Chapter 12 Urgent

[Simulation 2.4]

[Seeing the number on the display, Claire stopped the SUV and walked outside to answer the call.]

[After returning, she decided to take you to her sister house.]

[Midway, you saw a remote area without any possible surveillance and asked her to stop the SUV because of urgency. After walking out, you went toward the bushes, a little away from the vehicle.]

[While paying attention to the SUV, you brought the killer smartphone outside from unlimited storage and dialed the number of Kale, as you noted before.]

[Upon answering your call, you directly talked about the package, pointing at the guardian while revealing that you know their plan and identities, calling him Kale, and you threatened him that you would visit him soon.]

[Instantly, you heard a breaking glass sound from the other side. Before waiting for him to speak, you dismissed the call and put away the smartphone in unlimited storage again.]

[You knew if call time exceeded the certain limit, the background location in the tower would be upgraded, and this smartphone would become traceable.]

[After returning to the SUV, you saw Claire talking with someone on the phone; you saw fear along with worry and anxiousness on her face.]

[She apologized and said there is something urgent that came up; she has to stop by a friend's place, then she will take you to the guardian house.]

[You nodded, and as you expected, you changed her decision again, letting her take you to her boyfriend's house.]

"Fear over greed stops the impulses; but greed over fear accelerates the impulses; anyway, I was prepared for both cases."

"If this guy stopped his actions because of my threat and let the guardian go, then my plans would stretch a bit. Now this guy's greed overcame the fear; he decided to accelerate his plan, get rid of us, and run away."

Neil muttered thoughtfully, looking at the consequences of his phone call, and then glanced at the further simulation.

[After reaching the outer ring area of Albert City, Claire parked in front of the gate of a remote farm house, and then she called the number, but no one picked up the call.]

[Suddenly the door opened and a young man about the age of 28 and 30 appeared in front of you; through his body language, you immediately confirmed him as the conspirator behind the scene, but because of some flaws, you labeled him as a newbie in the dark world, not a true professional.]

[After parking the SUV inside the house, he invited you both inside warmly.]

[Claire nodded in your direction, and then both of you walked inside the house while you were paying attention to the surroundings: a red sports bike, a small lawn, and flower trees.]

[You labeled some of those plants as poisonous, although they looked familiar yet different from previous earth species.]

[After walking inside the house following the Kale, you noticed a bulge behind his waist; you realized it's a gun.]

[Just when you passed by him, you felt a wind rustling sound. You dodged the syringe near missing its tip amidst the surprised expression of Kale. You swiftly grabbed his elbow and rotated his arm, piercing the syringe in his own neck.]

[After a deep surprise and daze, Kale groggily fell on the ground with a doubtful and confused expression. After checking the Kale pulse, you realized it's a poison, and he is dead. Then you grabbed the gun from his waist and found one bullet missing.]

[Suddenly you heard Claire exclamation from behind; she backed away, looking at you and Kale in horror.]

[Simulation Archived Successfully]

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"It seems at this point we were all in the same house; from his non-hesitant attack and missing bullet, it's confirmed that the guardian was dead before we reached there; I have to find her corpse somewhere in the hidden area of that house; he must have been hiding it." Neil muttered thoughtfully.

Instantly the time restored around him,

Claire didn't notice anything; she just took a turn at the junction toward the main road.

Neil stayed silent and then closed his eyes while thinking of executing the next plan.

After a while,

Instantly, he heard a ringtone from the car speaker. Claire hurriedly pulled over the SUV on the side of the road.

After looking at Neil sleeping, she opened the door and walked outside, answering the call just beside the SUV.

Neil heard her dim voice but didn't care; he already knew about the conversation.

After a while, 

She returned and sat down in the driver seat, then glanced at Neil deeply, seeing he was sleeping.

She didn't say anything, started the vehicle, and drove toward the destination.

After a half and hour drive,

Neil opened his eyes and then said, "Can you please stop the car for a while? It's urgent."

Claire was startled and then nodded.

After turning the indicator on, she pulled over at the side of the road again.

Neil walked outside and then walked toward the bushes. After reaching the fence near the lower slope of the road, seeing the SUV is not visible from here. 

He brought out the killer smartphone, and from the storage projection in front of him,

After activating the three voice changer apps on the phone, he dialed the Kale number from the projection, seeing the call attended.

Neil pressed his neck and spoke; he even changed his own voice.

"Hi Kyle, I found out you both have packages that belong to me; I know you both very well; I am coming after you and your girlfriend Claire."

Instantly, Neil heard a glass-breaking sound on the other side.

He hurriedly dismissed the call and put the phone back inside the unlimited storage, then stood up and returned to the SUV. 

Seeing Claire is talking on a phone, and then she put away the phone with inexplicable fear and anxiousness in her pupil,

Neil opened the door, startled her, and then she said, "Something urgent came up; we will stop by a place, and then I will take you to my house."

Neil was surprised a little and then nodded and sat down in the front passenger seat. 

'She just said take me to her home; it seems closing my eyes during the whole time changed the future possibility, but it's good there is no major change.'

Neil thought, and then, in order to make sure there was no major change, he initiated the simulation again.