Chapter 446 - Show Business (8)

"They're trying to absorb your mana in huge amounts. The amount they tried to extract from you would kill a regular person within a few days," Alice trembled in anger.

"I didn't notice," I couldn't find the spell behind the cameras.

"That's because you have a large supply of mana compared to other people," Ben searched for any abnormalities, scanning me with another spell.

"They even drugged the lunch box and soda," he frowned.

"I'm going to send you to school today. This is quickly escalating," he looked at Alice for her approval.

"We should have taken the risks to take you there yesterday," Alice agreed with him.

"I think they have a camera near your apartment," I could find a camera near their balcony since I knew what to search for now.

"I can alter the spell and tracking," she started to chant.

"I have a mansion near here. We're going to teleport there and use the hover car from then on," Ben told me his plan.

With a single blink, I found myself in the tower again. Ben stepped a few steps back, feeling fl.u.s.tered how his teleportation spell didn't work. The entire room was dark since everyone had left the room. My ears perked up when I heard some voices below us. Ducking down to hide from them, I listened to their conversation.

"This girl is different. The amount of mana we got from her doesn't compare to the other girls," the person who had kidnapped me was pleased.

"I think she can last for at least a week," the director laughed.

"Did you dispose of the other girls?" The kidnapper found the issue to be annoying.

"I'm still finding a place," the director lowered his voice.

"It's a pity this girl is the most beautiful person I have ever seen. She would have been a great actress for our group," he switched the topic.

"Then we can dispose of her with the other girls or preserve her dead body," the kidnapper suggested.

My eyes widened as I couldn't believe the truth behind the scenes. Ben muffled my mouth to keep me from accidentally revealing our location when they talked about me. He didn't dare to use teleportation again since it could bring us closer to them. Calming down once they left the room to leave for the day, the door slammed to closed, automatically locking behind them. Meanwhile, most of the cameras weren't turned off as Ben and I were in their blind spots from him quickly noticing.

"The cameras don't record the sound," he revealed.

"I know a passageway out of here. We'll have to take their underground route," Ben showed me a detailed map from this place.

"You have to carefully follow me Rika since I'll be walking in the blind spots," he chose to jump through the window instead of taking the stairs.

I took a deep breath to follow him as the large tower was able to hide us from the cameras. My foot stepped to the precise location he took a step like it was a dance. When he pulled off the mat on the ground under one of the seats, it revealed a long staircase spiraling down. I gulped as I covered the mat above me to hide our tracks.

"Are we free from the cameras now?" I hated the never-ending stairs.

"There are still cameras here," Ben didn't take a break.

"I don't think I can continue," my knees were wobbling from the lack of stamina.

I never had to go through the number of stairs when climbing to the first district from the second district like I did right now. We ended up using teleportation in the middle, making great progress. Ben gestured to me to jump into his arms as he knew from my condition that I wouldn't be able to continue to follow him. I nodded my head before he managed to catch me while avoiding the line of sight from the cameras.

"This place is their hideout. Some of them live in this passageway," he decided to give me some information along the way.

"Then wouldn't it have been better to leave through the front door?" I wondered.

"I saw what they did to the last people who did," Ben shook his head.

"So we're using this way to go to your mansion?" I found it inefficient.

"Once we leave the stairs, we're going back to the surface," he started to show how he was getting exhausted.

"Can't you jump down the stairs?" I was getting bored.

"It'll show on the cameras," he sighed.

I yawned as I decided to use this time to catch up on some sleep. Maybe I was too used to being kidnapped to some place or becoming the target. My sense of danger decreased as I was calm while analyzing the situation in front of me. Closing my eyes to take a brief nap, the next time I opened my eyes, I found us drowned inside the sunlight coming from the sky.

"We're not at the surface yet," Ben whispered.

"Still?" I couldn't believe him.

"They're part of a larger organization," he explained.

"How much time has passed?" I found it strange how the sunlight was this bright during the evening.

"It's the morning of the next day," he watched out for anyone who could be walking towards us.

"The morning?" I didn't think I would sleep that long.