Chapter 183: [Bonus Chapter] Can't Catch a Break

'The Awakened Bureau have commented on this topic and have confirmed that the scientist behind the Mind Control Incidents has been neutralized. They have also begun the final vaccination effort to prevent such a mind control virus from happening once again. By now, only 5% of the population is reported to be vaccinated. The last ditch effort is to make sure that it won't evolve once again. -Blip..'

The report from the news was cut off by the TV closing. Ryan looked at the TV and took a deep breath, "I can't believe that I'm even here in my room just relaxing after such a long time…" He smiled as he took another deep breath and lied on the couch. 

-Buzz- -Buzz-

Hearing the Phone, Ryan slowly looked over and his face froze a bit. "It's OJ… I remember assigning him to be under Sir Fire in the energy Branch now that the virus problem is nearly complete… There shouldn't be a reason to call me at this time." Ryan looked hesitant to pick up the phone.

After a few seconds of thinking, He picked up the phone and spoke, "OJ, I'm on break… If it's not an emergency, please refrain from calling me for the next few days." Ryan answered. His answer was rude but Ryan didn't want to do anything for his break so anything that was close to stopping his Break, He became aggressive towards it.

"Ryan… I know that you're on break. But after careful consideration, Sir Fire has noted this to be a code Red…" He spoke slowly.

Hearing Oj's words, Ryan's face turned blue. He put on his glasses and took a deep breath, "Explain the situation while I'm getting ready." He spoke as he slowly changed his clothes in a hurry.

Oj continued, "The energy levels are all over the place. We contacted our neighboring counties and it looks to be similar for them as well. Wai…Wait. It just stopped… I've just been told that the energy Levels just stopped and returned back to normal." 

Ryan paused changing his clothes and furrowed his eyebrows. "What? It just returned back to normal like nothing? Is this the first time that it happened or has it happened before?"

After a few seconds of pausing, OJ spoke, "The report says that there was a glitch in the system where we were shown a high amount of energy for a split second a few days ago, but that was just assumed to be a glitch. No other country reported such an incident and he did a system reboot to fix it… But today it lasted for longer but disappeared just like before."

Ryan took some time to breathe. "Okay, Okay… we can't do anything about this now. It might just be a natural thing or it might be something else entirely. But, I want the S ranks to be on alert. They don't need to be up fighting every gate that comes but just be alert and ready to act as soon as the message comes." Ryan ended the phone and jumped back on the couch. He looked at his clothes on the ground and sighed, "I hope that was nothing but a glitch… The day I finally get a break something huge comes up… It's just a few days, Master Zhun said that he would take care of most of the important tasks so I should be fine now." Ryan thought. 

After a few seconds, Ryan got up and sighed. He turned on the TV but was lost in thought. 

'I do wonder what happened to Master Zhun. He seemed more annoyed the past few days… But He also looked concerned for me and wanted me to rest for a few days… I hope his health will be fine. Hearing him say that he is healthy eases my worries but still, he contradicts himself so much in the past few months that I'm getting worried…' Ryan took a breather and picked up his phone and started writing. 

"Imani, The defense of the Hotel isn't a top priority at the moment. I will send Rachel to take care of it. For now, I want you to go to the main headquarters and check up on Master Zhun and report for me… If anything drastic happens, call me immediately." Ryan sent the message and went to sleep. 'I hope Master Zhun doesn't mind having Imani about. But I can't ease my worries about him if someone isn't around him…'

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Alex, Midnight and Buster walked into the streets. The place had an overall calmness and not many cars were around. But there were a few people walking around, mostly around the temples. "I didn't expect this place to have this many people around…" Alex spoke. 

Buster nodded and spoke, "Well, You might not have guessed but a lot of people, especially around this area are religious… It's funny because the capital doesn't have that many but the city right next door is filled with religious people…" He smiled.

Midnight continued, "Well, It makes sense. This place is filled with older religious buildings so the religious people moved here… I personally like the vibe here, it's very calm and welcoming. Plus not having that much technology around also gives you a weird calmness. We're lucky that it's a Tuesday… If it was a non working day, A lot more people would be here and it would just be too crowded to visit." She smiled.

Alex nodded. The three decided to walk around and just take in everything. After a few hours, They got a drink and were chatting abound random topics till a message appeared on Buster's Phone. Buster looked at the message and sighed. 

Midnight looked at Buster and asked, "What's wrong?" to which buster answered, "Well, It seems like we might have another glitch… Apparently, the detector was showing a high amount of energy levels all over the country but it just randomly stopped… Such a reading is almost impossible so they're looking into it. But because of that, It seems I need to also join them for now. They need as many people as they can have for the next week just in case something happens so we can work quickly and find the reason for this happening." 

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Releasing this bonus chapter because I did have an extra but there won't be any for a week or so. I'm happy that there are people asking for bonus chapters and I want to give you guys more but please do bear with me for the next week or so as they will lack the bonus chapters.