The Scards: Start!
Chapter 39

'Ckek'

"I'm home~" exclaimed Joshua cheerfully with his two hands tote some paper bag that somehow contained.

"Welcome home." Sahut Kirania and Ellios simultaneously with a lazy tone made Joshua sweatdrop when he saw a pair of teenagers were cool with his world. The man saw Kirania watching the action film tensely while eating her favorite snack, while Ellios collapsed with her head on her lap while playing a mobile phone.

Joshua immediately stepped closer to them and placed the paper bag on the table and threw himself on the sofa joining the watch with Kirania. When the ambush scene began, the sound of a loud phone ringing made the girl upset and stared at the phone singing with annoyance. An unfamiliar number was plastered on the screen and the girl decided to pick it up.

"Yes, hello."

Suddenly Ellios stopped playing her phone and Joshua sat down leaning towards Kirania. Ellios poking Kirania's arm made the girl turn to look at the brother who was still faithful lying on his lap, then the red-haired youth signaled to activate the loudspeaker. The girl complies.

"Is this really Albert's phone number?" There was a female voice across the phone with a tone that was weakly softened.

"Who?" Kirania asked suspiciously.

"I~ Emm... Are you ready Albert?"

"What the hell is Grandpa's calling?!" Jerk Kirania and turn off the phone unilaterally.

'Tuuts'

With careless Kirania threw the innocent cell phone carelessly in the direction and continued her watching without realizing a handsome man clucked annoyed at the girl's conversation. Hey, he's just 30 years old, young and handsome!

"You want to smash my phone, my dear daughter?" The sound of a low-pitched voice greeting her hearing made Kirania turn towards her while grinning widely. Luckily Albert's phone landed perfectly on the couch right next to Joshua and picked up his phone. Check the square and put it in your pants pocket.

"Hehe... Papa's cell phone rang and there was a fly buzzing for a slap." Sahut Kirania origin with his flagship poker face.

"Gtpfft..." Joshua and Ellios looked at Albert while holding back a laugh.

"Grandfather, would you like to join us? I just finished my job and brought a snack." Joshua's temptation while raising his eyebrows pissed Albert off.

"Grandfather, I'm bored. What if we go fishing tomorrow?" This time Ellios chimed in with a mocking tone making Albert's face darken.

"You want to die?" Albert's successful cold streak made them laugh out loud.

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Two people dressed all in black stared at some gigantic tubes with green liquid filling the tube. Inside the tube were several naked bodies, both children and teenagers with a breathing apparatus perched on their noses.

"So these are your candidate for the experiment?" Ask one of them with interest. When he heard her voice, she was a man.

"Of course, sir." Damian answered while injecting a formula into one of the hoses connected to one of the young children. The boy opened his eyes and thrashed soundlessly with the look of his face in pain. Then the boy convulsed before finally remaining motionless.

"Didn't you set the dosage exactly, Mr Damian?" The woman's voice was cold.

"I've arranged the composition appropriately, Miss. They're not as good as my guinea pig that died a few years ago." Damian replied in frustration.

The two people dressed in black glanced at each other. A black-clothed man nodded and went around in the room. There are many broken tubes, even a dark tube with several bodies in it makes it widen the eyes.

Then he decided to investigate the place and found a document on a shelf in the corner of the room. He examined it for a moment and his eyes rounded when he saw a data with a familiar-looking photo there. He hurriedly kept the document in his backpack.

He checked some documents, took a quick look at the contents and put them in a backpack. The man immediately left the place, approaching his partner who was busy watching Damian with his experiments that continued to fail.

"Have you checked their condition or done an allergen test? They're probably not strong with your formula." The woman tried to give advice.

"It seems your words need me to consider. Maybe I'm in too much of a hurry."

"Thank you for your time, Professor. I hope my order is completed soon. Excuse me."

The two people nodded and left from there, leaving Damian staring at their backs until he disappeared behind the door.

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"What do you think, Ren?" Aretha asked glanced at the man who was busy with his wheel.

"I think the experiment is dangerous, miss." Ren without taking his eyes off.

A black-colored sports car was speeding on a deserted highway through the darkness of the late night. There are only a few large commodity-carrying vehicles passing through the middle of the night.

"You're right. If the experiment is successful, then city X is in danger." Aretha said with a sigh.

"Miss should leave this job to us." Tukas Ren's.

"I don't want to trouble you and involve you any further."

"Not at all, Miss."

The car drove at high speed through the border streets of town X with the town of U, a deserted place with wilderness along the right left of the road.

According to the information they got from Joshua, Damian often did research by taking children from orphanages. In the past he had even done research on his own grandson which ended in death.

Aretha wanted to investigate the purpose of the research held by Damian, considering that some of his men often saw some people kidnapping children from the city of X.

Aretha retrieved the document from the backpack she was lying on and read the contents. Instantly his eyes were bulging when he knew the data and photos that were plastered there.

"Are they not Albert and his two adopted children?" Aretha's murmur was heard by Ren.

"Yes, Miss. But they managed to survive thanks to a fake death made by Joshua." Sahut Ren's.

The document held by Aretha is a research document belonging to Albert, Kirania and Ellios. More precisely duplicated documents made by Joshua.

"We need to move faster, Ren. First of all, get rid of them before election day. Given the large number of his group and most likely there are mutants that we need to be aware of." Aretha said seriously.

"Good, Miss."

Black sports cars began to enter the E district, with some house lights in the hills greeting their vision. The atmosphere in the district looks a little crowded. Ren immediately searched for a shortcut to district F. A few minutes passed and they had entered district F.

District F is a district located in a hilly area directly adjacent to the coastal area. Having a beautiful view that cools the eyes makes anyone feel at home for a long time living in this district. But this district is a district that is ignored by the X city government which is more concerned with other districts, making this district a slum with high levels of education, low health and poverty.

Under the auspices of Athena Corp, the district began to look beautiful and neat. Even a few months ago there were many tours that visited this area.

Thanks to the help of the five officials and the owner of the bronze knight tattoo patron Athena, they successfully established a large company and made this slum a clean area with a high level of income and health.

The black sports car entered a modern minimalist 2-story house. Although Aretha was the owner of the company, but the girl was reluctant to build a large and spacious house like a rich man in general.

They immediately got out of the car and saw a man with orange hair lying on the hood of a blue sports car. Knowing the owner of the house had come, Roy rushed to them.

"Miss, we've completed the mission. And Joshua left this for you." Roy said as he opened his car door, picking up a paper bag containing some instant food and drinks.

"thank you. By the way let's go inside." Aretha said as she entered the minimalist house followed by 2 handsome men.

They sit on the living room sofa with a minimalist feel. Aretha took out the contents of the paper bag and arranged it on the table.

"We both got something from Damian's lab." Aretha's words breaking the silence made the 2 men look at her seriously.