Chapter 754 S Rank Retriever
Kon and his group had finished making the call to NIRV, and he didn't have the best expression on his face. The others could tell based on his whole demeanor that they weren't happy that they were unable to finish the job and that they needed support.
However, Kon didn't care; he cared about his team more than he did NIRV. With the car off in the distance, the group decided that they had to head back inside.
"Is the S-rank retriever coming to this city?" one of them asked.
"Yes, when he arrives, he will be here to support us. NIRV doesn't want any of what happened today getting out, and they want us to find out who was behind the real attack," Kon replied. "While we're waiting, it's best if we do research into just what the goal was for those guys."
It didn't make much sense to the retrievers, apart from one thing they had witnessed: one of them going ahead and collecting the Altered solutions.
The most likely answer at the moment was that they were competitors of NIRV who had hired another gang to do their business. Most likely, they didn't have a clue what they were getting into. Taking out a Tier-4 gang and taking something that belonged to NIRV were two entirely different things.
"They were strong, though, a lot stronger than I thought. There can't be many gangs that have members that are that strong. That limits our numbers down a bit," Kon thought.
Entering back into the Phantom Brawl, the whole place looked a mess. Altered had been killed and left on the ground. Some of them were just badly injured, and Vixen, who was originally a retriever working for NIRV, had been taken care of as well.
"Round up all the Altered, and get Nox to stand with the rest of them," Kon ordered. "And make sure no one leaves this place."
The steel doors were closed behind them with one of the retrievers standing by. It was the retriever who had been injured most by Gary, taking a direct attack on his own. The fact that he was standing strong made none of the gang members want to try and test if they could break free or not.
Doing as Kon ordered, the Scavenger squad leaders had been lined up, and that included Nox, who was following everything he was told. Meanwhile, the sisters, as well as the onlookers, were told to just stay standing by the side.
Kon walked up to the lineup and turned his head to look at the others.
"Then joining this underground fighting and Phantom Brawl. It doesn't add up, apart from that some Altered solution was taken. They should have known that Nox was just a figurehead, yet they still went after him."
They sat around the table, and all of them were thinking for a bit until one of the retrievers spoke up.
"I think I know who that Wolf Altered is," they said. "Before he transformed, I knocked off his mask, and I saw his face, the green hair and the transformation. I was looking into it; I think it's Gary Dem!"
Some didn't know the name, while others had reacted, and for Jayden, his heart beat even faster.
"I'm sure of it. I was looking into him, and it appears he's connected with a gang called the Howlers. I'm pretty sure these were the guys who were hired, but I don't understand why they would steal the workers. The Scavengers could always just replace them with more people."
Everyone was waiting for an answer, and that’s when Jayden just smiled.
“It’s because he’s a good guy.”
“Sorry, what did you say?” Kon moved closer thinking he might have misheard.
“And you guys aren’t.” Jayden’s eyes had changed and only in that moment had Kon managed to catch it, but it was too late.
Jayden’s hand had transformed into a claw and smashed Kon’s head right through the table. His claws had dug halfway through Kon’s head.
Continuing his transformation, Jayden was getting ready to deal with the rest of them as well.
“Why are you doing this, aren’t you with us!”
“Me?” Jayden replied. “No, I hate NIRV.”
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