Chapter 263 263 – The Can

Chapter 263 263 – The Can

Nobody noticed the confrontation between Julian and the Prison.

However, the confrontation had a lasting effect on Crimson Fungus City, even though the effect wasn't very strong.

The caravan never reappeared again.

One month later, the people were waiting for the caravan's arrival.

But it never came.

In the end, they guessed that something must have happened to the caravan.

The city made less Zephyx as a result, which was bad for the economy.

However, the people in the Outer City and the Dregs were happy.

While they didn't know what happened, the people in the Outer City noticed that the prices of mixed meat cubes had sunk.

So, they bought more of those, and since they tasted better than the veggie cubes, they preferred them.

But that left more veggie cubes, which reduced their prices by a bit.

The end result was that the food in the Dregs had become marginally cheaper, which made the people in the Dregs quite happy.

While all of this was going on, Nick just kept working at his job.

He had not noticed that Envy's powerful servant had already arrived and left. The initial posting of this chapter occurred via N0v3l.B11n.

Once more, Nick was stuck in the limbo.

At some point, Envy or one of its servants would come for him.

The paranoia and fear never left.

Luckily, the paranoia and fear were not as strong anymore after Julian had said that Nick didn't need to worry.

Time continued to pass.

Soon, another year had passed.

Nick was now 21 years old, and he recently managed to become a Peak John.

During that year, the people of Dark Dream also became much stronger.

Including Nick, there were now eleven Johns in Dark Dream.

Nick was a Peak John.

Jenny and Trevor were Mid Johns.

Jonathan, Constanze, Marvila, Larry, and Kiara were Early Johns.

Cryon, Kerry, and Taren were Initial Johns.

On top of that, Dark Dream had seven Peak Newbies, and three of them would also soon become Johns.

Aside from that, Dark Dream had hired six new employees.

"Ah! You see?! I knew it!" the Inspector shouted.

The Extractor just looked with shock at the can.

Then, the two of them waited in front of the entrance for the next Extractor.

The next Extractor that came out was an Initial John, and they asked them to kick the can.

The Initial John was perplexed, but after hearing that three people had already broken their toes, they also became suspicious.

Nervously, the Initial John kicked the can.

BANG!

The Initial John perfectly hit the can, and the can fell over.

The other two looked with surprise at the fallen can.

But then, the Initial John started to grab their feet in pain.

"What the fuck is this thing made of?!" they shouted in horror.

They removed their shoes, and everyone could see a bloody toe.

Everyone just looked with shock at the toe.

The Extractor had perfectly hit the can.

Yet, their toe broke.

The toe of an Initial John broke after kicking a random metal can.

That settled it.

This had to be a Possession Specter!

They immediately threw it into the last free Containment Unit on the second floor and stationed an Extractor in front of it.

The next day, they reported to Nick, and Nick inspected the can.

He kicked it lightly, but nothing happened.

Then, he used more and more force.

The can acted like a normal metal can, except for the fact that it didn't get dented by Nick's kicks.

BOOOOM!

Suddenly, Nick gritted his teeth.

Just now, the can had become insanely tough!

Yet, the can also hit the wall of the Containment Unit with a ton of force, and it also received a big dent.

After removing his shoes, Nick looked at his bleeding toe.

Luckily, it wasn't broken.

This meant that the can was weaker than a Peak Adolescent, but stronger than an Initial Adolescent.