Chapter 255: Silenced Guns

Chapter 255: Silenced Guns



After Serah closed the lights again and left the room, Adam crawled out from under the bed and heaved a sigh of relief.

"Are you alright?" Alice asked with an amused smile.

Her heart was also racing as her mother was extremely close to finding out.

"Yep..." Adam sat on the bed and looked at her with a deep look.

"What's wrong?" Alice tilted her head in confusion, wondering why he was looking at her like that.

"I have something to confess." Adam lowered his gaze slightly and felt like he had a lump on his throat.

Alice sat silently and felt her heart skip a beat. She had a feeling that it was something very serious.

Adam opened his mouth and started talking about what happened between him and Lady Yu. He spoke slowly, a pain in his tone, and Alice just sat still, barely blinking as she soaked up all the information like a sponge.

After he was done, they sat in silence for nearly a minute.

However, then Alice spoke out.

"P-please leave..." She sounded like she was sobbing. "I want to be alone."

"Alice," Adam whispered.

"Please!" Alice hugged her legs and buried her head in her knees, tears streaming down her face. "Leave!"

Adam closed his eyes with a pang of pain in his heart, nodded, and left the room. When he stepped outside the room, he heard her crying loudly.

"Fuck." Adam gritted his teeth and retreated back to his room, where he opened a window and just leaned out, trying to clear his mind.

At that moment, he heard the door open and heard footsteps go downstairs. Then, barely, he was able to hear the front door open as Alice clearly went outside.

"..." Adam put his head against his arms.

...

Outside the house, sitting by the porch, Alice rubbed her cold arms as the night air nipped at her skin.

Her tears were still fresh and made her feel colder.

"How could he do that?" She bit her lip in frustration.

The pain in her chest felt unbearable.

When she was about to start crying, she suddenly felt something on her forehead, and when she raised her gaze, she froze completely as she saw a shadowy figure holding a silenced gun against her forehead.

"Shh." The masked man put his finger against his lips. "Don't make a sound."

Alice trembled in fear and then saw five other masked men step out of a van that was parked across the street. They were all holding silenced guns.

"Where's Adam Palestar?" the masked man asked. "Only he shall die. The rest of you can go free."

'Adam? They're after him?' Alice's eyes trembled. 'Why?'

"I am an impatient man," the masked man said and placed his finger on the trigger. "Which room?"n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Kang Saruza?" Adam asked. "He told them about you?"

[Hera: I don't know. He is, somewhat, my creator, and I don't want to believe that possibility]

"Alright. Lock every door," Adam said. "Do not let them find Serah and John!"

[Hera: Done]

Inside the master bedroom, the walls turned soundproof, and the door turned metallic. In the

room, Serah and John were sleeping soundly, unaware of the dangers outside.

"I don't need more hostages..." Adam scratched the back of his head. 'Alice...'

[Hera: They're about to enter upstairs. The man with Alice is currently alone, but in thirty

seconds, others will follow him]

"Alright, don't do anything with your weapons. Do you hear me?"

[Hera: If you take care of the man with Alice, I could easily eliminate others in the downstairs]

"Don't, that's too loud." Adam looked at the silenced gun. "I want them to believe that their life is boring and safe. I don't want them to discover the truth."

[Hera: Alright. What is your plan?]

"I'll kill the ones in the downstairs first. Keep my door locked, but don't make it obvious. I want them to believe I am just sleeping, so create some snoring sounds from the speakers, not

too loud."

[Hera: Alright]

Adam then stepped into the elevator, descended only one floor. He didn't go straight down to

his hidden underground base but instead arrived at the downstairs's cleaning closet.

On the other side of the door, he heard some very faint footsteps.

"Whoo..." Adam cracked his neck and tightened his grip on his silenced gun.

His blood was boiling as he was raging like never before.

At that moment, a person moved past the cleaning closet.

Without further ado, Adam jumped out of the closet and appeared behind one of the masked

figures. He seemed to be alone, looking around the short hallway.

Adam put his hand over the man's mouth and placed the silenced gun against his back before

pulling the trigger about three times.

Three bullets shredded through the man's body, and he couldn't do anything except let out a muffled grunt of pain.

A short while later, the man collapsed, and Adam tossed his corpse to the cleaning closet.

"How many left in the downstairs?" Adam whispered.

[Hera: Four]