Leave the Monster alone
Mark's life changed the day someone broke into his clinic to tell him that he had been a character of a video game all along and what he had known till now had been a code decided by the game's system. When he was supposed to die though, an external interference broke the code and he was no longer part of the system. Now as the only external influence inside the code, his existence was an enigma on its own. And his fate was to turn into a monster when the humanity continued to betray him at every corner of the world. 'His nature was gentle and loving to the point of putting himself in danger for those he loved. But betrayal laid everywhere in his new world and he should get used to being used' My twitter: https://twitter.com/ojasvisharma6 Support me on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/daygonyuuki (cover is not mine, I like it but if the maker wants it gone, they can tell me and I'll change)
The hallucination
"Are you done with your super important secretive talks you cannot tell us about? I guess you think it's time to join us lowly beings back here now?" Alan had not taken the previous case well and those words caused Mark to flinch.
Rika did not add anything to those words but she did not defend him either, taking a really neutral stance in this. She seemed content to let matters lie but Mark knew she was curious too. She would likely corner him alone later which he had to avoid now.
"I cannot always tell you everything since it's classified information provided by Liam but at least I took you here with me?" Mark did not know why he was trying to defend himself.
It was not like he had committed some unforgivable crime by talking with the other alone but these accusing eyes made it seem as if he had. Kuro, that traitor, did nothing more than greet him when he entered.
He had thought at least she would take his side in this.