a confident smirk and said, "It was nothing, really."

But on the inside, she was like.

"OMG, yes! Yes! Yes!"

Ryan had taken a look at the address and saw that it was in Kafince City, that was a relief.

"I guess we go tomorrow night. Oh sorry, does anyone have plans?" Ryan asked them but the three of them shook their heads.

"Hey, where is Juke? I haven't seen that little rascal in a while." Neo asked as he searched around Jason's sitting room which they were currently at.

"It's a surprise but when I show you, you'll be in for a shock." Jason told him.

"Hey, Ryan. Did you get back up to Level 3?" Jane asked him and he nodded.

"Those Black Kings were actually pretty difficult. No wonder the Gyro hasn't been able to take them all into custody." Ryan said. "Wait, how did you know?" Ryan asked.

"I levelled up twice yesterday because I'm connected to you." Jane told him.

"First of all, let me do a quick search on where were going, so we don't rush in unprepared." Jason told them as he pulled out a desk and brought out a laptop from underneath it. He pulled it up and began to do a search on the address: 21 Racker Street.

"Got it! It's an abandoned street with nothing there but a chemical production company known as Org Products." Jason informed them and they all pondered.

"It's most likely a cover up, isn't it?" Neo said.

"Most likely. It does draw suspicion away from them. The real question is: How are they able to give people Manga Powers? Was it what the Twin Dragons took from me?" Ryan added.

"It says here that a few people visit there regularly but it's off limits." Jason told them.

"It isn't off limits to the new Cypher Squad. Cypher, Shadow, Voltage and Kurolinn!" Neo exclaimed and the four of them smiled.

"We go tomorrow night!" The four of them said.

"Wait, why tomorrow night?" The three of them asked Ryan.

"Duh? My mom's birthday is this night." He told them.

* * * * * *

Later the next day, during the evening, Ryan was leaving home in a rush when his father called out to him.

"Son, where are you going?" Ryan's Dad asked him.

"I'm having a sleep over with Jason, Jane and Neo."

"At your ages?" His dad asked back.

"Yeah." Ryan replied as he ran towards Jason's house since his bike had been destroyed.

It had gotten a bit darker out and Ryan or currently Cypher transformed in his Tanjiro form stood at the top of Jason's mansion, with Shadow, Voltage and Kurolinn by his side.

"Come on guys, let's go!" Cypher told them and from there, they began leaping from building to building. All of them were jumping except for Jane.

[Devil Wings Activated]

[-5 Energy]

With the help of one of the Skills she had recently unlocked, Jane gained the ability to fly through a black, slightly misshaped single wing coming from her back which she used to move through the night sky.

"That's so cool!" Shadow said between jumps from one building to another.

[Shadow-port activated]

Suddenly, Neo teleported three miles forward which was the maximum distance Neo could travel. Neo kept doing this repeatedly to travel faster in a few seconds.

After about twenty minutes of travelling, the Cypher Squad arrived in front of Org Products. They were actually at the back of the building and that was becauss they wanted to check something. According to what Jason had read, this was a place where homeless people and orphans lived close by so they had a theory that they gave thess people powers and a good standard of living in return for their loyalty.

From the back, they saw a couple of people dressed in tuxedos trying to hide themselves and they were also holding a group of children in dirty clothes, three of them to be exact. Two boys and a girl.

They took them in through a back door and the two children didn't look to be struggling in the slightest.

"Let's get on the building." Cypher said as Shadow held all of them.

"Teleport." Suddenly, they arrived on top of the Org Company's building.

"What are we waiting for? Let's get inside." Shadow said.

"We can't yet, just wait." Kurolinn said as she gestured towards Cypher whose eyes were closed as he was using a Skill.

[Scent Activated]

He sniffed the inside of the building through the airvents outside, trying to guess what was going on inside.

"I can say that there are at least 50 guards with a group of... scientists numbering only three. The kids that were taken inside seem to be the only people they want to experiment on that are inside." Cypher reported to the rest of the team with slight worry on his face.

"We're outnumbered and maybe a bit outmatched since the guards might.. no, most of them if not all of them have Abilities as well." What Voltage said was most likely true, if not they wouldn't be guards.

"We're just gonna have to do a Die Hard." Kurolinn said, referencing an old movie.

"No one's dying, okay." Cypher told them.

Before they knew it, they were ambushed by people wearing the same clothes, a tuxedo. They jumped the Cypher Squad from the air and jumped on top of them while a woman stood away from them on the building.

[Volt Wave Activated]

[Abyssal Bolt Activated]

[Water Slash Activated]

Voltage, Shadow and Cypher respectively activated skills and the group of people around them turned to a puff of smoke but before that, all of them looked identical. The Cypher Squad faced the woman in front of them. She wore shades with a confident look and black hair tied up in a long ponytail.

As Cypher took a closer look at her, a notification popped up on his holo-screen which was in his face right now.

[A Non-Outlet has been recognized]

[A New Host Skill has been unlocked: Power Sight]

[Power Sight has been automatically activated]

[Non Outlet: Ricki Jordan]

[Ability: Fyumi Takada]

[Energy: 75/80]

[Level: 1]

[Skills Available: Clone, Ice Breath]

"Guys, these people in the Organization. They seem to only have 80 Energy which means we can make them over use theirs." Cypher informed them. Unlike other times, this Power Sight Skill wasn't shared with the others. It was a Skill only for him.

[Clone Activated]

[-5 Energy]

Suddenly, thirty more versions of Ricki appeared and they ran towards the group.

"Well if they're all Skills, then this should work."

[Demon-Slayer Activated]

[-5 Energy]

A large, black sword appeared in Kurolinn's hand with which she used to slash through a few clones, turning them into nothing but puffs of smoke.

"I haven't seen this Cypher Squad member before and this girl's really dangerous. I'll have to neutralize her." Ricki thought as she ran towards Kurolinn herself while her remaining clones went up against Shadow, Cypher and Voltage.

[Ice Breath Activated]

Ricki blew out and the air she created had a chillling effect that caused Kurolinn's sword to start to freeze.

"Ah!" Kurolinn had to let go of the sword which had become too cold for her to hold. She deactivated the skill but instead, activated another one.

[Demon-Absorber Activated]

[-5 Energy]

Suddenly, a much smaller black sword formed in her hand but with a slanted blade instead.

The Ice Breath that was still coming that Kurolinn had been dodging since had made contact with the new sword but instead of it to freeze, it began to absorb the Ice until it stopped.

"What the.. you stopped my attack." Ricki said as Kurolinn smirked. Cypher, Shadow and Voltage had taken care of the clones and the four of them began to surround her.

Suddenly, she began to run away.

"Oh no you don't. Ha!" Kurolinn performed a diagonal slice that created a wave made of ice that once it hit Ricki, it froze her in place.

"We've already announced our presence. We may as well go in." Voltage said and they nodded. Shadow grabbed all of them and performed the Shadow-port Skill once again and now, all of them were inside the building.

Inside the Building, they saw the scientists manning large machines with the three children in some sort of pods while the guards surrounded them.

The Guards seeing them appear, began to attack them, each one of them activating their own powers.

"Let's do this, guys." The four members of the Cypher Squad thought as they went into battle.